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PrP accumulation in the brains of mice infected with scrapie takes several different forms: amyloid plaques, widespread accumulation
in neuropile, and perineuronal deposits. PrP is also sometimes detected within microglia and in or around astrocytes. There
are dramatic and reproducible differences between scrapie strains in the relative prominence of these changes and their distribution
in the brain. Depending on the scrapie strain, PrP pathology is targeted precisely to particular brain areas, often showing
a clear association with identifiable groups of neurons. These results suggest that PrP changes are primarily associated with
neurons, and that different scrapie strains recognize and selectively replicate in different populations of neurons. Immunostaining
at the ultrastructural level demonstrates an association of PrP with neurite plasmalemma, around amyloid plaques, and in areas
of widespread neuropile and perineuronal accumulation. It is probable that PrP is encoded by theSinc gene, which controls the incubation period of scrapie in mice. Studies using the intraocular infection route show that theSinc gene controls the onset rather than the rate of replication, suggesting that PrP may be involved in cell-to-cell spread of
infection. The accumulation of PrP at the surface of neurons is consistent with such a role. 相似文献
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Thermal stability and conformational transitions of scrapie amyloid (prion) protein correlate with infectivity. 总被引:8,自引:1,他引:7
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J. Safar P. P. Roller D. C. Gajdusek C. J. Gibbs Jr 《Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society》1993,2(12):2206-2216
The scrapie amyloid (prion) protein (PrP27-30) is the protease-resistant core of a larger precursor (PrPSc) and a component of the infectious scrapie agent; the potential to form amyloid is a result of posttranslational event or conformational abnormality. The conformation, heat stability, and solvent-induced conformational transitions of PrP27-30 were studied in the solid state in films by CD spectroscopy and correlated with the infectivity of rehydrated and equilibrated films. The exposure of PrP27-30 in films to 60 degrees C, 100 degrees C, and 132 degrees C for 30 min did not change the beta-sheet secondary structure; the infectivity slightly diminished at 132 degrees C and correlated with a decreased solubility of PrP27-30 in sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), probably due to cross-linking. Exposing PrP27-30 films to formic acid (FA), trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), trifluoroethanol (TFE), hexafluoro-2-propanol (HFIP), and SDS transformed the amide CD band, diminished the mean residue ellipticity of aromatic bands, and inactivated scrapie infectivity. The convex constraint algorithm (CAA) deconvolution of the CD spectra of the solvent-exposed and rehydrated solid state PrP27-30 identified five common spectral components. The loss of infectivity quantitatively correlated with a decreasing proportion of native, beta-pleated sheet-like secondary structure component, an increasing amount of alpha-helical component, and an increasingly disordered tertiary structure. The results demonstrate the unusual thermal stability of the beta-sheet secondary structure of PrP27-30 protein in the solid state. The conformational perturbations of PrP27-30 parallel the changes in infectivity and suggest that the beta-sheet structure plays a key role in the physical stability of scrapie amyloid and in the ability to propagate and replicate scrapie. 相似文献
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Laura Solforosi Michela Milani Nicasio Mancini Massimo Clementi Roberto Burioni 《朊病毒》2013,7(2):99-108
Prions are infectious proteins that are responsible for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) and consist primarily of scrapie prion protein (PrPSc), a pathogenic isoform of the host-encoded cellular prion protein (PrPC). The absence of nucleic acids as essential components of the infectious prions is the most striking feature associated to these diseases. Additionally, different prion strains have been isolated from animal diseases despite the lack of DNA or RNA molecules. Mounting evidence suggests that prion-strain-specific features segregate with different PrPSc conformational and aggregation states. Strains are of practical relevance in prion diseases as they can drastically differ in many aspects, such as incubation period, PrPSc biochemical profile (e.g., electrophoretic mobility and glycoform ratio) and distribution of brain lesions. Importantly, such different features are maintained after inoculation of a prion strain into genetically identical hosts and are relatively stable across serial passages. This review focuses on the characterization of prion strains and on the wide range of important implications that the study of prion strains involves. 相似文献
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《朊病毒》2013,7(5):470-476
