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Simmons SM, Payne VL, Hrdlicka JG, Taylor J, Larsen PA, Wolf TM, Schwabenlander MD, Yuan Q, Bartz JC. Rapid and sensitive determination of residual prion infectivity from prion-decontaminated surfaces. mSphere 2024; 9:e0050424. [PMID: 39189773 PMCID: PMC11423590 DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00504-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2024] [Accepted: 07/21/2024] [Indexed: 08/28/2024] Open
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Prion diseases are untreatable fatal transmissible neurodegenerative diseases that affect a wide range of mammals, including humans, and are caused by PrPSc, the infectious self-templating conformation of the host-encoded protein, PrPC. Prion diseases can be transmitted via surfaces (e.g., forceps, EEG electrodes) in laboratory and clinical settings. Here, we use a combination of surface swabbing and real-time quaking-induced conversion (RT-QuIC) to test for residual surface-associated prions following prion disinfection. We found that treatment of several prion-contaminated laboratory and clinically relevant surfaces with either water or 70% EtOH resulted in robust detection of surface-associated prions. In contrast, treatment of surfaces with sodium hypochlorite resulted in a failure to detect surface-associated prions. RT-QuIC analysis of prion-contaminated stainless steel wires paralleled the findings of the surface swab studies. Importantly, animal bioassay and RT-QuIC analysis of the same swab extracts are in agreement. We report on conditions that may interfere with the assay that need to be taken into consideration before using this technique. Overall, this method can be used to survey laboratory and clinical surfaces for prion infectivity following prion decontamination protocols.IMPORTANCEPrion diseases can be accidentally transmitted in clinical and occupational settings. While effective means of prion decontamination exist, methods for determining the effectiveness are only beginning to be described. Here, we analyze surface swab extracts using real-time quaking-induced conversion (RT-QuIC) to test for residual prions following prion disinfection of relevant clinical and laboratory surfaces. We found that this method can rapidly determine the efficacy of surface prion decontamination. Importantly, examination of surface extracts with RT-QuIC and animal bioassay produced similar findings, suggesting that this method can accurately assess the reduction in prion titer. We identified surface contaminants that interfere with the assay, which may be found in clinical and laboratory settings. Overall, this method can enhance clinical and laboratory prion safety measures.
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- Sara M. Simmons
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- Biostatistical Core Facility, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
- Minnesota Center for Prion Research and Outreach, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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- Minnesota Center for Prion Research and Outreach, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
- Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
- Minnesota Center for Prion Research and Outreach, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
- Minnesota Center for Prion Research and Outreach, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
- Prion Research Center, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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Benestad SL, Tran L, Malzahn AM, Liland NS, Belghit I, Hagemann A. Retention of prions in the polychaete Hediste diversicolor and black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens, larvae after short-term experimental immersion and feeding with brain homogenate from scrapie infected sheep. Heliyon 2024; 10:e34848. [PMID: 39170463 PMCID: PMC11336280 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e34848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2024] [Revised: 07/16/2024] [Accepted: 07/17/2024] [Indexed: 08/23/2024] Open
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Finding alternative protein and lipid sources for aquafeeds is crucial for the sustainable growth of fed aquaculture. Upcycling industrial side streams and byproducts using extractive species can reduce waste and help reduce the sector's dependence on fish meal and fish oils. Polychaete worms (Hediste diversicolor) and black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae (BSFL) are promising candidates for converting waste materials into valuable protein and lipid sources. However, further research and evaluations are needed to ensure the safety and regulatory compliance of these alternative feed sources, especially regarding prions spreading potential in the unlikely case that prions would be introduced in the value chain via feedstocks. In the present investigation, BSFL and juvenile polychaetes that had received a massive dose of scrapie prions through immersion and oral inoculation were found to harbour detectable prions using an ultrasensitive amplification method known as PMCA. This observation suggests that both H. diversicolor and BSFL have the potential to serve as mechanical vectors for prions diseases. However, it is important to note that insects, lacking the prion protein gene, are incapable of propagating prions. Therefore, the quantity of prions present in the larvae will inevitably be lower than the amount of prions they encountered. This is the first study to report on the fate of prions through ingestion by these marine and terrestrial invertebrate species.
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- Norwegian Veterinary Institute, P.O. Box 64, 1431, Ås, Norway
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- SINTEF Ocean, Department of Fisheries and New Biomarine Industry, Brattørkaia 17C, 7010, Trondheim, Norway
- Institute of Marine Ecosystem and Fishery Science, University of Hamburg, 22767, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Marine Research, P.O. Box 1870, Nordnes, 5817, Bergen, Norway
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- Institute of Marine Research, P.O. Box 1870, Nordnes, 5817, Bergen, Norway
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- SINTEF Ocean, Department of Fisheries and New Biomarine Industry, Brattørkaia 17C, 7010, Trondheim, Norway
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Heinzer D, Avar M, Pfammatter M, Moos R, Schwarz P, Buhmann MT, Kuhn B, Mauerhofer S, Rosenberg U, Aguzzi A, Hornemann S. Advancing surgical instrument safety: A screen of oxidative and alkaline prion decontaminants using real-time quaking-induced conversion with prion-coated steel beads as surgical instrument mimetic. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0304603. [PMID: 38870196 PMCID: PMC11175539 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0304603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 05/14/2024] [Indexed: 06/15/2024] Open
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Iatrogenic transmission of prions, the infectious agents of fatal Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, through inefficiently decontaminated medical instruments remains a critical issue. Harsh chemical treatments are effective, but not suited for routine reprocessing of reusable surgical instruments in medical cleaning and disinfection processes due to material incompatibilities. The identification of mild detergents with activity against prions is therefore of high interest but laborious due to the low throughput of traditional assays measuring prion infectivity. Here, we report the establishment of TESSA (sTainlESs steel-bead Seed Amplification assay), a modified real-time quaking induced cyclic amplification (RT-QuIC) assay that explores the propagation activity of prions with stainless steel beads. TESSA was applied for the screening of about 70 different commercially available and novel formulations and conditions for their prion inactivation efficacy. One hypochlorite-based formulation, two commercially available alkaline formulations and a manual alkaline pre-cleaner were found to be highly effective in inactivating prions under conditions simulating automated washer-disinfector cleaning processes. The efficacy of these formulations was confirmed in vivo in a murine prion infectivity bioassay, yielding a reduction of the prion titer for bead surface adsorbed prions below detectability. Our data suggest that TESSA represents an effective method for a rapid screening of prion-inactivating detergents, and that alkaline and oxidative formulations are promising in reducing the risk of potential iatrogenic prion transmission through insufficiently decontaminated instrument surfaces.
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- Daniel Heinzer
- Institute of Neuropathology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Neuropathology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Neuropathology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Neuropathology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Neuropathology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Neuropathology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Carlson CM, Thomas S, Keating MW, Soto P, Gibbs NM, Chang H, Wiepz JK, Austin AG, Schneider JR, Morales R, Johnson CJ, Pedersen JA. Plants as vectors for environmental prion transmission. iScience 2023; 26:108428. [PMID: 38077138 PMCID: PMC10700824 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.108428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2023] [Revised: 09/01/2023] [Accepted: 11/08/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2024] Open
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Prions cause fatal neurodegenerative diseases and exhibit remarkable durability, which engenders a wide array of potential exposure scenarios. In chronic wasting disease of deer, elk, moose, and reindeer and in scrapie of sheep and goats, prions are transmitted via environmental routes and the ability of plants to accumulate and subsequently transmit prions has been hypothesized, but not previously demonstrated. Here, we establish the ability of several crop and other plant species to take up prions via their roots and translocate them to above-ground tissues from various growth media including soils. We demonstrate that plants can accumulate prions in above-ground tissues to levels sufficient to transmit disease after oral ingestion by mice. Our results suggest plants may serve as vectors for prion transmission in the environment-a finding with implications for wildlife conservation, agriculture, and public health.
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- Christina M. Carlson
- Cellular and Molecular Biology Program, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
- U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center, Madison, WI 53711, USA
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- Department of Soil Science, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Neurology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center, Madison, WI 53711, USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center, Madison, WI 53711, USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center, Madison, WI 53711, USA
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center, Madison, WI 53711, USA
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- Department of Neurology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Centro Integrativo de Biologia y Quimica Aplicada (CIBQA), Universidad Bernardo O’Higgins, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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Baune C, Groveman BR, Hughson AG, Thomas T, Twardoski B, Priola S, Chesebro B, Race B. Efficacy of Wex-cide 128 disinfectant against multiple prion strains. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0290325. [PMID: 37616303 PMCID: PMC10449212 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0290325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 08/03/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023] Open
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Prion diseases are transmissible, fatal neurologic diseases that include Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) in humans, chronic wasting disease (CWD) in cervids, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle and scrapie in sheep. Prions are extremely difficult to inactivate and established methods to reduce prion infectivity are often dangerous, caustic, expensive, or impractical. Identifying viable and safe methods for treating prion contaminated materials is important for hospitals, research facilities, biologists, hunters, and meat-processors. For three decades, some prion researchers have used a phenolic product called Environ LpH (eLpH) to inactivate prions. ELpH has been discontinued, but a similar product, Wex-cide 128, containing the similar phenolic chemicals as eLpH is now available. In the current study, we directly compared the anti-prion efficacy of eLpH and Wex-cide 128 against prions from four different species (hamster 263K, cervid CWD, mouse 22L and human CJD). Decontamination was performed on either prion infected brain homogenates or prion contaminated steel wires and mouse bioassay was used to quantify the remaining prion infectivity. Our data show that both eLpH and Wex-cide 128 removed 4.0-5.5 logs of prion infectivity from 22L, CWD and 263K prion homogenates, but only about 1.25-1.50 logs of prion infectivity from human sporadic CJD. Wex-cide 128 is a viable substitute for inactivation of most prions from most species, but the resistance of CJD to phenolic inactivation is a concern and emphasizes the fact that inactivation methods should be confirmed for each target prion strain.
