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A unified model for the origins of spongiform degeneration and other neuropathological features in prion diseases.

Gerold Schmitt-Ulms, Xinzhu Wang, Joel Watts, Stephanie Booth, Holger Wille, Wenda Zhao

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6 authors.

Gerold Schmitt-UlmsTanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Xinzhu WangTanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Joel WattsTanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Stephanie BoothDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
Holger WilleDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Wenda ZhaoTanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

Funding

Chronic Wasting Disease VaccinesR01AI156037 · NIAID · COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI MATHIASON, CANDACE K. · 2021 to 2025
$3.5M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI156037
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Decades after their initial observation in prion-infected brain tissues, the identities of virus-like dense particles, varicose tubules, and oval bodies containing parallel bands and fibrils have remained elusive. Our recent work revealed that a phenotype of dilation of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), most notable for the perinuclear space (PNS), contributes to spongiform degeneration. To assess the significance of this phenotype for the etiology of prion diseases, we explored whether it can be functionally linked to other neuropathological hallmarks observed in these diseases, as this would indicate it to be a central event. Having surveyed the neuropathological record and other distant literature niches, we propose a model in which pathogenic forms of the prion protein poison raft domains, including essential Na

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PMID39876936
PMCPMC11774453

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