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Reversible conversion of monomeric human prion protein between native and fibrilogenic conformations. (1/592)
Prion propagation involves the conversion of cellular prion protein (PrPC) into a disease-specific isomer, PrPSc, shifting from a predominantly alpha-helical to beta-sheet structure. Here, conditions were established in which recombinant human PrP could switch between the native alpha conformation, characteristic of PrPC, and a compact, highly soluble, monomeric form rich in beta structure. The soluble beta form (beta-PrP) exhibited partial resistance to proteinase K digestion, characteristic of PrPSc, and was a direct precursor of fibrillar structures closely similar to those isolated from diseased brains. The conversion of PrPC to beta-PrP in suitable cellular compartments, and its subsequent stabilization by intermolecular association, provide a molecular mechanism for prion propagation. (+info)Annexin V delays apoptosis while exerting an external constraint preventing the release of CD4+ and PrPc+ membrane particles in a human T lymphocyte model. (2/592)
Phosphatidylserine exposure in the exoplasmic leaflet of the plasma membrane is one of the early hallmarks of cells undergoing apoptosis. The shedding of membrane particles carrying Ags testifying to their tissue origin is another characteristic feature. Annexin V, a protein of as yet unknown specific physiologic function, presents a high Ca2+-dependent affinity for phosphatidylserine and forms two-dimensional arrays at the membrane surface. In this study, we report the delaying action of annexin V on apoptosis in the CEM human T cell line expressing CD4 and the normal cellular prion protein (PrPc), two Ags of particular relevance to cell degeneration and with different attachments to the membrane. The effect of annexin V was additive to that of z-Val-Ala-Asp-fluoromethyl ketone, a potent caspase inhibitor. Annexin V significantly reduced the degree of proteolytic activation of caspase-3, and totally blocked the release of CD4+ and PrPc+ membrane particles. z-Val-Ala-Asp-fluoromethyl ketone was a more powerful antagonist of caspase-3 processing, but prevented the shedding of CD4+ vesicles only partially and had no effect on that of PrPc+ ones. These results suggest that an external membrane constraint, such as that exerted by annexin V, has important consequences on the course of programmed cell death and on the dissemination of particular Ags. In vivo, annexin V had a significant protective effect against spleen weight loss in mice treated by an alkylating agent previously shown to induce lymphocyte apoptosis. (+info)Specific binding of normal prion protein to the scrapie form via a localized domain initiates its conversion to the protease-resistant state. (3/592)
In the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, normal prion protein (PrP-sen) is converted to a protease-resistant isoform, PrP-res, by an apparent self-propagating activity of the latter. Here we describe new, more physiological cell-free systems for analyzing the initial binding and subsequent conversion reactions between PrP-sen and PrP-res. These systems allowed the use of antibodies to map the sites of interaction between PrP-sen and PrP-res. Binding of antibodies (alpha219-232) to hamster PrP-sen residues 219-232 inhibited the binding of PrP-sen to PrP-res and the subsequent generation of PK-resistant PrP. However, antibodies to several other parts of PrP-sen did not inhibit. The alpha219-232 epitope itself was not required for PrP-res binding; thus, inhibition by alpha219-232 was likely due to steric blocking of a binding site that is close to, but does not include the epitope in the folded PrP-sen structure. The selectivity of the binding reaction was tested by incubating PrP-res with cell lysates or culture supernatants. Only PrP-sen was observed to bind PrP-res. This highly selective binding to PrP-res and the localized nature of the binding site on PrP-sen support the idea that PrP-sen serves as a critical ligand and/or receptor for PrP-res in the course of PrP-res propagation and pathogenesis in vivo. (+info)A receptor for infectious and cellular prion protein. (4/592)
Prions are an unconventional form of infectious agents composed only of protein and involved in transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in humans and animals. The infectious particle is composed by PrPsc which is an isoform of a normal cellular glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchored protein, PrPc, of unknown function. The two proteins differ only in conformation, PrPc is composed of 40% alpha helix while PrPsc has 60% beta-sheet and 20% alpha helix structure. The infection mechanism is trigged by interaction of PrPsc with cellular prion protein causing conversion of the latter's conformation. Therefore, the infection spreads because new PrPsc molecules are generated exponentially from the normal PrPc. The accumulation of insoluble PrPsc is probably one of the events that lead to neuronal death. Conflicting data in the literature showed that PrPc internalization is mediated either by clathrin-coated pits or by caveolae-like membranous domains. However, both pathways seem to require a third protein (a receptor or a prion-binding protein) either to make the connection between the GPI-anchored molecule to clathrin or to convert PrPc into PrPsc. We have recently characterized a 66-kDa membrane receptor which binds PrPc in vitro and in vivo and mediates the neurotoxicity of a human prion peptide. Therefore, the receptor should have a role in the pathogenesis of prion-related diseases and in the normal cellular process. Further work is necessary to clarify the events triggered by the association of PrPc/PrPsc with the receptor. (+info)Evidence for the role of PrP(C) helix 1 in the hydrophilic seeding of prion aggregates. (5/592)
Prions are mammalian proteins (PrPs) with a unique pathogenic property: a nonendogenous isoform PrP(Sc) can catalyze conversion of the endogenous PrP(C) isoform into additional PrP(Sc). In this work, we demonstrate that PrP(C) helix 1 has certain properties (hydrophilicity, charge distribution) that make it unique among all naturally occurring alpha-helices, and which are indicative of a highly specific model of prion infectivity. The beta-nucleation model proposes that PrP(Sc) is an aggregate with a hydrophilic core, consisting of a beta-sheet-like arrangement of constituent helix 1 components. It is suggested by using structural arguments, and confirmed by using CHARMM energy calculations, that aggregate formation from two PrP(C) molecules is highly unfavorable, but the addition of chains to an existing aggregate is favorable. The beta-nucleation model is shown to be consistent with the prion species-barrier, as well as with infectivity data. Sequence analysis of all known protein structures indicates that PrP is uniquely suited to beta-nucleation, in contrast to the many proteins that readily form less favorable (often nonspecific) hydrophobic aggregates. (+info)Detection of bovine spongiform encephalopathy-specific PrP(Sc) by treatment with heat and guanidine thiocyanate. (6/592)
