Westermark P, Sletten K, Johansson B, Cornwell G G
Department of Pathology, University of Linköping, Sweden.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1990 Apr;87(7):2843-5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.87.7.2843.
The amyloid fibril in senile systemic amyloidosis (SSA), like that of familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy, is derived from transthyretin (TTR). SSA, however, is a common disease, affecting to some degree 25% of the population greater than 80 years old. In familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy, the amyloidogenesis has been considered to depend on point mutations leading to TTR variants. We show that the TTR molecule in SSA, on the other hand, has a normal primary structure. Factors other than the primary structure of TTR must therefore be important in the pathogenesis of TTR-derived amyloid.
与家族性淀粉样多神经病一样,老年系统性淀粉样变性(SSA)中的淀粉样纤维源自转甲状腺素蛋白(TTR)。然而,SSA是一种常见疾病,在80岁以上的人群中,约25%会受到不同程度的影响。在家族性淀粉样多神经病中,淀粉样变的发生被认为取决于导致TTR变体的点突变。另一方面,我们发现SSA中的TTR分子具有正常的一级结构。因此,除TTR一级结构外的其他因素在TTR衍生淀粉样变的发病机制中一定很重要。