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Maroli N. Aquaporin-4 Mediated Aggregation of Alzheimer's Amyloid β-Peptide. ACS Chem Neurosci 2023; 14:2683-2698. [PMID: 37486638 DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.3c00233] [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] [Indexed: 07/25/2023] Open
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Clearance of Alzheimer's amyloid oligomers from the brain is crucial for preventing cell toxicity. Dementia complications arise as a result of apoptosis, which is caused by peptide plaques on the lipid surface of cells. Here, we employed all-atom and coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the aggregation of amyloid peptides at the lipid surface and the role of aquaporin-4 (AQP4) in facilitating peptide clearance from astrocytes. The network of protein-protein interactions through text mining revealed that the expression of AQP4 and amyloid aggregation were strongly correlated. It has also been revealed that the role of aquaporins in the etiology of Alzheimer's disease involves several interconnected proteins and pathways. The nature of aggregation at the surface of the 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC) lipid bilayer was revealed by the interaction of amyloid oligomers. The membrane-bound pore region of AQP4 interacts with the peptide and slows its aggregation. This interaction maintains the helical content of the peptide while lowering its toxicity at the lipid surface. The hydrophobicity of the peptide also decreased because of these interactions, which may help in the removal of the peptide from astrocytes. Long-term coarse-grained MD simulations demonstrated different features of oligomer aggregation at the surface and strong oligomer attraction to AQP4, which inhibited aggregation. Additionally, the water dynamics of aquaporins demonstrate how the selectivity filter is broken to disrupt water flow. Our findings also provide insight into the physiological alterations in brain tissue associated with Alzheimer's disease, including water retention and increased water flow in the CSF. Furthermore, in vitro thioflavin fluorescence spectroscopy revealed a slower aggregation of the peptide in the presence of AQP4.
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- Nikhil Maroli
- Computational Biology Division, DRDO Center for Life Science, Bharathiar University Campus, Coimbatore 641046, Tamil Nadu, India
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Shin EJ, Park JW. Nanoaggregates Derived from Amyloid-beta and Alpha-synuclein Characterized by Sequential Quadruple Force Mapping. NANO LETTERS 2021; 21:3789-3797. [PMID: 33845574 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c00058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Overlapping of Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease is associated with the formation of hetero-oligomers derived from amyloid-beta and alpha-synuclein. However, the structural identity of the hetero-oligomer has yet to be elucidated, particularly at high resolution. Here, with atomic force microscopy, the surface structure of hetero-oligomer was examined with four AFM tips tethering one of the selected antibodies recognizing N-terminus or C-terminus of each peptide. All aggregates were found to be hetero-oligomers, and probability of recognizing the termini is higher than that for the homo-oligomers, suggesting that the termini of the former have a greater tendency to be located at the surface or the termini have more freedom to be recognized, probably through loose packing. The methodology in this study provides us with a new approach to elucidate the structure of such aggregates at the single-molecule level, allowing the exploration of other intrinsically disordered proteins frequently found in nature.
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- Eun Ji Shin
- Department of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 77 Cheongam-Ro, Nam-Gu, Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 77 Cheongam-Ro, Nam-Gu, Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
- Institute of Convergence Science, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea
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Chang Z, Deng J, Zhao W, Yang J. Exploring interactions between lipids and amyloid-forming proteins: A review on applying fluorescence and NMR techniques. Chem Phys Lipids 2021; 236:105062. [PMID: 33600803 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2021.105062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Revised: 01/27/2021] [Accepted: 02/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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A hallmark of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and other amyloid diseases is the assembly of amyloid proteins into amyloid aggregates or fibrils. In many cases, the formation and cytotoxicity of amyloid assemblies are associated with their interaction with cell membranes. Despite studied for many years, the characterization of the interaction is challenged for reasons on the multiple aggregation states of amyloid-forming proteins, transient and weak interactions in the complex system. Although several strategies such as computation biology, spectroscopy, and imaging methods have been performed, there is an urgent need to detail the molecular mechanism in different time scales and high resolutions. This review highlighted the recent applications of fluorescence, solution and solid-state NMR in exploring the interactions between amyloid protein and membranes attributing to their advantages of high sensitivity and atomic resolution.
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- Ziwei Chang
- National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, PR China
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- National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, PR China
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- National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, PR China
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- National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, PR China; Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, PR China.
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Geudens N, Nasir MN, Crowet JM, Raaijmakers JM, Fehér K, Coenye T, Martins JC, Lins L, Sinnaeve D, Deleu M. Membrane Interactions of Natural Cyclic Lipodepsipeptides of the Viscosin Group. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2017; 1859:331-339. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2016.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2016] [Revised: 12/12/2016] [Accepted: 12/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Lu Z, Li H, Hou C, Peng Y, Long J, Liu J. Endogenously generated amyloid-β increases stiffness in human neuroblastoma cells. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 2016; 46:415-424. [PMID: 27853822 DOI: 10.1007/s00249-016-1185-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2016] [Revised: 10/19/2016] [Accepted: 10/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Amyloid-β (Aβ) is widely recognized as toxic to neuronal cells. Its deposition on plasma and intracellular membranes and aggregation into amyloid plaques can disturb the composition and physiological function of neurons. Whether a physical property of cells, such as stiffness, is altered by endogenously overexpressed Aβ has not yet been investigated. In this study, we used human neuroblastoma cells stably overexpressing amyloid precursor protein (APP) and its Swedish mutant form (APPswe) to measure the changes in cell stiffness. Our results showed that the stiffness of cells overexpressing APP or APPswe was higher than that of control SH-SY5Y cells. Either reducing levels of Aβ with the γ secretase inhibitor DAPT or blocking the membrane calcium channel formed by Aβ with tromethamine decreased cell stiffness to a level close to the control SH-SY5Y cells. Our results suggested that Aβ, not APP, contributed to increased cell stiffness and that closure of calcium channels formed by Aβ can alleviate the effects of Aβ on membrane stiffness.
