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However, there is no efficient method to quantify the amount of PrP<jats:sup>Sc<\/jats:sup> by RT-QuIC.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Here we introduce quantitative RT-QuIC (qRT-QuIC) to quantify with high accuracy minute amounts of PrP<jats:sup>Sc<\/jats:sup> in the brain and various peripheral tissues at levels far below detection by <jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic> transmission. PrP<jats:sup>Sc<\/jats:sup> is relatively resistant to treatment with proteinase K (PK). However, as there can also be a fraction of pathological PrP that is digested by PK, we use the term PrP<jats:sup>27-30<\/jats:sup> to denote to the amount of PrP<jats:sup>Sc<\/jats:sup> that can be detected by immunoblot after PK treatment. qRT-QuIC is based upon the quantitative correlation between the seeded amount of PrP<jats:sup>27-30<\/jats:sup> and the lag time to the start of the conversion reaction detected by RT-QuIC. By seeding known amounts of PrP<jats:sup>27-30<\/jats:sup> quantified by immunoblot into qRT-QuIC a standard calibration curve can be obtained. Based on this calibration curve, seeded undetermined amounts of PrP<jats:sup>27-30<\/jats:sup> can be directly calculated. qRT-QuIC allowed to quantify PrP<jats:sup>27-30<\/jats:sup> concentrations at extremely low levels as low as 10<jats:sup>-15.5<\/jats:sup>\u00a0g PrP<jats:sup>27-30<\/jats:sup>, which corresponds to 0.001 LD<jats:sub>50<\/jats:sub> units obtained by <jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic> i.c. transmission studies. We find that PrP<jats:sup>27-30<\/jats:sup> concentration increases steadily in the brain after inoculation and can be detected at various time points during the incubation period in peripheral organs (spleen, heart, muscle, liver, kidney) in two experimental scrapie strains (RML, ME7) in the mouse.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>We suggest that an automatic quantitative system to measure disease progression as well as prion contamination of organs, blood and food product is feasible. Moreover, the concept of qRT-QuIC should be applicable to measure other disease-associated proteins rich in \u03b2-pleated structures (amyloid) that bind ThT and that show seeded aggregation.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/2051-5960-1-44","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,8,2]],"date-time":"2013-08-02T12:14:23Z","timestamp":1375445663000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":44,"title":["Establishing quantitative real-time quaking-induced conversion (qRT-QuIC) for highly sensitive detection and quantification of PrPSc in prion-infected tissues"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"1","author":[{"given":"Song","family":"Shi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gerda","family":"Mitteregger-Kretzschmar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Armin","family":"Giese","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hans A","family":"Kretzschmar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2013,8,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"39_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"136","DOI":"10.1126\/science.6801762","volume":"216","author":"SB Prusiner","year":"1982","unstructured":"Prusiner SB: Novel proteinaceous infectious particles cause scrapie. 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