Prion diseases are fatal, neurodegenerative diseases characterized by the structural conversion of the normal, cellular prion protein, PrPC into an abnormally structured, aggregated and partially protease-resistant isoform, termed PrPSc. Although substantial research has been directed toward development of therapeutics targeting prions, there is still no curative treatment for the disease. Benzoxazines are bicyclic heterocyclic compounds possessing several pharmaceutically important properties, including neuroprotection and reactive oxygen species scavenging. In an effort to identify novel inhibitors of prion formation, several 5,7,8-trimethyl-1,4-benzoxazine derivatives were evaluated in vitro for their effectiveness on the expression levels of normal PrPC and its conversion to the abnormal isoforms of PrPSc in a scrapie-infected cell culture model. The most potent compound was 2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-5,7,8-trimethyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-1,4-benzoxazine, with a diminishing effect on the formation of PrPSc, thus establishing a class of compounds with a promising therapeutic use against prion diseases. 相似文献
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Methods for studying prion protein (PrP) metabolism and the formation of protease-resistant PrP in cell culture and cell-free systems 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Caughey B Raymond GJ Priola SA Kocisko DA Race RE Bessen RA Lansbury PT Chesebro B 《Molecular biotechnology》1999,13(1):45-55
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) or prion diseases result in aberrant metabolism of prion protein (PrP) and
the accumulation of a protease-resistant, insoluble, and possibly infectious form of PrP, PrP-res. Studies of PrP biosynthesis,
intracellular trafficking, and degradation has been studied in a variety of tissue culture cells. Pulse-chase metabolic labeling
studies in scrapie-infected cells indicated that PrP-res is made posttranslationally from an apparently normal protease sensitive
precursor, PrP-sen, after the latter reaches the cell surface. Cell-free reactions have provided evidence that PrP-res itself
can induce the conversion of PrP-sen to PrP-res in a highly species- and strain-specific manner. These studies have shed light
on the mechanism of PrP-res formation and suggest molecular bases for TSE species barrier effects and agent strain propagation. 相似文献
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Prion protein expression modulates neuronal copper content 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Brown DR 《Journal of neurochemistry》2003,87(2):377-385
The prion protein is a copper (Cu)-binding protein. The abnormal isoform of this protein is associated with the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies or prion diseases. In prion diseases, the prion protein loses its Cu binding capacity. The effect of prion protein expression on the Cu content of the brain was investigated. Transgenic mice, either overexpressing the prion protein or expressing a mutant form lacking the Cu-binding region of the protein, were compared with wild-type mice and mice in which expression of the protein was knocked out. Age-dependent differences in Cu content of the brain were detected. Also, synaptosomal fractions from the brains of the mice showed different Cu content depending on the expression of the prion protein. Mice expressing prion protein, but without the Cu-binding domain showed reduced Cu content. Mice overexpressing the prion protein showed little difference in Cu in the brain compared with wild type but also the prion protein expressed by the mice showed a reduction in the level of Cu bound. These results confirm that prion protein expression modulates the Cu level found at the synapse and this effect is dependent on its Cu binding capacity. Loss of normal Cu binding by the prion protein altered age-related increases in metals in the brain. This may explain why many forms of human prion disease do not develop until late in life. 相似文献
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New in vivo and ex vivo models for the experimental study of sheep scrapie: development and perspectives 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Laude H Vilette D Le Dur A Archer F Soulier S Besnard N Essalmani R Vilotte JL 《Comptes rendus biologies》2002,325(1):49-57
Sheep scrapie is a prototypical transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE), and the most widespread of these diseases. Experimental study of TSE infectious agents from sheep and other species essentially depends on bioassays in rodents. Transmission of natural sheep scrapie to conventional mice commonly requires one or two years. In an effort to develop laboratory models in which investigations on the sheep TSE agent would be facilitated, we have established mice and cell lines that were genetically engineered to express ovine PrP protein and examined their susceptibility to the infection. A series of transgenic mice lines (tgOv) expressing the high susceptibility allele (VRQ) of the ovine PrP gene from different constructs was expanded. Following intracerebral inoculation with natural scrapie isolates, all animals developed typical TSE neurological signs and accumulated abnormal PrP in their brain. The survival time in the highest expressing tgOv lines ranged from 2 to 7 months, depending on the