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- Zhuoyang Lu
- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Center for Mitochondrial Biology and Medicine, School of Life Science and Technology and Frontier Institute of Life Science, FIST, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 710049, Xi'an, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Center for Mitochondrial Biology and Medicine, School of Life Science and Technology and Frontier Institute of Life Science, FIST, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 710049, Xi'an, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Center for Mitochondrial Biology and Medicine, School of Life Science and Technology and Frontier Institute of Life Science, FIST, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 710049, Xi'an, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Center for Mitochondrial Biology and Medicine, School of Life Science and Technology and Frontier Institute of Life Science, FIST, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 710049, Xi'an, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Center for Mitochondrial Biology and Medicine, School of Life Science and Technology and Frontier Institute of Life Science, FIST, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 710049, Xi'an, China.
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- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Center for Mitochondrial Biology and Medicine, School of Life Science and Technology and Frontier Institute of Life Science, FIST, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 710049, Xi'an, China.
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Nandi S, Mondal P, Chowdhury R, Saha A, Ghosh S, Bhattacharyya K. Amyloid beta peptides inside a reconstituted cell-like liposomal system: aggregation, FRET, fluorescence oscillations and solvation dynamics. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:30444-30451. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp06143e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The aggregation dynamics of Aβ peptides were studied inside a reconstituted cell-mimic liposomal system using FRET and FCS at various depths starting from the membrane to the core of the liposome.
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- Somen Nandi
- Department of Physical Chemistry
- Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
- Kolkata 700032
- India
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- Organic and Medicinal Chemistry Division
- CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
- Kolkata-700032
- India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)
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- Department of Physical Chemistry
- Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
- Kolkata 700032
- India
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- Organic and Medicinal Chemistry Division
- CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
- Kolkata-700032
- India
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- Organic and Medicinal Chemistry Division
- CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
- Kolkata-700032
- India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)
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- Department of Physical Chemistry
- Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
- Kolkata 700032
- India
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Fibrillation of β amyloid peptides in the presence of phospholipid bilayers and the consequent membrane disruption. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2015; 1848:266-76. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2014.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2014] [Revised: 03/24/2014] [Accepted: 04/13/2014] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Deleu M, Crowet JM, Nasir MN, Lins L. Complementary biophysical tools to investigate lipid specificity in the interaction between bioactive molecules and the plasma membrane: A review. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2014; 1838:3171-3190. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2014.08.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2014] [Revised: 08/05/2014] [Accepted: 08/21/2014] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Chu NK, Shabbir W, Bove-Fenderson E, Araman C, Lemmens-Gruber R, Harris DA, Becker CFW. A C-terminal membrane anchor affects the interactions of prion proteins with lipid membranes. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:30144-60. [PMID: 25217642 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.587345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Membrane attachment via a C-terminal glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor is critical for conversion of PrP(C) into pathogenic PrP(Sc). Therefore the effects of the anchor on PrP structure and function need to be deciphered. Three PrP variants, including full-length PrP (residues 23-231, FL_PrP), N-terminally truncated PrP (residues 90-231, T_PrP), and PrP missing its central hydrophobic region (Δ105-125, ΔCR_PrP), were equipped with a C-terminal membrane anchor via a semisynthesis strategy. Analyses of the interactions of lipidated PrPs with phospholipid membranes demonstrated that C-terminal membrane attachment induces a different binding mode of PrP to membranes, distinct from that of non-lipidated PrPs, and influences the biochemical and conformational properties of PrPs. Additionally, fluorescence-based assays indicated pore formation by lipidated ΔCR_PrP, a variant that is known to be highly neurotoxic in transgenic mice. This finding was supported by using patch clamp electrophysiological measurements of cultured cells. These results provide new evidence for the role of the membrane anchor in PrP-lipid interactions, highlighting the importance of the N-terminal and the central hydrophobic domain in these interactions.
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- Nam K Chu
- From the Institute of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währinger Strasse 38, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria, and
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- the Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118
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- From the Institute of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währinger Strasse 38, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria, and
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- the Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118
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- From the Institute of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währinger Strasse 38, 1090 Vienna, Austria,
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Dony N, Crowet JM, Joris B, Brasseur R, Lins L. SAHBNET, an accessible surface-based elastic network: an application to membrane protein. Int J Mol Sci 2013; 14:11510-26. [PMID: 23722660 PMCID: PMC3709745 DOI: 10.3390/ijms140611510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2013] [Revised: 05/02/2013] [Accepted: 05/20/2013] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Molecular Dynamics is a method of choice for membrane simulations and the rising of coarse-grained forcefields has opened the way to longer simulations with reduced calculations times. Here, we present an elastic network, SAHBNET (Surface Accessibility Hydrogen-Bonds elastic NETwork), that will maintain the structure of soluble or membrane proteins based on the hydrogen bonds present in the atomistic structure and the proximity between buried residues. This network is applied on the coarse-grained beads defined by the MARTINI model, and was designed to be more physics-based than a simple elastic network. The SAHBNET model is evaluated against atomistic simulations, and compared with ELNEDYN models. The SAHBNET is then used to simulate two membrane proteins inserted in complex lipid bilayers. These bilayers are formed by self-assembly and the use of a modified version of the GROMACS tool genbox (which is accessible through the gcgs.gembloux.ulg.ac.be website). The results show that SAHBNET keeps the structure close to the atomistic one and is successfully used for the simulation of membrane proteins.
