1
|
Iwaide S, Takemae H, Oba M, Owaku K, Kobayashi N, Itoh Y, Kozono T, Hisada M, Miyabe-Nishiwaki T, Watanuki K, Yanai T, Inoue H, Murakami T. Systemic AL kappa chain amyloidosis in a captive Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus). Res Vet Sci 2024; 175:105315. [PMID: 38838511 DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2024.105315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2024] [Revised: 05/22/2024] [Accepted: 05/29/2024] [Indexed: 06/07/2024]
Abstract
Systemic amyloid light-chain (AL) amyloidosis is an infrequent disease in which amyloid fibrils derived from the immunoglobulin light chain are deposited in systemic organs, resulting in functional impairment. This disease has been notably uncommon in animals, and nonhuman primates have not been reported to develop it. In this study, we identified the systemic AL kappa chain amyloidosis in a captive Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) and analyzed its pathogenesis. Amyloid deposits were found severely in the submucosa of the large intestine, lung, mandibular lymph nodes, and mediastinal lymph nodes, with milder lesions in the liver and kidney. Mass spectrometry-based proteomic analysis revealed an abundant constant domain of the immunoglobulin kappa chain in the amyloid deposits. Immunohistochemistry further confirmed that the amyloid deposits were positive for immunoglobulin kappa chains. In this animal, AL amyloidosis resulted in severe involvement of the gastrointestinal submucosa and lymph nodes, which is consistent with the characteristics of AL amyloidosis in humans, suggesting that AL amyloid may have a similar deposition mechanism across species. This report enhances the pathological understanding of systemic AL amyloidosis in animals by providing a detailed characterization of this disease based on proteomic analysis.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Susumu Iwaide
- Laboratory of Veterinary Toxicology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwai-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo, Japan
| | - Hitoshi Takemae
- Center for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Prevention Research, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwai-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo, Japan
| | - Mami Oba
- Center for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Prevention Research, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwai-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo, Japan
| | - Kenta Owaku
- Laboratory of Veterinary Toxicology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwai-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo, Japan
| | - Natsumi Kobayashi
- Laboratory of Veterinary Toxicology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwai-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo, Japan
| | - Yoshiyuki Itoh
- Smart-Core-Facility Promotion Organization, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwai-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo, Japan
| | - Takuma Kozono
- Smart-Core-Facility Promotion Organization, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwai-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo, Japan
| | - Miki Hisada
- Smart-Core-Facility Promotion Organization, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwai-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo, Japan
| | - Takako Miyabe-Nishiwaki
- Center for the Evolutionary Origins of Human Behavior, Kyoto University, 41-2, Kanrin, Inuyama-shi, Aichi, Japan
| | - Koshiro Watanuki
- Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University, 2-24, Sekiden-cho, Tanaka, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-3201, Japan
| | - Tokuma Yanai
- Institute of Veterinary Forensic Science, 241 Kawanishi-cho, Shobara-Shi, Hiroshima, Japan
| | - Hisafumi Inoue
- Fukuoka Zoo and Botanical Garden, 1-1, Minami-koen, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
| | - Tomoaki Murakami
- Laboratory of Veterinary Toxicology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwai-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo, Japan.
