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Dhamija S, Yang CM, Seiler J, Myacheva K, Caudron-Herger M, Wieland A, Abdelkarim M, Sharma Y, Riester M, Groß M, Maurer J, Diederichs S. A pan-cancer analysis reveals nonstop extension mutations causing SMAD4 tumour suppressor degradation. Nat Cell Biol 2020; 22:999-1010. [DOI: 10.1038/s41556-020-0551-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Ardah MT, Ghanem SS, Abdulla SA, Lv G, Emara MM, Paleologou KE, Vaikath NN, Lu JH, Li M, Vekrellis K, Eliezer D, El-Agnaf OMA. Inhibition of alpha-synuclein seeded fibril formation and toxicity by herbal medicinal extracts. BMC Complement Med Ther 2020; 20:73. [PMID: 32143619 PMCID: PMC7076823 DOI: 10.1186/s12906-020-2849-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2019] [Accepted: 02/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background Recent studies indicated that seeded fibril formation and toxicity of α-synuclein (α-syn) play a main role in the pathogenesis of certain diseases including Parkinson’s disease (PD), multiple system atrophy, and dementia with Lewy bodies. Therefore, examination of compounds that abolish the process of seeding is considered a key step towards therapy of several synucleinopathies. Methods Using biophysical, biochemical and cell-culture-based assays, assessment of eleven compounds, extracted from Chinese medicinal herbs, was performed in this study for their effect on α-syn fibril formation and toxicity caused by the seeding process. Results Salvianolic acid B and dihydromyricetin were the two compounds that strongly inhibited the fibril growth and neurotoxicity of α-syn. In an in-vitro cell model, these compounds decreased the insoluble phosphorylated α-syn and aggregation. Also, in primary neuronal cells, these compounds showed a reduction in α-syn aggregates. Both compounds inhibited the seeded fibril growth with dihydromyricetin having the ability to disaggregate preformed α-syn fibrils. In order to investigate the inhibitory mechanisms of these two compounds towards fibril formation, we demonstrated that salvianolic acid B binds predominantly to monomers, while dihydromyricetin binds to oligomeric species and to a lower extent to monomers. Remarkably, these two compounds stabilized the soluble non-toxic oligomers lacking β-sheet content after subjecting them to proteinase K digestion. Conclusions Eleven compounds were tested but only two showed inhibition of α-syn aggregation, seeded fibril formation and toxicity in vitro. These findings highlight an essential beginning for development of new molecules in the field of synucleinopathies treatment.
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- Mustafa T Ardah
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Neurological Disorders Research Center, Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI), Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Education City, Qatar Foundation, P.O. Box 5825, Doha, Qatar
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- Neurological Disorders Research Center, Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI), Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Education City, Qatar Foundation, P.O. Box 5825, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
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- Basic Medical Sciences Department, College of Medicine, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
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- Neurological Disorders Research Center, Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI), Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Education City, Qatar Foundation, P.O. Box 5825, Doha, Qatar
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- State Key Lab of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Taipa, Macao, China
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- School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
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- Center of Basic Research, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, 11527, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
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- Neurological Disorders Research Center, Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI), Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Education City, Qatar Foundation, P.O. Box 5825, Doha, Qatar.
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Buxbaum JN, Johansson J. Transthyretin and BRICHOS: The Paradox of Amyloidogenic Proteins with Anti-Amyloidogenic Activity for Aβ in the Central Nervous System. Front Neurosci 2017; 11:119. [PMID: 28360830 PMCID: PMC5350149 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2017.00119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2017] [Accepted: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Amyloid fibrils are physiologically insoluble biophysically specific β-sheet rich structures formed by the aggregation of misfolded proteins. In vivo tissue amyloid formation is responsible for more than 30 different disease states in humans and other mammals. One of these, Alzheimer's disease (AD), is the most common form of human dementia for which there is currently no definitive treatment. Amyloid fibril formation by the amyloid β-peptide (Aβ) is considered to be an underlying cause of AD, and strategies designed to reduce Aβ production and/or its toxic effects are being extensively investigated in both laboratory and clinical settings. Transthyretin (TTR) and proteins containing a BRICHOS domain are etiologically associated with specific amyloid diseases in the CNS and other organs. Nonetheless, it has been observed that TTR and BRICHOS structures are efficient inhibitors of Aβ fibril formation and toxicity in vitro and in vivo, raising the possibility that some amyloidogenic proteins, or their precursors, possess properties that may be harnessed for combating AD and other amyloidoses. Herein, we review properties of TTR and the BRICHOS domain and discuss how their abilities to interfere with amyloid formation may be employed in the development of novel treatments for AD.
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- Joel N Buxbaum
- Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research InstituteLa Jolla, CA, USA; Scintillon InstituteSan Diego, CA, USA
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- Division of Neurogeriatrics, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences, and Society (NVS), Center for Alzheimer Research, Karolinska Institutet Huddinge, Sweden
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Javed H, Menon SA, Al-Mansoori KM, Al-Wandi A, Majbour NK, Ardah MT, Varghese S, Vaikath NN, Haque ME, Azzouz M, El-Agnaf OM. Development of Nonviral Vectors Targeting the Brain as a Therapeutic Approach For Parkinson's Disease and Other Brain Disorders. Mol Ther 2016; 24:746-758. [PMID: 26700614 PMCID: PMC4886934 DOI: 10.1038/mt.2015.232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2015] [Accepted: 12/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a debilitating neurodegenerative disease characterized by tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia, and postural instability, for which there is no effective treatment available till date. Here, we report the development of nonviral vectors specific for neuronal cells that can deliver short interfering RNA (siRNA) against the α-synuclein gene (SNCA), and prevent PD-like symptoms both in vitro and in vivo. These vectors not only help siRNA duplexes cross the blood-brain barrier in mice, but also stabilize these siRNAs leading to a sustainable 60-90% knockdown of α-synuclein protein. Mice treated with 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine rapidly develop PD-like symptoms which were significantly alleviated when SNCA was knocked down using our vectors. Together, our data not only confirm the central role of α-synuclein in the onset of PD, but also provide a proof of principle that these nonviral vectors can be used as novel tools to design effective strategies to combat central nervous system diseases.
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- Hayate Javed
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Neuroscience, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Neurological Disorders Center, Qatar Biomedical Research Institute, and College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Education City, Qatar Foundation, P.O. Box 5825 Doha, Qatar.
