Davies Marie L, Hopkins Lee J, Halliday Sue, Houston Fiona, Hunter Nora, McConnell Ian
Centre for Veterinary Science, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Immunology. 2004 Feb;111(2):230-6. doi: 10.1111/j.0019-2805.2003.01789.x.
Scrapie is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy in which there is an accumulation of the abnormal form of the prion protein, PrPsc, in the lymphoreticular system and nervous system. There is a particular accumulation of PrPsc on follicular dendritic cells within the germinal centre of B-cell follicles. Because accumulation of PrPsc in the nervous system leads to neuronal cell loss we have examined PrPsc accumulation in the prescapular and mesenteric lymph nodes in relation to lymph node architecture of scrapie-challenged sheep. We demonstrate that an accumulation of PrPsc in the lymph node fails to result in gross defects in the microanatomy and phenotype of T- and B-cell areas in the lymph nodes.
羊瘙痒症是一种传染性海绵状脑病,其中朊病毒蛋白PrPsc的异常形式在淋巴网状系统和神经系统中积累。在B细胞滤泡生发中心的滤泡树突状细胞上有特别的PrPsc积累。由于PrPsc在神经系统中的积累导致神经元细胞丢失,我们研究了经羊瘙痒症攻击的绵羊肩胛前淋巴结和肠系膜淋巴结中PrPsc的积累与淋巴结结构的关系。我们证明,淋巴结中PrPsc的积累不会导致淋巴结中T细胞和B细胞区域的微观解剖结构和表型出现明显缺陷。