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- Chase Baune
- The Laboratory of Neurological Infections and Immunity, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America
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- The Laboratory of Neurological Infections and Immunity, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America
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- The Laboratory of Neurological Infections and Immunity, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America
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- Rocky Mountain Veterinary Branch, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America
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- Office of Operations Management, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America
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- The Laboratory of Neurological Infections and Immunity, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America
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- The Laboratory of Neurological Infections and Immunity, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America
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- The Laboratory of Neurological Infections and Immunity, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America
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Han JY, Park KJ, Park HC, Lee YR, Moore RA, Sohn HJ, Choi YP. Autoclave treatment fails to completely inactivate DLB alpha-synuclein seeding activity. Biochem Biophys Rep 2023; 34:101446. [PMID: 36923008 PMCID: PMC10009011 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2023.101446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2022] [Revised: 02/20/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2023] Open
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Synucleinopathies are characterized by the deposition of alpha-synuclein (α-syn) aggregates in brain tissue. Pathological α-syn aggregates propagate in a prion-like manner and display prion-like biochemical properties. Using RT-QuIC, we measured α-syn seeding activity from brains of Dementia with Lewy body (DLB) patients post autoclave. Here, we show that autoclaving at 121 °C removes one to two log10 of α-syn seeding activity but the remaining 50% seeding dose (SD50) is more than 107/mg tissue. DLB brain samples autoclaved at 132 °C still revealed an SD50 of approximately 106/mg tissue. Our data suggest that DLB α-syn seeds are incompletely inactivated by standard autoclave, thus highlighting the need for evaluating laboratory procedures that fully inactivate them.
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- Jung-Youn Han
- Laboratory Animal Center, Division of Research Strategy, Korea Brain Research Institute, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Reference Laboratory for CWD, Foreign Animal Disease Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Gimcheon, Republic of Korea
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- Reference Laboratory for CWD, Foreign Animal Disease Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Gimcheon, Republic of Korea
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- Reference Laboratory for CWD, Foreign Animal Disease Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Gimcheon, Republic of Korea
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- Reference Laboratory for CWD, Foreign Animal Disease Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Gimcheon, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory Animal Center, Division of Research Strategy, Korea Brain Research Institute, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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Xu S, Abeysekara S, Dudas S, Czub S, Staskevicius A, Mitchell G, Amoako KK, McAllister TA. Biodegradation of bovine spongiform encephalopathy prions in compost. Sci Rep 2022; 12:22233. [PMID: 36564427 PMCID: PMC9789035 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-26201-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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To reduce the transmission risk of bovine spongiform encephalopathy prions (PrPBSE), specified risk materials (SRM) that can harbour PrPBSE are prevented from entering the feed and food chains. As composting is one approach to disposing of SRM, we investigated the inactivation of PrPBSE in lab-scale composters over 28 days and in bin composters over 106-120 days. Lab-scale composting was conducted using 45 kg of feedlot manure with and without chicken feathers. Based on protein misfolding cyclic amplification (PMCA), after 28 days of composting, PrPBSE seeding activity was reduced by 3-4 log10 with feathers and 3 log10 without. Bin composters were constructed using ~ 2200 kg feedlot manure and repeated in 2017 and 2018. PMCA results showed that seeding activity of PrPBSE was reduced by 1-2 log10 in the centre, but only by 1 log10 in the bottom of bin composters. Subsequent assessment by transgenic (Tgbov XV) mouse bioassay confirmed a similar reduction in PrPBSE infectivity. Enrichment for proteolytic microorganisms through the addition of feathers to compost could enhance PrPBSE degradation. In addition to temperature, other factors including varying concentrations of PrPBSE and the nature of proteolytic microbial populations may be responsible for differential degradation of PrPBSE during composting.
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- Shanwei Xu
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Morden Research and Development Centre, 101 Route 100, Morden, MB, R6M 1Y5, Canada.
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
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- Canadian and WOAH Reference Laboratories for BSE, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
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- Canadian and WOAH Reference Laboratories for BSE, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
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- Canadian and WOAH Reference Laboratories for Scrapie and CWD, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Canadian and WOAH Reference Laboratories for Scrapie and CWD, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- National Centres for Animal Disease, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
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Transmission, Strain Diversity, and Zoonotic Potential of Chronic Wasting Disease. Viruses 2022; 14:v14071390. [PMID: 35891371 PMCID: PMC9316268 DOI: 10.3390/v14071390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2022] [Revised: 06/11/2022] [Accepted: 06/12/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a prion disease affecting several species of captive and free-ranging cervids. In the past few decades, CWD has been spreading uncontrollably, mostly in North America, resulting in a high increase of CWD incidence but also a substantially higher number of geographical regions affected. The massive increase in CWD poses risks at several levels, including contamination of the environment, transmission to animals cohabiting with cervids, and more importantly, a putative transmission to humans. In this review, I will describe the mechanisms and routes responsible for the efficient transmission of CWD, the strain diversity of natural CWD, its spillover and zoonotic potential and strategies to minimize the CWD threat.
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Shurson GC, Urriola PE, van de Ligt JLG. Can we effectively manage parasites, prions, and pathogens in the global feed industry to achieve One Health? Transbound Emerg Dis 2021; 69:4-30. [PMID: 34171167 DOI: 10.1111/tbed.14205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2021] [Revised: 06/14/2021] [Accepted: 06/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Prions and certain endoparasites, bacteria, and viruses are internationally recognized as types of disease-causing biological agents that can be transmitted from contaminated feed to animals. Historically, foodborne biological hazards such as prions (transmissible spongiform encephalopathy), endoparasites (Trichinella spiralis, Toxoplasma gondii), and pathogenic bacteria (Salmonella spp., Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli O157, Clostridium spp., and Campylobacter spp.) were major food safety concerns from feeding uncooked or improperly heated animal-derived food waste and by-products. However, implementation of validated thermal processing conditions along with verifiable quality control procedures has been effective in enabling safe use of these feed materials in animal diets. More recently, the occurrence of global Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus and African Swine Fever Virus epidemics, dependence on international feed ingredient supply chains, and the discovery that these viruses can survive in some feed ingredient matrices under environmental conditions of trans-oceanic shipments has created an urgent need to develop and implement rigorous biosecurity protocols that prevent and control animal viruses in feed ingredients. Implementation of verifiable risk-based preventive controls, traceability systems from origin to destination, and effective mitigation procedures is essential to minimize these food security, safety, and sustainability threats. Creating a new biosafety and biosecurity framework will enable convergence of the diverging One Health components involving low environmental impact and functional feed ingredients that are perceived as having elevated biosafety risks when used in animal feeds.
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- Gerald C Shurson
- Department of Animal Science, College of Food Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, College of Food Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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Alarcon P, Marco-Jimenez F, Horigan V, Ortiz-Pelaez A, Rajanayagam B, Dryden A, Simmons H, Konold T, Marco C, Charnley J, Spiropoulos J, Cassar C, Adkin A. A review of cleaning and disinfection guidelines and recommendations following an outbreak of classical scrapie. Prev Vet Med 2021; 193:105388. [PMID: 34098231 DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2021.105388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2021] [Revised: 04/27/2021] [Accepted: 05/21/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
Abstract
Classical scrapie is a prion disease of small ruminants, the infectious agent of which has been shown to be extremely persistent in the environment. Cleaning and disinfection (C&D) after a scrapie outbreak is currently recommended by many governments' veterinary advisors and implemented in most farms affected. Yet, the effectiveness of these procedures remains unclear. The aim of this study was to review existing literature and guidelines regarding farm C&D protocols following classical scrapie outbreaks and assess their effectiveness and the challenges that translation of policy and legislative requirements present at a practical level. A review of the literature was conducted to identify the on-farm C&D protocols used following outbreaks of scrapie, assess those materials with high risk for persistence of the scrapie agent on farms, and review the existing evidence of the effectiveness of recommended C&D protocols. An expert workshop was also organised in Great Britain (GB) to assess: the decision-making process used when implementing C&D protocols on GB farms, the experts' perceptions on the effectiveness of these protocols and changes needed, and their views on potential recommendations for policy and research. Outputs of the literature review revealed that the current recommended protocol for C&D [1 h treatment with sodium hypochlorite containing 20,000 ppm free chlorine or 2 M sodium hydroxide (NaOH)] is based on laboratory experiments. Only four field farm experiments have been conducted, indicating a lack of data on effectiveness of C&D protocols on farms by the re-occurrence of scrapie infection post re-stocking. Recommendations related to the control of outdoor environment, which are difficult and expensive to implement, vary between countries. The expert workshop concluded that there are no practical, cost-effective C&D alternatives to be considered at this time, with control therefore based on C&D only in combination with additional time restrictions on re-stocking and replacement with non-susceptible livestock or more genetically resistant types, where available. Participants agreed that C&D should still be completed on scrapie affected farms, as it is considered to be "good disease practice" and likely to reduce the levels of the prion protein. Participants felt that any additional protocols developed should not be "too prescriptive" (should not be written down in specific policies) because of significant variation in farm types, farm equipment and installations. Under this scenario, control of classical scrapie on farms should be designed with a level of C&D in combination with re-stocking temporal ban and replacement with livestock of limited susceptibility.
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- Pablo Alarcon
- Department of Epidemiological Sciences, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3NB, UK; Veterinary Epidemiology, Economics and Public Health Group, Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, Hawkshead Lane, North Mymms, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL9 7TA, UK.
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- Department of Epidemiological Sciences, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3NB, UK; Department of Animal Sciences, Universitat Politècnica de València, C/Camino de vera s/n, Valencia, 46071, Spain
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- Department of Epidemiological Sciences, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3NB, UK
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- Department of Epidemiological Sciences, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3NB, UK
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- APHA, Worcester CSC, County Hall, Spetchley Road, Worcester, WR5 2NP, UK
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- Department of Pathology and Animal Sciences, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3NB, UK
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- Department of Pathology and Animal Sciences, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3NB, UK.
