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Journal of Veterinary Science ; : e8-2019.
Article in English | WPRIM | ID: wpr-758899

ABSTRACT

Scrapie is a mammalian transmissible spongiform encephalopathy or prion disease that predominantly affects sheep and goats. Scrapie has been shown to overcome the species barrier via experimental infection of other rodents. To confirm the re-transmissibility of the mouse-adapted ME7 scrapie strain to ovine prion protein (PrP) transgenic mice, mice of an ovinized transgenic mouse line carrying the Suffolk sheep PrP gene that contained the A₁₃₆ R₁₅₄ Q₁₇₁/ARQ allele were intracerebrally inoculated with brain homogenates obtained from terminally ill ME7-infected C57BL/6J mice. Herein, we report that the mouse-adapted ME7 scrapie strain was successfully re-transmitted to the transgenic mice expressing ovine PrP. In addition, we observed changes in the incubation period, glycoform profile, and pattern of scrapie PrP (PrP(Sc)) deposition in the affected brains. PrP(Sc) deposition in the hippocampal region of the brain of 2nd-passaged ovine PrP transgenic mice was accompanied by plaque formation. These results reveal that the mouse-adapted ME7 scrapie strain has the capacity to act as a template for the conversion of ovine normal monomeric precursors into a pathogenic form in ovine PrP transgenic mice. The change in glycoform pattern and the deposition of plaques in the hippocampal region of the brain of the 2nd-passaged PrP transgenic mice are most likely cellular PrP species dependent rather than being ME7 scrapie strain encoded.


Subject(s)
Animals , Humans , Mice , Alleles , Brain , Gliosis , Goats , Mice, Transgenic , Plaque, Amyloid , Prion Diseases , PrPSc Proteins , Rodentia , Scrapie , Sheep , Terminally Ill
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Chinese Journal of Experimental and Clinical Virology ; (6): 27-31, 2018.
Article in Chinese | WPRIM | ID: wpr-805904

ABSTRACT

Objective@#To investigate the regulation of microRNA-375(miR-375) on the expressions of 3’-phosphoinositide-dependent kinase 1 (PDK1) in the brain tissues of scrapie agent 139 A infected mice.@*Methods@#PDK1 protein in 139 A infected mice brain tissue was detected by WB and immunochemistry. The change of microRNA-375 was detected by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and next-generation sequencing method . The pmiR-REPORT reporter system was used to value the regulation of miR-375 on PDK1 3’-untranslated region (3’UTR).@*Results@#The expression of PDK1 in the brain tissue of 139 A infected mice was significantly increased as compared to that of control group, while the expression of miR-375 was decreased. The result of pmiR-REPORT reporter system showed that PDK1 3’UTR was the regulation target of miR-375.@*Conclusions@#The expression of PDK1 in the brain tissue of 139 A infected mice was significantly increased, which was probably related to the regulation of miR-375 on the 3’UTR of PDK1.

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Arq. bras. med. vet. zootec ; 67(6): 1625-1629, nov.-dez. 2015. graf
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-768137

ABSTRACT

Scrapie is a fatal and progressive transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) of natural occurrence in sheep and goats. The suspicion of scrapie may be based on clinical signs; however, the detection of pathological features of the prionic protein (PrP) in target tissues is necessary to diagnose the disease. The presence of an abnormal protein form (PrPSc) in lymphoreticular and nervous tissues is an important characteristic in diagnosis. This paper reports a case of scrapie in a flock of 55 Suffolk crossbred sheep, 19 Santa Inês sheep and 21 goats in the Mato Grosso state, midwestern Brazil. The animals were euthanized after the confirmation of a scrapie case with clinical signs in a Suffolk sheep in the same farm...


Scrapie é uma encefalopatia espongiforme transmissível (EET) progressiva e fatal de ocorrência natural em ovinos e caprinos. A suspeita de scrapie é baseada nos sinais clínicos, porém a manifestação patológica da proteína priônica (PrP) nos tecidos-alvo é necessária para a confirmação da doença. A presença de uma forma anormal da proteína (PrPSc) em tecido linforreticular e tecido nervoso constitui uma característica importante para o diagnóstico. Este trabalho é o relato de um foco de scrapie ocorrido em rebanho com 55 ovinos mistos Suffolk, 21 caprinos e 19 ovinos Santa Inês, na região Centro-Oeste do Brasil. Os animais foram eutanasiados após a confirmação de um caso de scrapie com sinais clínicos em um ovino Suffolk nessa propriedade...


