PMID- 36894020 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230327 LR - 20230412 IS - 1872-7972 (Electronic) IS - 0304-3940 (Linking) VI - 802 DP - 2023 Apr 1 TI - Neuronal glutamate transporters are associated with cognitive impairment in obstructive sleep apnea patients without dementia. PG - 137168 LID - S0304-3940(23)00125-8 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.neulet.2023.137168 [doi] AB - Increasing evidence supports a link between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and cognition, and the mechanism is complex and still not well understood. We analyzed the relationship between the glutamate transporters and cognitive impairment in OSA. For this study 317 subjects without dementia, including 64 healthy controls (HCs), 140 OSA patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and 113 OSA patients without cognitive impairment were assessed. All participants who completed polysomnography, cognition and white matter hyperintensity (WMH) volume were used. Plasma neuron-derived exosomes (NDEs) excitatory amino acid transporter 2 (EAAT2) and vesicular glutamate transporter 1 (VGLUT1) proteins were measured by ELISA kits. After 1 year of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment, we analyzed plasma NDEs EAAT2 level and cognition changes. Plasma NDEs EAAT2 level was significantly higher in OSA patients than in HCs. Higher plasma NDEs EAAT2 level were significantly associated with cognitive impairment than normal cognition in OSA patients. Plasma NDEs EAAT2 level was inversely associated with the total Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) scores, visuo-executive function, naming, attention, language, abstraction, delayed recall and orientation. One year after CPAP treatment, plasma NDEs EAAT2 level (P = 0.019) was significantly lower, while MoCA scores (P = 0.013) were significantly increased compared with baseline. Upregulation of neuronal glutamate transporters at baseline may reflect a self-compensatory mechanism to prevent further neuronal damage, while plasma NDEs EAAT2 level was decreased after one year of CPAP therapy, which may be due to the loss of astrocytes and neurons. CI - Copyright (c) 2023. Published by Elsevier B.V. FAU - Xue, Song AU - Xue S AD - Weifang Medical University, Weifang, Shandong, China; Department of Neurology, Weihai Municipal Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Weihai, Shandong, China. FAU - Shen, Tengqun AU - Shen T AD - Department of Neurology, Weihai Municipal Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Weihai, Shandong, China. FAU - Li, Mengfan AU - Li M AD - Department of Neurology, Weihai Municipal Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Weihai, Shandong, China. FAU - Leng, Bing AU - Leng B AD - Department of Neurology, Weihai Municipal Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Weihai, Shandong, China. FAU - Yao, Ran AU - Yao R AD - Department of Neurology, Weihai Municipal Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Weihai, Shandong, China. FAU - Gao, Yanling AU - Gao Y AD - Department of Neurology, Weihai Municipal Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Weihai, Shandong, China. FAU - Sun, Hairong AU - Sun H AD - Department of Neurology, Weihai Municipal Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Weihai, Shandong, China. FAU - Li, Zhenguang AU - Li Z AD - Department of Neurology, Weihai Municipal Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Weihai, Shandong, China. FAU - Zhang, Jinbiao AU - Zhang J AD - Department of Neurology, Weihai Municipal Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Weihai, Shandong, China. Electronic address: drzhangjinbiao@163.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20230307 PL - Ireland TA - Neurosci Lett JT - Neuroscience letters JID - 7600130 RN - 0 (Glutamates) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Cognitive Dysfunction MH - *Sleep Apnea, Obstructive/complications/therapy MH - Cognition/physiology MH - Neurons MH - Glutamates MH - *Dementia/complications OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cognition impairment OT - Glutamate transporters OT - Neuronal exosomes OT - Obstructive sleep apnea OT - Oxidative stress COIS- Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2023/03/10 06:00 MHDA- 2023/03/28 06:00 CRDT- 2023/03/09 19:34 PHST- 2022/12/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/01/30 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/03/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/03/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/03/28 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2023/03/09 19:34 [entrez] AID - S0304-3940(23)00125-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.neulet.2023.137168 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neurosci Lett. 2023 Apr 1;802:137168. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2023.137168. Epub 2023 Mar 7.