Linkage mapping of the apolipoprotein A-I (APOA1) gene to pig Chromosome 9

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Abstract Background and Aims Recurrence of idiopathic FSGS, a glomerular disease of unknown aetiology, is a serious complication after kidney transplantation. There are no accurate means to diagnose the relapses or to detect the patients at risk. In an exploratory study we detected Apolipoprotein A-Ib (ApoA-Ib), a high molecular weight form of ApoA-I, specifically in urine of kidney transplanted patients that relapsed of FSGS. The diagnostic performance of ApoA-Ib has been assessed in two independent cohorts obtaining high specificity (94,1 %) and sensitivity (87,5 %) to detect FSGS relapses. It has also a potential to detect patients at risk of relapse as ApoA-Ib predates the recurrence episodes in most of the cases. As urinary ApoA-Ib is strongly associated to primary FSGS we aimed to unravel the nature of the modification present in ApoA-Ib. Method The whole APOA1 gene was sequenced in ApoA-Ib positive and negative patients and the protein structure was studied using 2D electrophoresis followed by mass spectrometry. Results No genetic variations in the APOA1 gene were found in the ApoA-Ib positive patients that could explain the increase in the molecular mass. The mass spectrometry analysis revealed three extra amino acids at the N-Terminal end of ApoA-Ib that were not present in the standard plasmatic form of ApoA-I. These amino acids corresponded to half of the propeptide sequence of the immature form of ApoA-I (proApoA-I). These results suggest that proApoA-I is miss-cleaved producing ApoA-Ib probably due to an altered protease activity in recurrent FSGS patients Conclusion ApoA-Ib, found specifically in urine of recurrent FSGS patients, is a misprocessed form of ApoA-I that retains three aminoacids of the six-aminoacid N-terminal propeptide of proApoA-I. The description of ApoA-Ib could be relevant not only to allow the automated analysis of this biomarker in the clinical laboratory but also to shed light into the molecular mechanism of idiopathic FSGS.


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