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Veterinary Microbiology
Volume 157, issues 1-2,
25 maja 2012 r
, s. 23-31
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Prion diseases are detected by detecting their proteinase K resistant prion protein fragment (PrPscienceDifferent biochemical protocols use different detergents for tissue preparation. We found resistance to PrPscienceProteinase K inhibition can vary greatly depending on the detergent used. In our study, we compared the most commonly used detergents with eight different onesTokyo Stock ExchangeReagents from different species and different forms of prion diseases. For high throughput, we use membrane adsorption tests to detect small amounts of prion aggregates andWestern blot.Using DOC,SLS,Safety Data Sheetor different concentrations of Triton X-100, were digested with different amounts of proteinase K. Detergents may increase or decrease the detection of PrPscienceAfter digestion with proteinase K. The detection of PrP depends on the type of detergent and its concentration - but also on the species of the TSE-producing host and the form of the disease or the type of prion -sciencecan be very different. The results obtained here may contribute to the development or improvement of PrPscienceDetection methods that indicate the action of the detergent, which can additionally be used to remove stains. A likely explanation for the detergent effects described in this paper may be PrP-related lipid interactionsscienceThis can stabilize the aggregates.
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Chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer, scrapie in sheep and goats, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in humans are lethal transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE), also known as prion disease. These neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by detectable aggregates of partially protease-resistant, self-replicating proteins called "infectious protein particles" (hereinafter referred to as "prions") in the central nervous system (CNS). According to the prion hypothesis, the disease-associated prion protein (PrPscience) is the main or only component of the infectious agent (Prusiner, 1982). Prion infectivity, aggregation of prion proteins and PrPscienceappear to be closely related (Beekes et al., 1996; Prusiner et al., 1983). Physiological isoform, cell surface protein (PrP).C), expressed not only in the central nervous system, but also in many extracerebral tissues. These two isoforms share the same amino acid sequence, three glycosylation forms, and a lipid anchor, but differ in protein conformation. It reflects conformational differences, e.g. through the insolubility of aggregated PrPsciencein aqueous buffers and their propensity to form fibrils (Meyer et al., 1986). Proteinase K (pK) Digestion of PrPscienceN-terminal shortening to amino acids 82 or 97 in human CJD (Parchi et al., 2000), amino acids 81-89 in scrapie, amino acids 96-97 in classic BSE (Hayashi et al., 2005) and CWD Amino acids 82 and 78w (Xie et al., 2006). Detection of the proteinase K resistant form of PrPscienceUse as a diagnostic tool and marker for prion diseases (Bolton et al., 1982). Partial resistance of PrP to proteasesscienceIt has been widely accepted as the biochemical basis for distinguishing PrPCi PrPscienceMany factors can influence this, such as the interaction time of the enzyme and PrPscience, enzyme concentration (McKinley et al., 1983) or the addition of chemicals: urea, GdnSCN and detergents such as sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), reduce the resistance of PrP to proteinase Kscience(Madec et al., 1997, Oesch et al., 1994). Chaotropic salts destabilize proteins by breaking hydrogen bonds, while detergents affect the tertiary structure of proteins by interacting with both hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions of the molecule (Hörnlimann et al., 2007). Detergents are commonly used in tissue homogenates and pK digestion buffers. The concentrations and combinations of detergents vary greatly. It is further known that PrPscienceSome TSE aggregates are more resistant to proteinase K digestion than others (Kuczius and Groschup, 1999). This can cause problems when diagnostic methods are not suitable for detecting prion diseases where resistance to proteases is relatively low. Unlike PrPscienceClassic scrapie, PrPscienceThe number of atypical scrapie/Nor98 was completely reduced when thorough pK digestion was performed (Buschmann et al., 2004; Everest et al., 2006; Klingeborn et al., 2006). This is one of the reasons why atypical/Nor98 scrapie was identified as sheep scrapie only a few years ago (Benestad et al., 2003). Classic scrapie and chronic wasting disease share many features, such as the neuropathology of PrPscienceDeposition patterns and horizontal transport rates (Williams, 2003). CWD has been recognized as a disease entity, but differences in the transmission of CWD to rodents have been noted in different susceptible species. These findings suggest the presence of strains known to be associated with other TSEs such as classical scrapie (Sigurdson, 2008, Williams, 2005). The effect of certain detergents on PrP stability was evident in the CWD study in elk and white-tailed deerscienceThe effect on proteinase K has not been systematically investigated. Therefore, our approach was to investigate the effect of different detergents in the homogenization buffer on PrP resistancescienceAgainst pK digestion under typical routine conditions.
