Translational neuroscience of Alzheimer's disease: preclinical and clinical studies of b-amyloid peptide and other biomarkers

• Grant number: 12/50329-6
• Support type: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• Duration: December 01, 2012 - November 30, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Medicine - Psychiatry
• Principal researcher: Geraldo Busatto Filho
• Grantee: Geraldo Busatto Filho
• Home Institution: Faculdade de Medicina (FM). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Pesquisadores principais: Carlos Alberto Buchpiguel ; Luiz Roberto Giorgetti de Britto ; Vitor Tumas
• Associated scholarship(s): 18/16610-6 - Functional neuroimaging in healthy elderlies: correlation between resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging and amyloid accumulation mapping via PiB-PET, BP.MS; 17/04044-3 - Translational neuroscience of Alzheimer's Disease: preclinical and clinical studies of b-amyloid peptide and other biomarkers, BP.TT; 13/16364-1 - NADPH oxidase in the model of Alzheimer's Disease by intracerebroventricular injection of streptozotocin, BP.IC

Abstract

The diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), a great public health problem, is imprecise and delayed (since the neurodegenerative processes begin years before the appearance of symptoms). The validation of AD biomarkers has the potential to afford early diagnosis and novel treatments. This project aims to investigate, in a multidisciplinary and translational fashion, the accumulation of b-amyloid peptide (the pathological hallmark of AD) and its associated brain changes (macroscopic and molecular), bringing together several 1A-B CNPq scientists and other researchers, members of 11 post-graduate teaching areas (7 of which level 6-7 CAPES), distributed across four centers of the Universidade de São Paulo - Faculdade de Medicina da USP (FMUSP), Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (FMRP), Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB) and Instituto de Psicologia (IP). We will carry out clinical studies with large samples, and these will be integrated with basic neuroscience investigations aimed at detailing the molecular processes underlying biomarker changes associated with the progression of AD and its treatment. These studies will involve: the use, for the first time in Brazil, of the b-amyloid tracer 11 C-PIB with positron emission tomography (PET); studies on healthy and pathological brain aging integrating the FMUSP-FMRP groups and evaluating 500 elderly individuals (subjects with minor cognitive impairment, AD and healthy controls) using magnetic resonance imaging and other biomarkers (cerebrospinal fluid / blood); application of novel pattern recognition methods for the extraction of statistical data evaluating the relative value of different biomarkers in regard to diagnostic accuracy, thus helping to delineate individualized "neurobiological signatures", within a perspective of personalized Medicine; and experiments with animal models and cell cultures investigating the impact of the exposure to b-amyloid in the brain, as well as changes in associated biochemical and electrophysiological processes. By endorsing the interaction of this group of scientists in the short and long term, we aim to increase the impact of our publications, pave the way for innovative drug trials with disease-modifying agents, and promote technological innovation in terms of diagnostic processes and patenting of novel pharmacological agents. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

LUIZ K. FERREIRA; JANE M. RONDINA; RODRIGO KUBO; CARLA R. ONO; CLAUDIA C. LEITE; JERUSA SMID; CASSIO BOTTINO; RICARDO NITRINI; GERALDO F. BUSATTO; FABIO L. DURAN; et al. Support vector machine-based classification of neuroimages in Alzheimer’s disease: direct comparison of FDG-PET, rCBF-SPECT and MRI data acquired from the same individuals. Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria, v. 40, n. 2, p. 181-191, 2017-10-02. (04/05551-6, 12/50329-6)

GUIMARAES MARQUES, MARCIA JONATHAS; REAL, CAROLINE CRISTIANO; VICTORINO, DANIELLA BALDUINO; BRITTO, LUIZ ROBERTO; CAVALHEIRO, ESPER ABRAO; SCORZA, FULVIO ALEXANDRE; FERRAZ, HENRIQUE BALLALAI; SCORZA, CARLA ALESSANDRA. Endogenous protection against the 6-OHDA model of Parkinson's disease in the Amazonian rodent Proechimys. Neuroscience Letters, v. 709, SEP 14 2019. (16/06879-2, 13/25049-2, 16/17746-3, 12/50329-6)

FERREIRA, LUIZ K.; RONDINA, JANE M.; KUBO, RODRIGO; ONO, CARLA R.; LEITE, CLAUDIA C.; SMID, JERUSA; BOTTINO, CASSIO; NITRINI, RICARDO; BUSATTO, GERALDO F.; DURAN, FABIO L.; et al. Support vector machine-based classification of neuroimages in Alzheimer's disease: direct comparison of FDG-PET, rCBF-SPECT and MRI data acquired from the same individuals. Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria, v. 40, n. 2, p. 181-191, APR-JUN 2018. (12/50329-6, 04/05551-6)

