Major Depression May Lead to Elevations in Potentially Neurotoxic Amyloid Beta Species Independently of Alzheimer Disease

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (9) ◽  
pp. 773-775 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nunzio Pomara ◽  
Davide Bruno
Author(s):  
Saurav Chakraborty ◽  
Jyothsna ThimmaReddygari ◽  
Divakar Selvaraj

The Alzheimer disease is a age related neurodegenerative disease. The factors causing alzheimer disease are numerous. Research on humans and rodent models predicted various causative factors involved in Alzheimer disease progression. Among them, neuroinflammation, oxidative stress and apoptosis play a major role because of accumulation of extracellular amyloid beta peptides. Here, the clearance of amyloid beta peptide plays a major role because of the imbalance in the production and clearance of the amyloid beta peptide. Additionally, neuroinflammation by microglia, astrocytes, cytokines, chemokines and the complement system also have a major role in Alzheimer disease. The physiological clearance pathways involved in amyloid beta peptide are glymphatic, vascular and immune pathways. Amyloid precursor protein, low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1, receptor for advanced glycation end product, apolipoprotein E, clusterin, aquaporin 4, auto-antibodies, complement system, cytokines and microglia are involved in amyloid beta peptide clearance pathways across the blood brain barrier. The plaque formation in the brain by alternative splicing of amyloid precursor protein and production of misfolded protein results in amyloid beta agglomeration. This insoluble amyloid beta leads to neurodegenerative cascade and neuronal cell death occurs. Studies had shown disturbed sleep may be a risk factor for dementia and cognitive decline. In this review, the therapeutic targets for alzheimer disease via focussing on pathways for amyloid beta clearance are discussed.


2000 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Constantine George Lyketsos ◽  
Jeannie-Marie E. Sheppard ◽  
Cynthia D. Steele ◽  
Susan Kopunke ◽  
Alva S. Baker ◽  
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2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Milan Fiala ◽  
Justin Zaghi ◽  
Philip T. Liu ◽  
Mark Rosenthal

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus P Kummer ◽  
Michael T Heneka
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2006 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Rapp ◽  
Michal Schnaider-Beeri ◽  
Hillel T. Grossman ◽  
Mary Sano ◽  
Daniel P. Perl ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Yang ◽  
Wei Yin ◽  
Richard Van ◽  
Keyi Yin ◽  
Peng Wang ◽  
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2016 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcos Felipe Zanco ◽  
Helena Moraes ◽  
Geraldo Maranhão Neto ◽  
Jerson Laks ◽  
Andrea Camaz Deslandes

ABSTRACT Objective To assess cardiorespiratory capacity through subjective and objective tests in older adults diagnosed with major depression (MDD), Alzheimer disease (AD) and healthy older adults. Methods Fifty seven subjects (72 ± 7.9 years) were divided into three groups: MDD (n = 20), AD (n = 17) and Healthy (n = 20). The subjects answered Hamilton Scale (HAM-D), Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Veterans Specific Activity Questionnaire (VSAQ) and 2-minute Step test. Results MDD and AD showed lower scores than healthy group for Nomogram VSAQ (p < 0.001) and 2-minute Step (p = 0.009; p = 0.008, respectively). Adjusted for age and educational level, no differences among groups were observed for Step (MDD, p = 0.097; AD, p = 0.102). AD group did not present differences to healthy group for Step, when adjusting for MMSE (p = 0.261). Conclusions Despite the lower cardiorespiratory fitness of elderly patients with DM and DA have been found in both evaluations, the results should be viewed with caution, since the tests showed low correlation and different risk classifications of functional loss. In addition, age, level educational and cognitive performance are variables that can influence the performance objective evaluation.


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