PMCA screening of retropharyngeal lymph nodes in white-tailed deer and comparisons with ELISA and IHC

© 2023. The Author(s)..

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a prion disease affecting cervids. CWD diagnosis is conducted through enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and immunohistochemistry (IHC) in retropharyngeal lymph nodes. Unfortunately, these techniques have limited sensitivity against the biomarker (CWD-prions). Two in vitro prion amplification techniques, real-time quaking-induced conversion (RT-QuIC) and protein misfolding cyclic amplification (PMCA), have shown promise in detecting CWD-prions in tissues and bodily fluids. Recent studies have demonstrated that RT-QuIC yields similar results compared to ELISA and IHC. Here, we analyzed 1003 retropharyngeal lymph nodes (RPLNs) from Texas white-tailed deer. PMCA detected CWD at a higher rate compared to ELISA/IHC, identified different prion strains, and revealed the presence of CWD-prions in places with no previous history. These findings suggest that PMCA exhibits greater sensitivity than current standard techniques and could be valuable for rapid and strain-specific CWD detection.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Scientific reports - 13(2023), 1 vom: 17. Nov., Seite 20171

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Benavente, Rebeca [VerfasserIn]
Reed, J Hunter [VerfasserIn]
Lockwood, Mitch [VerfasserIn]
Morales, Rodrigo [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Prions
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

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Date Completed 20.11.2023

Date Revised 29.11.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41598-023-47105-9

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM364698489