Prions in Variably Protease-Sensitive Prionopathy: An Update
Human prion diseases, including sporadic, familial, and acquired forms such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), are caused by prions in which an abnormal prion protein (PrPSc) derived from its normal cellular isoform (PrPC) is the only known component. The recently-identified variably protease-sensitive prionopathy (VPSPr) is characterized not only by an atypical clinical phenotype and neuropathology but also by the deposition in the brain of a peculiar PrPSc. Like other forms of human prion disease, the pathogenesis of VPSPr also currently remains unclear. However, the findings of the peculiar features of prions from VPSPr and of the possible association of VPSPr with a known genetic prion disease linked with a valine to isoleucine mutation at residue 180 of PrP reported recently, may be of great importance in enhancing our understanding of not only this atypical human prion disease in particular, but also other prion diseases in general. In this review, we highlight the physicochemical and biological properties of prions from VPSPr and discuss the pathogenesis of VPSPr including the origin and formation of the peculiar prions.
Main Authors: | Zou, W.Q., Gambetti, P., Xiao, X., Yuan, J., Langeveld, J.P.M., Pirisinu, L. |
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Format: | Article/Letter to editor biblioteca |
Language: | English |
Subjects: | Antibody, Creutzfeldt-jakob disease (CJD), Gerstmann-sträussler-scheinker (GSS), Glycoform-selective prion formation, Glycosylation, Mutation, Prion disease, Prion protein, Prions, Proteinase K, Transmissibility, Variably protease-sensitive prionopathy (VPSPr), |
Online Access: | https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/prions-in-variably-protease-sensitive-prionopathy-an-update |
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