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Landau D, Avgeropoulos N, Ma J. Cerebral amyloidoma mimicking intracranial tumor: a case report. J Med Case Rep 2010; 4:308. [PMID: 20854655 PMCID: PMC2946306 DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-4-308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2010] [Accepted: 09/20/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Introduction Cerebral amyloidoma is an infrequently recognized condition that can be confused with a more malignant etiology. Few cases have been reported. We present a case report and a review of the literature. Case presentation Our patient was a 64-year-old Caucasian man who was incidentally discovered to have a brain mass. He was found to have a cerebral amyloidoma. Conclusion After discovery of the true etiology of his brain abnormality, it was determined that our patient had a more benign disease than was initially feared. Cases such as this demonstrate why consideration of this disorder is important.
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- Danny Landau
- MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando, 1400 S Orange Boulevard, Orlando, Florida 32806, USA.
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Gut microbiota is an assortment of microorganisms inhabiting the length and width of the mammalian gastrointestinal tract. The composition of this microbial community is host specific, evolving throughout an individual's lifetime and susceptible to both exogenous and endogenous modifications. Recent renewed interest in the structure and function of this "organ" has illuminated its central position in health and disease. The microbiota is intimately involved in numerous aspects of normal host physiology, from nutritional status to behavior and stress response. Additionally, they can be a central or a contributing cause of many diseases, affecting both near and far organ systems. The overall balance in the composition of the gut microbial community, as well as the presence or absence of key species capable of effecting specific responses, is important in ensuring homeostasis or lack thereof at the intestinal mucosa and beyond. The mechanisms through which microbiota exerts its beneficial or detrimental influences remain largely undefined, but include elaboration of signaling molecules and recognition of bacterial epitopes by both intestinal epithelial and mucosal immune cells. The advances in modeling and analysis of gut microbiota will further our knowledge of their role in health and disease, allowing customization of existing and future therapeutic and prophylactic modalities.
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- Inna Sekirov
- Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Yang EA, Lee DW, Hyun MC, Cho MH. Secondary renal amyloidosis in a 13-year-old girl with bronchiectasis. KOREAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS 2010; 53:770-3. [PMID: 21189954 PMCID: PMC3004490 DOI: 10.3345/kjp.2010.53.7.770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2010] [Revised: 04/13/2010] [Accepted: 05/10/2010] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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A 13-year-old girl was diagnosed with non-cystic fibrosis (CF)-related multifocal bronchiectasis accompanied by nephrotic-range proteinuria of unknown cause. On renal biopsy, there were many segmental homogeneous deposits of amyloid tissue with positive Congo red staining in the glomeruli and interstitium. On electron microscopy, relatively straight, non-branching, randomly arranged amyloid fibrils were showed in the mesangium of the glomeruli. These fibrils were approximately 10 nm in diameter, compatible with secondary amyloidosis. Her level of serum amyloid A was remarkably elevated. To our knowledge, this girl is the first case of secondary renal amyloidosis induced by bronchiectasis in Korean children.
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- Eun Ae Yang
- Department of Pediatrics, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
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Wallace JA, Shen JK. Probing the strand orientation and registry alignment in the propagation of amyloid fibrils. Biochemistry 2010; 49:5290-8. [PMID: 20491446 DOI: 10.1021/bi100137y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Detailed knowledge of the structure and growth mechanism of amyloid fibrils is important for understanding the disease process. Recently, solid-state NMR and other spectroscopic data have revealed the equilibrium organization of the tertiary structure of fibrils formed by various segments of beta-amyloid peptides. A three-step "dock-and-lock" mechanism for fibril growth has been proposed on the basis of the kinetic data. Here we use all-atom replica-exchange molecular dynamics simulations in generalized-Born implicit solvent to probe the mechanism of tertiary structure propagation in fibrils of Abeta(16-22) modeled as an oligomer consisting of two beta-sheets each having four strands. The data show that following association with the oligomer, but before being fully locked onto the existing beta-sheet, the added monomer predominantly samples states with the antiparallel strand orientation, but both in- and one-residue shifted backbone hydrogen bond alignments. The in-register state, which is the experimentally observed equilibrium alignment, is marginally more stable than the registry-shifted one. These results suggest that, following the fast docking step, the added monomer dynamically slides in the backbone registry, and stabilization of the preferential alignment must occur in the second locking step as the monomer becomes fully integrated with the fibril. We also delineate the electrostatic and hydrophobic effects in directing the registry alignment during monomer addition. Surprisingly, the in-register alignment provides both increased cross-strand electrostatic attraction and hydrophobic surface burial. Finally, our data support the notion that side chain hydrophobic burial is a major driving force for beta-sheet assembly.
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- Jason A Wallace
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, USA
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Hartley-Brown MA, Sullivan DM, Baz R. State-of-the-Art Management of Complications of Myeloma and Its Treatment. Adv Hematol 2010; 2010:343089. [PMID: 20671999 PMCID: PMC2905716 DOI: 10.1155/2010/343089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2009] [Accepted: 03/16/2010] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Multiple myeloma is an incurable disease, although patient survival has increased with the availability of novel agents. Both multiple myeloma and its therapies often affect the renal, immune, skeletal, hematologic, and nervous systems. The resulting organ dysfunctions often impair the quality of life of affected patients, complicate and limit subsequent therapies, and may result in significant mortality. Research on the treatment of complications of multiple myeloma has been limited; hence, preventative and management strategies for patients with these complications are heterogeneous and often based on anecdotal experience. In this paper, we review the effects of myeloma and the novel therapies on organ systems and suggest management strategies.
