NDLI: A γ-secretase inhibitor and quinacrine reduce prions and prevent dendritic degeneration in murine brains

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Author	Spilman, Patricia Lessard, Pierre Mamta, Sattavat Bush, Clarissa Thomas, Tousseyn Huang, Eric J. Giles, Kurt Golde, Todd Das, Pritam Abdul, Fauq Prusiner, Stanley B. Dearmond, Stephen J.
Abstract	In prion-infected mice, both the Notch-1 intracellular domain transcription factor (NICD) and the disease-causing prion protein (PrPSc) increase in the brain preceding dendritic atrophy and loss. Because the drug LY411575 inhibits the γ-secretase-catalyzed cleavage of Notch-1 that produces NICD, we asked whether this γ-secretase inhibitor (GSI) might prevent dendritic degeneration in mice with scrapie. At 50 d postinoculation with Rocky Mountain Laboratory (RML) prions, mice were given GSI orally for 43–60 d. Because we did not expect GSI to produce a reduction of PrPSc levels in brain, we added quinacrine (Qa) to the treatment regimen. Qa inhibits PrPSc formation in cultured cells. The combination of GSI and Qa reduced PrPSc by ≈95% in the neocortex and hippocampus but only ≈50% in the thalamus at the site of prion inoculation. The GSI plus Qa combination prevented dendritic atrophy and loss, but GSI alone did not. Even though GSI reduced NICD levels to a greater extent than GSI plus Qa, it was unable to prevent dendritic degeneration. Whether a balance between NICD and dendrite growth-stimulating factors was achieved with GSI plus Qa but not GSI alone remains to be determined. Although the combination of GSI and Qa diminished PrPSc in the brains of RML-infected mice, GSI toxicity prevented us from being able to assess the effect the GSI plus Qa combination on incubation times. Whether less toxic GSIs can be used in place of LY411575 to prolong survival remains to be determined.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0803671105
Ending Page	10600
Page Count	6
Starting Page	10595
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00278424
e-ISSN	10916490
Journal	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Issue Number	30
Volume Number	105
Language	English
Publisher	National Academy of Sciences
Publisher Date	2008-07-29
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	National Academy of Sciences
Subject Keyword	General Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Multidisciplinary

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