Missorting of plasma miRNAs in aging and Alzheimer's disease

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Document Type

Article

Abstract

The observation that aging is regulated by microRNAs (miRNA) and at the same time represents the greatest risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD), prompted us to examine the circulating miRNA network in AD beyond aging. We here show that plasma miRNAs in aging are downregulated and predicted to be preferentially targeted to the extracellular vesicle (EV) content. In AD, miRNAs are further downregulated, display altered proportions of motifs relevant to their loading into EVs and secretion propensity, and are forecast to be found exclusively in EVs. The circulating miRNA network in AD, therefore, reflects pathological exacerbation of the aging process whereby physiological suppression of AD pathology by miRNAs becomes insufficient.

Medical Subject Headings

Humans; MicroRNAs (genetics); Alzheimer Disease (genetics); Extracellular Vesicles; Aging (genetics)

Publication Date

4-1-2023

Publication Title

Journal of neurochemistry

E-ISSN

1471-4159

Volume

165

Issue

2

First Page

149

Last Page

161

PubMed ID

36892419

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1111/jnc.15801

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