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Amyloid (Aβ) pathology is the earliest detectable pathophysiological event along the Alzheimer’s  continuum , which can be measured both in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and by Positron Emission Tomography (PET). Yet, these biomarkers identify two distinct Aβ pools, reflecting the clearance of soluble Aβ as opposed to the presence of Aβ fibrils in the brain. An open question is whether risk factors known to increase Alzheimer’s’ disease (AD) prevalence may promote an imbalance between soluble and deposited Aβ. Unveiling such interactions shall aid our understanding of the biological pathways underlying Aβ deposition and foster the design of effective prevention strategies. We assessed the impact of three major AD risk factors, such as age,  APOE -ε4 and female sex, on the association between CSF and PET Aβ, in two independent samples of non-demented individuals (ALFA:  n  = 320, ADNI:  n  = 682). We tested our hypotheses both in candidate regions of interest and in the whole brain using voxel-wise non-parametric permutations. All of the assessed risk factors induced a higher Aβ deposition for any given level of CSF Aβ42/40, although in distinct cerebral topologies. While age and sex mapped onto neocortical areas, the effect of  APOE -ε4 was prominent in the medial temporal lobe, which represents a target of early tau deposition. Further, we found that the effects of age and  APOE -ε4 was stronger in women than in men. Our data indicate that specific AD risk factors affect the spatial patterns of cerebral Aβ aggregation, with  APOE -ε4 possibly facilitating a co-localization between Aβ and tau along the disease  continuum .

molecular psychiatry

Age, sex and APOE-ε4 modify the balance between soluble and fibrillar β-amyloid in non-demented individuals: topographical patterns across two independent cohorts