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- Nicolas Dony
- Center of Protein Engineering, University of Liège, Institut de chimie B6a, B-4000 Liège, Belgium; E-Mails: (N.D.); (B.J.)
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- Numerical Molecular Biophysics Unit, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Passage des déportés, B-5030 Gembloux, Belgium; E-Mails: (J.M.C.); (R.B.)
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- Center of Protein Engineering, University of Liège, Institut de chimie B6a, B-4000 Liège, Belgium; E-Mails: (N.D.); (B.J.)
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- Numerical Molecular Biophysics Unit, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Passage des déportés, B-5030 Gembloux, Belgium; E-Mails: (J.M.C.); (R.B.)
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- Numerical Molecular Biophysics Unit, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Passage des déportés, B-5030 Gembloux, Belgium; E-Mails: (J.M.C.); (R.B.)
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ; Tel.: +32-81-622-521; Fax: +32-81-622-522
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Tofoleanu F, Buchete NV. Alzheimer Aβ peptide interactions with lipid membranes: fibrils, oligomers and polymorphic amyloid channels. Prion 2012; 6:339-45. [PMID: 22874669 PMCID: PMC3609060 DOI: 10.4161/pri.21022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Fibrillar aggregates of misfolded amyloid proteins are involved in a variety of diseases such as Alzheimer disease (AD), type 2 diabetes, Parkinson, Huntington and prion-related diseases. In the case of AD amyloid β (Aβ) peptides, the toxicity of amyloid oligomers and larger fibrillar aggregates is related to perturbing the biological function of the adjacent cellular membrane. We used atomistic molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of Aβ9–40 fibrillar oligomers modeled as protofilament segments, including lipid bilayers and explicit water molecules, to probe the first steps in the mechanism of Aβ-membrane interactions. Our study identified the electrostatic interaction between charged peptide residues and the lipid headgroups as the principal driving force that can modulate the further penetration of the C-termini of amyloid fibrils or fibrillar oligomers into the hydrophobic region of lipid membranes. These findings advance our understanding of the detailed molecular mechanisms and the effects related to Aβ-membrane interactions, and suggest a polymorphic structural character of amyloid ion channels embedded in lipid bilayers. While inter-peptide hydrogen bonds leading to the formation of β-strands may still play a stabilizing role in amyloid channel structures, these may also present a significant helical content in peptide regions (e.g., termini) that are subject to direct interactions with lipids rather than with neighboring Aβ peptides.
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Tofoleanu F, Buchete NV. Molecular interactions of Alzheimer's Aβ protofilaments with lipid membranes. J Mol Biol 2012; 421:572-86. [PMID: 22281438 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.12.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2011] [Revised: 12/22/2011] [Accepted: 12/29/2011] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Amyloid fibrils and peptide oligomers play central roles in the pathology of Alzheimer's disease, type 2 diabetes, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, and prion-related disease. Here, we investigate the molecular interactions between preformed amyloid β (Aβ) molecular protofilaments and lipid bilayer membranes, in the presence of explicit water molecules, using computational models and all-atom molecular dynamics. These interactions play an important role in the stability and function of both Aβ fibrils and the adjacent cellular membrane. Taking advantage of the symmetry-related and directional properties of the protofilaments, we build models that cover several relative protofilament-membrane orientations. Our molecular dynamics simulations reveal the relative contributions of different structural elements to the dynamics and stability of Aβ protofilament segments near membranes, and the first steps in the mechanism of fibril-membrane interactions. During this process, we observe a significant alteration of the side-chain contact pattern in protofilaments, although a fraction of the characteristic β-sheet content is preserved. As a major driving force, we identify the electrostatic interactions between Aβ charged side chains, including E22, D23, and K28, and lipid headgroups. Together with hydrogen bonding with atoms from lipid headgroups, these interactions can facilitate the penetration of hydrophobic C-terminal amino acids through the lipid headgroup region, which can finally lead both to further loss of the initial fibril structure and to local membrane-thinning effects. Our results may guide new experiments that could test the extent to which the structural features of water-formed amyloid fibrils are preserved, lost, or reshaped by membrane-mediated interactions.
