TY - JOUR
T1 - APOE ϵ4 Carriers Show Delayed Recovery of Verbal Memory and Smaller Entorhinal Volume in the First Year after Ischemic Stroke
AU - Werden, Emilio
AU - Khlif, Mohamed Salah
AU - Bird, Laura J.
AU - Cumming, Toby
AU - Bradshaw, Jennifer
AU - Khan, Wasim
AU - Pase, Matthew
AU - Restrepo, Carolina
AU - Veldsman, Michele
AU - Egorova, Natalia
AU - Patel, Sheila K.
AU - Gottlieb, Elie
AU - Brodtmann, Amy
PY - 2019/9/3
Y1 - 2019/9/3
N2 - Background: The apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene ϵ4 allele is a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease and cardiovascular disease. However, its relationship with cognition and brain volume after stroke is not clear. Objective: We compared cognition and medial temporal lobe volumes in APOE ϵ4 carriers and non-carriers in the first year after ischemic stroke. Methods: We sampled 20 APOE ϵ4 carriers and 20 non-carriers from a larger cohort of 135 ischemic stroke participants in the longitudinal CANVAS study. Participants were matched on a range of demographic and stroke characteristics. We used linear mixed-effect models to compare cognitive domain z-scores (attention, processing speed, executive function, verbal and visual memory, language, visuospatial function) and regional medial temporal lobe volumes (hippocampal, entorhinal cortex) between groups at each time-point (3, 12-months post-stroke), and within groups across time-points. APOE gene single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs; rs7412, rs429358) were genotyped on venous blood. Results: APOE ϵ4 carriers and non-carriers did not differ on any demographic, clinical, or stroke variable. Carriers performed worse than non-carriers in verbal memory at 3 months post-stroke (p = 0.046), but were better in executive function at 12 months (p = 0.035). Carriers demonstrated a significant improvement in verbal memory (p = 0.012) and executive function (p = 0.015) between time-points. Non-carriers demonstrated a significant improvement in visual memory (p = 0.0005). Carriers had smaller bilateral entorhinal cortex volumes (p < 0.05), and larger right sided and contralesional hippocampal volumes, at both time-points (p < 0.05). Conclusion: APOE ϵ4 is associated with delayed recovery of verbal memory function and reduced entorhinal cortex volumes in the first year after ischemic stroke.
AB - Background: The apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene ϵ4 allele is a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease and cardiovascular disease. However, its relationship with cognition and brain volume after stroke is not clear. Objective: We compared cognition and medial temporal lobe volumes in APOE ϵ4 carriers and non-carriers in the first year after ischemic stroke. Methods: We sampled 20 APOE ϵ4 carriers and 20 non-carriers from a larger cohort of 135 ischemic stroke participants in the longitudinal CANVAS study. Participants were matched on a range of demographic and stroke characteristics. We used linear mixed-effect models to compare cognitive domain z-scores (attention, processing speed, executive function, verbal and visual memory, language, visuospatial function) and regional medial temporal lobe volumes (hippocampal, entorhinal cortex) between groups at each time-point (3, 12-months post-stroke), and within groups across time-points. APOE gene single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs; rs7412, rs429358) were genotyped on venous blood. Results: APOE ϵ4 carriers and non-carriers did not differ on any demographic, clinical, or stroke variable. Carriers performed worse than non-carriers in verbal memory at 3 months post-stroke (p = 0.046), but were better in executive function at 12 months (p = 0.035). Carriers demonstrated a significant improvement in verbal memory (p = 0.012) and executive function (p = 0.015) between time-points. Non-carriers demonstrated a significant improvement in visual memory (p = 0.0005). Carriers had smaller bilateral entorhinal cortex volumes (p < 0.05), and larger right sided and contralesional hippocampal volumes, at both time-points (p < 0.05). Conclusion: APOE ϵ4 is associated with delayed recovery of verbal memory function and reduced entorhinal cortex volumes in the first year after ischemic stroke.
KW - Apolipoproteins E
KW - hippocampus
KW - magnetic resonance imaging
KW - memory
KW - stroke
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U2 - 10.3233/JAD-190566
DO - 10.3233/JAD-190566
M3 - Article
C2 - 31381519
AN - SCOPUS:85071899101
SN - 1387-2877
VL - 71
SP - 245
EP - 259
JO - Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
JF - Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
IS - 1
ER -