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[Study on the correlation between membrane protein Flotillin-1 and PrPc endocytosis]
1State key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100052, China.
Objective:
To explore whether the membrane-associated protein Flotillin-1 has relationship with endocytosis of PrPc.
Methods:
The expression of Flotillin-1 in different cell lines was detected with the method of Western Blot; the interaction between Flotillin-1 and PrPc in Cells which were treated with copper ions was observed using immunoprecipitation method.
Results:
(1) Flotillin-1 was widely expressed in many cell lines without significant difference in the amounts of expression level; (2) Only in the appearance of copper ions, the protein complexes of PrPc and Flotillin-1 can be detected with the method of IP, which were related to copper ions concentration and processing time.
Conclusion:
The membrane-associated protein Flotillin-1 has the relationship with the endocytosis of PrPc.
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