Causal effects of chronic kidney disease on Alzheimer's disease and its prevention based on "kidney-brain interaction" theory.
10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.20250306.501
- Author:
Sen-Lin CHEN
1
;
Zhi-Chen WANG
1
;
Geng-Zhao CHEN
1
;
Hang-Bin ZHENG
2
;
Sai-E HUANG
3
Author Information
1. Rehabilitation Hospital Affiliated to Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Fuzhou 350003, China Key Laboratory of Rehabilitation Technology of Fujian Province Fuzhou 350003, China Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Cognitive Function Rehabilitation Fuzhou 350003, China Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Fuzhou 350122, China.
2. Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Fuzhou 350122, China.
3. Rehabilitation Hospital Affiliated to Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Fuzhou 350003, China Key Laboratory of Rehabilitation Technology of Fujian Province Fuzhou 350003, China Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Cognitive Function Rehabilitation Fuzhou 350003, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
"kidney-brain interaction";
Alzheimer′s disease;
Mendelian randomization;
chronic kidney disease;
kidney-tonifying and essence-replenishing
- MeSH:
Humans;
Alzheimer Disease/genetics*;
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/genetics*;
Kidney/metabolism*;
Brain/physiopathology*;
Genome-Wide Association Study;
Medicine, Chinese Traditional;
Mendelian Randomization Analysis
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2025;50(12):3431-3440
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Based on the traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) theory of "kidney-brain interaction", a two-sample Mendelian randomization(MR) analysis was conducted to investigate the causal effects of chronic kidney disease(CKD) on Alzheimer's disease(AD) and analyze the potential mechanisms of kidney-tonifying and essence-replenishing TCM to improve AD. From the perspective that CKD is closely related to the core pathogenesis of AD, namely "kidney deficiency, essence loss, and marrow reduction", genome-wide association study(GWAS) data was used, with the inverse variance weighting(IVW) method as the main approach to reveal the causal association between CKD and AD. Sensitivity analysis was conducted to evaluate the robustness of the results. To further investigate the causal effects of CKD on AD, two different AD datasets were used as outcomes, and the urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio(UACR) data was used as the exposure for a supplementary analysis. On this basis, the modern scientific mechanism of the kidney-tonifying and essence-replenishing method for improving AD was further explored. The IVW analysis show that CKD(ieu-b-2: OR=1.084, 95%CI[1.011, 1.163], P=0.024; ieu-b-5067: OR=1.001, 95%CI[1.000, 1.001], P=0.002) and UACR(ieu-b-2: OR=1.247, 95%CI[1.021, 1.522], P=0.031; ieu-b-5067: OR=1.001, 95%CI[1.000, 1.003], P=0.015) both have significant causal effects on AD in different datasets, with CKD increasing the risk of AD. The sensitivity analysis further confirmed the reliability of the results. Genetic studies have shown that CKD has a significant causal effect on AD, suggesting that controlling CKD is an important intervention measure for preventing and treating AD. Therefore, further research on CKD's role in AD is crucial in clinical practice. The research enriches the theoretical implication of "kidney-brain interaction", deepens the understanding of AD' etiology, and provides further insights and directions for the prevention and treatment of AD with TCM, specifically from a kidney-based perspective.
