Widespread occurrence of AP in amyloidotic tissues
Tóm tắt
Plasma (P)-component of amyloid (AP or SAP), while not an integral part of the amyloid fibril, has been considered to be intimately associated with virtually every different type of amyloid. In the present study, we evaluated the distribution of AP in the organs frequently involved in two forms of human systemic amyloidosis (AA and AF) and in mouse AA amyloidosis, by use of immunohistochemistry with anti-AP. Although the amyloid deposits generally showed moderate reactions with anti-AP, they were not always clearly distinguished from the surrounding non-amyloid tissue elements which often stained as well. The basement membrane often showed even stronger reaction to anti-AP than the adjacent amyloid deposits, and liver sections demonstrated such a high overall reaction to anti-AP that the anti-AP reaction on the amyloid deposits was often obscurred. The present results suggest that the binding between AP and the amyloid fibril may not be monospecific, that AP by this technique occurs rather widely throughout the body, and therefore that anti-AP may not be considered as specific a marker for amyloid deposits in immunohistochemical and perhaps other studies as well.
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