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- APHA Advice Services, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3NB, UK
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- APHA Foundry House, Carleton Rd, Skipton North Yorks, BD23 2BE, UK
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- Department of Pathology and Animal Sciences, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3NB, UK
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- Laboratory Services, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3NB, UK
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- Food Standards Agency, Clive House, 70 Petty France, London, SW1H 9EX, UK
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Cassmann ED, Mammadova N, Greenlee JJ. Autoclave treatment of the classical scrapie agent US No. 13-7 and experimental inoculation to susceptible VRQ/ARQ sheep via the oral route results in decreased transmission efficiency. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0243009. [PMID: 33270721 PMCID: PMC7714121 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Scrapie, a prion disease of sheep, is highly resistant to conventional deactivation. Numerous methods to deactivate scrapie have been tested in laboratory animal models, and adequate autoclave treatment can reduce or remove the infectivity of some classical scrapie strains depending on the heating parameters used. In this study, we autoclaved brain homogenate from a sheep with US scrapie strain 13–7 for 30 minutes at 121°C. Genetically susceptible VRQ/ARQ sheep were orally inoculated with 3 grams of the autoclaved brain homogenate. For comparison, a second group of sheep was inoculated with a non-autoclaved brain homogenate. Rectal biopsies were used to assess antemortem scrapie disease progression throughout the study. Five out of ten (5/10) sheep that received autoclaved inoculum ultimately developed scrapie after an experimental endpoint of 72 months. These sheep had a mean incubation period of 26.99 months. Two out of five (2/5) positive sheep had detectable PrPSc in antemortem rectal biopsies, and two (2/5) other sheep had PrPSc in postmortem rectal tissue. A single sheep (1/5) was positive for scrapie in the CNS, small intestine, and retropharyngeal lymph node but had negative rectal tissue. All of the sheep (10/10) that received non-autoclaved inoculum developed scrapie with a mean incubation period of 20.2 months and had positive rectal biopsies at the earliest timepoint (14.7 months post-inoculation). These results demonstrate that sheep are orally susceptible to US derived classical scrapie strain 13–7 after autoclave treatment at 121°C for 30 minutes. Differences in incubation periods and time interval to first positive rectal biopsies indicate a partial reduction in infectivity titers for the autoclaved inoculum group.
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- Eric D. Cassmann
- Virus and Prion Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, IA, United States of America
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- Virus and Prion Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, IA, United States of America
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- Virus and Prion Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, IA, United States of America
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Eraña H, Pérez-Castro MÁ, García-Martínez S, Charco JM, López-Moreno R, Díaz-Dominguez CM, Barrio T, González-Miranda E, Castilla J. A Novel, Reliable and Highly Versatile Method to Evaluate Different Prion Decontamination Procedures. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2020; 8:589182. [PMID: 33195153 PMCID: PMC7658626 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.589182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2020] [Accepted: 10/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) are a group of invariably fatal neurodegenerative disorders. The causal agent is an aberrantly folded isoform (PrPSc or prion) of the endogenous prion protein (PrPC) which is neurotoxic and amyloidogenic and induces misfolding of its physiological counterpart. The intrinsic physical characteristics of these infectious proteinaceous pathogens makes them highly resistant to the vast majority of physicochemical decontamination procedures used typically for standard disinfection. This means prions are highly persistent in contaminated tissues, the environment (surfaces) and, of great concern, on medical and surgical instruments. Traditionally, decontamination procedures for prions are tested on natural isolates coming from the brain of infected individuals with an associated high heterogeneity resulting in highly variable results. Using our novel ability to produce highly infectious recombinant prions in vitro we adapted the system to enable recovery of infectious prions from contaminated materials. This method is easy to perform and, importantly, results in highly reproducible propagation in vitro. It exploits the adherence of infectious prion protein to beads of different materials allowing accurate and repeatable assessment of the efficacy of disinfectants of differing physicochemical natures to eliminate infectious prions. This method is technically easy, requires only a small shaker and a standard biochemical technique and could be performed in any laboratory.
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- Hasier Eraña
- Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Bizkaia Technology Park, Derio, Spain.,Atlas Molecular Pharma S. L., Bizkaia Technology Park, Derio, Spain
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- Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Bizkaia Technology Park, Derio, Spain
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- Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Bizkaia Technology Park, Derio, Spain.,Atlas Molecular Pharma S. L., Bizkaia Technology Park, Derio, Spain
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- Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Bizkaia Technology Park, Derio, Spain.,Atlas Molecular Pharma S. L., Bizkaia Technology Park, Derio, Spain
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- Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Bizkaia Technology Park, Derio, Spain
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- Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Bizkaia Technology Park, Derio, Spain
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- Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Bizkaia Technology Park, Derio, Spain
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- Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Bizkaia Technology Park, Derio, Spain.,Atlas Molecular Pharma S. L., Bizkaia Technology Park, Derio, Spain
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- Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Bizkaia Technology Park, Derio, Spain.,IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain
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Koutsoumanis K, Allende A, Bolton DJ, Bover‐Cid S, Chemaly M, Davies R, De Cesare A, Herman LM, Hilbert F, Lindqvist R, Nauta M, Peixe L, Ru G, Simmons M, Skandamis P, Suffredini E, Andreoletti O, Griffin J, Spiropoulos J, Ortiz‐Pelaez A, Alvarez‐Ordóñez A. Potential BSE risk posed by the use of ruminant collagen and gelatine in feed for non-ruminant farmed animals. EFSA J 2020; 18:e06267. [PMID: 33144887 PMCID: PMC7592076 DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2020.6267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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EFSA was requested to estimate the cattle bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) risk (C-, L- and H-BSE) posed by ruminant collagen and gelatine produced from raw material fit for human consumption, or from material classified as Category 3 animal by-products (ABP), to be used in feed intended for non-ruminant animals, including aquaculture animals. Three risk pathways (RP) were identified by which cattle could be exposed to ruminant feed cross-contaminated with ruminant collagen or gelatine: 1) recycled former foodstuffs produced in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 (RP1), 2) technological or nutritional additives or 3) compound feed, produced either in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 (RP2a) or Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 (RP2b). A probabilistic model was developed to estimate the BSE infectivity load measured in cattle oral ID 50 (CoID 50)/kg, in the gelatine produced from the bones and hide of one infected animal older than 30 months with clinical BSE (worst-case scenario). The amount of BSE infectivity (50th percentile estimate) in a member state (MS) with negligible risk status was 7.6 × 10-2 CoID 50/kg, and 3.1 × 10-4 CoID 50/kg in a MS with controlled risk status. The assessment considered the potential contamination pathways and the model results (including uncertainties) regarding the current epidemiological situation in the EU and current statutory controls. Given the estimated amount of BSE infectivity to which cattle would be exposed in a single year, and even if all the estimated undetected BSE cases in the EU were used for the production of collagen or gelatine (either using raw materials fit for human consumption or Category 3 ABP raw materials), it was concluded that the probability that no new case of BSE in the cattle population would be generated through any of the three RP is 99-100% (almost certain).
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“What a Waste”—Can We Improve Sustainability of Food Animal Production Systems by Recycling Food Waste Streams into Animal Feed in an Era of Health, Climate, and Economic Crises? SUSTAINABILITY 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/su12177071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Food waste has been a major barrier to achieving global food security and environmental sustainability for many decades. Unfortunately, food waste has become an even bigger problem in many countries because of supply chain disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic and African Swine Fever epidemic. Although Japan and South Korea have been leaders in recycling food waste into animal feed, countries that produce much greater amounts of food waste, such as the United States and the European Union, have lagged far behind. Concerns about the risk of transmission of bacteria, prions, parasites, and viruses have been the main obstacles limiting the recycling of food waste streams containing animal-derived tissues into animal feed and have led to government regulations restricting this practice in the U.S. and EU. However, adequate thermal processing is effective for inactivating all biological agents of concern, perhaps except for prions from infected ruminant tissues. The tremendous opportunity for nitrogen and phosphorus resource recovery along with several other environmental benefits from recycling food waste streams and rendered animal by-products into animal feed have not been fully appreciated for their substantial contribution toward solving our climate crisis. It is time to revisit our global approach to improving economic and environmental sustainability by more efficiently utilizing the abundant supply of food waste and animal tissues to a greater extent in animal feed while protecting human and animal health in food animal production systems.
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Pandey P, Vidyarthi SK, Vaddella V, Venkitasamy C, Pitesky M, Weimer B, Pires AFA. Improving Biosecurity Procedures to Minimize the Risk of Spreading Pathogenic Infections Agents After Carcass Recycling. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:623. [PMID: 32390969 PMCID: PMC7188909 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2019] [Accepted: 03/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Animal proteins are essential elements of human and animal feed chain and improving the safety of human and animal feed requires understanding and controlling of the transmission of infectious agents in food chain. Many pathogenic infectious agents, such as prion protein is known to damage the central nervous system in the cattle. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) results from infection agent (prion), and affects number of species such as cattle, human, and cats. In addition, Salmonella, pathogenic E. coli O157:H7, and Listeria monocytogenes were found in animal by-products used in the human and animal feed production. Increased interest in controlling microbial risks in human and animal feed is evidenced by a large number of publications, which highlights the need for examining the animal disposal method such as rendering process and provides a broader perspective of rendering process. While existing practices help greatly in controlling microbial contamination, this overview study showed that additional biosafety measures are necessary to ensure microbial safety in animal feed.
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- Pramod Pandey
- Department of Population Health and Reproduction, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
- The Morning Star Company, Woodland, CA, United States
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- Department of Population Health and Reproduction, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Department of Population Health and Reproduction, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Department of Population Health and Reproduction, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Department of Population Health and Reproduction, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Department of Population Health and Reproduction, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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Koutsoumanis K, Allende A, Bolton D, Bover-Cid S, Chemaly M, Davies R, De Cesare A, Herman L, Hilbert F, Lindqvist R, Nauta M, Peixe L, Ru G, Simmons M, Skandamis P, Suffredini E, Andréoletti O, Escámez PF, Griffin J, Spiropoulos J, Ashe S, Ortiz-Peláez A, Alvarez-Ordóñez A. Evaluation of an alternative method for production of biodiesel from processed fats derived from Category 1, 2 and 3 animal by-products (submitted by College Proteins). EFSA J 2020; 18:e06089. [PMID: 32874297 PMCID: PMC7448056 DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2020.6089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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An alternative method for the production of biodiesel from processed fats derived from Category 1, 2 and 3 animal by-products was assessed. The method is based on a pre-cleaning process, acidic esterification/transesterification of tallow using 1.5% methanesulfonic acid w/w; 140°C; 5.5 bar absolute pressure (bara); 4 h, followed by fractional distillation. The application focuses on the capacity of the alternative method to inactivate prions. Given the limitations that biodiesel presents for direct measurement of prion infectivity, the BIOHAZ Panel considered, based on the outcome of previous EFSA Opinions and current expert evaluation, that a reduction of 6 log10 in detectable PrPS c signal would be necessary to consider the process at least equivalent to previously approved methods for Category 1 animal by-products. This is in addition to the inactivation achieved by the pressure sterilisation method applied before the application of any biodiesel production method. Experimental data were provided via ad hoc studies commissioned to quantify the reduction in detectable PrPS c in material spiked with scrapie hamster strain 263K, as measured by western blot, for the first two steps, with distillation assumed to provide at least an additional 3 log10 reduction, based on published data. Despite the intrinsic methodological caveats of the detection of PrPS c in laboratory studies, the BIOHAZ Panel considers that the alternative method, including the final fractional distillation, is capable of achieving the required 6 log10 reduction of the strain 263K PrPS c signal. Therefore, the method under assessment can be considered at least equivalent to the processing methods previously approved for the production of biodiesel from all categories of animal by-product raw materials. It is recommended to check the feasibility of the proposed HACCP plan by recording the main processing parameters for a certain time period under real industrial conditions.