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Majbour NK, Vaikath NN, van Dijk KD, Ardah MT, Varghese S, Vesterager LB, Montezinho LP, Poole S, Safieh-Garabedian B, Tokuda T, Teunissen CE, Berendse HW, van de Berg WDJ, El-Agnaf OMA. Oligomeric and phosphorylated alpha-synuclein as potential CSF biomarkers for Parkinson's disease. Mol Neurodegener 2016; 11:7. [PMID: 26782965 PMCID: PMC4717559 DOI: 10.1186/s13024-016-0072-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2015] [Accepted: 01/11/2016] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Background Despite decades of intensive research, to date, there is no accepted diagnosis for Parkinson’s disease (PD) based on biochemical analysis of blood or CSF. However, neurodegeneration in the brains of PD patients begins several years before the manifestation of the clinical symptoms, pointing to serious flaw/limitations in this approach. Results To explore the potential use of alpha-synuclein (α-syn) species as candidate biomarkers for PD, we generated specific antibodies directed against wide array of α-syn species, namely total-, oligomeric- and phosphorylated-Ser129-α-syn (t-, o- and p-S129-α-syn). Next we sought to employ our antibodies to develop highly specific ELISA assays to quantify α-syn species in biological samples. Finally we verified the usefulness of our assays in CSF samples from 46 PD patients and 48 age-matched healthy controls. We also assessed the discriminating power of combining multiple CSF α-syn species with classical Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers. The combination of CSF o-/t-α-syn, p-S129-α-syn and p-tau provided the best fitting predictive model for discriminating PD patients from controls. Moreover, CSF o-α-syn levels correlated significantly with the severity of PD motor symptoms (r = -0.37). Conclusion Our new ELISA assays can serve as research tools to address the unmet need for reliable CSF biomarkers for PD and related disorders. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13024-016-0072-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Nour K Majbour
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.,Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.,Neural Plasticity and Repair Unit, Department of Experimental Medical Sciences, Wallenberg Neuroscience Center, BMC A10, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Biotherapeutics Group, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, Potters Bar, Herts, UK
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- Department of Neurology, Research Institute for Geriatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, 602-0841, Japan
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- Neurochemistry Laboratory and Biobank, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Neurological Disorders Center, Qatar Biomedical Research Institute, and College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Education City, Qatar Foundation, P.O. Box 5825, Doha, Qatar.
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Here we review the similarities between a rare inherited disorder, familial British dementia (FBD), and the most common of all late-life neurological conditions, Alzheimer's diseases (AD). We describe the symptoms, pathology and genetics of FBD, the biology of the BRI2 protein and mouse models of FBD and familial Danish dementia. In particular, we focus on the evolving recognition of the importance of protein oligomers and aberrant processing of the amyloid β-protein precursor (APP) - themes that are common to both FBD and AD. The initial discovery that FBD is phenotypically similar to AD, but associated with the deposition of an amyloid peptide (ABri) distinct from the amyloid β-protein (Aβ) led many to assume that amyloid production alone is sufficient to initiate disease and that ABri is the molecular equivalent of Aβ. Parallel with work on Aβ, studies of ABri producing animal models and in vitro ABri toxicity experiments caused a revision of the amyloid hypothesis and a focus on soluble oligomers of Aβ and ABri. Contemporaneous other studies suggested that loss of the ABri precursor protein (BRI2) may underlie the cognitive deficits in FBD. In this regard it is important to note that BRI2 has been shown to interact with and regulate the processing of APP, and that mutant BRI2 leads to altered cleavage of APP. A synthesis of these results suggests that a “two-hit mechanism” better explains FBD than earlier toxic gain of function and toxic loss of function models. The lessons learned from the study of FBD imply that the molecular pathology of AD is also likely to involve both aberrant aggregation (in AD, Aβ) and altered APP processing. With regard to FBD, we propose that the C-terminal 11 amino acid of FBD-BRI2 interfere with both the normal function of BRI2 and promotes the production of cystine cross-linked toxic ABri oligomers. In this scenario, loss of BRI2 function leads to altered APP processing in as yet underappreciated ways. Given the similarities between FBD and AD it seems likely that study of the structure of ABri oligomers and FBD-induced changes in APP metabolites will further our understanding of AD.
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- Adam Cantlon
- Laboratory for Neurodegenerative Research, School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Republic of Ireland ; Laboratory for Neurodegenerative Research, Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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- Laboratory for Neurodegenerative Research, School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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- Laboratory for Neurodegenerative Research, Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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Cantlon A, Frigerio CS, Freir DB, Boland B, Jin M, Walsh DM. The Familial British Dementia Mutation Promotes Formation of Neurotoxic Cystine Cross-linked Amyloid Bri (ABri) Oligomers. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:16502-16. [PMID: 25957407 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.652263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Familial British dementia (FBD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disease believed to result from a mutation in the BRI2 gene. Post-translational processing of wild type BRI2 and FBD-BRI2 result in the production of a 23-residue long Bri peptide and a 34-amino acid long ABri peptide, respectively, and ABri is found deposited in the brains of individuals with FBD. Similarities in the neuropathology and clinical presentation shared by FBD and Alzheimer disease (AD) have led some to suggest that ABri and the AD-associated amyloid β-protein (Aβ) are molecular equivalents that trigger analogous pathogenic cascades. But the sequences and innate properties of ABri and Aβ are quite different, notably ABri contains two cysteine residues that can form disulfide bonds. Thus we sought to determine whether ABri was neurotoxic and if this activity was regulated by oxidation and/or aggregation. Crucially, the type of oxidative cross-linking dramatically influenced both ABri aggregation and toxicity. Cyclization of Bri and ABri resulted in production of biologically inert monomers that showed no propensity to assemble, whereas reduced ABri and reduced Bri aggregated forming thioflavin T-positive amyloid fibrils that lacked significant toxic activity. ABri was more prone to form inter-molecular disulfide bonds than Bri and the formation of covalently stabilized ABri oligomers was associated with toxicity. These results suggest that extension of the C-terminal of Bri causes a shift in the type of disulfide bonds formed and that structures built from covalently cross-linked oligomers can interact with neurons and compromise their function and viability.
