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Duverger W, Tsaka G, Khodaparast L, Khodaparast L, Louros N, Rousseau F, Schymkowitz J. An end-to-end approach for single-cell infrared absorption spectroscopy of bacterial inclusion bodies: from AFM-IR measurement to data interpretation of large sample sets. J Nanobiotechnology 2024; 22:406. [PMID: 38987828 PMCID: PMC11234752 DOI: 10.1186/s12951-024-02674-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2024] [Accepted: 06/25/2024] [Indexed: 07/12/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Inclusion bodies (IBs) are well-known subcellular structures in bacteria where protein aggregates are collected. Various methods have probed their structure, but single-cell spectroscopy remains challenging. Atomic Force Microscopy-based Infrared Spectroscopy (AFM-IR) is a novel technology with high potential for the characterisation of biomaterials such as IBs. RESULTS We present a detailed investigation using AFM-IR, revealing the substructure of IBs and their variation at the single-cell level, including a rigorous optimisation of data collection parameters and addressing issues such as laser power, pulse frequency, and sample drift. An analysis pipeline was developed tailored to AFM-IR image data, allowing high-throughput, label-free imaging of more than 3500 IBs in 12,000 bacterial cells. We examined IBs generated in Escherichia coli under different stress conditions. Dimensionality reduction analysis of the resulting spectra suggested distinct clustering of stress conditions, aligning with the nature and severity of the applied stresses. Correlation analyses revealed intricate relationships between the physical and morphological properties of IBs. CONCLUSIONS Our study highlights the power and limitations of AFM-IR, revealing structural heterogeneity within and between IBs. We show that it is possible to perform quantitative analyses of AFM-IR maps over a large collection of different samples and determine how to control for various technical artefacts.
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- Wouter Duverger
- Switch Laboratory, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain and Disease Research, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium
- Switch Laboratory, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium
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- Switch Laboratory, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain and Disease Research, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium
- Switch Laboratory, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium
- Laboratory for Neuropathology, Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium
- Leuven Brain Institute, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium
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- Switch Laboratory, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain and Disease Research, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium
- Switch Laboratory, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium
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- Switch Laboratory, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain and Disease Research, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium
- Switch Laboratory, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium
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- Center for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
- Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Switch Laboratory, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain and Disease Research, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium.
- Switch Laboratory, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium.
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- Switch Laboratory, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain and Disease Research, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium.
- Switch Laboratory, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium.
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Baghel D, de Oliveira AP, Satyarthy S, Chase WE, Banerjee S, Ghosh A. Structural characterization of amyloid aggregates with spatially resolved infrared spectroscopy. Methods Enzymol 2024; 697:113-150. [PMID: 38816120 PMCID: PMC11147165 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2024.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2024]
Abstract
The self-assembly of proteins and peptides into ordered structures called amyloid fibrils is a hallmark of numerous diseases, impacting the brain, heart, and other organs. The structure of amyloid aggregates is central to their function and thus has been extensively studied. However, the structural heterogeneities between aggregates as they evolve throughout the aggregation pathway are still not well understood. Conventional biophysical spectroscopic methods are bulk techniques and only report on the average structural parameters. Understanding the structure of individual aggregate species in a heterogeneous ensemble necessitates spatial resolution on the length scale of the aggregates. Recent technological advances have led to augmentation of infrared (IR) spectroscopy with imaging modalities, wherein the photothermal response of the sample upon vibrational excitation is leveraged to provide spatial resolution beyond the diffraction limit. These combined approaches are ideally suited to map out the structural heterogeneity of amyloid ensembles. AFM-IR, which integrates IR spectroscopy with atomic force microscopy enables identification of the structural facets the oligomers and fibrils at individual aggregate level with nanoscale resolution. These capabilities can be extended to chemical mapping in diseased tissue specimens with submicron resolution using optical photothermal microscopy, which combines IR spectroscopy with optical imaging. This book chapter provides the basic premise of these novel techniques and provides the typical methodology for using these approaches for amyloid structure determination. Detailed procedures pertaining to sample preparation and data acquisition and analysis are discussed and the aggregation of the amyloid β peptide is provided as a case study to provide the reader the experimental parameters necessary to use these techniques to complement their research efforts.
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- Divya Baghel
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States.
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Ali A, Dou T, Holman AP, Hung A, Osborne L, Pickett D, Rodriguez A, Zhaliazka K, Kurouski D. The influence of zwitterionic and anionic phospholipids on protein aggregation. Biophys Chem 2024; 306:107174. [PMID: 38211368 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2024.107174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2023] [Revised: 01/05/2024] [Accepted: 01/05/2024] [Indexed: 01/13/2024]
Abstract
The progressive aggregation of misfolded proteins is the underlying molecular cause of numerous pathologies including Parkinson's disease and injection and transthyretin amyloidosis. A growing body of evidence indicates that protein deposits detected in organs and tissues of patients diagnosed with such pathologies contain fragments of lipid membranes. In vitro experiments also showed that lipid membranes could strongly change the aggregation rate of amyloidogenic proteins, as well as alter the secondary structure and toxicity of oligomers and fibrils formed in their presence. In this review, the effect of large unilamellar vesicles (LUVs) composed of zwitterionic and anionic phospholipids on the aggregation rate of insulin, lysozyme, transthyretin (TTR) and α- synuclein (α-syn) will be discussed. The manuscript will also critically review the most recent findings on the lipid-induced changes in the secondary structure of protein oligomers and fibrils, as well as reveal the extent to which lipids could alter the toxicity of protein aggregates formed in their presence.
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- Abid Ali
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, United States; Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, United States; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, United States.
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Ali A, Zhaliazka K, Dou T, Holman AP, Kumar R, Kurouski D. Secondary structure and toxicity of transthyretin fibrils can be altered by unsaturated fatty acids. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 253:127241. [PMID: 37804888 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.127241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2023] [Revised: 09/24/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 10/09/2023]
Abstract
Transthyretin amyloidosis is a severe pathology characterized by the progressive accumulation of transthyretin (TTR) in various organs and tissues. This highly conserved through vertebrate evolution protein transports thyroid hormone thyroxine. In our bodies, TTR can interact with a large number of molecules, including ω-3 and ω-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) that are broadly used as food supplies. In this study, we investigated the effect of ω-3 and ω-6 PUFAs, as well as their fully saturated analog, on TTR aggregation. Our results showed that both ω-3 and ω-6 PUFAs strongly decreased the rate of TTR aggregation. We also found that in the presence of PUFAs, TTR formed morphologically different fibrils compared to the lipid-free environment. Nano-Infrared imaging revealed that these fibrils had drastically different secondary structures compared to the secondary structure of TTR aggregates formed in the PUFAs-free environment. Furthermore, TTR fibrils formed in the presence of ω-3 and ω-6 PUFAs exerted significantly lower cell toxicity compared to the fibrils formed in the absence of fatty acids.
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- Abid Ali
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, United States
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- Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, United States
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- Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, United States; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, United States.
