IRS gene polymorphisms in Turkish patients with late-onset Alzheimer’s disease
Molecular Biology Reports,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
52(1)
Опубликована: Фев. 15, 2025
Язык: Английский
Opposite causal effects of type 2 diabetes and metformin on Alzheimer's disease
The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer s Disease,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown, С. 100129 - 100129
Опубликована: Март 1, 2025
Type
2
diabetes
(T2D)
is
commonly
co-morbid
with
Alzheimer's
disease
(AD).
However,
it
remains
unclear
whether
T2D
itself
or
the
antidiabetic
drug
metformin
contributes
to
progression
of
AD.
This
study
aimed
investigate
overall
and
independent
effects
use
on
risk
Summary
genome-wide
association
datasets
were
utilized
for
Mendelian
randomization
(MR)
multivariable
MR
(MVMR)
analyses,
including
ones
(N
=
455,017),
456,276),
AD
453,733).
Additionally,
using
proportional
imbalance
method,
we
analyzed
AD-related
adverse
events
in
FDA
Adverse
Event
Reporting
System
(FAERS)
database
(covering
Q1
2004
Q2
2024).
Our
two-sample
analysis
indicated
that
not
associated
(OR:
1.03,
CI:
0.99-1.08,
P
0.128).
while
statistically
significant,
genetic
signature
exposure
demonstrated
a
trend
toward
an
increased
1.05,
1.00-1.09,
0.053).
Interestingly,
MVMR
analysis,
which
evaluates
T2D,
found
robust
decrease
0.82,
0.68-0.98,
0.031),
was
higher
1.26,
1.06-1.50,
9.45E-3).
In
FAERS
database,
total
228,283
metformin-related
event
reports
from
67,742
cases
found.
For
as
target
event,
signal
reported
29
(ROR:
0.83,
95
%
0.58-1.19,
0.3126).
reveals
opposite
causal
These
findings
highlight
importance
assessing
when
prescribing
patients
T2D.
Язык: Английский
Dysregulated mTOR networks in experimental sporadic Alzheimer’s disease
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
18
Опубликована: Сен. 25, 2024
Beyond
the
signature
amyloid-beta
plaques
and
neurofibrillary
tangles,
Alzheimer's
disease
(AD)
has
been
shown
to
exhibit
dysregulated
metabolic
signaling
through
insulin
insulin-like
growth
factor
(IGF)
networks
that
crosstalk
with
mechanistic
target
of
rapamycin
(mTOR).
Its
broad
impact
on
brain
structure
function
suggests
mTOR
is
likely
an
important
therapeutic
for
AD.
This
study
characterizes
temporal
lobe
(TL)
abnormalities
in
a
rat
model
sporadic
AD
neurodegeneration.
Long
Evans
rats
were
given
intracerebroventricular
injections
streptozotocin
(ic-STZ)
or
saline
(control),
4
weeks
later,
they
administered
neurobehavioral
tests
followed
by
terminal
harvesting
TLs
histopathological
measurement
biomarkers,
neuroinflammatory/oxidative
stress
markers,
total
phosphorylated
insulin/IGF-1-Akt-mTOR
pathway
molecules.
Rats
treated
ic-STZ
exhibited
significantly
impaired
performance
Rotarod
(RR)
Morris
Water
Maze
(MWM)
tests,
atrophy,
TL
hippocampal
neuronal
white
matter
degeneration,
elevated
pTau,
AβPP,
Aβ,
AChE,
4-HNE,
GAPDH
reduced
ubiquitin,
IL-2,
IL-6,
IFN-γ
immunoreactivities.
In
addition,
pY1135/1136-IGF-1R,
Akt,
PTEN,
pS380-PTEN,
pS2448-mTOR,
p70S6K,
pT412-p70S6K,
p/T-pT412-p70S6K,
p/T-Rictor,
p/T-Raptor.
Experimental
ic-STZ-induced
AD-type
neurodegeneration
dysfunctions
associated
inhibition
linked
energy
metabolism,
plasticity,
integrity.
Язык: Английский