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An overview of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

K. Takemura ,
M. Kahdre ,
D. Joseph ,
A. Yousef  and
S. Sreevatsan
K. Takemura
Affiliation:
Food Animal Health Research Program, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Ohio State University, Wooster, OH 44691, USA
M. Kahdre
Affiliation:
Department of Food Science and Technology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
D. Joseph
Affiliation:
Food Animal Health Research Program, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Ohio State University, Wooster, OH 44691, USA
A. Yousef
Affiliation:
Department of Food Science and Technology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
S. Sreevatsan*
Affiliation:
Food Animal Health Research Program, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Ohio State University, Wooster, OH 44691, USA
*
*E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) are fatal neurodegenerative disorders of humans and animals associated with an accumulation of abnormal isoforms of prion protein (PrP) in nerve cells. The pathogenesis of TSEs involves conformational conversions of normal cellular PrP (PrPc) to abnormal isoforms of PrP (PrPSc). While the protein-only hypothesis has been widely accepted as a causal mechanism of prion diseases, evidence from more recent research suggests a possible involvement of other cellular component(s) or as yet undefined infectious agent(s) in PrP pathogenesis. Although the underlying mechanisms of PrP strain variation and the determinants of interspecies transmissibility have not been fully elucidated, biochemical and molecular findings indicate that bovine spongiform encephalopathy in cattle and new-variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in humans are caused by indistinguishable etiological agent(s). Cumulative evidence suggests that there may be risks of humans acquiring TSEs via a variety of exposures to infected material. The development of highly precise ligands is warranted to detect and differentiate strains, allelic variants and infectious isoforms of these PrPs. This article describes the general features of TSEs and PrP, the current understanding of their pathogenesis, recent advances in prion disease diagnostics, and PrP inactivation.

Keywords

priontransmissible spongiform encephalopathiesbovine spongiform encephalopathyscrapieCreutzfeldt–Jakob diseasediagnostics
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Research Article
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Animal Health Research Reviews , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , December 2004 , pp. 103 - 124
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Copyright © CAB International 2004

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