Subject(s)
Animals , Sheep/virology , Prions/isolation & purification , PrPSc Proteins/analysis , Ruminants , Scrapie/virology , Lymphoid Tissue/pathology , Immunohistochemistry/veterinary , Histological Techniques/veterinary
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Journal of Veterinary Science ; : 179-186, 2015.
Article in English | WPRIM | ID: wpr-86401

ABSTRACT

Scrapie is diagnosed antemortem in sheep by detecting misfolded isoforms of prion protein (PrP(Sc)) in lymphoid follicles of the rectal mucosa and nictitating membranes. Assay sensitivity is limited if (a) the biopsy is collected early during disease development, (b) an insufficient number of follicles is collected, or (c) peripheral accumulation of PrP(Sc) is reduced or delayed. A blood test would be convenient for mass live animal scrapie testing. Currently approved techniques, however, have their own detection limits. Novel detection methods may soon offer a non-animal-based, rapid platform with detection sensitivities that rival the prion bioassay. In anticipation, we sought to determine if diseased animals could be routinely identified with a bioassay using B lymphocytes isolated from blood sample volumes commonly collected for diagnostic purposes in small ruminants. Scrapie transmission was detected in five of six recipient lambs intravenously transfused with B lymphocytes isolated from 5~10 mL of blood from a naturally scrapie-infected sheep. Additionally, scrapie transmission was observed in 18 ovinized transgenic Tg338 mice intracerebrally inoculated with B lymphocytes isolated from 5~10 mL of blood from two naturally scrapie-infected sheep. Based on our findings, we anticipate that these blood sample volumes should be of diagnostic value.


Subject(s)
Animals , Mice , B-Lymphocytes/pathology , Biological Assay/veterinary , Mice, Transgenic , Prions/blood , Scrapie/blood , Sheep
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Biosci. j. (Online) ; 29(2): 419-428, mar./apr. 2013. ilus
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: biblio-914409

ABSTRACT

O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o polimorfismo do gene da proteína prion celular (PRPN) de ovinos introduzidos numa propriedade onde ocorreu um surto de scrapie, e relacionar com a suscetibilidade à doença por meio da análise da presença da proteína prion celular alterada (PrPSc), utilizando imunohistoquímica (IHQ) de tecido linfóide associado à mucosa reto-anal. Foram avaliados 42 ovinos, mestiços Texel. Eram fêmeas entre um e oito anos de idade, sendo que sete (16,67%) ovelhas foram introduzidas adultas na propriedade em 2006. As demais, 83,33%, eram nascidas na fazenda. A genotipagem do PRPN foi feita pela análise do polimorfismo de comprimento de fragmento de restrição - RFLP ("Restriction Fragment Lenght Polimorphism"). O genótipo ARQ/ARQ foi o mais freqüente, encontrado em 73,81% dos animais, seguido do genótipo ARR/ARQ, com 16,67% e do ARQ/VRQ, com 9,52%. Os alelos ARH e AHQ não foram encontrados nestes animais. O resultado da IHQ foi negativo em todas as amostras. Não foi possível, portanto, estabelecer uma relação entre genótipo e maior susceptibilidade ao scrapie, devido à ausência de PrPSc na amostras examinadas. No Brasil, há poucos dados de genotipagem do gene da proteína prion celular (PRNP) em ovinos e, até o momento, nenhum tipo de controle baseado em cruzamentos direcionados foi implementado.


