Browsing by Author "Mendez, Patricio Chrem"

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    Change in Cerebrospinal Fluid Tau Microtubule Binding Region Detects Symptom Onset, Cognitive Decline, Tangles, and Atrophy in Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer's Disease
    (Wiley, 2023) Horie, Kanta; Li, Yan; Barthélemy, Nicolas R.; Gordon, Brian; Hassenstab, Jason; Benzinger, Tammie L. S.; Fagan, Anne M.; Morris, John C.; Karch, Celeste M.; Xiong, Chengjie; Allegri, Ricardo; Mendez, Patricio Chrem; Ikeuchi, Takeshi; Kasuga, Kensaku; Noble, James; Farlow, Martin; Chhatwal, Jasmeer; Day, Gregory; Schofield, Peter R.; Masters, Colin L.; Levin, Johannes; Jucker, Mathias; Lee, Jae-Hong; Roh, Jee Hoon; Sato, Chihiro; Sachdev, Pallavi; Koyama, Akihiko; Reyderman, Larisa; Bateman, Randall J.; McDade, Eric; Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network; Neurology, School of Medicine
    Objective: Identifying cerebrospinal fluid measures of the microtubule binding region of tau (MTBR-tau) species that reflect tau aggregation could provide fluid biomarkers that track Alzheimer's disease related neurofibrillary tau pathological changes. We examined the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) MTBR-tau species in dominantly inherited Alzheimer's disease (DIAD) mutation carriers to assess the association with Alzheimer's disease (AD) biomarkers and clinical symptoms. Methods: Cross-sectional and longitudinal CSF from 229 DIAD mutation carriers and 130 mutation non-carriers had sequential characterization of N-terminal/mid-domain phosphorylated tau (p-tau) followed by MTBR-tau species and tau positron emission tomography (tau PET), other soluble tau and amyloid biomarkers, comprehensive clinical and cognitive assessments, and brain magnetic resonance imaging of atrophy. Results: CSF MTBR-tau species located within the putative "border" region and one species corresponding to the "core" region of aggregates in neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) increased during the presymptomatic stage and decreased during the symptomatic stage. The "border" MTBR-tau species were associated with amyloid pathology and CSF p-tau; whereas the "core" MTBR-tau species were associated stronger with tau PET and CSF measures of neurodegeneration. The ratio of the border to the core species provided a continuous measure of increasing amounts that tracked clinical progression and NFTs. Interpretation: Changes in CSF soluble MTBR-tau species preceded the onset of dementia, tau tangle increase, and atrophy in DIAD. The ratio of 4R-specific MTBR-tau (border) to the NFT (core) MTBR-tau species corresponds to the pathology of NFTs in DIAD and change with disease progression. The dynamics between different MTBR-tau species in the CSF may serve as a marker of tau-related disease progression and target engagement of anti-tau therapeutics.
