Sawada Kazuhei, Suzuki Akio, Yamasaki Takeshi, Iwamaru Yoshifumi, Matsuura Yuichi, Miyazawa Kohtaro, Masujin Kentaro, Atarashi Ryuichiro, Horiuchi Motohiro
Laboratory of Veterinary Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita18, Nish 9, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0818, Japan.
Global Station for Zoonosis Control, Global Institute for Collaborative Research and Education, Hokkaido University, Kita 20, Nishi 10, Kita-ku, Hokkaido 001-0020, Japan.
J Vet Med Sci. 2019 Jun 6;81(6):846-850. doi: 10.1292/jvms.19-0003. Epub 2019 Apr 15.
Atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), first identified in 2004, poses a threat due to the potential to spread the disease to cattle and other animals, including humans. Here, we estimated prion titers in various tissues of cattle infected with atypical BSE using a real-time quaking-induced conversion assay that detects amyloid seeding activity of a disease-specific prion protein, PrP, a major component of prions. PrP was detected both in and outside of nerve tissues, and some of the peripheral nerve tissues contained relatively high prion titers. Low titers of prions were also observed in masseter, jejunum, and adrenal glands. Quantitative data on prion infectivity in tissues of atypical BSE-affected cattle is useful to assess the risk of atypical BSE.
非典型牛海绵状脑病(BSE)于2004年首次被发现,因其有可能将疾病传播给牛和包括人类在内的其他动物而构成威胁。在此,我们使用实时颤抖诱导转化分析法估计感染非典型BSE的牛的各种组织中的朊病毒滴度,该分析法可检测疾病特异性朊病毒蛋白PrP(朊病毒的主要成分)的淀粉样蛋白播种活性。在神经组织内外均检测到PrP,一些外周神经组织含有相对较高的朊病毒滴度。在咬肌、空肠和肾上腺中也观察到低滴度的朊病毒。非典型BSE感染牛组织中朊病毒感染性的定量数据有助于评估非典型BSE的风险。