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- Monique A. Hartley-Brown
- Blood and Marrow Transplant Department, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, 12902 Magnolia Dr, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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- Blood and Marrow Transplant Department, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, 12902 Magnolia Dr, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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- Department of Malignant Hematology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, 12902 Magnolia Dr, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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Marek P, Mukherjee S, Zanni MT, Raleigh DP. Residue-specific, real-time characterization of lag-phase species and fibril growth during amyloid formation: a combined fluorescence and IR study of p-cyanophenylalanine analogs of islet amyloid polypeptide. J Mol Biol 2010; 400:878-88. [PMID: 20630475 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.05.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2010] [Revised: 05/05/2010] [Accepted: 05/16/2010] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Amyloid formation normally exhibits a lag phase followed by a growth phase, which leads to amyloid fibrils. Characterization of the species populated during the lag phase is experimentally challenging, but is critical since the most toxic entities may be pre-fibrillar species. p-Cyanophenylalanine (F(C[triple bond]N)) fluorescence is used to probe the nature of lag-phase species populated during the formation of amyloid by human islet amyloid polypeptide. The polypeptide contains two phenylalanines at positions 15 and 23 and a single tyrosine located at the C-terminus. Each aromatic residue was separately replaced by F(C[triple bond]N). The substitutions do not perturb amyloid formation relative to wild-type islet amyloid polypeptide as detected using thioflavin T fluorescence and electron microscopy. F(C[triple bond]N) fluorescence is high when the cyano group is hydrogen bonded and low when it is not. It can also be quenched via Förster resonance energy transfer to tyrosine. Fluorescence intensity was monitored in real time and revealed that all three positions remained exposed to solvent during the lag phase but less exposed than unstructured model peptides. The time course of amyloid formation as monitored by thioflavin T fluorescence and F(C[triple bond]N) fluorescence is virtually identical. Fluorescence quenching experiments confirmed that each residue remains exposed during the lag phase. These results place significant constraints on the nature of intermediates that are populated during the lag phase and indicate that significant sequestering of the aromatic side chains does not occur until beta-structure sufficient to bind thioflavin T has developed. Seeding studies and analysis of maximum rates confirm that sequestering of the cyano groups occurs concomitantly with the development of thioflavin T binding capability. Overall, the process of amyloid formation and growth appears to be remarkably homogenous in terms of side-chain ordering. F(C[triple bond]N) also provides information about fibril structure. Fluorescence emission measurements, infrared measurements, and quenching studies indicate that the aromatic residues are differentially exposed in the fibril state with Phe15 being the most exposed. F(C[triple bond]N) is readily accommodated into proteins; thus, the approach should be broadly applicable.
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- Peter Marek
- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3400, USA
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Sen S, Sarsik B. A proposed histopathologic classification, scoring, and grading system for renal amyloidosis: standardization of renal amyloid biopsy report. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2010; 134:532-44. [PMID: 20367305 DOI: 10.5858/134.4.532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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CONTEXT A disease associated with amyloid deposits, called amyloidosis, is associated with characteristic electron microscopic appearance, typical x-ray pattern, and specific staining. Renal involvement mainly occurs in AA amyloidosis and AL amyloidosis and usually progresses to renal failure. OBJECTIVE The renal histopathologic changes with amyloidosis comprise a spectrum. Clear relationships between the extent of amyloid deposition and the severity of clinical manifestations have not been demonstrated. Whether there is a lack of clinicopathologic correlation is not clear, but studies have revealed the need for standardization of the renal amyloid biopsy report. With these objectives in mind, we proposed a histopathologic classification, scoring, and grading system. Renal amyloidosis was divided into 6 classes, similar to the classification of systemic lupus erythematosus. Amyloid depositions and other histopathologic lesions were scored. The sum of these scores was termed the renal amyloid prognostic score and was divided into 3 grades. DATA SOURCES AA amyloidosis was detected in 90% of cases, mostly related to familial Mediterranean fever. Positive correlations between class I and grade I, class VI and grade III, and class III and grade II were observed. Also, a positive correlation was identified between severity of glomerular amyloid depositions, interstitial fibrosis, and inflammation. Because of the inadequacy of the patients' records and outcomes, different therapy regimes, and etiologies, clinical validation of this study has not been completed. CONCLUSIONS Standardization of the renal amyloid pathology report might be critical for patients' medication and comparison of outcome and therapeutic trials between different clinics. Because of our AA to AL amyloidosis ratio and the predisposition of familial Mediterranean fever-related AA amyloidosis, there is a need for further international collaborative studies.
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- Sait Sen
- Pathology Department, Ege University School of Medicine, Bornova Izmir, Turkey.