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- Adam Cantlon
- From the Laboratory for Neurodegenerative Research, School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Republic of Ireland and the Laboratory for Neurodegenerative Research, Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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- From the Laboratory for Neurodegenerative Research, School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Republic of Ireland and
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- From the Laboratory for Neurodegenerative Research, School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Republic of Ireland and
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- From the Laboratory for Neurodegenerative Research, School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Republic of Ireland and
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- the Laboratory for Neurodegenerative Research, Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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- the Laboratory for Neurodegenerative Research, Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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Vaikath NN, Majbour NK, Paleologou KE, Ardah MT, van Dam E, van de Berg WDJ, Forrest SL, Parkkinen L, Gai WP, Hattori N, Takanashi M, Lee SJ, Mann DMA, Imai Y, Halliday GM, Li JY, El-Agnaf OMA. Generation and characterization of novel conformation-specific monoclonal antibodies for α-synuclein pathology. Neurobiol Dis 2015; 79:81-99. [PMID: 25937088 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2015.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2014] [Revised: 04/22/2015] [Accepted: 04/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
α-Synuclein (α-syn), a small protein that has the intrinsic propensity to aggregate, is implicated in several neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson's disease (PD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), and multiple system atrophy (MSA), which are collectively known as synucleinopathies. Genetic, pathological, biochemical, and animal modeling studies provided compelling evidence that α-syn aggregation plays a key role in the pathogenesis of PD and related synucleinopathies. It is therefore of utmost importance to develop reliable tools that can detect the aggregated forms of α-syn. We describe here the generation and characterization of six novel conformation-specific monoclonal antibodies that recognize specifically α-syn aggregates but not the soluble, monomeric form of the protein. The antibodies described herein did not recognize monomers or fibrils generated from other amyloidogenic proteins including β-syn, γ-syn, β-amyloid, tau protein, islet amyloid polypeptide and ABri. Interestingly, the antibodies did not react to overlapping linear peptides spanning the entire sequence of α-syn, confirming further that they only detect α-syn aggregates. In immunohistochemical studies, the new conformation-specific monoclonal antibodies showed underappreciated small micro-aggregates and very thin neurites in PD and DLB cases that were not observed with generic pan antibodies that recognize linear epitope. Furthermore, employing one of our conformation-specific antibodies in a sandwich based ELISA, we observed an increase in levels of α-syn oligomers in brain lysates from DLB compared to Alzheimer's disease and control samples. Therefore, the conformation-specific antibodies portrayed herein represent useful tools for research, biomarkers development, diagnosis and even immunotherapy for PD and related pathologies.
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- Nishant N Vaikath
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates; Neural Plasticity and Repair Unit, Department of Experimental Medical Sciences, Wallenberg Neuroscience Center, BMC A10, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates; Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Discipline of Pathology, Charles Perkin Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Human Physiology, School of Medicine, Flinders University, Australia
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- Department of Research for Parkinson's Disease, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan; Department of Neurology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Neuroscience Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-799, Korea
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- Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, University of Manchester, Salford Royal Foundation NHS Trust, Salford M6 8HD, UK
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- Department of Research for Parkinson's Disease, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales and Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, Australia
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- Neural Plasticity and Repair Unit, Department of Experimental Medical Sciences, Wallenberg Neuroscience Center, BMC A10, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates; College of Science, Engineering and Technology, HBKU, Education City, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar.
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Luczkowski M, De Ricco R, Stachura M, Potocki S, Hemmingsen L, Valensin D. Metal ion mediated transition from random coil to β-sheet and aggregation of Bri2-23, a natural inhibitor of Aβ aggregation. Metallomics 2015; 7:478-90. [DOI: 10.1039/c4mt00274a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Soft metal ion binding enforces critical rearrangement of the structure of Bri2-23, a natural inhibitor of Aβ aggregation, thus shifting its solution behavior to a self aggregating system.
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- Department of Biotechnology Chemistry and Pharmacy University of Siena
- 53100 Siena, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Copenhagen
- 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Copenhagen
- 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biotechnology Chemistry and Pharmacy University of Siena
- 53100 Siena, Italy
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Todd K, Fossati S, Ghiso J, Rostagno A. Mitochondrial dysfunction induced by a post-translationally modified amyloid linked to a familial mutation in an alternative model of neurodegeneration. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2014; 1842:2457-67. [PMID: 25261792 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2014.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2014] [Revised: 09/18/2014] [Accepted: 09/19/2014] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Familial British dementia (FBD) is an early-onset non-amyloid-β (Aβ) cerebral amyloidosis that presents with severe cognitive decline and strikingly similar neuropathological features to those present in Alzheimer's disease (AD). FBD is associated with a T to A single nucleotide transition in the stop codon of a gene encoding BRI2, leading to the production of an elongated precursor protein. Furin-like proteolytic processing at its C-terminus releases a longer-than-normal 34 amino acid peptide, ABri, exhibiting amyloidogenic properties not seen in its 23 amino acid physiologic counterpart Bri1-23. Deposited ABri exhibits abundant post-translational pyroglutamate (pE) formation at the N-terminus, a feature seen in truncated forms of Aβ found in AD deposits, and co-exists with neurofibrillary tangles almost identical to those found in AD. We tested the impact of the FBD mutation alone and in conjunction with the pE post-translational modification on the structural properties and associated neurotoxicity of the ABri peptide. The presence of pE conferred to the ABri molecule enhanced hydrophobicity and accelerated aggregation/fibrillization properties. ABri pE was capable of triggering oxidative stress, loss of mitochondrial membrane potential and activation of caspase-mediated apoptotic mechanisms in neuronal cells, whereas homologous peptides lacking the elongated C-terminus and/or the N-terminal pE were unable to induce similar detrimental cellular pathways. The data indicate that the presence of N-terminal pE is not in itself sufficient to induce pathogenic changes in the physiologic Bri1-23 peptides but that its combination with the ABri mutation is critical for the molecular pathogenesis of FBD.
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- Krysti Todd
- Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA; Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
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- Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
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Ceballos JA, Giraldo MA, Cossio P. Effects of a disulfide bridge prior to amyloid formation of the ABRI peptide. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra06034b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Computational studies characterize remarkable differences between the most probable structures of the monomeric amyloidogenic peptide, ABRI, with and without a single disulfide bond; the peptide is compact and alpha-helical with the bond, otherwise it is partially extended with slight β-bridges and an exposed hydrophobic surface area.