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Williams K, Hughson AG, Chesebro B, Race B. Inactivation of chronic wasting disease prions using sodium hypochlorite. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0223659. [PMID: 31584997 PMCID: PMC6777796 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0223659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2019] [Accepted: 09/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal prion disease that can infect deer, elk and moose. CWD has now been detected in 26 states of the USA, 3 Canadian provinces, South Korea, Norway, Sweden and Finland. CWD continues to spread from endemic areas, and new foci of infections are frequently detected. As increasing numbers of cervids become infected, the likelihood for human exposure increases. To date, no cases of CWD infection in humans have been confirmed, but experience with the BSE zoonosis in the United Kingdom suggests exposure to CWD should be minimized. Specifically, hunters, meat processors and others in contact with tissues from potentially CWD-infected cervids need a practical method to decontaminate knives, saws and other equipment. Prions are notoriously difficult to inactivate, and most effective methods require chemicals or sterilization processes that are either dangerous, caustic, expensive or not readily available. Although corrosive, sodium hypochlorite (bleach) is widely available and affordable and has been shown to inactivate prion agents including those that cause scrapie, bovine spongiform encephalopathy and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. In the current study, we confirm that bleach is an effective disinfectant for CWD prions and establish minimum times and bleach concentrations to eliminate prion seeding activity from stainless steel and infected brain homogenate solutions. We found that a five-minute treatment with a 40% dilution of household bleach was effective at inactivating CWD seeding activity from stainless-steel wires and CWD-infected brain homogenates. However, bleach was not able to inactivate CWD seeding activity from solid tissues in our studies.
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- Katie Williams
- Laboratory of Persistent Viral Diseases, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Persistent Viral Diseases, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Persistent Viral Diseases, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Persistent Viral Diseases, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America
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Ruiz M, Yang Y, Lochbaum CA, Delafield DG, Pignatello JJ, Li L, Pedersen JA. Peroxymonosulfate Oxidizes Amino Acids in Water without Activation. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2019; 53:10845-10854. [PMID: 31373486 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b01322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A variety of peptidic and proteinaceous contaminants (e.g., proteins, toxins, pathogens) present in the environment may pose risk to human health and wildlife. Peroxymonosulfate is a strong oxidant (EH0 = 1.82 V for HSO5-, the predominant species at environmental pH values) that may hold promise for the deactivation of proteinaceous contaminants. Relatively little quantitative information exists on the rates of peroxymonosulfate reactions with free amino acids. Here, we studied the oxidation of 19 of the 20 standard proteinogenic amino acids (all except cysteine) by peroxymonosulfate without explicit activation. Reaction half-lives at pH 7 ranged from milliseconds to hours. Amino acids possessing sulfur-containing, heteroaromatic, or substituted aromatic side chains were the most susceptible to oxidation by peroxymonosulfate, with rates of transformation decreasing in the order methionine > tryptophan > tyrosine > histidine. The rate of tryptophan oxidation did not decrease in the presence of an aquatic natural organic matter. Singlet oxygen resulting from peroxymonosulfate self-decomposition, while detected by electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, was unlikely to be the principal reactive species. Our results demonstrate that peroxymonosulfate is capable of oxidizing 19 amino acids without explicit activation and that solvent-exposed methionine and tryptophan residues are likely initial targets of oxidation in peptides and proteins.
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- Department of Environmental Sciences , The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station , New Haven , Connecticut 06511 , United States
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- Department of Environmental Sciences , The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station , New Haven , Connecticut 06511 , United States
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Lyon A, Mays CE, Borriello F, Telling GC, Soto C, Pritzkow S. Application of PMCA to screen for prion infection in a human cell line used to produce biological therapeutics. Sci Rep 2019; 9:4847. [PMID: 30890734 PMCID: PMC6424962 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-41055-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2018] [Accepted: 02/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Advances in biotechnology have led to the development of a number of biological therapies for the treatment of diverse human diseases. Since these products may contain or are made using human or animal (e.g. cattle) derived materials, it is crucial to test their safety by ensuring the absence of infectious agents; specifically prions, which are highly resilient to elimination and produce fatal diseases in humans. Many cases of iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease have been caused by the use of biological materials (e.g. human growth hormone) contaminated with prions. For this reason, it is important to screen cells and biological materials for the presence of prions. Here we show the utility of the Protein Misfolding Cyclic Amplification (PMCA) technology as a screening tool for the presence of human (vCJD) and bovine (BSE) prions in a human cell therapy product candidate. First, we demonstrated the sensitivity of PMCA to detect a single cell infected with prions. For these experiments, we used RKM7 cells chronically infected with murine RML prions. Serial dilutions of an infected cell culture showed that PMCA enabled prion amplification from a sample comprised of only one cell. Next, we determined that PMCA performance was robust and uncompromised by the spiking of large quantities of uninfected cells into the reaction. Finally, to demonstrate the practical application of this technology, we analyzed a human cell line being developed for therapeutic use and found it to be PMCA-negative for vCJD and BSE prions. Our findings demonstrate that the PMCA technology has unparalleled sensitivity and specificity for the detection of prions, making it an ideal quality control procedure in the production of biological therapeutics.
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- Adam Lyon
- Mitchell Center for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Brain Disorders, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Mitchell Center for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Brain Disorders, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Alloplex Biotherapeutics, Inc., 21 Erie Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Prion Research Center, Colorado State University, Colorado, USA
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- Mitchell Center for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Brain Disorders, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Mitchell Center for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Brain Disorders, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
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De Sousa PA, Ritchie D, Green A, Chandran S, Knight R, Head MW. Renewed assessment of the risk of emergent advanced cell therapies to transmit neuroproteinopathies. Acta Neuropathol 2019; 137:363-377. [PMID: 30483944 PMCID: PMC6514076 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-018-1941-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2018] [Revised: 11/13/2018] [Accepted: 11/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The inadvertent transmission of long incubating, untreatable and fatal neurodegenerative prionopathies, notably iatrogenic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease, following transplantation of cadaver-derived corneas, pituitary growth, hormones and dura mater, constitutes a historical precedent which has underpinned the application of precautionary principles to modern day advanced cell therapies. To date these have been reflected by geographic or medical history risk-based deferral of tissue donors. Emergent understanding of other prion-like proteinopathies, their potential independence from prions as a transmissible agent and the variable capability of scalably manufacturable stem cells and derivatives to take up and clear or to propagate prions, substantiate further commitment to qualifying neurodegenerative proteinopathy transmission risks. This is especially so for those involving direct or facilitated access to a recipient’s brain or connected visual or nervous system such as for the treatment of stroke, retinal and adult onset neurodegenerative diseases, treatments for which have already commenced. In this review, we assess the prospective global dissemination of advanced cell therapies founded on transplantation or exposure to allogeneic human cells, recap lessons learned from the historical precedents of CJD transmission and review recent advances and current limits in understanding of prion and other neurodegenerative disease prion-like susceptibility and transmission. From these we propose grounds for a reassessment of the risks of emergent advanced cell therapies to transmit neuroproteinopathies and suggestions to ACT developers and regulators for risk mitigation and extension of criteria for deferrals.
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Somerville RA, Fernie K, Smith A, Bishop K, Maddison BC, Gough KC, Hunter N. BSE infectivity survives burial for five years with only limited spread. Arch Virol 2019; 164:1135-1145. [PMID: 30799509 PMCID: PMC6420460 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-019-04154-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2018] [Accepted: 12/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The carcasses of animals infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), scrapie or chronic wasting disease (CWD) that remain in the environment (exposed or buried) may continue to act as reservoirs of infectivity. We conducted two experiments under near-field conditions to investigate the survival and dissemination of BSE infectivity after burial in a clay or sandy soil. BSE infectivity was either contained within a bovine skull or buried as an uncontained bolus of BSE-infected brain. Throughout the five-year period of the experiment, BSE infectivity was recovered in similar amounts from heads exhumed annually from both types of soil. Very low levels of infectivity were detected in the soil immediately surrounding the heads, but not in samples remote from them. Similarly, there was no evidence of significant lateral movement of infectivity from the buried bolus over 4 years although there was a little vertical movement in both directions. However, bioassay analysis of limited numbers of samples of rain water that had drained through the bolus clay lysimeter indicated that infectivity was present in filtrates. sPMCA analysis also detected low levels of PrPSc in the filtrates up to 25 months following burial, raising the concern that leakage of infectivity into ground water could occur. We conclude that transmissible spongiform encephalopathy infectivity is likely to survive burial for long periods of time, but not to migrate far from the site of burial unless a vector or rain water drainage transports it. Risk assessments of contaminated sites should take these findings into account.
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- Robert A Somerville
- The Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, EH25 9RG, Scotland, UK
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- The Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, EH25 9RG, Scotland, UK
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- The Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, EH25 9RG, Scotland, UK
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- ADAS Biotechnology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, The University of Nottingham, College Rd., Sutton Bonington, Leicestershire, LE12 5RD, UK
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- ADAS Biotechnology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, The University of Nottingham, College Rd., Sutton Bonington, Leicestershire, LE12 5RD, UK
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- School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, The University of Nottingham, College Rd., Sutton Bonington, Leicestershire, LE12 5RD, UK.
