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Journal of Virology, February 2003, p. 2696-2700, Vol. 77, No. 4
0022-538X/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.77.4.2696-2700.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

PrP Polymorphisms Tightly Control Sheep Prion Replication in Cultured Cells

Elifsu Sabuncu,1 Stéphanie Petit,1 Annick Le Dur,1 Thanh Lan Lai,1 Jean-Luc Vilotte,2 Hubert Laude,1 and Didier Vilette1*

Unité de Virologie et Immunologie Moléculaires,1 Laboratoire de Génétique Biochimique et Cytogénétique, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France2

Received 15 July 2002/ Accepted 29 October 2002

Prion diseases are fatal neurodegenerative disorders of animals and humans that are characterized by the conversion of the host-encoded prion protein (PrP) to an abnormal isoform. In several species, including humans, polymorphisms in the gene encoding the PrP protein tightly control susceptibility of individuals toward this disease. In the present study we show that Rov cells expressing an ovine PrP allele (VRQPrP) associated with high susceptibility of sheep to scrapie were very sensitive to sheep prion transmission and replicated the agent to high titers. In contrast, we did not find any evidence of infection when Rov cells expressed similar levels of a PrP variant (ARRPrP) linked to resistance. Our data provide the first direct evidence that natural PrP polymorphisms may affect prion susceptibility by controlling prion replication at the cell level. The study of how PrP polymorphisms influence the genetic control of prion propagation in cultured Rov cells may help elucidate basic mechanisms of prion replication.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Unité de Virologie et Immunologie Moléculaires, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France. Phone: 33-1-34-65-26-16. Fax: 33-1-34-65-26-21. E-mail: vilette{at}jouy.inra.fr.

Journal of Virology, February 2003, p. 2696-2700, Vol. 77, No. 4
0022-538X/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.77.4.2696-2700.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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