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Bhattacharjee U, Graham C, Czub S, Dudas S, Rasmussen MA, Casey TA, Petrich JW. Fluorescence Spectroscopy of the Retina for the Screening of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2016; 64:320-325. [PMID: 26623498 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b04218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) are progressive, neurodegenerative disorders, of which bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is of special concern because it is infectious and debilitating to humans. The possibility of using fluorescence spectroscopy to screen for BSE in cattle was explored. Fluorescence spectra from the retinas of experimentally infected BSE-positive cattle with clinical disease were compared with those from both sham-inoculated and non-inoculated BSE-negative cattle. The distinct intensity difference of about 4-10-fold between the spectra of the BSE-positive and the BSE-negative (sham-inoculated and non-inoculated) eyes suggests the basis for a means of developing a rapid, noninvasive examination of BSE in particular and TSEs in general.
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- Ujjal Bhattacharjee
- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University , Ames, Iowa, United States
- U.S. Department of Energy Ames Laboratory , Ames, Iowa, United States
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- Canadian Food Inspection Agency, National Center for Animal Disease, Lethbridge Laboratory , Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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- Canadian Food Inspection Agency, National Center for Animal Disease, Lethbridge Laboratory , Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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- Canadian Food Inspection Agency, National Center for Animal Disease, Lethbridge Laboratory , Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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- Leopold Center, Iowa State University , Ames, Iowa, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University , Ames, Iowa, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University , Ames, Iowa, United States
- U.S. Department of Energy Ames Laboratory , Ames, Iowa, United States
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Sobrova P, Blazkova I, Chomoucka J, Drbohlavova J, Vaculovicova M, Kopel P, Hubalek J, Kizek R, Adam V. Quantum dots and prion proteins: is this a new challenge for neurodegenerative diseases imaging? Prion 2013; 7:349-58. [PMID: 24055838 PMCID: PMC4134339 DOI: 10.4161/pri.26524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2013] [Revised: 08/19/2013] [Accepted: 09/17/2013] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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A diagnostics of infectious diseases can be done by the immunologic methods or by the amplification of nucleic acid specific to contagious agent using polymerase chain reaction. However, in transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, the infectious agent, prion protein (PrP(Sc)), has the same sequence of nucleic acids as a naturally occurring protein. The other issue with the diagnosing based on the PrP(Sc) detection is that the pathological form of prion protein is abundant only at late stages of the disease in a brain. Therefore, the diagnostics of prion protein caused diseases represent a sort of challenges as that hosts can incubate infectious prion proteins for many months or even years. Therefore, new in vivo assays for detection of prion proteins and for diagnosis of their relation to neurodegenerative diseases are summarized. Their applicability and future prospects in this field are discussed with particular aim at using quantum dots as fluorescent labels.
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- Pavlina Sobrova
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Faculty of Agronomy; Mendel University in Brno; Brno, Czech Republic EU
- Central European Institute of Technology; Brno University of Technology; Brno, Czech Republic EU
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Faculty of Agronomy; Mendel University in Brno; Brno, Czech Republic EU
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- Central European Institute of Technology; Brno University of Technology; Brno, Czech Republic EU
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- Central European Institute of Technology; Brno University of Technology; Brno, Czech Republic EU
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Faculty of Agronomy; Mendel University in Brno; Brno, Czech Republic EU
- Central European Institute of Technology; Brno University of Technology; Brno, Czech Republic EU
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Faculty of Agronomy; Mendel University in Brno; Brno, Czech Republic EU
- Central European Institute of Technology; Brno University of Technology; Brno, Czech Republic EU
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- Central European Institute of Technology; Brno University of Technology; Brno, Czech Republic EU
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Faculty of Agronomy; Mendel University in Brno; Brno, Czech Republic EU
- Central European Institute of Technology; Brno University of Technology; Brno, Czech Republic EU
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Faculty of Agronomy; Mendel University in Brno; Brno, Czech Republic EU