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Ali A, Zhaliazka K, Dou T, Holman AP, Kurouski D. The toxicities of A30P and A53T α-synuclein fibrils can be uniquely altered by the length and saturation of fatty acids in phosphatidylserine. J Biol Chem 2023; 299:105383. [PMID: 37890776 PMCID: PMC10679493 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Revised: 10/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Progressive degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the midbrain, hypothalamus, and thalamus is a hallmark of Parkinson's disease (PD). Neuronal death is linked to the abrupt aggregation of α-synuclein (α-syn), a small protein that regulates vesicle trafficking in synaptic clefts. Studies of families with a history of PD revealed several mutations in α-syn including A30P and A53T that are linked to the early onset of this pathology. Numerous pieces of evidence indicate that lipids can alter the rate of protein aggregation, as well as modify the secondary structure and toxicity of amyloid oligomers and fibrils. However, the role of lipids in the stability of α-syn mutants remains unclear. In this study, we investigate the effect of phosphatidylserine (PS), an anionic lipid that plays an important role in the recognition of apoptotic cells by macrophages, in the stability of WT, A30P, and A53T α-syn. We found PS with different lengths and saturation of fatty acids accelerated the rate of WT and A30P aggregation. At the same time, the opposite effect was observed for most PS on A53T. We also found that PS with different lengths and saturation of fatty acids change the secondary structure and toxicities of WT, A30P, and A53T fibrils. These results indicate that lipids can play an important role in the onset and spread of familial PD.
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- Abid Ali
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA; Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.
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V. D. dos Santos AC, Hondl N, Ramos-Garcia V, Kuligowski J, Lendl B, Ramer G. AFM-IR for Nanoscale Chemical Characterization in Life Sciences: Recent Developments and Future Directions. ACS MEASUREMENT SCIENCE AU 2023; 3:301-314. [PMID: 37868358 PMCID: PMC10588935 DOI: 10.1021/acsmeasuresciau.3c00010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2023] [Revised: 05/30/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 10/24/2023]
Abstract
Despite the ubiquitous absorption of mid-infrared (IR) radiation by virtually all molecules that belong to the major biomolecules groups (proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, nucleic acids), the application of conventional IR microscopy to the life sciences remained somewhat limited, due to the restrictions on spatial resolution imposed by the diffraction limit (in the order of several micrometers). This issue is addressed by AFM-IR, a scanning probe-based technique that allows for chemical analysis at the nanoscale with resolutions down to 10 nm and thus has the potential to contribute to the investigation of nano and microscale biological processes. In this perspective, in addition to a concise description of the working principles and operating modes of AFM-IR, we present and evaluate the latest key applications of AFM-IR to the life sciences, summarizing what the technique has to offer to this field. Furthermore, we discuss the most relevant current limitations and point out potential future developments and areas for further application for fruitful interdisciplinary collaboration.
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- Institute
of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Health
Research Institute La Fe, Avenida Fernando Abril Martorell 106, 46026 Valencia, Spain
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- Health
Research Institute La Fe, Avenida Fernando Abril Martorell 106, 46026 Valencia, Spain
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- Institute
of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute
of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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Joshi R, Zhaliazka K, Holman AP, Kurouski D. Elucidation of the Role of Lipids in Late Endosomes on the Aggregation of Insulin. ACS Chem Neurosci 2023; 14:3551-3559. [PMID: 37682720 PMCID: PMC10862470 DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.3c00475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2023] [Accepted: 08/25/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023] Open
Abstract
Abrupt aggregation of misfolded proteins is the underlying molecular cause of numerous pathologies including diabetes type 2 and injection amyloidosis. Although the exact cause of this process is unclear, a growing body of evidence suggests that protein aggregation is linked to a high protein concentration and the presence of lipid membranes. Endosomes are cell organelles that often possess high concentrations of proteins due to their uptake from the extracellular space. However, the role of endosomes in amyloid pathologies remains unclear. In this study, we used a set of biophysical methods to determine the role of bis(monoacylglycero)phosphate (BMP), the major lipid constituent of late endosomes on the aggregation properties of insulin. We found that both saturated and unsaturated BMP accelerated protein aggregation. However, very little if any changes in the secondary structure of insulin fibrils grown in the presence of BMP were observed. Therefore, no changes in the toxicity of these aggregates compared to the fibrils formed in the lipid-free environment were observed. We also found that the toxicity of insulin oligomers formed in the presence of a 77:23 mol/mol ratio of BMP/PC, which represents the lipid composition of late endosomes, was slightly higher than the toxicity of insulin oligomers formed in the lipid-free environment. However, the toxicity of mature insulin fibrils formed in the presence of BMP/PC mixture was found to be lower or similar to the toxicity of insulin fibrils formed in the lipid-free environment. These results suggest that late endosomes are unlikely to be the source of highly toxic protein aggregates if amyloid proteins aggregate in them.
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- Ritu Joshi
- Department
of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M
University, College
Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M
University, College
Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M
University, College
Station, Texas 77843, United States
- Department
of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M
University, College
Station, Texas 77843, United States
- Department
of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M
University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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Panda C, Kumar S, Gupta S, Pandey LM. Structural, kinetic, and thermodynamic aspects of insulin aggregation. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:24195-24213. [PMID: 37674360 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp03103a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/08/2023]
Abstract
Given the significance of protein aggregation in proteinopathies and the development of therapeutic protein pharmaceuticals, revamped interest in assessing and modelling the aggregation kinetics has been observed. Quantitative analysis of aggregation includes data of gradual monomeric depletion followed by the formation of subvisible particles. Kinetic and thermodynamic studies are essential to gain key insights into the aggregation process. Despite being the medical marvel in the world of diabetes, insulin suffers from the challenge of aggregation. Physicochemical stresses are experienced by insulin during industrial formulation, storage, delivery, and transport, considerably impacting product quality, efficacy, and effectiveness. The present review briefly describes the pathways, mathematical kinetic models, and thermodynamics of protein misfolding and aggregation. With a specific focus on insulin, further discussions include the structural heterogeneity and modifications of the intermediates incurred during insulin fibrillation. Finally, different model equations to fit the kinetic data of insulin fibrillation are discussed. We believe that this review will shed light on the conditions that induce structural changes in insulin during the lag phase of fibrillation and will motivate scientists to devise strategies to block the initialization of the aggregation cascade. Subsequent abrogation of insulin fibrillation during bioprocessing will ensure stable and globally accessible insulin for efficient management of diabetes.
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- Chinmaya Panda
- Bio-interface & Environmental Engineering Lab Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, 781039, India.
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- Viral Immunology Lab Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, 781039, India
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- Neurodegeneration and Peptide Engineering Research Lab Biological Engineering Discipline, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 382355, India
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- Bio-interface & Environmental Engineering Lab Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, 781039, India.
