Quaternary structure of pathological prion protein as a determining factor of strain-specific prion replication dynamics.
Prions are proteinaceous infectious agents responsible for fatal neurodegenerative diseases in animals and humans. They are essentially composed of PrP(Sc), an aggregated, misfolded conformer of the ubiquitously expressed host-encoded prion protein (PrP(C)). Stable variations in PrP(Sc) conformation...
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oai:doaj.org-article:e8c310abcac44b519a47452d7bd5e9612021-11-18T06:07:29ZQuaternary structure of pathological prion protein as a determining factor of strain-specific prion replication dynamics.1553-73661553-737410.1371/journal.ppat.1003702https://doaj.org/article/e8c310abcac44b519a47452d7bd5e9612013-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24130496/pdf/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1553-7366https://doaj.org/toc/1553-7374Prions are proteinaceous infectious agents responsible for fatal neurodegenerative diseases in animals and humans. They are essentially composed of PrP(Sc), an aggregated, misfolded conformer of the ubiquitously expressed host-encoded prion protein (PrP(C)). Stable variations in PrP(Sc) conformation are assumed to encode the phenotypically tangible prion strains diversity. However the direct contribution of PrP(Sc) quaternary structure to the strain biological information remains mostly unknown. Applying a sedimentation velocity fractionation technique to a panel of ovine prion strains, classified as fast and slow according to their incubation time in ovine PrP transgenic mice, has previously led to the observation that the relationship between prion infectivity and PrP(Sc) quaternary structure was not univocal. For the fast strains specifically, infectivity sedimented slowly and segregated from the bulk of proteinase-K resistant PrP(Sc). To carefully separate the respective contributions of size and density to this hydrodynamic behavior, we performed sedimentation at the equilibrium and varied the solubilization conditions. The density profile of prion infectivity and proteinase-K resistant PrP(Sc) tended to overlap whatever the strain, fast or slow, leaving only size as the main responsible factor for the specific velocity properties of the fast strain most infectious component. We further show that this velocity-isolable population of discrete assemblies perfectly resists limited proteolysis and that its templating activity, as assessed by protein misfolding cyclic amplification outcompetes by several orders of magnitude that of the bulk of larger size PrP(Sc) aggregates. Together, the tight correlation between small size, conversion efficiency and duration of disease establishes PrP(Sc) quaternary structure as a determining factor of prion replication dynamics. For certain strains, a subset of PrP assemblies appears to be the best template for prion replication. This has important implications for fundamental studies on prions.Florent LaferrièrePhilippe TixadorMohammed MoudjouJérôme ChapuisPierre SibilleLaetitia HerzogFabienne ReineEmilie JaumainHubert LaudeHuman RezaeiVincent BéringuePublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleImmunologic diseases. AllergyRC581-607Biology (General)QH301-705.5ENPLoS Pathogens, Vol 9, Iss 10, p e1003702 (2013) |
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Immunologic diseases. Allergy RC581-607 Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Florent Laferrière Philippe Tixador Mohammed Moudjou Jérôme Chapuis Pierre Sibille Laetitia Herzog Fabienne Reine Emilie Jaumain Hubert Laude Human Rezaei Vincent Béringue Quaternary structure of pathological prion protein as a determining factor of strain-specific prion replication dynamics. |
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Prions are proteinaceous infectious agents responsible for fatal neurodegenerative diseases in animals and humans. They are essentially composed of PrP(Sc), an aggregated, misfolded conformer of the ubiquitously expressed host-encoded prion protein (PrP(C)). Stable variations in PrP(Sc) conformation are assumed to encode the phenotypically tangible prion strains diversity. However the direct contribution of PrP(Sc) quaternary structure to the strain biological information remains mostly unknown. Applying a sedimentation velocity fractionation technique to a panel of ovine prion strains, classified as fast and slow according to their incubation time in ovine PrP transgenic mice, has previously led to the observation that the relationship between prion infectivity and PrP(Sc) quaternary structure was not univocal. For the fast strains specifically, infectivity sedimented slowly and segregated from the bulk of proteinase-K resistant PrP(Sc). To carefully separate the respective contributions of size and density to this hydrodynamic behavior, we performed sedimentation at the equilibrium and varied the solubilization conditions. The density profile of prion infectivity and proteinase-K resistant PrP(Sc) tended to overlap whatever the strain, fast or slow, leaving only size as the main responsible factor for the specific velocity properties of the fast strain most infectious component. We further show that this velocity-isolable population of discrete assemblies perfectly resists limited proteolysis and that its templating activity, as assessed by protein misfolding cyclic amplification outcompetes by several orders of magnitude that of the bulk of larger size PrP(Sc) aggregates. Together, the tight correlation between small size, conversion efficiency and duration of disease establishes PrP(Sc) quaternary structure as a determining factor of prion replication dynamics. For certain strains, a subset of PrP assemblies appears to be the best template for prion replication. This has important implications for fundamental studies on prions. |
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Florent Laferrière Philippe Tixador Mohammed Moudjou Jérôme Chapuis Pierre Sibille Laetitia Herzog Fabienne Reine Emilie Jaumain Hubert Laude Human Rezaei Vincent Béringue |
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Florent Laferrière Philippe Tixador Mohammed Moudjou Jérôme Chapuis Pierre Sibille Laetitia Herzog Fabienne Reine Emilie Jaumain Hubert Laude Human Rezaei Vincent Béringue |
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Florent Laferrière |
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Quaternary structure of pathological prion protein as a determining factor of strain-specific prion replication dynamics. |
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Quaternary structure of pathological prion protein as a determining factor of strain-specific prion replication dynamics. |
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Quaternary structure of pathological prion protein as a determining factor of strain-specific prion replication dynamics. |
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Quaternary structure of pathological prion protein as a determining factor of strain-specific prion replication dynamics. |
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Quaternary structure of pathological prion protein as a determining factor of strain-specific prion replication dynamics. |
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quaternary structure of pathological prion protein as a determining factor of strain-specific prion replication dynamics. |
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