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We investigated whether B-vitamin-related metabolic deficits and polymorphisms in one-carbon metabolism pathways contribute to cognitive impairment in AD and PD.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We quantitated metabolites related to B vitamins and one-carbon metabolism in post-mortem frontal cortex (n=136) and putamen (n=68) from clinically and neuropathologically characterized healthy controls, AD dementia (AD-D), PD with dementia (PD-D), PD with mild cognitive impairment (PD-MCI), and cognitively normal PD (PD-CN). Genotyping targeted variants related to one-carbon metabolism and B vitamins. Multivariable regression models controlled for demographic, clinical, metabolic, and tissue-handling covariates.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>AD-D and PD-D shared a convergent cortical signature of reduced biotin, pyridoxal-5\u2019-phosphate, thiamine monophosphate, pantothenic acid, and betaine. Elevated Hcy and reduced tetrahydrofolate were specific to AD-D and to PD-D during acute levodopa exposure. PD-MCI exhibited deficits in putamen resembling cortical dementia-associated changes. Self-reported B-vitamin supplementation attenuated several abnormalities, including complete normalization of levodopa-associated Hcy and folate disturbances in PD-D. Across subjects, multiple B vitamins showed strong associations with Hcy and betaine, indicating coordinated impairment of all three Hcy-metabolizing pathways. Genotyping analysis identified polymorphisms in MTRR, TYMS, MTR, NFE2L2, BHMT, and MTHFR that were differentially distributed across cognitive subgroups or associated with AD-related pathology scores. Composite genetic and metabolic burden scores were elevated in cognitively impaired groups but not in cognitively normal groups.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Dementia in AD and PD is characterized by convergent B-vitamin deficiencies and genetic susceptibilities that disrupt Hcy metabolism. These findings provide a mechanistic explanation for levodopa-related Hcy accumulation in vulnerable PD subjects and identify B-vitamin supplementation as a potentially modifiable factor relevant to cognitive decline.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.64898\/2026.04.22.719490","type":"posted-content","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,25]],"date-time":"2026-04-25T00:40:33Z","timestamp":1777077633000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Brain B Vitamin Status and One-Carbon Metabolism Gene Polymorphisms are Associated with Cognitive Impairment in Alzheimer\u2019s and Parkinson\u2019s Disease"],"prefix":"10.64898","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4212-6811","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Karel","family":"Kaleck\u00fd","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Center of Metabolomics, Institute of Metabolic Disease, Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, Dallas, TX, 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