title: Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease MM1+2C and MM1 are Identical in Transmission Properties.
abstract: The genotype (methionine, M or valine, V) at polymorphic codon 129 of the PRNP gene and the type (1 or 2) of abnormal prion protein in the brain are the major determinants of the clinicopathological features of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), thus providing molecular basis for classification of sporadic CJD, that is, MM1, MM2, MV1, MV2, VV1 or VV2. In addition to these "pure" cases, "mixed" cases presenting mixed neuropathological and biochemical features have also been recognized. The most frequently observed mixed form is the co-occurrence of MM1 and MM2, namely MM1+2. However, it has remained elusive whether MM1+2 could be a causative origin of dura mater graft-associated CJD (dCJD), one of the largest subgroups of iatrogenic CJD. To test this possibility, we performed transmission experiments of MM1+2 prions and a systematic neuropathological examination of dCJD patients in the present study. The transmission properties of the MM1+2 prions were identical to those of MM1 prions because MM2 prions lacked transmissibility. In addition, the neuropathological characteristics of MM2 were totally absent in dCJD patients examined. These results suggest that MM1+2 can be a causative origin of dCJD and causes neuropathological phenotype similar to that of MM1.
authors: Department of Neurological Science, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
authors: Atsushi
authors: A
authors: Kobayashi
authors: Influenza and Prion Disease Research Center, National Institute of Animal Health, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors: Yuichi
authors: Y
authors: Matsuura
authors: Department of Neuropathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors: Toru
authors: T
authors: Iwaki
authors: Department of Neuropathology, Institute for Medical Science of Ageing, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan.
authors: Yasushi
authors: Y
authors: Iwasaki
authors: Department of Neuropathology, Institute for Medical Science of Ageing, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan.
authors: Mari
authors: M
authors: Yoshida
authors: Department of Pathology, Brain Research Institute, University of Niigata, Niigata, Japan.
authors: Hitoshi
authors: H
authors: Takahashi
authors: Department of Neuropathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Shigeo
authors: S
authors: Murayama
authors: Department of Neuropathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Masaki
authors: M
authors: Takao
authors: Division of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan.
authors: Shinsuke
authors: S
authors: Kato
authors: Department of Neurology and Neurobiology of Ageing, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa, Japan.
authors: Masahito
authors: M
authors: Yamada
authors: Department of Neurological Science, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
authors: Shirou
authors: S
authors: Mohri
authors: Department of Neurological Science, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
authors: Tetsuyuki
authors: T
authors: Kitamoto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology / Q000635:transmission*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008715:Methionine / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D050505:Mutant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000072002:Prion Proteins; D011328:Prions / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D050505:Mutant Proteins; C512656:PRNP protein, human; D000072002:Prion Proteins; D011328:Prions; D008715:Methionine
keywords: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; prion