- Central European Institute of Technology; Brno University of Technology; Brno, Czech Republic EU
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Bose S, Schönenbrücher H, Richt JA, Casey TA, Rasmussen MA, Kehrli ME, Petrich JW. Fluorescence spectroscopy of the retina from scrapie-infected mice. Photochem Photobiol 2013; 89:864-8. [PMID: 23360345 DOI: 10.1111/php.12056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2012] [Accepted: 01/21/2013] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Recently, we have proposed that the fluorescence spectra of sheep retina can be well correlated with the presence or absence of scrapie. Scrapie is the most widespread TSE (transmissible spongiform encephalopathy) affecting sheep and goats worldwide. Mice eyes have been previously reported as a model system to study age-related accumulation of lipofuscin, which has been investigated by monitoring the increasing fluorescence with age covering its entire life span. The current work aims at developing mice retina as a convenient model system to diagnose scrapie and other fatal TSE diseases in animals such as sheep and cows. The objective of the research reported here was to determine whether the spectral features are conserved between two different species namely mice and sheep, and whether an appropriate small animal model system could be identified for diagnosis of scrapie based on the fluorescence intensity in retina. The results were consistent with the previous reports on fluorescence studies of healthy and scrapie-infected retina of sheep. The fluorescence from the retinas of scrapie-infected sheep was significantly more intense and showed more heterogeneity than that from the retinas of uninfected mice. Although the structural characteristics of fluorescence spectra of scrapie-infected sheep and mice eyes are slightly different, more importantly, murine retinas reflect the enhancement of fluorescence intensity upon infecting the mice with scrapie, which is consistent with the observations in sheep eyes.
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- Sayantan Bose
- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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Sobrova P, Ryvolova M, Adam V, Kizek R. Capillary electromigration based techniques in diagnostics of prion protein caused diseases. Electrophoresis 2012; 33:3644-52. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.201200208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2012] [Revised: 06/30/2012] [Accepted: 07/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Adhikary R, Mukherjee P, Krishnamoorthy G, Kunkle RA, Casey TA, Rasmussen MA, Petrich JW. Fluorescence spectroscopy of the retina for diagnosis of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. Anal Chem 2010; 82:4097-101. [PMID: 20411920 DOI: 10.1021/ac100179u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The feasibility of exploiting fluorescence spectra of the eye for diagnosis of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) was examined. Retinas from scrapie-positive sheep were compared with scrapie-negative sheep using fluorescence spectroscopy, and distinct differences in the fluorescence intensity and spectroscopic signatures were observed. The characteristic fluorescent signatures are thought to be the result of an accumulation of lipofuscin in the retina. It appears that the eye, in particular the retina, is a useful tissue for noninvasive examination of some neurological pathologies such as scrapie. The development of procedures based on examinations of the eye that permit the detection of neurological disorders in animals holds great promise.
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Surround optical fiber immunoassay (SOFIA): an ultra-sensitive assay for prion protein detection. J Virol Methods 2009; 159:15-22. [PMID: 19442839 DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2009.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2009] [Accepted: 02/12/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We describe the development of a new technology (SOFIA) and demonstrate its utility by establishing a sensitive and specific assay for PrP(Sc). SOFIA is a surround optical fiber immunoassay which is comprised of a set of specific monoclonal antibodies and comprehensive capture of high energy fluorescence emission. In its current format, this system is capable of detecting less than 10 attogram (ag) of hamster, sheep and deer recombinant PrP. Approximately 10 ag of PrP(Sc) from 263 K-infected hamster brains can be detected with similar lower limits of PrP(Sc) detection from the brains of scrapie-infected sheep and deer infected with chronic wasting disease. These detection limits allow protease treated and untreated material to be diluted beyond the point where PrP(C), non-specific proteins or other extraneous material may interfere with PrP(Sc) signal detection and/or specificity. This not only eliminates the issue of specificity of PrP(Sc) detection but also increases sensitivity since the possibility of partial PrP(Sc) proteolysis is no longer a concern. SOFIA will likely lead to early antemortem detection of transmissible encephalopathies and is also amenable for use with additional target amplification protocols. SOFIA represents a sensitive means for detecting specific proteins involved in disease pathogenesis and/or diagnosis that extends beyond the scope of the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.
