NR AWVM
AU Velayos,J.L.; Moleres,F.J.; Cuadrado,M.M.; Irujo,A.M.; Paternain,B.
TI [Expression and localization of the cellular prion protein (PrPc) in the cow's central nervous system. Some reflections on the nvCJD]
OT Expresión y localización de la proteína priónica celular (PrPc) en el sistema nervioso central de la vaca. Algunas reflexiones sobre la nvCJD
QU Neurologia 2006 Oct; 21(8): 421-7
IA http://www.arsxxi.com/pfw_files/cma/ArticulosR/Neurologia/2006/08/109080604210427.pdf
PT english abstract; journal article; research support, non-u.s. gov't
AB INTRODUCTION: The appearance of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and its involvement in the generation of the new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (nvCJD) had important implications from a social and economical point of view. As the presence of PrPc is necessary to establish prion diseases and for the replication of PrPSC in BSE, the study of the expression and localization of PrPc in the central nervous system of cow, mainly the brainstem, is interesting itself. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Expression of PrP by western blot technique and its precise localization by immunohistochemistry were analyzed in the central nervous system of the autochthonous pyrenees breed, a group of cows with a high incidence for BSE. RESULTS: PrP was more abundantly expressed in rostral areas rather than caudal regions of the cow brain. Immunohistochemistry was congruent with western blotting studies. Localization of PrPc was particularly abundant in the cerebral cortex, hippocampus, etc. Noteworthy, immunopositivity was present in the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus and the hypoglossal nucleus. The anterior horn of the spinal cord yielded higher labelling for PrP than the posterior horn. CONCLUSION: PrPc is more abundantly expressed in rostral areas of the central nervous system. According to the findings observed in other mammal species, presence of PrPc in motoneurons of cow indicates that PrPsc might be transported from its site of entry to the central nervous system following a retrograde direction.
MH Animals; Cattle; Central Nervous System/anatomy &; histology/*chemistry/*metabolism/pathology; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome/*metabolism/pathology; Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform/metabolism/pathology; Humans; PrPc Proteins/genetics/*metabolism; Protein Isoforms/genetics/metabolism
AD Departamento de Anatomia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. jvelayos@unav.es
SP spanisch
PO Spanien