Establishment of the cell line expressing human prion protein on PrP0/0 background

Acta Virol. 2010;54(4):297-302. doi: 10.4149/av_2010_04_297.

Abstract

In this work we described preparation of the novel cell lines expressing human prion protein on PrP0/0-background. Prepared cell lines originated from the Nagasaki mice (PrP0/0) and showed a fibroblast phenotype. The expression level of human prion protein in the developed cell lines was comparable to the physiological expression measured in GT1-7 cells. A great advantage of the prepared cell lines was their short doubling time that allowed obtaining of a large amount of cells for the proteomic experiments. Newly established cell lines open a broad spectrum of applications in the prion research. Besides the study of physiological function of the prion protein or its interactome, the new cell lines could be successfully employed as a unique tool for the better understanding of key events in the pathogenesis of prion diseases.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Line / metabolism*
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Female
  • Gene Expression*
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Mice, Knockout
  • NIH 3T3 Cells
  • PrPC Proteins / genetics*
  • PrPC Proteins / metabolism
  • Prion Diseases / genetics
  • Prion Diseases / metabolism*
  • Transfection

Substances

  • PrPC Proteins