key: cord-0942542-6j01ntro
authors: Zhang, Hanlin; Zhang, Dingyue; Tang, Keyun; Sun, Qiuning
title: The Relationship Between Alzheimer’s Disease and Skin Diseases: A Review
date: 2021-10-24
journal: Clin Cosmet Investig Dermatol
DOI: 10.2147/ccid.s322530
sha: 201db9f71f32f2062d0d0563d575da6f4aeff6bf
doc_id: 942542
cord_uid: 6j01ntro

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia placing a heavy burden on the healthcare system worldwide. Skin diseases are also one of the most common health problems. Several skin diseases are associated with Alzheimer’s disease through different mechanisms. This review summarizes the relationship between Alzheimer’s disease and several types of skin diseases, including bullous pemphigoid, hidradenitis suppurativa, psoriasis, skin cancer, and cutaneous amyloidosis, and provides suggestions based on these associations. Neurologists, dermatologists, and general practitioners should be aware of the relationship between Alzheimer’s disease and skin diseases. Dermatology/neurology consultation or referral is necessary when needed.

Dementia is a neurological disorder defined by progressive cognitive function impairment and has a growing incidence in the aged population. Around 50 million patients are suffering from dementia worldwide, which places a huge burden on the healthcare system. The pathogenesis of dementia remains unclear, and many risk factors have been identified. 1 Among all the subtypes of dementia, Alzheimer's disease is the most common one, accounting for 43.5% of all cases. 2 The neuropathological feature of Alzheimer's disease is the accumulation of pathological amyloid-β and tau in the brain. According to family history, Alzheimer's disease can be divided into familial Alzheimer's disease and sporadic Alzheimer's disease, and multiple risk factors have been identified in both of them. 3 Skin diseases are also one of the most common health disorders. Some studies have noted the relationship between Alzheimer's disease and skin diseases. In patients with Alzheimer's disease, the physiology of skin was altered, 4 and neurodegenerative disease-related proteins were detectable within human skin. 5 For patients with Alzheimer's disease, the risk of developing bullous pemphigoid was elevated by 2.6 times. 6 In 2013, a study found that nonmelanoma skin cancer was associated with a significantly reduced the risk of Alzheimer's disease. 7 Although there is evidence that several skin diseases are associated with Alzheimer's disease, no review summarized their association. This review aims to summarize the relationship between Alzheimer's disease and several types of skin diseases, including bullous pemphigoid, hidradenitis suppurativa, psoriasis, skin cancer, and cutaneous amyloidosis, and provide suggestions based on these associations, which may give dermatologists and neurologists a novel perspective on the relationship between Alzheimer's disease and skin diseases. This review did not involve intervention or data collection in animal experiments or clinical trials. Approval from an ethical committee was not needed.

