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Amyloid contents were quantitatively assayed in crude yeast lysates treated with thioflavin T that specifically stained amyloid fibrils. We demonstrated that guanidine hydrochloride (GuHCl) treatment and overexpression of Hsp104p chaperone resulted in the elimination of the [PSI +] factor and that the stable decline in amyloid contents followed from the reduced fluorescence intensity (IF) of thioflavin T. Overexpression of the SUP35 gene coding the protein prionizable to [PSI +] results in the generation of [PSI +] clones with increased thioflavin T IF. Transmission of [PSI +] factor by cytoduction in crossings of recipients with low IF was also accompanied by stable IF enhancement in cytoductants, indicating enriched amyloid contents. Thus, in model experiments, modifying the quantity of [PSI +] factor, a yeast prion amyloid, the change in thioflavin T IF corresponds to the expected shift in amyloid contents, the IF shift behaving as a cytoplasm hereditary determinant. It is concluded that thioflavin T IF allows for the quantitative estimation of amyloid contents in cells. The stable mitotic IF shift induced by agents affecting the prion composition permits the quantitative evaluation of prion contribution into amyloid pool. It is possible to assume that the monitoring of thiophlavin T IF shifts under the exposure of agents affecting prion pattern may be helpful to disclose previously unknown prions in yeast strains.
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Original Russian Text © O.V. Nevzglyadova, I.M. Kuznetsova, A.V. Artemov, E.V. Mikhailova, K.K. Turoverov, T.R. Soidla, 2008, published in Tsitologiya, Vol. 50, No. 1, 2008.
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Nevzglyadova, O.V., Kuznetsova, I.M., Artemov, A.V. et al. Comparative assay of amyloid and prion contents in yeast cells. Cell Tiss. Biol. 2, 71–80 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1990519X08010112
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