| |
Collapse
|
2
|
Iwaide S, Ito N, Ogino S, Kobayashi N, Koyama S, Hisamoto S, Kondo H, Itoh Y, Hisada M, Hoshino Y, Nakagawa D, Matsubara Y, Nakamura SI, Satoh H, Shibuya H, Murakami T. Fibrinogen Aα-chain amyloidosis outbreaks in Japanese squirrels (Sciurus lis): a potential disease model. J Pathol 2023; 261:96-104. [PMID: 37550796 DOI: 10.1002/path.6150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2023] [Revised: 05/12/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 08/09/2023]
Abstract
Fibrinogen Aα-chain amyloidosis is a hereditary systemic amyloidosis characterized by glomerular amyloid depositions, which are derived from the fibrinogen Aα-chain variant in humans. Despite its unique pathology, the pathogenic mechanisms of this disease are only partially understood. This is in part because comparative pathological studies on fibrinogen Aα-chain amyloidosis are currently unavailable as there is a lack of reported cases in animals other than humans. In this study, mass spectrometry-based proteomic analyses of Japanese squirrels (Sciurus lis) that died in five Japanese zoos showed that they developed glomerular-associated fibrinogen Aα-chain amyloidosis with an extremely high incidence rate (29/38 cases, 76.3%). The condition was found to be age-dependent in the Japanese squirrels, with 89% of individuals over 4 years of age affected. Mass spectrometry revealed that the C-terminal region of the fibrinogen Aα-chain was involved in amyloidogenesis in Japanese squirrels as well as humans. No gene variations were identified between amyloid-positive and amyloid-negative squirrels, which contrasted with the available data for humans. The results indicate that fibrinogen Aα-chain amyloidosis is a senile amyloidosis in Japanese squirrels. The results have also provided comparative pathological support that the amyloidogenic C-terminal region of the fibrinogen Aα-chain is involved in the characteristic glomerular pathology, regardless of the animal species. This study elucidates the potential causes of death in Japanese squirrels and will contribute to future comparative pathological studies of fibrinogen Aα-chain amyloidosis. © 2023 The Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Susumu Iwaide
- Laboratory of Veterinary Toxicology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
| | - Nanami Ito
- Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Nihon University, Fujisawa-shi, Japan
| | - Shiori Ogino
- Cooperative Department of Veterinary Medicine, Iwate University, Morioka-shi, Japan
| | - Natsumi Kobayashi
- Laboratory of Veterinary Toxicology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
| | - Satoshi Koyama
- Laboratory of Ethology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
| | - Shumpei Hisamoto
- Meiji Institute for Advanced Study of Mathematical Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
| | - Hirotaka Kondo
- Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Nihon University, Fujisawa-shi, Japan
| | - Yoshiyuki Itoh
- Smart-Core-Facility Promotion Organization, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
| | - Miki Hisada
- Smart-Core-Facility Promotion Organization, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
| | - Yuki Hoshino
- Cooperative Department of Veterinary Medicine, Iwate University, Morioka-shi, Japan
| | | | | | - Shin-Ichi Nakamura
- Okayama University of Science, Imabari-shi, Japan
- Kyoto Institute of Nutrition & Pathology Inc., Kyoto, Japan
| | - Hiroshi Satoh
- Cooperative Department of Veterinary Medicine, Iwate University, Morioka-shi, Japan
| | - Hisashi Shibuya
- Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Nihon University, Fujisawa-shi, Japan
| | - Tomoaki Murakami
- Laboratory of Veterinary Toxicology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
| |
Collapse
|
3
|
Faravelli G, Mondani V, Mangione PP, Raimondi S, Marchese L, Lavatelli F, Stoppini M, Corazza A, Canetti D, Verona G, Obici L, Taylor GW, Gillmore JD, Giorgetti S, Bellotti V. Amyloid Formation by Globular Proteins: The Need to Narrow the Gap Between in Vitro and in Vivo Mechanisms. Front Mol Biosci 2022; 9:830006. [PMID: 35237660 PMCID: PMC8883118 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.830006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2021] [Accepted: 01/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Abstract
