Abstract
Prion diseases are fatal and incurable infectious neurodegenerative disorders affecting humans and other mammals. Prions are composed essentially if not solely of PrPSc, a misfolded form of the host-encoded PrP protein. PrPSc catalyzes the transconformation of the normal endogenous PrP (PrPC) into more PrPSc. Prion replication thus corresponds to the propagation of an altered folding state of PrP. Several prion proteins have also been identified in the simple model organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast prion-based screening assays have allowed identification of drugs active against mammalian prions, thus revealing the existence of common prion propagation mechanisms conserved from yeast to human. To identify these conserved targets, antiprion compounds isolated in yeast can be used as baits in reverse screening strategies. Once identified, these targets could in turn lead to the development of mechanism-based cell-free antiprion screening assays. A reverse screening procedure has been performed for 6AP and GA, two antiprion compounds isolated using a yeast-based assay. Protein folding activity of the large ribosomal RNA was found to be a physical and a functional target of both 6AP and GA therefore suggesting that this activity of the ribosome may constitute a novel mechanism involved in prion propagation and, as a consequence, a new screening target.
Keywords: Mammalian Prion, Antiprion Drug Screening, Mouse Models, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, ribosomal RNA
Infectious Disorders - Drug Targets
Title: Procedure for Identification and Characterization of Drugs Efficient Against Mammalian Prion: From a Yeast-Based Antiprion Drug Screening Assay to In Vivo Mouse Models
Volume: 9 Issue: 1
Author(s): Cecile Voisset, Sven J. Saupe, Herve Galons and Marc Blondel
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Keywords: Mammalian Prion, Antiprion Drug Screening, Mouse Models, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, ribosomal RNA
Abstract: Prion diseases are fatal and incurable infectious neurodegenerative disorders affecting humans and other mammals. Prions are composed essentially if not solely of PrPSc, a misfolded form of the host-encoded PrP protein. PrPSc catalyzes the transconformation of the normal endogenous PrP (PrPC) into more PrPSc. Prion replication thus corresponds to the propagation of an altered folding state of PrP. Several prion proteins have also been identified in the simple model organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast prion-based screening assays have allowed identification of drugs active against mammalian prions, thus revealing the existence of common prion propagation mechanisms conserved from yeast to human. To identify these conserved targets, antiprion compounds isolated in yeast can be used as baits in reverse screening strategies. Once identified, these targets could in turn lead to the development of mechanism-based cell-free antiprion screening assays. A reverse screening procedure has been performed for 6AP and GA, two antiprion compounds isolated using a yeast-based assay. Protein folding activity of the large ribosomal RNA was found to be a physical and a functional target of both 6AP and GA therefore suggesting that this activity of the ribosome may constitute a novel mechanism involved in prion propagation and, as a consequence, a new screening target.
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Voisset Cecile, Saupe J. Sven, Galons Herve and Blondel Marc, Procedure for Identification and Characterization of Drugs Efficient Against Mammalian Prion: From a Yeast-Based Antiprion Drug Screening Assay to In Vivo Mouse Models, Infectious Disorders - Drug Targets 2009; 9 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1871526510909010031
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