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Materials and methods
We tested the effects of the most commonly used detergents on eight different TSE agents from different species and different forms of prion diseases.
The detergent influences the resistance of PrP to proteinase Kscience
PrPsciencePartial resistance to proteinase K is generally present in TSEs. Proteinase K serves to uncover previously hidden epitopes by loosening the structure of protein aggregates. As the pK concentration increases, the number of detectable aggregate residues decreases (McKinley et al., 1983). However, the PK resistance was also influenced by the detergent in the homogenate. While this is obvious when using SDS, it is less evident when using SLS and DOC without additional destabilizers
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Our results underscore the fact that detergents commonly used in diagnostic assays may contribute to partial resistance of PrP to proteinase K.scienceDetergents have varying effects on PrP partially resistant to proteinase Kscience; may increase or decrease their detection. Factors affecting detection include the type of detergent, the concentration, the TSE-producing species and the form of the disease or the type of prion.
In TSEs that are resistant to denaturation, such as type 2 prions
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We would like to thank Manuela Becker for technical assistance and Niels Kruse and Joanna Gawinecka for assistance in densitometric analysis. The antibodies were provided courtesy of Dr. Michael Beekes of RKI Berlin and Dr. Dirk Motzkus of DPZ Göttingen. This work was supported byAlberta Prion Institutedo WJSS iStefanie Czub, head of the CFIA and OIE BSE National Reference Laboratory, Lethbridge, AlbertaAnd byNational Institute of Health PO1 AI 77774-01"Disease,
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Paraffin-embedded tissue is sectioned in the same manner as conventional histology, but the slides are placed on nitrocellulose membranes. As a result of protease digestion with detergents, protein aggregates are mobilized from the tissue, bound to nitrocellulose membranes, and epitopes in aggregates are removed [43]. Protease-resistant aggregates are detected by antibodies and visualized in formazan reactions [42].
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PTAA also caused a leftward shift in the conformational stability curve of PrPSc upon exposure to increasing concentrations of the non-surfactant chaotrope GdnHCl. This concentration-dependent behavior of LCP is similar to the mechanism described for several surfactants that are thought to affect protein aggregation in the two-concentration regime by interacting as single molecules or in equilibrium with small molecule aggregates (52) and have been shown to enhance or decrease the stability and detection of PK-resistant PrPSc (18, 53, 54). Concentration-dependent interactions of surfactants with aggregated proteins can result in conformational diversity.
Luminescent conjugated polymers (LCPs) interact with ordered protein aggregates and sensitively detect amyloid from a wide variety of proteins, suggesting that they may have antiprion properties. Here we show that various anionic, cationic and zwitterionic LCPs reduce the infectivity of prion-containing brain homogenates and prion-infected sections of cerebellar organotypic cultures and reduce the number of prion scrapie subtypes PrPC(PrPscience) oligomers that can be captured in affinity assays. Paradoxically, the treatment increased resistance to PrPscienceProteolysis triggers densification and increases the proteolytic resistance of recombinant murine PrP fibers (23–231). These results suggest that LCP acts as an antiprion agent, converting PrP aggregates into a less brittle structure. In addition, ELISA on culture sections of cerebellar organs andin vitroPrP conversion assays (23–231) in mice suggest that poly(thiophene-3-acetic acid) may also interfere with PrP productionscienceBy stabilizing the PrP conformationCor intermediates. Thus, LCPs represent a new class of antiprion agents whose mode of action appears to depend on hyperstabilization rather than destabilization of PrP.sciencedeposit.
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FAQs
What protein PrP implicated in transmissible spongiform encephalopathies? ›
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), or prion diseases, are invariably fatal neurodegenerative diseases of humans and animals. TSEs are believed to be caused by neuronal accumulation of a protease-resistant abnormal conformer of a host-encoded protein known as prion protein.
What disease agents are infectious proteins that can cause transmissible spongiform encephalopathies? ›The causative agents of TSEs are believed to be prions. The term “prions” refers to abnormal, pathogenic agents that are transmissible and are able to induce abnormal folding of specific normal cellular proteins called prion proteins that are found most abundantly in the brain.
What causes PrPSc? ›The abnormal PrPSc protein can be caused by a genetic mutation, or it can be acquired by eating food that contains the PrPSc protein, such as beef contaminated with the nervous tissue of cattle that had bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
Is PrPSc protease-resistant? ›Brain-derived and recombinant PrPSc are known to withstand high concentrations of protease treatment (14, 16). The protease-resistant subpopulation of PrPSc (PrPres) encompasses a C-terminal PrP fragment starting at around residue 90, with the exact position depending upon the prion strain.
