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Classical scrapie prions are associated with peripheral blood monocytes and T-lymphocytes from naturally infected sheep

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Veterinary Research, February 2016
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Title
Classical scrapie prions are associated with peripheral blood monocytes and T-lymphocytes from naturally infected sheep
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BMC Veterinary Research, February 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12917-016-0651-6
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Rohana P. Dassanayake, Sally A. Madsen-Bouterse, Thomas C. Truscott, Dongyue Zhuang, Michelle R. Mousel, William C. Davis, David A. Schneider

Abstract

Classical scrapie is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) that affects sheep and goats. Our previous bioassay studies in lambs revealed that scrapie prions could be detected in association with peripheral blood monocular cells (PBMC), B lymphocytes and platelet-rich plasma fractions. In the present study, bioassay in lambs was again used to determine if scrapie prions are associated with the other two subsets of PBMC, monocytes and T lymphocytes. PBMC, monocytes and T lymphocytes were isolated from two preclinically affected VRQ/VRQ sheep naturally infected with classical ovine scrapie and intravenously transfused into VRQ/VRQ lambs post-weaning. As determined using standard immunohistochemistry for scrapie, abnormal isoforms of prion protein were detected in lymphoid tissues of lambs inoculated with PBMC (4/4 recipient lambs), monocytes (2/5) and T lymphocytes (1/4). Prion protein misfolding activity was detected by serial protein misfolding cyclic amplification (sPMCA) in PBMC from monocyte and T lymphocyte recipient sheep in agreement with antemortem rectal biopsy results, but such prion protein misfolding activity was not detected from other recipients. These findings show that scrapie prions are associated with monocytes and T lymphocytes circulating in the peripheral blood of sheep naturally infected with classical scrapie. Combined with our previous findings, we can now conclude that all three major subsets of PBMC can harbor prions during preclinical disease and thus, present logical targets for development of a sensitive assay to detect scrapie prions. In this regard, we have also demonstrated that sPMCA can be used to detect scrapie prions associated with PBMC.

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Geographical breakdown

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Unknown 27 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 5 19%
Other 3 11%
Professor 3 11%
Student > Bachelor 3 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 7%
Other 7 26%
Unknown 4 15%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 26%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 6 22%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 19%
Medicine and Dentistry 2 7%
Arts and Humanities 1 4%
Other 2 7%
Unknown 4 15%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 February 2016.
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#13,380,574
of 22,844,985 outputs
Outputs from BMC Veterinary Research
#910
of 3,050 outputs
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#189,870
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Veterinary Research
#23
of 93 outputs
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