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- The Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, EH25 9RG, Scotland, UK.
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Processing of high-titer prions for mass spectrometry inactivates prion infectivity. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2018; 1866:1174-1180. [PMID: 30282615 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2018.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2018] [Revised: 07/20/2018] [Accepted: 08/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Prions represent a class of universally fatal and transmissible neurodegenerative disorders that affect humans and other mammals. The prion agent contains a pathologically aggregated form of the host prion protein that can transmit infectivity without any bacterial or viral component and is thus difficult to inactivate using disinfection protocols designed for infectious microorganisms. Methods for prion inactivation include treatment with acids, bases, detergents, bleach, prolonged autoclaving and incineration. During these procedures, the sample is often either destroyed or damaged such that further analysis for research purposes is compromised. In this study we show that a straightforward denaturation and in-gel protease digestion protocol used to prepare prion-infected samples for mass spectroscopy leads to the loss of at least 7 logs of prion infectivity, yielding a final product that fails to transmit prion disease in vivo. We further show that the resultant sample remains suitable for mass spectrometry-based protein identifications. Thus, the procedure described can be used to prepare prion-infected samples for mass spectrometry analysis with greatly reduced biosafety concerns.
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Phan HTM, Bartz JC, Ayers J, Giasson BI, Schubert M, Rodenhausen KB, Kananizadeh N, Li Y, Bartelt-Hunt SL. Adsorption and decontamination of α-synuclein from medically and environmentally-relevant surfaces. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2018; 166:98-107. [PMID: 29550546 PMCID: PMC5911191 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2018.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2017] [Revised: 02/28/2018] [Accepted: 03/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The assembly and accumulation of α-synuclein fibrils are implicated in the development of several neurodegenerative disorders including multiple system atrophy and Parkinson's disease. Pre-existing α-synuclein fibrils can recruit and convert soluble non-fibrillar α-synuclein to the fibrillar form similar to what is observed in prion diseases. This raises concerns regarding attachment of fibrillary α-synuclein to medical instruments and subsequent exposure of patients to α-synuclein similar to what has been observed in iatrogenic transmission of prions. Here, we evaluated adsorption and desorption of α-synuclein to two surfaces: stainless steel and a gold surface coated with a 11-Amino-1-undecanethiol hydrochloride self-assembled-monolayer (SAM) using in-situ combinatorial quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation and spectroscopic ellipsometry. α-Synuclein was found to attach to both surfaces, however, increased α-synuclein adsorption was observed onto the positively charged SAM surface compared to the stainless steel surface. Dynamic light scattering data showed that larger α-synuclein fibrils were preferentially attached to the stainless steel surface when compared with the distributions in the original α-synuclein solution and on the SAM surface. We determined that after attachment, introduction of a 1N NaOH solution could completely remove α-synuclein adsorbed on the stainless steel surface while α-synuclein was retained on the SAM surface. Our results indicate α-synuclein can bind to multiple surface types and that decontamination is surface-dependent.
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- Hanh T M Phan
- Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States; Center for Nanohybrid Functional Materials, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Creighton University, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Florida, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Florida, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States; Center for Nanohybrid Functional Materials, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States; Center for Nanohybrid Functional Materials, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States; Biolin Scientific, Inc., Paramus, NJ, United States
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- Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States; Center for Nanohybrid Functional Materials, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States
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- Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States
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- Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States; Center for Nanohybrid Functional Materials, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States.
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Fernández-Borges N, Eraña H, Elezgarai SR, Harrathi C, Venegas V, Castilla J. A Quick Method to Evaluate the Effect of the Amino Acid Sequence in the Misfolding Proneness of the Prion Protein. Methods Mol Biol 2018; 1658:205-216. [PMID: 28861792 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7244-9_15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/20/2023]
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Prion diseases or transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) are a group of neurodegenerative diseases where the misfolding of the prion protein (PrP) is a crucial event. Based on studies in TSE-affected humans and the generation of transgenic mouse models overexpressing different mutated versions of the PrP, we conclude that both wild-type and mutated PrPs exhibit differential propensity to misfold in vivo. Here, we describe a new method in vitro to assess and quantify the PrP misfolding phenomenon in order to better understand the molecular mechanisms involved in this process.
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- CIC bioGUNE, Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia, Derio, 48160, Bizkaia, Spain
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- CIC bioGUNE, Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia, Derio, 48160, Bizkaia, Spain
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- CIC bioGUNE, Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia, Derio, 48160, Bizkaia, Spain
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- CIC bioGUNE, Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia, Derio, 48160, Bizkaia, Spain
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- CIC bioGUNE, Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia, Derio, 48160, Bizkaia, Spain.
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, 48013, Bizkaia, Spain.
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Rehbein P, Schwalbe H. Improved high-yield expression, purification and refolding of recombinant mammalian prion proteins under aerosol-free elevated biological safety conditions. Protein Expr Purif 2018; 150:53-60. [PMID: 29751084 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2018.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2018] [Revised: 04/28/2018] [Accepted: 04/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Production of recombinant prion proteins is of crucial relevance in food technology (analytical standards, assay development) but also in basic research, most importantly structural biology (NMR, X-ray diffraction). Structural approaches conveniently allow for sophisticated investigation of prion disease pathogenesis, but usually require large amounts of sample material. Recently, working with recombinant prion proteins has been recategorized to biosafety levels > S1 as infectious prions may readily be generated de novo and become airborne via aerosols. Heterologous expression should therefore be established with appropriately adjusted safety precautions. We have developed a protocol for high-yield expression, purification and refolding of recombinant mammalian prion proteins at elevated biological safety levels by introducing means of abolishing aerosol formation and propagation.
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- Peter Rehbein
- Institute for Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center of Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 7, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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- Institute for Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center of Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 7, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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Qualitative and Quantitative Detection of PrP Sc Based on the Controlled Release Property of Magnetic Microspheres Using Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR). NANOMATERIALS 2018; 8:nano8020107. [PMID: 29438353 PMCID: PMC5853738 DOI: 10.3390/nano8020107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2018] [Revised: 02/08/2018] [Accepted: 02/12/2018] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Prion protein (PrPSc) has drawn widespread attention due to its pathological potential to prion diseases. In this work, we constructed a novel surface plasmon resonance (SPR) detection assay involving magnetic microspheres (MMs) and its controlled release property, for selective capture, embedding, concentration, and SPR detection of PrPSc with high sensitivity and specificity. Aptamer-modified magnetic particles (AMNPs) were used to specifically capture PrPSc. Amphiphilic copolymer was used to embed the labeled PrPSc and form magnetic microspheres to isolate PrPSc from the external environment. Static magnetic and alternating magnetic fields were used to concentrate and control release the embedded PrPSc, respectively. Finally, the released AMNPs-labeled PrPSc was detected by SPR which was equipped with a bare gold sensing film. A good linear relationship was obtained between SPR responses and the logarithm of PrPSc concentrations over a range of 0.01-1000 ng/mL. The detection sensitivity for PrPSc was improved by 10 fold compared with SPR direct detection format. The specificity of the present biosensor was also determined by PrPC and other reagents as controls. This proposed approach could also be used to isolate and detect other highly pathogenic biomolecules with similar structural characteristics by altering the corresponding aptamer in the AMNPs conjugates.
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Bryson LM, Fernandez Rivas D, Boutsioukis C. Cleaning of used rotary nickel-titanium files in an ultrasonic bath by locally intensified acoustic cavitation. Int Endod J 2017; 51:457-468. [DOI: 10.1111/iej.12866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2017] [Accepted: 10/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- L. M. Bryson
- Department of Endodontology; Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA); Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Mesoscale Chemical Systems Group; Faculty of Science and Technology; University of Twente; Enschede The Netherlands
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- Department of Endodontology; Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA); Amsterdam The Netherlands
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Simmons M, Ru G, Casalone C, Iulini B, Cassar C, Seuberlich T. DISCONTOOLS: Identifying gaps in controlling bovine spongiform encephalopathy. Transbound Emerg Dis 2017; 65 Suppl 1:9-21. [PMID: 28795509 DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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This article summarizes the 2016 update of the DISCONTOOLS project gap analysis on bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), which was based on a combination of literature review and expert knowledge. Uncertainty still exists in relation to the pathogenesis, immunology and epidemiology of BSE, but provided that infected material is prohibited from entering the animal feed chain, cases should continue to decline. BSE does not appear to spread between cattle, but if new strains with this ability appear then control would be considerably more difficult. Atypical types of BSE (L-BSE and H-BSE) have been identified, which have different molecular patterns and pathology, and do not display the same clinical signs as classical BSE. Laboratory transmission experiments indicate that the L-BSE agent has zoonotic potential. There is no satisfactory conclusion regarding the origin of the BSE epidemic. C-BSE case numbers declined rapidly following strict controls banning ruminant protein in animal feed, but occasional cases still occur. It is unclear whether these more recent cases indicate inadequate implementation of the bans, or the possibility that C-BSE might occur spontaneously, as has been postulated for H- and L-BSE. All of this will have implications once existing bans and levels of surveillance are both relaxed. Immunochemical tests can only be applied post-mortem. There is no immunological basis for diagnosis in the live animal. All aspects of disease control are expensive, particularly surveillance, specified risk material removal and feed controls. There is pressure to relax feed controls, and concurrent pressure from other sources to reduce surveillance. While the cost benefit argument can be applied successfully to either of these approaches, it would be necessary to maintain the ban on intraspecies recycling and some baseline surveillance. However, the potential risk is not limited to intraspecies recycling; recycling with cross-species transmission may be an ideal way to select or/and modify properties of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies agents in the future.