The globular to fibrillar transition of proteins represents a key pathogenic event in the development of amyloid diseases. Although systemic amyloidoses share the common characteristic of amyloid deposition in the extracellular matrix, they are clinically heterogeneous as the affected organs may vary. The observation that precursors of amyloid fibrils derived from circulating globular plasma proteins led to huge efforts in trying to elucidate the structural events determining the protein metamorphosis from their globular to fibrillar state. Whereas the process of metamorphosis has inspired poets and writers from Ovid to Kafka, protein metamorphism is a more recent concept. It is an ideal metaphor in biochemistry for studying the protein folding paradigm and investigating determinants of folding dynamics. Although we have learned how to transform both normal and pathogenic globular proteins into fibrillar polymers in vitro, the events occurring in vivo, are far more complex and yet to be explained. A major gap still exists between in vivo and in vitro models of fibrillogenesis as the biological complexity of the disease in living organisms cannot be reproduced at the same extent in the test tube. Reviewing the major scientific attempts to monitor the amyloidogenic metamorphosis of globular proteins in systems of increasing complexity, from cell culture to human tissues, may help to bridge the gap between the experimental models and the actual pathological events in patients.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Giulia Faravelli
- Unit of Biochemistry, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
| | - Valentina Mondani
- Unit of Biochemistry, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
| | - P. Patrizia Mangione
- Unit of Biochemistry, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Wolfson Drug Discovery Unit, Division of Medicine, Centre for Amyloidosis and Acute Phase Proteins, University College London, London, United Kingdom
| | - Sara Raimondi
- Unit of Biochemistry, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
| | - Loredana Marchese
- Unit of Biochemistry, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
| | - Francesca Lavatelli
- Unit of Biochemistry, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
| | - Monica Stoppini
- Unit of Biochemistry, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
| | - Alessandra Corazza
- Department of Medicine (DAME), University of Udine, Udine, Italy
- Istituto Nazionale Biostrutture e Biosistemi, Rome, Italy
| | - Diana Canetti
- Wolfson Drug Discovery Unit, Division of Medicine, Centre for Amyloidosis and Acute Phase Proteins, University College London, London, United Kingdom
| | - Guglielmo Verona
- Wolfson Drug Discovery Unit, Division of Medicine, Centre for Amyloidosis and Acute Phase Proteins, University College London, London, United Kingdom
| | - Laura Obici
- Amyloidosis Research and Treatment Centre, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
| | - Graham W. Taylor
- Wolfson Drug Discovery Unit, Division of Medicine, Centre for Amyloidosis and Acute Phase Proteins, University College London, London, United Kingdom
| | - Julian D. Gillmore
- National Amyloidosis Centre, University College London and Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom
| | - Sofia Giorgetti
- Unit of Biochemistry, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Istituto Nazionale Biostrutture e Biosistemi, Rome, Italy
| | - Vittorio Bellotti
- Unit of Biochemistry, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Wolfson Drug Discovery Unit, Division of Medicine, Centre for Amyloidosis and Acute Phase Proteins, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Istituto Nazionale Biostrutture e Biosistemi, Rome, Italy
- Scientific Direction, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
- *Correspondence: Vittorio Bellotti, ,
| |
Collapse
|
4
|
Ibrahim RB, Liu YT, Yeh SY, Tsai JW. Contributions of Animal Models to the Mechanisms and Therapies of Transthyretin Amyloidosis. Front Physiol 2019; 10:338. [PMID: 31001136 PMCID: PMC6454033 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2018] [Accepted: 03/13/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR amyloidosis) is a fatal systemic disease caused by amyloid deposits of misfolded transthyretin, leading to familial amyloid polyneuropathy and/or cardiomyopathy, or a rare oculoleptomeningeal amyloidosis. A good model system that mimic the disease phenotype is crucial for the development of drugs and treatments for this devastating degenerative disorder. The present models using fruit flies, worms, rodents, non-human primates and induced pluripotent stem cells have helped researchers understand important disease-related mechanisms and test potential therapeutic options. However, the challenge of creating an ideal model still looms, for these models did not recapitulates all symptoms, particularly neurological presentation, of ATTR amyloidosis. Recently, knock-in techniques was used to generate two humanized ATTR mouse models, leading to amyloid deposition in the nerves and neuropathic manifestation in these models. This review gives a recent update on the milestone, progress, and challenges in developing different models for ATTR amyloidosis research.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Ridwan Babatunde Ibrahim