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Borza T, Shah RB, Faerber GJ, Wolf JS. Localized Amyloidosis of the Upper Urinary Tract: A Case Series of Three Patients Managed with Reconstructive Surgery or Surveillance. J Endourol 2010; 24:641-4. [DOI: 10.1089/end.2009.0383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Tudor Borza
- Department of Urology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Urology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Urology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Deguchi M, Shinjo R, Yoshioka Y, Seki H. The usefulness of serum amyloid A as a postoperative inflammatory marker after posterior lumbar interbody fusion. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 92:555-9. [DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.92b4.22807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The post-operative changes in the serum levels of CRP and serum amyloid A (SAA) were investigated prospectively in 106 patients after posterior lumbar interbody fusion. In 96 patients who did not have complications related to infection within the first year after operation, the median levels of CRP before operation and on days 3, 7 and 13 after were 0.02 (0.01 to 0.03), 9.12 (2.36 to 19.82), 1.64 (0.19 to 6.10) and 0.53 (0.05 to 2.94) mg/dl, respectively and for SAA, 2.6 (2.0 to 3.8), 1312.1 (58.0 to 3579.8), 77.3 (1.8 to 478.4), 14.1 (0.5 to 71.9) μg/ml, respectively. The levels on day 3 were the highest for both CRP and SAA and significantly decreased (p < 0.01) by day 7 and day 13. In regard to CRP, no patient had less than the reference level (0.1 mg/dl) on day 7. In only three had the level decreased to the reference level, while in 93 it was above this on day 13. However, for SAA, the levels became normal on day 7 in 10 cases and on day 13 in 34 cases. The ratios relative to the levels on day 3 were significantly lower for SAA compared with CRP on day 7 and day 13. Of the ten patients with infection in the early stages, the level of CRP decreased slightly but an increase in SAA was observed in six. We concluded that SAA is better than CRP as a post-operative inflammatory marker.
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- M. Deguchi
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Nagano Red Cross Hospital, 5-22-1 Wakasato, Nagano 380-8582, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Nagano Red Cross Hospital, 5-22-1 Wakasato, Nagano 380-8582, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Nagano Red Cross Hospital, 5-22-1 Wakasato, Nagano 380-8582, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Nagano Red Cross Hospital, 5-22-1 Wakasato, Nagano 380-8582, Japan
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Kuroda T, Tanabe N, Kobayashi D, Sato H, Wada Y, Murakami S, Sakatsume M, Nakano M, Narita I. Programmed initiation of hemodialysis for systemic amyloidosis patients associated with rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatol Int 2010; 31:1177-82. [DOI: 10.1007/s00296-010-1448-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2009] [Accepted: 03/12/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Measey TJ, Smith KB, Decatur SM, Zhao L, Yang G, Schweitzer-Stenner R. Self-aggregation of a polyalanine octamer promoted by its C-terminal tyrosine and probed by a strongly enhanced vibrational circular dichroism signal. J Am Chem Soc 2010; 131:18218-9. [PMID: 19958029 DOI: 10.1021/ja908324m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The eight-residue alanine oligopeptide Ac-A(4)KA(2)Y-NH(2) (AKY8) was found to form amyloid-like fibrils upon incubation at room temperature in acidified aqueous solution at peptide concentrations >10 mM. The fibril solution exhibits an enhanced vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) couplet in the amide I' band region that is nearly 2 orders of magnitude larger than typical polypeptide/protein signals in this region. The UV-CD spectrum of the fibril solution shows CD in the region associated with the tyrosine side chain absorption. A similar peptide, Ac-A(4)KA(2)-NH(2) (AK7), which lacks a terminal tyrosine residue, does not aggregate. These results suggest a pivotal role for the C-terminal tyrosine residue in stabilizing the aggregation state of this peptide. It is speculated that interactions between the lysine and tyrosine side chains of consecutive strands in an antiparallel arrangement (e.g., cation-pi interactions) are responsible for the stabilization of the resulting fibrils. These results offer considerations and insight regarding the de novo design of self-assembling oligopeptides for biomedical and biotechnological applications and highlight the usefulness of VCD as a tool for probing amyloid fibril formation.
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- Thomas J Measey
- Department of Chemistry, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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Wiegel NM, Mentele R, Kellermann J, Meyer L, Riess H, Linke RP. ALkappa(I) (UNK) - primary structure of an AL-amyloid protein presenting an organ-limited subcutaneous nodular amyloid syndrome of long duration. Case report and review. Amyloid 2010; 17:10-23. [PMID: 20146644 DOI: 10.3109/13506121003619328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Slowly progressing subcutaneous nodules all over the body were detected in 1994 in an otherwise healthy, now 66-year-old woman (UNK). A first biopsy was taken 10 years ago and revealed amyloid. Immunohistochemistry was suggestive for ALkappa. From a nodular excisate, performed in the same year for cosmetic reasons, amyloid fibrils were extracted. Protein separation according to their size revealed multiple protein fragments below the MW of an intact kappa-light chain. They were identified as kappa-fragments by Western blotting. The kappa-fragments were cleaved into overlapping peptides using tryptic, N-Asp and chymotryptic digests. Peptides were sequenced by Edman-degradation and mass spectrometry. The complete amino acid sequence of the variable region and most of the constant region of ALkappa (UNK) was identified in various fragments comprising positions 1 to 207 of a monoclonal kappa(I)-light chain. Four novel and several rare amino acid exchanges have been identified as compared to 17 amyloidogenic and >100 non-amyloidogenic kappa(I)-sequences published, leading to increased hydrophobicity of ALkappa (UNK). Sequence analysis of C-region peptides allowed one to determine the kappa-allotype as being invb(+). A rabbit antibody was produced against ALkappa(I) (UNK). It strongly reacted with amyloid on formalin-fixed paraffin embedded tissue sections of the same patient and detected ALkappa-amyloid of many other patients. In contrast, antibodies produced against kappaBJP of subclasses kappa(I)-kappa(IV) failed to label ALkappa (UNK) amyloid deposits. The patient continues to be free of systemic disease, already for 14 years until today.