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- M Simmons
- OIE, National and EU Reference Laboratory for BSE and Scrapie, Department of Pathology, APHA Weybridge, Addlestone, Surrey, UK
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- CEA - National Reference Laboratory for Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies, OIE Reference Laboratories for BSE and Scrapie, Unit of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Turin, Italy
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- CEA - National Reference Laboratory for Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies, OIE Reference Laboratories for BSE and Scrapie, Neuropathology Laboratory, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Turin, Italy
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- CEA - National Reference Laboratory for Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies, OIE Reference Laboratories for BSE and Scrapie, Neuropathology Laboratory, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Turin, Italy
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- OIE, National and EU Reference Laboratory for BSE and Scrapie, Department of Pathology, APHA Weybridge, Addlestone, Surrey, UK
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- NeuroCenter, OIE and National Reference Laboratories for BSE and Scrapie, Division of Neurological Sciences, Vetsuisse Faculty, Bern, Switzerland
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Bistaffa E, Rossi M, De Luca CMG, Moda F. Biosafety of Prions. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2017; 150:455-485. [PMID: 28838674 DOI: 10.1016/bs.pmbts.2017.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Prions are the infectious agents that cause devastating and untreatable disorders known as Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs). The pathologic events and the infectious nature of these transmissible agents are not completely understood yet. Due to the difficulties in inactivating prions, working with them requires specific recommendations and precautions. Moreover, with the advent of innovative technologies, such as the Protein Misfolding Cyclic Amplification (PMCA) and the Real Time Quaking-Induced Conversion (RT-QuIC), prions could be amplified in vitro and the infectious features of the amplified products need to be carefully assessed.
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- Edoardo Bistaffa
- IRCCS Foundation Carlo Besta Neurological Institute, Milan, Italy; Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA), Trieste, Italy
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- Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA), Trieste, Italy
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- IRCCS Foundation Carlo Besta Neurological Institute, Milan, Italy; Università degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- IRCCS Foundation Carlo Besta Neurological Institute, Milan, Italy.
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Costa DDM, Lopes LKDO, Hu H, Tipple AFV, Vickery K. Alcohol fixation of bacteria to surgical instruments increases cleaning difficulty and may contribute to sterilization inefficacy. Am J Infect Control 2017; 45:e81-e86. [PMID: 28602275 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2017.04.286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2017] [Revised: 04/23/2017] [Accepted: 04/23/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Alcohol is frequently inappropriately used on surgical instruments to reduce bacterial contamination, but fixes protein to stainless steel. Here we compare the effect of air drying, prolonged soaking in water, and alcohol treatment on cleaning difficulty of contaminated forceps. METHODS Haltsted-mosquito forceps were contaminated with only Staphylococcus aureus. Instruments were air-dried for 10 (control), 75, or 240 minutes, soaked in water, or air dried then treated with ethanol or isopropanol for 10 seconds. All instruments were prewashed for 15 minutes. Forceps contaminated with blood and S aureus or Pseudomonas aeruginosa were dried and then sprayed or wiped with ethanol, and prewashed. Bacterial viability and soiling were determined by standard plate culture and crystal violet staining, respectively. RESULTS Soaking or spraying instruments with alcohol significantly reduced viable bacterial numbers, but significantly increased soil attached to forceps, as did air drying. Wiping instruments with alcohol had little effect on bacterial viability, but increased cleaning difficulty. Soaking in water for 75 or 240 minutes increased cleaning difficulty perhaps due to bacterial attachment to forceps. CONCLUSIONS Treating contaminated instruments with alcohol, allowing them to dry, or allowing them to soak in water for prolonged periods increases cleaning difficulty and should be discouraged.
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Plummer IH, Wright SD, Johnson CJ, Pedersen JA, Samuel MD. Temporal patterns of chronic wasting disease prion excretion in three cervid species. J Gen Virol 2017; 98:1932-1942. [PMID: 28708047 DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.000845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is the only naturally occurring transmissible spongiform encephalopathy affecting free-ranging wildlife populations. Transmission of CWD occurs by direct contact or through contaminated environments; however, little is known about the temporal patterns of CWD prion excretion and shedding in wild cervids. We tested the urine and faeces of three species of captive cervids (elk, mule and white-tailed deer) at 6, 12, 18 and 24 months after oral inoculation to evaluate the temporal, species- and genotype-specific factors affecting the excretion of CWD prions. Although none of the animals exhibited clinical signs of CWD during the study, we determined that all three cervid species were excreting CWD prions by 6 months post-inoculation. Faecal samples were consistently positive for CWD prions for all three cervid species (88 %), and were more likely to be positive than urine samples (28 %). Cervids with genotypes encoding for the prion protein (PRNP) that were considered to be more susceptible to CWD were more likely to excrete CWD prions (94 %) than cervids with genotypes considered to be less susceptible (64 %). All cervids with CWD prions in their urine also had positive faeces (n=5), but the converse was not true. Our study is the first to demonstrate CWD prion excretion in urine by asymptomatic elk and mule deer. Our results indicate that the excretion of CWD prions in faeces and, to a lesser extent, urine may provide an important avenue for depositing prions in the environment.
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- Ian H Plummer
- Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1630 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- US Geological Survey, National Wildlife Health Center, 6006 Schroeder Road, Madison, Wisconsin 53711, USA.,Present address: 4730 Toepfer Road, Middleton, Wisconsin 53562, USA
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- Departments of Soil Science, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Chemistry, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1525 Observatory Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Departments of Soil Science, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Chemistry, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1525 Observatory Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Retired, US Geological Survey, Wisconsin Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 204 Russell Labs, 1630 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Bousset L, Brundin P, Böckmann A, Meier B, Melki R. An Efficient Procedure for Removal and Inactivation of Alpha-Synuclein Assemblies from Laboratory Materials. JOURNAL OF PARKINSONS DISEASE 2017; 6:143-51. [PMID: 26639448 PMCID: PMC4927840 DOI: 10.3233/jpd-150691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Background: Preformed α-synuclein fibrils seed the aggregation of soluble α-synuclein in cultured cells and in vivo. This, and other findings, has kindled the idea that α-synuclein fibrils possess prion-like properties. Objective: As α-synuclein fibrils should not be considered as innocuous, there is a need for decontamination and inactivation procedures for laboratory benches and non-disposable laboratory material. Methods: We assessed the effectiveness of different procedures designed to disassemble α-synuclein fibrils and reduce their infectivity. We examined different commercially available detergents to remove α-synuclein assemblies adsorbed on materials that are not disposable and that are most found in laboratories (e.g. plastic, glass, aluminum or stainless steel surfaces). Results: We show that methods designed to decrease PrP prion infectivity neither effectively remove α-synuclein assemblies adsorbed to different materials commonly used in the laboratory nor disassemble the fibrillar form of the protein with efficiency. In contrast, both commercial detergents and SDS detached α-synuclein assemblies from contaminated surfaces and disassembled the fibrils. Conclusions: We describe three cleaning procedures that effectively remove and disassemble α-synuclein seeds. The methods rely on the use of detergents that are compatible with most non-disposable tools in a laboratory. The procedures are easy to implement and significantly decrease any potential risks associated to handling α-synuclein assemblies.
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- Luc Bousset
- Paris-Saclay Institute of Neurosciences, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Van Andel Research Institute, Center for Neurodegenerative Science, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
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- Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Proteines, CNRS/Université de Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Paris-Saclay Institute of Neurosciences, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Riemer C, Bamme T, Mok SWF, Baier M. 3-Methyl-4-Chlorophenol for Prion Decontamination of Medical Devices. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2016; 27:778-80. [PMID: 16807860 DOI: 10.1086/504450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2005] [Accepted: 11/21/2005] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Disinfectants containing 3-methyl-4-chlorophenol were tested for their capacity to inactivate the infectious agent of scrapie. Coincubation of brain homogenates prepared from terminally ill scrapie-infected hamsters with the disinfectants rendered the prion protein PrPSc sensitive to proteinase K digestion. Inoculation of hamsters with disinfectant-treated samples indicated a reduction in infectivity levels to below the limit of detection.
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Belondrade M, Nicot S, Béringue V, Coste J, Lehmann S, Bougard D. Rapid and Highly Sensitive Detection of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Abnormal Prion Protein on Steel Surfaces by Protein Misfolding Cyclic Amplification: Application to Prion Decontamination Studies. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0146833. [PMID: 26800081 PMCID: PMC4723062 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2015] [Accepted: 12/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The prevalence of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) in the population remains uncertain, although it has been estimated that 1 in 2000 people in the United Kingdom are positive for abnormal prion protein (PrPTSE) by a recent survey of archived appendix tissues. The prominent lymphotropism of vCJD prions raises the possibility that some surgical procedures may be at risk of iatrogenic vCJD transmission in healthcare facilities. It is therefore vital that decontamination procedures applied to medical devices before their reprocessing are thoroughly validated. A current limitation is the lack of a rapid model permissive to human prions. Here, we developed a prion detection assay based on protein misfolding cyclic amplification (PMCA) technology combined with stainless-steel wire surfaces as carriers of prions (Surf-PMCA). This assay allowed the specific detection of minute quantities (10−8 brain dilution) of either human vCJD or ovine scrapie PrPTSE adsorbed onto a single steel wire, within a two week timeframe. Using Surf-PMCA we evaluated the performance of several reference and commercially available prion-specific decontamination procedures. Surprisingly, we found the efficiency of several marketed reagents to remove human vCJD PrPTSE was lower than expected. Overall, our results demonstrate that Surf-PMCA can be used as a rapid and ultrasensitive assay for the detection of human vCJD PrPTSE adsorbed onto a metallic surface, therefore facilitating the development and validation of decontamination procedures against human prions.