isolate. It was inversely related to the brain PrP content, and essentially unchanged on further passaging. Ovine PrP transgene expression thus enhanced scrapie disease transmission from sheep to mice. Such tgOv mice may bring new opportunities for analysing the natural variation of scrapie strains and measuring infectivity. As no relevant cell culture models for agents of naturally-occurring TSE exist, we have explored various strategies in order to obtain stable cell lines that would propagate the sheep agent ex vivo without prior adaptation to rodent. In one otherwise refractory rabbit epithelial cell line, a regulable expression of ovine PrP was achieved and found to enable an efficient replication of the scrapie agent in inoculated cultures. Cells derived from sheep embryos or from tgOv mice were also used in an attempt to establish permissive cell lines derived from the nervous system. Cells engineered to express PrP proteins of a specified sequence may thus represent a promising strategy to further explore, at the cellular level, various aspects of TSE diseases. 相似文献
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P. Mesquita M. Batista M. R. Marques I. C. Santos J. Pimenta M. Silva Pereira I. Carolino F. Santos Silva M. C. Oliveira Sousa L. T. Gama C. M. Fontes A. E. M. Horta J. A. M. Prates R. M. Pereira 《Animal genetics》2010,41(3):311-314
The establishment of an association between prion protein gene (PRNP) polymorphisms and scrapie susceptibility in sheep has enabled the development of breeding programmes to increase scrapie resistance in the European Union. Intense selection for PRNP genotype may lead to correlated selection for genes linked to PRNP. We intended to investigate if any association exists between genetic variation in prion‐like protein Doppel gene (PRND) and scrapie susceptibility, determined through PRNP genotyping. Sampling included 460 sheep from eight Portuguese breeds and the PRND gene coding region was analysed by multiple restriction fragment‐single strand conformation polymorphism (MRF‐SSCP), whereas PRNP genotyping was carried out by primer extension. A synonymous substitution (c.78G>A) was detected in codon 26 of the PRND gene, in all breeds except Churra Mondegueira. Linkage disequilibrium was found between the PRND and PRNP loci (P = 0.000). Specifically, PRND was monomorphic in the 45 animals with the more resistant ARR/ARR PRNP genotype (P = 0.003), whereas a higher frequency of PRND heterozygotes (GA) was associated with ARQ/AHQ (P = 0.029). These results constitute preliminary evidence of an association between a polymorphism in the PRND gene and scrapie susceptibility, and indicate that the possibility of undesirable consequences from widespread selection for PRNP genotype on genetic diversity and reproduction traits needs to be further investigated. 相似文献
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Goldmann W Baylis M Chihota C Stevenson E Hunter N 《Journal of applied microbiology》2005,99(6):1294-1302
AIMS: To analyse the frequencies of prion (PrP) gene haplotypes in UK sheep flocks and evaluate their relevance to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) and TSE resistance breeding programmes in sheep. METHODS AND RESULTS: Genomic DNA isolated from sheep blood was PCR amplified for the coding region of the PrP gene and then sequenced. This study has analysed the sequence of PrP between codons 110 and 245 in 6287 ARQ haplotypes revealing a total of eight variant sequences, which represent a higher than expected 41% of all ARQ haplotypes. The additional PrP gene dimorphisms were M112T, L141F, M137T, H143R, H151C, P168L, Q175E and P241S. CONCLUSION: The results do not suggest a correlation between the occurrence of a specific ARQ haplotype and the scrapie disease status of a flock. The ARQ haplotype variability appears to be different in the UK sheep flocks compared with sheep flocks from outside the UK. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: Additional PrP dimorphisms may impact on the methodologies used for standard PrP genotyping in sheep breeding programmes. Some of these polymorphisms were found with significant frequencies in the UK sheep flocks and should therefore be considered in breeding programmes. 相似文献
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Gavín R Braun N Nicolas O Parra B Ureña JM Mingorance A Soriano E Torres JM Aguzzi A del Río JA 《FEBS letters》2005,579(19):4099-4106
Prion diseases are characterised by severe neural lesions linked to the presence of an abnormal protease-resistant isoform of cellular prion protein (PrPc). The peptide PrP(106-126) is widely used as a model of neurotoxicity in prion diseases. Here, we examine in detail the intracellular signalling cascades induced by PrP(106-126) in cortical neurons and the participation of PrPc. We show that PrP(106-126) induces the activation of subsets of intracellular kinases (e.g., ERK1/2), early growth response 1 synthesis and induces caspase-3 activity, all of which are mediated by nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate hydrogen-oxidase activity and oxidative stress. However, cells lacking PrPc are similarly affected after peptide exposure, and this questions the involvement of PrPc in these effects. 相似文献