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Table 1 Average incubation times and survival percentages of tg a 20 mice inoculated intracranially with serially diluted or treated RML scrapie brain homogenate

From: Evaluation of a combinatorial approach to prion inactivation using an oxidizing agent, SDS, and proteinase K

Group

Dilution or treatment

Mean incubation time in days ± SD (% survival)

 

RML titration series *

 
 

100

66 ± 3.4 (0%)

 

10-1

74 ± 3.3 (0%)

 

10-2

83 ± 6.1 (0%)

 

10-3

128 ± 29.1 (22%)

 

10-4

184 ± 39.6 (78%)

 

10-5 through 10-12

N/A (100%) – study termination

 

Treated RML

 
 

SPC-PL*

67 ± 2.6 (0%)

 

SPC-PH*

70 ± 6.0 (0%)

 

SPC-PL + SDS*

93 ± 9.7 (0%)

 

SPC-PH + SDS*

93 ± 7.6 (0%)

1

SPC-PL ∏ PK

107 ± 39.0 (11%)

2

SPC-PH ∏ PK

98 ± 16.8 (0%)

3

SPC-PL + SDS ∏ PK

431 ± 72.4 (73%)

4

SPC-PH + SDS ∏ PK

108^ (88%)

5

SDS control

85 ± 12.3 (0%)

6

PK control

62 ± 5.2 (0%)

7

SDS ∏ PK control

86 ± 7.1 (0%)

  1. *Smith et al.[29]; ^only 1 mouse in this group was euthanized due to clinical scrapie.
  2. SD standard deviation.