University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan.
Virol J. 2011 May 20;8:246. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-8-246.
Scrapie is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder of sheep and goats caused by post-translational conformational change in the host-encoded prion protein (PrPC). Susceptibility or resistance to scrapie has been associated with the presence of polymorphisms in the prion protein (PrP) gene. In the present study, we analyzed the PrP gene sequence to determine the frequency of polymorphisms in 56 sheep (28 each from Damani and Hashtnagri breeds) and 56 goats (28 each from Kamori and Local Hairy breeds). A total of 7 amino acid polymorphisms were detected in the PrP gene for sheep and 4 for goats. These amino acid polymorphisms were combined in 13 alleles and 15 genotypes in sheep and 5 alleles and 6 genotypes in goats. The overall frequency of the most sheep scrapie-resistant polymorphism (Q171R) was calculated to be 0.107. The most scrapie-susceptible polymorphism (A136V) was not detected in any of the studied sheep. The overall frequency of scrapie-associated polymorphism (H143R) in goats was found to be 0.152. Along with already known amino acid polymorphisms, two novel polymorphisms were also detected for each of sheep (Q171N and T191I) and goats (G22C and P63L). However, the overall frequency of these polymorphisms was extremely low.
瘙痒病是绵羊和山羊的一种致命神经退行性疾病,由宿主编码的朊病毒蛋白(PrPC)的翻译后构象变化引起。对瘙痒病的易感性或抗性与朊病毒蛋白(PrP)基因中的多态性的存在有关。在本研究中,我们分析了 PrP 基因序列,以确定 56 只绵羊(Damani 和 Hashtnagri 品种各 28 只)和 56 只山羊(Kamori 和 Local Hairy 品种各 28 只)中多态性的频率。在绵羊的 PrP 基因中检测到了总共 7 个氨基酸多态性,而在山羊中则检测到了 4 个。这些氨基酸多态性在绵羊中组合成 13 个等位基因和 15 个基因型,在山羊中组合成 5 个等位基因和 6 个基因型。最抗绵羊瘙痒病的多态性(Q171R)的总体频率计算为 0.107。在任何研究的绵羊中都未检测到最易感染瘙痒病的多态性(A136V)。在山羊中,与瘙痒病相关的多态性(H143R)的总体频率为 0.152。除了已经知道的氨基酸多态性外,还在每只绵羊(Q171N 和 T191I)和山羊(G22C 和 P63L)中检测到了两个新的多态性。然而,这些多态性的总体频率非常低。