The aim of this work was to study the polymorphism of the prion protein gene (PRNP) of a sheep flock raised in a farm where a scrapie outbreak had occurred, and to relate to disease susceptibility of possible animals infected with altered prion protein (PrPSc), by immunohistochemical analysis of recto-anal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (RAMALT). Forty two sheep, crossbred with Texel, Ile de France, Dorper and Suffolk were used. Females were between one and eight years old, and seven (16.67%) were adult ewes when they entered the flock in 2006. The rest, 83.33% were born in the farm. The PRNP genotyping was performed by RFLP ("restriction fragment length polymorphism") analysis. The most frequent genotype was ARQ/ARQ, found in 73.81% of the animals, followed by ARR/ARQ, with 16.67% and ARQ/VRQ, with 9.52%. The ARH and AHQ alleles were not found. All RAMALT samples were negative in immunohistochemical analysis. It was not possible to establish a relation between PRNP polymorphisms and susceptibility to scrapie, due to the lack of positive samples to PrPSc. In Brazil, there is little available PRNP genotyping data of sheep and, so far, no type of controlled breeding scheme for scrapie has been implemented.


Subject(s)
Polymorphism, Genetic , Scrapie , Sheep , Genotyping Techniques , Prion Proteins , Lymphoid Tissue , Brain Diseases
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Pesqui. vet. bras ; 33(1): 21-29, Jan. 2013. ilus, tab
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-668087

ABSTRACT

Nas últimas décadas a pecuária ovina cresceu significativamente no Brasil. Concomitantemente, grupos de pesquisas e laboratórios de diagnósticos realizam estudos retrospectivos com a finalidade de fornecer subsídios técnico-científicos para os médicos veterinários. Desta forma, realizou-se um estudo de prevalência nos arquivos do Laboratório de Anatomia Patológica Animal (LAP) da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS) no período de Janeiro de 1996 a Dezembro de 2010. O Laboratório de Bacteriologia da UFMS e o Setor de Patologia Veterinária da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul forneceram apoio diagnóstico nos casos de mannheimiose pulmonar e scrapie, respectivamente. Os laudos da espécie ovina foram revisados e agrupados em conclusivos e inconclusivos, dos quais foram excluídos os casos experimentais e de outros estados e países. Os casos conclusivos foram classificados de acordo com a etiologia da doença. Os exames da espécie ovina somaram 331 laudos (3,97 %) de um total de 8.333 casos diagnosticados no período. Destes, foram excluídos sessenta e quatro (19,3%) casos experimentais e materiais oriundos de outros estados ou países. Dos 267 casos remanescentes, 87 (32,6%) foram inconclusivos e 180 (67,4%) considerados conclusivos, sendo 60 (33,3%) doenças infecciosas e parasitárias; 45 (25%) intoxicações e toxi-infecções; 41 (22,8%) "lesões sem causa definida"; 22 (12,2%) doenças metabólicas e nutricionais; 10 (5,6%) foram classificadas como "outros distúrbios" e 2 (1,1%) neoplasmas. A hemoncose, intoxicação por Brachiaria spp., pleuropneumonias, broncopneumonias, pneumonias fibrinonecrosante ou fibrinossupurativa sem causa definida e a intoxicação por cobre foram as doenças mais prevalentes no período estudado. Dois casos de scrapie foram diagnosticados no período.


Sheep farming has increased significantly in Brazil during the last decades. Concurrently, research groups and diagnostic laboratories compile data and perform retrospective studies to provide important insight for professionals. A prevalence study from January 1996 to December 2010 was carried out in the archives of Laboratório de Anatomia Patológica Animal (LAP), Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS). Laboratório de Bacteriologia, UFMS, and Setor de Patologia Veterinária at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul helped on the diagnostic of pulmonary mannheimiosis and scrapie respectively. The reports for sheep were reviewed and grouped into conclusive and inconclusive ones. The conclusive cases were classified according to the etiology of the disease. In the period, 331 exams (3.97%) were done. Sixty-four experimental cases and materials from other states or countries (19.3%) were excluded. Remaining cases (267), eighty-seven (32.6%) were inconclusive and 180 (67.4%) were considered conclusive reports, were classified according to the etiology: 60 (33.3%) infectious and parasitary diseases; 45 (25%) were poisonings and toxi-infections; 41 (22.8%) were summarized as "injuries without apparent cause"; 22 (12.2%) cases of metabolic and nutritional diseases; 10 (5.6%) were classified as "other disorders" and 2 (1.1%) case of neoplasms. Haemonchosis, fibrinonecrotic or fibrinopurulent pleuropneumonia, bronchopneumonia and pneumonia, poisonings by Brachiaria spp. and copper poisoning were the most prevalent diseases in sheep. Two cases of scrapie have been diagnosed in this period.


