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@ARTICLE{Oeckl:277978,
author = {Oeckl, Patrick and Mayer, Benjamin and Bateman, Randall J
and Day, Gregory S and Fox, Nick C and Huey, Edward D and
Ibanez, Laura and Ikeuchi, Takeshi and Jucker, Mathias and
Lee, Jae-Hong and Levin, Johannes and Llibre-Guerra, Jorge J
and Lopera, Francisco and McDade, Eric and Morris, John C
and Niimi, Yoshiki and Roh, Jee Hoon and Sánchez-Valle,
Raquel and Schofield, Peter R and Otto, Markus},
collaboration = {Network, Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer},
title = {{E}arly increase of the synaptic blood marker β-synuclein
in asymptomatic autosomal dominant {A}lzheimer's disease.},
journal = {Alzheimer's and dementia},
volume = {21},
number = {4},
issn = {1552-5260},
address = {Hoboken, NJ},
publisher = {Wiley},
reportid = {DZNE-2025-00510},
pages = {e70146},
year = {2025},
abstract = {β-synuclein is a promising blood marker to track synaptic
degeneration in Alzheimer's disease (AD) but changes in
preclinical AD are unclear.We investigated serum
β-synuclein in 69 cognitively unimpaired mutation
non-carriers, 78 cognitively unimpaired AD mutation carriers
(asymptomatic AD), and 31 symptomatic mutation carriers from
the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network.β-synuclein
levels were already higher in asymptomatic AD mutation
carriers compared to non-carriers and highest in symptomatic
carriers. Longitudinal trajectories and correlation analyses
indicated that β-synuclein levels start to rise after
amyloid deposition preceding axonal degeneration, brain
atrophy and hypometabolism, and cognitive decline.
β-synuclein levels were associated with cognitive
impairment and gradually increased with declining
cognition.Our study supports the use of blood β-synuclein
to track synaptic changes in preclinical AD and as a
surrogate marker for cognitive impairment which might be
used in early diagnosis and to support patient selection and
monitoring of treatment effects in clinical trials.Blood
β-synuclein levels were already higher in asymptomatic
Alzheimer's disease (AD) mutation carriers. Blood
β-synuclein levels were highest in symptomatic AD mutation
carriers. Blood β-synuclein levels start to rise 11 years
before symptom onset. Rise of β-synuclein precedes axonal
degeneration, brain atrophy, and cognitive decline.
β-synuclein levels gradually increased with declining
cognition.},
keywords = {Humans / Alzheimer Disease: genetics / Alzheimer Disease:
blood / Alzheimer Disease: pathology / Male / Female /
Biomarkers: blood / Middle Aged / Mutation: genetics /
beta-Synuclein: blood / Aged / Brain: pathology / Brain:
diagnostic imaging / Synapses / Cognitive Dysfunction: blood
/ Longitudinal Studies / asymptomatic mutation carriers
(Other) / autosomal dominant Alzheimer´s disease (Other) /
blood biomarker (Other) / preclinical Alzheimer´s disease
(Other) / synaptic degeneration (Other) / β‐synuclein
(Other) / Biomarkers (NLM Chemicals) / beta-Synuclein (NLM
Chemicals)},
cin = {AG Öckl / AG Jucker / AG Levin / Clinical Research
(Munich)},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)5000073 / I:(DE-2719)1210001 /
I:(DE-2719)1111016 / I:(DE-2719)1111015},
pnm = {353 - Clinical and Health Care Research (POF4-353) / 352 -
Disease Mechanisms (POF4-352)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-353 / G:(DE-HGF)POF4-352},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-2719)DIAN-20090101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:40207431},
doi = {10.1002/alz.70146},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/277978},
}