What proteins are PrPSc sensitive to? ›Sodium hydroxide renders the prion protein PrPSc sensitive to proteinase K.
What are the symptoms of PRNP? ›The major features of these diseases include changes in memory, personality, and behavior; a decline in intellectual function (dementia); and abnormal movements, particularly difficulty with coordinating movements (ataxia). The signs and symptoms worsen over time, ultimately leading to death.
Can you get prion disease from eating brain? ›Kuru. This disease is seen in New Guinea. It's caused by eating human brain tissue contaminated with infectious prions. Because of increased awareness about the disease and how it is transmitted, kuru is now rare.
What are the examples of TSE disease? ›- Classical and atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle;
- Classical and atypical scrapie in sheep and goats;
- Chronic wasting disease (CWD) in cervids;
- Transmissible mink encephalopathy (TME) in mink;
- Feline spongiform encephalopathy (FSE) in cats;
TSEs are believed to be caused by prions, abnormally folded proteins, that build up in the brain causing brain damage and the characteristic symptoms associated with the disease.
What diseases are associated with PrPSc accumulation? ›Prion diseases are a group of fatal neurodegenerative disorders that are caused by the transmissible misfolded isoform (PrPSc) of the cellular prion (PrPC) [1], including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease of humans, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, and scrapie of sheep.
How do you get rid of prions? ›
To destroy a prion it must be denatured to the point that it can no longer cause normal proteins to misfold. Sustained heat for several hours at extremely high temperatures (900°F and above) will reliably destroy a prion.
Where does PrPSc accumulate? ›In prion diseases, host prion protein is misfolded to form a pathogenic protease-resistant form, PrPSc, which accumulates in neurons, astroglia and microglia in the CNS.
How does PrPSc spread? ›Prions Can Be Shed into the Environment and Can Remain Infectious. On the farm and amongst free-ranging animals the horizontal transmission prions most likely occurs via the ingestion of contaminated pasture.
How do you protect proteins from protease? ›Keep everything cold
Cell lysis and extraction are best carried out at low temperatures. Typically, an extraction buffer is ice cold and lysed cells are kept on ice until centrifugation. The low temperature slows the action of proteases.
Proteases are highly regulated (e.g. transcriptionally, post-translationally, activated, inhibited, and compartmentalized). Proteases are involved in many diseases (e.g. cancer, Alzheimer's, arthritis, blood clotting disorders, allergies, and infections, to name a few).
What is the difference between PrP and PrPSc? ›PrPSc has the same primary structure as PrPC but a different fold (16). During the conversion of PrPC to PrPSc, the a-helix content decreases somewhat but the b-sheet content increases greatly (17,18). Also, whereas PrPC is protease sensitive, PrPSc contains a protease-resistant core of residues ~90–230 (19).
What does PrPSc protein do? ›There are now a number of studies suggesting that PrPC can activate transmembrane signaling pathways involved in several different phenomena, including neuronal survival, neurite outgrowth, and neurotoxicity.
What is the prion disease PrPSc? ›PrPSc (scrapie isoform of the prion protein) prions are the infectious agent behind diseases such as Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in humans, bovine spongiform encephalopathy in cattle, chronic wasting disease in cervids (deer, elk, moose, and reindeer), as well as goat and sheep scrapie.
What does prion disease feel like? ›Typical symptoms include imbalance and incoordination, memory loss and impaired thinking, and psychiatric symptoms such as anxiety or depression. Once the symptoms do appear, CJD progresses very quickly and is usually fatal within a few months of symptom onset.
What are 5 diseases caused by prions? ›- Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also called mad cow disease; this is the only type that can spread to humans.
- Chronic wasting disease.
- Scrapie.
- Transmissible mink encephalopathy.
- Feline spongiform encephalopathy.
- Ungulate spongiform encephalopathy (found in deer and related animals)
How long can you live with prion disease? ›
Although the survival time is variable in prion diseases, the average duration is 4-6 months. Hence, a diagnosis of prion disease alone should be sufficient for hospice enrollment.
Is dementia a prion disease? ›Prion diseases cause dementia, but not Alzheimer's disease. Different genes and proteins are involved in Alzheimer's. But in all these diseases, including Alzheimer's, the cause is proteins that don't work the way they should and damage brain cells.
Why are prions so scary? ›“Prions are distorted versions of normal proteins found in human and animal brain and other tissues,” explains Colorado State University's Prion Research Center. “These distorted ('misfolded') proteins damage brain cells, leading to fatal dementias akin to human Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.”