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- Department of Theoretical Biophysics
- Max Planck Institute of Biophysics
- 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Knight SD, Presto J, Linse S, Johansson J. The BRICHOS Domain, Amyloid Fibril Formation, and Their Relationship. Biochemistry 2013; 52:7523-31. [DOI: 10.1021/bi400908x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Stefan D. Knight
- Department
of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, 751 05 Uppsala, Sweden
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- KI-Alzheimer’s Disease Research
Center, NVS Department, Karolinska Institutet, S-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department
of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, Lund University, Chemical Centre, P.O.
Box 124, SE221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- KI-Alzheimer’s Disease Research
Center, NVS Department, Karolinska Institutet, S-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden
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of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, The Biomedical Centre, 751 23 Uppsala, Sweden
- Institute
of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Tallinn University, Narva mnt
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Audo I, Bujakowska K, Orhan E, El Shamieh S, Sennlaub F, Guillonneau X, Antonio A, Michiels C, Lancelot ME, Letexier M, Saraiva JP, Nguyen H, Luu TD, Léveillard T, Poch O, Dollfus H, Paques M, Goureau O, Mohand-Saïd S, Bhattacharya SS, Sahel JA, Zeitz C. The familial dementia gene revisited: a missense mutation revealed by whole-exome sequencing identifies ITM2B as a candidate gene underlying a novel autosomal dominant retinal dystrophy in a large family. Hum Mol Genet 2013; 23:491-501. [PMID: 24026677 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddt439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Inherited retinal diseases are a group of clinically and genetically heterogeneous disorders for which a significant number of cases remain genetically unresolved. Increasing knowledge on underlying pathogenic mechanisms with precise phenotype-genotype correlation is, however, critical for establishing novel therapeutic interventions for these yet incurable neurodegenerative conditions. We report phenotypic and genetic characterization of a large family presenting an unusual autosomal dominant retinal dystrophy. Phenotypic characterization revealed a retinopathy dominated by inner retinal dysfunction and ganglion cell abnormalities. Whole-exome sequencing identified a missense variant (c.782A>C, p.Glu261Ala) in ITM2B coding for Integral Membrane Protein 2B, which co-segregates with the disease in this large family and lies within the 24.6 Mb interval identified by microsatellite haplotyping. The physiological role of ITM2B remains unclear and has never been investigated in the retina. RNA in situ hybridization reveals Itm2b mRNA in inner nuclear and ganglion cell layers within the retina, with immunostaining demonstrating the presence of the corresponding protein in the same layers. Furthermore, ITM2B in the retina co-localizes with its known interacting partner in cerebral tissue, the amyloid β precursor protein, critical in Alzheimer disease physiopathology. Interestingly, two distinct ITM2B mutations, both resulting in a longer protein product, had already been reported in two large autosomal dominant families with Alzheimer-like dementia but never in subjects with isolated retinal diseases. These findings should better define pathogenic mechanism(s) associated with ITM2B mutations underlying dementia or retinal disease and add a new candidate to the list of genes involved in inherited retinal dystrophies.
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Saul A, Lashley T, Revesz T, Holton J, Ghiso JA, Coomaraswamy J, Wirths O. Abundant pyroglutamate-modified ABri and ADan peptides in extracellular and vascular amyloid deposits in familial British and Danish dementias. Neurobiol Aging 2012; 34:1416-25. [PMID: 23261769 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2012.11.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2012] [Revised: 09/17/2012] [Accepted: 11/22/2012] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Familial British and familial Danish dementia (FDD) are progressive neurodegenerative disorders characterized by cerebral deposition of the amyloidogenic peptides ABri and ADan, respectively. These amyloid peptides start with an N-terminal glutamate residue, which can be posttranslationally converted into a pyroglutamate (pGlu) modified form, a mechanism which has been extensively described to be relevant for amyloid-beta (Aβ) peptides in Alzheimer's disease. Like pGlu-Aβ peptides, pGlu-ABri peptides have an increased aggregation propensity and show higher toxicity on human neuroblastoma cells as their nonmodified counterparts. We have generated novel N-terminal specific antibodies detecting the pGlu-modified forms of ABri and ADan peptides. With these antibodies we were able to identify abundant extracellular amyloid plaques, vascular, and parenchymal deposits in human familial British dementia and FDD brain tissue, and in a mouse model for FDD. Double-stainings using C-terminal specific antibodies in human samples revealed that highly aggregated pGlu-ABri and pGlu-ADan peptides are mainly present in plaque cores and central vascular deposits, leading to the assumption that these peptides have seeding properties. Furthermore, in an FDD-mouse model ADan peptides were detected in presynaptic terminals of the hippocampus where they might contribute to impaired synaptic transmission. These similarities of ABri and ADan to Aβ in Alzheimer's disease suggest that the posttranslational pGlu-modification of amyloid peptides might represent a general pathological mechanism leading to increased aggregation and toxicity in these forms of degenerative dementias.
