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N-terminal sequence analysis of SAA-derivatives purified from murine inflammatory macrophages.

The pathogenesis of secondary amyloidosis in vivo is not well-understood. Experimental studies suggest that incomplete degradation of acute phase serum amyloid A (SAA), presumably endocytosed by activated monocytoid cells, may lead to intralysosomal formation of amyloid A (AA). To establish a possible link between these two events, we have carried out partial N-terminal sequence analysis of affinity purified SAA derivatives from peritoneal macrophages isolated at 4 weeks post-infection from alveolar hydatid cyst infected C57BL/6 mice. The macrophage lysates yielded five N-terminally intact SAA derivatives of approximately 5 to approximately 12 kDa which reacted with anti-mouse AA IgG, and contained a mixture of SAA1 and SAA2 isoforms. The SAA2:SAA1 ratio, evaluated from their proportion present in each M(r) SAA derivative, showed a decrease with the decreasing apparent mass of the N-terminally infected SAA material. These results not only confirm that both SAA1 and SAA2 are processed by activated monocytoid cells but, more importantly, establish a plausible link between N-terminally intact SAA derivatives and formation of AA within activated monocytoid cells.[1]

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