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Dou T, Matveyenka M, Kurouski D. Elucidation of Secondary Structure and Toxicity of α-Synuclein Oligomers and Fibrils Grown in the Presence of Phosphatidylcholine and Phosphatidylserine. ACS Chem Neurosci 2023; 14:3183-3191. [PMID: 37603792 PMCID: PMC10862479 DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.3c00314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2023] [Accepted: 08/09/2023] [Indexed: 08/23/2023] Open
Abstract
Abrupt aggregation of α-synuclein (α-Syn) in the midbrain hypothalamus and thalamus is a hallmark of Parkinson's disease (PD), the fastest growing neurodegenerative pathology, projected to strike 12 million people by 2040 worldwide. In this study, we examine the effect of two phospholipids that are present in neuronal membranes, phosphatidylcholine (PC) and phosphatidylserine (PS), on the rate of α-Syn aggregation. We found that PS accelerated α-Syn aggregation, whereas PC strongly inhibited α-Syn aggregation. We also utilized the nano-infrared imaging technique, also known as atomic force microscopy infrared (AFM-IR) spectroscopy, to investigate whether PC and PS only change the rates or also modify the secondary structure of α-Syn aggregates. We found that both phospholipids uniquely altered the secondary structure of α-Syn aggregates present at the lag and growth phase, as well as the late stage of protein aggregation. In addition, compared to the α-Syn aggregates formed in the lipid-free environment, α-Syn:PC and α-Syn:PS aggregates demonstrated higher cellular toxicity to N27 rat neurons. Interestingly, both α-Syn:PC and α-Syn:PS aggregates showed similar levels of oxidative stress, but α-Syn:PC aggregates exhibited a greater degree of mitochondrial dysfunction compared to α-Syn:PS aggregates.
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- Tianyi Dou
- Department
of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M
University, College
Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M
University, College
Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M
University, College
Station, Texas 77843, United States
- Department
of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M
University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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Matveyenka M, Zhaliazka K, Kurouski D. Unsaturated fatty acids uniquely alter aggregation rate of α-synuclein and insulin and change the secondary structure and toxicity of amyloid aggregates formed in their presence. FASEB J 2023; 37:e22972. [PMID: 37302013 PMCID: PMC10405295 DOI: 10.1096/fj.202300003r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2023] [Revised: 03/24/2023] [Accepted: 05/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Docosahexaenoic (DHA) and arachidonic acids (ARA) are omega-3 and omega-6 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs). These molecules constitute a substantial portion of phospholipids in plasma membranes. Therefore, both DHA and ARA are essential diet components. Once consumed, DHA and ARA can interact with a large variety of biomolecules, including proteins such as insulin and α-synuclein (α-Syn). Under pathological conditions known as injection amyloidosis and Parkinson's disease, these proteins aggregate forming amyloid oligomers and fibrils, toxic species that exert high cell toxicity. In this study, we investigate the role of DHA and ARA in the aggregation properties of α-Syn and insulin. We found that the presence of both DHA and ARA at the equimolar concentrations strongly accelerated aggregation rates of α-Syn and insulin. Furthermore, LCPUFAs substantially altered the secondary structure of protein aggregates, whereas no noticeable changes in the fibril morphology were observed. Nanoscale Infrared analysis of α-Syn and insulin fibrils grown in the presence of both DHA and ARA revealed the presence of LCPUFAs in these aggregates. We also found that such LCPUFAs-rich α-Syn and insulin fibrils exerted significantly greater toxicities compared to the aggregates grown in the LCPUFAs-free environment. These findings show that interactions between amyloid-associated proteins and LCPUFAs can be the underlying molecular cause of neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Mikhail Matveyenka
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
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Cambiotti E, Bednarikova Z, Gazova Z, Sassi P, Bystrenova E, Latterini L. Effect of plasmonic excitation on mature insulin amyloid fibrils. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2023; 228:113434. [PMID: 37393699 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2023.113434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2023] [Revised: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 06/27/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023]
Abstract
Interactions between amyloid protein structures and nanomaterials have been extensively studied to develop effective inhibitors of amyloid aggregation. Limited investigations are reported on the impact of nanoparticles on mature fibrils. In this work, gold nanoparticles are used as photothermal agents to alter insulin fibrils. To this end, gold colloids bearing a negatively charged capping shell, with an average diameter of 14 nm and a plasmon resonance maximum at 520 nm are synthesized. The effects on mature insulin fibril morphology and structure upon plasmonic excitation of the nanoparticles-fibril samples have been monitored by spectroscopic and microscopic methods. The obtained data indicate that an effective destruction of the amyloid aggregates occur upon irradiation of the plasmonic nanoparticles, allowing the development of emerging strategies to alter the structure of amyloid fibrils.
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- Elena Cambiotti
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università di Perugia, Via Elce di Sotto, 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy; Nano4Light Lab, DCBB, Università di Perugia, Via Elce di Sotto, 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università di Perugia, Via Elce di Sotto, 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università di Perugia, Via Elce di Sotto, 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy; Nano4Light Lab, DCBB, Università di Perugia, Via Elce di Sotto, 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy.
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Zhaliazka K, Kurouski D. Nanoscale imaging of individual amyloid aggregates extracted from brains of Alzheimer and Parkinson patients reveals presence of lipids in α-synuclein but not in amyloid β 1-42 fibrils. Protein Sci 2023; 32:e4598. [PMID: 36823759 PMCID: PMC10019452 DOI: 10.1002/pro.4598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2022] [Revised: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 02/15/2023] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
Abstract
Abrupt aggregation of misfolded proteins is the underlying molecular cause of Alzheimer disease (AD) and Parkinson disease (PD). Both AD and PD are severe pathologies that affect millions of people around the world. A small 42 amino acid long peptide, known as amyloid β (Aβ), aggregates in the frontal cortex of AD patients forming oligomers and fibrils, highly toxic protein aggregates that cause progressive neuron death. Similar aggregates of α-synuclein (α-Syn), a small protein that facilitates neurotransmitter release, are observed in the midbrain, hypothalamus, and thalamus of people with PD. In this study, we utilized the innovative nano-Infrared imaging technique to investigate the structural organization of individual Aβ and α-syn fibrils postmortem extracted from brains of AD and PD patients, respectively. We observed two morphologically different Aβ and α-Syn fibril polymorphs in each patient's brain. One had twisted topology, whereas another exhibited flat tape-like morphology. We found that both polymorphs shared the same parallel β-sheet-dominated secondary structure. These findings suggested that both fibril polymorphs were built from structurally similar if not identical filaments that coiled forming twisted fibrils or associated side-by-side in the case of straight Aβ and α-Syn fibrils. Nano-Infrared analysis of individual protein aggregates also revealed the presence of lipids in the structure of both twisted and tape-like α-Syn fibrils that were not observed in any of the Aβ fibril polymorphs. These findings demonstrate that lipid membranes can play a critically important role in the onset and progression of PD.
