A novel member of the mouse serum amyloid A protein family, SAA5, has been identified as a normal apolipoprotein component of non-acute-phase high density lipoprotein (HDL). The structure of SAA5 was derived from a clone isolated from a normal Balb/c liver cDNA library. The clone predicts a pre-SAA5 molecule of 130 residues from which an 18-residue leader peptide is cleaved. The mature molecule has an octapeptide insert spanning from position 70 to 77. Similar inserts are found in human C-SAA and, paradoxically, in acute-phase SAA molecules of a number of other species. There is 48% amino acid identity between apo-SAA5 and the other mouse SAA proteins and 57% identity between the human C-SAA and apo-SAA5. The SAA5 mRNA is three times larger than previously identified SAA mRNAs. Although SAA5 is constitutively expressed in the liver, it has a rapid albeit muted response to inflammatory stimuli. The increase of SAA5 mRNA is due to increased transcription rather than mRNA stabilization. Plasma SAA5 levels during the acute phase are biphasic, either because of translational control or displacement from HDL and rapid clearance. We propose that constitutive SAAs (SAA5) on normal HDL contribute to its normal physiological role, whereas the dramatically inducible family members (SAA1, SAA2, SAA3) equip this particle for an altered functional role during inflammation.
Mouse serum amyloid A protein (SAA5) structure and expression.
M. de Beer,M. Kindy,William Arbuthnot Sir Lane,F. C. de Beer
Published 1994 in Journal of Biological Chemistry
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- Publication year
1994
- Venue
Journal of Biological Chemistry
- Publication date
1994-02-11
- Fields of study
Biology, Medicine
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Semantic Scholar, PubMed
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- acute-phase plasma saa5
The circulating SAA5 protein pool measured during the acute-phase response.
Aliases: plasma SAA5 levels during the acute phase
- balb/c liver cdna library
A cDNA library prepared from normal Balb/c mouse liver and used as the source of the SAA5 clone.
Aliases: normal Balb/c liver cDNA library
- inflammatory stimuli
Inflammation-associated signals used to assess the inducibility of SAA5 expression in liver.
Aliases: inflammatory stimulus
- non-acute-phase hdl
The circulating high-density lipoprotein fraction present under non-inflammatory conditions and discussed here as the carrier of SAA5.
Aliases: normal HDL
- octapeptide insert
An eight-amino-acid insertion within the mature SAA5 protein sequence spanning residues 70 to 77.
Aliases: eight-residue insert
- saa5
A mouse serum amyloid A family apolipoprotein characterized in this work as a liver-derived HDL-associated protein.
Aliases: apo-SAA5
- transcriptional upregulation
An increase in mRNA production caused by higher transcriptional activity rather than enhanced message stability.
Aliases: increased transcription
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