Prion neurodegeneration: starts and stops at the synapse.

abstract：:We propose models for in vitro grown mammalian prion protein fibrils based upon left handed beta helices formed both from the N-terminal and C-terminal regions of the proteinase resistant infectious prion core. The C-terminal threading onto a beta-helical structure is almost uniquely determined by fixing the cysteine ...

journal_title：Prion

authors： Kunes KC,Clark SC,Cox DL,Singh RR

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins with expanded polyglutamine (polyQ) regions are prone to form amyloids, which can cause diseases in humans and toxicity in yeast. Recently, we showed that in yeast non-toxic amyloids of Q-rich proteins can induce aggregation and toxicity of wild type huntingtin (Htt) with a short non-pathogenic polyglutamine ...

journal_title：Prion

authors： Alexandrov AI,Serpionov GV,Kushnirov VV,Ter-Avanesyan MD

更新日期：2016-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanisms for the spread of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy diseases, including chronic wasting disease (CWD) in North American cervids, are incompletely understood, but primary routes include horizontal and environmental transmission. Birds have been identified as potential vectors for a number of diseases, ...

journal_title：Prion

authors： Fischer JW,Phillips GE,Nichols TA,Vercauteren KC

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:M2B cells with persistent classical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (C-BSE) have been established previously. In this study, we performed strain characterization of the M2B cell line in bovine PrPC overexpressing mice (Tg 1896). Mice intracranially inoculated with M2B cells and C-BSE survived for 451 ± 7 and 465 ± 31...

journal_title：Prion

authors： Suh TY,Roh IS,Kim HJ,Griffiths PC,Park KJ,Park HC,Hope J,Kang HE,Kim DY,Sohn HJ

更新日期：2017-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The yeast, fungal and mammalian prions determine heritable and infectious traits that are encoded in alternative conformations of proteins. They cause lethal sporadic, familial and infectious neurodegenerative conditions in man, including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome (GSS), ...

journal_title：Prion

authors： Safar JG

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modified nucleosides in tRNA anticodon loops such as 5-methoxy-carbonyl-methyl-2-thiouridine (mcm5s2U) and pseuduridine (Ψ) are thought to be required for an efficient decoding process. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the simultaneous presence of mcm5s2U and Ψ38 in tRNAGlnUUG was shown to mediate efficient synthesis of t...

journal_title：Prion

authors： Schaffrath R,Klassen R

更新日期：2017-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic prion diseases are degenerative brain disorders caused by mutations in the gene encoding the prion protein (PrP). Different PrP mutations cause different diseases, including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker (GSS) syndrome and fatal familial insomnia (FFI). The reason for this var...

journal_title：Prion

authors： Chiesa R,Restelli E,Comerio L,Del Gallo F,Imeri L

更新日期：2016-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies on iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) raised concerns that one of the hallmark lesions of Alzheimer disease (AD), amyloid-β (Aβ), may be transmitted from human-to-human. The neuropathology of AD-related lesions is complex. Therefore, many aspects need to be considered in deciding on this issue. ...

journal_title：Prion

authors： Kovacs GG

更新日期：2016-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The normal function of PrPC, the cellular prion protein, has remained mysterious since its first description over 30 years ago. Amazingly, although complete deletion of the gene encoding PrPC has little phenotypic consequence, expression in transgenic mice of PrP molecules carrying certain internal deletions produces ...

journal_title：Prion

authors： McDonald AJ,Wu B,Harris DA

更新日期：2017-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The degeneration of pre-synaptic boutons in the stratum radiatum of the dorsal hippocampus is one of earliest components of neurodegeneration in several models of murine prion disease. We recently showed that blockade of synaptic transmission by infusion of botulinum neurotoxin A (BoNT/A) into the hippocampus several ...

journal_title：Prion

authors： Caleo M,Restani L,Perry VH

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of signaling pathways, in particular with roles in cell fate and host defense, operate by a prion-like mechanism consisting in the formation of open-ended oligomeric signaling complexes termed signalosomes. This mechanism emerges as a novel paradigm in signal transduction. Among the proteins forming such sig...

journal_title：Prion

authors： Daskalov A,Saupe SJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prions are responsible for a heterogeneous group of fatal neurodegenerative diseases. They can be sporadic, genetic, or infectious disorders involving post-translational modifications of the cellular prion protein (PrP(C)). Prions (PrP(Sc)) are characterized by their infectious property and intrinsic ability to conver...

journal_title：Prion

authors： Benetti F,Legname G

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prion diseases are infectious conformational diseases. Despite the determination of many native prion protein (PrP) structures and in vitro production of infectious prions from recombinant PrP the structural background of PrP conversion remains the largest unsolved problem. The aggregated state of PrP (Sc) makes it in...

journal_title：Prion

authors： Hafner-Bratkovič I,Jerala R

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yeast have been extensively used to model aspects of protein folding diseases, yielding novel mechanistic insights and identifying promising candidate therapeutic targets. In particular, the neurodegenerative disorder Huntington disease (HD), which is caused by the abnormal expansion of a polyglutamine tract in the hu...

journal_title：Prion

authors： Mason RP,Giorgini F

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) are a group of lethal neurodegenerative diseases involving the structural conversion of cellular prion protein (PrPC) into the pathogenic isoform (PrPSc) for which no effective treatment is currently available. Previous studies have implicated that a polymeric molecule ...

