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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2008

Heat shock factor 1 regulates lifespan as distinct from disease onset in prion disease.

Andrew D Steele, Gregor Hutter, Walker S Jackson, Frank L Heppner, Andrew W Borkowski, Oliver D King, Gregory J Raymond, Adriano Aguzzi, Susan Lindquist

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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46citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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46 citing papers in PubMed, 67 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Andrew D SteeleWhitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Gregor Hutter
Walker S Jackson
Frank L Heppner
Andrew W Borkowski
Oliver D King
Gregory J Raymond
Adriano Aguzzi
Susan Lindquist
University Hospital of Zurich · CHHoward Hughes Medical Institute · USMassachusetts Institute of Technology · USNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · USWhitehead Institute for Biomedical Research · US

Funding

Howard Hughes Medical InstituteIntramural NIH HHS
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prion diseases are fatal, transmissible, neurodegenerative diseases caused by the misfolding of the prion protein (PrP). At present, the molecular pathways underlying prion-mediated neurotoxicity are largely unknown. We hypothesized that the transcriptional regulator of the stress response, heat shock factor 1 (HSF1), would play an important role in prion disease. Uninoculated HSF1 knockout (KO) mice used in our study do not show signs of neurodegeneration as assessed by survival, motor performance, or histopathology. When inoculated with Rocky Mountain Laboratory (RML) prions HSF1 KO mice had a dramatically shortened lifespan, succumbing to disease approximately 20% faster than controls. Surprisingly, both the onset of home-cage behavioral symptoms and pathological alterations occurred at a similar time in HSF1 KO and control mice. The accumulation of proteinase K (PK)-resistant PrP also occurred with similar kinetics and prion infectivity accrued at an equal or slower rate. Thus, HSF1 provides an important protective function that is specifically manifest after the onset of behavioral symptoms of prion disease.

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AgingAnimalsBehavior, AnimalDNA-Binding ProteinsEndopeptidase KHeat Shock Transcription FactorsMiceMice, KnockoutPrion DiseasesPrionsSurvival RateTranscription FactorsDNA-Binding ProteinsEndopeptidase KHeat Shock Transcription FactorsHsf1 protein, mousePrionsTranscription Factors

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PMID18757733
PMCPMC2533240
OpenAlexW2123804432

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