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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-3-29
pubmed:abstractText
Prion diseases are probably caused by an abnormal form of a cellular glycoprotein, the prion protein. Recent evidence suggests that the prion strain causing BSE has been transmitted to humans, thereby provoking a variant form of Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease. In this work, we analyzed the behavior of normal and malformed isoforms of the bovine PrP in transfected mammalian cell lines. Biochemical and immunocytochemical assays were complimented with imaging of live cells expressing fusion constructs between PrP and GFP. Bovine homologues of human E200K and D178N (129M) mutations were used as models of pathogenic isoforms. We show that the GFP does not impair the metabolism of native and mutant bPrPs and is thus a valid marker of PrP cellular distribution. We also show that each amino acid replacement provokes alterations in the cell sorting and processing of bPrP. These are different from those ascribed to both murine mutant homologues. However, human and bovine PrPs carrying the D178N genotype had similar cellular behavior.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1044-7431
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2001 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
521-38
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11273647-Amino Acid Substitution, pubmed-meshheading:11273647-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11273647-CHO Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11273647-Cattle, pubmed-meshheading:11273647-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:11273647-Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:11273647-Cricetinae, pubmed-meshheading:11273647-Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform, pubmed-meshheading:11273647-Endoplasmic Reticulum, pubmed-meshheading:11273647-Glycosylation, pubmed-meshheading:11273647-Golgi Apparatus, pubmed-meshheading:11273647-HeLa Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11273647-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11273647-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, pubmed-meshheading:11273647-Prions, pubmed-meshheading:11273647-Protein Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:11273647-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11273647-Transfection
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
The metabolism and imaging in live cells of the bovine prion protein in its native form or carrying single amino acid substitutions.
pubmed:affiliation
Dipartimento di Chimica Biologica, Centro C.N.R., di Studio delle Biomembrane and C.R.I.B.I., Università di Padova, Padova, 35121, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't