The conversion of a ubiquitous cellular protein (PrP(C)), an isoform of the prion protein (PrP), to the pathology-associated isoform PrP(Sc) is one of the hallmarks of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Accumulation of PrP(Sc) has been used to diagnose BSE. Here we describe a quantitative enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) that involves antibodies against epitopes within the protease-resistant core of the PrP molecule to measure the amount of PrP in brain tissues from animals with BSE and normal controls. In native tissue preparations, little difference was found between the two groups. However, following treatment of the tissue with heat and guanidine thiocyanate (Gh treatment), the ELISA discriminated BSE-specific PrP(Sc) from PrP(C) in bovine brain homogenates. PrP(Sc) was identified by Western blot, centrifugation, and protease digestion experiments. It was thought that folding or complexing of PrP(Sc) is most probably reversed by the Gh treatment, making hidden antigenic sites accessible. The digestion experiments also showed that protease-resistant PrP in BSE is more difficult to detect than that in hamster scrapie. While the concentration of PrP(C) in cattle is similar to that in hamsters, PrP(Sc) sparse in comparison. The detection of PrP(Sc) by a simple physicochemical treatment without the need for protease digestion, as described in this study, could be applied to develop a diagnostic assay to screen large numbers of samples. (+info)Evidence of presynaptic location and function of the prion protein. (7/592)
The prion protein (PrP(C)) is a copper-binding protein of unknown function that plays an important role in the etiology of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. Using morphological techniques and synaptosomal fractionation methods, we show that PrP(C) is predominantly localized to synaptic membranes. Atomic absorption spectroscopy was used to identify PrP(C)-related changes in the synaptosomal copper concentration in transgenic mouse lines. The synaptic transmission in the presence of H(2)O(2), which is known to be decomposed to highly reactive hydroxyl radicals in the presence of iron or copper and to alter synaptic activity, was studied in these animals. The response of synaptic activity to H(2)O(2) was found to correlate with the amount of PrP(C) expression in the presynaptic neuron in cerebellar slice preparations from wild-type, Prnp(0/0), and PrP gene-reconstituted transgenic mice. Thus, our data gives strong evidence for the predominantly synaptic location of PrP(C), its involvement in the regulation of the presynaptic copper concentration, and synaptic activity in defined conditions. (+info)A C-terminal-truncated PrP isoform is present in mature sperm. (8/592)
PrP(C), the normal isoform of the prion component PrP(Sc), is a 33-35-kDa glycophosphatidylinositol-anchored glycoprotein expressed in the plasma membrane of many cells and especially in the brain. The specific role of PrP(C) is unknown, although lately it has been shown to bind copper specifically. We show here that PrP(C) is present even in mature sperm cells, a polarized cell that retains only the minimal components required for DNA delivery, movement, and energy production. As opposed to PrP(C) in other cells, PrP in ejaculated sperm cells was truncated in its C terminus in the vicinity of residue 200. Sperm PrP, although membrane-bound, was not released by phosphatidylinositol phospholipase C as well as not localized in cholesterol-rich microdomains (rafts). Although no infertility was reported for PrP-ablated mice in normal situations, our results suggest that sperm cells originating from PrP-ablated mice were significantly more susceptible to high copper concentrations than sperm from wild type mice, allocating a protective role for PrP in specific stress situations related to copper toxicity. Since the functions performed by proteins in sperm cells are limited, these cells may constitute an ideal system to elucidate the function of PrP(C). (+info)PrPc proteins, also known as cellular prion proteins, are a type of protein found on the surface of many types of cells in the body, including neurons in the brain. The normal function of PrPc proteins is not entirely clear, but they are believed to play a role in various physiological processes such as protecting nerve cells from damage, regulating metal ion homeostasis, and participating in cell signaling pathways.
PrPc proteins are composed of 253 amino acids and have a molecular weight of approximately 35 kDa. They contain a highly conserved domain called the prion protein domain (PRD), which is rich in alpha-helices and contains a copper-binding site. The PRD is necessary for the normal function of PrPc proteins, but it is also the region that undergoes conformational changes to form the abnormal, disease-associated form of the protein called PrPSc.
PrPSc proteins are misfolded and aggregated forms of PrPc proteins that are associated with a group of neurodegenerative diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), including bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE or "mad cow disease"), scrapie in sheep, and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) in humans. The misfolded PrPSc proteins can cause other normal PrPc proteins to also misfold and aggregate, leading to the formation of amyloid fibrils that accumulate in the brain and cause neurodegeneration.
Prions are misfolded proteins that can induce other normal proteins to also adopt the misfolded shape, leading to the formation of aggregates. These abnormal prion protein aggregates are associated with a group of progressive neurodegenerative diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs). Examples of TSEs include bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE or "mad cow disease") in cattle, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) in humans, and scrapie in sheep. The misfolded prion proteins are resistant to degradation by proteases, which contributes to their accumulation and subsequent neuronal damage, ultimately resulting in spongiform degeneration of the brain and other neurological symptoms associated with TSEs.