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- Kiryl Zhaliazka
- Department of Biochemistry and BiophysicsTexas A&M UniversityCollege StationTexasUSA
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- Department of Biochemistry and BiophysicsTexas A&M UniversityCollege StationTexasUSA
- Department of Biomedical EngineeringTexas A&M UniversityCollege StationTexasUSA
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Self-Assembly of Amyloid Fibrils into 3D Gel Clusters versus 2D Sheets. Biomolecules 2023; 13:biom13020230. [PMID: 36830599 PMCID: PMC9953743 DOI: 10.3390/biom13020230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Revised: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The deposition of dense fibril plaques represents the pathological hallmark for a multitude of human disorders, including many neurodegenerative diseases. Fibril plaques are predominately composed of amyloid fibrils, characterized by their underlying cross beta-sheet architecture. Research into the mechanisms of amyloid formation has mostly focused on characterizing and modeling the growth of individual fibrils and associated oligomers from their monomeric precursors. Much less is known about the mechanisms causing individual fibrils to assemble into ordered fibrillar suprastructures. Elucidating the mechanisms regulating this "secondary" self-assembly into distinct suprastructures is important for understanding how individual protein fibrils form the prominent macroscopic plaques observed in disease. Whether and how amyloid fibrils assemble into either 2D or 3D supramolecular structures also relates to ongoing efforts on using amyloid fibrils as substrates or scaffolds for self-assembling functional biomaterials. Here, we investigated the conditions under which preformed amyloid fibrils of a lysozyme assemble into larger superstructures as a function of charge screening or pH. Fibrils either assembled into three-dimensional gel clusters or two-dimensional fibril sheets. The latter displayed optical birefringence, diagnostic of amyloid plaques. We presume that pH and salt modulate fibril charge repulsion, which allows anisotropic fibril-fibril attraction to emerge and drive the transition from 3D to 2D fibril self-assembly.
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Matveyenka M, Rizevsky S, Pellois JP, Kurouski D. Lipids uniquely alter rates of insulin aggregation and lower toxicity of amyloid aggregates. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2023; 1868:159247. [PMID: 36272517 PMCID: PMC10401553 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2022.159247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Revised: 09/14/2022] [Accepted: 10/02/2022] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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Amyloid formation is a hallmark of many medical diseases including diabetes type 2, Alzheimer's and Parkinson diseases. Under these pathological conditions, misfolded proteins self-assemble forming oligomers and fibrils, structurally heterogeneous aggregates that exhibit a large variety of shapes and forms. A growing body of evidence points to drastic changes in the lipid profile in organs affected by amyloidogenic diseases. In this study, we investigated the extent to which individual phospho- and sphingolipids, as well as their mixtures can impact insulin aggregation. Our results show that lipids and their mixtures uniquely alter rates of insulin aggregation simultaneously changing the secondary structure of protein aggregates that are grown in their presence. These structurally different protein-lipid aggregates impact cell viability to different extent while using distinct mechanisms of toxicity. These findings suggest that irreversible changes in lipid profiles of organs may trigger formation of toxic protein species that in turn are responsible for the onset and progression of amyloidogenic diseases.
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- Mikhail Matveyenka
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, United States; Department of Biotechnology, Binh Duong University, Thu Dau Mot 820000, Viet Nam
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, United States; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, United States.
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Zhaliazka K, Kurouski D. Nanoscale Characterization of Parallel and Antiparallel β-Sheet Amyloid Beta 1-42 Aggregates. ACS Chem Neurosci 2022; 13:2813-2820. [PMID: 36122250 PMCID: PMC10405294 DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.2c00180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Abrupt aggregation of amyloid beta (Aβ) peptide is strongly associated with Alzheimer's disease. In this study, we used atomic force microscopy-infrared (AFM-IR) spectroscopy to characterize the secondary structure of Aβ oligomers, protofibrils and fibrils formed at the early (4 h), middle (24 h), and late (72 h) stages of protein aggregation. This innovative spectroscopic approach allows for label-free nanoscale structural characterization of individual protein aggregates. Using AFM-IR, we found that at the early stage of protein aggregation, oligomers with parallel β-sheet dominated. However, these species exhibited slower rates of fibril formation compared to the oligomers with antiparallel β-sheet, which first appeared in the middle stage. These antiparallel β-sheet oligomers rapidly propagated into fibrils that were simultaneously observed together with parallel β-sheet fibrils at the late stage of protein aggregation. Our findings showed that aggregation of Aβ is a complex process that yields several distinctly different aggregates with dissimilar toxicities.
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- Kiryl Zhaliazka
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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Zhaliazka K, Rizevsky S, Matveyenka M, Serada V, Kurouski D. Charge of Phospholipids Determines the Rate of Lysozyme Aggregation but Not the Structure and Toxicity of Amyloid Aggregates. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:8833-8839. [PMID: 36111888 PMCID: PMC10405293 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Biophysical properties of plasma membranes are determined by a chemical structure of phospholipids, including saturation of fatty acids and charge of polar heads of these molecules. Phospholipids not only determine fluidity and plasticity of membranes but also play an important role in abrupt aggregation of misfolded proteins. In this study, we investigate the role of the charge of the most abundant phospholipids in the plasma membrane on the aggregation properties of the lysozyme. We found that the charge of phospholipids determines the aggregation rate of lysozyme and the morphology of the protein aggregates. However, the secondary structure and toxicity of these protein specimens are determined by the chemical nature rather than the charge of phospholipids. These findings show that the charge of phospholipids can be a key factor that determines the stability and aggregation mechanism of amyloidogenic proteins.
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- Kiryl Zhaliazka
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
- Department of Biotechnology, Binh Duong University, Thu Dau Mot 820000, Vietnam
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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Matveyenka M, Rizevsky S, Kurouski D. Length and Unsaturation of Fatty Acids of Phosphatidic Acid Determines the Aggregation Rate of Insulin and Modifies the Structure and Toxicity of Insulin Aggregates. ACS Chem Neurosci 2022; 13:2483-2489. [PMID: 35930674 DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.2c00330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Phosphatidic acid (PA) is a unique plasma membrane lipid that contains fatty acids (FAs) with different lengths and degrees of unsaturation. Under physiological conditions, PA acts as a second messenger regulating a wide variety of cellular processes. At the same time, the role of PA under pathological conditions, which are caused by an abrupt aggregation of amyloid proteins, remains unclear. In this study, we investigated the effect of PA with different lengths and unsaturation of FAs on insulin aggregation. We found that PA with C16:0 FAs strongly inhibited insulin aggregation, whereas PA with C18:0 FAs accelerated it. Furthermore, PA with unsaturated (C18:1) FAs made the insulin form extremely long and thick fibrils that were not observed for PAs with saturated FAs. We also found that the presence of PA with C16:0 FAs resulted in the formation of aggregates that exerted significantly lower cell toxicity compared to the aggregates formed in the presence of PAs with C18:0 and C18:1 FAs. These results suggest that PA may play a key role in neurodegeneration.
