Relation of the hepatic and splenic microcirculations to the development of lesions in experimental amyloidosis.

Abstract

By the use of a perfusion technique for identifying blood vessels, it was found that amyloid lesions in mice have a close relation to the underlying microcirculation. The earliest lesions develop about arteriolar capillaries. With the onset of the lesions, circulation of plasma not only continues through the affected vessels but also extends into the entire volume of the surrounding lesions. Progression of the lesions follows the underlying microcirculation, and there is a continuing presence of circulating proteins. Other observations, from tracer studies using labeled plasma proteins and studies of unfixed, frozen, tissue sections following saline extraction, indicate that much of the early amyloid lesions in these animals is circulating plasma. It would appear that the onset and site of formation of the lesions is determined by arteriolar capillary injury rather than by polymorphism of SAA proteins. Structural amyloid fibril proteins may gain access to the lesions by either entry from the circulation or local formation.

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