case-control study evaluated the cognitive function using Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) scores and found decreased cognitive abilities and a higher risk of cognitive impairment in BP patients, which showed that these patients were more likely to develop dementia. 12 However, in a single-centered cohort study with 183 BP patients, Alzheimer's disease was the only neurological disorder with no significant association with BP. 22 BP is characterized by the self-produced IgG against two autoantigens: BP180 (BPAG2) and BP230 (BPAG1e), both of which act as epidermal adhesion molecules, expressing not only in the skin but also widely in brain neurons. 23, 24 The presence of proteins shared between the central nervous system and the skin which are recognized at autoantigens in the central nervous system and the epidemiological data between BP and neurological diseases lead to the hypothesis that neurodegeneration or neuroinflammation may disrupt the blood-brain barrier, causing a cross-reactive immune response between skin and brain autoantigens and thus resulting in BP. 25 This hypothesis has also been further supported by anatomical and autoimmunological evidence. BP180 has been found mainly in pyramidal cells from the ganglionic layer of the cortex and hippocampus, which is also the common lesion site of Alzheimer's disease. 26 A study in 2011 first examined the serum samples by immunoblotting against BP230 and BP180 extracted of both human skin and brain. They found that a larger proportion of patients with both BP and neurological diseases have sera that could recognize BP230 than those from BP group or control group, indicating the potential existence of cross-immunity. 27 The presence of circulating BP antibodies has been further investigated by ELISA in patients with different neurological diseases, [28] [29] [30] and the association between diagnosis of dementia and the existence of BP180 antibody in blood has been verified. A study including 115 Alzheimer's disease patients and 40 controls found BP 180 lgG autoantibodies in 17% patients with Alzheimer's disease, but only 3% in control groups. The same tendency existed in BP230 but not significantly. 28 This study also reported a negative correlation between cognitive function and the level of BP180 antibody. Similar results were reported in multiple sclerosis and Parkinson patients. 29, 30 There is also growing evidence against this hypothesis. In contrast with former studies, a recent study failed to find BP180 in the hippocampus of the human brain, 31 and this finding was also supported by The Human Protein Atlas. 32 The serum of Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease patients that could recognize the full-length BP180 in Western blot could not bind the cutaneous basement membrane in indirect immunofluorescence analysis. Moreover, none of these patients showed BP-like symptoms. 28, 29 A recent study also showed that in Alzheimer's disease and multiple sclerosis patients, the BP180 autoantibodies targeted the intracellular and midextracellular parts. However, in BP patients, it targeted the well-known non-collagenous 16A domain, indicating a different epitope profile and the insufficiency of the existing cross-reactive immunology hypothesis. 33 Another study proved that HLA-DQB1*03:01, which was overexpressed in BP patients, might increase the T-cell avidity to BP180, leading to genetic susceptibility to developing BP upon exposure to target antigens in neurons of neurocognitive patients. 34 This provided us a new perspective on the relationship between neurological and cutaneous disorders.

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS, also known as acne inversa) is a chronic, painful skin disease characterized by recurrent painful nodules, abscesses, and tunnels of intertriginous sites. [35] [36] [37] [38] It occurs mostly between the second and fourth decades, affecting 1% of the adult European population with a huge impact on their quality of life. 39 To date, the etiology of HS remains unclear, with studies basically on cytokines (TNFα and IL-17), hormones, genetics, and microbiology. 40 Alzheimer's disease and HS are considered related due to genetic factors. Familial HS and familial Alzheimer's disease share common mutations in γ-secretase genes. γsecretase complex is a transmembrane protease targeting more than 60 substrates, most markedly the amyloid precursor protein (APP) and Notch signal pathway. The complex is composed of four subunits encoded by six genes: presenilin (PSEN1/PSEN2), presenilin enhancer-2 (PSENEN), nicastrin (NCSTN), and anterior pharynx defective (APH1A/APH1B). PSEN1 and PSEN2 mutations have been identified in familial Alzheimer's disease, leading to deficient cleaving of APPs and accumulation of amyloid plaques. 41 Heterozygous γ-secretase gene mutations in PSENEN, NCSTN, PSEN1 have been reported in HS families with an autosomal dominant inheritance and incomplete penetrance, whereas the mechanism remains unclear. 42 Deficiency of γ-secretase complex caused by its inhibitor Semagacestat led to cutaneous side effects, such as skin rashes, hair color changes, and increased skin cancer risks. 43 In mouse models, deficiency in PSEN1, PSEN2, or NCT caused HS symptoms: absent sebaceous gland, formation of epidermal cysts, follicular keratinization and atrophy; some of these mice even had squamous cell carcinoma. [44] [45] [46] Notch knock-out mice also showed HStrait, indicating the involvement of Notch-signaling pathway in HS. 45 Amyloidosis is a key step in Alzheimer's disease pathology. In 2012, a case report reported that an HS patient developed systemic amyloid A amyloidosis, suggesting a possible link between Alzheimer's disease and HS. 47 However, more recent studies do not support the association between the two diseases. Evidence is growing that phenotypic heterogeneity in HS spectrum divides HS into several categories. 48 γ-secretase mutated patients, with more severe, widespread, and treatment-resistant symptoms, are considered only one of its subtypes. 49 The correlation in genetics is also not as strong as expected. Though many studies are focused on familial HS, case series evidence indicated that only one-third of HS patients reported an HS family history. 48 Only a minority of patients were detected γ-secretase mutations even in those with a family history. 50, 51 While most reported HS mutations occurred on NCSTN, only one PSEN1 (the mutated gene in familial Alzheimer's disease) was found without any Alzheimer's disease-like symptoms in the patient. Case reports of several members in one HS family also suggest γ-secretase mutation cannot produce the HS phenotype by itself. 52 55 and an in silico analysis summarized the existing HS mutation cases 56 and demonstrated no mutation overlap between the two diseases. The substrate recognition and cleavage of γsecretase between familial HS and Alzheimer's disease are also different. 57 The only statistical evidence that supports the correlation is a cross-sectional analysis based on family history in 2020, which demonstrated a positive correlation between the family history of HS and the family history of Alzheimer's disease among 192 HS patients, and a 4. 