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- Anika Saul
- Division of Molecular Psychiatry, Georg-August-University Goettingen, University Medicine Goettingen, Germany
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Ke D, Zhan C, Li ADQ, Yao J. Morphological Transformation between Nanofibers and Vesicles in a Controllable Bipyridine-Tripeptide Self-Assembly. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201006897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Ke D, Zhan C, Li ADQ, Yao J. Morphological Transformation between Nanofibers and Vesicles in a Controllable Bipyridine-Tripeptide Self-Assembly. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2011; 50:3715-9. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201006897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2010] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Wang SSS, Liu KN, Wen WS, Wang P. Fibril Formation of Bovine α-Lactalbumin Is Inhibited by Glutathione. FOOD BIOPHYS 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/s11483-010-9199-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Wang SSS, Liu KN, Wang BW. Effects of dithiothreitol on the amyloid fibrillogenesis of hen egg-white lysozyme. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 2010; 39:1229-42. [DOI: 10.1007/s00249-010-0576-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2009] [Revised: 12/03/2009] [Accepted: 01/13/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Investigating the influences of redox buffer compositions on the amyloid fibrillogenesis of hen egg-white lysozyme. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2009; 1794:1663-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2009.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2008] [Revised: 07/30/2009] [Accepted: 07/30/2009] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Wang SSS, Chou SW, Liu KN, Wu CH. Effects of glutathione on amyloid fibrillation of hen egg-white lysozyme. Int J Biol Macromol 2009; 45:321-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2009.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2009] [Revised: 08/13/2009] [Accepted: 08/14/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Wang SSS, Liu KN, Lu YC. Amyloid fibrillation of hen egg-white lysozyme is inhibited by TCEP. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2009; 381:639-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.02.103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2009] [Accepted: 02/20/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Tsachaki M, Ghiso J, Efthimiopoulos S. BRI2 as a central protein involved in neurodegeneration. Biotechnol J 2009; 3:1548-54. [PMID: 19072909 DOI: 10.1002/biot.200800247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BRI2 is a protein that when mutated causes familial British and familial Danish dementias. Upon cleavage, the mutated BRI2 proteins release the peptides ABri and ADan, which are amyloidogenic and accumulate in the brains of patients. Although BRI2 has an unknown function, several reports indicate that it could play multiple roles. For example, the fact that it exists at the cell surface as a homodimer indicates that it could be involved in cell signaling events by acting as a receptor. BRI2 also interacts with amyloid precursor protein (APP), involved in Alzheimer's disease (AD). In cell cultures and mouse models of AD, BRI2 inhibits APP processing and reduces amyloid beta peptide deposition. The interaction between the two proteins could be responsible for the neuropathological similarities between familial British/Danish dementias and AD. The study of BRI2, which is central in familial British and Danish dementia, could unravel underlying molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration.
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- Maria Tsachaki
- Division of Animal and Human Physiology, Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Nesgaard L, Vad B, Christiansen G, Otzen D. Kinetic partitioning between aggregation and vesicle permeabilization by modified ADan. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2009; 1794:84-93. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2008.09.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2008] [Revised: 09/19/2008] [Accepted: 09/28/2008] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Tartaglia GG, Cavalli A, Pellarin R, Caflisch A. Prediction of aggregation rate and aggregation-prone segments in polypeptide sequences. Protein Sci 2005; 14:2723-34. [PMID: 16195556 PMCID: PMC2253302 DOI: 10.1110/ps.051471205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The reliable identification of beta-aggregating stretches in protein sequences is essential for the development of therapeutic agents for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, as well as other pathological conditions associated with protein deposition. Here, a model based on physicochemical properties and computational design of beta-aggregating peptide sequences is shown to be able to predict the aggregation rate over a large set of natural polypeptide sequences. Furthermore, the model identifies aggregation-prone fragments within proteins and predicts the parallel or anti-parallel beta-sheet organization in fibrils. The model recognizes different beta-aggregating segments in mammalian and nonmammalian prion proteins, providing insights into the species barrier for the transmission of the prion disease.
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- Gian Gaetano Tartaglia
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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There is clear evidence implicating oxidative stress in the pathology of many different neurodegenerative diseases. ROS (reactive oxygen species) are the primary mediators of oxidative stress and many of the aggregating proteins and peptides associated with neurodegenerative disease can generate hydrogen peroxide, a key ROS, apparently through interactions with redox-active metal ions. Our recent results suggest that ROS are generated during the very early stages of protein aggregation, when protofibrils or soluble oligomers are present, but in the absence of mature amyloid fibrils. The generation of ROS during early-stage protein aggregation may be a common, fundamental molecular mechanism underlying the pathogenesis of oxidative damage, neurodegeneration and cell death in several different neurodegenerative diseases. Drugs that specifically target this process could be useful in the future therapy of these diseases.
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Our research has concentrated upon the protein lipid modification of BACE [β-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme (β-secretase)], of which very little is currently known. Lipidation influences the production of Aβ (amyloid β-protein) by promoting the dimerization of BACE.
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Tabner BJ, El-Agnaf OMA, Turnbull S, German MJ, Paleologou KE, Hayashi Y, Cooper LJ, Fullwood NJ, Allsop D. Hydrogen Peroxide Is Generated during the Very Early Stages of Aggregation of the Amyloid Peptides Implicated in Alzheimer Disease and Familial British Dementia. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:35789-92. [PMID: 16141213 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.c500238200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Alzheimer disease and familial British dementia are neurodegenerative diseases that are characterized by the presence of numerous amyloid plaques in the brain. These lesions contain fibrillar deposits of the beta-amyloid peptide (Abeta) and the British dementia peptide (ABri), respectively. Both peptides are toxic to cells in culture, and there is increasing evidence that early "soluble oligomers" are the toxic entity rather than mature amyloid fibrils. The molecular mechanisms responsible for this toxicity are not clear, but in the case of Abeta, one prominent hypothesis is that the peptide can induce oxidative damage via the formation of hydrogen peroxide. We have developed a reliable method, employing electron spin resonance spectroscopy in conjunction with the spin-trapping technique, to detect any hydrogen peroxide generated during the incubation of Abeta and other amyloidogenic peptides. Here, we monitored levels of hydrogen peroxide accumulation during different stages of aggregation of Abeta-(1-40) and ABri and found that in both cases it was generated as a short "burst" early on in the aggregation process. Ultrastructural studies with both peptides revealed that structures resembling "soluble oligomers" or "protofibrils" were present during this early phase of hydrogen peroxide formation. Mature amyloid fibrils derived from Abeta-(1-40) did not generate hydrogen peroxide. We conclude that hydrogen peroxide formation during the early stages of protein aggregation may be a common mechanism of cell death in these (and possibly other) neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Brian J Tabner
- Magnetic Resonance Laboratory, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom
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Morelli L, Llovera RE, Alonso LG, Frangione B, de Prat-Gay G, Ghiso J, Castaño EM. Insulin-degrading enzyme degrades amyloid peptides associated with British and Danish familial dementia. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 332:808-16. [PMID: 15913558 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2005] [Accepted: 05/06/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Familial British dementia (FBD) and familial Danish dementia (FDD) are autosomal dominant disorders characterized by cerebrovascular and parenchymal amyloid deposition and neurofibrillary degeneration. In both conditions, the genetic defects cause the loss of the normal stop codon in the precursor BRI, generating novel 34-residue peptides named ABri and ADan in FBD and FDD, respectively. ABri and ADan show a strong tendency to aggregate into non-fibrillar and fibrillar structures at neutral pH and this property seems to be directly related to neurotoxicity. Here we report that a recombinant insulin-degrading enzyme (rIDE) was capable of degrading monomeric ABri and ADan in vitro more efficiently than oligomeric species. These peptides showed high beta-structure content and were more resistant to proteolysis as compared to the BRI wild-type product of 23 amino acids. Specific sites of cleavage within the C-terminal pathogenic extensions raise the possibility that proteolysis of monomeric soluble precursors by IDE may delay ABri and ADan aggregation in vivo.
