Role of sialylation in prion disease pathogenesis and prion structure
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- DOI: 10.1016/bs.pmbts.2020.07.004
Role of sialylation in prion disease pathogenesis and prion structure
Abstract
Mammalian prion or PrPSc is a proteinaceous infectious agent that consists of a misfolded, self-replicating state of a sialoglycoprotein called the prion protein or PrPC. Sialylation of the prion protein, a terminal modification of N-linked glycans, was discovered more than 30 years ago, yet the role of sialylation in prion pathogenesis is not well understood. This chapter summarizes current knowledge on the role of sialylation of the prion protein in prion diseases. First, we discuss recent data suggesting that sialylation of PrPSc N-linked glycans determines the fate of prion infection in an organism and control prion lymphotropism. Second, emerging evidence pointing out at the role N-glycans in neuroinflammation are discussed. Thirds, this chapter reviews a mechanism postulating that sialylated N-linked glycans are important players in defining strain-specific structures. A new hypothesis according to which individual strain-specific PrPSc structures govern selection of PrPC sialoglycoforms is discussed. Finally, this chapter explain how N-glycan sialylation control the prion replication and strain interference. In summary, comprehensive review of our knowledge on N-linked glycans and their sialylation provided in this chapter helps to answer important questions of prion biology that have been puzzling for years.
Keywords: N-glycosylation; Neuroinflammation; Prion; Prion diseases; Prion strains; Sialylation.
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