ニツタ　コウサク   Nitta Kosaku   新田　孝作    所属   その他 その他    職種   非常勤嘱託
論文種別	原著
言語種別	英語
査読の有無	査読あり
表題	Renal AH Amyloidosis Associated With a Truncated Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Undetectable by Immunostaining.
掲載誌名	正式名：American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 略　 称：Am J Kidney Dis ISSNコード：1523-6838(Electronic)0272-6386(Linking)
掲載区分	国外
巻・号・頁	66(6),pp.1095-100
著者・共著者	Manabe Shun†, Hatano Michiyasu, Yazaki Masahide, Nitta Kosaku, Nagata Michio
発行年月	2015/12
概要	AH amyloidosis is a rare type of amyloidosis caused by deposition of monoclonal immunoglobulin heavy chain. The key diagnostic feature is positive immunostaining for a single class of immunoglobulin heavy chain. We report a case of AH amyloidosis with immunoglobulin G (IgG) λ monoclonal gammopathy that was diagnosed by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) after immunostaining of renal tissue for immunoglobulin heavy chain gave negative results. The molecular weight of the purified renal amyloid protein was ∼11kDa, which was determined by LC-MS/MS analysis to correspond to an amino acid sequence comprising the variable region and a truncated portion of the constant region of IgG heavy chain. The exact same truncated heavy chain was detected by LC-MS/MS of a protein isolated from the patient's serum, suggesting that the truncated serum protein was the precursor of the amyloid protein. Because antibodies to immunoglobulin heavy chain recognize the Fc portion, the large deletion in the constant region could explain the negative results upon immunostaining. Direct protein detection by LC-MS/MS is a powerful aid to diagnose renal AH amyloidosis, particularly when the findings of immunoglobulin staining are inconsistent with the background monoclonal gammopathy.
DOI	10.1053/j.ajkd.2015.08.016
文献番号	26362695