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ArticleJournal of genetics2017

A cross-sectional study of PRNP gene in two native Sicilian goat populations in Italy: a relation between prion gene polymorphisms and scrapie incidence.

Sergio Migliore, Stefano Agnello, Salvatore D'Avola, Wilfred Goldmann, Vincenzo Di Marco Lo Presti, Maria Vitale

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Article in Journal of genetics, 2017. 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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8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Sergio MiglioreIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale of Sicily, Adelmo Mirri, via Gino Marinuzzi 3, 90129 Palermo, Italy. marvitus@yahoo.com.
Stefano Agnello
Salvatore D'Avola
Wilfred Goldmann
Vincenzo Di Marco Lo Presti
Maria Vitale
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Della Sicilia · ITRoslin Institute · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/D/20251967Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/D/20251968
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) are a group of neurodegenerative diseases affecting humans and animals, and scrapie in small ruminants is considered the archetype of TSEs. Derivata di Siria is a native dairy goat of Sicily (south Italy), which is related to Syrian goat breeds. Scrapie disease is considered endemic in Sicily since 1997, following the administration of an infected vaccine.Derivata di Siria goatswere involved in six of 66 scrapie-infected flocks in Sicily. Prion protein gene (PRNP) analysis revealed that none of the scrapie cases carried the p.Gln222Lys variant. Sequencing of PRNP in this goat population showed a high frequency (15%) of p.Gln222Lys variant confirming its association with scrapie resistance. PRNP polymorphisms were also analysed in the population of Pantelleria, a small Sicilian Island, where scrapie has never been reported. The native goat breed 'Pantesca' was maintained up to almost 80 years and the size of the sheep population on this island has historically been very low. Currently, a crossbreed goat population of 253 heads is present on the island. PRNP genotyping of Pantelleria goats showed genetic variation, with low presence of wild-type goats and the lack of protective alleles. These data reinforce the association between PRNP polymorphisms in small ruminants and scrapie incidence.

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AllelesAnimalsBreedingGenetic Association StudiesGenetic VariationGenotypeGoatsPrion DiseasesPrion ProteinsScrapieSicilyPrion Proteins

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