| Autor: |
Qingzhong Kong, Jeffrey L. Mills, Bishwajit Kundu, Xinyi Li, Liuting Qing, Krystyna Surewicz, Ignazio Cali, Shenghai Huang, Mengjie Zheng, Wieslaw Swietnicki, Frank D. Sönnichsen, Pierluigi Gambetti, Witold K. Surewicz |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2013 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Cell Reports, Vol 4, Iss 2, Pp 248-254 (2013) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2211-1247 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.celrep.2013.06.030 |
| Popis: |
Prion diseases, or transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), are associated with the conformational conversion of the cellular prion protein, PrPC, into a protease-resistant form, PrPSc. Here, we show that mutation-induced thermodynamic stabilization of the folded, α-helical domain of PrPC has a dramatic inhibitory effect on the conformational conversion of prion protein in vitro, as well as on the propagation of TSE disease in vivo. Transgenic mice expressing a human prion protein variant with increased thermodynamic stability were found to be much more resistant to infection with the TSE agent than those expressing wild-type human prion protein, in both the primary passage and three subsequent subpassages. These findings not only provide a line of evidence in support of the protein-only model of TSEs but also yield insight into the molecular nature of the PrPC→PrPSc conformational transition, and they suggest an approach to the treatment of prion diseases. |
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