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Characterization of proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans in splenic AA amyloid induced in mink. 2000

T N Wien, and L A Omtvedt, and T Landsverk, and G Husby

Centre for Rheumatic Diseases/Institute of Immunology, The National Hospital, N-0027 Oslo, Norway. t.n.wien@klinmed.uio.no

Amyloidosis of the protein AA type is readily induced in mink using repeated injections of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS). We have characterized splenic proteoglycans/glycosaminoglycans (PGs/GAGs) in mink during amyloidogenesis. Moderate to rich amounts of amyloid exhibiting green birefringence was demonstrated by polarization microscopy of the splenic section stained with Congo red in seven out of eight minks after 10 weeks of LPS-treatment, and a significant increase in the total amount of PGs and GAGs in AA amyloid spleens was observed (two to eight times that in unstimulated animals). Intact PGs as well as free GAGs were extracted, and heparan sulfate (HS) was the most abundant GAG in the amyloid as well as in the control spleens. The GAGs showing the most pronounced increase in the amyloid spleens was of the chondroitin sulfate/dermatan sulfate (CS/DS) type and these were extracted in the form of free GAG chains. We conclude that there is a selective enrichment of PGs/GAGs in extracted splenic amyloid in the mink, which confirms to previous observations in human amyloid as well as in other animal species, supporting their pathogenic significance in the formation of AA amyloid.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008907	Mink	Carnivores of genera Mustela and Neovison of the family MUSTELIDAE. The European mink has white upper and lower lips while the American mink lacks white upper lip.	American Mink,European Mink,Mustela lutreola,Mustela macrodon,Mustela vison,Neovison vison,Sea Mink,Mink, American,Mink, European,Mink, Sea,Minks,Minks, Sea,Sea Minks,vison, Neovison
D011509	Proteoglycans	Glycoproteins which have a very high polysaccharide content.	Proteoglycan,Proteoglycan Type H
D004195	Disease Models, Animal	Naturally-occurring or experimentally-induced animal diseases with pathological processes analogous to human diseases.	Animal Disease Model,Animal Disease Models,Disease Model, Animal
D006025	Glycosaminoglycans	Heteropolysaccharides which contain an N-acetylated hexosamine in a characteristic repeating disaccharide unit. The repeating structure of each disaccharide involves alternate 1,4- and 1,3-linkages consisting of either N-acetylglucosamine (see ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE) or N-acetylgalactosamine (see ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE).	Glycosaminoglycan,Mucopolysaccharides
D000685	Serum Amyloid A Protein	An ACUTE PHASE REACTION protein present in low concentrations in normal sera, but found at higher concentrations in sera of older persons and in patients with AMYLOIDOSIS. It is the circulating precusor of amyloid A protein, which is found deposited in AA type AMYLOID FIBRILS.	Amyloid Protein SAA,Amyloid Serum Protein SAA,Serum A Related Protein,Amyloid A Precursor,Amyloid A Protein,Amyloid A Protein-Related Serum Component,Amyloid Fibril Protein AA,Amyloid Protein AA,Amyloid Protein AA Precursor,Amyloid-Related Serum Protein (SAA),Serum Amyloid A,Serum Amyloid Protein A,Amyloid A Protein Related Serum Component
D000686	Amyloidosis	A group of sporadic, familial and/or inherited, degenerative, and infectious disease processes, linked by the common theme of abnormal protein folding and deposition of AMYLOID. As the amyloid deposits enlarge they displace normal tissue structures, causing disruption of function. Various signs and symptoms depend on the location and size of the deposits.	Amyloidoses
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D013154	Spleen	An encapsulated lymphatic organ through which venous blood filters.

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