Assessing the susceptibility of transgenic mice overexpressing deer prion protein to bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

Abstract:

:Several transgenic mouse models have been developed which facilitate the transmission of chronic wasting disease (CWD) of cervids and allow prion strain discrimination. The present study was designed to assess the susceptibility of the prototypic mouse line, Tg(CerPrP)1536(+/-), to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) prions, which have the ability to overcome species barriers. Tg(CerPrP)1536(+/-) mice challenged with red deer-adapted BSE resulted in 90% to 100% attack rates, and BSE from cattle failed to transmit, indicating agent adaptation in the deer.

journal_name

J Virol

journal_title

Journal of virology

authors

Vickery CM,Lockey R,Holder TM,Thorne L,Beck KE,Wilson C,Denyer M,Sheehan J,Marsh S,Webb PR,Dexter I,Norman A,Popescu E,Schneider A,Holden P,Griffiths PC,Plater JM,Dagleish MP,Martin S,Telling GC,Simmons MM,Spiro

doi

10.1128/JVI.02762-13

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-02-01 00:00:00

pages

1830-3

issue

3

eissn

0022-538X

issn

1098-5514

pii

JVI.02762-13

journal_volume

88

pub_type

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