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ArticleActa neuropathologica2022

Cryo-EM structures of prion protein filaments from Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease.

Grace I Hallinan, Kadir A Ozcan, Md Rejaul Hoq, Laura Cracco, Frank S Vago, Sakshibeedu R Bharath, Daoyi Li, Max Jacobsen, Emma H Doud, Amber L Mosley and 5 more

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Article in Acta neuropathologica, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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15 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Grace I Hallinan *Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Dr., Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA.
Kadir A Ozcan *Department of Biological Sciences, Markey Center for Structural Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47906, USA.
Md Rejaul HoqDepartment of Biological Sciences, Markey Center for Structural Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47906, USA.
Laura CraccoDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Dr., Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA.
Frank S VagoDepartment of Biological Sciences, Markey Center for Structural Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47906, USA.
Sakshibeedu R BharathDepartment of Biological Sciences, Markey Center for Structural Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47906, USA.
Daoyi LiDepartment of Biological Sciences, Markey Center for Structural Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47906, USA.
Max JacobsenDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Dr., Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA.
Emma H DoudCenter for Proteome Analysis and Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA.
Amber L MosleyCenter for Proteome Analysis and Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA.
Anllely FernandezDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Dr., Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA.
Holly J GarringerDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Dr., Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA.
Wen Jiang *Department of Biological Sciences, Markey Center for Structural Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47906, USA.
Bernardino Ghetti *Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Dr., Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA.
Ruben Vidal *Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Dr., Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA. rvidal@iupui.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5803-3871
Indiana University School of MedicinePurdue University West Lafayette · US

Funding

Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis ProgramP30CA082709 · NCI · INDIANA UNIV-PURDUE UNIV AT INDIANAPOLIS · PI Sara K Quinney · 1999 to 2026
$59.3M
Research Education ComponentP30AG010133 · NIA · INDIANA UNIV-PURDUE UNIV AT INDIANAPOLIS · PI SAYKIN, ANDREW J · 1991 to 2020
$37.3M
Quality Assurance and Quality Control Project Management: Improving Submissions and Study Conduct in the Human Subjects Research Prior Approval ProcessUL1TR002529 · NCATS · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI MOE, SHARON M, WIEHE, SARAH ELIZABETH · 2018 to 2022
$27.2M
Research Education ComponentP30AG072976 · NIA · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI ANDREW J SAYKIN · 2021 to 2026
$24.1M
Atomic models of human tau filaments and development of tau ligandsU01NS110437 · NINDS · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI GHETTI, BERNARDINO FRANCESCO, JIANG, WEN · 2018 to 2022
$3.5M
Structural analysis of tau associated with parenchymal and vascular prion protein amyloidosisRF1AG071177 · NIA · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI GHETTI, BERNARDINO FRANCESCO, JIANG, WEN · 2021 to 2021
$2.3M
Purdue University Molecular Biophysics Training ProgramT32GM132024 · NIGMS · PURDUE UNIVERSITY · PI Angeline Marie Lyon, John Tesmer · 2019 to 2026
$2.0M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002529NCI NIH HHS P30 CA082709NIA NIH HHS P30 AG010133NIA NIH HHS P30 AG072976NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG071177NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM132024NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS110437
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prion protein (PrP) aggregation and formation of PrP amyloid (APrP) are central events in the pathogenesis of prion diseases. In the dominantly inherited prion protein amyloidosis known as Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker (GSS) disease, plaques made of PrP amyloid are present throughout the brain. The c.593t > c mutation in the prion protein gene (PRNP) results in a phenylalanine to serine amino acid substitution at PrP residue 198 (F198S) and causes the most severe amyloidosis among GSS variants. It has been shown that neurodegeneration in this disease is associated with the presence of extracellular APrP plaques and neuronal intracytoplasmic Tau inclusions, that have been shown to contain paired helical filaments identical to those found in Alzheimer disease. Using cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM), we determined for the first time the structures of filaments of human APrP, isolated post-mortem from the brain of two symptomatic PRNP F198S mutation carriers. We report that in GSS (F198S) APrP filaments are composed of dimeric, trimeric and tetrameric left-handed protofilaments with their protomers sharing a common protein fold. The protomers in the cross-β spines consist of 62 amino acids and span from glycine 80 to phenylalanine 141, adopting a previously unseen spiral fold with a thicker outer layer and a thinner inner layer. Each protomer comprises nine short β-strands, with the β1 and β8 strands, as well as the β4 and β9 strands, forming a steric zipper. The data obtained by cryo-EM provide insights into the structural complexity of the PrP filament in a dominantly inherited human PrP amyloidosis. The novel findings highlight the urgency of extending our knowledge of the filaments' structures that may underlie distinct clinical and pathologic phenotypes of human neurodegenerative diseases.

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AmyloidosisGerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker DiseasePrionsAmyloidBrainCryoelectron MicroscopyHumansPhenylalaninePlaque, AmyloidPrion ProteinsProtein SubunitsAmyloidPhenylalaninePrion ProteinsPrionsProtein SubunitsAPrPCryo-EMGSSNeurodegeneration

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PMCPMC9381446
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