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Chronic wasting disease (CWD) in cervids and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle are prion diseases that are caused by the same protein-misfolding mechanism, but they appear to pose different risks to humans. We are interested in understanding the differences between the species barriers of CWD and BSE. We used real-time, quaking-induced conversion (RT-QuIC) to model the central molecular event in prion disease, the templated misfolding of the normal prion protein, PrPc , to a pathogenic, amyloid isoform, scrapie prion protein, PrPSc . We examined the role of the PrPc amino-terminal domain (N-terminal domain [NTD], amino acids [aa] 23 to 90) in cross-species conversion by comparing the conversion efficiency of various prion seeds in either full-length (aa 23 to 231) or truncated (aa 90 to 231) PrPc . We demonstrate that the presence of white-tailed deer and bovine NTDs hindered seeded conversion of PrPc , but human and bank vole NTDs did the opposite. Additionally, full-length human and bank vole PrPc s were more likely to be converted to amyloid by CWD prions than were their truncated forms. A chimera with replacement of the human NTD by the bovine NTD resembled human PrPc . The requirement for an NTD, but not for the specific human sequence, suggests that the NTD interacts with other regions of the human PrPc to increase promiscuity. These data contribute to the evidence that, in addition to primary sequence, prion species barriers are controlled by interactions of the substrate NTD with the rest of the substrate PrPc molecule.IMPORTANCE We demonstrate that the amino-terminal domain of the normal prion protein, PrPc , hinders seeded conversion of bovine and white-tailed deer PrPc s to the prion forms, but it facilitates conversion of the human and bank vole PrPc s to the prion forms. Additionally, we demonstrate that the amino-terminal domain of human and bank vole PrPc s requires interaction with the rest of the molecule to facilitate conversion by CWD prions. These data suggest that interactions of the amino-terminal domain with the rest of the PrPc molecule play an important role in the susceptibility of humans to CWD prions.

Assessment of the PrP c Amino-Terminal Domain in Prion Species Barriers

Assessment of the PrP ^c Amino-Terminal Domain in Prion Species Barriers