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Sidelman N, Rosenberg Y, Richter S. Peptide-based spherulitic films—formation and properties. J Colloid Interface Sci 2010; 343:387-91. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2009.11.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2009] [Revised: 11/10/2009] [Accepted: 11/10/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Groenning M. Binding mode of Thioflavin T and other molecular probes in the context of amyloid fibrils-current status. J Chem Biol 2010; 3:1-18. [PMID: 19693614 PMCID: PMC2816742 DOI: 10.1007/s12154-009-0027-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 459] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2009] [Accepted: 08/04/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Because understanding amyloid fibrillation in molecular detail is essential for development of strategies to control amyloid formation and overcome neurodegenerative disorders, increased understanding of present molecular probes as well as development of new probes are of utmost importance. To date, the binding modes of these molecular probes to amyloid fibrils are by no means adequately described or understood, and the large number of studies on Thioflavin T (ThT) and Congo Red (CR) binding have resulted in models that are incomplete and conflicting. Different types of binding sites are likely to be present in amyloid fibrils with differences in binding modes. ThT may bind in channels running parallel to the long axis of the fibril. In the channels, ThT may bind in either a monomeric or dimeric form of which the molecular conformation is likely to be planar. CR may bind in grooves formed along the β-sheets as a planar molecule in either a monomeric or supramolecular form.
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- Minna Groenning
- Department of Pharmaceutics and Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 2, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
- IFM, Department of Chemistry, Linköping University, 581 83 Linköping, Sweden
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Masman MF, Eisel ULM, Csizmadia IG, Penke B, Enriz RD, Marrink SJ, Luiten PGM. In silico study of full-length amyloid beta 1-42 tri- and penta-oligomers in solution. J Phys Chem B 2010; 113:11710-9. [PMID: 19645414 DOI: 10.1021/jp901057w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Amyloid oligomers are considered to play causal roles in the pathogenesis of amyloid-related degenerative diseases including Alzheimer's disease. Using MD simulation techniques, we explored the contributions of the different structural elements of trimeric and pentameric full-length Abeta1-42 aggregates in solution to their stability and conformational dynamics. We found that our models are stable at a temperature of 310 K, and converge toward an interdigitated side-chain packing for intermolecular contacts within the two beta-sheet regions of the aggregates: beta1 (residues 18-26) and beta2 (residues 31-42). MD simulations reveal that the beta-strand twist is a characteristic element of Abeta-aggregates, permitting a compact, interdigitated packing of side chains from neighboring beta-sheets. The beta2 portion formed a tightly organized beta-helix, whereas the beta1 portion did not show such a firm structural organization, although it maintained its beta-sheet conformation. Our simulations indicate that the hydrophobic core comprising the beta2 portion of the aggregate is a crucial stabilizing element in the Abeta aggregation process. On the basis of these structure-stability findings, the beta2 portion emerges as an optimal target for further antiamyloid drug design.
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- Marcelo F Masman
- Department of Molecular Neurobiology, University of Groningen, Kerklaan 30, 9751 NN Haren, The Netherlands.
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Waxman EA, Giasson BI. A novel, high-efficiency cellular model of fibrillar alpha-synuclein inclusions and the examination of mutations that inhibit amyloid formation. J Neurochem 2010; 113:374-88. [PMID: 20132485 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2010.06592.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Intracytoplasmic alpha-synuclein (alpha-syn) amyloidogenic inclusions are a major pathological feature of Parkinson's disease, dementia with Lewy body disease and multiple systems atrophy. The mechanisms involved in the formation and inhibition of these aggregates are areas of intense investigation. The present study characterizes a novel cellular model for the study of alpha-syn aggregation, incorporating nucleation-dependent aggregation and a new function for calcium phosphate precipitation. Cultured cells were readily induced to develop large, cytoplasmic alpha-syn filamentous aggregates that were hyperphosphorylated, often ubiquitinated and thioflavin positive. These cellular aggregates formed in the majority of transfected cells and recruited approximately half of endogenously expressed alpha-syn. Using this system, we examined single-point mutations that inhibit alpha-syn amyloid formation in vitro. Three mutations (V66P, T72P and T75P) significantly hindered alpha-syn aggregation in this cell model. The T75P mutant, which could abrogate amyloid formation of wild-type alpha-syn in vitro, did not prevent wild-type alpha-syn cellular aggregates. These studies suggest that the propensity of alpha-syn to form cellular aggregates may be more pronounced than in isolated in vitro studies. This novel high-efficiency cellular model of alpha-syn aggregation is a valuable system that may be used to further understand alpha-syn aggregation and allow for the generation of future therapeutics.
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- Elisa A Waxman
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6084, USA
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Amyloid light chain deposition associated with dermatofibroma: serendipity or association? Am J Dermatopathol 2010; 32:298-300. [PMID: 20110798 DOI: 10.1097/dad.0b013e3181b7fd94] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Primary cutaneous amyloidosis, also known as nodular amyloidosis, is defined as deposition of amyloid light chain in the skin in the absence of a systemic cause of amyloidosis. Such amyloid is produced by a localized aggregate of clonal plasma cells. In contrast, secondary cutaneous amyloidosis is related to lesions such as squamous cell carcinoma, Bowen disease, basal cell carcinoma, and discoid lupus erythematosus, and has been shown in most cases to be derived from keratin epithelial elements. Herein, we present a unique case of nodular amyloidosis occurring in association with a cellular dermatofibroma.
