Affinity-Tagged Miniprion Derivatives Spontaneously Adopt Protease-Resistant Conformations
AUTOR(ES)
Supattapone, Surachai
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
An abridged PrP molecule of 106 amino acids designated PrP106 can form infectious miniprions in transgenic (Tg) mice (29). Addition of six-histidine (His6) affinity tags to selective sites within PrP106 resulted unexpectedly in new PrP proteins that spontaneously adopted protease-resistant conformations when expressed in neuroblastoma cells and Tg mice. Acquisition of protease resistance depended on the length, charge, and placement of the affinity tag. Introduction of the disease-linked mutation E200K into the sequence of PrP106(140/6His) increased the recovery of protease-resistant PrP fivefold, whereas introduction of the mutations C213A and Δ214–220 did not affect the recovery of protease-resistant PrP. Treatment of cultured cells expressing affinity-tagged PrP106 mutants with polypropyleneimine dendrimer rendered these proteins sensitive to protease digestion in a manner similar to wild-type PrPSc. We conclude that certain affinity-tagged PrP106 proteins spontaneously fold into conformations partially resembling, yet distinct from, wild-type PrPSc. These proteins might be useful tools in the identification of new disease-causing mutations as well as for screening compounds for therapeutic efficacy.
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http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=112476Documentos Relacionados
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