The CNS glycoprotein Shadoo has PrPC-like protective properties and displays reduced levels in prion infections

The cellular prion protein, PrPC, is neuroprotective in a number of settings and in particular prevents cerebellar degeneration mediated by CNS‐expressed Doppel or internally deleted PrP (‘ΔPrP’). This paradigm has facilitated mapping of activity determinants in PrPC and implicated a cryptic PrPC‐like protein, ‘π’. Shadoo (Sho) is a hypothetical GPI‐anchored protein encoded by the Sprn gene, exhibiting homology and domain organization similar to the N‐terminus of PrP. Here we demonstrate Sprn expression and Sho protein in the adult CNS. Sho expression overlaps PrPC, but is low in cerebellar granular neurons (CGNs) containing PrPC and high in PrPC‐deficient dendritic processes. In Prnp0/0 CGNs, Sho transgenes were PrPC‐like in their ability to counteract neurotoxic effects of either Doppel or ΔPrP. Additionally, prion‐infected mice exhibit a dramatic reduction in endogenous Sho protein. Sho is a candidate for π, and since it engenders a PrPC‐like neuroprotective activity, compromised neuroprotective activity resulting from reduced levels may exacerbate damage in prion infections. Sho may prove useful in deciphering several unresolved facets of prion biology.

• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  EMBO Journal

• Publication date

  2007-08-16

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601830PMID 17703189PMCID 1950727
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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