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- Mikhail Matveyenka
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States.,Department of Biotechnology, Binh Duong University, Thu Dau Mot 820000, Vietnam
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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Dou T, Kurouski D. Phosphatidylcholine and Phosphatidylserine Uniquely Modify the Secondary Structure of α-Synuclein Oligomers Formed in Their Presence at the Early Stages of Protein Aggregation. ACS Chem Neurosci 2022; 13:2380-2385. [PMID: 35904551 PMCID: PMC10405296 DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.2c00355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Abrupt aggregation of α-synuclein (α-Syn) leads to a formation of highly toxic protein oligomers. These aggregates are the underlying molecular cause of an onset of the irreversible degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in midbrain, hypothalamus, and thalamus, a pathology known as Parkinson's disease. The transient nature of oligomers, as well as their structural and morphological heterogeneity, limits the use of cryo-electron microscopy and solid-state NMR, classical tools of structural biology, for elucidation of their secondary structure. Despite this limitation, numerous pieces of experimental evidence suggest that phospholipids can uniquely alter the structure and toxicity of oligomers. In this study, we utilize an innovative nano-infrared imaging technique, also known as atomic force microscopy infrared (AFM-IR) spectroscopy, to examine the structure of individual α-Syn oligomers grown in the presence of phosphatidylcholine (α-Syn:PC) and phosphatidylserine (α-Syn:PS). We determined the amount of the parallel and the antiparallel β-sheets, as well as the amount the α-helix and the unordered protein, in the secondary structure of α-Syn:PC and α-Syn:PS formed at day 2 (D2), 8 (D8), and 15 (D15) after initiation of protein aggregation. We found a gradual decrease in the amount of the parallel β-sheet in both α-Syn:PC and α-Syn:PS from D2 to D15 together with an increase in the α-helix and the unordered protein secondary structure. We infer that this is due to the presence of lipids in the structure of oligomers that prevent an expansion of the parallel β-sheet upon interaction of the oligomers with monomeric α-Syn.
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- Tianyi Dou
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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Das A, Shah M, Saraogi I. Molecular Aspects of Insulin Aggregation and Various Therapeutic Interventions. ACS BIO & MED CHEM AU 2022; 2:205-221. [PMID: 37101572 PMCID: PMC10114644 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomedchemau.1c00054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/28/2023]
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Protein aggregation leading to the formation of amyloid fibrils has various adverse effects on human health ranging from fatigue and numbness to organ failure and death in extreme cases. Insulin, a peptide hormone commonly used to treat diabetes, undergoes aggregation at the site of repeated injections in diabetic patients as well as during its industrial production and transport. The reduced bioavailability of insulin due to aggregation hinders the proper control of glucose levels in diabetic patients. Thus, it is necessary to develop rational approaches for inhibiting insulin aggregation, which in turn requires a detailed understanding of the mechanism of fibrillation. Given the relative simplicity of insulin and ease of access, insulin has also served as a model system for studying amyloids. Approaches to inhibit insulin aggregation have included the use of natural molecules, synthetic peptides or small molecules, and bacterial chaperone machinery. This review focuses on insulin aggregation with an emphasis on its mechanism, the structural features of insulin fibrils, and the reported inhibitors that act at different stages in the aggregation pathway. We discuss molecules that can serve as leads for improved inhibitors for use in commercial insulin formulations. We also discuss the aggregation propensity of fast- and slow-acting insulin biosimilars, commonly administered to diabetic patients. The development of better insulin aggregation inhibitors and insights into their mechanism of action will not only aid diabetic therapies, but also enhance our knowledge of protein amyloidosis.
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- Anirban Das
- Department
of Chemistry and Department of Biological Sciences, Indian
Institute of Science Education and Research
Bhopal, Bhopal Bypass Road, Bhauri, Bhopal 462066, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- Department
of Chemistry and Department of Biological Sciences, Indian
Institute of Science Education and Research
Bhopal, Bhopal Bypass Road, Bhauri, Bhopal 462066, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- Department
of Chemistry and Department of Biological Sciences, Indian
Institute of Science Education and Research
Bhopal, Bhopal Bypass Road, Bhauri, Bhopal 462066, Madhya Pradesh, India
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Matveyenka M, Rizevsky S, Kurouski D. Unsaturation in the Fatty Acids of Phospholipids Drastically Alters the Structure and Toxicity of Insulin Aggregates Grown in Their Presence. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:4563-4569. [PMID: 35580189 PMCID: PMC9170185 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Lipid bilayers play an important role in the pathological assembly of amyloidogenic proteins and peptides. This assembly yields oligomers and fibrils, which are highly toxic protein aggregates. In this study, we investigated the role of saturation in fatty acids of two phospholipids that are present in cell membranes. We found that unsaturated cardiolipin (CL) drastically shortened the lag phase of insulin aggregation. Furthermore, structurally and morphologically different aggregates were formed in the presence of unsaturated CL vs saturated CL. These aggregates exerted drastically different cell toxicity. Both saturated and unsaturated phosphatidylcholine (PC) were able to inhibit insulin aggregation equally efficiently. Similar to CL, structurally different aggregates were formed in the presence of saturated and unsaturated PC. These aggregates exerted different cell toxicities. These results show that unsaturated phospholipids catalyze the formation of more toxic amyloid aggregates comparing to those formed in the presence of saturated lipids.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Binh Duong University, Thu Dau Mot 820000, Vietnam
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Matveyenka M, Rizevsky S, Kurouski D. The Degree of Unsaturation of Fatty Acids in Phosphatidylserine Alters the Rate of Insulin Aggregation and the Structure and Toxicity of Amyloid Aggregates. FEBS Lett 2022; 596:1424-1433. [PMID: 35510803 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2022] [Revised: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 04/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Phosphatidylserine (PS) in the plasma membrane plays an important role in cell signaling and apoptosis. Cell degeneration is also linked to numerous amyloid diseases, pathologies that are associated with aggregation of misfolded proteins. In this work, we examine the effect of both saturated PS (DMPS) and unsaturated PS (DOPS and POPS) on the aggregation properties of insulin, as well as the structure and toxicity of insulin aggregates formed in the presence of these phospholipids. We found that the degree of unsaturation of fatty acids in PS alters the rate of insulin aggregation. We also found that toxicity of insulin-DMPS aggregates is significantly lower than the toxicity of DOPS- and POPS-insulin fibrils, whereas all these lipid-containing aggregates exert lower cell toxicity than insulin fibrils grown in a lipid-free environment.
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- Mikhail Matveyenka
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843, United States.,Department of Biotechnology, Binh Duong University, Thu Dau Mot, 820000, Vietnam
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843, United States.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843, United States
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Shi S, Wu T, Zheng P. Direct Measurements of the Cobalt-thiolate Bonds Strength in Rubredoxin by Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy. Chembiochem 2022; 23:e202200165. [PMID: 35475313 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202200165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2022] [Revised: 04/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Cobalt is a trace transition metal. Although it is not abundant on earth, tens of cobalt-containing proteins exist in life. Moreover, the characteristic spectrum of Co(II) ion makes it a powerful probe for the characterization of metal-binding proteins through the formation of cobalt-ligand bonds. Since most of these natural and artificial cobalt-containing proteins are stable, we believe that these cobalt-ligand bonds in the protein system are also mechanically stable. To prove this, we used atomic force microscopy-based single-molecule force spectroscopy (AFM-SMFS) to directly measure the rupture force of Co(II)-thiolate bond in Co-substituted rubredoxin (CoRD). By combining the chemical denature/renature method for building metalloprotein and cysteine coupling-based polyprotein construction strategy, we successfully prepared the polyprotein sample (CoRD) n suitable for single-molecule study. Thus, we quantified the strength of Co(II)-thiolate bonds in rubredoxin with a rupture force of ~140 pN, revealing that the bond is a stable chemical bond. In addition, the Co-S bond is more labile than the Zn-S bond in proteins, similar to the result from the metal-competing titration experiment.
