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Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation Vol. 19 Issue 2, 142-154
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Identification and characterization of two bovine spongiform encephalopathy cases diagnosed in the United States

Jürgen A. Richt1, Robert A. Kunkle, David Alt, Eric M. Nicholson, Amir N. Hamir, Stefanie Czub, John Kluge, Arthur J. Davis and S. Mark Hall

Correspondence: 1Corresponding Author: Jürgen A Richt, DVM, PhD, National Animal Disease Center, P.O. Box 70, Ames, IA 50010, USA, e-mail: jricht{at}nadc.ars.usda.gov

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy of cattle, first detected in 1986 in the United Kingdom and subsequently in other countries. It is the most likely cause of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) in humans, but the origin of BSE has not been elucidated so far. This report describes the identification and characterization of two cases of BSE diagnosed in the United States. Case 1 (December 2003) exhibited spongiform changes in the obex area of the brainstem and the presence of the abnormal form of the prion protein, PrPSc, in the same brain area, by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and Western blot analysis. Initial suspect diagnosis of BSE for case 2 (November 2004) was made by a rapid ELISA-based BSE test. Case 2 did not exhibit unambiguous spongiform changes in the obex area, but PrPSc was detected by IHC and enrichment Western blot analysis in the obex. Using Western blot analysis, PrPSc from case 1 showed molecular features similar to typical BSE isolates, whereas PrPSc from case 2 revealed an unusual molecular PrPSc pattern: molecular mass of the unglycosylated and monoglycosylated isoform was higher than that of typical BSE isolates and case 2 was strongly labeled with antibody P4, which is consistent with a higher molecular mass. Sequencing of the prion protein gene of both BSE-positive animals revealed that the sequences of both animals were?within the range of the prion protein gene sequence diversity previously reported for cattle.

Key Words: Bovine spongiform encephalopathy • cattle • immunohistochemistry • Prnp gene • Western blot




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