Sakudo Akikazu, Nakamura Izuru, Lee Deug-Chan, Saeki Keiichi, Ikuta Kazuyoshi, Onodera Takashi
Department of Molecular Immunology, School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.
Protein Pept Lett. 2007;14(1):1-6.
The cytotoxicity of aged PrP(106-126) was examined using an immortalized prion protein (PrP) gene-deficient neuronal cell line. The N-terminal half of the hydrophobic region (HR) but not the octapeptide repeat (OR) of PrP was required for aged PrP(106-126) neurotoxicity, suggesting that neurotoxic signals of aged PrP(106-126) are mediated by this region.
使用永生化朊病毒蛋白(PrP)基因缺陷型神经元细胞系检测老化型PrP(106 - 126)的细胞毒性。老化型PrP(106 - 126)的神经毒性需要PrP疏水区域(HR)的N端一半而非八肽重复序列(OR),这表明老化型PrP(106 - 126)的神经毒性信号由该区域介导。