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    Comparative neurofilament light chain trajectories in CSF and plasma in autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease
    (Springer Nature, 2024-11-18) Hofmann, Anna; Häsler, Lisa M.; Lambert, Marius; Kaeser, Stephan A.; Gräber-Sultan, Susanne; Obermüller, Ulrike; Kuder-Buletta, Elke; la Fougere, Christian; Laske, Christoph; Vöglein, Jonathan; Levin, Johannes; Fox, Nick C.; Ryan, Natalie S.; Zetterberg, Henrik; Llibre-Guerra, Jorge J.; Perrin, Richard J.; Ibanez, Laura; Schofield, Peter R.; Brooks, William S.; Day, Gregory S.; Farlow, Martin R.; Allegri, Ricardo F.; Mendez, Patricio Chrem; Ikeuchi, Takeshi; Kasuga, Kensaku; Lee, Jae-Hong; Roh, Jee Hoon; Mori, Hiroshi; Lopera, Francisco; Bateman, Randall J.; McDade, Eric; Gordon, Brian A.; Chhatwal, Jasmeer P.; Jucker, Mathias; Schultz, Stephanie A.; Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network; Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine
    Disease-modifying therapies for Alzheimer's disease (AD) are likely to be most beneficial when initiated in the presymptomatic phase. To track the benefit of such interventions, fluid biomarkers are of great importance, with neurofilament light chain protein (NfL) showing promise for monitoring neurodegeneration and predicting cognitive outcomes. Here, we update and complement previous findings from the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network Observational Study by using matched cross-sectional and longitudinal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma samples from 567 individuals, allowing timely comparative analyses of CSF and blood trajectories across the entire disease spectrum. CSF and plasma trajectories were similar at presymptomatic stages, discriminating mutation carriers from non-carrier controls 10-20 years before the estimated onset of clinical symptoms, depending on the statistical model used. However, after symptom onset the rate of change in CSF NfL continued to increase steadily, whereas the rate of change in plasma NfL leveled off. Both plasma and CSF NfL changes were associated with grey-matter atrophy, but not with Aβ-PET changes, supporting a temporal decoupling of Aβ deposition and neurodegeneration. These observations support NfL in both CSF and blood as an early marker of neurodegeneration but suggest that NfL measured in the CSF may be better suited for monitoring clinical trial outcomes in symptomatic AD patients.
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    Demographic, clinical, biomarker, and neuropathological correlates of posterior cortical atrophy: an international cohort study and individual participant data meta-analysis
    (Elsevier, 2024) Chapleau, Marianne; La Joie, Renaud; Yong, Keir; Agosta, Federica; Allen, Isabel Elaine; Apostolova, Liana; Best, John; Boon, Baayla D. C.; Crutch, Sebastian; Filippi, Massimo; Fumagalli, Giorgio Giulio; Galimberti, Daniela; Graff-Radford, Jonathan; Grinberg, Lea T.; Irwin, David J.; Josephs, Keith A.; Mendez, Mario F.; Mendez, Patricio Chrem; Migliaccio, Raffaella; Miller, Zachary A.; Montembeault, Maxime; Murray, Melissa E.; Nemes, Sára; Pelak, Victoria; Perani, Daniela; Phillips, Jeffrey; Pijnenburg, Yolande; Rogalski, Emily; Schott, Jonathan M.; Seeley, William; Sullivan, A. Campbell; Spina, Salvatore; Tanner, Jeremy; Walker, Jamie; Whitwell, Jennifer L.; Wolk, David A.; Ossenkoppele, Rik; Rabinovici, Gil D.; PCA International Work Group; Neurology, School of Medicine
    Background: Posterior cortical atrophy is a rare syndrome characterised by early, prominent, and progressive impairment in visuoperceptual and visuospatial processing. The disorder has been associated with underlying neuropathological features of Alzheimer's disease, but large-scale biomarker and neuropathological studies are scarce. We aimed to describe demographic, clinical, biomarker, and neuropathological correlates of posterior cortical atrophy in a large international cohort. Methods: We searched PubMed between database inception and Aug 1, 2021, for all published research studies on posterior cortical atrophy and related terms. We identified research centres from these studies and requested deidentified, individual