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Fujii F, Horiuchi M, Ueno M, Sakata H, Nagao I, Tamura M, Kinjo M. Detection of prion protein immune complex for bovine spongiform encephalopathy diagnosis using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy. Anal Biochem 2007; 370:131-41. [PMID: 17825783 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2007.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2007] [Revised: 07/03/2007] [Accepted: 07/06/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) and fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy (FCCS) are powerful techniques to measure molecular interactions with high sensitivity in homogeneous solution and living cells. In this study, we developed methods for the detection of prion protein (PrP) using FCS and FCCS. A combination of a fluorescent-labeled Fab' fragment and another anti-PrP monoclonal antibody (mAb) enabled us to detect recombinant bovine PrP (rBoPrP) using FCS because there was a significant difference in the diffusion coefficients between the labeled Fab' fragment and the trimeric immune complex consisting of rBoPrP, labeled Fab' fragment, and another anti-PrP mAb. On the other hand, FCCS detected rBoPrP using two mAbs labeled with different fluorescence dyes. The detection limit for PrP in FCCS was approximately threefold higher than that in FCS. The sensitivity of FCCS in detection of abnormal isoform of PrP (PrP(Sc)) was comparable to that of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Because FCS and FCCS detect the PrP immune complex in homogeneous solution of only microliter samples with a single mixing step and without any washing steps, these features of measurement may facilitate automating bovine spongiform encephalopathy diagnosis.
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- Fumihiko Fujii
- Laboratory of Supramolecular Biophysics, Research Institute of Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan
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Lehto MT, Peery HE, Cashman NR. Current and future molecular diagnostics for prion diseases. Expert Rev Mol Diagn 2006; 6:597-611. [PMID: 16824033 DOI: 10.1586/14737159.6.4.597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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It is now widely held that the infectious agents underlying the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies are prions, which are primarily composed of a misfolded, protease-resistant isoform of the host prion protein. Untreatable prion disorders include some human diseases, such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and diseases of economically important animals, such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (cattle) and chronic wasting disease (deer and elk). Detection and diagnosis of prion disease (and presymptomatic incubation) is contingent upon developing novel assays, which exploit properties uniquely possessed by this misfolded protein complex, rather than targeting an agent-specific nucleic acid. This review highlights some of the conventional and disruptive technologies developed to respond to this challenge.
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- Marty T Lehto
- Amorfix Life Sciences, 3080 Yonge Street, Suite 6020, Toronto, M4N 3N1, Canada.
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Yang WC, Yeung ES, Schmerr MJ. Detection of prion protein using a capillary electrophoresis-based competitive immunoassay with laser-induced fluorescence detection and cyclodextrin-aided separation. Electrophoresis 2005; 26:1751-9. [PMID: 15815999 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200410202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The development of capillary electrophoresis (CE)-based competitive immunoassay for prion protein (PrP) using carboxymethyl beta-cyclodextrin (CM-beta-CD) as a buffer additive is described here. The assay was based on the competitive binding of PrP and a fluorescein-labeled peptide from the prion protein with a limiting amount of specific antibody. The amount of both free and fluorescein-labeled peptide bound to antibody (immunocomplex) were determined by CE with laser-induced fluorescence detection. In the presence of PrP, the peak height ratio of the immunocomplex and the free peptide was altered compared to the control. These changes were directly proportional to the amount of PrP present. The fluorescently labeled peptide spanning amino acid positions 140-158 of the PrP and its corresponding monoclonal antibody is reported here. The reaction times of the antibody with either the peptide or the recombinant PrP was less than 1 min and is a large improvement over the 16-18 h required to achieve equilibrium for polyclonal antibodies. CM-beta-CD was explored as a buffer additive to suppress analyte adsorption and enhance separation selectivity in the CE analysis. A fast (1.1 min), selective (resolution 4.7), and reproducible (relative standard deviations of migration time for free and bound fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-peptide 0.56% and 0.64%, respectively) separation was obtained with 0.6% CM-beta-CD in 25 mM N-tris(hydroxymethyl)methyl-3-aminopropanesulfonic acid (TAPS) at pH 8.8. The concentration detection limit of the assay for recombinant PrP was determined to be 80 ng/mL (or mass detection limit 1 pg). When blood samples from scrapie-infected sheep and from normal sheep were tested, the results of the blood assay were consistent with scrapie status of the sheep as determined post mortem by Western blot analysis. Development of this assay will lead to a potentially robust, rapid, and specific preclinical diagnosis for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) in animals and humans.