Psoriasis is an immune-mediated inflammatory skin disease characterized by chronic plaques covered by silverywhite scales. 59, 60 This disease affects 0.5-11.4% adults, causing huge negative effects on their quality of life. [61] [62] [63] Nowadays, psoriasis is considered a systematic condition associated with many comorbidities: cardiovascular comorbidities, other immune-mediated diseases, and mental disorders. Psoriasis and dementia are both inflammatory disorders, and their link has been investigated.

Previous studies have demonstrated an increased risk for psoriasis patients to develop dementia with a risk ratio ranging from 1.10-1.25. [64] [65] [66] [67] The risk of developing psoriasis also increases among dementia patients. 68 However, one study in 2018 found psoriasis had a surprisingly protective function for dementia (HR=0.54). 69 According to a recent meta-analysis, the risk of developing vascular dementia and non-vascular dementia in psoriasis patients was higher than patients without psoriasis (RR=1.41, RR=1.13, respectively). 70 Among those with severe psoriasis, the risk of death from dementia rose over three times (HR=3.64), which meant dementia was one of the major causes of death for these patients. 71 A population-based case-control cohort study in Korea investigated the link between psoriasis and Alzheimer's disease, and found a slightly but significantly increased risk of Alzheimer's disease in psoriasis patients than those without psoriasis (HR=1.09). 66 The association was found significantly stronger in middle-aged patients than elderly patients (HR=1.30, HR=1.08, respectively). Some cross-sectional studies investigated the pre-clinical markers for dementia: two studies revealed that psoriasis patients had a higher risk of mild cognitive impairment, especially in visuospatial function, verbal memory, and executive function; 72, 73 while one study demonstrated no association. 69 Despite a non-significantly decreased hippocampal volume and larger white matter lesions, MRI markers showed no change in psoriasis patients. 69 The mechanisms for psoriasis and Alzheimer's disease are complicated and remain unclear, but the epidemiological association suggests a shared mechanism of disease pathogenesis or genetic susceptibility. Psoriasis is considered an inflammatory and immune disease. In psoriasis lesions, activated T cells and dendritic cells are accumulated, producing cytokines such as TNFα and IL23, and these cytokines will further migrate to the epidermis and act on keratinocytes. As a key pro-inflammatory factor, TNF-α also plays a vital part in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease, exacerbating Aβ and tau pathologies in vivo. 74 TNF blocking agents can improve the cognitive function in patients with Alzheimer's disease, 74 and a case-control study proved that psoriasis patients treated with TNF blocking agents such as etanercept, adalimumab, and infliximab have a lower risk for developing Alzheimer's disease than those without such treatment (OR =0.47). 75 IL-12/23 axis is important in psoriasis development, and monoclonal antibodies targeting IL-12/ IL-23 common subunit p40 are widely used as a drug to treat psoriasis. 76 Recent reviews have also verified the important roles of IL-23/IL-12A axis in the pathogenesis of age-associated inflammation in Alzheimer's disease. 77, 78 For the mouse model of Alzheimer's disease, p40 level in cerebrospinal fluid was increased, and the blockage of p40 led to fewer Aβ plaques and improved cognitive deficits. 79 There is also genetic evidence supporting the link between psoriasis and Alzheimer's disease. Apolipoprotein E (APOE) is the strongest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease. As the main cholesterol carrier, it greatly affects Aβ deposition and tau phosphorylation and is also related to cardiovascular diseases and other neurodegenerative disorders. 80 Similarly, many studies have confirmed that APOE genotypes can be an independent risk factor for the onset and severity of psoriasis. [81] [82] [83] [84] A meta-analysis including seven studies with 966 psoriasis patients and 1,086 controls revealed that people with ε3 allele or ε3/ε3 genotype had a decreased possibility to develop psoriasis, whereas ε2 allele could increase the risk. 83 In 2016, a study analyzed the genetic overlap between Alzheimer's disease and immune-mediated diseases. Eight polymorphisms and two pleiotropic loci were found associated with Alzheimer's disease and the six diseases, including psoriasis. This result suggests that inflammation may be related to the onset of Alzheimer's disease. 85 Given these shared mechanisms, the benefit of treating psoriasis as a systemic disease has been emphasized. A cohort study demonstrated that psoriasis patients who received systemic anti-inflammatory therapy for at least three months were less likely to develop dementia. 67 A Korean study also divided psoriasis patients into systemic therapy group and non-systemic therapy group. developing Alzheimer's disease was significantly lower than in those in no systemic therapy group, and even lower than in those without psoriasis (no systemic therapy: 6.48; systemic therapy: 3.70; controls without psoriasis: 5.59 (per 1,000 person-years)). 66

