Linkage of protection against amyloid fibril formation in the mouse to a single, autosomal dominant gene
| Autor: | J D Sipe, W A Gonnerman, E. S. Cathcart, R Elliott-Bryant, I Carreras |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
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Gene isoform
Male Amyloid Genetic Linkage Immunology Molecular Sequence Data Gene Expression Mice Inbred Strains Biology Mice AA amyloidosis Species Specificity Gene expression mental disorders medicine Immunology and Allergy Animals Genetic Predisposition to Disease Serum amyloid A Amino Acid Sequence Serum Amyloid A Protein Crosses Genetic Genes Dominant Gel electrophoresis Amyloidosis Articles medicine.disease Molecular biology Mice Inbred CBA Female |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Experimental Medicine |
| ISSN: | 0022-1007 |
| Popis: | Inbred strains of mice provide a model for studies of the pathogenesis of amyloid A (AA) amyloidosis. All susceptible strains of mice described to date codominantly express two serum amyloid A (apoSAA) isoforms, apoSAA1 and apoSAA2, of which only apoSAA2 serves as a precursor for amyloid fibrils. In previous studies, we have shown that the CE/J strain, which produces a single, novel apoSAA isoform, apoSAACE/J, is amyloid resistant. In the present study amyloid-resistant CE/J females were mated with amyloid-susceptible CBA/J males to produce F1 hybrid offspring which were then backcrossed to the parental CBA/J mouse strain. Amyloid susceptibility was determined in 30 backcrossed mice 72 h after injection of murine amyloid enhancing factor and silver nitrate. ApoSAA isoforms in plasma were separated by isoelectric focusing gel electrophoresis and visualized after immunoblotting with anti-AA antiserum. Amyloid A fibrils in spleen homogenates were denatured by formic acid and AA protein was quantified by ELISA using anti-mouse apoSAA antibodies. Values < 5 apoSAA equivalent units were considered negative. 13 mice expressed an apoSAA1 and apoSAA2 doublet characteristic of CBA/J mice, whereas 17 mice, expressed the apoSAACE/J isoform codominantly with apoSAA1 and apoSAA2. The correlation of amyloid resistance to expression of the apoSAACE/J isoform was absolute (17/17 were negative; mean score 2.6 +/- 0.17 [standard error of the mean] apoSAA equivalent units) and the correlation between amyloid susceptibility and the expression of apoSAA2/apoSAA1 was also striking (12/13 were amyloid positive; mean score 47.9 +/- 9.0 [standard error of the mean] apoSAA equivalent units (P < 0.001). This is not significantly different from the 50% segregation of apoSAA phenotypes expected for linkage to a single gene. These results indicate that a single gene governs apoSAACE/J expression and thus confers protection against amyloid deposition even in the presence of apoSAA1 and apoSAA2 isoforms and show for the first time that resistance to AA amyloidosis is a dominant trait governed by a single gene. |
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