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Effect of Hydrophobic Mutations in the H2-H3 Subdomain of Prion Protein on Stability and Conversion In Vitro and In Vivo
Prion diseases are fatal neurodegenerative diseases, which can be acquired, sporadic or genetic, the latter being linked to mutations in the gene encoding prion protein. We have recently described the importance of subdomain separation in the conversion of prion protein (PrP). The goal of the presen...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3164720/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21909425 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0024238 |
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author | Hafner-Bratkovič, Iva Gaedtke, Lars Ondracka, Andrej Veranič, Peter Vorberg, Ina Jerala, Roman |
author_facet | Hafner-Bratkovič, Iva Gaedtke, Lars Ondracka, Andrej Veranič, Peter Vorberg, Ina Jerala, Roman |
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description | Prion diseases are fatal neurodegenerative diseases, which can be acquired, sporadic or genetic, the latter being linked to mutations in the gene encoding prion protein. We have recently described the importance of subdomain separation in the conversion of prion protein (PrP). The goal of the present study was to investigate the effect of increasing the hydrophobic interactions within the H2-H3 subdomain on PrP conversion. Three hydrophobic mutations were introduced into PrP. The mutation V209I associated with human prion disease did not alter protein stability or in vitro fibrillization propensity of PrP. The designed mutations V175I and T187I on the other hand increased protein thermal stability. V175I mutant fibrillized faster than wild-type PrP. Conversion delay of T187I was slightly longer, but fluorescence intensity of amyloid specific dye thioflavin T was significantly higher. Surprisingly, cells expressing V209I variant exhibited inefficient proteinase K resistant PrP formation upon infection with 22L strain, which is in contrast to cell lines expressing wild-type, V175I and T187I mPrPs. In agreement with increased ThT fluorescence at the plateau T187I expressing cell lines accumulated an increased amount of the proteinase K-resistant prion protein. We showed that T187I induces formation of thin fibrils, which are absent from other samples. We propose that larger solvent accessibility of I187 in comparison to wild-type and other mutants may interfere with lateral annealing of filaments and may be the underlying reason for increased conversion efficiency. |
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spelling | pubmed-31647202011-09-09 Effect of Hydrophobic Mutations in the H2-H3 Subdomain of Prion Protein on Stability and Conversion In Vitro and In Vivo Hafner-Bratkovič, Iva Gaedtke, Lars Ondracka, Andrej Veranič, Peter Vorberg, Ina Jerala, Roman PLoS One Research Article Prion diseases are fatal neurodegenerative diseases, which can be acquired, sporadic or genetic, the latter being linked to mutations in the gene encoding prion protein. We have recently described the importance of subdomain separation in the conversion of prion protein (PrP). The goal of the present study was to investigate the effect of increasing the hydrophobic interactions within the H2-H3 subdomain on PrP conversion. Three hydrophobic mutations were introduced into PrP. The mutation V209I associated with human prion disease did not alter protein stability or in vitro fibrillization propensity of PrP. The designed mutations V175I and T187I on the other hand increased protein thermal stability. V175I mutant fibrillized faster than wild-type PrP. Conversion delay of T187I was slightly longer, but fluorescence intensity of amyloid specific dye thioflavin T was significantly higher. Surprisingly, cells expressing V209I variant exhibited inefficient proteinase K resistant PrP formation upon infection with 22L strain, which is in contrast to cell lines expressing wild-type, V175I and T187I mPrPs. In agreement with increased ThT fluorescence at the plateau T187I expressing cell lines accumulated an increased amount of the proteinase K-resistant prion protein. We showed that T187I induces formation of thin fibrils, which are absent from other samples. We propose that larger solvent accessibility of I187 in comparison to wild-type and other mutants may interfere with lateral annealing of filaments and may be the underlying reason for increased conversion efficiency. Public Library of Science 2011-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3164720/ /pubmed/21909425 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0024238 Text en Hafner-Bratkovič et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Hafner-Bratkovič, Iva Gaedtke, Lars Ondracka, Andrej Veranič, Peter Vorberg, Ina Jerala, Roman Effect of Hydrophobic Mutations in the H2-H3 Subdomain of Prion Protein on Stability and Conversion In Vitro and In Vivo |
title | Effect of Hydrophobic Mutations in the H2-H3 Subdomain of Prion Protein on Stability and Conversion In Vitro and In Vivo
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title_full | Effect of Hydrophobic Mutations in the H2-H3 Subdomain of Prion Protein on Stability and Conversion In Vitro and In Vivo
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title_fullStr | Effect of Hydrophobic Mutations in the H2-H3 Subdomain of Prion Protein on Stability and Conversion In Vitro and In Vivo
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title_full_unstemmed | Effect of Hydrophobic Mutations in the H2-H3 Subdomain of Prion Protein on Stability and Conversion In Vitro and In Vivo
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title_short | Effect of Hydrophobic Mutations in the H2-H3 Subdomain of Prion Protein on Stability and Conversion In Vitro and In Vivo
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title_sort | effect of hydrophobic mutations in the h2-h3 subdomain of prion protein on stability and conversion in vitro and in vivo |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3164720/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21909425 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0024238 |
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