Subject(s)
Animals , Sheep/microbiology , Pasteurellosis, Pneumonic/diagnosis , Pasteurellosis, Pneumonic/prevention & control , Retrospective Studies , Scrapie/diagnosis , Scrapie/prevention & control , Bronchopneumonia/veterinary , Copper , Haemonchiasis/veterinary , Pleuropneumonia/veterinary
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Pesqui. vet. bras ; 32(12): 1230-1238, Dec. 2012. ilus, tab
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-662553

ABSTRACT

Scrapie é uma doença infecciosa, neurodegenerativa fatal, causada pelo príon scrapie (PrPsc). Apresenta-se tanto na forma clássica em ovinos e caprinos geneticamente susceptíveis quanto na forma atípica em ovinos. A primeira notificação oficial do Brasil à Organização Mundial de Saúde Animal (OIE), um caso da forma clássica diagnosticado no Rio Grande do Sul ocorreu em 1985, mas a doença já havia sido diagnosticada no mesmo Estado em 1978. Este trabalho objetivou descrever dois surtos de Scrapie em ovinos em Mato Grosso do Sul (MS), Brasil e investigar, por meio de imuno-histoquímica (IHQ) a presença de PrPsc no Sistema Nervoso Central (SNC) de ovinos examinados entre 2003 e 2010. Na primeira parte observaram-se dois ovinos com sinais clínicos típicos de scrapie, detalhando-se os sinais neurológicos, dados epidemiológicos, histopatológicos e amostras teciduais em duplicata desses ovinos foram encaminhadas para realização de diagnóstico de Raiva e para diagnóstico IHQ para príon. Na segunda parte realizou-se levantamento de laudos de necropsia e diagnósticos histopatológicos de ovinos, no período de maio de 2003 a março de 2010. Amostras de sistema nervoso central de 51 casos foram selecionados, incluindo os dois já com diagnóstico de Scrapie mencionados acima; os tecido de todos esses ovinos foram submetidos à IHQ para detecção de proteína priônica. Os 49 ovinos avaliados apresentaram resultado negativo na IHQ para príon.


Scrapie is a fatal neurodegenerative infectious disease, caused by the scrapie prion (PrPsc), that can both in the as the classic form in genetically susceptible sheep and goats and in the atypical form in sheep. The first official notification of scrapie from Brazil was made to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) in 1985, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, although the disease was first documented in this Brazilian state in 1978. The objective this paper was to describe two outbreaks of scrapie in sheep from Mato Grosso do Sul (MS), Brazil, and to investigate by immunohistochemistry (IHC) the presence of PrPsc in samples from the CNS of sheep examined during 2003 and 2010. The study was conducted in two stages; the first was the observation of two sheep with typical clinical signs of scrapie that underwent clinical examination with emphasis on neurological parameters, epidemiological data collection, necropsy and collection of samples in duplicate forwarded to the diagnosis of rabies, and for the IHC diagnosis of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies. In the second part of the study, a survey was made the necropsy reviewing gross findings and histopathological diagnoses in sheep from May 2003 to March 2010. Samples of the central nervous system of fifty-one cases, including the two sheep mentioned above were subjected to IHC for detection of prion protein. The other 49 sheep, although displaying neurological-disease which should be included as scrapie differential diagnosis, had their tissues submitted to IHC resulting negative.


Subject(s)
Animals , Prion Diseases/veterinary , Sheep/abnormalities , Sheep/genetics , Scrapie/diagnosis , Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Direct/veterinary , Diagnosis, Differential , Neurodegenerative Diseases/veterinary , Gait Disorders, Neurologic
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Pesqui. vet. bras ; 32(10): 990-994, out. 2012. ilus, tab
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-654387

