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ArticlePrion

Using small molecule reagents to selectively modify epitopes based on their conformation.

Christopher J Silva

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Article in Prion. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Christopher J SilvaWestern Regional Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Albany, CA, USA. christopher.silva@ars.usda.gov
Western Regional Research Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PrP(Sc) is an infectious protein. The only experimentally verified difference between PrP(Sc) and its normal cellular isoform (PrP(C)) is conformational. This work describes an approach to determining the presence of surface exposed or sequestered amino acids present in the PrP(Sc) isoform. The N-hydroxysuccinimide esters of acetic acid and 4-trimethylammoniumbutyric acid were synthesized and reacted with detergent-solubilized brain extracts from Me7-infected mice, uninfected mice, 263K-infected hamsters or uninfected hamsters. These reaction mixtures were analyzed by western blots probed with the antibodies 3F4, 6D11, 7D9, AG4, AH6, GE8 or MAB5424. The 3F4, 6D11, AH6, and GE8 antibodies recognize an epitope that is encrypted in the PrP(Sc) isoform, but exposed in the PrP(C) isoform. These reagents permit the detection of prion infected brain extracts without the need for proteinase K digestion. In addition they can be used, with an appropriate antibody, to determine which amino acids of PrP(Sc) are exposed on the surface and which are encrypted, thus providing useful structural information. This approach was used to distinguish between the 263K and drowsy strains of hamster-adapted scrapie without the use of proteinase K.

Indexed as

Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsBlotting, WesternBrain ChemistryCricetinaeEpitopesEstersMesocricetusMiceMolecular Sequence DataProtein ConformationPrPSc ProteinsQuaternary Ammonium CompoundsSuccinimides4-trimethylammoniumbutyrylEpitopesEstersN-hydroxysuccinimidePrPSc ProteinsQuaternary Ammonium CompoundsSuccinimides

Identifiers

PMID22436143
PMCPMC3366355
OpenAlexW2054420062

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