journal_title：Prion

authors： Honda R,Yamaguchi KI,Elhelaly AE,Fuji M,Kuwata K

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenic mechanism of prion diseases remains unknown. We recently reported that prion infection disturbs post-Golgi trafficking of certain types of membrane proteins to the cell surface, resulting in reduced surface expression of membrane proteins and abrogating the signal from the proteins. The surface expressi...

journal_title：Prion

authors： Uchiyama K,Miyata H,Sakaguchi S

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aggregation of a soluble protein into insoluble, beta-sheet rich amyloid fibrils is a defining characteristic of many neurodegenerative diseases, including prion disorders. The prion protein has so far been considered unique because of its infectious nature. Recent investigations, however, suggest that other amylo...

journal_title：Prion

authors： Frost B,Diamond MI

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prion diseases are consistently associated with prion protein (PrP(C)) misfolding rendering a cascade of auto-catalytic self-perpetuation of misfolded PrP in an afflicted individual. The molecular process is intriguingly similar to all known amyloid diseases both local and systemic. The prion disease is also infectiou...

journal_title：Prion

authors： Nyström S,Hammarström P

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many neurodegenerative disorders share common features including the accumulation of aggregated misfolded proteins, neuroinflammation and the induction of apoptosis. While the contributions of each of these individual elements to neuronal death remain unclear, a commonly used antibiotic, minocycline, has been shown to...

journal_title：Prion

authors： Noble W,Garwood CJ,Hanger DP

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) are a group of neurodegenerative diseases caused by the misfolding of the cellular prion protein to an infectious form PrP(Sc). The intercellular transfer of PrP(Sc) is a question of immediate interest as the cell-to-cell movement of the infectious particle causes the i...

journal_title：Prion

authors： Zhu S,Victoria GS,Marzo L,Ghosh R,Zurzolo C

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here on the proceedings of the Global Alzheimer Summit that took place September 22-23, 2011 in Madrid, Spain. As Alzheimer disease (AD) is the leading cause of neurodegeneration in elderly individuals and as yet has no effective therapeutic option, it continues to stimulate global research interests. At the...

journal_title：Prion

authors： Gonsalves D,Jovanovic K,Da Costa Dias B,Weiss SF

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether EPC-MVs could promote bone regeneration by directly regulating osteoblast through miR-126. The underlying mechanisms were also explored. METHODS:EPCs were isolated from bone marrow mononuclear cells. EPC-MVs were collected from EPCs cultured medium. The lentivirus was used to induce miR-1...

journal_title：Prion

authors： Chen G,Li P,Liu Z,Zeng R,Ma X,Chen Y,Xu H,Li Z,Lin H

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of L-type-like atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy was detected in 14-year-old Japanese black beef cattle (BSE/JP24). To clarify the biological and biochemical properties of the prion in BSE/JP24, we performed a transmission study with wild-type mice and bovinized transgenic mice (TgBoPrP). The BSE/JP24 p...

journal_title：Prion

authors： Masujin K,Shu Y,Yamakawa Y,Hagiwara K,Sata T,Matsuura Y,Iwamaru Y,Imamura M,Okada H,Mohri S,Yokoyama T

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perturbations of calcium homeostasis have been associated with several neurodegenerative disorders. A common polymorphism (rs2986017) in the CALHM1 gene, coding for a regulator of calcium homeostasis, is a genetic risk factor for the development of Alzheimer disease (AD). Although some authors failed to confirm these ...

journal_title：Prion

authors： Calero O,Bullido MJ,Clarimón J,Hortigüela R,Frank-García A,Martínez-Martín P,Lleó A,Rey MJ,Sastre I,Rábano A,de Pedro-Cuesta J,Ferrer I,Calero M

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many laboratory studies and epidemiological observations confirm that nematodes prevent some immune-mediated diseases. The development of immunologically well-defined laboratory models of intestinal nematode infection has allowed significant advances to be made in understanding the immunological basis of effector mech...

journal_title：Prion

authors： Donskow-Łysoniewska K,Brodaczewska K,Doligalska M

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conformational diseases, linked to protein aggregation into amyloid conformations, range from non-infectious neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer disease (AD), to highly infectious ones, such as human transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs). They are commonly known as prion diseases. However, si...

journal_title：Prion

authors： Sabate R

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early detection and diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases has been hampered by the lack of sensitive testing. Real-time quaking induced conversion (RT-QuIC) has been used for the early and sensitive detection of prion-induced neurologic disease, and has more recently been adapted to detect misfolded alpha-synuclein ...

journal_title：Prion

authors： Tennant JM,Henderson DM,Wisniewski TM,Hoover EA

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Each known abnormal prion protein (PrP (Sc) ) is considered to have a specific range and therefore the ability to infect some species and not others. Consequently, some species have been assumed to be prion disease resistant as no successful natural or experimental challenge infections have been reported. This assumpt...

journal_title：Prion

authors： Fernández-Borges N,Chianini F,Eraña H,Vidal E,Eaton SL,Pintado B,Finlayson J,Dagleish MP,Castilla J

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of the ovine prion-related protein (testis-specific) gene (PRNT), including studies of genetic diversity, have highlighted its potential relationship to scrapie infection and economically important ovine traits. PRNT was previously reported to be highly polymorphic in Portuguese sheep. To characterize genetic ...

journal_title：Prion

authors： Li J,Zhang S,Erdenee S,Sun X,Dang R,Huang Y,Lei C,Chen H,Xu H,Cai Y,Lan X

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among different types of protein aggregation, amyloids are a biochemically well characterized state of protein aggregation that are associated with a large number of neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an insightful model...

journal_title：Prion

authors： Aslam K,Hazbun TR

更新日期：2016-03-03 00:00:00