期刊
NEUROREPORT
卷 15, 期 10, 页码 1663-1667出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnr.0000134931.81690.34
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cathepsin; degradation; enzyme; neuron; prion; protease; RNAi; scrapie
In scrapie-infected cells, the abnormal isoform of the prion protein, PrPSc, accumulates in endosomes/lysosomes. In this study, the involvement of two lysosomal proteases, cathepsin B and L, in cellular processing of PrPSc was analyzed in immortalized neuronal gonadotropin-releasing hormone cells (GT1-1) infected with scrapie. Treatment with inhibitors of either cathepsin B or L resulted in accumulation of PrPSc. Such an increased accumulation also occurred when the activities of both cathepsins were inhibited using RNA interference. We conclude that cathepsin B and L are involved in the degradation of PrPSc in scrapie-infected GT1-1 cells and that they can compensate for each other's functions. This study shows that specific proteases, abundantly present in neurons, have the capacity to degrade PrPSc.
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