Preparation and Propagation of Amyloid-Enhancing Factor
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Amyloid-enhancing factor (AEF) is a biological “activity” that is defined in the context of inflammation-associated amyloidogenesis
(AA). When administered intravenously to mice followed by an inflammatory stimulus, such primed mice deposit substantial AA
amyloid in spleen within 36–48 h. Since experimental induction of AEF is dependent on amyloidogenic protocols, and rapid AA
amyloid induction is dependent on AEF, a strategy for AEF isolation is required to break into this circular process. AEF activity
may be prepared from a variety of human forms of amyloid that include tissue containing any of Aß, AA, ATTR, and AL amyloids.
The preparation of an AEF extract from such human tissue is described using 4 M glycerol, which then may be used to induce splenic AA amyloid fibrils in mice as a source for the propagation of additional
AEF and/or for the study of amyloidogenesis. The glycerol and AA fibril preparations are stable frozen for many years.
Affiliation(s): (2) Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Queen's University and The Syl and Molly Apps Research Center, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario Canada
Book Title: Amyloid Proteins: Methods and Protocols
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology | Volume: 299 | Pub. Date: Dec-28-2004 | Page Range: 237-241 | DOI: 10.1385/1-59259-874-9:237
Subject: Protein Science
Key Words: Amyloid-enhancing factor (AEF) - AA amyloid - amyloid - inflammation - mice - preparation - propagation - prions
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