Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Volume 21, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms21010070
Keywords
aging; neurologic disorders; omega-3 PUFA; MFSD2a carrier; Alzheimer's disease
Funding
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III [PT17/0015/0038]
- Instituto Murciano de Investigacion Biosanitaria Virgen de la Arrixaca (IMIB) [AD210/0057]
- Consejeria de Salud de la Comunidad Autonoma de la Region de Murcia, Research Excellence Group CHRONOHEALTH [19899/GERM]
- Fundacion Seneca, the Research Excellence Group CHRONOHEALTH [19899/GERM]
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The protein Major Facilitator Superfamily Domain containing 2A (MFSD2a) was recently described as the primary carrier for docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) into the brain. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by lower DHA levels in blood lipids. The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of MFSD2a in the whole blood and brain as a potential biomarker of AD. Three groups were established: 38 healthy controls, 48 subjects with moderate AD (GDS4), and 47 with severe AD (GDS6). We analyzed postmortem brain samples from the hippocampus of 11 healthy controls and 11 severe AD patients. Fatty acid (FA) was determined in serum and brain by gas chromatography. Blood and brain MFSD2a protein expression was analyzed by Western blotting. We found a significant and progressive decline of MFSD2a levels in blood of AD patients (Control 0.83 +/- 0.13, GDS4 0.72 +/- 0.09, GDS6 0.48 +/- 0.05*, p ? 0.01). We also corroborated a significant reduction of DHA and other n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated FA in serum of AD. No differences were found in MFSD2a expression or FA levels in brain of controls and AD subjects. MFSD2A carrier was analyzed in AD patients for the first time and the level of MFSD2a in the whole blood could be a potential biomarker of this disease.
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