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- Laura Morelli
- Fundación Instituto Leloir, Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de Buenos Aires, (CONICET), Patricias Argentinas 435, Buenos Aires 1405, Argentina
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Das AK, Drew MGB, Haldar D, Banerjee A. The role of the disulfide bond in amyloid-like fibrillogenesis in a model peptide system. Org Biomol Chem 2005; 3:3502-7. [PMID: 16172687 DOI: 10.1039/b509083k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Three terminally protected short peptides Bis[Boc-D-Leu1-Cys2-OMe] 1, Bis[Boc-Leu1-Cys2-OMe] and Bis[Boc-Val1-Cys2-OMe] 3 exhibit amyloid-like fibrillar morphology. Single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis of peptide 1 clearly demonstrates that it adopts an overall extended backbone molecular conformation that self-assembles to form an intermolecular hydrogen-bonded antiparallel supramolecular beta-sheet structure in crystals. Scanning electron microscopic (SEM) images, transmission electron microscopic (TEM) images and Congo red binding studies vividly demonstrate the amyloid-like fibril formation of peptides 1, 2 and 3. However, after reduction of the disulfide bridge of peptides 1, 2 and 3, three newly generated peptides Boc-D-Leu1-Cys2-OMe 4, Boc-Leu1-Cys2-OMe 5 and Boc-Val1-Cys2-OMe 6 are formed and all of them failed to form any kind of fibril under the same conditions, indicating the important role of the disulfide bond in amyloid-like fibrillogenesis in a peptide model system.
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- Apurba Kumar Das
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700 032, India
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DuBay KF, Pawar AP, Chiti F, Zurdo J, Dobson CM, Vendruscolo M. Prediction of the absolute aggregation rates of amyloidogenic polypeptide chains. J Mol Biol 2004; 341:1317-26. [PMID: 15302561 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.06.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 248] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2003] [Revised: 06/04/2004] [Accepted: 06/06/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Protein aggregation is associated with a variety of pathological conditions, including Alzheimer's and Creutzfeldt-Jakob diseases and type II diabetes. Such degenerative disorders result from the conversion of the normal soluble state of specific proteins into aggregated states that can ultimately form the characteristic amyloid fibrils found in diseased tissue. Under appropriate conditions it appears that many, perhaps all, proteins can be converted in vitro into amyloid fibrils. The aggregation propensities of different polypeptide chains have, however, been observed to vary substantially. Here, we describe an approach that uses the knowledge of the amino acid sequence and of the experimental conditions to reproduce, with a correlation coefficient of 0.92 and over five orders of magnitude, the in vitro aggregation rates of a wide range of unstructured peptides and proteins. These results indicate that the formation of protein aggregates can be rationalised to a considerable extent in terms of simple physico-chemical parameters that describe the properties of polypeptide chains and their environment.
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- Kateri F DuBay
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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Vidal R, Delisle MB, Ghetti B. Neurodegeneration Caused by Proteins with an Aberrant Carboxyl-Terminus. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2004; 63:787-800. [PMID: 15330334 DOI: 10.1093/jnen/63.8.787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In recent years, 2 groups of hereditary neurodegenerative diseases have been recognized in which different genetic defects lead to the accumulation of proteins that contain a carboxyl-terminus that is abnormal in length and primary sequence. In this paper, we review the current knowledge on the molecular basis of diseases from these 2 groups. The first group includes familial British and Danish dementias, in which the molecular genetic defect resides in the BRI2 gene located on chromosome 13. In this group, carboxyl-terminal proteolytic products of the mutant BRI2 proteins aggregate in the extracellular space of the brain and in blood vessels. The second group includes 2 recently described ferritinopathies, in which the molecular genetic defect resides in the ferritin light polypeptide gene located on chromosome 19. In this group, full-length ferritin polypeptides aggregate intracellularly. The study of these conditions has led to the discovery of the BRI2 gene and to the finding of an unsuspected role for ferritin in neurodegeneration. These diseases provide new models in which to study the relationship between abnormal protein aggregation, neuronal cell death, and dementia.
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- Ruben Vidal
- Indiana Alzheimer Disease Center and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA.
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Valéry C, Artzner F, Robert B, Gulick T, Keller G, Grabielle-Madelmont C, Torres ML, Cherif-Cheikh R, Paternostre M. Self-association process of a peptide in solution: from beta-sheet filaments to large embedded nanotubes. Biophys J 2004; 86:2484-501. [PMID: 15041685 PMCID: PMC1304096 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(04)74304-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2003] [Accepted: 12/08/2003] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Lanreotide is a synthetic octapeptide used in the therapy against acromegaly. When mixed with pure water at 10% (w/w), Lanreotide (acetate salt) forms liquid crystalline and monodisperse nanotubes with a radius of 120 A. The molecular and supramolecular organization of these structures has been determined in a previous work as relying on the lateral association of 26 beta-sheet filaments made of peptide noncovalent dimers, the basic building blocks. The work presented here has been devoted to the corresponding self-association mechanisms, through the characterization of the Lanreotide structures formed in water, as a function of peptide (acetate salt) concentration (from 2% to 70% (w/w)) and temperature (from 15 degrees C to 70 degrees C). The corresponding states of water were also identified and quantified from the thermal behavior of water in the Lanreotide mixtures. At room temperature and below 3% (w/w) Lanreotide acetate in water, soluble aggregates were detected. From 3% to 20% (w/w) long individual and monodisperse nanotubes crystallized in a hexagonal lattice were evidenced. Their molecular and supramolecular organizations are identical to the ones characterized for the 10% (w/w) sample. Heating induces the dissolution of the nanotubes into soluble aggregates of the same structural characteristics as the room temperature ones. The solubilization temperature increases from 20 degrees C to 70 degrees C with the peptide concentration and reaches a plateau between 15% and 25% (w/w) in peptide. These aggregates are proposed to be the beta-sheet filaments that self-associate to build the walls of the nanotubes. Above 20% (w/w) of Lanreotide acetate in water, polydisperse embedded nanotubes are formed and the hexagonal lattice is lost. These embedded nanotubes exhibit the same molecular and supramolecular organizations as the individual monodisperse nanotubes formed at lower peptide concentration. The embedded nanotubes do not melt in the range of temperature studied indicating a higher thermodynamic stability than individual nanotubes. In parallel, the thermal behaviors of water in mixtures containing 2-80% (w/w) in peptide have been studied by differential scanning calorimetry, and three different types of water were characterized: 1), bulk water melting at 0 degrees C, 2), nonfreezing water, and 3), interfacial water melting below 0 degrees C. The domains of existence and coexistence of these different water states are related to the different Lanreotide supramolecular structures. All these results were compiled into a binary Lanreotide-water phase diagram and allowed to propose a self-association mechanism of Lanreotide filaments into monodisperse individual nanotubes and embedded nanotubes.