ABSTRACT

Scrapie é uma encefalopatia espongiforme transmissível (EET) que causa lesões cerebrais degenerativas em ovinos e caprinos. Caracteriza-se pelo acúmulo, no tecido encefálico e linforreticular, da forma anormal da proteína priônica (PrP Sc) que provoca a morte maciça de neurônios e células gliais, além de vacuolização intensa no tecido afetado. Esse trabalho descreve a utilização da técnica de imuno-histoquímica (IHQ) para proteína priônica em tecido linforreticular de biópsias de terceira pálpebra e mucosa retal, como método diagnóstico de scrapie em ovinos. Realizaram-se exames de IHQ para scrapie em amostras de uma propriedade de origem de um ovino com diagnóstico dessa enfermidade. Utilizaram-se anticorpos monoclonais antipríon para diagnóstico ante mortem pela técnica de IHQ. Nas 318 amostras de biópsias analisadas, encontrou-se 19 resultados positivos para PrP Sc nos folículos de terceira pálpebra e não foi obtida marcação no tecido linfático de mucosa retal em nenhuma das amostras coletadas. Realizaram-se 18 necropsias dos animais positivos anteriormente por biópsia e 21 necropsias de ovinos parentes dos positivos de scrapie. Confirmou-se o resultado de scrapie pela IHQ após a necropsia dos animais positivos nas biópsias de terceira pálpebra. Nesses animais, os órgãos com maior número de cortes positivos foram a terceira pálpebra (18/18) e a tonsila (8/18). Nos ovinos com parentesco com os positivos, nenhum resultado de scrapie ocorreu. A utilização de tecidos linfoides no diagnóstico de scrapie por IHQ através de biópsias mostrou-se um método viável e eficaz para o diagnóstico pré-clínico.


Scrapie, a form of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSEs) is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder that affects sheep and goats. The disease is characterized by an accumulation of the abnormal prionic protein (PrP Sc) in the encephalic and lymphoreticular tissues. This paper describes the use of anti-prionic protein immunohistochemical (IHC) procedure as a method of pre-clinical diagnosis of scrapie.The test was carried out in biopsied lymphoreticular tissues from third eyelid and rectal mucosa. Anti-prion protein monoclonal antibodies F89/160.1.5 and F99/97.6.1 were used. Scrapie diagnosis in lymphoreticular tissues through IHC was achieved when the samples had a minimum of three lymphoid follicles in well delimited germinal centre. Positive immunostaining was identified in 19 out of 318 samples of the third eyelid. Material sampled at post-mortem examination in 18 of these scrapie-positive sheep, which were previously verified by biopsy, and in 21 of its relatives, was confirmed with IHC tests. Positive immunostaining from rectal mucosa tissue was not observed. Third eyelid and tonsil were the organs with the larger amount of positive immunostaining (18/18 and 8/18 respectively) at post-mortem examination. None positive result was obtained along the 21 animals related to the positive ones, and none of the positive cases showed IHC labeling in the brain. The use of lymphoid tissues for scrapie diagnosis by IHC through biopsies showed to be a viable and efficient method for pre-clinical diagnostic.


Subject(s)
Animals , Prion Diseases/diagnosis , Prion Diseases/veterinary , Immunohistochemistry , Sheep , Biopsy/veterinary , Lymphoid Tissue , Nictitating Membrane
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Pesqui. vet. bras ; 32(3): 221-226, Mar. 2012. ilus, graf, tab
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-624113

ABSTRACT

Scrapie ou paraplexia enzoótica dos ovinos é uma doença neurodegenerativa fatal que acomete ovinos e raramente caprinos. A doença é influenciada por polimorfismos nos códons 136, 154 e 171 do gene prnp que codifica a proteína priônica. Os animais podem ser susceptíveis ou resistentes, de acordo com as sequências alélicas observadas nos referidos códons. No Brasil ocorreram apenas casos de animais que foram importados, sendo o país considerado livre da doença. Neste trabalho foi realizada a genotipagem dos diferentes polimorfismos associados ao desenvolvimento do scrapie e a categorização em animais susceptíveis e resistentes. Foram sequenciadas 118 amostras provenientes de ovinos da raça Santa Inês criados em propriedades localizadas no Estado de São Paulo. Destas amostras foram identificados 6 alelos e 11 genótipos (ARQ/ARQ, ARR/ARQ, ARQ/AHQ, ARQ/VRQ, AHQ/AHQ, ARR/ARR, ARR/AHQ, VRQ/VRQ, ARQ/TRQ, TRR/TRR, TRQ/TRQ), dentre os quais o genótipo ARQ/ARQ teve ocorrência de 56,7%. Em nosso estudo foi detectada a presença da tirosina no códon 136, observação rara na medida em que não existem relatos nacionais e internacionais envolvendo a raça Santa Inês descrevendo este polimorfismo. Com os resultados obtidos, foi possível determinar a existência de grande variabilidade genética relacionada à raça Santa Inês no Estado de São Paulo. Apesar da variabilidade, apenas 1,69% dos genótipos observados mostraram-se extremamente resistentes ao scrapie. Estes dados demonstram que a raça nativa Santa Inês pode ser considerada potencialmente susceptível ao scrapie.