PrP^Sc (prion protein scrapie) is a misfolded, abnormal conformational isoform of the prion protein (PrP), which is associated with a group of progressive neurodegenerative disorders known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs). These diseases affect both humans and animals and include conditions like bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE or "mad cow disease") in cattle, scrapie in sheep, and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) in humans.
The PrP protein is a naturally occurring, normal cellular protein found primarily in the brain and central nervous system. It has a predominantly alpha-helical structure under physiological conditions. However, during the development of prion diseases, PrP^Sc forms through a conformational change where the alpha-helical regions are replaced by beta-sheet structures. This misfolded protein can aggregate and form amyloid fibrils, which deposit in various brain regions leading to neurodegeneration, spongiform changes, gliosis, and neuronal loss.
Importantly, PrP^Sc is thought to have self-propagating properties, as it can induce the conversion of normal PrP into more PrP^Sc through a process called seeded polymerization or templated misfolding. This mechanism is believed to underlie the infectious nature and transmissibility of prion diseases.
Prion diseases, also known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), are a group of progressive neurodegenerative disorders that affect both humans and animals. They are unique in that they are caused by prions, which are misfolded proteins rather than infectious agents like bacteria or viruses. These abnormal prions can cause other normal proteins to misfold and accumulate in the brain, leading to brain damage and neurodegeneration.
Prion diseases can be sporadic, inherited, or acquired. Sporadic forms occur without a known cause and are the most common type. Inherited prion diseases are caused by mutations in the PRNP gene and are often associated with a family history of the disease. Acquired prion diseases can result from exposure to contaminated food (as in variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease), medical procedures (iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease), or inherited forms of the disease that cause abnormal prions to be secreted in body fluids (like kuru).
Common prion diseases in humans include:
1. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) - sporadic, inherited, and acquired forms
2. Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) - acquired form linked to consumption of contaminated beef products
3. Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome (GSS) - inherited form
4. Fatal familial insomnia (FFI) - inherited form
5. Kuru - an acquired form that occurred in a isolated tribe due to cannibalistic practices, now eradicated
Prion diseases are characterized by rapidly progressing dementia, neurological symptoms, and motor dysfunction. There is no known cure for these diseases, and they are universally fatal.
Scrapie is a progressive, fatal, degenerative disease affecting the central nervous system of sheep and goats. It is one of the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), also known as prion diseases. The agent responsible for scrapie is thought to be an abnormal form of the prion protein, which can cause normal prion proteins in the brain to adopt the abnormal shape and accumulate, leading to brain damage and neurodegeneration.
Scrapie is characterized by several clinical signs, including changes in behavior, tremors, loss of coordination, itching, and excessive scraping of the fleece against hard surfaces, which gives the disease its name. The incubation period for scrapie can range from 2 to 5 years, and there is no known treatment or cure for the disease.
Scrapie is not considered a significant threat to human health, but it has served as a model for understanding other prion diseases, such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle, which can cause variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) in humans.
Endopeptidase K is a type of enzyme that belongs to the family of peptidases, which are proteins that help break down other proteins into smaller molecules called peptides or individual amino acids. Specifically, endopeptidase K is an intracellular serine protease that cleaves peptide bonds within a protein's interior, rather than at its ends.
Endopeptidase K was initially identified as a component of the proteasome, a large protein complex found in the nucleus and cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells. The proteasome plays a critical role in regulating protein turnover and degrading damaged or misfolded proteins. Endopeptidase K is one of several enzymes that make up the proteasome's catalytic core, where it helps cleave proteins into smaller peptides for further processing and eventual destruction.
Endopeptidase K has also been found to be involved in other cellular processes, such as regulating the activity of certain signaling molecules and contributing to the immune response. However, its precise functions and substrates are still being studied and elucidated.
"Mesocricetus" is a genus of rodents, more commonly known as hamsters. It includes several species of hamsters that are native to various parts of Europe and Asia. The best-known member of this genus is the Syrian hamster, also known as the golden hamster or Mesocricetus auratus, which is a popular pet due to its small size and relatively easy care. These hamsters are burrowing animals and are typically solitary in the wild.
Creutzfeldt-Jakob syndrome (CJD) is a rare, degenerative, and fatal brain disorder. It is caused by an abnormal form of protein called prion that can cause normal proteins in the brain to fold into abnormal shapes and accumulate, leading to damage and death of brain cells.
The symptoms of CJD usually develop over a period of several months and include rapidly progressing dementia, memory loss, confusion, coordination problems, muscle stiffness, twitching, and shaking. Some people may also experience visual hallucinations, changes in personality, or depression.
There are three main types of CJD: sporadic, inherited, and acquired. Sporadic CJD is the most common form and accounts for about 85% of all cases. It occurs spontaneously with no known cause. Inherited CJD is caused by a genetic mutation that is passed down from parents to their children. Acquired CJD is caused by exposure to contaminated tissue or bodily fluids, such as through a medical procedure or eating contaminated beef (variant CJD).
There is no cure for Creutzfeldt-Jakob syndrome and it is fatal, usually within a year of onset of symptoms. Treatment focuses on managing the symptoms and making the patient as comfortable as possible.
