The ADAMTS9 gene is associated with cognitive aging in the elderly in a Taiwanese population

Eugene Lin; Shih Jen Tsai; Po Hsiu Kuo; Yu Li Liu; Albert C. Yang; Chung Feng Kao; Cheng Hung Yang

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The ADAMTS9 gene is associated with cognitive aging in the elderly in a Taiwanese population

Eugene Lin, Shih Jen Tsai, Po Hsiu Kuo, Yu Li Liu, Albert C. Yang, Chung Feng Kao, Cheng Hung Yang

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Evidence indicates that the pathophysiologic mechanisms associated with insulin resistance may contribute to cognitive aging and Alzheimer's diseases. In this study, we hypothesize that single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within insulin resistance-associated genes, such as the ADAM metallopeptidase with thrombospondin type 1 motif 9 (ADAMTS9), glucokinase regulator (GCKR), and peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma (PPARG) genes, may be linked with cognitive aging independently and/or through complex interactions in an older Taiwanese population. A total of 547 Taiwanese subjects aged over 60 years from the Taiwan Biobank were analyzed. Mini-Mental State Examinations (MMSE) were administered to all subjects, and MMSE scores were used to measure cognitive functions. Our data showed that four SNPs (rs73832338, rs9985304, rs4317088, and rs9831846) in the ADAMTS9 gene were significantly associated with cognitive aging among the subjects (P = 1.5 × 10^-6 ∼ 0.0002). This association remained significant after performing Bonferroni correction. Additionally, we found that interactions between the ADAMTS9 rs9985304 and ADAMTS9 rs76346246 SNPs influenced cognitive aging (P < 0.001). However, variants in the GCKR and PPARG genes had no association with cognitive aging in our study. Our study indicates that the ADAMTS9 gene may contribute to susceptibility to cognitive aging independently as well as through SNP-SNP interactions.

Original language	English
Article number	e0172440
Journal	PLoS ONE
Volume	12
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172440
State	Published - Feb 2017

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