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[Systemic amyloidosis: practical diagnosis]. Nephrol Ther 2010; 6:88-96. [PMID: 20097147 DOI: 10.1016/j.nephro.2009.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2009] [Revised: 09/17/2009] [Accepted: 10/16/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Amyloid deposits have particular ultrastructural appearance with 7 to 10 nm-diameter fibrils. Amyloid is defined by its tinctorial affinity, which includes Congo red positivity, which must polarize and produce apple-green birefringence. Immunohistochemical characterization allows to know the origin of amyloidosis (characterization, which must be performed on frozen tissue). This restatement is proposed to renal pathologists in indicating the traps of studying amyloidosis, the tissues performing for the diagnosis, the specific staining and the immunohistochemical characterization.
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Mitraki A. Protein aggregation from inclusion bodies to amyloid and biomaterials. ADVANCES IN PROTEIN CHEMISTRY AND STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2010; 79:89-125. [PMID: 20621282 DOI: 10.1016/s1876-1623(10)79003-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Inclusion bodies and amyloid are two different outcomes of the same fundamental biological process: protein aggregation. They share two important features that suggest sequence-specific aggregation: oligomeric intermediates as precursors to the aggregated sate and sensitivity to site-specific point mutations. For a long time, the physical state of inclusion bodies was refractory to the use of protein structural characterization techniques that were developed for soluble proteins. Recent high-resolution studies reveal that the apparently amorphous state of these dense protein agglomerates consists of amyloid-type structures adopted by short segments that initiate aggregation. Under certain circumstances it is possible for the aggregation-prone segments to "recruit" a globular counterpart within the inclusion body, with the latter being able to fold into an active conformation. In this chapter we will discuss these recent structural insights in relation with the also recent, high-resolution structures for amyloid "spines" and their ability to accommodate globular or "swapped" domains in their periphery. Finally, unexpected natural roles for amyloid structures such as protection, adhesion, and storage materials gradually emerge. We will discuss how these properties in combination with biochemical and structural insights can inspire "biomimetic" approaches for the rational design of novel nanobiomaterials.
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- Anna Mitraki
- Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete and Institute for Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (IESL-FORTH), Vassilika Vouton, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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Waxman EA, Emmer KL, Giasson BI. Residue Glu83 plays a major role in negatively regulating alpha-synuclein amyloid formation. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2009; 391:1415-20. [PMID: 20026050 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.12.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2009] [Accepted: 12/11/2009] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Alpha-synuclein (alpha-syn) amyloid filaments are the major ultrastructural component of pathological inclusions that define several neurodegenerative disorders, including Parkinson disease and other disorders that are collectively termed synucleinopathies. Since the aggregation of alpha-syn is associated with the etiology of these diseases, defining the molecular elements that influence this process may have important therapeutics implication. The deletions of major portions of the hydrophobic region of alpha-syn (Delta74-79 and Delta71-82) impair the ability to form amyloid. However, mutating residue E83 to an A restored the ability of these proteins to form amyloid. Additionally supporting an inhibitory role of residue E83 on amyloid formation, mutating this residue to an A enhanced amyloid formation in the presence of small molecule inhibitors, such as dopamine and EGCG. Our data, therefore, suggest that the presence and placement of the highly charged E83 residue plays a significant inhibitory role in alpha-syn amyloid formation and these findings provide important insights in the planning of therapeutic agents that may be capable of preventing alpha-syn amyloid formation.
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- Elisa A Waxman
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3620 Hamilton Walk, 125 John Morgan Building, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6084, USA
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Westermark GT, Sletten K, Westermark P. Alkali-degradation of amyloid: an ancient method useful for making monoclonal antibodies against amyloid fibril proteins. Scand J Immunol 2009; 70:535-40. [PMID: 19906195 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2009.02336.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The systemic amyloidoses constitute a group of life-threatening disorders at which one out of about 15 different proteins have polymerized into fibrils. Prognosis and treatment varies widely and depends on the biochemical type. Determination of this has usually to be performed by immunohistochemistry which is a challenge because of lack of monospecific antibodies that can be used on formaldehyde-fixed tissue sections. We have here used an old method to create immunogenic fragments of AL-amyloid fibrils by partial degradation and solubilization with sodium hydroxide. The mouse monoclonal antibody pwlam raised against this material, labelled AL-amyloid deposits of lambda origin strongly and specifically in sections of formaldehyde-fixed and paraffin-embedded tissues.