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- Wen-chu Yang
- Department of Chemistry, US Department of Agriculture, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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Prion diseases are among the most intriguing infectious diseases and are associated with unconventional proteinaceous infectious agents known as prions. Prions seem to lack nucleic acid and propagate by transmission of protein misfolding. The nature of prions and their unique mode of transmission present challenges for early diagnosis of prion diseases. In this article, state-of-the-art prion diagnostic techniques, together with the new strategies that are being used to develop sensitive, early and non-invasive diagnoses for these diseases are reviewed.
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- Claudio Soto
- Department of Neurology, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, Texas 77555-0646, USA.
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Sayer NM, Cubin M, Rhie A, Bullock M, Tahiri-Alaoui A, James W. Structural Determinants of Conformationally Selective, Prion-binding Aptamers. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:13102-9. [PMID: 14711834 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m310928200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We have recently described the isolation of 2'-fluoropyrimidine-substituted RNA aptamers that bind selectively to disease-associated beta-sheet-rich forms of the prion protein, PrP, from a number of mammalian species. These aptamers inhibit the accumulation of protease-resistant forms of PrP in a prion-seeded, in vitro conversion assay. Here we identify the minimal portions of two of these aptamers that retain binding specificity. We determine their secondary structures by a combination of modeling and solution probing. Finally, we identify an internal site for biotinylation of a minimized, synthetic aptamer and use the resultant reagent in the detection of abnormal forms of PrP in vitro.
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- Natalie M Sayer
- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, United Kingdom
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Silveira JR, Caughey B, Baron GS. Prion protein and the molecular features of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy agents. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2004; 284:1-50. [PMID: 15148986 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-08441-0_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) diseases, or prion diseases, are neurodegenerative diseases found in a number of mammals, including man. Although they are generally rare, TSEs are always fatal, and as of yet there are no practical therapeutic avenues to slow the course of disease. The epidemic of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in the UK greatly increased the awareness of TSE diseases. Although it appears that BSE has not spread to North America, chronic wasting disease (CWD), a TSE found in cervids, is causing significant concern. Despite decades of investigation, the exact nature of the infectious agent of the TSEs is still controversial. Although many questions remain, substantial efforts have been made to understand the molecular features of TSE agents, with the hope of enhancing diagnosis and treatment of disease, as well as understanding the fundamental nature of the infectious agent itself. This review summarizes the current understanding of these molecular features, focusing on the role of the prion protein (PrP(c)) and its relationship to the disease-associated isoform (PrP(Sc)).
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- J R Silveira
- Laboratory of Persistent Viral Diseases, NIAID, NIH, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, 903 S. 4th St., Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
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Prion diseases are usually diagnosed clinically and confirmed by post-mortem histopathological examination of brain tissue. The only reliable molecular marker for prion diseases is PrP(Sc), the pathological conformer of the prion protein that accumulates in the central nervous system and, to a lesser extent, in lymphoreticular tissues. For BSE, several commercial diagnostic kits based on the post-mortem immunochemical detection of PrP(Sc) in brain tissue are now available. These rapid screening tests have been used in active surveillance of BSE and have greatly improved the detection of infected cattle before their entry into the human food chain. At present, no diagnostic test exists for the detection of prion diseases in live animals or humans. New diagnostic techniques aimed at increasing sensitivity and specificity of PrP(Sc) detection in body fluids and at identifying novel surrogate markers are under development. In this report, we review the classical diagnostic methods as well as present and future tools for the diagnosis of prion diseases.
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- C V Prowse
- Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Ingrosso L, Vetrugno V, Cardone F, Pocchiari M. Molecular diagnostics of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. Trends Mol Med 2002; 8:273-80. [PMID: 12067613 DOI: 10.1016/s1471-4914(02)02358-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Clinical criteria for the diagnosis of sporadic, iatrogenic and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob diseases are now available and show an excellent sensitivity and specificity ( approximately 98%). Post-mortem diagnosis, based upon the identification in the brain of the pathological conformer of the prion protein (PrP(Sc)), is also very accurate, and several diagnostic kits are now available that facilitate the immunochemical measurement of PrP(Sc). Several new molecular diagnostic techniques aimed at increasing the sensitivity and specificity of PrP(Sc) detection, and at identifying markers of disease that are other than PrP(Sc), are the subject of ongoing studies. The aim of these studies is to develop preclinical screening tests for the identification of infected, but still healthy, individuals. These tests are also badly needed to check the safety of blood or blood-derived products, and to ensure meat safety in European countries.
