Laboratory Medicine ›› 2020, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (1): 1-5.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8640.2020.01.001

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Correlation between biochemical parameters and apolipoprotein E genotypes among inpatients with late-onset Alzheimers disease in Beijing

HONG Ping, WANG Peichang()   

  1. Department of Clinical Laboratory,Xuanwu Hospital,Capital Medical University,Beijing 100053,China
  • Received:2018-11-18 Online:2020-01-30 Published:2020-02-28

Abstract:

Objective To investigate the correlation between the gene polymorphism of apolipoprotein E(apo E) and blood lipid levels in late-onset Alzheimers disease(LOAD) patients. Methods The apo E gene polymorphism was determined by gene chip in 150 LOAD patients and 150 healthy subjects. Total cholesterol(TC),triglyceride(TG),low-density lipoprotein cholesterol(LDL-C),small and dense low-density lipoprotein cholesterol(sd-LDL-C),high-density lipoprotein cholesterol(HDL-C),apolipoprotein B(apo B) and lipoprotein (a)[Lp(a)] levels were also determined. Multivariate unconditional Logistic regression analysis was used to screen the related risk factors of LOAD. Results The frequencies of E2/3 and E3/3 genotypes in LOAD group were lower than those in healthy control group(P<0.05),and the frequencies of E3/4 and E2/4 genotypes were higher than those in healthy control group(P<0.01). The frequency of ε3 allele in LOAD group was lower than that in healthy control group(P<0.05),and the frequency of ε4 allele in LOAD group was higher than that in healthy control group(P<0.01). Compared with healthy control group,the levels of TC,LDL-C and sd-LDL-C were increased(P<0.01),while HDL-C was decreased(P<0.01) in LOAD group. There was no statistical significance in the other blood lipids(P>0.05). The levels of TC and LDL-C were gradually increased in LOAD patients with the phenotypes of ε2,ε3 and ε4(P<0.05). The LDL-C level of ε4 phenotype was higher than that of ε2 phenotype in healthy control group(P<0.05). The apo E ε4 allele and LDL-C were the risk factors for LOAD,the odds ratios(OR) were 14.454 and 5.824,and 95% confidence intervals(CI) were 5.793-16.368 and 2.582-7.973,respectively. HDL-C was the protective factor for LOAD(OR=0.020,95% CI 0.006-0.352). Conclusions The apo E gene polymorphism is closely related to lipid metabolism,and the apo E ε4 allele may be one of the important genetic factors in the pathogenesis of LOAD.

Key words: Apolipoprotein E, Gene polymorphism, Alzheimers disease, Blood lipid

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