SIMON, SHARON S.; HAMPSTEAD, BENJAMIN M.; NUCCI, MARIANA P.; DURAN, FABIO L. S.; FONSECA, LUCIANA M.; MARTINO, MARIA DA GRACA M.; AVILA, RENATA; PORTO, FABIO H. G.; BRUCKI, SONIA M. D.; MARTINS, CAMILA B.; et al. Cognitive and Brain Activity Changes After Mnemonic Strategy Training in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment: Evidence From a Randomized Controlled Tria. FRONTIERS IN AGING NEUROSCIENCE, v. 10, NOV 13 2018. (12/50329-6, 12/50010-0, 12/51699-1)

RZEZAK, PATRICIA; LIMA, ELLEN MARISE; PEREIRA, FABRICIO; GARGARO, ANA CAROLINA; COIMBRA, ERICA; DE VINCENTIIS, SILVIA; VELASCO, TONICARLO RODRIGUES; LEITE, JOAO PEREIRA; BUSATTO, GERALDO F.; VALENTE, KETTE D.. Decision-making in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy: Delay gratification ability is not impaired in patients with hippocampal sclerosis. Epilepsy & Behavior, v. 60, p. 158-164, JUL 2016. (12/09025-3, 13/11361-4, 12/13065-0, 12/50329-6)

FERREIRA, LUIZ K.; TAMASHIRO-DURAN, JAQUELINE H.; SQUARZONI, PAULA; DURAN, FABIO L.; ALVES, TANIA C.; BUCHPIGUEL, CARLOS A.; BUSATTO, GERALDO F.. The link between cardiovascular risk, Alzheimer's disease, and mild cognitive impairment: support from recent functional neuroimaging studies. Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria, v. 36, n. 4, p. 344-357, OCT-DEC 2014. (12/11898-5, 12/50329-6)

CECCHINI, MARIO AMORE; YASSUDA, MONICA SANCHES; SQUARZONI, PAULA; COUTINHO, ARTUR MARTINS; FARIA, DANIELE DE PAULA; DE SOUZA DURAN, FABIO LUIZ; DA COSTA, NAOMI ANTUNES; DE GOBBI PORTO, FABIO HENRIQUE; NITRINI, RICARDO; FORLENZA, ORESTES VICENTE; et al. Deficits in short-term memory binding are detectable in individuals with brain amyloid deposition in the absence of overt neurodegeneration in the Alzheimer's disease continuum. BRAIN AND COGNITION, v. 152, AUG 2021. (14/50873-3, 16/50197-3, 12/50329-6, 16/07967-2)

FERREIRA, LUIZ KOBUTI; BROCANELLO REGINA, ANA CAROLINA; KOVACEVIC, NATASA; MORAIS MARTIN, MARIA DA GRACA; SANTOS, PEDRO PAIM; CARNEIRO, CAMILA DE GODOI; KERR, DANIEL SHIKANAI; AMARO, JR., EDSON; MCINTOSH, ANTHONY RANDAL; BUSATTO, GERALDO F.. Aging Effects on Whole-Brain Functional Connectivity in Adults Free of Cognitive and Psychiatric Disorders. CEREBRAL CORTEX, v. 26, n. 9, p. 3851-3865, SEP 2016. (11/00475-3, 12/11898-5, 10/17083-8, 12/50329-6)

TASCONE, LYSSANDRA DOS SANTOS; PAYNE, MARTHA E.; MACFALL, JAMES; AZEVEDO, DIONISIO; DE CASTRO, CLAUDIO CAMPI; STEFFENS, DAVID C.; BUSATTO, GERALDO F.; BOTTINO, CASSIO M. C.. Cortical brain volume abnormalities associated with few or multiple neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer's disease. PLoS One, v. 12, n. 5, MAY 8 2017. (12/50329-6)

LUÍS GUSTAVO RIBEIRO; GERALDO BUSATTO FILHO. MORFOMETRIA BASEADA EM VOXEL EM DOENÇA DE ALZHEIMER E COMPROMETIMENTO COGNITIVO LEVE: REVISÃO SISTEMÁTICA DE ESTUDOS ABORDANDO O LOBO FRONTAL. Dement. Neuropsychol., v. 10, n. 2, p. 104-112, 2016-06-00. (12/50329-6)

SOUZA-DURAN, FABIO L.; RZEZAK, PATRICIA. Prefrontal-Parietal White Matter Volumes in Healthy Elderlies Are Decreased in Proportion to the Degree of Cardiovascular Risk and Related to Inhibitory Control Deficits. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, v. 8, JAN 26 2017. (12/50329-6, 04/15336-5)

