Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10767551 | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | 2007 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Amyloidogenic transthyretin (ATTR) is the pathogenic protein of familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP). To establish a tool for analyses of ATTR metabolisms including after liver transplantations, we developed a transgenic rat model expressing human ATTR V30M and confirmed expressions of human ATTR V30M in various tissues. Mass spectrometry for purified TTR revealed that rat intrinsic TTR and human ATTR V30M formed tetramers. Congo red staining and immunohistochemistry revealed that nonfibrillar deposits of human ATTR V30M, but not amyloid deposits, were detected in the gastrointestinal tracts of the transgenic rats. At 24Â h after liver transplantation, serum human ATTR V30M levels in transgenic rats that received livers from normal rats became lower than detectable levels. These results thus suggest that this transgenic rat may be a useful animal model which analyzes the metabolism of human ATTR V30M including liver transplantation studies.
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Mitsuharu Ueda, Yukio Ando, Yoji Hakamata, Masaaki Nakamura, Taro Yamashita, Konen Obayashi, Shingo Himeno, Seiichiro Inoue, Yuki Sato, Takashi Kaneko, Nobutoki Takamune, Shogo Misumi, Shozo Shoji, Makoto Uchino, Eiji Kobayashi,