PMID- 24055685 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140811 LR - 20221207 IS - 1095-9564 (Electronic) IS - 1074-7427 (Linking) VI - 106 DP - 2013 Nov TI - Synergy effects of HbA1c and variants of APOE and BDNFVal66Met explains individual differences in memory performance. PG - 274-82 LID - S1074-7427(13)00176-7 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.nlm.2013.08.017 [doi] AB - We aimed at exploring if synergy effects of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) Val(66)Met, Apolipoprotein E (APOE) and HbA1c (glycated haemoglobin) could explain individual differences in memory performance over 10 years in a population based sample of nondemented adults (N=888, 35-85 years at baseline). Episodic memory was affected by such agents, wheras semantic memory was spared. Both age and HbA1c were associated with episodic memory decline. BDNF(66)Met carriers with higher HbA1c levels evidenced slope decline in episodic recall. We found support for joint effects of BDNFVal(66)MetxAPOExHbA1c and BDNFVal(66)MetxAPOExage on rates of episodic memory change over ten years, after controlling for age, sex, education and cardiovascular diseases. We conclude that variants of genetic polymorphisms act in synergy with long-term blood glucose control in shaping patterns of cognitive aging. CI - Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Persson, N AU - Persson N AD - Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Sweden; Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA; Stockholm Brain Institute, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address: ninni.persson@psychology.su.se. FAU - Lavebratt, C AU - Lavebratt C FAU - Wahlin, A AU - Wahlin A LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130918 PL - United States TA - Neurobiol Learn Mem JT - Neurobiology of learning and memory JID - 9508166 RN - 0 (Apolipoproteins E) RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Glycated Hemoglobin A) RN - 0 (hemoglobin A1c protein, human) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Age Factors MH - Aged MH - Aged, 80 and over MH - Apolipoproteins E/*genetics MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*genetics MH - Female MH - Genetic Association Studies MH - Glycated Hemoglobin/*genetics MH - Humans MH - *Individuality MH - Male MH - Memory/*physiology MH - Memory, Episodic MH - Middle Aged MH - Neuropsychological Tests MH - *Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide OTO - NOTNLM OT - APOE OT - Aging OT - BDNF OT - Episodic memory OT - Epistasis OT - HbA1c EDAT- 2013/09/24 06:00 MHDA- 2014/08/12 06:00 CRDT- 2013/09/24 06:00 PHST- 2013/01/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/08/28 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/08/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/09/24 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/09/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/08/12 06:00 [medline] AID - S1074-7427(13)00176-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.nlm.2013.08.017 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2013 Nov;106:274-82. doi: 10.1016/j.nlm.2013.08.017. Epub 2013 Sep 18.