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Amyloidogenic potential of foie gras

Alan Solomon, Tina Richey, Charles L. Murphy, Deborah T. Weiss, Jonathan S. Wall, Gunilla T. Westermark, and Per Westermark
PNAS June 26, 2007 104 (26) 10998-11001; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0700848104
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  1. Communicated by D. Carleton Gajdusek, Institut de Neurobiologie Alfred Fessard, Gif-sur-Yvette, France, January 30, 2007 (received for review October 10, 2006)

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    AA deposition in foie gras. (a) Large venule surrounded by residual, extensively vacuolated fatty hepatic tissue (hematoxylin/eosin stain). (b) Green birefringent amyloid deposits in the blood vessel wall (Congo red stain). (c) Immunohistochemical identification of vascular AA amyloid. (Scale bar, 62 μm.)

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    Tissue fragment with amyloid in duck pâté. Congo red stain.

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    Ultrastructural and chemical characterization of amyloid extracted from foie gras. (a) Fibrillar nature of proteins contained in the pellet (electron micrograph, negative uranyl acetate stain). (Scale bar, 200 nm.) (b) SDS/PAGE of congophilic components extracted from duck foie gras and the spleen of a mouse with AA amyloidosis (Coomassie blue stain). The M r values of the standard proteins are given; arrows show the location of AA-containing protein bands. (c) Comparison of the amino acid sequence of duck foie gras AA amyloid with that of duck SAA (9). Homologous residues are indicated by dashes.

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    AEF activity of foie gras. Hepatic and splenic amyloid deposits found in hIL-6 transgenic mice 8 wk after they were injected (a) or gavaged (b) with AA fibrils extracted from foie gras. The extent of amyloid burden in the liver (■), spleen (▨), kidney (□), and pancreas (▩) is as indicated. (Scale bars, 100 μm.)

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    Summary of the amyloidogenic potential of foie gras preparations

    GroupMice (n)TreatmentRoutePositive (%)Mean score*
    1H-2/hIL-6 (8)Extract 1i.v.3 (37.5)3+
    2H-2/hIL-6 (6)Extract 2i.v.2 (33.3)4+
    3H-2/hIL-6 (7)Extract 3i.v.6 (85.7)1.9+
    4H-2/hIL-6 (5)PBSi.v.0 (0)0
    5H-2/hIL-6 (7)Extract 4i.v.7 (100)3.1+
    6MT-1/hIL-6 (8)Extract 4Gavage5 (62.5)4+
    7MT-1/hIL-6 (7)Extract 5i.v.5 (71.4)4+
    8H-2/hIL-6 (9)Extract 5/cookedi.v.5 (55.6)1.75+
    9H-2/hIL-6 (6)Extract 5/guanidine HCli.v.2 (33.3)0.5+
    10BALB/c (10)Extract 5i.v.8 (80)1.6+
    11BALB/c (5)PBSi.v.0 (0)0
    • ↵*Mean score of amyloid-positive spleens in each group.

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    Fig. 5. Development of amyloid in foie gras-treated vs control (untreated) IL-6 transgenic mice. Twenty-eight 8-week-old H-2/h (*) and 15 MT-1/h (+) IL-6 mice were injected or gavaged with foie gras extracts (red arrow) and another five (H-2/h) were given PBS (filled circle). Both treated and control animals were euthanized 2 months later (blue arrow). Additionally, 12 untreated H-2/h IL-6 mice were euthanized at 8 months of age (open circle). Tissues were obtained at necropsy, and the appearance of amyloid was documented by the presence of green birefringent deposits in Congo red-stained specimens, as evidenced by polarizing microscopy.

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