Iron in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration: A New Subcortical Pathological Pathway?
Gazzina S1, Premi E, Zanella I, Biasiotto G, Archetti S, Cosseddu M, Scarpini E, Galimberti D, Serpente M, Gasparotti R, Padovani A, Borroni B.
Neurodegener Dis.
2015 Nov 28.

Abstract

INTRODUCTION:
Brain iron homeostasis dysregulation has been widely related to neurodegeneration. In particular, human haemochromatosis protein (HFE) is involved in iron metabolism, and HFE H63D polymorphism has been related to the risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
and Alzheimer's disease. Recently, iron accumulation in the basal ganglia of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) patients has been described.
OBJECTIVE:
To explore the relationship between HFE genetic variation and demographic, clinical and imaging characteristics in a large cohort of FTLD patients.
METHODS:
A total of 110 FTLD patients underwent neuropsychological and imaging evaluation and blood sampling for HFE polymorphism determination. HFE H63D polymorphism was considered in the present study. Two imaging approaches were applied to evaluate the effect
of HFE genetic variation on brain atrophy, namely voxel-based morphometry and region of interest-based probabilistic approach (SPM8; Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging).
RESULTS:
FTLD patients carrying the D* genotype (H/D or D/D) showed greater atrophy in the basal ganglia, bilaterally, compared to H/H carriers (x, y, z: -22, -4, 0; T = 3.45; cluster size: 33 voxels, x, y, z: 24, 4, -2; T = 3.38; cluster size: 36 voxels). The
former group had even more pronounced behavioural symptoms, as defined by the Frontal Behavioural Inventory total scores.
CONCLUSIONS:
Our data suggest that H63D polymorphism could represent a disease-modifying gene in FTLD, fostering iron deposition in the basal ganglia. This suggests a new possible mechanism of FTLD-associated neurodegeneration.

© 2015 S. Karger AG, Basel.

PMID: 26613252

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