Genetic associations with age at dementia onset in the PSEN1 E280A Colombian kindred

• Published in: Alzheimer's & dementia Vol. 19; no. 9; pp. 3835 - 3847
• Main Authors: Cochran, Jesse Nicholas, Acosta‐Uribe, Juliana, Esposito, Bianca T., Madrigal, Lucia, Aguillón, David, Giraldo, Margarita M., Taylor, Jared W., Bradley, Joseph, Fulton‐Howard, Brian, Andrews, Shea J., Acosta‐Baena, Natalia, Alzate, Diana, Garcia, Gloria P., Piedrahita, Francisco, Lopez, Hugo E., Anderson, Ashlyn G., Rodriguez‐Nunez, Ivan, Roberts, Kevin, Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network, Absher, Devin, Myers, Richard M., Beecham, Gary W., Reitz, Christiane, Rizzardi, Lindsay F., Fernandez, Maria Victoria, Goate, Alison M., Cruchaga, Carlos, Renton, Alan E., Lopera, Francisco, Kosik, Kenneth S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.2023
• Subjects: AAO; ACE; Age of Onset; Alzheimer; Alzheimer Disease - diagnosis; Amyloid; AOO; CLU; clusterin; Clusterin - genetics; Colombia; E280A; heparin sulfate; HS3ST1; HSPG2; Humans; LRP1B; Mutation - genetics; Presenilin-1 - genetics; PSEN1; SIAH3; tetraspanin; TSPAN10; TSPAN14; ZC3H13; Colombia; heparin sulfate; AOO; clusterin; ACE; SIAH3; PSEN1; Alzheimer; CLU; HSPG2; HS3ST1; LRP1B; TSPAN10; AAO; TSPAN14; amyloid; tetraspanin; ZC3H13; E280A; age of onset
• ISSN: 1552-5260; 1552-5279; 1552-5279
• DOI: 10.1002/alz.13021

INTRODUCTION Genetic associations with Alzheimer's disease (AD) age at onset (AAO) could reveal genetic variants with therapeutic applications. We present a large Colombian kindred with autosomal dominant AD (ADAD) as a unique opportunity to discover AAO genetic associations. METHODS A genetic association study was conducted to examine ADAD AAO in 340 individuals with the PSEN1 E280A mutation via TOPMed array imputation. Replication was assessed in two ADAD cohorts, one sporadic early‐onset AD study and four late‐onset AD studies. RESULTS 13 variants had p<1×10−7 or p<1×10−5 with replication including three independent loci with candidate associations with clusterin including near CLU. Other suggestive associations were identified in or near HS3ST1, HSPG2, ACE, LRP1B, TSPAN10, and TSPAN14. DISCUSSION Variants with suggestive associations with AAO were associated with biological processes including clusterin, heparin sulfate, and amyloid processing. The detection of these effects in the presence of a strong mutation for ADAD reinforces their potentially impactful role.