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Lemkul JA, Bevan DR. Lipid composition influences the release of Alzheimer's amyloid β-peptide from membranes. Protein Sci 2011; 20:1530-45. [PMID: 21692120 DOI: 10.1002/pro.678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2011] [Revised: 05/08/2011] [Accepted: 06/09/2011] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The behavior of the amyloid β-peptide (Aβ) within a membrane environment is integral to its toxicity and the progression of Alzheimer's disease. Ganglioside GM1 has been shown to enhance the aggregation of Aβ, but the underlying mechanism is unknown. Using atomistic molecular dynamics simulations, we explored the interactions between the 40-residue alloform of Aβ (Aβ(40) ) and several model membranes, including pure palmitoyloleoylphosphatidylcholine (POPC) and palmitoyloleoylphosphatidylserine (POPS), an equimolar mixture of POPC and palmitoyloleoylphosphatidylethanolamine (POPE), and lipid rafts, both with and without GM1, to understand the behavior of Aβ(40) in various membrane microenvironments. Aβ(40) remained inserted in POPC, POPS, POPC/POPE, and raft membranes, but in several instances exited the raft containing GM1. Aβ(40) interacted with GM1 largely through hydrogen bonding, producing configurations containing β-strands with C-termini that, in some cases, exited the membrane and became exposed to solvent. These observations provide insight into the release of Aβ from the membrane, a previously uncharacterized process of the Aβ aggregation pathway.
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- Justin A Lemkul
- Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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Wang Q, Zhao J, Yu X, Zhao C, Li L, Zheng J. Alzheimer Abeta(1-42) monomer adsorbed on the self-assembled monolayers. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2010; 26:12722-12732. [PMID: 20597530 DOI: 10.1021/la1017906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Amyloid-beta (Abeta) peptide aggregation on the cell membranes is a key pathological event responsible for neuron cell death in Alzheimer's disease (AD). We present a collection of molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations to study the conformational dynamics and adsorption behavior of Abeta monomer on the self-assembled monolayer (SAM), in comparison to Abeta structure in bulk solution. Two distinct Abeta conformations (i.e., alpha-helix and beta-hairpin) are selected as initial structures to mimic different adsorption states, whereas four SAM surfaces with different end groups in hydrophobicity and charge distribution are used to examine the effect of surface chemistry on Abeta structure and adsorption. Simulation results show that alpha-helical monomer displays higher structural stability than beta-hairpin monomer on all SAMs, suggesting that the preferential conformation of Abeta monomer could be alpha-helical or random structure when bound to surfaces. Structural stability and adsorption behavior of Abeta monomer on the SAMs originates from competitive interactions between Abeta and SAM and between SAM and interfacial water, which involve the conformation of Abeta, the surface chemistry of SAM, and the structure and dynamics of interfacial waters. The relative net binding affinity of Abeta with the SAMs is in the favorable order of COOH-SAM > NH(2)-SAM > CH(3)-SAM > OH-SAM, highlighting the importance of electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions for driving Abeta adsorption at the SAMs, but both interactions contribute differently to each Abeta-SAM complex. This work provides parallel insights into the understanding of Abeta structure and aggregation on cell membrane.
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- Qiuming Wang
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325, USA
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Staes E, Absil PA, Lins L, Brasseur R, Deleu M, Lecouturier N, Fievez V, Rieux AD, Mingeot-Leclercq MP, Raussens V, Préat V. Acylated and unacylated ghrelin binding to membranes and to ghrelin receptor: towards a better understanding of the underlying mechanisms. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2010; 1798:2102-13. [PMID: 20637180 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2010.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2010] [Revised: 07/02/2010] [Accepted: 07/06/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The O-octanoylation of human ghrelin is a natural post-translational modification that enhances its binding to model membranes and could potentially play a central role in ghrelin biological activities. Here, we aimed to clarify the mechanisms that drive ghrelin to the membrane and hence to its receptor that mediates most of its endocrinological effects. As the acylation enhances ghrelin lipophilicity and that ghrelin contains many basic residues, we examined the electrostatic attraction and/or hydrophobic interactions with membranes. Using various liposomes and buffer conditions in binding, zeta potential and isothermal titration calorimetry studies, we found that whereas acylated and unacylated ghrelin were both electrostatically attracted towards the membrane, only acylated ghrelin penetrated into the headgroup and the lipid backbone regions of negatively charged membranes. The O-acylation induced a 120-fold increase in ghrelin local concentration in the membrane. However, acylated ghrelin did not deeply penetrate the membrane nor did it perturb its organisation. Conformational studies by circular dichroism and attenuated total reflection Fourier transformed infrared as well as in silico modelling revealed that both forms of ghrelin mainly adopted the same structure in aqueous, micellar and bilayer environments even though acylated ghrelin structure is slightly more α-helical in a lipid bilayer environment. Altogether our results suggest that membrane acts as a "catalyst" in acylated ghrelin binding to the ghrelin receptor and hence could explain why acylated and unacylated ghrelin are both full agonists of this receptor but in the nanomolar and micromolar range, respectively.
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- Edith Staes
- Université catholique de Louvain, Unité de Pharmacie Galénique, 1200 Brussels, Belgium.
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Intracellular Ca(2+) signaling is fundamental to neuronal physiology and viability. Because of its ubiquitous roles, disruptions in Ca(2+) homeostasis are implicated in diverse disease processes and have become a major focus of study in multifactorial neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer disease (AD). A hallmark of AD is the excessive production of beta-amyloid (Abeta) and its massive accumulation in amyloid plaques. In this minireview, we highlight the pathogenic interactions between altered cellular Ca(2+) signaling and Abeta in its different aggregation states and how these elements coalesce to alter the course of the neurodegenerative disease. Ca(2+) and Abeta intersect at several functional levels and temporal stages of AD, thereby altering neurotransmitter receptor properties, disrupting membrane integrity, and initiating apoptotic signaling cascades. Notably, there are reciprocal interactions between Ca(2+) pathways and amyloid pathology; altered Ca(2+) signaling accelerates Abeta formation, whereas Abeta peptides, particularly in soluble oligomeric forms, induce Ca(2+) disruptions. A degenerative feed-forward cycle of toxic Abeta generation and Ca(2+) perturbations results, which in turn can spin off to accelerate more global neuropathological cascades, ultimately leading to synaptic breakdown, cell death, and devastating memory loss. Although no cause or cure is currently known, targeting Ca(2+) dyshomeostasis as an underlying and integral component of AD pathology may result in novel and effective treatments for AD.