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- C Valéry
- Unité Mixte de Recherche Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 8612, Faculté de Pharmacie, Châtenay-Malabry, France
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Gibson G, Gunasekera N, Lee M, Lelyveld V, El-Agnaf OMA, Wright A, Austen B. Oligomerization and neurotoxicity of the amyloid ADan peptide implicated in familial Danish dementia. J Neurochem 2004; 88:281-90. [PMID: 14690516 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2003.02134.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Familial Danish dementia (FDD) is a rare neurodegenerative disorder, which is pathologically characterized by widespread cerebral amyloid angiopathy, parenchymal protein deposits and neurofibrillary degeneration. FDD is associated with mutation in the BRI gene. In FDD a decamer duplication between codons 265 and 266 in the 3' region of the BRI gene originates an amyloid peptide named ADan, 11 residues longer than the wild-type peptide produced from the normal BRI gene. ADan deposits have been found widely distributed in the CNS of FDD cases. The deposits of ADan are predominantly non-fibrillar aggregates. We show here that synthetic ADan forms oligomers in vitro, seen by Tricine-PAGE and gel filtration, and higher aggregates, which are seen by atomic force spectroscopy and electron microscopy as carrot-shaped objects that bunch together. Here we report that oligomeric ADan is toxic to neuronal cell lines. We find that the soluble non-fibrillar oligomeric species of both the reduced and oxidized forms of ADan are toxic. These results support the idea that the non-fibrillar soluble aggregates are the pathogenic species, which may play a central role in the pathogenesis of FDD, and imply that similar mechanism may also be involved in other neurodegenerative diseases associated with amyloid deposits.
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- Gillian Gibson
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK
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Choi SI, Vidal R, Frangione B, Levy E. Axonal transport of British and Danish amyloid peptides via secretory vesicles. FASEB J 2003; 18:373-5. [PMID: 14656991 DOI: 10.1096/fj.03-0730fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The ABri and ADan amyloid peptides deposited in familial British and Danish neurodegenerative disorders are generated by processing mutant forms of the precursor protein BRI2. Although the pathogenic process that leads to deposition of amyloid in the brains of patients has been studied extensively, the cellular processes and normal function of the precursor protein did not receive much attention. We observed in a variety of transfected cell lines the presence of two independent proteolytic processing events. In addition to the previously described cleavage, which results in the production of carboxyl-terminal approximately 3 kDa wild-type peptide or approximately 4 kDa ABri or ADan peptides, we describe a novel amino-terminal cleavage site within BRI2. Both cleavages occur within the cis- or medial-Golgi. Following cleavage, the BRI2-derived carboxyl-terminal peptides are transported via a regulated secretory pathway into secretory vesicles in neuronal cells. Worth noting is that expression of wild-type British or Danish mutants of BRI2, in mouse neuroblastoma N2a cells that do not express endogenous BRI2, induces elongation of neurites, which suggests a role for this protein in differentiation of neuronal cells.
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- Seung-Il Choi
- Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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Srinivasan R, Jones EM, Liu K, Ghiso J, Marchant RE, Zagorski MG. pH-dependent amyloid and protofibril formation by the ABri peptide of familial British dementia. J Mol Biol 2003; 333:1003-23. [PMID: 14583196 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2003.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The ABri is a 34 residue peptide that is the major component of amyloid deposits in familial British dementia. In the amyloid deposits, the ABri peptide adopts aggregated beta-pleated sheet structures, similar to those formed by the Abeta peptide of Alzheimer's disease and other amyloid forming proteins. As a first step toward elucidating the molecular mechanisms of the beta-amyloidosis, we explored the ability of the environmental variables (pH and peptide concentration) to promote beta-sheet fibril structures for synthetic ABri peptides. The secondary structures and fibril morphology were characterized in parallel using circular dichroism, atomic force microscopy, negative stain electron microscopy, Congo red, and thioflavin-T fluorescence spectroscopic techniques. As seen with other amyloid proteins, the ABri fibrils had characteristic binding with Congo red and thioflavin-T, and the relative amounts of beta-sheet and amyloid fibril-like structures are influenced strongly by pH. In the acidic pH range 3.1-4.3, the ABri peptide adopts almost exclusively random structure and a predominantly monomeric aggregation state, on the basis of analytical ultracentrifugation measurements. At neutral pH, 7.1-7.3, the ABri peptide had limited solubility and produced spherical and amorphous aggregates with predominantly beta-sheet secondary structure, whereas at slightly acidic pH, 4.9, spherical aggregates, intermediate-sized protofibrils, and larger-sized mature amyloid fibrils were detected by atomic force microscopy. With aging at pH 4.9, the protofibrils underwent further association and eventually formed mature fibrils. The presence of small amounts of aggregated peptide material or seeds encourage fibril formation at neutral pH, suggesting that generation of such seeds in vivo could promote amyloid formation. At slightly basic pH, 9.0, scrambling of the Cys5-Cys22 disulfide bond occurred, which could lead to the formation of covalently linked aggregates. The presence of the protofibrils and the enhanced aggregation at slightly acidic pH is consistent with the behavior of other amyloid-forming proteins, which supports the premise that a common mechanism may be involved in protein misfolding and beta-amyloidosis.
