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ArticleJournal of veterinary internal medicine

Renal amyloid-A amyloidosis in cats: Characterization of proteinuria and biomarker discovery, and associations with kidney histology.

Carlo Palizzotto, Felippo Ferri, Carolina Callegari, Francesco Rossi, Marcello Manfredi, Laura Carcangiu, Gabriele Gerardi, Silvia Ferro, Laura Cavicchioli, Elizabeth Müller and 6 more

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16 authors at 8 institutions in 4 countries.

Carlo PalizzottoAniCura Istituto Veterinario Novara, Granozzo con Monticello, NO, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2752-2613
Felippo FerriAniCura Istituto Veterinario Novara, Granozzo con Monticello, NO, Italy.
Carolina CallegariAniCura Istituto Veterinario Novara, Granozzo con Monticello, NO, Italy.
Francesco RossiAniCura Istituto Veterinario Novara, Granozzo con Monticello, NO, Italy.
Marcello ManfrediDepartment of Translational Medicine, University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy.
Laura CarcangiuDepartment of Translational Medicine, University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy.
Gabriele GerardiDepartment of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, University of Padova, Legnaro, PD, Italy.
Silvia FerroDepartment of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova, Legnaro, PD, Italy.
Laura CavicchioliDepartment of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova, Legnaro, PD, Italy.
Elizabeth MüllerLaboklin, Laboratory for Clinical Diagnostics, Bad Kissingen, Germany.
Marco WeissLaboklin, Laboratory for Clinical Diagnostics, Bad Kissingen, Germany.
Anne-Catherine VogtDepartment of Rheumatology and Immunology, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Francesca LavatelliDepartment of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
Stefano RicagnoInstitute of Molecular and Translational Cardiology, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy.
Karyl HurleyMars Veterinary Health, McLean, Virginia, USA.
Eric ZiniAniCura Istituto Veterinario Novara, Granozzo con Monticello, NO, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7580-1297
University of Padua · ITStazione Sperimentale del Vetro · ITLaboklin (Germany) · DEUniversità degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro” · ITMars (United States) · USUniversity of Bern · CHUniversity of Milan · ITUniversity of Pavia · IT

Funding

AniCura 2022 Research Foundation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAmyloid A (AA) amyloidosis is a protein misfolding disease arising from serum amyloid A (SAA). Systemic AA amyloidosis recently was shown to have a high prevalence in shelter cats in Italy and was associated with azotemia and proteinuria.

objectivesInvestigate urine protein profiles and diagnostic biomarkers in cats with renal AA amyloidosis. ANIMALS: Twenty-nine shelter cats.

methodsCase-control study. Cats with renal proteinuria that died or were euthanized between 2018 and 2021 with available necropsy kidney, liver and spleen samples, and with surplus urine collected within 30 days before death, were included. Histology was used to characterize renal damage and amyloid amount and distribution; immunohistochemistry was used to confirm AA amyloidosis. Urine protein-to-creatinine (UPC) and urine amyloid A-to-creatinine (UAAC) ratios were calculated, and sodium dodecyl sulfate-agarose gel electrophoresis (SDS-AGE) and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) of proteins were performed.

resultsTwenty-nine cats were included. Nineteen had AA amyloidosis with renal involvement. Cats with AA amyloidosis had a higher UPC (median, 3.9; range, 0.6-12.7 vs 1.5; 0.6-3.1; P = .03) and UAAC ratios (median, 7.18 × 10 CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: Renal AA amyloidosis is associated with kidney lesions, increased proteinuria and increased urine excretion of SAA in shelter cats. Additional studies are needed to characterize the role of lipid transport proteins in the urine of affected cats.

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AmyloidosisCat DiseasesAnimalsCase-Control StudiesCatsCreatinineKidneyProteinuriaSerum Amyloid A ProteinCreatinineSerum Amyloid A Proteinchronic kidney diseasediagnosisfelinefibrils

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