On the role of monocytes/macrophages in the pathogenesis of central nervous system lesions in hereditary cystatin C amyloid angiopathy
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1992-04
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J. Neurol. Sci. 1992, 108(2):121-8Abstract
The pathogenesis of the deposition of a variant cystatin C as amyloid in hereditary cystatin C amyloid angiopathy (HCCAA) is not known. To address this question the synthesis and secretion of cystatin C in cultured monocytes from 9 carriers of the mutated cystatin C gene (5 symptomatic and 4 asymptomatic) was examined. The quantity of cystatin C in cells and supernatants was determined by the ELISA method, Western blots were done and selected samples immunostained for cystatin C. Monocytes from individuals carrying the gene defect synthesized cystatin C that was apparently not truncated, a form found in the cerebral amyloid deposits in HCCAA, but showed a distinctly lower rate of cystatin C synthesis than monocytes from healthy controls. The main difference was that the quantity of cystatin C was significantly lower in the supernatants in monocyte cultures from carriers of the gene defect than from healthy controls, possibly due to a partial block in its secretion. This abnormal processing of the cystatin C could explain the low cerebrospinal fluid levels of cystatin C in HCCAA and might be a part of the pathogenetic pathway of amyloid deposition. Furthermore it could, through a lower extracellular concentration of this inhibitor of cysteine proteinases, contribute to destruction of the amyloidotic blood vessels, leading to the most serious clinical manifestation in HCCAA, intracerebral hemorrhage.Description
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