TDP-43 Related Neuropathologies and Phosphorylation State: Associations with Age and Clinical Dementia in the Cambridge City over-75s Cohort
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2020
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Hunter, S.
Hokkanen, S.R.K.
Keage, H.A.D.
Fleming, J.
Minett, T.
Polvikoski, T.
Allinson, K.
Brayne, C.
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Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2020; 75(1):337-350
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Pathologies associated with the Tar-DNA binding protein 43 KDa (TDP-43) are associated with neurodegenerative diseases and aging. Phosphorylation of cellular proteins is a well-accepted mechanism of biological control and can be associated with disease pathways. Phosphorylation state associated with TDP-43 associated pathology has not been investigated with respect to dementia status in a population representative sample. TDP-43 immunohistochemistry directed toward phosphorylated (TDP-43P) and unphosphorylated (TDP-43U) was assessed in sections of hippocampus and temporal cortex from 222 brains donated to the population representative Cambridge City over-75s Cohort. Relationships between dementia status and age at death for TDP-43 immunoreactive pathologies by phosphorylation state were investigated. TDP-43 pathologies are common in the oldest old in the population and often do not conform to MacKenzie classification. Increasing age is associated with glial (TDP-43P) and neuronal inclusions (TDP-43P and TDP-43U), neurites, and granulovacuolar degeneration (GVD). Dementia status is associated with GVD and glial (TDP-43 P) and neural inclusions (TDP-43 P and U). Dementia severity was associated with glial (TDP-43P) and neuronal inclusions (TDP-43U and TDP-43P), GVD, and neurites. The associations between dementia severity and both glial cytoplasmic inclusions and GVD were independent from other pathologies and TDP-43 neuronal cytoplasmic inclusions. TDP-43 pathology contributes to dementia status and progression in a variety of ways in different phosphorylation states involving both neurons and glia, independently from age and from classic Alzheimer-related pathologies. TDP-43 pathologies as cytoplasmic inclusions in neurons or glia or as GVD contribute independently to dementia.
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