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Prions24
- Prions are comprised of an abnormally folded form of the prion protein (PrP) that is normally resistant to enzymes called proteases. (nih.gov)
- This study highlights a certain region of the prion protein as being involved in this effect and demonstrates that prions are not always resistant to protease treatment. (nih.gov)
- Prions are a type of intrinsically disordered protein, which change their conformation unless they are bound to a specific partner such as another protein. (wikipedia.org)
- Prions form abnormal aggregates of proteins called amyloids, which accumulate in infected tissue and are associated with tissue damage and cell death. (wikipedia.org)
- The major prion protein (PrP) that prions are made of is found throughout the body, even in healthy people and animals. (wikipedia.org)
- Prusiner demonstrated that the agents responsible for their transmission, which are called prions, were composed only of protein and were devoid of nucleic acid. (wolffund.org.il)
- After purifying prions from the brain, he discovered that they are composed of a special type of protein encoded by a chromosomal gene. (wolffund.org.il)
- In a startling new study, scientists have shown for the first time that abnormal prions - fragments of infectious protein that can cause fatal neurodegenerative diseases such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease - can erupt from healthy brain tissue. (scienceagogo.com)
- Infectious prions, which are composed solely of protein, are classified by distinct strains, originally characterized by their incubation time and the disease they cause. (scienceagogo.com)
- Prions are comprised largely, if not entirely, of PrPSc, a misfolded form of thenormal non-infectious prion protein PrPC. (usda.gov)
- I'll be talking today about the use of the cyclic amplification of protein misfolding for the generation and propagation of infectious prions. (hstalks.com)
- Abnormal isoform of prion proteins (PRIONS) resulting from a posttranslational modification of the cellular prion protein (PRPC PROTEINS). (dictionary.net)
- What distinguishes amyloid fibrils formed by prions from those formed by other proteins is not clear. (pdf-archive.com)
- Common to all forms of prions is the ability to form highly ordered protein aggregates, so-called amyloid fibrils. (pdf-archive.com)
- Hence, what differentiates amyloids formed by bona fide prions from amyloids formed by other proteins is not well understood. (pdf-archive.com)
- Recent studies indicate that nanomechanics may play an important role not only in the conversion process of soluble proteins into their fibrillar state, but especially in the key characteristics of prions: their transmissibility.8,9 Amyloid fibrils are highly sensitive to local thermal fluctuations in liquid medium, which cause them to undergo bending along their longitudinal axis. (pdf-archive.com)
- Hill described several approaches used to study the propagation of prion proteins, including the use of cell cultures exposed to a brain homogenate taken from a mouse that has been infected with mouse prions. (izon.com)
- Prions are small infectious protein particles responsible for fatal Neurodegenerative diseases in humans and animals. (biotechfront.com)
- Prions consist of only hydrophobic protein of 33 to 35 kilodalton (253 amino acids). (biotechfront.com)
- Researchers say they've developed a new test for prions that improves the accuracy and speed with which the malformed and infectious proteins can be detected. (scienceblog.com)
- This bioassay, which has a time lag that makes it impractical for the rapid detection of prions in large-scale testing in tissue, involves injecting brain tissue from cattle with BSE into mice genetically engineered to over-express bovine prion protein. (scienceblog.com)
- The expression of the bovine prion protein makes the mice highly sensitive to bovine prions from infected cattle. (scienceblog.com)
- Prions are proteins that cause a group of invariably fatal neurodegenerative diseases, one of the most known being bovine spongiform encephalopathy (or mad cow disease). (ufrgs.br)
- Misfolded prion proteins are called prions or scrapie PrP (PrP Sc -from the name of the prototypic prion disease of sheep). (msdmanuals.com)
Conformation8
- With a prion, two protein chains are stabilized if one binds to another in the same conformation. (wikipedia.org)
- The word prion, coined in 1982 by Stanley B. Prusiner, is derived from protein and infection, hence prion, and is short for "proteinaceous infectious particle", in reference to its ability to self-propagate and transmit its conformation to other proteins. (wikipedia.org)
- He discovered that PrpSc was derived from Prpc but differs in its three-dimensional conformation. (wolffund.org.il)
- These diseases are caused by refolding of the cellular prion protein (PrP C ) into an infectious isoform (PrP Sc ) that catalytically templates its abnormal conformation onto additional molecules of PrP C ( Prusiner, 1998 ). (elifesciences.org)
- Following prion infection, the abnormal or misfolded prion protein (PrPSc) converts PrPC into a likeness of itself, by causing it to change its conformation or shape. (scienceagogo.com)
- This protein is supposed to be toxic and infectious, is rich in beta-sheet conformation, is resistant to proteolysis, and is insoluble. (hstalks.com)
- The identification of prion propagation mechanisms is an important aspect of understanding prion diseases, as PRPsc (the disease-associated conformation) can trigger healthy prion proteins (PRP) to fold abnormally. (izon.com)
- Known as a conformation-dependent immunoassay (CDI), the test is able to detect much smaller levels of the infectious prion protein than can be seen with the current standard immunological procedures. (scienceblog.com)
Scrapie6
- The normal form of the protein is called PrPC, while the infectious form is called PrPSc - the C refers to 'cellular' PrP, while the Sc refers to 'scrapie', the prototypic prion disease, occurring in sheep. (wikipedia.org)
- PrPC is normally present in the nervous system of healthy individuals and is absent in Creutzfeldt-Jakob prion disease patients who have a pathological form of prion protein called scrapie prion protein (PrPSc). (plymouth.ac.uk)
