Stress response in the central nervous system of a transgenic mouse model of bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
An immunohistochemical study was performed to evaluate the stress-related proteins heat shock protein 25 (HSP25) and metallothionein 1+2 (MT1+2) in the brains of a murine model of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Transgenic mice (BoTg110) expressing the bovine cellular prion protein were intracerebrally inoculated with brainstem homogenate from BSE infected cattle. PrP(BSE) deposits were found in the brain as early as 150 days post-inoculation (dpi) and in mice sacrificed terminally at 290-320dpi. Glial proliferation and spongiform change were associated with an increase in glial immunostaining of MT1+2 and HSP25, respectively. These proteins are associated with oxidative stress and heavy metal metabolism, which may have a role in the pathogenesis of BSE.
Tortosa
Raül
R
Animal Medicine and Surgery Department, Veterinary Faculty, Autonomous University of Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), Barcelona, Spain.
Vidal
Enric
E
Costa
Carme
C
Alamillo
Elia
E
Torres
Juan Maria
JM
Ferrer
Isidre
I
Pumarola
Martí
M
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D016643:Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform / Q000473:pathology*; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008668:Metallothionein / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000502:physiology*; D011328:Prions / Q000378:metabolism
D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D011328:Prions; D008668:Metallothionein