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- G T Westermark
- Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Excoffon L, Andre C, Magy N, Limat S, Guillaume YC. Aluminium Mediated Glycosaminoglycan/Amyloid-β Association Mechanism. Chromatographia 2009. [DOI: 10.1365/s10337-009-1364-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Investigating the influences of redox buffer compositions on the amyloid fibrillogenesis of hen egg-white lysozyme. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2009; 1794:1663-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2009.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2008] [Revised: 07/30/2009] [Accepted: 07/30/2009] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Wang SSS, Chou SW, Liu KN, Wu CH. Effects of glutathione on amyloid fibrillation of hen egg-white lysozyme. Int J Biol Macromol 2009; 45:321-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2009.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2009] [Revised: 08/13/2009] [Accepted: 08/14/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Golde TE, Miller VM. Proteinopathy-induced neuronal senescence: a hypothesis for brain failure in Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases. ALZHEIMERS RESEARCH & THERAPY 2009; 1:5. [PMID: 19822029 PMCID: PMC2874257 DOI: 10.1186/alzrt5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Background Alzheimer's disease (AD) and a host of other neurodegenerative central nervous system (CNS) proteinopathies are characterized by the accumulation of misfolded protein aggregates. Simplistically, these aggregates can be divided into smaller, soluble, oligomeric and larger, less-soluble or insoluble, fibrillar forms. Perhaps the major ongoing debate in the neurodegenerative disease field is whether the smaller oligomeric or larger fibrillar aggregates are the primary neurotoxin. Herein, we propose an integrative hypothesis that provides new insights into how a variety of misfolded protein aggregates can result in neurodegeneration. Results We introduce the concept that a wide range of highly stable misfolded protein aggregates in AD and other neurodegenerative proteinopathies are recognized as non-self and chronically activate the innate immune system. This pro-inflammatory state leads to physiological senescence of CNS cells. Once CNS cells undergo physiological senescence, they secrete a variety of pro-inflammatory molecules. Thus, the senescence of cells, which was initially triggered by inflammatory stimuli, becomes a self-reinforcing stimulus for further inflammation and senescence. Ultimately, senescent CNS cells become functionally impaired and eventually die, and this neurodegeneration leads to brain organ failure. Conclusion This integrative hypothesis, which we will refer to as the proteinopathy-induced senescent cell hypothesis of AD and other neurodegenerative diseases, links CNS proteinopathies to inflammation, physiological senescence, cellular dysfunction, and ultimately neurodegeneration. Future studies characterizing the senescent phenotype of CNS cells in AD and other neurodegenerative diseases will test the validity of this hypothesis. The implications of CNS senescence as a contributing factor to the neurodegenerative cascade and its implications for therapy are discussed.
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- Todd E Golde
- Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 4500 San Pablo Road, Jacksonville, Florida 32224, USA.
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Cormio L, Sanguedolce F, Pentimone S, Perrone A, Annese P, Turri FP, Bufo P, Carrieri G. Urethral Corpus Spongiosum Amyloidosis Presenting with Urethrorrhagia During Erection. J Sex Med 2009; 6:2915-7. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01286.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Amyloid fibrils formed by selective N-, C-terminal sequences of mouse apolipoprotein A-II. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2009; 1794:1517-29. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2009.06.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2009] [Revised: 06/02/2009] [Accepted: 06/26/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Yang C, Zhu X, Li J, Chen K. Molecular dynamics simulation study on conformational behavior of Aβ(1–40) and Aβ(1–42) in water and methanol. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theochem.2009.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Enqvist S, Sletten K, Westermark P. Fibril protein fragmentation pattern in systemic AL-amyloidosis. J Pathol 2009; 219:473-80. [DOI: 10.1002/path.2607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Buxbaum JN. Animal models of human amyloidoses: are transgenic mice worth the time and trouble? FEBS Lett 2009; 583:2663-73. [PMID: 19627988 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.07.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2009] [Revised: 07/15/2009] [Accepted: 07/15/2009] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The amyloidoses are the prototype gain of toxic function protein misfolding diseases. As such, several naturally occurring animal models and their inducible variants provided some of the first insights into these disorders of protein aggregation. With greater analytic knowledge and the increasing flexibility of transgenic and gene knockout technology, new models have been generated allowing the interrogation of phenomena that have not been approachable in more reductionist systems, i.e. behavioral readouts in the neurodegenerative diseases, interactions among organ systems in the transthyretin amyloidoses and taking pre-clinical therapeutic trials beyond cell culture. The current review describes the features of both transgenic and non-transgenic models and discusses issues that appear to be unresolved even when viewed in their organismal context.
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- Joel N Buxbaum
- Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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Volkova KD, Kovalska VB, Segers-Nolten GM, Veldhuis G, Subramaniam V, Yarmoluk SM. Explorations of the application of cyanine dyes for quantitative α-synuclein detection. Biotech Histochem 2009; 84:55-61. [DOI: 10.1080/10520290902798799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Abramowsky CR. Case 1 Systemic Amyloidosis in an Infant with Panniculitis and Pancreatitis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 2:331-6. [PMID: 6542656 DOI: 10.3109/15513818409022265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Melmed GM. Light Chain Amyloidosis: A Case Presentation and Review. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) 2009; 22:280-3. [DOI: 10.1080/08998280.2009.11928533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Westermark P, Lundmark K, Westermark GT. Fibrils from designed non-amyloid-related synthetic peptides induce AA-amyloidosis during inflammation in an animal model. PLoS One 2009; 4:e6041. [PMID: 19582162 PMCID: PMC2702095 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2008] [Accepted: 05/20/2009] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Mouse AA-amyloidosis is a transmissible disease by a prion-like mechanism where amyloid fibrils act by seeding. Synthetic peptides with no amyloid relationship can assemble into amyloid-like fibrils and these may have seeding capacity for amyloid proteins. Principal Findings Several synthetic peptides, designed for nanotechnology, have been examined for their ability to produce fibrils with Congo red affinity and concomitant green birefringence, affinity for thioflavin S and to accelerate AA-amyloidosis in mice. It is shown that some amphiphilic fibril-forming peptides not only produced Congo red birefringence and showed affinity for thioflavin S, but they also shortened the lag phase for systemic AA-amyloidosis in mice when they were given intravenously at the time of inflammatory induction with silver nitride. Peptides, not forming amyloid-like fibrils, did not have such properties. Conclusions These observations should caution researchers and those who work with synthetic peptides and their derivatives to be aware of the potential health concerns.
