Circulating Proteomic Signatures of Chronological Age.
Menni CDepartment of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London.
Kiddle SJInstitute of Psychiatry, King's College London. Medical Research Council Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, King's College London.
Mangino MDepartment of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London.
Viñuela ADepartment of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London.
Psatha MDepartment of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London.
Steves CDepartment of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London.
Sattlecker MInstitute of Psychiatry, King's College London. National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health and Biomedical Research Unit for Dementia at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation, London.
Buil ADepartment of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical School, Switzerland.
Newhouse SInstitute of Psychiatry, King's College London. National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health and Biomedical Research Unit for Dementia at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation, London.
Voyle NInstitute of Psychiatry, King's College London. Medical Research Council Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, King's College London.
Soininen HDepartment of Neurology, University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital, Finland.
Mecocci PInstitute of Gerontology and Geriatrics, University of Perugia, Italy.
Tsolaki MDepartment of Neurology III, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Vellas BInstitut national de la sante et de la recherche medicale University of Toulouse, France.
Lovestone SDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Oxford.
Spector TDDepartment of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London.
Dobson RInstitute of Psychiatry, King's College London. National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health and Biomedical Research Unit for Dementia at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation, London.
Valdes AMDepartment of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London. Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham.
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To elucidate the proteomic features of aging in plasma, the subproteome targeted by the SOMAscan assay was profiled in blood samples from 202 females from the TwinsUK cohort. Findings were replicated in 677 independent individuals from the AddNeuroMed, Alzheimer's Research UK, and Dementia Case Registry cohorts. Results were further validated using RNAseq data from whole blood in TwinsUK and the most significant proteins were tested for association with aging-related phenotypes after adjustment for age. Eleven proteins were associated with chronological age and were replicated at protein level in an independent population. These were further investigated at gene expression level in 384 females from the TwinsUK cohort. The two most strongly associated proteins were chordin-like protein 1 (meta-analysis β [SE] = 0.013 [0.001], p = 3.66 × 10(-46)) and pleiotrophin (0.012 [0.005], p = 3.88 × 10(-41)). Chordin-like protein 1 was also significantly correlated with birthweight (0.06 [0.02], p = 0.005) and with the individual Framingham 10-years cardiovascular risk scores in TwinsUK (0.71 [0.18], p = 9.9 × 10(-5)). Pleiotrophin is a secreted growth factor with a plethora of functions in multiple tissues and known to be a marker for cardiovascular risk and osteoporosis. Our study highlights the importance of proteomics to identify some molecular mechanisms involved in human health and aging.