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- Shengchao Shi
- Nanjing University, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, CHINA
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- Nanjing University, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, CHINA
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- Nanjing University, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 168 Xianlin Ave, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 210023, Nanjing, CHINA
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Lin YT, He H, Kaya H, Liu H, Ngo D, Smith NJ, Banerjee J, Borhan A, Kim SH. Photothermal Atomic Force Microscopy Coupled with Infrared Spectroscopy (AFM-IR) Analysis of High Extinction Coefficient Materials: A Case Study with Silica and Silicate Glasses. Anal Chem 2022; 94:5231-5239. [PMID: 35312271 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c04398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Photothermal atomic force microscopy coupled with infrared spectroscopy (AFM-IR) brings significant value as a spatially resolved surface analysis technique for disordered oxide materials such as glasses, but additional development and fundamental understanding of governing principles is needed to interpret AFM-IR spectra, since the existing theory described for organic materials does not work for materials with high extinction coefficients for infrared (IR) absorption. This paper describes theoretical calculation of a transient temperature profile inside the IR-absorbing material considering IR refraction at the interface as well as IR adsorption and heat transfer inside the sample. This calculation explains the differences in peak positions and amplitudes of AFM-IR spectra from those of specular reflectance and extinction coefficient spectra. It also addresses the information depth of the AFM-IR characterization of bulk materials. AFM-IR applied to silica and silicate glass surfaces has demonstrated novel capability of characterizing subsurface structural changes and surface heterogeneity due to mechanical stresses from physical contacts, as well as chemical alterations manifested in surface layers through aqueous corrosion.
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- Yen-Ting Lin
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States.,Key Laboratory of Testing Technology for Manufacturing Process, Ministry of Education, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, Sichuan 621010, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Science & Technology Division, Corning Incorporated, Corning, New York 14831, United States
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- Science & Technology Division, Corning Incorporated, Corning, New York 14831, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States.,Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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Rizevsky S, Matveyenka M, Kurouski D. Nanoscale Structural Analysis of a Lipid-Driven Aggregation of Insulin. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:2467-2473. [PMID: 35266717 PMCID: PMC9169669 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c04012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Abrupt aggregation of misfolded proteins is a hallmark of a large number of severe pathologies, including diabetes types 1 and 2, Alzheimer, and Parkinson diseases. A growing body of evidence suggests that lipids can uniquely change rates of amyloid-associated proteins as well as modify the structure of formed oligomers and fibrils. In this study, we utilize atomic force microscopy infrared (AFM-IR) spectroscopy, also known as nano-IR spectroscopy, to examine the structure of individual insulin oligomers, protofilaments, and fibrils grown in the presence of phospholipids. Our findings show that AFM-IR spectra of insulin oligomers have strong signals of C-H and PO2- vibrations, which points on the presence of lipids in the oligomer structure. Furthermore, substantial shifts in lipid vibrations in AFM-IR spectra of the oligomers relative to the corresponding bands of pure lipids have been observed. This points on strong interactions between a lipid and a protein that are developed at the stage of the oligomer formation.
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- Stanislav Rizevsky
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
- Department of Biotechnology, Binh Duong University, Thu Dau Mot 820000, Vietnam
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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Rizevsky S, Zhaliazka K, Dou T, Matveyenka M, Kurouski D. Characterization of Substrates and Surface-Enhancement in Atomic Force Microscopy Infrared Analysis of Amyloid Aggregates. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2022; 126:4157-4162. [PMID: 35719853 PMCID: PMC9205157 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c09643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Atomic force microscopy infrared (AFM-IR) spectroscopy is an emerging analytical technique that can be used to probe the structural organization of specimens with nanometer spatial resolution. A growing body of evidence suggests that nanoscale structural analysis of very small (<10 nm) biological objects, such as viruses and amyloid aggregates, requires substrates that must fit strict criteria of low surface roughness and low IR background, simultaneously. In this study, we examine the suitability of a broad range of substrates commonly used in AFM and IR fields, and we determined that silicon, zinc sulfide, and calcium fluoride are the most ideal substrates for nanoscale imaging of amyloid oligomers, protein aggregates that are directly linked to the onset and progression of neurodegenerative diseases. Our data show that these substrates provide the lowest roughness and the lowest background in the 800-1800 cm-1 spectral window from all examined AFM and IR substrates. We also investigate a contribution of surface enhancement in AFM-IR by the direct comparison of signal intensities from oligomers located on silicon and gold-coated silicon surfaces. We found that metallization of such substrates provides a factor of ~7 enhancements to the IR signal and induces an equivalent enhancement of the sample background in the 950-1250 cm-1 spectral region.
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- Stanislav Rizevsky
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States; Department of Biotechnology, Binh Duong University, Thu Dau Mot 820000, Vietnam
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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Darussalam EY, Peterfi O, Deckert-Gaudig T, Roussille L, Deckert V. pH-dependent disintegration of insulin amyloid fibrils monitored with atomic force microscopy and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2021; 256:119672. [PMID: 33852991 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2021.119672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Revised: 02/14/2021] [Accepted: 03/01/2021] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Aggregation of insulin into amyloid fibrils is characterized by the conversion of the native secondary structure of the peptide into an enriched ß-sheet conformation. In vitro, the growth or disintegration of amyloid fibrils can be influenced by various external factors such as pH, temperature etc. While current studies mainly focus on the influence of environmental conditions on the growth process of insulin fibrils, the present study investigates the effect of pH changes on the morphology and secondary structure of mature fibrils. In the experiments, insulin is fibrillated at pH 2.5 and the grown mature fibrils are suspended in pH 4-7 solutions. The obtained structures are analyzed by atomic force microscopy (AFM) and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). Initially grown mature fibrils from pH 2.5 solutions show a long and intertwined morphology. Increasing the solution pH initiates the gradual disintegration of the filamentous morphology into unordered aggregates. These observations are supported by SERS experiments, where the spectra of the mature fibrils show mainly a β-pleated sheet conformation, while the amide I band region of the amorphous aggregates indicate exclusively α-helix/unordered structures. The results demonstrate that no complex reagent is required for the disintegration of insulin fibrils. Simply regulating the pH of the environment induces local changes in the protonation state within the peptide chains. This effectively disrupts the well-ordered β-sheet structure network based on hydrogen bonds.
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- Erwan Y Darussalam
- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT), Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT), Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745 Jena, Germany; Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT), Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT), Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745 Jena, Germany; Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743 Jena, Germany; Institute of Quantum Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4242, USA.
