University Hospital Cologne
Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Dr. Pamela Martino-Adami is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University Hospital Cologne (Cologne, Germany) currently working on the discovery of fluid-based biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease. Her main focus is on proteomics and longitudinal cohort studies. She obtained a PhD in Biochemistry of Alzheimer's disease at the University of Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires, Argentina) in 2018 and has been working in Germany since then.

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MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 10 IS LINKED TO THE RISK OF PROGRESSION TO DEMENTIA OF THE ALZHEIMER’S TYPE

Session Type
SYMPOSIUM
Date
Sat, 19.03.2022
Session Time
09:10 AM - 11:10 AM
Room
ONSITE: 113
Lecture Time
10:10 AM - 10:25 AM

Abstract

Aims

To identify cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) proteins associated with Alzheimer’s disease progression along with the clinical disease staging.

Methods

We measured the levels of 184 proteins in CSF samples from 556 subjective cognitive decline and mild cognitive impairment patients from three independent memory clinic longitudinal studies (Spanish ACE, n=410; German DCN, n=93; German Mannheim, n=53). We evaluated the association between protein levels and clinical stage, and the effect of protein levels on the progression from mild cognitive impairment to dementia of the Alzheimer’s type (DAT).

Results

Mild cognitive impairment subjects with increased CSF level of matrix metalloproteinase 10 showed a higher probability of progressing to DAT and a faster cognitive decline. CSF matrix metalloproteinase 10 increased the prediction accuracy of CSF Aβ42, P-tau181, and T-tau for conversion to DAT. Including matrix metalloproteinase 10 to the [A/T/(N)] scheme improved considerably the prognostic value in mild cognitive impairment patients with abnormal Aβ42, but normal P-tau181 and T-tau, and in mild cognitive impairment patients with abnormal Aβ42, P-tau181, and T-tau. Matrix metalloproteinase 10 was correlated with age in subjects with normal Aβ42, P-tau181, and T-tau levels.

Conclusions

Our findings support the use of CSF matrix metalloproteinase 10 as a prognostic marker for DAT and its inclusion to the [A/T/(N)] scheme to incorporate pathologic aspects beyond amyloid and tau. CSF level of matrix metalloproteinase 10 may reflect ageing and neuroinflammation.

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