Table 1. Transgenes, PrPC expression patterns, and anti-PrPC responses in mice immunized with PrPREC.
Mouse line | Construct | Main site of PrP expression | Thymic transcription* | Anti-native PrPC response, log10 at day 28 | T cell response, proliferation index |
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ZH-I | Prnpo/o | None | Undetectable | 3–4 | 3.2 ± 1.68 |
WT | C57BL/6 | Ubiquitous | 100 ± 15.9 | 0–1 | 1 ± 0.12 |
Tg33 | Lck-Prp | T cells | 7,705 ± 428 | 0–1 | 0.42† |
Tg306 | CD19-PrP | B cells | Not done | 0–1 | 0.35† |
Tg01 | Alb-PrP | Hepatocytes | 1.5 ± 0.1 | 0–1 | 1.23† |
Tg1152 | NSE-PrP | Neurons | 28.9 ± 6 | 0–1 | 0.87† |
Tg640 | MBP-PrP | Oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells | 5.5 ± 1.3 | 2–3 | 1.3 ± 0.58 |
Relative to WT transcription (arbitrarily set to 100)
n = 2