- Prusiner showed that in lesions in animals with the neuro-degenerative disease scrapie, there is an abnormal form of this protein. (wolffund.org.il)
- The abnormal (scrapie) isoform is PrPSc (PRPSC PROTEINS) and the cellular isoform PrPC (PRPC PROTEINS). (bvsalud.org)
- In this study, we assessed whether PrP Sc detection sensitivity of RT-QuIC can be increased by enriching PrP Sc in scrapie tissue homogenates using commercially available aggregated protein binding ligands coated magnetic beads (PAD-Beads). (biomedcentral.com)
- In this study, we have applied a commercially available sample enrichment kit called PAD-Beads that is based on a proprietary ligand that specifically binds misfolded proteins and allows for enrichment of PrP Sc prior to detection and applied the approach to detection of PrP Sc from scrapie-infected sheep brain samples by RT-QuIC. (biomedcentral.com)
Host-encoded cellular prion protein2
- The principal mechanism of these diseases involves the misfolding the host-encoded cellular prion protein, PrP(C), into the disease-associated isoform, PrP(Sc). (nih.gov)
- The central feature of this protein was a posttranslational conversion of the host-encoded cellular prion protein (PrPC) to an abnormal isoform, termed PrPSc, that consists of ''small proteinaceous infectious particles that resist inactivation by procedures which modify nucleic acids," ie, radiation, heat, or enzymatic degradation. (medscape.com)
Neurons2
- PrPc Prion proteins involved in communication between neurons, cell death, and controlling sleep patterns. (biotechfront.com)
- Cellular prion protein (PrPC) protects neurons against oxidative stress damage. (bvsalud.org)
Replication2
- All anti prion polyanions seem to inhibit the binding of PrPc to heparin sepharose, demonstrating a clear connection between the heparin binding activity of PrPc and inhibition of prion replication. (europa.eu)
- Here we analysed immunohistochemically, in seven spleens of 6-month-old healthy sheep, the nature of the cells expressing prion protein (PrP) potentially supporting prion replication, as well as their relationship with autonomic innervation. (hindawi.com)
PrPSc Proteins1
- Because of their abnormal shape, PrPsc- proteins tend to stick to each other. (biotechfront.com)
Aggregation6
- This opened a new insight in the study of TSEs: understanding the pathology not just as a gain of function due to the prion aggregation, but as a loss of function due to the reduction of PrPC. (ibecbarcelona.eu)
- ABSTRACT Self-templated protein aggregation and intracerebral deposi- tion of aggregates, sometimes in the form of amyloid fibrils, is a hallmark of mammalian prion diseases. (pdf-archive.com)
- Oligomers are toxic in an array of protein misfolding and aggregation (PMA) disorders. (neurodegenerationresearch.eu)
- However, the chain of events from protein aggregation to dysfunction is poorly understood. (neurodegenerationresearch.eu)
- The disease-causing isoform of the prion protein, called PrPSc, acts as corruptive seed able to establish a process of misfolding and aggregation of further PrPSc molecules. (sissa.it)
- Phosphorylation of PrPC at Ser-43 by Cdk5 promotes proteinase K resistance, prion aggregation, and fibril formation in vitro. (ecmbio.com)
Caused by prion1
- Nevertheless, there is a strong correlation between the neurotoxicity caused by prion proteins and the blockade of their normal proteolysis. (mdpi.com)
Expressed GPI-anchored1
- Human prion protein (PrP), also known as PRNP, is a ubiquitously expressed GPI-anchored cell surface glycoprotein associating with lipid raft components and functioning as a signaling molecule. (thermofisher.com)
Neurodegenerative disease2
- The goal of such studies, he said, would be to detect the development of transformed proteins before the symptoms of a neurodegenerative disease develop. (scienceblog.com)
- This fatal neurodegenerative disease results from misfolding of the normal cellular prion protein (PrP C ) to a pathogenic prion protein form (PrP Sc ). (biomedcentral.com)
Protease5
- As the normal form of the prion protein is susceptible to digestion by protease K, western blots could be used to distinguish between normal and disease-associated forms of the protein. (izon.com)
- which is often called Prp (Protease resistant protein). (biotechfront.com)
- Those older methods, which detect only fragments of infectious prion protein that are resistant to an enzyme known as protease, are currently used in the United Kingdom and Europe to detect prion-infected brain in cattle. (scienceblog.com)
- By Western blot, this antibody detects a 33-35 kDa protein from normal animals and a 27-30 kDa protein which represents PrP in brain protease treated tissue extracts from infected animals. (thermofisher.com)
- This protein is an insoluble, protease-resistant amyloid form of a normal cellular protein designated as PrPc. (vic.gov.au)
Mice4
- He and his co-researchers in London found that when normal prion protein is coated onto steel wires and brought into contact with cultured cells, a small but significant proportion of the coated wires cause prion infection of the cells - and when transferred to mice, they continue to spawn the disease. (scienceagogo.com)
- Our goal is to elucidate the role of PrPC in hippocampal circuitry and its derived functions (i.e. learning and memory) using a new PrPC knockout mice (ZH3). (ibecbarcelona.eu)
- in mice is fairly mild.2 It has required research workers to look at more subtle, but necessarily biased often, investigations of PrPC function. (fabretp.org)
- Further, hippocampal slices from mice expressing PrPC without its GPI anchor (PrPGPI-/-) displayed acute inhibition of neuronal activity by KO2. (bvsalud.org)
Hypothesis3
- According to the protein-only hypothesis, an abnormal PrP isoform is the principal, and possibly sole, constituent of the transmissible agent or prion. (medscape.com)
- We will therefore investigate the hypothesis that a fragment of PrPC transmits signals crucial for axomyelinic integrity. (neurodegenerationresearch.eu)
- The nucleic acids (NA) correlation with prion protein has ever been an issue of debate since the "protein only" hypothesis brought a new biological paradigm. (unina.it)
