Prospective associations of interleukin-6 and APOE allele with cognitive decline in biracial community-dwelling older adults: The Chicago Health and Aging Project (CHAP).
Ted K S Ng, Todd Beck, Pankaja Desai, Klodian Dhana, Robert S Wilson, Denis A Evans, Kumar B Rajan
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Abstract
Introduction: It is unclear whether inflammation, that is, high interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels, and genetic risk, that is, apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 allele, have a compounding effect on cognitive decline (CD).
Methods: We analyzed a subset of participants from the longitudinal cohort study, Chicago Health and Aging Project, comprising 1120 biracial community-dwelling older adults (60% Black and 62% women), and mean follow-up = 6.4 years. We ran adjusted mixed-effects models on2 longitudinal CD.
Results: In APOE ε4 carriers, higher serum IL-6 was not associated with the rate of CD (β = -0.0091 [standard deviation (SD) = 0.0165, p = 0.5800]). Conversely, in non-ε4 carriers, compared to the lower tertile, those with the upper tertile of serum IL-6 levels experienced significantly accelerated CD (β = -0.0257 [SD = 0.0084, p = 0.0023]).
Discussion: Even without the largest genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease/Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD), elevated serum IL-6 still accelerate the rate of CD in non-APOE ε4 carriers. Hence, interventions ameliorating inflammation may prevent AD/ADRD.
Highlights: Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and the apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 allele have been separately associated with an increased risk for cognitive decline, but their interaction remains unclear.In ε4 carriers, IL-6 was not associated with cognitive decline. However, even without the biggest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD), that is, APOE ε4, elevated serum IL-6 still could confer accelerated rate of cognitive decline, with a detrimental effect half of that imposed by APOE ε4 alone.We found no racial differences in these associations.These findings contribute complementary evidence on non-APOE ε4-dependent and non-AD biological pathways through which cognitive decline can still be accelerated in non-APOE ε4 carriers and highlight a specific subgroup of older adults who are at a higher risk of AD and thus may benefit from anti-inflammatory interventions.
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Alzheimer''s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring (DADM) is an open access, peer-reviewed, journal from the Alzheimer''s Association® that will publish new research that reports the discovery, development and validation of instruments, technologies, algorithms, and innovative processes. Papers will cover a range of topics interested in the early and accurate detection of individuals with memory complaints and/or among asymptomatic individuals at elevated risk for various forms of memory disorders. The expectation for published papers will be to translate fundamental knowledge about the neurobiology of the disease into practical reports that describe both the conceptual and methodological aspects of the submitted scientific inquiry. Published topics will explore the development of biomarkers, surrogate markers, and conceptual/methodological challenges. Publication priority will be given to papers that 1) describe putative surrogate markers that accurately track disease progression, 2) biomarkers that fulfill international regulatory requirements, 3) reports from large, well-characterized population-based cohorts that comprise the heterogeneity and diversity of asymptomatic individuals and 4) algorithmic development that considers multi-marker arrays (e.g., integrated-omics, genetics, biofluids, imaging, etc.) and advanced computational analytics and technologies.