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- Loredana Ingrosso
- Laboratory of Virology, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
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Cervenakova L, Brown P, Hammond DJ, Lee CA, Saenko EL. Factor VIII and transmissible spongiform encephalopathy: the case for safety. Haemophilia 2002; 8:63-75. [PMID: 11952840 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2516.2002.00617.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Haemophilia A is the most common inherited bleeding disorder, caused by a deficiency in coagulation factor VIII (FVIII). Current treatment of haemophilia A is based on repeated infusions of plasma-derived FVIII concentrate or of recombinant FVIII, which may be exposed to plasma-derived material of human or animal origin used in its tissue culture production process. We review epidemiological and experimental studies relevant to blood infectivity in the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs, or 'prion' diseases), and evaluate the hypothetical risk of TSE transmission through treatment with plasma-derived or recombinant FVIII.
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- L Cervenakova
- J. Holland Laboratory, American Red Cross, Rockville, MD 20855, USA.
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Caughey B, Chesebro B. Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and prion protein interconversions. Adv Virus Res 2002; 56:277-311. [PMID: 11450303 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-3527(01)56031-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- B Caughey
- Laboratory of Persistent Viral Diseases, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana 59840, USA
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Nunnally BK. It's a mad, mad, mad, mad cow: a review of analytical methodology for detecting BSE/TSE. Trends Analyt Chem 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0165-9936(01)00134-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Caughey B, Raymond GJ, Callahan MA, Wong C, Baron GS, Xiong LW. Interactions and conversions of prion protein isoforms. ADVANCES IN PROTEIN CHEMISTRY 2002; 57:139-69. [PMID: 11447689 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-3233(01)57021-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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- B Caughey
- Laboratory of Persistent Viral Diseases, NIAID, NIH, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana 59840, USA
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Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) was first described in the United Kingdom in 1996 and is thought to have been transmitted from cattle infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy probably via the food chain. Thus far just over 100 definite or probable clinical cases have been described, though the number of people currently infected and the eventual size and geographic distribution of any future clinical epidemic remain uncertain. There is little evidence that sporadic CJD is transmitted by blood transfusion. However, the same cannot necessarily be assumed to apply to the new variant strain of disease in which involvement of peripheral lymphoid tissues has been demonstrated. In the face of uncertainty surrounding the risk of transmission of vCJD by blood products, blood transfusion services in a number of countries have implemented precautionary policies, though whether in the long term these will prove to have been necessary or sufficient remains to be seen.
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- M L Turner
- Department of Oncology, University of Edinburgh and Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
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The transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), or prion diseases, remain mysterious neurodegenerative diseases that involve perturbations in prion protein (PrP) structure. This article summarizes our use of in vitro models to describe how PrP is converted to the disease-associated, protease-resistant form. These models reflect many important biological parameters of TSE diseases and have been used to identify inhibitors of the PrP conversion as lead compounds in the development of anti-TSE drugs.
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- B Caughey
- Laboratory of Persistent Viral Diseases, NIAID/NIH, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA.
