Amphotericin B treatment dissociates in vivo replication of the scrapie agent from PrP accumulation.

Abstract:

:Scrapie and related animal and human disorders are neurodegenerative diseases characterized by the formation of a modified, partly proteinase-resistant protein (PrP) of the host, which tends to aggregate as amyloid fibrils and accumulate in the brain of infected individuals. There is a general consensus that the pathological form of PrP (PrPSc) is essential for the clinical appearance of the disease, but whether it is part of the scrapie agent or a by-product of viral infection is still controversial. Here we report that treatment of scrapie-infected hamsters with amphotericin B delays the accumulation in the brain of the proteinase-resistant portion of PrPSc by about 30 days without affecting scrapie replication. The consequence is that hamsters treated with amphotericin B developed clinical signs of disease later than infected controls. We argue that the proteinase-resistant portion of PrPSc is necessary for the development of the disease but that it is unlikely to be essential for scrapie replication.

journal_name

Nature

journal_title

Nature

authors

Xi YG,Ingrosso L,Ladogana A,Masullo C,Pocchiari M

doi

10.1038/356598a0

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subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1992-04-16 00:00:00

pages

598-601

issue

6370

eissn

0028-0836

issn

1476-4687

journal_volume

356

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