Reciprocal interference between specific CJD and scrapie agents in neural cell cultures
Reciprocal interference between specific CJD and scrapie agents in neural cell cultures
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DOI:
10.1126/science.1118155
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发表时间:
2005-10-21
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影响因子:
56.9
通讯作者:
Manuelidis, L
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作者:
Nishida, N;Katamine, S;Manuelidis, L
Infection of mice with an attenuated Creutzfetdt-Jakob disease agent (SY-CJD) interferes with superinfection by a more virulent human-derived CJD agent (FU-CJD) and does not require pathological prion protein (PrPres). Using a rapid coculture system, we found that a neural cell line free of immune system cells similarly supported substantial CJD agent interference without PrPres. In addition, SY-CJD prevented superinfection by sheep-derived Chandler (Ch) and 22L scrapie agents. However, only 22L and not Ch prevented FU-CJD infection, even though both scrapie strains provoked abundant PrPres. This relationship between particular strains of sheep- and human-derived agents is likely to affect their prevalence and epidemic spread.