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Brown P, Cervenáková L, Diringer H. Blood infectivity and the prospects for a diagnostic screening test in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. THE JOURNAL OF LABORATORY AND CLINICAL MEDICINE 2001; 137:5-13. [PMID: 11150018 DOI: 10.1067/mlc.2001.111951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- P Brown
- Laboratory of Central Nervous System Studies, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Iniguez V, McKenzie D, Mirwald J, Aiken J. Strain-specific propagation of PrP(Sc) properties into baculovirus-expressed hamster PrP(C). J Gen Virol 2000; 81:2565-2571. [PMID: 10993947 DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-81-10-2565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The conversion of the cellular isoform of the prion protein (PrP(C)) to the abnormal disease-associated isoform (PrP(Sc)) has been simulated in cell-free conversion reactions in which PrP(Sc)-enriched preparations induce the conformational transition of PrP(C) into protease-resistant PrP (PrP-res). We explored the utility of recombinant hamster (Ha)PrP(C) purified from baculovirus-infected insect cells (bacHaPrP(C)) as a replacement for mammalian-derived HaPrP(C) in the conversion reactions. Protease-resistant recombinant HaPrP was generated after incubation of (35)S-bacHaPrP(C) with PrP(Sc)-enriched preparations. Moreover strain-specific PrP-res was also reproduced using insect-cell derived HaPrP(C) and PrP(Sc) from two different strains of hamster-adapted transmissible mink encephalopathy, designated hyper (HY) and drowsy (DY). Two strain-mediated properties were tested: (i) molecular mass of the protease-digested products and (ii) relative resistance to proteinase K (PK) digestion. Similar to in vivo generation of PrP(HY) and PrP(DY), the converted products selectively reproduced both characteristics, with the DY conversion product being smaller in size and less resistant to PK digestion than the HY product. These data demonstrate that non-mammalian sources of recombinant HaPrP can be converted into PK-resistant form and that strain-mediated properties can be transmitted into the newly formed PrP-res.
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- Volga Iniguez
- Department of Animal Health and Biomedical Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1656 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA1
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- Department of Animal Health and Biomedical Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1656 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA1
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- Department of Animal Health and Biomedical Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1656 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA1
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- Department of Animal Health and Biomedical Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1656 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA1
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Oldham PB, McCarroll ME, McGown LB, Warner IM. Molecular fluorescence, phosphorescence, and chemiluminescence spectrometry. Anal Chem 2000; 72:197R-209R. [PMID: 10882209 DOI: 10.1021/a1000017p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- P B Oldham
- Department of Chemistry, Mississippi State University 39762, USA
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Autocatalytic changes in the conformation and aggregation state of prion protein appear to be fundamental to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies or prion diseases. Here we review the considerable progress that has been made in describing the normal properties of prion protein and the changes that occur during these devastating neurodegenerative diseases.
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- M Horiuchi
- Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIAID, NIH Hamilton, Montana 59840, USA
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Larive CK, Lunte SM, Zhong M, Perkins MD, Wilson GS, Gokulrangan G, Williams T, Afroz F, Schöneich C, Derrick TS, Middaugh CR, Bogdanowich-Knipp S. Separation and analysis of peptides and proteins. Anal Chem 1999; 71:389R-423R. [PMID: 10409086 DOI: 10.1021/a1990013o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- C K Larive
- Department of Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045
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Caughey B, Raymond GJ, Bessen RA. Strain-dependent differences in beta-sheet conformations of abnormal prion protein. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:32230-5. [PMID: 9822701 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.48.32230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 238] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Strain diversity in the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) has been proposed to be determined by variations in the conformation of the abnormal, protease-resistant form of prion protein (PrP-res). We have investigated whether infection of hamsters with three TSE strains resulted in the formation of PrP-res with different conformations using limited proteinase K (PK) digestion and infrared spectroscopy. PrP-res isolated from the brains of hamsters infected with the hyper (HY), drowsy (DY), and 263K TSE strains yielded similar SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis profiles prior to PK treatment. However, after limited digestion with PK, the PrP-res from the DY strain exhibited a fragmentation pattern that was distinct from that of the other two strains. Infrared spectra of HY and 263K PrP-res each had major absorption bands in the amide I region at 1626 and 1636 cm-1 both prior to and after digestion with PK. These bands were not evident in the DY PrP-res spectra, which had a unique band at 1629-1630 cm-1 and stronger band intensity at both 1616 and 1694-1695 cm-1. Because absorbances from 1616 to 1636 cm-1 of protein infrared spectra are attributed primarily to beta-sheet structures, these findings indicate that the conformations of HY and 263K PrP-res differ from DY PrP-res at least in structural regions with beta-sheet secondary structure. These results support the hypothesis that strain-specific PrP-res conformers can self-propagate by converting the normal prion protein to the abnormal conformers that induce phenotypically distinct TSE diseases.
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- B Caughey
- Laboratory of Persistent Viral Diseases, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIAID, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana 59840, USA.
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