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- Per Westermark
- Rudbeck Laboratory, Department of Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
- Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Melmed GM, Fenves AZ, Stone MJ. Urinary Findings in Renal Light Chain–Derived Amyloidosis and Light Chain Deposition Disease. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 9:234-8. [DOI: 10.3816/clm.2009.n.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Forslund T, Teppo AM, Törnroth T, Maury CP, Wegelius O. Primary amyloidosis with increased plasma carcinoembryonic antigen concentration. A case report. ACTA MEDICA SCANDINAVICA 2009; 217:325-9. [PMID: 3922202 DOI: 10.1111/j.0954-6820.1985.tb02703.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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A patient with suspected malignant disease had increased concentration of plasma carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA). Amyloidosis was demonstrated at autopsy. The amyloid fibril composition was characterized by immunohistochemical and immunochemical techniques and proved to be of the lambda light chain (AL) type. CEA was demonstrated in the liver parenchyma by using antihuman CEA antiserum. Increased plasma CEA concentration in a patient with primary amyloidosis has, to our knowledge, not been reported before.
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Elomaa I, Ekblom P, Somer T. Amyloid-associated muscle pseudohypertrophy and multiple myeloma in a man with hypernephroma. ACTA MEDICA SCANDINAVICA 2009; 214:87-91. [PMID: 6624541 DOI: 10.1111/j.0954-6820.1983.tb08576.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Amyloidosis is known to occur both in renal adenocarcinoma and multiple myeloma. This paper describes a 52-year-old man who developed multiple myeloma and widespread amyloidosis after surgical removal of a hypernephroma. Multiple myeloma presented with osteolytic bone lesions and slight bone marrow plasmocytosis. Both kappa light chains and monoclonal IgG were secreted. Amyloidosis was seen as muscle pseudohypertrophy with wood-hard masses of amyloid in shoulders, girdle, buttocks and proximal limbs. Macroglossia was impressive and swelling of submandibular structures and the floor of the mouth was marked. Knowing the peculiar immunological potency of hypernephroma, attention is called to associations between renal carcinoma and monoclonal gammopathies, including amyloidosis.
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Eriksson P, Eriksson A, Backman C, Hofer PA, Olofsson BO. Highly refractile myocardial echoes in familial amyloidosis with polyneuropathy. A correlative echocardiographic and histopathological study. ACTA MEDICA SCANDINAVICA 2009; 217:27-32. [PMID: 3976431 DOI: 10.1111/j.0954-6820.1985.tb01630.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Two-dimensional echocardiography in systemic amyloidosis has in most cases shown highly refractile myocardial echoes. The morphological basis for this finding has so far been little examined. In the present study, echocardiographic examinations were performed in vitro on autopsied hearts from ten patients with familial amyloidosis with polyneuropathy (FAP). An ultrasonically visible needle was used to localize the abnormal echoes, and samples were taken for histological analysis of the region of the echocardiographic abnormality. Our results indicate that the highly refractile myocardial echoes in FAP are due to nodules composed of collagen and amyloid.
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ERIKSSON PETER, BACKMAN CHRISTER, ERIKSSON ANDERS, ERIKSSON STURE, KARP KJELL, OLOFSSON BERTOVE. Differentiation of Cardiac Amyloidosis and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1111/j.0954-6820.1987.tb01243.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Hemmingson LO, Eriksson P. Cardiac amyloidosis mimicking hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. ACTA MEDICA SCANDINAVICA 2009; 219:421-3. [PMID: 3716885 DOI: 10.1111/j.0954-6820.1986.tb03333.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Amyloid infiltration of the heart may frequently masquerade as other cardiac disorders. The extended use of echocardiography may contribute to an erroneous diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, as both conditions show several features in common. This was the case with the patient reported below. A low QRS amplitude, an increased right ventricular wall thickness, thickened cardiac valves, and a pericardial effusion may, however, indicate amyloid infiltration. The diagnosis of systemic amyloidosis of immunocytic origin was subsequently established in our patient. A definitive diagnosis of amyloid heart disease requires endomyocardial biopsy, but it is suggested that typical noninvasive findings together with demonstration of amyloid in an organ other than the heart is sufficient for a reliable diagnosis. In addition, systemic manifestations may contribute to a correct diagnosis in generalized amyloidosis. Our patient had features consistent with the rare muscle pseudohypertrophy syndrome, which is associated with immunocytic amyloidosis.
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Westermark GT, Westermark P. Serum amyloid A and protein AA: molecular mechanisms of a transmissible amyloidosis. FEBS Lett 2009; 583:2685-90. [PMID: 19393650 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.04.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2009] [Revised: 04/15/2009] [Accepted: 04/16/2009] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Systemic AA-amyloidosis is a complication of chronic inflammatory diseases and the fibril protein AA derives from the acute phase reactant serum AA. AA-amyloidosis can be induced in mice by an inflammatory challenge. The lag phase before amyloid develops can be dramatically shortened by administration of a small amount of amyloid fibrils. Systemic AA-amyloidosis is transmissible in mice and may be so in humans. Since transmission can cross species barriers it is possible that AA-amyloidosis can be induced by amyloid in food, e.g. foie gras. In mice, development of AA-amyloidosis can also be accelerated by other components with amyloid-like properties. A new possible risk factor may appear with synthetically made fibrils from short peptides, constructed for tissue repair.
