Capogna, Elettra;
Watne, Leiv Otto;
Sørensen, Øystein;
Guichelaar, Carlijn Jamila;
Idland, Ane Victoria;
Halaas, Nathalie Bodd;
Blennow, Kaj;
... Vidal-Piñeiro, Didac; + view all
(2023)
Associations of neuroinflammatory IL-6 and IL-8 with brain atrophy, memory decline, and core AD biomarkers - in cognitively unimpaired older adults.
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity
, 113
pp. 56-65.
10.1016/j.bbi.2023.06.027.
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Abstract
Concentrations of pro-inflammatory cytokines -interleukin-6 (IL-6) and interleukin-8 (IL-8) - are increased with age and in Alzheimer's disease (AD). It is not clear whether concentrations of IL-6 and IL-8 in the central nervous system predict later brain and cognitive changes over time nor whether this relationship is mediated by core AD biomarkers. Here, 219 cognitively healthy older adults (62-91 years), with baseline cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) measures of IL-6 and IL-8 were followed over time - up to 9 years - with assessments that included cognitive function, structural magnetic resonance imaging, and CSF measurements of phosphorylated tau (p-tau) and amyloid-β (Aβ-42) concentrations (for a subsample). Higher baseline CSF IL-8 was associated with better memory performance over time in the context of lower levels of CSF p-tau and p-tau/Aβ-42 ratio. Higher CSF IL-6 was related to less CSF p-tau changes over time. The results are in line with the hypothesis suggesting that an up-regulation of IL-6 and IL-8 in the brain may play a neuroprotective role in cognitively healthy older adults with lower load of AD pathology.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Associations of neuroinflammatory IL-6 and IL-8 with brain atrophy, memory decline, and core AD biomarkers - in cognitively unimpaired older adults |
| Location: | Netherlands |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.bbi.2023.06.027 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2023.06.027 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. under a Creative Commons license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | AD biomarkers, Cerebrospinal fluid, Cognitively unimpaired older adults, Interleukin-6, Interleukin-8, Longitudinal MRI |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Neurodegenerative Diseases |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10175227 |
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