Prion strain discrimination based on rapid in vivo amplification and analysis by the cell panel assay.

Autor: Karapetyan YE; Department of Infectology, The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Florida, Jupiter, Florida, United States of America., Saá P, Mahal SP, Sferrazza GF, Sherman A, Salès N, Weissmann C, Lasmézas CI
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PloS one [PLoS One] 2009 May 29; Vol. 4 (5), pp. e5730. Date of Electronic Publication: 2009 May 29.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005730
Abstrakt: Prion strain identification has been hitherto achieved using time-consuming incubation time determinations in one or more mouse lines and elaborate neuropathological assessment. In the present work, we make a detailed study of the properties of PrP-overproducing Tga20 mice. We show that in these mice the four prion strains examined are rapidly and faithfully amplified and can subsequently be discriminated by a cell-based procedure, the Cell Panel Assay.
Databáze: MEDLINE