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Digestion and transportation of bovine spongiform encephalopathy-derived prion protein in the sheep intestine Free

Abstract

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is acquired orally and the mechanisms involved in the absorption and transportation of infectivity across the gut wall are therefore critical. Isolated gut loops were created in lambs, massaged to remove intestinal contents (flushed) or left non-flushed, inoculated with cattle BSE homogenate and excised at different time-points. Gut loops were examined by immunohistochemistry (IHC) for disease-associated prion protein (PrP), and the contents were analysed by Western blotting (WB) to determine the degradation rate of protease-resistant PrP (PrP). The contents of scrapie-inoculated gut loops from a previous experiment were analysed by WB, and these digestion results were compared with those of an experiment on the same transmissible spongiform encephalopathy homogenates. BSE-inoculum-derived PrP was detected by IHC in the gut lumen between 15 min and 3.5 h. It was found in the intestinal lymphatic system from 30 min onwards and was present at the highest frequency at 120 min post-inoculation. degradation of PrP in the BSE inoculum had a significantly (=0.006) different pattern compared with scrapie-derived PrP, with the BSE PrP degrading more rapidly. However, the overall amount of degradation became similar by 120 min post-challenge. The results of the digestion experiments showed a similar pattern, although the magnitude of PrP degradation was less than in the environment where absorption could also take place. BSE-derived PrP is less protease resistant than scrapie PrP over a short time-course and the disappearance of detectable PrP from the gut lumen results from both absorption and digestion by intestinal contents.

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Digestion and transportation of bovine spongiform encephalopathy-derived prion protein in the sheep intestine
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