Ligands1
- These outcomes suggest that arousal of PrPC with distinctive ligands Collectively, inside the same cell type also, results in exclusive patterns of signaling. (fabretp.org)
Neuronal7
- In particular, Hachiya (2005) demonstrated that transgenic rodents harboring a high duplicate amount of wild-type mouse PrPC created a natural neurological malfunction most likely credited to mitochondria-mediated neuronal apoptosis in age transgenic rodents overexpressing wild-type PrPC. (liveconscience.com)
- The age rodents exhibited an extravagant mitochondrial localization of PrPC concomitant with reduced manganese superoxide dismutase activity, cytochrome discharge, caspase-3 account activation, and DNA fragmentation, most in hippocampal neuronal cells mostly. (liveconscience.com)
- We show that neuronal expression of PrPC is required in trans for long-term myelin maintenance in peripheral nerves. (neurodegenerationresearch.eu)
- Here we used mouse neuronal models to assess how PrPC protects the neuronal cytoskeleton, and its role in network communication, from oxidative stress damage. (bvsalud.org)
- This suggests that the acute inhibition of neuronal activity in WT slices in response to KO2 was a neuroprotective role of PrPC, which PrP-/- slices lacked. (bvsalud.org)
- The MtPQ treatment of hippocampal slices temporarily inhibited neuronal communication independent of PrPC expression. (bvsalud.org)
- Overall, GPI-anchored PrPC alters synapses and neurotransmission to protect and repair the neuronal cytoskeleton, and neuronal communication, from extrinsically induced oxidative stress damages. (bvsalud.org)
Vitro3
- Two in vitro detection techniques such as protein misfolding cyclic amplification (PMCA) and real-time quaking-induced conversion (RT-QuIC) have demonstrated improved prion detection in PrP Sc infected tissues. (biomedcentral.com)
- Both techniques are based on in vitro cell-free amplification of misfolded proteins present in samples. (biomedcentral.com)
- Conclusion: Use of GFP as a measure of refolding of PrPc fusion proteins in vitro and in vivo proved informative. (reading.ac.uk)
Celular1
- La isoforma anormal (precursora) es PrPSc (PROTEÍNAS PRPSC) y la isoforma celular PrPC (PROTEÍNAS PRPC). (bvsalud.org)
Recombinant3
- The mature element (25244) of recombinant bovine prion protein (PrPC, AG210) was obtained from Merck Millipore (Darmstadt, Germany). (achrinhibitor.com)
- Western blot of GST recombinant human full-length prion protein that was untreated (lanes 1 and 3) or phosphorylated with Cdk5/p25 (lanes 2 & 4). (ecmbio.com)
- The antibody detects a human recombinant Prion protein after phosphorylation by Cdk5/p25 complex. (ecmbio.com)
Physiological function2
- Particularly, the physiological function of PrPC, as well as the mechanisms where PrPSc mediates Valaciclovir disease pathology, continues to be unclear. (fabretp.org)
- In addition to the role of PrP on prionopathies, the physiological function of this protein in the cell is still a mystery. (unina.it)
Pathology3
- Using this model system, we will clarify the role of PrPC in cell survival pathways and determine the requirement for PrPC in the pathology of other PMA disorders. (neurodegenerationresearch.eu)
- While this analysis highlights the obvious useful flexibility of PrPC being a signaling molecule and could offer understanding into cellular systems of TSE pathology in addition, it emphasizes the dangers connected with attributing activation of particular intracellular occasions to particular receptors through artificial types of receptor activation. (fabretp.org)
- From these initiatives a number of physiological features of PrPC have already been recommended including: neural security,3 copper fat burning capacity,4 long-term storage Valaciclovir development,5 and bone tissue marrow renewal.6 There is certainly equal uncertainty from the mechanism of PrPSc pathology. (fabretp.org)
Bovine4
- PrP was identified using either RB1 rabbit antiserum or 4F2 monoclonal antibody directed against AA 108-123 portion of the bovine and AA 79-92 of human prion protein respectively. (hindawi.com)
- MA1-750 detects prion protein (PrP) protein from a variety of species that have the conserved n-IHFG-c epitope, including agriculturally important animal species such as sheep, bovine, deer, and elk. (thermofisher.com)
- The disease is strongly linked to the consumption of cattle products infected with the prion protein that causes bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or 'mad cow' disease. (vic.gov.au)
- This sequence has high homology to the conserved site in rat, mouse, and bovine prion protein. (ecmbio.com)
Abnormal prion3
- This is the so-called abnormal prion protein, and we call it PrPSc. (hstalks.com)
- As a result, it is able to directly measure infectious, abnormal prion protein. (scienceblog.com)
- The infectious agent is a unique abnormal prion protein, designated as PrP. (vic.gov.au)
Aggregates2
- The end-stage consists of large aggregates of these misfolded proteins, which cause massive tissue and cell damage. (scienceagogo.com)
- T of several neurodegeneration-related peptide and protein aggregates beneath complete dietary restriction, ensuring that the individual rotifers had no other organic supply to become made use of for gluconeogenesis. (achrinhibitor.com)
Conformational4
- Microvesicle discharge provides been recommended to lead to the intercellular system of PrP diffusion and prion pass on (Mattei (2005 ) demonstrated that PrPSc stops Bax-mediated cell loss of life by suppressing the conformational adjustments of this proapoptotic proteins. (liveconscience.com)
- [ 10 ] Kuru research has affected the concepts of nucleation-polymerization protein cancers and conformational disorders. (medscape.com)
- A central problem to understanding the molecular basis of TSEs is certainly determining if the conformational transformation of PrPC to PrPSc represents an increase of function, lack of function or transformation of function. (fabretp.org)
- Background: The amino terminal half of the cellular prion protein PrPc is implicated in both the binding of copper ions and the conformational changes that lead to disease but has no defined structure. (reading.ac.uk)