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Dou T, Zhou L, Kurouski D. Unravelling the Structural Organization of Individual α-Synuclein Oligomers Grown in the Presence of Phospholipids. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:4407-4414. [PMID: 33945282 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c00820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a severe neurological disorder that affects more than 1 million people in the U.S. alone. A hallmark of PD is the formation of intracellular α-synuclein (α-Syn) protein aggregates called Lewy bodies (LBs). Although this protein does not have a particular localization in the central neural system, α-Syn aggregates are primarily found in certain areas of the midbrain, hypothalamus, and thalamus. Microscopic analysis of LBs reveals fragments of lipid-rich membranes, organelles, and vesicles. These and other pieces of experimental evidence suggest that α-Syn aggregation can be triggered by lipids. In this study, we used atomic force microscope infrared spectroscopy (AFM-IR) to investigate the structural organization of individual α-Syn oligomers grown in the presence of two different phospholipids vesicles. AFM-IR is a modern optical nanoscopy technique that has single-molecule sensitivity and subdiffraction spatial resolution. Our results show that α-Syn oligomers grown in the presence of phosphatidylcholine have a distinctly different structure than oligomers grown in the presence of phosphatidylserine. We infer that this occurs because of specific charges adopted by lipids, which in turn governs protein aggregation. We also found that the protein to phospholipid ratio has a substantial impact on the structure of α-Syn oligomers. These findings demonstrate that α-Syn is far more complex than expected from the perspective of the structural organization of oligomeric species.
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Chang RYK, Chow MY, Khanal D, Chen D, Chan HK. Dry powder pharmaceutical biologics for inhalation therapy. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2021; 172:64-79. [PMID: 33705876 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2021.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2020] [Revised: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 02/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Therapeutic biologics such as genes, peptides, proteins, virus and cells provide clinical benefits and are becoming increasingly important tools in respiratory medicine. Pulmonary delivery of therapeutic biologics enables the potential for safe and effective treatment option for respiratory diseases due to high bioavailability while minimizing absorption into the systemic circulation, reducing off-target toxicity to other organs. Development of inhalable powder formulation requires stabilization of complex biological materials, and each type of biologics may present unique challenges and require different formulation strategy combined with manufacture process to ensure biological and physical stabilities during production and over shelf-life. This review examines key formulation strategies for stabilizing proteins, nucleic acids, virus (bacteriophages) and bacterial cells in inhalable powders. It also covers characterization methods used to assess physicochemical properties and aerosol performance of the powders, biological activity and structural integrity of the biologics, and chemical analysis at the nanoscale. Furthermore, the review includes manufacture technologies which are based on lyophilization and spray-drying as they have been applied to manufacture Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved protein powders. In perspective, formulation and manufacture of inhalable powders for biologic are highly challenging but attainable. The key requirements are the stability of both the biologics and the powder, along with the powder dispersibility. The formulation to be developed depends on the manufacture process as it will subject the biologics to different stresses (temperature, mechanical and chemical) which could lead to degradation by different pathways. Stabilizing excipients coupled with the suitable choice of process can alleviate the stability issues of inhaled powders of biologics.
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Lipiec E, Kaderli J, Kobierski J, Riek R, Skirlińska-Nosek K, Sofińska K, Szymoński M, Zenobi R. Nanoscale Hyperspectral Imaging of Amyloid Secondary Structures in Liquid. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:4545-4550. [PMID: 32964527 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202010331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Abnormal aggregation of amyloid-β is a very complex and heterogeneous process. Owing to methodological limitations, the aggregation pathway is still not fully understood. Herein a new approach is presented in which the secondary structure of single amyloid-β aggregates is investigated with tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) in a liquid environment. Clearly resolved TERS signatures of the amide I and amide III bands enabled a detailed analysis of the molecular structure of single aggregates at each phase of the primary aggregation of amyloid-β and also of small species on the surface of fibrils attributed to secondary nucleation. Notably, a β-sheet rearrangement from antiparallel in protofibrils to parallel in fibrils is observed. This study allows better understanding of Alzheimer's disease etiology and the methodology can be applied in studies of other neurodegenerative disorders.
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- Ewelina Lipiec
- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348, Kraków, Poland.,Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland.,The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 31-342, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biophysics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-007, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348, Kraków, Poland
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- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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Lipiec E, Kaderli J, Kobierski J, Riek R, Skirlińska‐Nosek K, Sofińska K, Szymoński M, Zenobi R. Nanoscale Hyperspectral Imaging of Amyloid Secondary Structures in Liquid. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202010331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Ewelina Lipiec
- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics Jagiellonian University Łojasiewicza 11 30-348 Kraków Poland
- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences ETH Zurich 8093 Zurich Switzerland
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences 31-342 Krakow Poland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences ETH Zurich 8093 Zurich Switzerland
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biophysics Faculty of Pharmacy Jagiellonian University Medical College 31-007 Kraków Poland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences ETH Zurich 8093 Zurich Switzerland
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- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics Jagiellonian University Łojasiewicza 11 30-348 Kraków Poland
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- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics Jagiellonian University Łojasiewicza 11 30-348 Kraków Poland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences ETH Zurich 8093 Zurich Switzerland
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V. D. dos Santos AC, Heydenreich R, Derntl C, Mach-Aigner AR, Mach RL, Ramer G, Lendl B. Nanoscale Infrared Spectroscopy and Chemometrics Enable Detection of Intracellular Protein Distribution. Anal Chem 2020; 92:15719-15725. [PMID: 33259186 PMCID: PMC7745202 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c02228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2020] [Accepted: 11/16/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Determination of the intracellular location of proteins is one of the fundamental tasks of microbiology. Conventionally, label-based microscopy and super-resolution techniques are employed. In this work, we demonstrate a new technique that can determine intracellular protein distribution at nanometer spatial resolution. This method combines nanoscale spatial resolution chemical imaging using the photothermal-induced resonance (PTIR) technique with multivariate modeling to reveal the intracellular distribution of cell components. Here, we demonstrate its viability by imaging the distribution of major cellulases and xylanases in Trichoderma reesei using the colocation of a fluorescent label (enhanced yellow fluorescence protein, EYFP) with the target enzymes to calibrate the chemometric model. The obtained partial least squares model successfully shows the distribution of these proteins inside the cell and opens the door for further studies on protein secretion mechanisms using PTIR.