participant data (published and unpublished) that had been obtained at the first diagnostic visit from the corresponding authors of the studies or heads of the research centres. Inclusion criteria were a clinical diagnosis of posterior cortical atrophy as defined by the local centre and availability of Alzheimer's disease biomarkers (PET or CSF), or a diagnosis made at autopsy. Not all individuals with posterior cortical atrophy fulfilled consensus criteria, being diagnosed using centre-specific procedures or before development of consensus criteria. We obtained demographic, clinical, biofluid, neuroimaging, and neuropathological data. Mean values for continuous variables were combined using the inverse variance meta-analysis method; only research centres with more than one participant for a variable were included. Pooled proportions were calculated for binary variables using a restricted maximum likelihood model. Heterogeneity was quantified using I2. Findings: We identified 55 research centres from 1353 papers, with 29 centres responding to our request. An additional seven centres were recruited by advertising via the Alzheimer's Association. We obtained data for 1092 individuals who were evaluated at 36 research centres in 16 countries, the other sites having not responded to our initial invitation to participate to the study. Mean age at symptom onset was 59·4 years (95% CI 58·9-59·8; I2=77%), 60% (56-64; I2=35%) were women, and 80% (72-89; I2=98%) presented with posterior cortical atrophy pure syndrome. Amyloid β in CSF (536 participants from 28 centres) was positive in 81% (95% CI 75-87; I2=78%), whereas phosphorylated tau in CSF (503 participants from 29 centres) was positive in 65% (56-75; I2=87%). Amyloid-PET (299 participants from 24 centres) was positive in 94% (95% CI 90-97; I2=15%), whereas tau-PET (170 participants from 13 centres) was positive in 97% (93-100; I2=12%). At autopsy (145 participants from 13 centres), the most frequent neuropathological diagnosis was Alzheimer's disease (94%, 95% CI 90-97; I2=0%), with common co-pathologies of cerebral amyloid angiopathy (71%, 54-88; I2=89%), Lewy body disease (44%, 25-62; I2=77%), and cerebrovascular injury (42%, 24-60; I2=88%). Interpretation: These data indicate that posterior cortical atrophy typically presents as a pure, young-onset dementia syndrome that is highly specific for underlying Alzheimer's disease pathology. Further work is needed to understand what drives cognitive vulnerability and progression rates by investigating the contribution of sex, genetics, premorbid cognitive strengths and weaknesses, and brain network integrity.
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    Downstream Biomarker Effects of Gantenerumab or Solanezumab in Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Disease: The DIAN-TU-001 Randomized Clinical Trial
    (American Medical Association, 2024) Wagemann, Olivia; Liu, Haiyan; Wang, Guoqiao; Shi, Xinyu; Bittner, Tobias; Scelsi, Marzia A.; Farlow, Martin R.; Clifford, David B.; Supnet-Bell, Charlene; Santacruz, Anna M.; Aschenbrenner, Andrew J.; Hassenstab, Jason J.; Benzinger, Tammie L. S.; Gordon, Brian A.; Coalier, Kelley A.; Cruchaga, Carlos; Ibanez, Laura; Perrin, Richard J.; Xiong, Chengjie; Li, Yan; Morris, John C.; Lah, James J.; Berman, Sarah B.; Roberson, Erik D.; van Dyck, Christopher H.; Galasko, Douglas; Gauthier, Serge; Hsiung, Ging-Yuek R.; Brooks, William S.; Pariente, Jérémie; Mummery, Catherine J.; Day, Gregory S.; Ringman, John M.; Mendez, Patricio Chrem; St. George-Hyslop, Peter; Fox, Nick C.; Suzuki, Kazushi; Okhravi, Hamid R.; Chhatwal, Jasmeer; Levin, Johannes; Jucker, Mathias; Sims, John R.; Holdridge, Karen C.; Proctor, Nicholas K.; Yaari, Roy; Andersen, Scott W.; Mancini, Michele; Llibre-Guerra, Jorge; Bateman, Randall J.; McDade, Eric; Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network–Trials Unit; Neurology, School of Medicine