Epidemiologic studies have demonstrated that patients with neurodegenerative disorders have lower malignancy rates, such as prostate cancer, breast cancer, and nonmelanoma skin cancer. 86 In 2020, a meta-analysis including 9,630,435 individuals was conducted to investigate the association between Alzheimer's disease and cancer, and concluded that the risk for people with a cancer history to develop Alzheimer's disease was weakly but significantly decreased (OR=0.75 from case-control studies, HR=0.89 from cohort studies). 86 Another prospective cohort study proved that such a relationship between Alzheimer's disease and cancer was bidirectional and also observed in Parkinson's disease and Huntington's diseases. 87 Skin cancer can be divided into nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) and malignant melanoma. 88 A populationbased longitudinal study with 1,102 adults reported a reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease (HR=0.50) in NMSC patients compared to those free of NMSC. 7 Such protective effect was eliminated when considering allcause dementia. Another study demonstrated the same but attenuated trend, with 2-10% reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease in NMSC patients. 89 In 2018, a large, single-centered study evaluating the registry data of a Midwestern US population was conducted. A significantly decreased risk of subsequent Alzheimer's disease in both malignant melanoma patients and NMSC patients was also observed. 90 Many types of cancer and reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease are linked through shared genes and biological pathways. There is a gene overlap between Alzheimer's disease and cancer, with many genes involved in signaling, metabolism, and cell growth. 91 For example, p53, a tumor suppressor gene, was expressed lower in cancer but upregulated in Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders. 92 Pin1 is an enzyme involved in cell cycle control and has an elevated expression level in tumors. Studies found that PIN1 can suppress tau and therefore prevent amyloid-β deposition, 93 and its expression was decreased in the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients. 94 MicroRNA-455-3p, which was relevant to different types of cancers, could modulate amyloid-β protein precursor (AβPP) and amyloid-β (Aβ) levels, therefore acted as a biomarker in Alzheimer's disease. 95 Mechanisms of the link between skin cancer and Alzheimer's disease were also demonstrated. The dysregulation in amyloid precursor protein (APP) processing is an event related to both Alzheimer's disease and cancer. The amyloidogenic pathway is increased in Alzheimer's disease, while the non-amyloidogenic pathway is increased in cancer. 96 Reducing the expression of APP could impair the proliferation of metastatic melanoma cells and increase their sensitivity to chemotherapeutic drugs. 97 A recent study found that Yes-associated protein could sense the extracellular accumulation of amyloidogenic proteins and modulate transcriptional activity of proliferative genes, therefore affected melanoma progression. 98 γ-secretase inhibitor could attenuate amyloid burden in patients with Alzheimer's disease. However, Alzheimer's disease patients and animal models treated with semagacestat were more likely to develop HSlike symptoms and melanoma, indicating a shared mechanism involving γ-secretase or Notch-1 pathway among HS, melanoma, and Alzheimer's disease. 99, 100 A recent study also revealed that APOE genotype, which had pleiotropic organismal effects and influenced the risk of Alzheimer's disease, could affect the outcomes in melanoma by modulating anti-tumor immunity. 101 In contrast to its protective effect on Alzheimer's disease, APOE2 variants indicated poor outcomes in melanoma patients, while APOE4, an important risk factor in Alzheimer's disease, indicated better outcomes.

