期刊
JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE
卷 42, 期 4, 页码 1347-1355出版社
IOS PRESS
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-140849
关键词
Alzheimer's disease; apathy; apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 allele; brain-derived neurotrophic factor; elderly control subjects; mild cognitive impairment; serum
资金
- Fundacion Antidemencia Al-Andalus (Cordoba, Spain)
- Ever NeuroPharma (Unterach, Austria)
- European Union [LSHB-CT-2006-037702]
Reduced brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) signaling is considered as a pathogenic event in early Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the influence of apathy and apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 allele (APOE4) on serum BDNF values was not previously investigated in AD. We evaluated serum BDNF levels in AD, amnestic mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and control subjects. Baseline BDNF levels were similar in AD, MCI, and controls. AD patients having apathy showed lower BDNF values than patients without apathy (p < 0.05). After correction for the influence of apathy, APOE4 carriers showed lower BDNF levels (p < 0.01) and MMSE scores (p < 0.01) than non-APOE4 carriers in the subgroup of AD females, but not in males. Significant (p < 0.05) positive correlations between BDNF values and MMSE scores were only observed in subgroups of AD males and of AD patients without apathy. These results are showing the association of apathy and APOE4 with reduced serum BDNF levels in AD, and are suggesting that BDNF reductions might contribute to the worse cognitive performance exhibited by AD apathetic patients and female APOE4 carriers.
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