The Moderating Effect of Serum Vitamin D on the Relationship Between Beta-Amyloid Deposition and Neurodegeneration

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 The Moderating Effect of Serum Vitamin D on the Relationship Between Beta-Amyloid Deposition and Neurodegeneration

Junha Park ^{1, 2}, Min Soo Byun ^{1, 2, 3*}, Dahyun Yi ⁴, Hyejin Ahn ⁵, Joon Hyung Jung ⁶, Nayeong Kong ⁷, Yoon Young Chang ^{1, 2}, Gijung Jung ⁴, Jun-Young Lee ^{1, 8}, Yu Kyeong Kim ^{9, 10}, Yun-Sang Lee ¹⁰, Koung Mi Kang ¹¹, Chul-Ho Sohn ¹¹, Dong Young Lee ^{1, 2, 3}

¹Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea , ²Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea , ³Seoul National University Dementia Research Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea , ⁴Institute of Human Behavioral Medicine, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁵Interdisciplinary program of cognitive science, Seoul National University College of Humanities, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁶Department of Psychiatry, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Republic of Korea, ⁷Department of Psychiatry, Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center, Daegu, Republic of Korea, ⁸Department of Neuropsychiatry, SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁹Department of Nuclear Medicine, SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ¹⁰Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea , ¹¹Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital and Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Received: March 16, 2024; Revised: June 1, 2024; Accepted: June 9, 2024; Published online: June 9, 2024.

© The Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology. All rights reserved.

Abstract

Objective: 

 

 Previous studies have reported that vitamin D deficiency increased the risk of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) dementia in older adults. However, little is known about how vitamin D is involved in the pathophysiology of AD. Thus, this study aimed to examine the association and interaction of serum vitamin D levels with in vivo AD pathologies including cerebral beta-amyloid (Aβ) deposition and neurodegeneration in nondemented older adults.
 

Methods: 

428 nondemented older adults were recruited from the Korean Brain Aging Study for the Early Diagnosis and Prediction of Alzheimer’s Disease, a prospective cohort that began in 2014. All participants underwent comprehensive clinical assessments, measurement of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D), and multimodal brain imaging including Pittsburgh compound-B (PiB) positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Global PiB deposition was measured for the Aβ biomarker. Intracranial volume-adjusted hippocampal volume (HVa) was used as a neurodegeneration biomarker.
 

Results: 

Overall, serum 25(OH)D level was not associated with either Aβ deposition or HVa after controlling for age, sex, apolipoprotein E ε4 positivity, and vascular risk factors. However, serum 25(OH)D level had a significant moderation effect on the association between Aβ and neurodegeneration, with lower serum 25(OH)D level significantly exacerbating cerebral Aβ-associated hippocampal volume loss (β = 34.612, p = 0.008).
 

Discussion: 

 

Our findings indicate that lower serum vitamin D levels may contribute to AD by exacerbating Aβ-associated neurodegeneration in nondemented older adults. Further studies to explore the potential therapeutic effect of vitamin D supplementation on the progression of AD pathology will be necessary.