Abstract |
Quinacrine and related 9-aminoacridine compounds are effective in eliminating the alternatively folded prion protein, termed PrP(Sc), from scrapie-infected cultured cells. Clinical evaluations of quinacrine for the treatment of human prion diseases are progressing in the absence of a clear understanding of the molecular mechanism by which prion replication is blocked. Here, insight into the mode of action of 9-aminoacridine compounds was sought by using a chemical proteomics approach to target identification. Cellular macromolecules that bind 9-aminoacridine ligands were affinity-purified from tissue lysates by using a 9-aminoacridine-functionalized solid-phase matrix. Although the 9-aminoacridine matrix was conformationally selective for PrP(Sc), it was inefficient: approximately 5 % of PrP(Sc) was bound under conditions that did not support binding of the cellular isoform, PrP(C). Our findings suggest that 9-aminoacridine compounds may reduce the PrP(Sc) burden either by occluding epitopes necessary for templating on the surface of PrP(Sc) or by altering the stability of PrP(Sc) oligomers, where a one-to-one stoichiometry is not necessary.
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Authors | Puay-Wah Phuan, Julie A Zorn, Jiri Safar, Kurt Giles, Stanley B Prusiner, Fred E Cohen, Barnaby C H May |
Journal | The Journal of general virology
(J Gen Virol)
Vol. 88
Issue Pt 4
Pg. 1392-1401
(Apr 2007)
ISSN: 0022-1317 [Print] England |
PMID | 17374787
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- PrPC Proteins
- PrPSc Proteins
- Prions
- Aminacrine
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Topics |
- Aminacrine
(metabolism)
- Animals
- Blotting, Western
- Cell Line
- Cricetinae
- Mesocricetus
- Mice
- Mice, Transgenic
- PrPC Proteins
(chemistry, isolation & purification, metabolism)
- PrPSc Proteins
(chemistry, isolation & purification, metabolism)
- Prion Diseases
(metabolism)
- Prions
(chemistry, metabolism)
- Protein Binding
- Protein Folding
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