Amyloidogenicity and Clinical Phenotype Associated with Five Novel Mutations in Apolipoprotein A-I
Amyloidogenicity and Clinical Phenotype Associated with Five Novel Mutations in Apolipoprotein A-I
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DOI:
10.1016/j.ajpath.2011.06.024
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发表时间:
2011-10-01
影响因子:
6
通讯作者:
Gillmore, Julian D.
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作者:
Rowczenio, Dorota;Dogan, Ahmet;Gillmore, Julian D.
The phenotype of hereditary apolipoprotein A-I amyloidosis is heterogeneous with some patients developing extensive visceral amyloid deposits and end-stage renal failure as young adults and others having only laryngeal and/or skin amyloid, which may be of little clinical consequence. Clinical management and prognosis of patients with systemic amyloidosis depend entirely on correct identification of the fibril protein, such that light chain amyloidosis (AL, previously referred to as "primary"), the most frequently diagnosed type, is treated with chemotherapy, which has absolutely no role in hereditary apolipoprotein A-I amyloidosis. We report five novel apolipoprotein A-I variants, four of which were amyloidogenic and one of which was incidental in a patient with systemic AL amyloidosis. Interestingly, only one of four patients with apolipoprotein A-I amyloidosis had a family history of similar disease. Laser microdissection and tandem mass spectrometry based proteomics were used to confirm the amyloid fibril protein and, for the first time in apolipoprotein A-I amyloidosis, demonstrated that only mutated protein as opposed to wild-type apolipoprotein A-I was deposited as amyloid. The clinical spectrum and outcome of hereditary apolipoprotein A-I amyloidosis are reviewed in detail and support the need for sequencing of the apolipoprotein A-I gene among patients with apparent localized amyloidosis in whom IHC is nondiagnostic of the fibril protein, even in the absence of a family history of disease. (Ant J Pathol 2011, 179:1978-1987; DOI: 10.10164/j.ajpath.2011.06.024)