Objective: Changes in progranulin () expression have been hypothesized to alter risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD). We investigated the relationship between expression in peripheral blood and clinical diagnosis of AD and mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

Methods: Peripheral blood progranulin gene expression was measured, using microarrays from Alzheimer's ( = 186), MCI ( = 118), and control ( = 204) subjects from the University of California San Francisco Memory and Aging Center (UCSF-MAC) and two independent published series (AddNeuroMed and ADNI). gene expression was correlated with clinical, demographic, and genetic data, including APOE haplotype and the rs5848 single-nucleotide polymorphism. Finally, we assessed progranulin protein levels, using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and methylation status using methylation microarrays.

Results: We observed an increase in blood progranulin gene expression and a decrease in promoter methylation in males ( = 0.007). Progranulin expression was 13% higher in AD and MCI patients compared with controls in the UCSF-MAC cohort ( = 10.41, = 3.72*10). This finding was replicated in the AddNeuroMed ( = 17.9, = 4.83*10) but not the ADNI series. The rs5848 SNP (T-allele) predicted decreased blood progranulin gene expression ( = 0.03). The APOE4 haplotype was positively associated with progranulin expression independent of diagnosis ( = 0.04). Finally, we did not identify differences in plasma progranulin protein levels or gene methylation between diagnostic categories.

Interpretation: Progranulin mRNA is elevated in peripheral blood of patients with AD and MCI and its expression is associated with numerous genetic and demographic factors. These data suggest a role in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative dementias besides frontotemporal dementia.

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