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Evidence for co-infection of ovine prion strains in classical scrapie isolates.

Abstract
The diversity of strains of ovine prions within classical scrapie isolates was investigated by transmission studies in wild type mice. To determine the maximum diversity of prion strains present in each ovine scrapie isolate examined, isolates from mice having the shortest and longest incubation times for terminal disease after primary inoculation were passaged serially. Serial passage of ARQ/ARQ scrapie isolates in RIII mice revealed the ME7 prion strain in mice with short incubation times for terminal prion disease and the 87A strain in those mice with long incubation times. Serial passage of VRQ/VRQ scrapie isolates in RIII mice led to emergence of the 221C prion strain in mice with short incubation times and a variant of the 221C strain in those mice with long incubation times. RIII mice with short incubation times had higher levels of total and proteinase K-resistant PrP(Sc) compared with those RIII mice with long incubation times, while mice with long incubation times had large aggregates and plaques of PrP(Sc). ME7 PrP(Sc) differed in stability compared with the 87A prion strain, while PrP(Sc) associated with 221C had similar stability to that of the 221C variant. Serial passage in VM mice led to identification of ME7 and 87V in the same scrapie isolate. The data show that different prion strains can emerge from the same ovine scrapie isolate following serial passage in wild type mice and that the transmission properties of these strains correlate with distinct patterns of PrP(Sc) deposition.
AuthorsA M Thackray, R Lockey, K E Beck, J Spiropoulos, R Bujdoso
JournalJournal of comparative pathology (J Comp Pathol) 2012 Aug-Oct Vol. 147 Issue 2-3 Pg. 316-29 ISSN: 1532-3129 [Electronic] England
PMID22522075 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
CopyrightCopyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Chemical References
  • Prions
Topics
  • Animals
  • Biological Assay
  • Brain (metabolism, pathology)
  • Coinfection
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions (physiology)
  • Mice
  • Prions (immunology, metabolism, pathogenicity)
  • Scrapie (metabolism, pathology, transmission)
  • Serial Passage
  • Sheep
  • Time Factors

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