Shared proteomic effects of cerebral atherosclerosis and Alzheimer’s disease on the human brain

Aliza P. Wingo, Wen Fan, Duc M. Duong, Ekaterina S. Gerasimov, Eric B. Dammer, Yue Liu, Nadia V. Harerimana, Bartholomew White, Madhav Thambisetty, Juan C. Troncoso, Namhee Kim, Julie A. Schneider, Ihab M. Hajjar, James J. Lah, David A. Bennett, Nicholas T. Seyfried, Allan I. Levey, Thomas S. Wingo

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Abstract

Cerebral atherosclerosis contributes to dementia via unclear processes. We performed proteomic sequencing of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in 438 older individuals and found associations between cerebral atherosclerosis and reduced synaptic signaling and between RNA splicing and increased oligodendrocyte development and myelination. Consistently, single-cell RNA sequencing showed cerebral atherosclerosis associated with higher oligodendrocyte abundance. A subset of proteins and modules associated with cerebral atherosclerosis was also associated with Alzheimer’s disease, suggesting shared mechanisms.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)696-700
Number of pages5
JournalNature neuroscience
Volume23
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 1 2020
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Neuroscience

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