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- Maxime Belondrade
- Laboratoire TransDiag, UMR 1058, Etablissement Français du Sang Pyrénées-Méditerranée, Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire TransDiag, UMR 1058, Etablissement Français du Sang Pyrénées-Méditerranée, Montpellier, France
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- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UR892, Virologie Immunologie Moléculaires, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Laboratoire TransDiag, UMR 1058, Etablissement Français du Sang Pyrénées-Méditerranée, Montpellier, France
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- CHRU de Montpellier and Université de Montpellier, IRMB, INSERM U1183, Laboratoire de Biochimie Protéomique Clinique, Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire TransDiag, UMR 1058, Etablissement Français du Sang Pyrénées-Méditerranée, Montpellier, France
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Murayama Y, Yoshioka M, Okada H, Takata E, Masujin K, Iwamaru Y, Shimozaki N, Yamamura T, Yokoyama T, Mohri S, Tsutsumi Y. Subcritical Water Hydrolysis Effectively Reduces the In Vitro Seeding Activity of PrPSc but Fails to Inactivate the Infectivity of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Prions. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0144761. [PMID: 26675475 PMCID: PMC4682654 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2015] [Accepted: 11/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The global outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) has been attributed to the recycling of contaminated meat and bone meals (MBMs) as feed supplements. The use of MBMs has been prohibited in many countries; however, the development of a method for inactivating BSE prions could enable the efficient and safe use of these products as an organic resource. Subcritical water (SCW), which is water heated under pressure to maintain a liquid state at temperatures below the critical temperature (374°C), exhibits strong hydrolytic activity against organic compounds. In this study, we examined the residual in vitro seeding activity of protease-resistant prion protein (PrPSc) and the infectivity of BSE prions after SCW treatments. Spinal cord homogenates prepared from BSE-infected cows were treated with SCW at 230–280°C for 5–7.5 min and used to intracerebrally inoculate transgenic mice overexpressing bovine prion protein. Serial protein misfolding cyclic amplification (sPMCA) analysis detected no PrPSc in the SCW-treated homogenates, and the mice treated with these samples survived for more than 700 days without any signs of disease. However, sPMCA analyses detected PrPSc accumulation in the brains of all inoculated mice. Furthermore, secondary passage mice, which inoculated with brain homogenates derived from a western blotting (WB)-positive primary passage mouse, died after an average of 240 days, similar to mice inoculated with untreated BSE-infected spinal cord homogenates. The PrPSc accumulation and vacuolation typically observed in the brains of BSE-infected mice were confirmed in these secondary passage mice, suggesting that the BSE prions maintained their infectivity after SCW treatment. One late-onset case, as well as asymptomatic but sPMCA-positive cases, were also recognized in secondary passage mice inoculated with brain homogenates from WB-negative but sPMCA-positive primary passage mice. These results indicated that SCW-mediated hydrolysis was insufficient to eliminate the infectivity of BSE prions under the conditions tested.
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- Yuichi Murayama
- Influenza/Prion Disease Research Center, National Institute of Animal Health, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Influenza/Prion Disease Research Center, National Institute of Animal Health, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Research Area of Pathology and Pathophysiology, National Institute of Animal Health, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Influenza/Prion Disease Research Center, National Institute of Animal Health, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Agro-environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Influenza/Prion Disease Research Center, National Institute of Animal Health, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Influenza/Prion Disease Research Center, National Institute of Animal Health, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Influenza/Prion Disease Research Center, National Institute of Animal Health, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Influenza/Prion Disease Research Center, National Institute of Animal Health, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Influenza/Prion Disease Research Center, National Institute of Animal Health, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Influenza/Prion Disease Research Center, National Institute of Animal Health, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Department of Neurological Science, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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- Department of Agro-environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
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Konold T, Hawkins SAC, Thurston LC, Maddison BC, Gough KC, Duarte A, Simmons HA. Objects in Contact with Classical Scrapie Sheep Act as a Reservoir for Scrapie Transmission. Front Vet Sci 2015; 2:32. [PMID: 26664961 PMCID: PMC4672192 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2015.00032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2015] [Accepted: 08/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Classical scrapie is an environmentally transmissible prion disease of sheep and goats. Prions can persist and remain potentially infectious in the environment for many years and thus pose a risk of infecting animals after re-stocking. In vitro studies using serial protein misfolding cyclic amplification (sPMCA) have suggested that objects on a scrapie-affected sheep farm could contribute to disease transmission. This in vivo study aimed to determine the role of field furniture (water troughs, feeding troughs, fencing, and other objects that sheep may rub against) used by a scrapie-infected sheep flock as a vector for disease transmission to scrapie-free lambs with the prion protein genotype VRQ/VRQ, which is associated with high susceptibility to classical scrapie. When the field furniture was placed in clean accommodation, sheep became infected when exposed to either a water trough (four out of five) or to objects used for rubbing (four out of seven). This field furniture had been used by the scrapie-infected flock 8 weeks earlier and had previously been shown to harbor scrapie prions by sPMCA. Sheep also became infected (20 out of 23) through exposure to contaminated field furniture placed within pasture not used by scrapie-infected sheep for 40 months, even though swabs from this furniture tested negative by PMCA. This infection rate decreased (1 out of 12) on the same paddock after replacement with clean field furniture. Twelve grazing sheep exposed to field furniture not in contact with scrapie-infected sheep for 18 months remained scrapie free. The findings of this study highlight the role of field furniture used by scrapie-infected sheep to act as a reservoir for disease re-introduction although infectivity declines considerably if the field furniture has not been in contact with scrapie-infected sheep for several months. PMCA may not be as sensitive as VRQ/VRQ sheep to test for environmental contamination.
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- Timm Konold
- Animal Sciences Unit, Animal and Plant Health Agency Weybridge , Addlestone , UK
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- Pathology Department, Animal and Plant Health Agency Weybridge , Addlestone , UK
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- Surveillance and Laboratory Services, Animal and Plant Health Agency Penrith , Penrith , UK
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- ADAS UK, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham , Sutton Bonington , UK
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- School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham , Sutton Bonington , UK
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- Animal Sciences Unit, Animal and Plant Health Agency Weybridge , Addlestone , UK
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- Animal Sciences Unit, Animal and Plant Health Agency Weybridge , Addlestone , UK
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Brooks JP, Gerba CP, Pepper IL. Land Application of Organic Residuals. Environ Microbiol 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-394626-3.00026-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Bouwman-Boer Y, Fenton-May V, Le Brun P. Microbiology. PRACTICAL PHARMACEUTICS 2015. [PMCID: PMC7123110 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-15814-3_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- Yvonne Bouwman-Boer
- Laboratory of Dutch Pharmacists, Royal Dutch Pharmacists Association KNMP, The Hague, The Netherlands
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- Former Quality Control Pharmacist to the Welsh Hospitals, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- The Hague Hospital Pharmacy, The Hague, The Netherlands
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Gonzalez S, Cohen CL, Galván M, Alonaizan FA, Rich SK, Slots J. Gingival bleeding on probing: relationship to change in periodontal pocket depth and effect of sodium hypochlorite oral rinse. J Periodontal Res 2014; 50:397-402. [DOI: 10.1111/jre.12219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- S. Gonzalez
- Graduate Periodontology Clinic; Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC; Los Angeles CA USA
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- Graduate Periodontology Clinic; Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC; Los Angeles CA USA
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- Graduate Periodontology Clinic; Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC; Los Angeles CA USA
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- Graduate Endodontic Clinic; Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC; Los Angeles CA USA
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- Graduate Periodontology Clinic; Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC; Los Angeles CA USA
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- Graduate Periodontology Clinic; Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC; Los Angeles CA USA
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Xu S, Reuter T, Gilroyed BH, Mitchell GB, Price LM, Dudas S, Braithwaite SL, Graham C, Czub S, Leonard JJ, Balachandran A, Neumann NF, Belosevic M, McAllister TA. Biodegradation of prions in compost. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2014; 48:6909-6918. [PMID: 24819143 DOI: 10.1021/es500916v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Composting may serve as a practical and economical means of disposing of specified risk materials (SRM) or animal mortalities potentially infected with prion diseases (transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, TSE). Our study investigated the degradation of prions associated with scrapie (PrP(263K)), chronic waste disease (PrP(CWD)), and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (PrP(BSE)) in lab-scale composters and PrP(263K) in field-scale compost piles. Western blotting (WB) indicated that PrP(263K), PrP(CWD), and PrP(BSE) were reduced by at least 2 log10, 1-2 log10, and 1 log10 after 28 days of lab-scale composting, respectively. Further analysis using protein misfolding cyclic amplification (PMCA) confirmed a reduction of 2 log10 in PrP(263K) and 3 log10 in PrP(CWD). Enrichment for proteolytic microorganisms through the addition of feather keratin to compost enhanced degradation of PrP(263K) and PrP(CWD). For field-scale composting, stainless steel beads coated with PrP(263K) were exposed to compost conditions and removed periodically for bioassays in Syrian hamsters. After 230 days of composting, only one in five hamsters succumbed to TSE disease, suggesting at least a 4.8 log10 reduction in PrP(263K) infectivity. Our findings show that composting reduces PrP(TSE), resulting in one 50% infectious dose (ID50) remaining in every 5600 kg of final compost for land application. With these considerations, composting may be a viable method for SRM disposal.
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- Shanwei Xu
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research Centre , Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 4B1, Canada
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Silva JL, Oliveira AC, Vieira TCRG, de Oliveira GAP, Suarez MC, Foguel D. High-Pressure Chemical Biology and Biotechnology. Chem Rev 2014; 114:7239-67. [DOI: 10.1021/cr400204z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Jerson L. Silva
- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Instituto
Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Biologia Estrutural e Bioimagem,
Centro Nacional de Ressonância Magnética Nuclear Jiri
Jonas, and ‡Polo Xerém, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-902, Brazil
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Instituto
Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Biologia Estrutural e Bioimagem,
Centro Nacional de Ressonância Magnética Nuclear Jiri
Jonas, and ‡Polo Xerém, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-902, Brazil
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Instituto
Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Biologia Estrutural e Bioimagem,
Centro Nacional de Ressonância Magnética Nuclear Jiri
Jonas, and ‡Polo Xerém, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-902, Brazil
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Instituto
Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Biologia Estrutural e Bioimagem,
Centro Nacional de Ressonância Magnética Nuclear Jiri
Jonas, and ‡Polo Xerém, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-902, Brazil
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Instituto
Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Biologia Estrutural e Bioimagem,
Centro Nacional de Ressonância Magnética Nuclear Jiri
Jonas, and ‡Polo Xerém, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-902, Brazil
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Instituto
Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Biologia Estrutural e Bioimagem,
Centro Nacional de Ressonância Magnética Nuclear Jiri
Jonas, and ‡Polo Xerém, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-902, Brazil
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Saleem F, Bjorndahl TC, Ladner CL, Perez-Pineiro R, Ametaj BN, Wishart DS. Lipopolysaccharide induced conversion of recombinant prion protein. Prion 2014; 8:28939. [PMID: 24819168 DOI: 10.4161/pri.28939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The conformational conversion of the cellular prion protein (PrP(C)) to the β-rich infectious isoform PrP(Sc) is considered a critical and central feature in prion pathology. Although PrP(Sc) is the critical component of the infectious agent, as proposed in the "protein-only" prion hypothesis, cellular components have been identified as important cofactors in triggering and enhancing the conversion of PrP(C) to proteinase K resistant PrP(Sc). A number of in vitro systems using various chemical and/or physical agents such as guanidine hydrochloride, urea, SDS, high temperature, and low pH, have been developed that cause PrP(C) conversion, their amplification, and amyloid fibril formation often under non-physiological conditions. In our ongoing efforts to look for endogenous and exogenous chemical mediators that might initiate, influence, or result in the natural conversion of PrP(C) to PrP(Sc), we discovered that lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a component of gram-negative bacterial membranes interacts with recombinant prion proteins and induces conversion to an isoform richer in β sheet at near physiological conditions as long as the LPS concentration remains above the critical micelle concentration (CMC). More significant was the LPS mediated conversion that was observed even at sub-molar ratios of LPS to recombinant ShPrP (90-232).