Confounders, such as education, income, lifestyle, physical activity, may also play a role in the correlation. For example, more physical activities could reduce the risk for cognitive decline and dementia, 102 whereas the increased exposure to UV radiation in outdoor activities might increase the skin cancer risk. 103 A cohort study found that the baseline cognitive function was better in NMSC patients, 7 which was consistent with previous studies that NMSC was found associated with higher income and education. 104 Clinicians may also be less likely to diagnose Alzheimer's disease in patients with prior malignancy. However, a recent meta-analysis evaluated the possible bias and found that the inverse association existed, partly due to shared etiological mechanism or survival bias, but could not be explained by confounders 

Amyloidosis might occur locally both in brain and skin, leading to neurodegenerative and skin conditions, respectively. Studies indicated that there might be a connection between the amyloid deposits in Alzheimer's disease and cutaneous amyloidosis. 4, 105, 106 The pathology for skin and brain amyloidosis might be similar, and their amyloid deposits shared a common ultrastructure. Presenilin-1 and ApoE4, which were involved in Alzheimer's disease, also played a role in the amyloidogenesis in the skin. In 2018, a patient with small, brownish macules and severe itching on the face, upper back, and abdomen was diagnosed with both Alzheimer's disease and macular amyloidosis. 107 However, more studies are needed to prove the skinbrain axis. 108

This review summarizes the relationship between Alzheimer's disease and bullous pemphigoid, hidradenitis suppurativa, psoriasis, skin cancer, and cutaneous amyloidosis, and provides suggestions based on these associations. Generally, bullous pemphigoid and psoriasis may increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease and vice versa, while skin cancer may have a protective effect on Alzheimer's disease and vice versa. The relationship between hidradenitis suppurativa, cutaneous amyloidosis, and AD, however, is still unclear.

Although we still cannot say that there exists a correlation between Alzheimer's disease and skin diseases based on current evidence, this review may have some clinical applications. Neurologists, dermatologists, and general practitioners should be aware of the relationship between Alzheimer's disease and skin diseases. If neurologists or general practitioners observe related skin symptoms in patients with Alzheimer's disease, dermatology consultation or referral is needed. When dermatologists or general practitioners receive patients with these skin diseases, attention should also be paid to whether they have AD signs or symptoms. Neurology consultation or referral is needed if necessary. This review has several limitations. First, only five selected skin diseases were discussed. Authors retrieved relevant articles in several databases, and identified the five most-discussed diseases. Many other skin diseases may also be associated with Alzheimer's disease but are not summarized in this review. Second, mechanisms of the association between Alzheimer's disease and skin diseases have not been well illustrated. Further studies should concentrate on the underlying mechanisms of the correlation between Alzheimer's disease and skin diseases. Larger, prospective studies with longer follow-up are warranted. All these contributions rely much on the close cooperation among dermatologists, neurologists, and neuroscientists. 109

The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.

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