. Support vector machine-based classification of neuroimages in Alzheimer’s disease: direct comparison of FDG-PET, rCBF-SPECT and MRI data acquired from the same individuals. Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria, n. ahead, p. -, 2017. (04/05551-6, 12/50329-6)

BUSATTO FILHO, GERALDO; ROSA, PEDRO G.; SERPA, MAURICIO H.; SQUARZONI, PAULA; DURAN, FABIO L.. Psychiatric neuroimaging research in Brazil: historical overview, current challenges, and future opportunities. Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria, v. 43, n. 1, p. 83-101, JAN-FEB 2021. (12/50329-6)

SIMON, SHARON S.; HAMPSTEAD, BENJAMIN M.; NUCCI, MARIANA P.; DURAN, FABIO L. S.; FONSECA, LUCIANA M.; MARTIN, MARIA DA GRACA M.; AVILA, RENATA; PORTO, FABIO H. G.; BRUCKI, SONIA M. D.; MARTINS, CAMILA B.; et al. Training gains and transfer effects after mnemonic strategy training in mild cognitive impairment: A fMRI study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY, v. 154, p. 15-26, AUG 2020. (12/51699-1, 12/50329-6, 12/50010-0)

SQUARZONI, PAULA; FARIA, DANIELE DE PAULA; YASSUDA, MONICA SANCHES; DE GOBBI PORTO, FABIO HENRIQUE; COUTINHO, ARTUR MARTINS; DA COSTA, NAOMI ANTUNES; NITRINI, RICARDO; FORLENZA, ORESTES VICENTE; DE SOUZA DURAN, FABIO LUIZ; DOZZI BRUCKI, SONIA MARIA; et al. Relationship Between PET-Assessed Amyloid Burden and Visual and Verbal Episodic Memory Performance in Elderly Subjects. JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, v. 78, n. 1, p. 229-244, 2020. (14/50873-3, 12/50329-6)

SONVENSO, DANIELE KANASHIRO; ITIKAWA, EMERSON NOBUYUKI; SANTOS, MARCELO VOLPON; SANTOS, LEONARDO ALEXANDRE; TREVISAN, ANA CAROLINA; BIANCHIN, MARINO MUXFELDT; PITELLA, FELIPE ARRIVA; KATO, MERY; CARLOTTI, JR., CARLOS GILBERTO; FILHO BUSATTO, GERALDO; et al. Systematic review of the efficacy in seizure control and safety of neuronavigation in epilepsy surgery: The need for well-designed prospective studies. SEIZURE-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPILEPSY, v. 31, p. 99-107, SEP 2015. (12/50329-6)

RZEZAK, PATRICIA; LIMA, ELLEN MARISE; GARGARO, ANA CAROLINA; COIMBRA, ERICA; DE VINCENTIIS, SILVIA; VELASCO, TONICARLO RODRIGUES; LEITE, JOAO PEREIRA; BUSATTO, GERALDO F.; VALENTE, KETTE D.. Everyday memory impairment in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy caused by hippocampal sclerosis. Epilepsy & Behavior, v. 69, p. 31-36, APR 2017. (12/09025-3, 13/11361-4, 12/13065-0, 12/50329-6)

RZEZAK, PATRICIA; SQUARZONI, PAULA; DURAN, FABIO L.; FERRAZ ALVES, TANIA DE TOLEDO; TAMASHIRO-DURAN, JAQUELINE; BOTTINO, CASSIO M.; RIBEIZ, SALMA; LOTUFO, PAULO A.; MENEZES, PAULO R.; SCAZUFCA, MARCIA; et al. Relationship between Brain Age-Related Reduction in Gray Matter and Educational Attainment. PLoS One, v. 10, n. 10, OCT 16 2015. (13/03231-3, 12/13065-0, 12/50329-6)

CAROLINE CRISTIANO REAL; CLÁUDIA KIMIE SUEMOTO; KARINA HENRIQUE BINDA; LEA TENENHOLZ GRINBERG; CARLOS AUGUSTO PASQUALUCCI; WILSON JACOB FILHO; RENATA ELOAH DE LUCENA FERRETTI-REBUSTINI; RICARDO NITRINI; RENATA ELAINE PARAIZO LEITE; LUIZ ROBERTO DE BRITTO. O ESTILO DE VIDA ATIVO MELHORA O PERFIL DE EXPRESSÃO DE PROTEÍNAS EM INDIVÍDUOS COM A PATOLOGIA DE CORPOS DE LEWY. Dement. Neuropsychol., v. 15, n. 1, p. 41-50, 2021-04-09. (16/16166-3, 12/50329-6, 13/25049-2)