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- Gunilla T Westermark
- Division of Cell Biology, Diabetes Research Centre, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
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An unusual case of lambda light chain amyloidosis presenting with hypotension and nephrotic syndrome in a 36-year-old female. Int Urol Nephrol 2009; 41:725-6. [PMID: 19357988 DOI: 10.1007/s11255-009-9562-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2009] [Accepted: 03/19/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Hamill AC, Lee CT. Photocontrol of β-Amyloid Peptide (1−40) Fibril Growth in the Presence of a Photosurfactant. J Phys Chem B 2009; 113:6164-72. [DOI: 10.1021/jp8080113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Andrea C. Hamill
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-1211
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-1211
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Duyckaerts C, Panchal M, Delatour B, Potier MC. [Morphologic and molecular neuropathology of Alzheimer's disease]. ANNALES PHARMACEUTIQUES FRANÇAISES 2009; 67:127-35. [PMID: 19298896 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharma.2009.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2008] [Revised: 01/10/2009] [Accepted: 01/15/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Alzheimer disease lesions include the abnormal accumulation of two proteins normally present in neurons: tau protein and Abeta peptide. Tau protein aggregates into fibrils in the cell body of neurons (neurofibrillary tangles), in dendrites (neuropil threads) and in degenerating axons that constitute the corona of the senile plaque. Tau pathology progresses in the brain areas in a stereotyped manner and in parallel with the clinical symptoms. Abeta extracellular deposits may be diffuse or focal. The Abeta focal deposit constitutes the core of the senile plaque. Progression of the Abeta lesions, which initially affect the isocortex, then the hippocampus, basal ganglia, various brainstem nuclei and cerebellum, is not directly correlated with symptoms. Mutations involving the genes implicated in Abeta peptide metabolism are responsible for familial Alzheimer disease. Mutations of the tau gene are not associated with Alzheimer disease but with frontotemporal dementia. The link between altered Abeta peptide metabolism and tau pathology has not been fully elucidated. Animal models mimic several aspects of the disease and have contributed to a better understanding of the mechanisms of the lesions.
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- C Duyckaerts
- Laboratoire de neuropathologie Escourolle, hôpital de La Salpêtrière, AP-HP, Paris, France.
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Primary amyloidosis, systemic senile amyloidosis, isolated atrial amyloidosis, and transthyretin isoleucine 122 amyloidosis frequently involve the heart. Amyloid fibrils infiltrate the myocardium, impairing ventricular contraction and relaxation. The clinical manifestations of cardiac infiltration in these disorders are protean, though congestive heart failure and arrhythmias are most common. Treatment of cardiac amyloidosis is directed at the underlying cause and at relief of symptoms. Heart transplantation is not a viable treatment option for patients with primary amyloidosis; its role in the other amyloidoses has not been established. The prognosis of patients with cardiac amyloidosis varies and is largely determined by the underlying disorder responsible for amyloid infiltration.
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- R E McCarthy
- Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Ulrich J. Recent progress in the characterization of the pathological hallmarks for Alzheimer's disease. ACTA NEUROLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. SUPPLEMENTUM 2009; 129:5-7. [PMID: 2220325 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1990.tb02593.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- J Ulrich
- Institute of Pathology, University of Basel, Switzerland
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Keage HAD, Carare RO, Friedland RP, Ince PG, Love S, Nicoll JA, Wharton SB, Weller RO, Brayne C. Population studies of sporadic cerebral amyloid angiopathy and dementia: a systematic review. BMC Neurol 2009; 9:3. [PMID: 19144113 PMCID: PMC2647900 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2008] [Accepted: 01/13/2009] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Deposition of amyloid-beta (Abeta) in vessel walls of the brain as cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) could be a major factor in the pathogenesis of dementia. Here we investigate the relationship between dementia and the prevalence of CAA in older populations. We searched the literature for prospective population-based epidemiological clinicopathological studies, free of the biases of other sampling techniques, which were used as a comparison. METHODS To identify population-based studies assessing CAA and dementia, a previous systematic review of population-based clinicopathological studies of ageing and dementia was employed. To identify selected-sample studies, PsychInfo (1806-April Week 3 2008), OVID MEDLINE (1950-April Week 2 2008) and Pubmed (searched 21 April 2008) databases were searched using the term "amyloid angiopathy". These databases were also employed to search for any population-based studies not included in the previous systematic review. Studies were included if they reported the prevalence of CAA relative to a dementia classification (clinical or neuropathological). RESULTS Four population-based studies were identified. They showed that on average 55-59% of those with dementia displayed CAA (of any severity) compared to 28-38% of the non-demented. 37-43% of the demented displayed severe CAA in contrast to 7-24% of the non-demented. There was no overlap in the range of these averages and they were less variable and lower than those reported in 38 selected sample studies (demented v non-demented: 32-100 v 0-77% regardless of severity; 0-50 v 0-11% for severe only). CONCLUSION CAA prevalence in populations is consistently higher in the demented as compared to the non-demented. This supports a significant role for CAA in the pathogenesis of dementia.
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- Hannah A D Keage
- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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