Association of the apolipoprotein E ε4 allele in a Serbian population with Alzheimer’s dementia

Jelena Bašić; Vuk Milošević; Branka Đorđević; Nikola Stefanović; Marija Cvetković; Tatjana Jevtović Stoimenov; Ivana Stojanović

doi:10.2298/ABS230614026B

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Jelena Bašić Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš, 18000 Niš, Serbia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9221-561X
Vuk Milošević 1. Clinic of Neurology, University Clinical Center Niš, 18000 Niš, Serbia; 2. Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš, 18000 Niš, Serbia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2434-8277
Branka Đorđević Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš, 18000 Niš, Serbia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4521-1253
Nikola Stefanović Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš, 18000 Niš, Serbia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2599-7508
Marija Cvetković Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš, 18000 Niš, Serbia https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4051-8858
Tatjana Jevtović Stoimenov Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš, 18000 Niš, Serbia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0600-5411
Ivana Stojanović Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš, 18000 Niš, Serbia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8835-9370

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https://doi.org/10.2298/ABS230614026B

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Apolipoprotein E ε4, Alzheimer's disease, Dementia, rs429358, rs7412

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Single nucleotide polymorphisms rs429358 and rs7412 in the apolipoprotein E gene (APOE) are of great importance for APOEε2/ε3/ε4 carrier status determination.
APOEε2/ε3/ε4 allele carrier status in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) dementia and cognitively unimpaired subjects and the association of the APOEε4 allele with AD dementia risk in a Serbian population was assessed.
The APOEε4 allele was found to be associated with a higher risk of AD dementia compared to the reference ε3 allele.
This research is a potential contribution to improving diagnostic protocols for diagnosing and treating AD dementia in Serbia.

Abstract: Although single nucleotide polymorphisms rs429358 and rs7412 in the apolipoprotein E gene (APOE) are widely investigated to analyze APOE alleles, there are no data on their association with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) dementia in a Serbian population. This study aimed to investigate the distribution of APOE ε2/ε3/ε4 alleles in patients with dementia due to AD and cognitively unimpaired subjects and to assess the association of the APOE ε4 allele with disease risk in the Serbian population. A case-control study included patients with dementia due to AD and cognitively unimpaired individuals. APOE rs429358 and rs7412 were analyzed using the Real-Time PCR method with allele-specific TaqMan assays, followed by APOE ε2/ε3/ε4 allele carrier status analysis. Patients had a significantly higher frequency of the APOE ε4 allele than the control group (P<0.001). The APOE ε4 allele was found to be associated with a 3-fold higher risk of AD dementia compared to the reference ε3 allele (P<0.001). In conclusion, this is the first study to suggest that carriers of the APOE ε4 allele have a higher risk of developing dementia due to AD than those who carry the APOE ε3 allele in the Serbian population.

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