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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
Pt 6
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-6-1
pubmed:abstractText
Inherited prion diseases are caused by PRNP coding mutations and display marked phenotypic heterogeneity within families segregating the same pathogenic mutation. A proline-to-leucine substitution at prion protein (PrP) residue 102 (P102L), classically associated with the Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker (GSS) phenotype, also shows marked clinical and pathological heterogeneity, including patients with a Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) phenotype. To date, this heterogeneity has been attributed to temporal and spatial variance in the propagation of distinct protease-resistant (PrP(Sc)) isoforms of mutant PrP. Here, using a monoclonal antibody that recognizes wild-type PrP, but not PrP 102L, we reveal a spectrum of involvement of wild-type PrP(Sc) in P102L individuals. PrP(Sc) isoforms derived from wild-type and mutant PrP are distinct both from each other and from those seen in sporadic and acquired CJD. Such differential propagation of disease-related isoforms of wild-type PrP and PrP 102L provides a molecular mechanism for generation of the multiple clinicopathological phenotypes seen in inherited prion disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1460-2156
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
129
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1557-69
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Phenotypic heterogeneity in inherited prion disease (P102L) is associated with differential propagation of protease-resistant wild-type and mutant prion protein.
pubmed:affiliation
MRC Prion Unit and Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, Institute of Neurology, University College London, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery Queen Square, London, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't