Enzootic paraplexia or scrapie is a fatal neurodegenerative disease affecting mainly sheep and rarely goats. The disease is influenced by polymorphisms at codons 136, 154 and 171 of prnp gene that encodes the prion protein. The animals may be susceptible or resistant to the development of the disease according to the allelic sequences observed in these codons. In Brazil there were only cases of scrapie in imported animals, therefore the country is considered free of the disease. This study performed the genotyping of different polymorphisms associated to the development of scrapie. Then, based on these findings the animals were categorized in resistant and susceptible. A total of 118 samples were sequenced from the Santa Ines sheep raised on properties located in the State of Sao Paulo. From these samples, 6 alleles and 11 genotypes were identified (ARQ / ARQ, ARR / ARQ, ARQ / AHQ, ARQ / VRQ, AHQ / AHQ, ARR / ARR, ARR / AHQ, VRQ / VRQ, ARQ / TRQ, TRR / TRR, TRQ / TRQ), the genotype ARQ / ARQ presented a frequency of 56.7%. It was also detected the presence of tyrosine at codon 136, which may be considered a rare observation, since there is no report regarding Santa Ines breeding presenting this polymorphism. These results showed the great genetic variability in Santa Ines in Sao Paulo and only 1,69% of the genotypes observed are extremely resistant to scrapie. These data demonstrate that the Santa Ines sheep can be considered potentially susceptible to scrapie.


Subject(s)
Animals , Cattle , Sheep/abnormalities , Scrapie/genetics , Disease Susceptibility/veterinary , Tyrosine , Endemic Diseases/veterinary , Neurodegenerative Diseases/veterinary , Polymerase Chain Reaction/veterinary
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Article in English | IMSEAR | ID: sea-151060

ABSTRACT

Prion diseases are known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE), a group of rare, rapidly progressive, and fatal neurologic diseases. The agents responsible for human and animal prion diseases are abnormal proteins (prion or proteinaceous infectious particle) that can trigger chain reactions causing normal proteins in the brain to change to the abnormal protein. These abnormal proteins are resistant to enzymatic breakdown, and they accumulate in the brain, leading to damage. All have long incubation periods followed by chronic neurological disease and fatal outcomes, have similar pathology limited to the CNS include convulsions, dementia, ataxia (balance and coordination dysfunction), and behavioral changes, and are experimentally transmissible to some other species.

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Arq. ciênc. vet. zool. UNIPAR ; 14(2): 119-125, jul-dez. 2011.
Article in Portuguese | LILACS-Express | LILACS | ID: lil-678947

ABSTRACT

O scrapie é uma doença neurodegenerativa fatal, pertencente ao grupo das encefalopatias espongiformes transmissíveis. Já foi detectada no Brasil, e o Paraná é o estado com maior número de animais afetados, já possuindo casos autóctones. Sabe-se que a transmissão horizontal é essencial para a perpetuação da doença, mas as rotas de transmissão não estão bem estabelecidas. Conhecer as vias de transmissão é o requisito básico para que se desenvolva um programa de controle e erradicação da doença baseado em evidências. Diversas vias já foram propostas como meios de entrada do agente causal príon. Entretanto, avanços recentes nesse campo, unidos com informações recorrentes na literatura fornecem indícios que a via intranasal ou a via inalatória podem representar uma porta de entrada para os príons na transmissão lateral do scrapie em ovinos e caprinos.


