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Title:   Author  item
                                            Greenlee, Justinitem
                                            Kunkle, Robertitem
                                            Nicholson, Ericitem
                                            Hamir, Amiraliitem
                                            BULGIN, MARIE - UNIVERSITY OF IDAHOitem
                                            Richt, Juergen
  Submitted to: American College of Veterinary Pathologists Meeting
                                    Publication Type: Abstract Only
                                    Publication Acceptance Date: 7/15/2008
                                    Publication  Date: 11/15/2009
                                    Citation: Greenlee, J.J., Kunkle, R.A., Nicholson, E.M., Hamir, A.N., Bulgin, M.S., Richt, J. 2009. Strain Typing of U.S. Scrapie Strains Using a Panel of Inbred Mice [abstract]. American College of Veterinary Pathologists. Paper No. 121. p. 762.Interpretive Summary:
                                Technical Abstract: Prion strains may vary in their ability to transmit to humans and animals.  Few experimental studies have been done to provide evidence of differences between U.S. strains of scrapie, which can be distinguished by incubation times in inbred mice, microscopic lesions, immunoreactivity to various antibodies, or molecular profile (electrophoretic mobility and glycoform ratio).  Recent work on two U.S. isolates of sheep scrapie supports that at least two distinct strains exist based on differences in incubation time and genotype of sheep affected.  One isolate (No. 13-7) inoculated intracerebrally caused scrapie in sheep AA at codon 136 (AA136) and QQ at codon 171 (QQ171) of the prion protein in an average of 19 months post-inoculation (PI) whereas a second isolate (No. x124) caused disease in less than 12 months after oral inoculation in AV136/QQ171 sheep.  Striking differences were evident when further strain analysis was done in R111, VM, C57Bl6, and  C57Bl6xVM (F1) mice.  No. 13-7 did not induce disease in any mouse strain at any time post-inoculation (PI) nor were brain tissues positive by western blot (WB).  Positive WB results were obtained from mice inoculated with isolate No. x124 starting at day 380 PI.  Incubation times averaged 508, 559, 601, and 633 days PI for RIII, C57Bl6, VM, and F1 mice, respectively.  Further passage will be required to characterize these scrapie strains in mice.  This work provides evidence that multiple scrapie strains exist in U.S. sheep.


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