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- Fozia Saleem
- Department of Biological Sciences; University of Alberta; Edmonton, AB Canada
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- Department of Computing Science; University of Alberta; Edmonton, AB Canada
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- Department of Computing Science; University of Alberta; Edmonton, AB Canada; National Institute for Nanotechnology; Edmonton, AB Canada
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science; University of Alberta; Edmonton, AB Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences; University of Alberta; Edmonton, AB Canada; Department of Computing Science; University of Alberta; Edmonton, AB Canada; National Institute for Nanotechnology; Edmonton, AB Canada
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Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy. Food Microbiol 2014. [DOI: 10.1128/9781555818463.ch25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Die Variante der Creutzfeldt-Jakob-Krankheit (vCJK). Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s00103-002-0393-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Smith JD, Greenlee JJ. Detection of misfolded prion protein in retina samples of sheep and cattle by use of a commercially available enzyme immunoassay. Am J Vet Res 2014; 75:268-72. [DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.75.3.268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- V. Beringue
- UR892 Virologie et Immunologie Moléculaires Centre de Recherche de Jouy-en-Josas F-78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- UMR INRA ENVT 1225, Interactions Hôtes Agents Pathogènes, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse, 23 Chemin des Capelles 31076 Toulouse, France
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Biotechnological applications and prospective market of microbial keratinases. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2013; 97:9931-40. [PMID: 24121933 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-5292-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2013] [Revised: 09/20/2013] [Accepted: 09/22/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Keratinases are well-recognized enzymes with the unique ability to attack highly cross-linked, recalcitrant structural proteins such as keratin. Their potential in environmental clean-up of huge amount of feather waste has been well established since long. Today, they have gained importance in various other biotechnological and pharmaceutical applications. However, commercial availability of keratinases is still limited. Hence, to attract entrepreneurs, investors and enzyme industries it is utmost important to explicitly present the market potential of keratinases through detailed account of its application sectors. Here, the application areas have been divided into three parts: the first one is dealing with the area of exclusive applications, the second emphasizes protease dominated sectors where keratinases would prove better substitutes, and the third deals with upcoming newer areas which still await practical documentation. An account of benefits of keratinase usage, existing market size, and available commercial sources and products has also been presented.
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Leunda A, Van Vaerenbergh B, Baldo A, Roels S, Herman P. Laboratory activities involving transmissible spongiform encephalopathy causing agents: risk assessment and biosafety recommendations in Belgium. Prion 2013; 7:420-33. [PMID: 24055928 PMCID: PMC3904386 DOI: 10.4161/pri.26533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2013] [Revised: 09/13/2013] [Accepted: 09/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Since the appearance in 1986 of epidemic of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), a new form of neurological disease in cattle which also affected human beings, many diagnostic and research activities have been performed to develop detection and therapeutic tools. A lot of progress was made in better identifying, understanding and controlling the spread of the disease by appropriate monitoring and control programs in European countries. This paper reviews the recent knowledge on pathogenesis, transmission and persistence outside the host of prion, the causative agent of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) in mammals with a particular focus on risk (re)assessment and management of biosafety measures to be implemented in diagnostic and research laboratories in Belgium. Also, in response to the need of an increasing number of European diagnostic laboratories stopping TSE diagnosis due to a decreasing number of TSE cases reported in the last years, decontamination procedures and a protocol for decommissioning TSE diagnostic laboratories is proposed.
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- Amaya Leunda
- Biosafety and Biotechnology Unit; Institut Scientifique de Santé Publique; Brussels, Belgium
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- Biosafety and Biotechnology Unit; Institut Scientifique de Santé Publique; Brussels, Belgium
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- Orientation and Veterinary Support; National Reference Laboratory for TSE (Belgium & Luxemburg); Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Center; Brussels, Belgium
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- Biosafety and Biotechnology Unit; Institut Scientifique de Santé Publique; Brussels, Belgium
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Bruyère P, Baudot A, Joly T, Commin L, Pillet E, Guérin P, Louis G, Josson-Schramme A, Buff S. A chemically defined medium for rabbit embryo cryopreservation. PLoS One 2013; 8:e71547. [PMID: 23977074 PMCID: PMC3748060 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2012] [Accepted: 07/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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This study evaluates a new synthetic substitute (CRYO3, Ref. 5617, Stem Alpha, France) for animal-based products in rabbit embryo cryopreservation solutions. This evaluation was performed using two approaches: a thermodynamic approach using differential scanning calorimetry and a biological approach using rabbit embryo slow-freezing. During the experiment, foetal calf serum (FCS) was used as a reference. Because FCS varies widely by supplier, three different FCS were selected for the thermodynamic approach. The rabbit embryo slow-freezing solutions were made from Dulbecco's phosphate buffer saline containing 1.5 M Dimethyl Sulfoxide and 18% (v.v(-1)) of CRYO3 or 18% (v.v(-1)) of FCS. These solutions were evaluated using four characteristics: the end of melting temperature, the enthalpy of crystallisation (thermodynamic approach) and the embryo survival rates after culture and embryo transfer (biological approach). In the thermodynamic approach, the solutions containing one of the three different FCS had similar mean thermodynamic characteristics but had different variabilities in the overall data with aberrant values. The solution containing CRYO3 had similar thermodynamic properties when compared to those containing FCS. Moreover, no aberrant value was measured in the solution containing CRYO3. This solution appears to be more stable than the solutions containing a FCS. In the biological approach, the in vitro embryo survival rates obtained with the solution containing CRYO3 (73.7% and 81.3%) and with the solution containing a FCS (77.6% and 71.9%) were similar (p = 0.7). Nevertheless, during the in vivo evaluation, the implantation rate (21.8%) and the live-foetuses rate (18.8%) of the CRYO3 group were significantly higher than the implantation rate (7.1%, p = 0.0002) and the live-foetuses rate (5.3%, p = 0.0002) of the FCS group. The pregnancy rate was also higher in the CRYO3 group compared to the FCS group (81.3% and 43.8%, respectively, p = 0.066). We conclude that CRYO3 can be used as a chemically defined substitute for animal-based products in rabbit embryo cryopreservation solutions.
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- Pierre Bruyère
- UPSP 2011.03.10 (ICE), VetAgro Sup (Université de Lyon), Marcy l'étoile, France
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- INSERM U698, Université Paris-Descartes (PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité), Paris, France
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- UPSP 2011.03.10 (ICE), VetAgro Sup (Université de Lyon), Marcy l'étoile, France
- Département des productions animales, ISARA-Lyon, Lyon, France
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- UPSP 2011.03.10 (ICE), VetAgro Sup (Université de Lyon), Marcy l'étoile, France
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- UPSP 2011.03.10 (ICE), VetAgro Sup (Université de Lyon), Marcy l'étoile, France
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- UPSP 2011.03.10 (ICE), VetAgro Sup (Université de Lyon), Marcy l'étoile, France
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- INSERM U698, Université Paris-Descartes (PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité), Paris, France
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- UPSP 2011.03.10 (ICE), VetAgro Sup (Université de Lyon), Marcy l'étoile, France
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Smith JD, Nicholson EM, Greenlee JJ. Evaluation of a combinatorial approach to prion inactivation using an oxidizing agent, SDS, and proteinase K. BMC Vet Res 2013; 9:151. [PMID: 23886483 PMCID: PMC3728008 DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-9-151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2013] [Accepted: 07/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Prions demonstrate an unusual resistance to methods effective at inactivating conventional microorganisms. This has resulted in a very tangible and difficult infection control challenge to the medical and veterinary communities, as well as animal agriculture and related industries. Currently accepted practices of harsh chemical treatments such as prolonged exposure to sodium hydroxide or sodium hypochlorite, or autoclaving are not suitable in many situations. Less caustic and more readily applicable treatments to contaminated environments are therefore desirable. We recently demonstrated that exposure of the RML scrapie agent to a commercial product containing sodium percarbonate (SPC-P) with or without sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) rendered PrP(Sc) sensitive to proteinase K (PK), but did not eliminate infectivity. The current study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of a combinatorial approach to inactivating prions by exposing RML-positive brain homogenate to SPC-P and SDS followed by PK. Treated samples were evaluated for PrP(Sc)-immunoreactivity by western blot, and residual infectivity by mouse bioassay. RESULTS Treatment of infected brain homogenate with SPC-P and SDS followed by PK exposure resulted in a 4-5 log10 reduction in infectivity when bioassayed in tga20 mice. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrates that exposure of the RML scrapie agent to SPC-P and SDS followed by PK markedly reduces, but does not eliminate infectivity. The results of this study encourage further investigation into whether consecutive or concomitant exposure to sodium percarbonate, SDS, and a protease may serve as a viable and non-caustic option for prion inactivation.
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- Jodi D Smith
- Virus and Prion Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, 1920 Dayton Ave, Ames, IA 50010, USA
- Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- Virus and Prion Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, 1920 Dayton Ave, Ames, IA 50010, USA
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- Virus and Prion Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, 1920 Dayton Ave, Ames, IA 50010, USA
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