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- Angelo Demuro
- From the Departments of
Neurobiology and Behavior and
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- From the Departments of
Neurobiology and Behavior and
- Physiology and Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, California 92697 and
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Department of Neuroscience, The Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University, North Chicago, Illinois 60064
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Wang Q, Zhao C, Zhao J, Wang J, Yang JC, Yu X, Zheng J. Comparative molecular dynamics study of Abeta adsorption on the self-assembled monolayers. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2010; 26:3308-3316. [PMID: 19928820 DOI: 10.1021/la903070y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The adsorption and aggregation of the amyloid-beta (Abeta) peptides on the cell membrane plays a causal role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. Here, we report all-atom molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to study the interactions of Abeta oligomer with self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) terminated with hydrophobic CH(3) and hydrophilic OH functional groups, with particular interests in how surface chemistry and Abeta orientation affect the adsorption behavior of Abeta. Simulation results show that the CH(3)-SAM has a stronger binding affinity to Abeta than the OH-SAM does, although both surfaces can induce Abeta adsorption. Regardless of the characteristics of the surface, the hydrophobic C-terminal region is more likely to be adsorbed on the SAMs, indicating a preferential orientation and interface for Abeta adsorption. Structural and energetic comparison among six Abeta-SAM systems further reveals that Abeta orientation, SAM surface hydrophobicity, and interfacial waters all determine Abeta adsorption behavior on the surface, highlighting the importance of hydrophobic interactions at the interface. This work may provide parallel insights into the interactions of Abeta with lipid bilayers.
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- Qiuming Wang
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325, USA
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Liu L, Zhang L, Mao X, Niu L, Yang Y, Wang C. Chaperon-mediated single molecular approach toward modulating Abeta peptide aggregation. NANO LETTERS 2009; 9:4066-4072. [PMID: 19842691 DOI: 10.1021/nl902256b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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We report here a single molecular approach using chaperone-like molecular modulators for modulating the aggregation behavior of a vital analogue of beta-amyloid peptide (Abeta) by using scanning tunneling microscopy. The molecular structures of the beta-sheets for Abeta33-42 peptide are revealed, which are keen to the aggregation of Abeta42 relating to Alzheimer's disease. It was identified that the introduction of chaperone-like modulators could regulate the assembling behavior of the peptide at molecular level. Furthermore, the modulators could also significantly accelerate the aggregation of the peptide in aqueous solution as revealed by light scattering studies. These observations of the molecular modulator effect in peptide assemblies could provide a novel approach toward modulating Abeta peptide aggregations.
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- Lei Liu
- National Center for Nanoscience and Technology Beijing 100190, China
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Smith PES, Brender JR, Ramamoorthy A. Induction of negative curvature as a mechanism of cell toxicity by amyloidogenic peptides: the case of islet amyloid polypeptide. J Am Chem Soc 2009; 131:4470-8. [PMID: 19278224 PMCID: PMC2665920 DOI: 10.1021/ja809002a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The death of insulin-producing beta-cells is a key step in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes. The amyloidogenic peptide Islet Amyloid Polypeptide (IAPP, also known as amylin) has been shown to disrupt beta-cell membranes leading to beta-cell death. Despite the strong evidence linking IAPP to the destruction of beta-cell membrane integrity and cell death, the mechanism of IAPP toxicity is poorly understood. In particular, the effect of IAPP on the bilayer structure has largely been uncharacterized. In this study, we have determined the effect of the amyloidogenic and toxic hIAPP(1-37) peptide and the nontoxic and nonamyloidogenic rIAPP(1-37) peptide on membranes by a combination of DSC and solid-state NMR spectroscopy. We also characterized the toxic but largely nonamyloidogenic rIAPP(1-19) and hIAPP(1-19) fragments. DSC shows that both amyloidogenic (hIAPP(1-37)) and largely nonamyloidogenic (hIAPP(1-19) and rIAPP(1-19)) toxic versions of the peptide strongly favor the formation of negative curvature in lipid bilayers, while the nontoxic full-length rat IAPP(1-37) peptide does not. This result was confirmed by solid-state NMR spectroscopy which shows that in bicelles composed of regions of high curvature and low curvature, nontoxic rIAPP(1-37) binds to the regions of low curvature while toxic rIAPP(1-19) binds to regions of high curvature. Similarly, solid-state NMR spectroscopy shows that the toxic rIAPP(1-19) peptide significantly disrupts the lipid bilayer structure, whereas the nontoxic rIAPP(1-37) does not have a significant effect. These results indicate IAPP may induce the formation of pores by the induction of excess membrane curvature and can be used to guide the design of compounds that can prevent the cell-toxicity of IAPP. This mechanism may be important to understand the toxicity of other amyloidogenic proteins. Our solid-state NMR results also demonstrate the possibility of using bicelles to measure the affinity of biomolecules for negatively or positively curved regions of the membrane, which we believe will be useful in a variety of biochemical and biophysical investigations related to the cell membrane.
