Abstract:
:Light chain amyloidosis (AL) is a protein folding disorder with an underlying B cell neoplasia where the monoclonal immunoglobulin light chains (LCs) produced from insoluble amyloid fibrils. The deposition of these fibrillar aggregates in vital organs causes severe organ dysfunction over time and is associated with high mortality. We have identified the postgerminal center status of the B cell clone by evaluating the presence of somatic hypermutation in the variable region of the LC gene in 27 (13 of the lambda and 14 of the kappa subtype) AL patients. Seven of the 27 clones showed statistically significant evidence of antigenic selection, using a multinomial algorithm. The framework region mutations were selected for conservation of protein structure in 13 of the 27 patients. Additionally, mutational clusterspots were identified at specific positions in the nucleotide and deduced protein sequence that could potentially contribute to destabilizing interactions resulting in a propensity to form amyloid.
journal_name
J Clin Immunoljournal_title
Journal of clinical immunologyauthors
Abraham RS,Geyer SM,Ramírez-Alvarado M,Price-Troska TL,Gertz MA,Fonseca Rdoi
10.1023/B:JOCI.0000029113.68758.9fsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2004-07-01 00:00:00pages
340-53issue
4eissn
0271-9142issn
1573-2592pii
487247journal_volume
24pub_type
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