Does prion disease lead to dementia? ›Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease causes a type of dementia that gets worse unusually fast. More common causes of dementia, such as Alzheimer's, dementia with Lewy bodies and frontotemporal dementia, typically progress more slowly. Through a process scientists don't yet understand, misfolded prion protein destroys brain cells.
Is Alzheimer's a prion disease? ›Prion diseases are caused by the toxic misfolding and clumping of the prion protein, PrP. Although Alzheimer's is not a prion disease, and the PrP, Aβ, and tau proteins each normally fold into distinct 3D shapes, upon misfolding, all three proteins can all form aggregates that have a very specific structural pattern.
What is one example of a disease caused by a prion? ›This process – which can be underway for years before symptoms appear – likely causes the most common form of prion disease in people, sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). Other forms of human prion diseases include variant CJD, fatal familial insomnia, Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Syndrome and Kuru.
What is the most common transmissible spongiform encephalopathy? ›Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is the most well-known of the human TSEs.
How do prion diseases affect the central nervous system? ›PrPC is present in all cells of the body but has a high concentration in the brain. Consequently, most prion diseases affect the nervous system predominantly or exclusively. The most common change caused by prions is the formation of tiny bubbles in brain cells, and the brain becomes filled with microscopic holes.
How do you treat transmissible spongiform encephalopathy? ›Currently, there is no treatment for TSEs. If you suspect that an animal is infected: they should be quarantined, culled and tested.
What part of the nervous system is most affected by fatal familial insomnia? ›FFI is described to mainly affect the thalamus with a propensity for anterior ventral and mediodorsal thalamic nuclei. Other parts of the brain, including the inferior olives of the medulla oblongata and the cerebral cortex, have also been shown to be involved.
How is PrPSc protein able to act as infectious agent? ›
The conversion of PrPC to PrPSc. The protein only hypothesis of prion conversion posits that misfolded PrPSc acts a catalyst, directly binding to PrPC and causing its conversion to PrPSc. This self-perpetuating recruitment leads to large aggregates of PrPSc, and underlies its infectious potential.
How can abnormal forms of the prion protein arise within an individual? ›In the hereditary form, infectious prions can arise when a mutation occurs in the gene for the body's normal prion protein. As the mutated PrPC duplicates itself, it spontaneously changes shape into the infectious form.
Can prions be washed off skin? ›Prions are very stable molecules that do not break down easily. Normal sterilization procedures such as cooking, washing and boiling do not destroy them.
What is the new treatment for prion disease? ›Researchers at the MRC Prion Unit at UCL have developed a monoclonal antibody, called PRN100, which was given to six UCLH patients with CJD between October 2018 and July 2019. The results, published in the Lancet Neurology, show the treatment is safe and able to access the brain.
Has anyone ever survived a prion disease? ›Simms died at the age of 27. He is the world's longest known survivor of Creutrzfeldt-Jakob disease. How it worked: Prion proteins exist in at least two forms: PrPC (PrP = prion, C = cellular), a harmless form, and PrPSC (PrP = prion, SC = scrapie), which causes disease.
How do prions get into the brain? ›Prions reach the central nervous system (CNS) through autonomic nerves, directly after intracerebral inoculation, or via aerosols through immune-independent pathways.
Is A prion A virus? ›Finally, we discuss prions. These infectious agents were originally believed to be anomalous viruses, hence their inclusion here. However, they consist solely of protein, with no enclosed nucleic acid. Thus, they are definitely not viruses despite sharing the superficial properties of size and infectiousness.
Can prions spread through touch? ›Although ingestion of surface-bound prions is the most likely route of environmental prion transmission, our data indicate that transmission can also occur by physical contact through rubbing or licking.
What are the proteins implicated in spongiform encephalopathy? ›Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), or Mad Cow Disease
Currently, the most accepted theory is that the agent is a modified form of a normal protein known as prion protein.
PrPC attaches to the outer surface of the cell membrane by a glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor at its C-terminal Ser231. Prion protein contains five octapeptide repeats with sequence PHGGGWGQ (though the first repeat has the slightly-modified, histidine-deficient sequence PQGGGGWGQ).
What protein is involved in prion disease? ›
What causes prion disease? Prion diseases occur when normal prion protein, found on the surface of many cells, becomes abnormal and clump in the brain, causing brain damage. This abnormal accumulation of protein in the brain can cause memory impairment, personality changes, and difficulties with movement.
What is PrP in prion disease? ›Prion diseases are a group of fatal neurodegenerative disorders caused by the misfolding of the cellular prion protein (PrPC) into a pathogenic conformation (PrPSc). PrPSc is capable of folding into multiple self-replicating prion strains that produce phenotypically distinct neurological disorders.