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- Pieter E S Smith
- Biophysics and Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, USA
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Relationships between the orientation and the structural properties of peptides and their membrane interactions. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2008; 1778:1537-44. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2008.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2007] [Revised: 04/14/2008] [Accepted: 04/21/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Gordon LM, Nisthal A, Lee AB, Eskandari S, Ruchala P, Jung CL, Waring AJ, Mobley PW. Structural and functional properties of peptides based on the N-terminus of HIV-1 gp41 and the C-terminus of the amyloid-beta protein. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2008; 1778:2127-37. [PMID: 18515070 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2008.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2007] [Revised: 04/07/2008] [Accepted: 05/06/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Given their high alanine and glycine levels, plaque formation, alpha-helix to beta-sheet interconversion and fusogenicity, FP (i.e., the N-terminal fusion peptide of HIV-1 gp41; 23 residues) and amyloids were proposed as belonging to the same protein superfamily. Here, we further test whether FP may exhibit 'amyloid-like' characteristics, by contrasting its structural and functional properties with those of Abeta(26-42), a 17-residue peptide from the C-terminus of the amyloid-beta protein responsible for Alzheimer's. FTIR spectroscopy, electron microscopy, light scattering and predicted amyloid structure aggregation (PASTA) indicated that aqueous FP and Abeta(26-42) formed similar networked beta-sheet fibrils, although the FP fibril interactions were weaker. FP and Abeta(26-42) both lysed and aggregated human erythrocytes, with the hemolysis-onsets correlated with the conversion of alpha-helix to beta-sheet for each peptide in liposomes. Congo red (CR), a marker of amyloid plaques in situ, similarly inhibited either FP- or Abeta(26-42)-induced hemolysis, and surface plasmon resonance indicated that this may be due to direct CR-peptide binding. These findings suggest that membrane-bound beta-sheets of FP may contribute to the cytopathicity of HIV in vivo through an amyloid-type mechanism, and support the classification of HIV-1 FP as an 'amyloid homolog' (or 'amylog').
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- Larry M Gordon
- Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA
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Dante S, Hauß T, Brandt A, Dencher NA. Membrane Fusogenic Activity of the Alzheimer's Peptide Aβ(1–42) Demonstrated by Small-Angle Neutron Scattering. J Mol Biol 2008; 376:393-404. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.11.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2007] [Revised: 09/25/2007] [Accepted: 11/21/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Monis GF, Schultz C, Ren R, Eberhard J, Costello C, Connors L, Skinner M, Trinkaus-Randall V. Role of endocytic inhibitory drugs on internalization of amyloidogenic light chains by cardiac fibroblasts. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2006; 169:1939-52. [PMID: 17148659 PMCID: PMC1762491 DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2006.060183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/28/2006] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Amyloidosis is a disease of protein misfolding that ultimately impairs organ function. Previously, we demonstrated that amyloidogenic light chains (kappa1, lambda6, and lambda3 subtypes), internalized by cardiac fibroblasts, enhanced sulfation of secreted glycosaminoglycans. In this study, we investigated the internalization and cellular trafficking of urinary immunoglobulin light chains into cardiac fibroblasts. We demonstrate that these light chains have the ability to form annular rings in solution. Internalization was assessed by incubating cells in the presence of light chain conjugated to Oregon Green 488 followed by monitoring with live cell confocal imaging. The rate of light chain internalization was reduced by treatment with methyl-beta-cyclodextrin but not filipin. Amyloid light chain did co-localize with dextran-Texas Red. Once internalized, the light chains were detected in lysosomes and then secreted into the extracellular medium. The light chain detected in the cell lysate and medium possessed a lower hydrophobic species. Nocodazole, a microtubule inhibitor, did not disperse aggregates. In addition, internalization and retention of the light chain proteins was altered in the presence of the proteasomal inhibitor MG132. These results indicate that the cell internalizes light chain by a fluid phase endocytosis, which is then modified and ultimately compromises the cell.
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- Grace Fortes Monis
- Department of Pathology, Gerry Amyloid Research Laboratory, Boston University School of Medicine, 80 E. Concord St. L904, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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Charloteaux B, Lorin A, Crowet JM, Stroobant V, Lins L, Thomas A, Brasseur R. The N-terminal 12 Residue Long Peptide of HIV gp41 is the Minimal Peptide Sufficient to Induce Significant T-cell-like Membrane Destabilization in Vitro. J Mol Biol 2006; 359:597-609. [PMID: 16677669 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2006] [Accepted: 04/03/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Here, we predicted the minimal N-terminal fragment of gp41 required to induce significant membrane destabilization using IMPALA. This algorithm is dedicated to predict peptide interaction with a membrane. We based our prediction of the minimal fusion peptide on the tilted peptide theory. This theory proposes that some protein fragments having a peculiar distribution of hydrophobicity adopt a tilted orientation at a hydrophobic/hydrophilic interface. As a result of this orientation, tilted peptides should disrupt the interface. We analysed in silico the membrane-interacting properties of gp41 N-terminal peptides of different length derived from the isolate BRU and from an alignment of 710 HIV strains available on the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Molecular modelling results indicated that the 12 residue long peptide should be the minimal fusion peptide. We then assayed lipid-mixing and leakage of T-cell-like liposomes with N-terminal peptides of different length as first challenge of our predictions. Experimental results confirmed that the 12 residue long peptide is necessary and sufficient to induce membrane destabilization to the same extent as the 23 residue long fusion peptide. In silico analysis of some fusion-incompetent mutants presented in the literature further revealed that they cannot insert into a modelled membrane correctly tilted. According to this work, the tilted peptide model appears to explain at least partly the membrane destabilization properties of HIV fusion peptide.
