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ArticlePsychiatry and clinical neurosciences2024

Distinct biological property of tau in tau-first cognitive proteinopathy: Evidence by longitudinal clinical neuroimaging profiles and compared with late-onset Alzheimer disease.

Hsin-I Chang, Chi-Wei Huang, Shu-Hua Huang, Shih-Wei Hsu, Kun-Ju Lin, Tsung-Ying Ho, Hsiu-Chuan Wu, Chiung-Chih Chang

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Hsin-I ChangDepartment of Neurology, Cognition and Aging Center, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Chi-Wei HuangDepartment of Neurology, Cognition and Aging Center, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Shu-Hua HuangDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Shih-Wei HsuDepartment of Radiology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Kun-Ju LinDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Lin-Kou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Tsung-Ying HoDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Lin-Kou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Hsiu-Chuan WuDepartment of Neurology, Lin-Kou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Chiung-Chih ChangDepartment of Neurology, Cognition and Aging Center, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6721-2556

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Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital CMRPG8J0524Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital CMRPG8J0843Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital CMRPG8K1533Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital CORPG8N0041Ministry of Health and Welfare MOHW109-TDU-B-212-114005Ministry of Health and Welfare MOHW110-TDU-B-212-124National Science and Technology council 111-2314-B-182A-143National Science and Technology council MOST 106-2119-M-003-002-National Science and Technology council MOST 107-2119-M-003-002-National Science and Technology council MOST 108-2119-M-003-001-National Science and Technology council NSTC 112-2321-B-182A-004
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Abstract

backgroundTau-first cognitive proteinopathy (TCP) denotes a clinical phenotype of Alzheimer disease (AD) showing Florzolotau(18F) positron emission tomography (PET) positivity but a negative amyloid status.

aimWe explored the biological property of tau using longitudinal cognitive and neuroimaging data in TCP and compared with late-onset AD (LOAD).

methodWe enrolled 56 patients with LOAD, 34 patients with TCP, and 26 cognitive unimpaired controls. All of the participants had historical data of 2 to 4 three-dimensional T1 images and 2 to 6 annual cognitive evaluations over a follow-up period of 7 years. Tau topography was measured using Florzolotau(18F) PET. In the LOAD and TCP groups, we constructed tau or gray matter clusters covarying with the cognitive measurements. We used mediator analysis to explore the regional tau load as predictor, gray matter partitions as mediators, and significant cognitive test scores as outcomes. Longitudinal cognitive decline and cortical thickness degeneration pattern were analyzed using a linear mixed-effects model.

resultsThe TCP group had longitudinal declines in nonexecutive domains. The deterministic factor predicting the short-term memory score in TCP was the hippocampal volume and not directly via the medial and lateral temporal tau load. These features formed the conceptual differences with LOAD. DISCUSSION: The biological properties of tau and the longitudinal cognitive-imaging trajectory support the conceptual distinction between TCP and LOAD. TCP represents one specific entity featuring salient short-term memory impairment, declines in nonexecutive domains, a slower gray matter degenerative pattern, and a restricted impact of tau.

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Alzheimer DiseaseCognitive DysfunctionGray MatterPositron-Emission Tomographytau ProteinsAgedAged, 80 and overCarbolinesCerebral CortexFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedNeuroimagingCarbolinestau ProteinsFlorzolotau(18F)late‐onset Alzheimer diseaselongitudinal cognitionsurface‐based morphometrytau‐first cognitive proteinopathy

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