title: Inhibition of prion propagation in scrapie-infected mouse neuroblastoma cell lines using mouse monoclonal antibodies against prion protein.
abstract: We screened six mouse monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against prion protein (PrP), which were previously established in our laboratory, for inhibitory activity against PrP(Sc)-accumulation in scrapie-infected cell lines and identified two mAbs, 3S9 and 2H9, as possessing this inhibitory activity. mAb 3S9 recognized an epitope including 154th tyrosine in the helix 1 region of PrP, while mAb 2H9 recognized a discontinuous region that included helix 1. In three scrapie-infected cell lines infected with different mouse-adapted scrapie strains, mAb 3S9 strongly inhibited accumulation of PrP(Sc), while mAb 2H9 moderately inhibited accumulation of PrP(Sc), indicating that inhibition of prion propagation by mAbs may be dependent on PrP(Sc) characteristics. Furthermore, mAb 3S9 completely excluded PrP(Sc) from these cell lines. These results suggest that mAbs 3S9 and 2H9 might be useful for clarifying the mechanisms of prion propagation and prevention by PrP-specific antibodies, and for tracing the conversion of PrP(C) to other PrP(Sc) isoforms.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunobiology, Department of Molecular and Applied Bioscience, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, 1-4-4 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
authors.forename: Naoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Masayoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aosasa
authors.forename: Noriyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nishida
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Horiuchi
authors.forename: Shuichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Furusawa
authors.forename: Haruo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuda
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D002460:Cell Line; D019286:Endopeptidase K / Q000378:metabolism; D000939:Epitopes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D011328:Prions / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D012608:Scrapie / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000939:Epitopes; D011328:Prions; D019286:Endopeptidase K