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Penticoff HB, Hipkiss HK, Hetak AA, Agnew DW, Fortin JS. Survey of amyloidosis cases among different free-living wild and zoo animals. Amyloid 2021; 28:145-152. [PMID: 34132151 DOI: 10.1080/13506129.2021.1940931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
Abstract
Amyloidosis comprises a range of protein-folding disorders characterised by a buildup of amyloid deposits in one or multiple organs. The pathogenesis and pathologic findings of amyloidosis can vary widely due to the nature of the precursor protein. In veterinary medicine, there are 10 proteins known to form amyloid deposits in various organs. This review aims to compare amyloidosis cases among different free-living wild and zoo animals focussing in part on the determination of the species particularly susceptible to the amyloid formation and specific prone-to-aggregate protein commonly involved. This review addresses the transmission of AA amyloidosis pertinent to institutions, such as zoos, housing multiple individuals and species in relatively close proximity. In addition, this review includes summarisation for definitive diagnosis of single or multiple cases of amyloidosis affecting free-living wild and zoo animals. Insights into the diversity, transmission, and pathogenesis of known amyloidogenic proteins and species prevalently affected may help to establish a preventive intervention and stimulate the discovery of new diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hailey B Penticoff
- Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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Lin X, Watanabe K, Kuragano M, Tokuraku K. Aggregation of Mouse Serum Amyloid A Protein Was Promoted by Amyloid-Enhancing Factors with the More Genetically Homologous Serum Amyloid A. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22031036. [PMID: 33494290 PMCID: PMC7864520 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22031036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2021] [Revised: 01/18/2021] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Amyloid A (AA) amyloidosis is a condition in which amyloid fibrils characterized by a linear morphology and a cross-β structure accumulate and are deposited extracellularly in organs, resulting in chronic inflammatory diseases and infections. The incidence of AA amyloidosis is high in humans and several animal species. Serum amyloid A (SAA) is one of the most important precursor amyloid proteins and plays a vital step in AA amyloidosis. Amyloid enhancing factor (AEF) serves as a seed for fibril formation and shortens the onset of AA amyloidosis sharply. In this study, we examined whether AEFs extracted and purified from five animal species (camel, cat, cattle, goat, and mouse) could promote mouse SAA (mSAA) protein aggregation in vitro using quantum-dot (QD) nanoprobes to visualize the aggregation. The results showed that AEFs shortened and promoted mSAA aggregation. In addition, mouse and cat AEFs showed higher mSAA aggregation-promoting activity than the camel, cattle, and goat AEFs. Interestingly, homology analysis of SAA in these five animal species revealed a more similar amino acid sequence homology between mouse and cat than between other animal species. Furthermore, a detailed comparison of amino acid sequences suggested that it was important to mSAA aggregation-promoting activity that the 48th amino acid was a basic residue (Lys) and the 125th amino acid was an acidic residue (Asp or Glu). These data imply that AA amyloidosis exhibits higher transmission activity among animals carrying genetically homologous SAA gene, and may provide a new understanding of the pathogenesis of amyloidosis.
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- Xuguang Lin
- Muroran Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Engineering, Muroran 050-8585, Japan; (X.L.); (M.K.)
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- Research Center of Global Agromedicine, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro 080-8555, Japan;
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- Muroran Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Engineering, Muroran 050-8585, Japan; (X.L.); (M.K.)
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- Muroran Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Engineering, Muroran 050-8585, Japan; (X.L.); (M.K.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-0143-46-5721
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Murakami T, Noguchi K, Hachiya N, Kametani F, Tasaki M, Nakaba S, Sassa Y, Yamashita T, Obayashi K, Ando Y, Hamamura M, Kanno T, Kawasako K. Needle-shaped amyloid deposition in rat mammary gland: evidence of a novel amyloid fibril protein. Amyloid 2020; 27:25-35. [PMID: 31615282 DOI: 10.1080/13506129.2019.1675623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Amyloidosis is an extremely rare event in rats. In this study, we report that lipopolysaccharide binding protein (LBP) is the most likely amyloidogenic protein in rat mammary amyloidosis. Histologically, corpora amylacea (CA) and stromal amyloid (SA) were observed in rat mammary glands, and needle-shaped amyloid (NA) was also observed on the surface or gap of CA and SA. Following surveillance in aged rats, NA was observed in 62% of mammary tumours, 25% of male mammary glands and 83% of female mammary glands. Proteomic analysis showed that lactadherin was a major constitutive protein of CA and SA, and both were positive following immunohistochemistry with anti-lactadherin antibodies. In the same analysis, LBP was detected as a prime candidate protein in NA, and NA was positive following immunohistochemistry and immunoelectron microscopy with anti-LBP antibody. Furthermore, synthetic peptides derived from rat LBP formed amyloid fibrils in vitro. Overall, these results provide evidence that LBP is an amyloid precursor protein of NA in rat mammary glands.