Isoform of the prion1
- PrP C , the cellular isoform of the prion protein, serves to transduce the neurotoxic effects of PrP Sc , the infectious isoform, but how this occurs is mysterious. (elifesciences.org)
Fatal neurodegenerative diseases1
- A family of rare but all fatal neurodegenerative diseases which affect not only humans but also various animal species is related to the prion protein (PrP). (unina.it)
Amino acids3
- MA1-750 is known to specifically recognize a conserved epitope of the PrP(Sc) protein comprising the amino acids n-IHFG-c. (thermofisher.com)
- The peptides were synthesized on an Fmoc-Ala-Wang resin applying N-Fmoc-protected amino acids using a CEM Liberty microwave peptide synthesizer ( FGF-basic/bFGF protein MedChemExpress Matthews, NC, USA). (achrinhibitor.com)
- Prion Protein (Ser-43) antibody was generated from a phospho-peptide that included amino acids surrounding Serine 43 in human prion protein. (ecmbio.com)
Cyclic amplification1
- used a protein misfolding cyclic amplification (PMCA) assay to show that EV-driven modulation of protein misfolding is dependent on EV membrane integrity. (izon.com)
Mutation2
- Mutation in PrPc gene which leads to conversion of Aspartate into aspargine was observed in diseased individual. (biotechfront.com)
- 1-3 It has an autosomal-dominant pattern linked to a point mutation (D178N) of the prion protein (PRNP) gene, which cosegregates with the methionine polymorphism at codon 129 of the mutated allele. (bmj.com)
Proteolysis1
- The protein has a biological function, mainly alpha-helicoidal, sensitive to proteolysis and soluble. (hstalks.com)
Outcomes suggest1
- Used jointly, these outcomes suggest that PrPC may play a function in the complicated multimolecular signaling linked with CD95/Fas receptorCmediated apoptosis. (liveconscience.com)
Neurotransmission1
- Dissecting the role of PrPC in hippocampus neurotransmission will allow us to better understand alterations in the brain of TSEs patients. (ibecbarcelona.eu)
Amyloid5
- This resembles the β-amyloid precursor protein (APP) in Alzheimer disease (AD), which can be physiologically processed by α-, β-, and γ-secretases. (mdpi.com)
- Amyloid plaques in the brains of animals and humans dying of prion diseases are composed of this abnormal protein. (wolffund.org.il)
- Our results have farreaching implications for the understanding of protein-based infectivity and the design of amyloid biomaterials. (pdf-archive.com)
- We show that PrPC physically interacts with both amyloid b and islet amyloid polypeptide and attenuates functional impairment mediated by these peptides. (neurodegenerationresearch.eu)
- The new criteria for diagnosing prodromal AD assume that, to increase the predictive value of the MCI, in addition to a defect of delayed recall there must also be the presence of abnormal biomarkers, investigating structural and molecular neuroimaging and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis of amyloid-β or tau proteins. (iospress.com)
Vivo1
- Butowt, R, Davies, P & Brown, DR 2007, ' Anterograde axonal transport of chicken cellular prion protein (PrPc) in vivo requires its N-terminal part ', Journal of Neuroscience Research , vol. 85, no. 12, pp. 2567-2579. (bath.ac.uk)
Membrane6
- Nevertheless, even more lately, a defensive function of PrPC provides been hypothesized in Testosterone levels lymphocytes under oxidative tension (Aude-Garcia oxidase (COX-IV), lysosome-associated membrane layer glycoprotein (Light fixture-1), transferrin receptor (Compact disc71), and the endoplasmic reticulum (Er selvf?lgelig)/mitochondria-associated mem-brane (MAM)Cassociated glycoprotein calnexin (Body 3D). (liveconscience.com)
- Cytoskeleton Minoxidil condition as a must for PrPC P4HB trafficking On the basis of prior function helping the crucial function of microtubular network condition in number element trafficking throughout the cell cytoplasm (Sorice at 4C for 10 minutes to precipitate the large membrane layer fractions (overflowing in mitochondria). (liveconscience.com)
- The human cellular prion protein (PrP C ) is a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchored membrane glycoprotein with two N-glycosylation sites at residues 181 and 197. (mdpi.com)
- The experiments showed that one end of the protein, called the N-terminus, is involved in the movement of electrical charges across the cell membrane and is able to cause cell degeneration. (elifesciences.org)
- Participants were given a crash course in what a bacterium needs to survive (funnily enough, outer membrane proteins and flagella were emphasised) and then told to get on with it. (ncl.ac.uk)
- Cellular prion protein (PrPC) is a membrane bound protein that undergoes several post translational modifications. (sissa.it)
Normal15
- A prion /ˈpriːɒn/ is a misfolded protein that can transmit its misfoldedness to normal variants of the same protein and trigger cellular death. (wikipedia.org)
- citation needed] PrPC is a normal protein found on the membranes of cells, "including several blood components of which platelets constitute the largest reservoir in humans. (wikipedia.org)
- Scientists from the University of Plymouth and Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, supported by The Laura Crane Youth Cancer Trust and Brain Tumour Research, have revealed the role of the normal, cellular form of prion protein (PrPC) in the development of NF2-related tumours. (plymouth.ac.uk)
- Endocytosis of PrPc, the normal prion protein and precursor of PrPSc is stimulated by sulfated glycans. (europa.eu)
- In its normal form, this protein is called Prpc. (wolffund.org.il)
- One is the normal prion protein that we call PrPc, 'c' stands for cellular. (hstalks.com)
- The way that the misfolded prion protein propagates a disease is by transforming the normal version of the protein PrPc, represented in the figure in green circles, gradually into its own. (hstalks.com)
- Gradually from the normal form into the misfolded form in a relatively slow process to get to the point in which sufficient amount of the normal protein has been transformed into the misfolded form, and this will produce tissue damage and disease. (hstalks.com)
