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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-5-19
pubmed:abstractText
Assessment of the different conformational states of the abnormal prion protein (PrP(Sc)) in the CNS provides an established basis for distinguishing transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) strains. PrP(Sc) conformers are variably resistant to N-terminal proteinase K (PK) digestion, and analysis of the consensus products (PrP(res)) by immunoassay enables effective, but relatively low-resolution differentiation. Determination of the precise N-terminal amino acid profile (N-TAAP) of PrP(res) presents a potential high-resolution means of TSE-strain typing, and thus of differential disease diagnosis. This approach was evaluated using individual mice affected by model scrapie (22A, ME7, 87V and 79A) and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) (301V) strains. Nano liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) was used to determine PrP(res) N-terminal tryptic digestion products. Four major N-terminal tryptic peptides were generated from all mouse TSE strains investigated, corresponding with predominant N-termination of PrP(res) at G(81), G(85), G(89) and G(91). Both the mass spectrometric abundance of the individual peptides and the ratios of pairs of these peptides were evaluated as markers of conformation in relation to their potential for strain discrimination. The yield of peptides was significantly greater for BSE than scrapie strains and the relative quantities of particular peptide pairs differed between strains. Thus, whereas peptide G(91)-K(105) was a dominant peptide from 301V, this was not the case for other strains and, significantly, the ratio of peptides G(91)-K(105):G(89)-K(105) was substantially higher for BSE-infected compared with scrapie-infected mice. These data support the potential of the N-TAAP approach for high-resolution TSE strain typing and differential diagnosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1354-750X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
393-412
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18484354-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:18484354-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18484354-Cattle, pubmed-meshheading:18484354-Chromatography, Liquid, pubmed-meshheading:18484354-Diagnosis, Differential, pubmed-meshheading:18484354-Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform, pubmed-meshheading:18484354-Endopeptidase K, pubmed-meshheading:18484354-Glycosylation, pubmed-meshheading:18484354-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:18484354-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:18484354-Mice, Inbred Strains, pubmed-meshheading:18484354-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:18484354-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:18484354-PrPSc Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18484354-Protein Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:18484354-Scrapie, pubmed-meshheading:18484354-Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization, pubmed-meshheading:18484354-Trypsin
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy strain-associated diversity of N-terminal proteinase K cleavage sites of PrP(Sc) from scrapie-infected and bovine spongiform encephalopathy-infected mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Veterinary Laboratories Agency-Weybridge (VLA), Addlestone, Surrey, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't