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- Tomoaki Murakami
- Division of Animal Life Science, Graduate School, Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Japan
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- Research Center for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Japan
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- Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Technology Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Dementia and Higher Brain Function, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.,Department of Morphological and Physiological Sciences, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Division of Natural Resources and Eco-Materials, Graduate School, Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Japan
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- Division of Animal Life Science, Graduate School, Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Morphological and Physiological Sciences, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Pathology Department, Nonclinical Research Center, Drug Development Service Segment, LSI Medicine Corporation, Uto, Japan
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- Pathology Department, Nonclinical Research Center, Drug Development Service Segment, LSI Medicine Corporation, Uto, Japan
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- Pathology Department, Nonclinical Research Center, Drug Development Service Segment, LSI Medicine Corporation, Uto, Japan
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Ogawa S, Murakami T, Inoshima Y, Ishiguro N. Effect of heating on the stability of amyloid A (AA) fibrils and the intra- and cross-species transmission of AA amyloidosis. Amyloid 2015; 22:236-43. [PMID: 26588017 DOI: 10.3109/13506129.2015.1095735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Amyloid A (AA) amyloidosis is a protein misfolding disease characterized by extracellular deposition of AA fibrils. AA fibrils are found in several tissues from food animals with AA amyloidosis. For hygienic purposes, heating is widely used to inactivate microbes in food, but it is uncertain whether heating is sufficient to inactivate AA fibrils and prevent intra- or cross-species transmission. We examined the effect of heating (at 60 °C or 100 °C) and autoclaving (at 121 °C or 135 °C) on murine and bovine AA fibrils using Western blot analysis, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and mouse model transmission experiments. TEM revealed that a mixture of AA fibrils and amorphous aggregates appeared after heating at 100 °C, whereas autoclaving at 135 °C produced large amorphous aggregates. AA fibrils retained antigen specificity in Western blot analysis when heated at 100 °C or autoclaved at 121 °C, but not when autoclaved at 135 °C. Transmissible pathogenicity of murine and bovine AA fibrils subjected to heating (at 60 °C or 100 °C) was significantly stimulated and resulted in amyloid deposition in mice. Autoclaving of murine AA fibrils at 121 °C or 135 °C significantly decreased amyloid deposition. Moreover, amyloid deposition in mice injected with murine AA fibrils was more severe than that in mice injected with bovine AA fibrils. Bovine AA fibrils autoclaved at 121 °C or 135 °C did not induce amyloid deposition in mice. These results suggest that AA fibrils are relatively heat stable and that similar to prions, autoclaving at 135 °C is required to destroy the pathogenicity of AA fibrils. These findings may contribute to the prevention of AA fibril transmission through food materials to different animals and especially to humans.
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- Saki Ogawa
- a Laboratory of Food and Environmental Hygiene , Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University , Gifu , Japan
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- b Laboratory of Veterinary Toxicology , Department of Veterinary Medicine, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Laboratory of Food and Environmental Hygiene , Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University , Gifu , Japan
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- a Laboratory of Food and Environmental Hygiene , Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University , Gifu , Japan
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Murakami T, Inoshima Y, Ishiguro N. Systemic AA amyloidosis as a prion-like disorder. Virus Res 2014; 207:76-81. [PMID: 25533533 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2014.12.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2014] [Revised: 12/06/2014] [Accepted: 12/11/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Amyloidosis is a collective term for a group of disorders that induce functional impairment of organs and occurs through the accumulation of amyloid, or misfolded protein in beta-sheets. AA amyloidosis is a lethal systemic amyloidosis with SAA as the precursor protein, and is observed in various animal species, including humans. AA amyloidosis can be induced artificially by continuously administering inflammatory stimuli in experimental animal models. In this process of experimental induction, the administration of AA amyloids from either the same or different species is known to markedly expedite AA amyloidosis development, and this is also termed transmission of AA amyloidosis. Similarly to prion disease, AA amyloidosis is considered to be transmitted via a "seeding-nucleation" process. In this manuscript, we reviewed the pathology and transmissibility of AA amyloidosis in animals.
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- Tomoaki Murakami
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan.
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Watanabe K, Uchida K, Chambers JK, Tei M, Shoji A, Ushio N, Nakayama H. Experimental transmission of AA amyloidosis by injecting the AA amyloid protein into interleukin-1 receptor antagonist knockout (IL-1raKO) mice. Vet Pathol 2014; 52:505-12. [PMID: 25391376 DOI: 10.1177/0300985814556154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The incidence of AA amyloidosis is high in humans with rheumatoid arthritis and several animal species, including cats and cattle with prolonged inflammation. AA amyloidosis can be experimentally induced in mice using severe inflammatory stimuli and a coinjection of AA amyloid; however, difficulties have been associated with transmitting AA amyloidosis to a different animal species, and this has been attributed to the "species barrier." The interleukin-1 receptor antagonist knockout (IL-1raKO) mouse, a rodent model of human rheumatoid arthritis, has been used in the transmission of AA amyloid. When IL-1raKO and BALB/c mice were intraperitoneally injected with mouse AA amyloid together with a subcutaneous pretreatment of 2% AgNO3, all mice from both strains that were injected with crude or purified murine AA amyloid developed AA amyloidosis. However, the amyloid index, which was determined by the intensity of AA amyloid deposition, was significantly higher in IL-1raKO mice than in BALB/c mice. When IL-1raKO and BALB/c mice were injected with crude or purified bovine AA amyloid together with the pretreatment, 83% (5/6 cases) and 38% (3/8 cases) of IL-1raKO mice and 17% (1/6 cases) and 0% (0/6 cases) of BALB/c mice, respectively, developed AA amyloidosis. Similarly, when IL-1raKO and BALB/c mice were injected with crude or purified feline AA amyloid, 33% (2/6 cases) and 88% (7/8 cases) of IL-1raKO mice and 0% (0/6 cases) and 29% (2/6 cases) of BALB/c mice, respectively, developed AA amyloidosis. These results indicated that IL-1raKO mice are a useful animal model for investigating AA amyloidogenesis.
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- K Watanabe
- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Treatment of experimental amyloidosis with antirheumatic drugs. Acta Med Litu 2010. [DOI: 10.2478/v10140-010-0003-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Tanaka S, Dan C, Kawano H, Omoto M, Ishihara T. Pathological study on amyloidosis in Cygnus olor (mute swan) and other waterfowl. Med Mol Morphol 2008; 41:99-108. [DOI: 10.1007/s00795-008-0401-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2008] [Accepted: 03/27/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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