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- Institute
of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, TU Wien, Vienna 1060, Austria
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- Institute
of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, TU Wien, Vienna 1060, Austria
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- Institute
of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, TU Wien, Vienna 1060, Austria
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- Institute
of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, TU Wien, Vienna 1060, Austria
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- Institute
of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, TU Wien, Vienna 1060, Austria
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- Institute
of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, TU Wien, Vienna 1060, Austria
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Contreras F, Ermolenkov A, Kurouski D. Infrared analysis of hair dyeing and bleaching history. ANALYTICAL METHODS : ADVANCING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2020; 12:3741-3747. [PMID: 32729856 DOI: 10.1039/d0ay01068e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Forensic examination of hair is commonly performed to trace its origin and make a connection between a suspect and a crime scene. Such examination is based on subjective microscopic analysis of hair. During the last decade, several spectroscopic approaches have been proposed to make forensic analysis of hair more robust and reliable. Surface-enhanced Raman and attenuated total internal reflection infrared spectroscopies allowed for detection and identification of dyes directly on hair and even differentiation between commercial brands of those colorants. However, these is a question that remains unanswered: can artificial dyes be detected on bleached hair or bleaching can be used to fully erase information about hair coloring? In this study, we report experimental results that provide a clear answer to this question. We show that infrared analysis can be used to differentiate between undyed bleached hair and hair that was colored with both permanent and semi-permanent dyes prior to bleaching. We also show that IR analysis can be used to distinguish between undyed unbleached and undyed bleached hair. We demonstrate that in combination with multivariate statistical analysis, IR analysis can be used to distinguish with 96-100% accuracy between those hair classes.
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- Fernando Contreras
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA.
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Dou T, Li Z, Zhang J, Evilevitch A, Kurouski D. Nanoscale Structural Characterization of Individual Viral Particles Using Atomic Force Microscopy Infrared Spectroscopy (AFM-IR) and Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (TERS). Anal Chem 2020; 92:11297-11304. [PMID: 32683857 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c01971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Viruses are infections species that infect a large spectrum of living systems. Although displaying a wide variety of shapes and sizes, they are all composed of nucleic acid encapsulated into a protein capsid. After virions enter the host cell, they replicate to produce multiple copies of themselves. They then lyse the host, releasing virions to infect new cells. The high proliferation rate of viruses is the underlying cause of their fast transmission among living species. Although many viruses are harmless, some of them are responsible for severe diseases such as AIDS, viral hepatitis, and flu. Traditionally, electron microscopy is used to identify and characterize viruses. This approach is time- and labor-consuming, which is problematic upon pandemic proliferation of previously unknown viruses, such as H1N1 and COVID-19. Herein, we demonstrate a novel diagnosis approach for label-free identification and structural characterization of individual viruses that is based on a combination of nanoscale Raman and infrared spectroscopy. Using atomic force microscopy-infrared (AFM-IR) spectroscopy, we were able to probe structural organization of the virions of Herpes Simplex Type 1 viruses and bacteriophage MS2. We also showed that tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) could be used to reveal protein secondary structure and amino acid composition of the virus surface. Our results show that AFM-IR and TERS provide different but complementary information about the structure of complex biological specimens. This structural information can be used for fast and reliable identification of viruses. This nanoscale bimodal imaging approach can be also used to investigate the origin of viral polymorphism and study mechanisms of virion assembly.
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- Tianyi Dou
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States.,Center for Phage Technology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Experimental Medical Science, Virus Biophysics Group, BMC Biomedical Center, Lund University, Lund, SE-221 00S, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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Wilkosz N, Czaja M, Seweryn S, Skirlińska-Nosek K, Szymonski M, Lipiec E, Sofińska K. Molecular Spectroscopic Markers of Abnormal Protein Aggregation. Molecules 2020; 25:E2498. [PMID: 32471300 PMCID: PMC7321069 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25112498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Revised: 05/22/2020] [Accepted: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Abnormal protein aggregation has been intensively studied for over 40 years and broadly discussed in the literature due to its significant role in neurodegenerative diseases etiology. Structural reorganization and conformational changes of the secondary structure upon the aggregation determine aggregation pathways and cytotoxicity of the aggregates, and therefore, numerous analytical techniques are employed for a deep investigation into the secondary structure of abnormal protein aggregates. Molecular spectroscopies, including Raman and infrared ones, are routinely applied in such studies. Recently, the nanoscale spatial resolution of tip-enhanced Raman and infrared nanospectroscopies, as well as the high sensitivity of the surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, have brought new insights into our knowledge of abnormal protein aggregation. In this review, we order and summarize all nano- and micro-spectroscopic marker bands related to abnormal aggregation. Each part presents the physical principles of each particular spectroscopic technique listed above and a concise description of all spectral markers detected with these techniques in the spectra of neurodegenerative proteins and their model systems. Finally, a section concerning the application of multivariate data analysis for extraction of the spectral marker bands is included.
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- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30-348 Kraków, Poland; (N.W.); (M.C.); (S.S.); (K.S.-N.); (M.S.)
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- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30-348 Kraków, Poland; (N.W.); (M.C.); (S.S.); (K.S.-N.); (M.S.)
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Zhou L, Kurouski D. Structural Characterization of Individual α-Synuclein Oligomers Formed at Different Stages of Protein Aggregation by Atomic Force Microscopy-Infrared Spectroscopy. Anal Chem 2020; 92:6806-6810. [PMID: 32347706 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c00593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Aberrant α-synuclein aggregation is strongly associated with the onset and development of Parkinson's disease (PD). Therefore, characterizing the structure of toxic intermediate oligomers plays an essential role in better understanding their neurotoxicity. Using atomic force microscopy-infrared spectroscopy (AFM-IR), we were able to reveal the structure of α-synuclein oligomers present at different stages of protein aggregation and establish a relationship between morphology and structure on the single oligomer level. We were also able to probe the secondary structure evolution of individual oligomers. Moreover, the IR spectra of individual oligomers suggest structural rearrangement that is necessary for oligomers with an antiparallel β-sheet to propagate into fibrils that have a parallel-β-sheet secondary structure. Detailed investigation of structural organization of α-synuclein oligomers reported in this study is critically important to understand the toxicity of these protein species. We also anticipate that this work will help developing approaches for oligomer detection and consequently presymptomatic diagnostic of PD.
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- Lei Zhou
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States.,The Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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Kochan K, Nethercott C, Perez Guaita D, Jiang JH, Peleg AY, Wood BR, Heraud P. Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance-Related Changes in Biochemical Composition of Staphylococcus aureus by Means of Atomic Force Microscopy-Infrared Spectroscopy. Anal Chem 2019; 91:15397-15403. [PMID: 31755705 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b01671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The development of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) resulting from widespread antibiotic usage is occurring at an alarming pace, much faster than our understanding of the mechanisms behind resistance. Knowledge about resistance-related phenotypic and genotypic changes is critical for the development of new drugs. Here, we identify changes in the chemical composition of Staphylococcus aureus associated with the development of resistance to last resort drugs, vancomycin and daptomycin, using a novel, single cell, nanoscale technique, atomic force microscopy-infrared spectroscopy (AFM-IR), combined with chemometric analysis. We utilized paired clinical isolates, with the parent (susceptible) strain isolated prior to treatment and the daughter (resistant) strain obtained from the same patient after drug admission and clinical failure. We observed an increase in the amount of nonintracellular carbohydrates, indicating thickening or changes in the packing of the cell wall, as well as changes in the phospholipid content in relation to vancomycin resistance and daptomycin nonsusceptibility, respectively.
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, The Alfred Hospital and Central Clinical School , Monash University , Melbourne , Victoria 3004 , Australia
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