scholarly journals Cellular prion protein null mice display normal AMPA receptor mediated long term depression

Prion ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Houman Khosravani ◽  
Yunfeng Zhang ◽  
Gerald W. Zamponi
Keyword(s):  
Prion Protein ◽  
Ampa Receptor ◽  
Cellular Prion Protein ◽  
Long Term Depression

scholarly journals mGlu5 receptors and cellular prion protein mediate amyloid-β-facilitated synaptic long-term depression in vivo

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Neng-Wei Hu ◽  
Andrew J. Nicoll ◽  
Dainan Zhang ◽  
Alexandra J. Mably ◽  
Tiernan O’Malley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prion Protein ◽  
Amyloid Β ◽  
Cellular Prion Protein ◽  
Long Term Depression ◽  
Mglu5 Receptors

scholarly journals Impairment of cerebellar long-term depression and GABAergic transmission in prion protein deficient mice ectopically expressing PrPLP/Dpl

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasushi Kishimoto ◽  
Moritoshi Hirono ◽  
Ryuichiro Atarashi ◽  
Suehiro Sakaguchi ◽  
Tohru Yoshioka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Synaptic Transmission ◽  
Prion Protein ◽  
Neural Plasticity ◽  
Late Onset ◽  
Eyeblink Conditioning ◽  
Electrophysiological Study ◽  
Synaptic Function ◽  
Long Term Depression ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms

Abstract Prion protein (PrPC) knockout mice, named as the “Ngsk” strain (Ngsk Prnp0/0 mice), show late-onset cerebellar Purkinje cell (PC) degeneration because of ectopic overexpression of PrPC-like protein (PrPLP/Dpl). Our previous study indicated that the mutant mice also exhibited alterations in cerebellum-dependent delay eyeblink conditioning, even at a young age (16 weeks of age) when neurological changes had not occurred. Thus, this electrophysiological study was designed to examine the synaptic function of the cerebellar cortex in juvenile Ngsk Prnp0/0 mice. We showed that Ngsk Prnp0/0 mice exhibited normal paired-pulse facilitation but impaired long-term depression of excitatory synaptic transmission at synapses between parallel fibres and PCs. GABAA-mediated inhibitory postsynaptic currents recorded from PCs were also weakened in Ngsk Prnp0/0 mice. Furthermore, we confirmed that Ngsk Prnp0/0 mice (7–8-week-old) exhibited abnormalities in delay eyeblink conditioning. Our findings suggest that these alterations in both excitatory and inhibitory synaptic transmission to PCs caused deficits in delay eyeblink conditioning of Ngsk Prnp0/0 mice. Therefore, the Ngsk Prnp0/0 mouse model can contribute to study underlying mechanisms for impairments of synaptic transmission and neural plasticity, and cognitive deficits in the central nervous system.

scholarly journals AMPA Receptor Attrition in Long-Term Depression

Neuron ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 288-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitri M. Kullmann
Keyword(s):  
Ampa Receptor ◽  
Long Term Depression

scholarly journals Propagation of a protease-resistant form of prion protein in long-term cultured human glioblastoma cell line T98G

2004 ◽  
Vol 85 (11) ◽  
pp. 3449-3457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yutaka Kikuchi ◽  
Tomoshi Kakeya ◽  
Ayako Sakai ◽  
Kosuke Takatori ◽  
Naoto Nakamura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Line ◽  
Prion Protein ◽  
Cellular Prion Protein ◽  
Glioblastoma Cell Line ◽  
Glioblastoma Cell ◽  
Human Glioblastoma ◽  
Human Glioblastoma Cell Line ◽  
Human Glioblastoma Cell ◽  
Resistant Form

Human prion diseases, such as Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD), a lethal, neurodegenerative condition, occur in sporadic, genetic and transmitted forms. CJD is associated with the conversion of normal cellular prion protein (PrPC) into a protease-resistant isoform (PrPres). The mechanism of the conversion has not been studied in human cell cultures, due to the lack of a model system. In this study, such a system has been developed by culturing cell lines. Human glioblastoma cell line T98G had no coding-region mutations of the prion protein gene, which was of the 129 M/V genotype, and expressed endogenous PrPC constitutively. T98G cells produced a form of proteinase K (PK)-resistant prion protein fragment following long-term culture and high passage number; its deglycosylated form was approximately 18 kDa. The PK-treated PrPres was detected by immunoblotting with the mAb 6H4, which recognizes residues 144–152, and a polyclonal anti-C-terminal antibody, but not by the mAb 3F4, which recognizes residues 109–112, or the anti-N-terminal mAb HUC2-13. These results suggest that PrPC was converted into a proteinase-resistant form of PrPres in T98G cells.

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