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- B Charloteaux
- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire Numérique, Faculté Universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques, Passage des déportés, B-5030 Gembloux, Belgium.
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Lau TL, Ambroggio EE, Tew DJ, Cappai R, Masters CL, Fidelio GD, Barnham KJ, Separovic F. Amyloid-beta peptide disruption of lipid membranes and the effect of metal ions. J Mol Biol 2005; 356:759-70. [PMID: 16403524 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.11.091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2005] [Revised: 11/24/2005] [Accepted: 11/29/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Beta-amyloid peptide (Abeta), which is cleaved from the larger trans-membrane amyloid precursor protein, is found deposited in the brain of patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease and is linked with neurotoxicity. We report the results of studies of Abeta1-42 and the effect of metal ions (Cu2+ and Zn2+) on model membranes using 31P and 2H solid-state NMR, fluorescence and Langmuir Blodgett monolayer methods. Both the peptide and metal ions interact with the phospholipid headgroups and the effects on the lipid bilayer and the peptide structure were different for membrane incorporated or associated peptides. Copper ions alone destabilise the lipid bilayer and induced formation of smaller vesicles but when Abeta1-42 was associated with the bilayer membrane copper did not have this effect. Circular dichroism spectroscopy indicated that Abeta1-42 adopted more beta-sheet structure when incorporated in a lipid bilayer in comparison to the associated peptide, which was largely unstructured. Incorporated peptides appear to disrupt the membrane more severely than associated peptides, which may have implications for the role of Abeta in disease states.
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- Tong-Lay Lau
- School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic. 3010, Australia
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Decaffmeyer M, Lins L, Charloteaux B, VanEyck MH, Thomas A, Brasseur R. Rational design of complementary peptides to the betaAmyloid 29-42 fusion peptide: an application of PepDesign. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2005; 1758:320-7. [PMID: 16313882 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2005.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2005] [Revised: 10/05/2005] [Accepted: 10/06/2005] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Peptides in solution currently exist under several conformations; an equilibrium which varies with solvent polarity. Despite or because of this structure versatility, peptides can be selective biological tools: they can adapt to a target, vary conformation with solvents and so on. These capacities are crucial for cargo carriers. One promising way of using peptides in biotechnologies is to decipher their medium-sequence-structure-function relationships and one approach is molecular modelling. Only few "in silico" methods of peptide design are described in the literature. Most are used in support of experimental screening of peptide libraries. However, the way they are made does not teach us much for future researches. In this paper, we describe an "in silico" method (PepDesign) which starts by analysing the native interaction of a peptide with a target molecule in order to define which points are important. From there, a modelling protocol for the design of 'better' peptides is set. The PepDesign procedure calculates new peptides fulfilling the hypothesis, tests the conformational space of these peptides in interaction with the target by angular dynamics and goes up to the selection of the best peptide based on the analysis of complex structure properties. Experimental biological assays are finally used to test the selected peptides, hence to validate the approach. Applications of PepDesign are wide because the procedure will remain similar irrespective of the target which can be a protein, a drug or a nucleic acid. In this paper, we describe the design of peptides which binds to the fusogenic helical form of the C-terminal domain of the Abeta peptide (Abeta29-42).
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- Marc Decaffmeyer
- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire Numérique, FSAGX, Passage des déportés, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium
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Yu MS, Leung SKY, Lai SW, Che CM, Zee SY, So KF, Yuen WH, Chang RCC. Neuroprotective effects of anti-aging oriental medicine Lycium barbarum against β-amyloid peptide neurotoxicity. Exp Gerontol 2005; 40:716-27. [PMID: 16139464 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2005.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2005] [Revised: 06/27/2005] [Accepted: 06/28/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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As aged population dramatically increases in these decades, efforts should be made on the intervention for curing age-associated neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). Natural plant extracts of Lycium barbarum are well-known to exhibit anti-aging effects. We therefore hypothesized that they exhibit neuroprotective effects against toxins in aging-related neurodegenerative diseases. In this study, we aimed to investigate whether extracts from L. barbarum have neuroprotective effects against toxicity of fibrillar Abeta(1-42) and Abeta(25-35) fragments. Primary rat cortical neurons exposed to Abeta peptides resulted in apoptosis and necrosis. Pre-treatment with extract isolated from L. barbarum significantly reduced the release of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH). In addition, it attenuated Abeta peptide-activated caspases-3-like activity. The extract elicited a typical dose-dependent neuroprotective effect. Effective dosage of this extract was wider than that of a well-known western neuroprotective medicine lithium chloride (LiCl). We have further examined the underlying mechanisms of the neuroprotective effects. In agreement with other laboratories, Abeta peptides induce a rapid activation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) by phosphorylation. Pre-treatment of aqueous extract markedly reduced the phosphorylation of JNK-1 (Thr183/Tyr185) and its substrates c-Jun-I (Ser 73) and c-Jun-II (Ser 63). Taken together, we have proved our hypothesis by showing neuroprotective effects of the extract from L. barbarum. Study on anti-aging herbal medicine like L. barbarum may open a new therapeutic window for the prevention of AD.
