TY - JOUR
T1 - Abnormal prion protein in genetically resistant sheep from a scrapie-infected flock
AU - Madec, J. Y.
AU - Simon, S.
AU - Lezmi, S.
AU - Bencsik, A.
AU - Grassi, J.
AU - Baron, T.
PY - 2004/11
Y1 - 2004/11
N2 - The central molecular event in transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, such as scrapie in sheep, is the accumulation in tissues of an abnormal isoform of the cellular prion protein. A previous investigation of 26 sheep showed that the accumulation of PrPres in brain correlated more with the prnp genotype than with the severity of the clinical disease. Here, the ability of a sandwich ELISA to detect PrPres distribution in the brain was demonstrated. Immunohistochemistry also strongly supported the hypothesis that the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve is the possible entry site in the brain for the scrapie agent. Remarkably, three asymptomatic (or possibly asymptomatic for scrapie) sheep carrying an allele known to be associated with clinical scrapie resistance (ARR), which were negative for the detection of PrPres by Western blotting and immunohistochemistry, were positive for the presence of PrPres by ELISA, raising the possibility of carriers resistant to the disease and possibly contributing to the persistence of scrapie in certain flocks.
AB - The central molecular event in transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, such as scrapie in sheep, is the accumulation in tissues of an abnormal isoform of the cellular prion protein. A previous investigation of 26 sheep showed that the accumulation of PrPres in brain correlated more with the prnp genotype than with the severity of the clinical disease. Here, the ability of a sandwich ELISA to detect PrPres distribution in the brain was demonstrated. Immunohistochemistry also strongly supported the hypothesis that the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve is the possible entry site in the brain for the scrapie agent. Remarkably, three asymptomatic (or possibly asymptomatic for scrapie) sheep carrying an allele known to be associated with clinical scrapie resistance (ARR), which were negative for the detection of PrPres by Western blotting and immunohistochemistry, were positive for the presence of PrPres by ELISA, raising the possibility of carriers resistant to the disease and possibly contributing to the persistence of scrapie in certain flocks.
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U2 - 10.1099/vir.0.80220-0
DO - 10.1099/vir.0.80220-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 15483266
AN - SCOPUS:7444221871
SN - 0022-1317
VL - 85
SP - 3483
EP - 3486
JO - Journal of General Virology
JF - Journal of General Virology
IS - 11
ER -