- Prion diseases are characterised by the presence of abnormal, pathogenic agents that can induce abnormal folding of specific normal cellular proteins called prion proteins. (izon.com)
- PrPC mediates PrPSc neurotoxicity and counteracts toxic PrPC mutants, indicating that a subversion of normal PrPC function may underlie neurodegeneration, and this may not be limited to prion disease. (neurodegenerationresearch.eu)
- We therefore propose to test whether subversion of normal PrPC function is involved in diverse PMA disorders. (neurodegenerationresearch.eu)
- Conversion of this normal cellular prion protein (PrPc) into an abnormal conformer (PrPSc) is the crucial step associated with triggering the pathogenesis of the prion neurodegenerative disorders, such as the Creutzfeld-Jakob disease (CJD). (thermofisher.com)
- These diseases are fatal neurologic diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), and they result from the misfolding of the normal cellular prion protein (PrP C ) into a pathogenic form (PrP Sc ) that accumulates primarily in the central nervous system [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
- These diseases involve conversion of normal cellular prion protein (PrPc) into a form that is insoluble and resistant to proteases (PrPSc). (ecmbio.com)
- Prion diseases result from misfolding of a normal cell-surface brain protein called cellular prion protein (PrP C ), whose exact function is unknown. (msdmanuals.com)
Pathological1
- The cellular prion protein (PrPc), rich in α-helical structure, undergoes a change in its secondary structure producing the pathological protein (PrPSc, the prion) in which β-sheet structure prevails. (ufrgs.br)
Neurotoxic2
- neurotoxic PrPC mutants generate a smaller complex that is uncleaved. (neurodegenerationresearch.eu)
- Therefore, PrPC acts as substrate for PrPSc formation and as receptor to convey neurotoxic functions typical of other pr. (sissa.it)
Elucidate1
- Initiatives to elucidate the function of PrPC through deletion have already been generally uninformative as, apart from level of resistance to prion illnesses, the phenotype connected with PrPC? (fabretp.org)
Prion propagation1
- A possible mechanism for prion propagation involves the largely alpha-helical isoform (PrPC) refolding into a beta-sheet isoform (beta-PrP). (medscape.com)
TSEs3
- Prion isoforms of the major prion protein (PrP), whose specific function is uncertain, are hypothesized as the cause of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs). (wikipedia.org)
- MisfoldedCellular Prion protein (PrPC) was described as the causative agent of the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), independently of its origin (sporadic, iatrogenic or genetic). (ibecbarcelona.eu)
- On the other hand, PrPC protein levels are decreased in TSEs. (ibecbarcelona.eu)
Regulate3
- Various other writers, examining how PrPC could regulate cell destiny, found conflicting results apparently. (liveconscience.com)
- There he worked with Dr. Max D. Cooper (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, National Academy of Sciences) and his research focused on cell surface proteins expressed by preB cells that regulate B cell maturation and homing. (ubc.ca)
- His laboratory has followed two primary interests: 1) the transcription factor networks that regulate fate determination in various cells that make blood, and 2) the cell surface proteins expressed by hematopoietic stem cells that and allow them to communicate with their microenvironment. (ubc.ca)
Structurally2
- A prion disease is a type of proteopathy, or disease of structurally abnormal proteins. (wikipedia.org)
- While PrPC is structurally well-defined, PrPSc is certainly polydisperse and defined at a relatively poor level. (wikipedia.org)
Synapses1
- Several yeast proteins have also been identified as having prionogenic properties, as well as a protein involved in modification of synapses during the formation of memories (see Eric Kandel § Molecular changes during learning). (wikipedia.org)
Form8
- All known mammalian prion diseases were caused by the prion protein (PrP) until 2015, when a prion form of alpha-synuclein was hypothesized to cause multiple system atrophy (MSA). (wikipedia.org)
- most prevalent and stable form of helical structure in naturally occurring proteins. (flashcardmachine.com)
- The infectious agent associated to prion diseases, is supposed to be composed exclusively by the misfolded form of the prion protein, PrPSc, here in the figure represented in red squares. (hstalks.com)
- A protein has been identified that may help prion protein aggregate into its infectious form (PLoS Pathog. (acs.org)
- The second type of prion protein, known as PrPSc , is the disease-causing form . (biotechfront.com)
- Whereas PrPc is rich in alpha-helices, the PrPSc form has higher content of beta-sheets and is resistant to proteinase K. (thermofisher.com)
- The unique feature of these diseases is that, in addition to sporadic and inherited forms, they may be acquired by transmission of an infectious agent, which is represented by a misfolded form of prion protein, called PrPSc. (unina.it)
- To prepare the PrPSc form of PrPC, the stock option of PrPC was aggregated for 24 h at pH 2 [49, 57]. (achrinhibitor.com)
Mechanism2
- Prusiner found that PrpSc molecules can convert Prpc molecules into additional PrpSc molecules, the mechanism that accounts for the infectious nature of these diseases. (wolffund.org.il)
- Thus, phosphorylation of Ser-43 may be an important mechanism leading conversion of PrPc to PrPSc and the onset of disease. (ecmbio.com)
Molecule2
- long range interactions within the protein molecule. (flashcardmachine.com)
- Prion diseases are a group of degenerative illnesses of the brain caused when a molecule called the prion protein (PrP for short) adopts the wrong shape. (elifesciences.org)
Molecules1
- This network included the abundant pattern recognition proteins, signal transduction compo nents involved with Toll, Imd and JAK/STAT pathways, modulation molecules in proPO activating cascade and immune responsive effectors. (cox2-inhibitors.com)
Infectious prion1
- In the current study, the CDI was used to detect infectious prion protein in brain tissue samples taken from BSE-infected U.K. cattle, and U.S. CWD-infected deer and elk. (scienceblog.com)