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- Man-Shan Yu
- Laboratory of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Anatomy, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Ravault S, Soubias O, Saurel O, Thomas A, Brasseur R, Milon A. Fusogenic Alzheimer's peptide fragment Abeta (29-42) in interaction with lipid bilayers: secondary structure, dynamics, and specific interaction with phosphatidyl ethanolamine polar heads as revealed by solid-state NMR. Protein Sci 2005; 14:1181-9. [PMID: 15840826 PMCID: PMC2253267 DOI: 10.1110/ps.041291405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The interaction of the native Alzheimer's peptide C-terminal fragment Abeta (29-42), and two mutants (G33A and G37A) with neutral lipid bilayers made of POPC and POPE in a 9:1 molar ratio was investigated by solid-state NMR. This fragment and the lipid composition were selected because they represent the minimum requirement for the fusogenic activity of the Alzheimer's peptide. The chemical shifts of alanine methyl isotropic carbon were determined by MAS NMR, and they clearly demonstrated that the major form of the peptide equilibrated in membrane is not in a helical conformation. (2)H NMR, performed with acyl chain deuterated POPC, demonstrated that there is no perturbation of the acyl chain's dynamics and of the lipid phase transition temperature. (2)H NMR, performed with alanine methyl-deuterated peptide demonstrated that the peptide itself has a limited mobility below and above the lipid phase transition temperature (molecular order parameter equal to 0.94). MAS (31)P NMR revealed a specific interaction with POPE polar head as seen by the enhancement of POPE phosphorus nuclei T(2) relaxation. All these results are in favor of a beta-sheet oligomeric association of the peptide at the bilayer interface, preferentially recruiting phosphatidyl ethanolamine polar heads.
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Dupiereux I, Zorzi W, Lins L, Brasseur R, Colson P, Heinen E, Elmoualij B. Interaction of the 106-126 prion peptide with lipid membranes and potential implication for neurotoxicity. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 331:894-901. [PMID: 15882962 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Prion diseases are fatal neurodegenerative disorders characterized by the accumulation in the brain of an abnormally misfolded, protease-resistant, and beta-sheet rich pathogenic isoform (PrP(SC)) of the cellular prion protein (PrP(C)). In the present work, we were interested to study the mode of prion protein interaction with the membrane using the 106-126 peptide and small unilamellar lipid vesicles as model. As previously demonstrated, we showed by MTS assay that PrP 106-126 induces alterations in the human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cell line. We demonstrated for the first time by lipid-mixing assay and by the liposome vesicle leakage test that PrP 106-126, a non-tilted peptide, induces liposome fusion thus a potential cell membrane destabilization, as supported by membrane integrity assay (LDH). By circular dichroism (CD) analysis we showed that the fusogenic property of PrP 106-126 in the presence of liposome is associated with a predominantly beta-sheet structure. These data suggest that the fusogenic property associated with a predominant beta-sheet structure exhibited by the prion peptides contributes to the neurotoxicity of these peptides by destabilizing cellular membranes. The latter might be attached at the membrane surface in a parallel orientation as shown by molecular modeling.
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- Ingrid Dupiereux
- Department of Human Histology, CRPP, University of Liège, Institute of Pharmacy-CHU 1, avenue de l'Hôpital, Sart Tilman, 4000 Liège, Belgium
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Mingeot-Leclercq MP, Lins L, Bensliman M, Thomas A, Van Bambeke F, Peuvot J, Schanck A, Brasseur R. Piracetam inhibits the lipid-destabilising effect of the amyloid peptide Abeta C-terminal fragment. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2003; 1609:28-38. [PMID: 12507755 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2736(02)00654-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Amyloid peptide (Abeta) is a 40/42-residue proteolytic fragment of a precursor protein (APP), implicated in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. The hypothesis that interactions between Abeta aggregates and neuronal membranes play an important role in toxicity has gained some acceptance. Previously, we showed that the C-terminal domain (e.g. amino acids 29-42) of Abeta induces membrane permeabilisation and fusion, an effect which is related to the appearance of non-bilayer structures. Conformational studies showed that this peptide has properties similar to those of the fusion peptide of viral proteins i.e. a tilted penetration into membranes. Since piracetam interacts with lipids and has beneficial effects on several symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, we investigated in model membranes the ability of piracetam to hinder the destabilising effect of the Abeta 29-42 peptide. Using fluorescence studies and 31P and 2H NMR spectroscopy, we have shown that piracetam was able to significantly decrease the fusogenic and destabilising effect of Abeta 29-42, in a concentration-dependent manner. While the peptide induced lipid disorganisation and subsequent negative curvature at the membrane-water interface, the conformational analysis showed that piracetam, when preincubated with lipids, coats the phospholipid headgroups. Calculations suggest that this prevents appearance of the peptide-induced curvature. In addition, insertion of molecules with an inverted cone shape, like piracetam, into the outer membrane leaflet should make the formation of such structures energetically less favourable and therefore decrease the likelihood of membrane fusion.
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