    Importance: Effects of antiamyloid agents, targeting either fibrillar or soluble monomeric amyloid peptides, on downstream biomarkers in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma are largely unknown in dominantly inherited Alzheimer disease (DIAD). Objective: To investigate longitudinal biomarker changes of synaptic dysfunction, neuroinflammation, and neurodegeneration in individuals with DIAD who are receiving antiamyloid treatment. Design, setting, and participants: From 2012 to 2019, the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network Trial Unit (DIAN-TU-001) study, a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial, investigated gantenerumab and solanezumab in DIAD. Carriers of gene variants were assigned 3:1 to either drug or placebo. The present analysis was conducted from April to June 2023. DIAN-TU-001 spans 25 study sites in 7 countries. Biofluids and neuroimaging from carriers of DIAD gene variants in the gantenerumab, solanezumab, and placebo groups were analyzed. Interventions: In 2016, initial dosing of gantenerumab, 225 mg (subcutaneously every 4 weeks) was increased every 8 weeks up to 1200 mg. In 2017, initial dosing of solanezumab, 400 mg (intravenously every 4 weeks) was increased up to 1600 mg every 4 weeks. Main outcomes and measures: Longitudinal changes in CSF levels of neurogranin, soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (sTREM2), chitinase 3-like 1 protein (YKL-40), glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), neurofilament light protein (NfL), and plasma levels of GFAP and NfL. Results: Of 236 eligible participants screened, 43 were excluded. A total of 142 participants (mean [SD] age, 44 [10] years; 72 female [51%]) were included in the study (gantenerumab, 52 [37%]; solanezumab, 50 [35%]; placebo, 40 [28%]). Relative to placebo, gantenerumab significantly reduced CSF neurogranin level at year 4 (mean [SD] β = -242.43 [48.04] pg/mL; P < .001); reduced plasma GFAP level at year 1 (mean [SD] β = -0.02 [0.01] ng/mL; P = .02), year 2 (mean [SD] β = -0.03 [0.01] ng/mL; P = .002), and year 4 (mean [SD] β = -0.06 [0.02] ng/mL; P < .001); and increased CSF sTREM2 level at year 2 (mean [SD] β = 1.12 [0.43] ng/mL; P = .01) and year 4 (mean [SD] β = 1.06 [0.52] ng/mL; P = .04). Solanezumab significantly increased CSF NfL (log) at year 4 (mean [SD] β = 0.14 [0.06]; P = .02). Correlation analysis for rates of change found stronger correlations between CSF markers and fluid markers with Pittsburgh compound B positron emission tomography for solanezumab and placebo. Conclusions and relevance: This randomized clinical trial supports the importance of fibrillar amyloid reduction in multiple AD-related processes of neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration in CSF and plasma in DIAD. Additional studies of antiaggregated amyloid therapies in sporadic AD and DIAD are needed to determine the utility of nonamyloid biomarkers in determining disease modification.
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    The Worldwide Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative: ADNI‐3 updates and global perspectives
    (Alzheimer’s Association, 2021-12-31) Weber, Christopher J.; Carrillo, Maria C.; Jagust, William; Jack, Clifford R., Jr.; Shaw, Leslie M.; Trojanowski, John Q.; Saykin, Andrew J.; Beckett, Laurel A.; Sur, Cyrille; Rao, Naren P.; Mendez, Patricio Chrem; Black, Sandra E.; Li, Kuncheng; Iwatsubo, Takeshi; Chang, Chiung-Chih; Sosa, Ana Luisa; Rowe, Christopher C.; Perrin, Richard J.; Morris, John C.; Healan, Amanda M.B.; Hall, Stephen E.; Weiner, Michael W.; Radiology and Imaging Sciences, School of Medicine
    The Worldwide Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (WW‐ADNI) is a collaborative effort to investigate imaging and biofluid markers that can inform Alzheimer's disease treatment trials. It is a public‐private partnership that spans North America, Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Korea, Mexico, and Taiwan. In 2004, ADNI researchers began a naturalistic, longitudinal study that continues today around the globe. Through several successive phases (ADNI‐1, ADNI‐GO, ADNI‐2, and ADNI‐3), the study has fueled amyloid and tau phenotyping and refined neuroimaging methodologies. WW‐ADNI researchers have successfully standardized analyses and openly share data without embargo, providing a rich data set for other investigators. On August 26, 2020, the Alzheimer's Association convened WW‐ADNI researchers who shared updates from ADNI‐3 and their vision for ADNI‐4.