Utility of an Alzheimer's Disease Risk-Weighted Polygenic Risk Score for Predicting Rates of Cognitive Decline in Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease: A Prospective Longitudinal Study.

BACKGROUND: With the exception of APOE, genetic variants associated with increased Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk are characterized by small effect sizes. Polygenic risk scores (PRS) have shown utility in predicting AD risk; however, their utility for predicting decline in cognition at preclinic...

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Main Authors: Porter, T., Burnham, S., Milicic, L., Savage, G., Maruff, P., Lim, Y., Li, Q., Ames, D., Masters, C., Rainey-Smith, S., Rowe, C., Salvado, O., Groth, D., Verdile, Giuseppe, Villemagne, V., Laws, S., AIBL Research Group
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Published: IOS Press 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72666
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author Porter, T.
Burnham, S.
Milicic, L.
Savage, G.
Maruff, P.
Lim, Y.
Li, Q.
Ames, D.
Masters, C.
Rainey-Smith, S.
Rowe, C.
Salvado, O.
Groth, D.
Verdile, Giuseppe
Villemagne, V.
Laws, S.
AIBL Research Group
author_facet Porter, T.
Burnham, S.
Milicic, L.
Savage, G.
Maruff, P.
Lim, Y.
Li, Q.
Ames, D.
Masters, C.
Rainey-Smith, S.
Rowe, C.
Salvado, O.
Groth, D.
Verdile, Giuseppe
Villemagne, V.
Laws, S.
AIBL Research Group
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description BACKGROUND: With the exception of APOE, genetic variants associated with increased Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk are characterized by small effect sizes. Polygenic risk scores (PRS) have shown utility in predicting AD risk; however, their utility for predicting decline in cognition at preclinical stages of AD is poorly understood. OBJECTIVE: To validate associations of a 22-variant AD-risk-weighted PRS with AD risk and related biomarkers and to assess its utility to predict cognitive decline. METHODS: The PRS was evaluated with respect to brain amyloid-ß (Aß) burden, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) Aß42, total-tau, and phospho-tau, and decline in cognition in 643 (570 cognitively normal (CN), 73 AD) PET-imaged participants from the longitudinal Australian Imaging, Biomarkers and Lifestyle (AIBL) Study of Ageing. Cognition was assessed using three composite measures; global cognition, verbal episodic memory, and a Pre-Alzheimer's Cognitive Composite (PACC). RESULTS: PRS, both with and without APOE, were positively correlated with brain Aß burden, CSF total-tau, and phospho-tau in CN older adults. Further, in CN biomarker positive (Aßhigh) participants, significant associations were observed with baseline and longitudinal cognition. However, this association was not observed after the removal of APOE. Partitioning the PRS into quartiles revealed that the PRS associations with cognitive decline in Aßhigh CN older adults is due to a saturating effect of APOE genotype. CONCLUSIONS: An AD-risk-weighted PRS is associated with cognitive decline in CN older adults. However, this association is absent when APOE genotype is excluded from the PRS, suggesting that associations with cognitive decline in this model of polygenic risk are driven by APOE genotype alone. Further research is needed to define appropriate PRSs with greater utility for predicting preclinical AD cognitive decline.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-726662018-12-13T09:33:08Z Utility of an Alzheimer's Disease Risk-Weighted Polygenic Risk Score for Predicting Rates of Cognitive Decline in Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease: A Prospective Longitudinal Study. Porter, T. Burnham, S. Milicic, L. Savage, G. Maruff, P. Lim, Y. Li, Q. Ames, D. Masters, C. Rainey-Smith, S. Rowe, C. Salvado, O. Groth, D. Verdile, Giuseppe Villemagne, V. Laws, S. AIBL Research Group BACKGROUND: With the exception of APOE, genetic variants associated with increased Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk are characterized by small effect sizes. Polygenic risk scores (PRS) have shown utility in predicting AD risk; however, their utility for predicting decline in cognition at preclinical stages of AD is poorly understood. OBJECTIVE: To validate associations of a 22-variant AD-risk-weighted PRS with AD risk and related biomarkers and to assess its utility to predict cognitive decline. METHODS: The PRS was evaluated with respect to brain amyloid-ß (Aß) burden, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) Aß42, total-tau, and phospho-tau, and decline in cognition in 643 (570 cognitively normal (CN), 73 AD) PET-imaged participants from the longitudinal Australian Imaging, Biomarkers and Lifestyle (AIBL) Study of Ageing. Cognition was assessed using three composite measures; global cognition, verbal episodic memory, and a Pre-Alzheimer's Cognitive Composite (PACC). RESULTS: PRS, both with and without APOE, were positively correlated with brain Aß burden, CSF total-tau, and phospho-tau in CN older adults. Further, in CN biomarker positive (Aßhigh) participants, significant associations were observed with baseline and longitudinal cognition. However, this association was not observed after the removal of APOE. Partitioning the PRS into quartiles revealed that the PRS associations with cognitive decline in Aßhigh CN older adults is due to a saturating effect of APOE genotype. CONCLUSIONS: An AD-risk-weighted PRS is associated with cognitive decline in CN older adults. However, this association is absent when APOE genotype is excluded from the PRS, suggesting that associations with cognitive decline in this model of polygenic risk are driven by APOE genotype alone. Further research is needed to define appropriate PRSs with greater utility for predicting preclinical AD cognitive decline. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72666 10.3233/JAD-180713 IOS Press restricted
spellingShingle Porter, T.
Burnham, S.
Milicic, L.
Savage, G.
Maruff, P.
Lim, Y.
Li, Q.
Ames, D.
Masters, C.
Rainey-Smith, S.
Rowe, C.
Salvado, O.
Groth, D.
Verdile, Giuseppe
Villemagne, V.
Laws, S.
AIBL Research Group
Utility of an Alzheimer's Disease Risk-Weighted Polygenic Risk Score for Predicting Rates of Cognitive Decline in Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease: A Prospective Longitudinal Study.
title Utility of an Alzheimer's Disease Risk-Weighted Polygenic Risk Score for Predicting Rates of Cognitive Decline in Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease: A Prospective Longitudinal Study.
title_full Utility of an Alzheimer's Disease Risk-Weighted Polygenic Risk Score for Predicting Rates of Cognitive Decline in Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease: A Prospective Longitudinal Study.
title_fullStr Utility of an Alzheimer's Disease Risk-Weighted Polygenic Risk Score for Predicting Rates of Cognitive Decline in Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease: A Prospective Longitudinal Study.
title_full_unstemmed Utility of an Alzheimer's Disease Risk-Weighted Polygenic Risk Score for Predicting Rates of Cognitive Decline in Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease: A Prospective Longitudinal Study.
title_short Utility of an Alzheimer's Disease Risk-Weighted Polygenic Risk Score for Predicting Rates of Cognitive Decline in Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease: A Prospective Longitudinal Study.
title_sort utility of an alzheimer's disease risk-weighted polygenic risk score for predicting rates of cognitive decline in preclinical alzheimer's disease: a prospective longitudinal study.
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72666