Isolation of Soluble and Insoluble PrP Oligomers in the Normal Human Brain

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October 3rd, 2012

10.3791/3788-v

October 3rd, 2012

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A new species of cellular prion protein (PrPC) has recently been identified in uninfected human brains using the methods described here. These methods can be used to isolate various PrP species, while some of them are also useful in isolating other misfolded protein aggregates from human brains.

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PrP Oligomers

Chapters in this video

0:05

Title

2:02

Preparation of Brain Homogenate and Detergent Soluble and Insoluble Fractions

3:21

Velocity Sedimentation in Sucrose Step Gradients

4:30

Size Exclusion Chromatography

6:16

Capture of PrP with g5P and Western Blotting

8:20

Representative PrP Isolation Results

10:45

Conclusion

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