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Abstract

Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) are infections that are experimentally transmissible to laboratory animals. TSE agents (prions) can be serially passaged in the same animal species. The susceptibility of mice to infection with specific TSE agents can be unpredictable and must be established empirically. We challenged wild-type C57BL/6 and RIIIS/J mice and transgenic mice overexpressing bovine prion protein (TgBo110) with a human brain infected with variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (vCJD) agent and pooled brains of macaques experimentally infected with human vCJD agent (first-passage macaque vCJD). The human vCJD brain yielded a wide range of infectivity titres in different mouse models; TgBo110 mice were the most sensitive. In contrast, infectivity titres of macaque vCJD brain were similar in all three murine models. The brains of RIIIS/J mice infected with both human and macaque vCJD had mild or no vacuolation, while infected C57BL/6 and TgBo110 mice had spongiform degeneration with vacuolation. Abnormal prion protein (PrP) extracted from the brains of vCJD-infected TgBo110 mice displayed different glycosylation profiles and had greater resistance to denaturation by guanidine hydrochloride than PrP from infected wild-type mice or from either inoculum. Those histopathological features of TSE and physical properties of PrP in mice with experimental vCJD were intrinsic to the host, even though we also observed differences between wild-type mice infected with either agent, suggesting a modulatory effect of the inoculum. This study compared three widely used mouse models infected with two different vCJD inocula. The results show that the host plays a major role in manifestations of experimental TSEs.

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