期刊
PRION
卷 3, 期 2, 页码 94-98出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.4161/pri.3.2.8917
关键词
tunnelling nanotubes; TNTs; prion; PrPSc; prion spreading; dendritic cells; neuroinvasion
资金
- Pasteur Foundation Fellowship Program
- EU grant [023183]
- Alliance Biosecure.
The discovery of tunnelling nanotubes (TNTs) and their proposed role in long intercellular transport of organelles, bacteria and viruses have led us to examine their potential role during prion spreading. We have recently shown that these membrane bridges can form between neuronal cells, as well as between dendritic cells and primary neurons and that both endogenous and exogenous PrPSc appear to traffic through these structures between infected and non-infected cells. Furthermore, prion infection can be efficiently transmitted from infected dendritic cells to primary neurons only in co-culture conditions permissive for TNT formation. Therefore, we propose a role for TNTs during prion spreading from the periphery to the central nervous system (CNS). Here, we discuss some of the key steps where TNTs might play a role during prion neuroinvasion.
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