by Keyword: Prnp
Sala-Jarque, Julia, Gil, Vanessa, Andres-Benito, Pol, Martinez-Soria, Ines, Picon-Pages, Pol, Hernandez, Felix, Avila, Jesus, Luis Lanciego, Jose, Nuvolone, Mario, Aguzzi, Adriano, Gavin, Rosalina, Ferrer, Isidro, Antonio del Rio, Jose, (2024). The cellular prion protein does not affect tau seeding and spreading of sarkosyl-insoluble fractions from Alzheimer's disease Scientific Reports 14, 21622 
The cellular prion protein (PrPC) plays many roles in the developing and adult brain. In addition, PrPC binds to several amyloids in oligomeric and prefibrillar forms and may act as a putative receptor of abnormal misfolded protein species. The role of PrPC in tau seeding and spreading is not known. In the present study, we have inoculated well-characterized sarkosyl-insoluble fractions of sporadic Alzheimer's disease (sAD) into the brain of adult wild-type mice (Prnp(+/+)), Prnp(0/0) (ZH3 strain) mice, and mice over-expressing the secreted form of PrPC lacking their GPI anchor (Tg44 strain). Phospho-tau (ptau) seeding and spreading involving neurons and oligodendrocytes were observed three and six months after inoculation. 3Rtau and 4Rtau deposits from the host tau, as revealed by inoculating Mapt(0/0) mice and by using specific anti-mouse and anti-human tau antibodies suggest modulation of exon 10 splicing of the host mouse Mapt gene elicited by exogenous sAD-tau. However, no tau seeding and spreading differences were observed among Prnp genotypes. Our results show that PrPC does not affect tau seeding and spreading in vivo.
JTD Keywords: Alpha-synuclein, Alzheimer's disease, Amyloid-beta oligomers, Expression, Impairmen, Mapt, Mice, Paired helical filaments, Pathological tau, Prnp, Propagation, Prpc, Seeding, Spreadin, Synaptic plasticity, Tau, Tauopathies
Urrea, L., Segura, Miriam, Masuda-Suzukake, M., Hervera, A., Pedraz, L., Aznar, J. M. G., Vila, M., Samitier, J., Torrents, E., Ferrer, Isidro, Gavín, R., Hagesawa, M., Del Río, J. A., (2018). Involvement of cellular prion protein in α-synuclein transport in neurons Molecular Neurobiology 55, (3), 1847-1860
The cellular prion protein, encoded by the gene Prnp, has been reported to be a receptor of β-amyloid. Their interaction is mandatory for neurotoxic effects of β-amyloid oligomers. In this study, we aimed to explore whether the cellular prion protein participates in the spreading of α-synuclein. Results demonstrate that Prnp expression is not mandatory for α-synuclein spreading. However, although the pathological spreading of α-synuclein can take place in the absence of Prnp, α-synuclein expanded faster in PrPC-overexpressing mice.
JTD Keywords: Amyloid spreading, Microfluidic devices, Prnp, Synuclein
