ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2015, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (2): 257-263.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2015.02.012

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Pathogenic Characteristics of Mouse-adapted Scrapie Strain RML Propagated in N2a Cell Line

WU Xiao-dong1,2,ZOU Yan-li2,LIU Yu-tian2,LI Jin-ming2,ZHANG Yong-qiang2,LIU Shan2,WANG Zhi-liang2*   

  1. (1.School of Veterinary Medicine,Yangzhou University,Yangzhou 225009,China;2.National BSE Reference Lab,National Research Center for Exotic Animal Diseases,China Animal Health and Epidemiology Center,Qingdao 266032,China)
  • Received:2014-10-28 Online:2015-02-23 Published:2015-02-23

Abstract:

To identify the pathogenic characteristics of mouse-adapted Scrapie Strain RML propagated in N2a cell line,we intracerebrally inoculated mice with the lysate of Sc-N2a cell culture.After 200±28 days’ incubation period,all inoculated C57BL/6J mice appeared typical ataxia symptoms of TSEs.The PrPSc from both brain tissues and Sc-N2a cells shared the same biochemical aspects.Western blotting result confirmed that they had the same glycosylation patterns,the same size distribution of PK digestion fragments,with higher levels of monoglycosylated.The pathological changes of brain sections from inoculated mice at the terminal stage were analyzed by HE stain and IHC assay.Vacuoles were mainly found in brain stem,cortex,cerebellum and thalamus,while PrPSc deposits mainly in cortex,hippocampus,thalamus,cerebellum.The results of mouse regression test showed that the PrPSc propagated in N2a cell line had pathogenicity,and kept the the stain characteristics of mouse-adapted scrapie strain RML.The Sc-N2a cell line is an ideal model for the study of TSEs.

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