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- Rekha Srinivasan
- Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University, 2074 Adelbert Road, Millis Science Center, Cleveland, OH 44106-7078, USA
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Kirkitadze MD, Bitan G, Teplow DB. Paradigm shifts in Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders: the emerging role of oligomeric assemblies. J Neurosci Res 2002; 69:567-77. [PMID: 12210822 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 456] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative disorder characterized by amyloid deposition in the cerebral neuropil and vasculature. These amyloid deposits comprise predominantly fragments and full-length (40 or 42 residue) forms of the amyloid beta-protein (Abeta) organized into fibrillar assemblies. Compelling evidence indicates that factors that increase overall Abeta production or the ratio of longer to shorter forms, or which facilitate deposition or inhibit elimination of amyloid deposits, cause AD or are risk factors for the disease. In vitro studies have demonstrated that fibrillar Abeta has potent neurotoxic effects on cultured neurons. In vivo experiments in non-human primates have demonstrated that Abeta fibrils directly cause pathologic changes, including tau hyperphosphorylation. In concert with histologic studies revealing a lack of tissue injury in areas of the neuropil in which non-fibrillar deposits were found, these data suggested that fibril assembly was a prerequisite for Abeta-mediated neurotoxicity in vivo. Recently, however, both in vitro and in vivo studies have revealed that soluble, oligomeric forms of Abeta also have potent neurotoxic activities, and in fact, may be the proximate effectors of the neuronal injury and death occurring in AD. A paradigm shift is thus emerging that necessitates the reevaluation of the relative importance of polymeric (fibrillar) vs. oligomeric assemblies in the pathobiology of AD. In addition to AD, an increasing number of neurodegenerative disorders, including Parkinson's disease, familial British dementia, familial amyloid polyneuropathy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and prion diseases, are associated with abnormal protein assembly processes. The archetypal features of the assembly-dependent neuropathogenetic effects of Abeta may thus be of relevance not only to AD but to these other disorders as well.
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The central theme in prion diseases is the conformational transition of a cellular protein from a physiologic to a pathologic (so-called scrapie) state. Currently, two alternative models exist for the mechanism of this autocatalytic process; in the template assistance model the prion is assumed to be a monomer of the scrapie conformer, whereas in the nucleated polymerization model it is thought to be an amyloid rod. A recent variation on the latter assumes disulfide reshuffling as the mechanism of polymerization. The existence of stable dimers, let alone their mechanistic role, is not taken into account in either of these models. In this paper we review evidence supporting that the dimerization of either the normal or the scrapie state, or both, has a decisive role in prion replication. The contribution of redox changes, i.e., the temporary opening and possible rearrangement of the intramolecular disulfide bridge is also considered. We present a model including these features largely ignored so far and show that it adheres satisfactorily to the observed phenomenology of prion replication.
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- Peter Tompa
- Institute of Enzymology, Biological Research Center, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
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Kim SH, Creemers JWM, Chu S, Thinakaran G, Sisodia SS. Proteolytic processing of familial British dementia-associated BRI variants: evidence for enhanced intracellular accumulation of amyloidogenic peptides. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:1872-7. [PMID: 11709554 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m108739200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Different mutations in the BRI(2) gene cause rare neurodegenerative conditions, termed familial British dementia (FBD) and familial Danish dementia (FDD). The mutant genes encode BRI-L and BRI-D, the precursors of fibrillogenic ABri and ADan peptides, respectively. We previously reported that furin processes both BRI-L and its wild type counterpart, BRI, resulting in the secretion of C-terminal peptides; elevated levels of peptides were generated from BRI-L. In the present study, we show that inducible expression of alpha1-antitrypsin Portland, a furin inhibitor, inhibits the endoproteolysis of BRI and BRI-L in a dose-dependent manner. Moreover, comparison of the activities of several proprotein convertases reveals that furin is most efficient in endoproteolysis of BRI and BRI-L; PACE4, PC6A, PC6B, and LPC show much lower activities. Interestingly, LPC also exhibits enhanced cleavage of BRI-L compared with BRI. Finally, we demonstrate that BRI-D is also processed by furin and, like BRI-L, the cleavage of BRI-D is more efficient than that of BRI. Interestingly, while the ABri peptide is detected both intracellularly and in the medium, the ADan peptide accumulates predominantly in intracellular compartments. We propose that intracellular accumulation of amyloidogenic ADan or ABri peptides results in the neuronal damage leading to FDD and FBD, respectively.
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- Seong-Hun Kim
- Department of Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Physiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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El-Agnaf OM, Nagala S, Patel BP, Austen BM. Non-fibrillar oligomeric species of the amyloid ABri peptide, implicated in familial British dementia, are more potent at inducing apoptotic cell death than protofibrils or mature fibrils. J Mol Biol 2001; 310:157-68. [PMID: 11419943 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.4743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Familial British dementia (FBD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder, with biochemical and pathological similarities to Alzheimer's disease. FBD is associated with a point mutation in the stop codon of the BRI gene. The mutation extends the length of the wild-type protein by 11 amino acids, and following proteolytic cleavage, results in the production of a cyclic peptide (ABri) 11 amino acids longer than the wild-type (WT) peptide produced from the normal gene BRI. ABri was found to be the main component of amyloid deposits in FBD brains. However, pathological examination of FBD brains has shown the presence of ABri as non-fibrillar deposits as well as amyloid fibrils. Taken together, the genetic, pathological and biochemical data support the hypothesis that ABri deposits play a central role in the pathogenesis of FBD. Here we report that ABri, but not WT peptide, can oligomerise and form amyloid-like fibrils. We show for the first time that ABri induces apoptotic cell death, whereas WT is not toxic to cells. Moreover, we report the novel findings that non-fibrillar oligomeric species of ABri are more toxic than protofibrils and mature fibrils. These findings provide evidence that non-fibrillar oligomeric species are likely to play a critical role in the pathogenesis of FBD and suggest that a similar process may also operate in other neurodegenerative diseases.
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- O M El-Agnaf
- Department of Surgery, Neurodegeneration Unit, St. George's Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London, Tooting, SW17 0RE, UK.
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Metzler DE, Metzler CM, Sauke DJ. Chemical Communication Between Cells. Biochemistry 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-012492543-4/50033-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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