载脂蛋白 E-ε4 携带者中,阿尔茨海默病多基因风险评分对年轻病例的影响更大。
Greater effect of polygenic risk score for Alzheimer's disease among younger cases who are apolipoprotein E-ε4 carriers.
机构信息
Department of Neuroscience, Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Litwin-Zucker Center for Alzheimer's Disease, The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, USA.
出版信息
Neurobiol Aging. 2021 Mar;99:101.e1-101.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2020.09.014. Epub 2020 Sep 30.
To evaluate how age and apolipoprotein E-ε4 (APOE4) status interact with APOE-independent polygenic risk score (PRS), we estimated PRS in superagers (age ≥ 90 years, N = 346), 89- controls (age 60-89, N = 2930), and Alzheimer's disease (AD) cases (N = 1760). Using superagers, we see a nearly 5 times greater odds ratio (OR) for AD comparing the top PRS decile to the lowest decile (OR = 4.82, p = 2.5 × 10), which is twice the OR as using 89- controls (OR = 2.38, p = 4.6 × 10). Thus PRS is correlated with age, which in turn is associated with APOE. Further exploring these relationships, we find that PRS modifies age at onset among APOE4 carriers, but not among noncarriers. More specifically, PRS in the top decile predicts an age at onset 5 years earlier compared with the lowest decile (70.1 vs. 75.0 years; t-test p = 2.4 × 10) among APOE4 carriers. This disproportionally large PRS among younger APOE4-positive cases is reflected in a significant statistical interaction between APOE4 status and age at onset (β = -0.02, p = 4.8 × 10) as a predictor of PRS. Thus, the known AD risk variants are particularly detrimental in young APOE4 carriers.
为了评估年龄和载脂蛋白 E-ε4(APOE4)状态如何与 APOE 独立的多基因风险评分(PRS)相互作用,我们在超级老年人(年龄≥90 岁,N=346)、89-对照组(年龄 60-89 岁,N=2930)和阿尔茨海默病(AD)病例(N=1760)中估计了 PRS。使用超级老年人,我们发现比较最高 PRS 十分位数和最低十分位数,AD 的优势比(OR)几乎增加了 5 倍(OR=4.82,p=2.5×10),这是使用 89-对照组的两倍(OR=2.38,p=4.6×10)。因此,PRS 与年龄相关,而年龄又与 APOE 相关。进一步探索这些关系,我们发现 PRS 改变了 APOE4 携带者的发病年龄,但不改变非携带者的发病年龄。更具体地说,在 APOE4 携带者中,最高十分位数的 PRS 预测发病年龄比最低十分位数早 5 年(70.1 岁与 75.0 岁;t 检验 p=2.4×10)。在年轻的 APOE4 阳性病例中,PRS 不成比例地大,这反映了 APOE4 状态和发病年龄之间存在显著的统计相互作用(β=-0.02,p=4.8×10),作为 PRS 的预测因素。因此,已知的 AD 风险变异在年轻的 APOE4 携带者中尤其有害。