Scrapie is a fatal neurodegenerative disease, belonging to the group of transmissible spongiform encefalopathies. It has already been detected in Brazil, and Paraná is the state with the highest number of affected animals, presenting autochthonous cases. It is known that horizontal transmission is essential for the disease perpetuation, but the transmission pathways are not well established. Knowing them is the basic requirement to develop a control and eradication program of the disease based on evidence. Several pathways have been proposed for the transmission of the causative agents, prions. However, recent advances in this and information from the literature provide evidence that intranasal or inhalatory pathway might represent a route for prions in lateral transmission of scrapie in ovines and caprines.


El scrapie es una enfermedad neurodegenerativa fatal, perteneciente al grupo de las encefalopatías espongiformes transmisibles. Ya se ha detectado en Brasil, y el Paraná es el estado con mayor número de animales afectados, teniendo casos autóctonas. Se sabe que la transmisión horizontal es esencial para la perpetuación de la enfermedad, pero las rutas de transmisión no están bien establecidas. Conocer las vías de transmisión es el requisito básico para que se desarrolle un programa de control y erradicación de la enfermedad basado en evidencias. Diversas vías ya fueron propuestas como medios de entrada del agente causal prion. Sin embargo, avanzos recientes en ese campo, unidos con informaciones recurrentes en la literatura fornecen indicios que la vía intranasal o la vía inhaladora pueden representar una puerta de entrada para los priones en la transmisión lateral del scrapie en ovinos y caprinos.

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Rev. colomb. cienc. pecu ; 23(2): 240-249, jun. 2010. tab, graf
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-559551

ABSTRACT

Las Encefalopatías Espongiformes Transmisibles, también llamadas enfermedades priónicas, sonun grupo de enfermedades neurodegenerativas, que afectan una gran variedad de mamíferos. El agenteresponsable de estas patologías se ha identificado como una isoforma anormal de una proteína celular, lacual luego de sufrir un cambio conformacional (prion), adquiere la capacidad de comportarse como unagente infeccioso. Se ha demostrado la capacidad de los priones para cruzar la barrera de especies entreel ganado y los seres humanos; lo cual se ha reflejado en un problema de salud pública que ha afectadogravemente a los países donde se han presentado brotes de estas enfermedades. Las EncefalopatíasEspongiformes Transmisibles se han reportado en una gran cantidad de países y Colombia no ha sido ajenaa la presencia de casos esporádicos humanos, no relacionados con el consumo de material contaminadoprocedente de animales enfermos. Con el presente artículo se pretende dar una visión de la historia y elestado actual de Colombia frente a estas enfermedades, las cuales representan una grave amenaza para lasalud pública y la agrocadena ganadera del país.


Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopaties, also called prion diseases, are a group of neurodegenerativediseases affecting a variety of mammals. The responsible agent consists of an abnormal isoform of a cellularprotein that suffers a conformational change (prion), acquiring the ability of being transmissible. It hasbeen demonstrated prions capacity to cross the species barrier between the cattle and humans; affectingpublic health in countries with reported cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy. The transmissiblespongiform encephalitis have been reported in a number of countries and Colombia is not the exceptionwith some human sporadic cases, not related with the intake of contaminated material from sick animals.With this manuscript we pretend to give a view of the history and the current state of prion diseases inColombia, which represent a serious threat for the public health and the cattle industry of the country.


As doenças encefalopatias espongiformes transmissíveis, são do grupo de doenças neurodegenerativas,que afetam uma grande variedade de mamíferos. O agente responsável de estas patologias estáidentificado como uma isoforma anormal de uma proteína celular, a qual logo de apresentar umamudança de conformação (prião), adquire a capacidade de comportar-se como um agente infeccioso.Tem-se demonstrado a capacidade que tem o prião para ultrapassar a barreira de espécies entre o gadoe o ser humano; o qual está refletido gravemente aos países onde tem-se apresentado estas doenças.As encefalopatias espongiformes transmissíveis estão reportadas em uma grande quantidade de países.Na Colômbia tem-se apresentado casos esporádicos em humanos, não relacionados com o consumo dematerial contaminado procedente de animais doentes. O presente artigo, busca dar uma visão da historiae o estado atual da Colômbia frente as doenças, as quais representam uma grave ameaça para a saúdepública e da pecuária do pais.


Subject(s)
Animals , Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform/epidemiology , Prions
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