PP & AME Renders AE Clips Incorrectly

Hello, I've run into a problem I can't seem to resolve and think it may be a bug with AME or with QuickTime. I have a series of animated titles rendered from AE at sequence resolution in the Animation codec. When I bring them into PP and add them to my sequence they all play correctly. However, when I render the sequence, one of the transitions turns blue. The rest render correctly.
This occurs when rendering the sequence in the .Mov container format with the Animation, Motion JPEG, or ProRes 422 codecs, but not when I create an MP4 file through AME or use Dynamic link to send the sequence to Encore.
I've included screen grabs from QuickTime showing the original (warm sepia) version and the AME rendered version (blue).
I've encountered this problem on both a MacBook Pro (2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo) running 10.6.5 and PP CS 5.5 and a Mac Pro tower 2 x 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Zenon running 10.6.5 and CS 5.5.
Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Jay

Dennis,
Thanks for your advice. I've deleted the cache files, rendered everything in the work area and exported a couple of versions. The problem isn't resolved, but at least we have some more information to troubleshoot.
The timeline is built at 1024x768 30fps (primary output is digital projector). If I export the clip at 1280x720 the blue doesn't crop up. When I export at native size 1024x768, or half resolution 512x384, the blue appears.
Opening it in QuickTime 7 doesn't help any. I can see the blue clip in QTX, QT7, AME's preview window and in a H.264 version exported from Sorenson Squeeze 6.5.
In PPCS4, I had a similar problem with certain clips if Maximum Render Quality was checked. It doesn't seem to have a bearing on this clip as I get the blue shift with and without Maximum Render Quality Checked.
What's really puzzling to me is that the four transition segments (three of which render correctly) are generated from the same AE comp. I simply turn on and off the necessary layers and render the segment I need. If it was a problem with the AE comp or project, I would think the problem would occur consistently between all four clips.
Lastly, the clip previews correctly in the PP timeline.
What do you suggest as a next step? In the meantime, I'm going to try and replace the affected clip with a direct link to the AE comp and see if that helps.
Best regards,
Jay

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