- Institute of Brain Science, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Taiwan International Graduate Program in Interdisciplinary Neuroscience, National Yang-Ming University and Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Yo-Tsen Liu
- Institute of Brain Science, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Brain Research Center and Biophotonics and Molecular Imaging Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Ssu-Yu Yeh
- Institute of Brain Science, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Jin-Wu Tsai
- Institute of Brain Science, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Brain Research Center and Biophotonics and Molecular Imaging Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
| |
Collapse
|
5
|
Takanashi T, Matsuda M, Yazaki M, Yamazaki H, Nawata M, Katagiri Y, Ikeda SI. Synovial deposition of wild-type transthyretin-derived amyloid in knee joint osteoarthritis patients. Amyloid 2013; 20:151-5. [PMID: 23734638 DOI: 10.3109/13506129.2013.803190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE To investigate histological features of deposited amyloid in the synovial tissue and its clinical significance in knee joint osteoarthritis (OA) patients. METHODS We prospectively enrolled 232 consecutive patients who underwent arthroplasty or total replacement of the knee joint for treatment of OA. Congo red staining and immunohistochemistry were performed in the synovial tissue obtained at surgery. When transthyretin (TTR)-derived amyloid was positive, we analyzed all 4 exons of the TTR gene using the direct DNA sequencing method in order to detect mutations. RESULTS We analyzed 322 specimens in this study. Twenty-six specimens (8.1%) obtained from 21 patients (5 men and 16 women; mean, 79.0 ± 4.6 years) showed deposition of amyloid, which was positively stained with the anti-TTR antibody. Eighteen patients showed inhomogeneous accumulations of amyloid in the loose connective tissue under the synovial epithelia sometimes with nodule formation, while in the remaining three, small vessels in the adipose tissue were involved. Medical records of these patients revealed nothing remarkable in the clinical course, laboratory data or macroscopic intraarticular findings at surgery. No mutations were detectable in the TTR gene analysis. CONCLUSION Wild-type TTR-derived amyloid may affect the synovial tissue as a result of long-term mechanical stress or as a part of senile systemic amyloidosis in approximately 8% of knee joint OA patients. No obvious clinical significance was found in synovial deposition of amyloid.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Tetsuo Takanashi
- Department of Rheumatology, Marunouchi Hospital, Matsumoto, Japan
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
6
|
Ueda M, Ageyama N, Nakamura S, Nakamura M, Chambers JK, Misumi Y, Mizuguchi M, Shinriki S, Kawahara S, Tasaki M, Jono H, Obayashi K, Sasaki E, Une Y, Ando Y. Aged vervet monkeys developing transthyretin amyloidosis with the human disease-causing Ile122 allele: a valid pathological model of the human disease. J Transl Med 2012; 92:474-84. [PMID: 22184092 DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.2011.195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Mutant forms of transthyretin (TTR) cause the most common type of autosomal-dominant hereditary systemic amyloidosis. In addition, wild-type TTR causes senile systemic amyloidosis, a sporadic disease seen in the elderly. Although spontaneous development of TTR amyloidosis had not been reported in animals other than humans, we recently determined that two aged vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) spontaneously developed systemic TTR amyloidosis. In this study here, we first determined that aged vervet monkeys developed TTR amyloidosis and showed cardiac dysfunction but other primates did not. We also found that vervet monkeys had the TTR Ile122 allele, which is well known as a frequent mutation-causing human TTR amyloidosis. Furthermore, we generated recombinant monkey TTRs and determined that the vervet monkey TTR had lower tetrameric stability and formed more amyloid fibrils than did cynomolgus monkey TTR, which had the Val122 allele. We thus propose that the Ile122 allele has an important role in TTR amyloidosis in the aged vervet monkey and that this monkey can serve as a valid pathological model of the human disease. Finally, from the viewpoint of molecular evolution of TTR in primates, we determined that human TTR mutations causing the leptomeningeal phenotype of TTR amyloidosis tended to occur in amino acid residues that showed no diversity throughout primate evolution. Those findings may be valuable for understanding the genotype-phenotype correlation in this inherited human disease.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Mitsuharu Ueda
- Department of Diagnostic Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|