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ArticleMicrobiology and immunology2026

Strain Traits of Intracranially Administered L-Type Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Prions Are not Significantly Modified During Intraspecies Transmission in Cynomolgus Monkeys.

Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Hiroaki Shibata, Minoru Tobiume, Yuko Sato, Keiko Ohto, Sachi Okabayashi, Nozomi Nakano, Motohiro Horiuchi, Fumiko Ono

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Article in Microbiology and immunology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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9 authors.

Ken'ichi HagiwaraDepartment of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1948-6034
Hiroaki ShibataTsukuba Primate Research Center, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Ibaraki, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8766-809X
Minoru TobiumeDepartment of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
Yuko SatoDepartment of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2927-1149
Keiko OhtoThe Corporation for Production and Research of Laboratory Primates, Ibaraki, Japan.
Sachi OkabayashiThe Corporation for Production and Research of Laboratory Primates, Ibaraki, Japan.
Nozomi NakanoThe Corporation for Production and Research of Laboratory Primates, Ibaraki, Japan.
Motohiro HoriuchiLaboratory of Veterinary Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Graduate School of Infectious Diseases, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1785-4355
Fumiko OnoDepartment of Veterinary Associated Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Okayama University of Science, Okayama, Japan.

Funding

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan 23KA1004Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan H23-Shokuhin-Ippan-005Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan H26- Shokuhin-Ippan-004
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Among the three prion strains of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), classical BSE (C-BSE) prions are known causative agents of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. By contrast, human infections with L-type (L-) or H-type (H-) BSE prions have not been reported. Nonetheless, the zoonotic potential of L-BSE prions is supported by their successful primary transmission from cattle to cynomolgus macaque (Macaca fascicularis) monkeys via intracranial challenge. To assess whether the defining strain traits of L-BSE prions remain stable following secondary intraspecies transmission, we prepared brain homogenates from a diseased macaque that had previously undergone primary transmission of L-BSE prions, and intracranially administered them into two naïve macaques. Both animals succumbed to the disease within humane endpoints comparable to those observed in the primary transmission. Histopathological and immunohistochemical analyses of brain tissues showed no significant changes relative to primary transmission, including severe vacuolation and fine synaptic distribution of disease-associated forms of prion protein (PrP

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BrainEncephalopathy, Bovine SpongiformPrPSc ProteinsAnimalsCreutzfeldt-Jakob SyndromeDisease Models, AnimalMacaca fascicularisMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLZoonosesPrPSc ProteinsBSEcynomolgus macaquehistopathologyimmunohistochemistryprionwestern blotting

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PMCPMC12963689

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