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Sulatsky MI, Stepanenko OV, Stepanenko OV, Povarova OI, Kuznetsova IM, Turoverov KK, Sulatskaya AI. Broken but not beaten: Challenge of reducing the amyloids pathogenicity by degradation. J Adv Res 2024:S2090-1232(24)00161-9. [PMID: 38642804 DOI: 10.1016/j.jare.2024.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2024] [Revised: 04/17/2024] [Accepted: 04/17/2024] [Indexed: 04/22/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The accumulation of ordered protein aggregates, amyloid fibrils, accompanies various neurodegenerative diseases (such as Parkinson's, Huntington's, Alzheimer's, etc.) and causes a wide range of systemic and local amyloidoses (such as insulin, hemodialysis amyloidosis, etc.). Such pathologies are usually diagnosed when the disease is already irreversible and a large amount of amyloid plaques have accumulated. In recent years, new drugs aimed at reducing amyloid levels have been actively developed. However, although clinical trials have demonstrated a reduction in amyloid plaque size with these drugs, their effect on disease progression has been controversial and associated with significant side effects, the reasons of which are not fully understood. AIM OF REVIEW The purpose of this review is to summarize extensive array of data on the effect of exogenous and endogenous factors (physico-mechanical effects, chemical effects of low molecular weight compounds, macromolecules and their complexes) on the structure and pathogenicity of mature amyloids for proposing future directions of the development of effective and safe anti-amyloid therapeutics. KEY SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS OF REVIEW Our analysis show that destruction of amyloids is in most cases incomplete and degradation products often retain the properties of amyloids (including high and sometimes higher than fibrils, cytotoxicity), accelerate amyloidogenesis and promote the propagation of amyloids between cells. Probably, the appearance of protein aggregates, polymorphic in structure and properties (such as amorphous aggregates, fibril fragments, amyloid oligomers, etc.), formed because of uncontrolled degradation of amyloids, may be one of the reasons for the ambiguous effectiveness and serious side effects of the anti-amyloid drugs. This means that all medications that are supposed to be used both for degradation and slow down the fibrillogenesis must first be tested on mature fibrils: the mechanism of drug action and cytotoxic, seeding, and infectious activity of the degradation products must be analyzed.
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- Maksim I Sulatsky
- Laboratory of Cell Morphology, Institute of Cytology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 4 Tikhoretsky ave., 194064 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Laboratory of Structural Dynamics, Stability and Folding of Proteins, Institute of Cytology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 4 Tikhoretsky ave., 194064 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Laboratory of Structural Dynamics, Stability and Folding of Proteins, Institute of Cytology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 4 Tikhoretsky ave., 194064 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Laboratory of Structural Dynamics, Stability and Folding of Proteins, Institute of Cytology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 4 Tikhoretsky ave., 194064 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Laboratory of Structural Dynamics, Stability and Folding of Proteins, Institute of Cytology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 4 Tikhoretsky ave., 194064 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Laboratory of Structural Dynamics, Stability and Folding of Proteins, Institute of Cytology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 4 Tikhoretsky ave., 194064 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Laboratory of Structural Dynamics, Stability and Folding of Proteins, Institute of Cytology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 4 Tikhoretsky ave., 194064 St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Li T, Kambanis J, Sorenson TL, Sunde M, Shen Y. From Fundamental Amyloid Protein Self-Assembly to Development of Bioplastics. Biomacromolecules 2024; 25:5-23. [PMID: 38147506 PMCID: PMC10777412 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.3c01129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Revised: 12/03/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 12/28/2023]
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Proteins can self-assemble into a range of nanostructures as a result of molecular interactions. Amyloid nanofibrils, as one of them, were first discovered with regard to the relevance of neurodegenerative diseases but now have been exploited as building blocks to generate multiscale materials with designed functions for versatile applications. This review interconnects the mechanism of amyloid fibrillation, the current approaches to synthesizing amyloid protein-based materials, and the application in bioplastic development. We focus on the fundamental structures of self-assembled amyloid fibrils and how external factors can affect protein aggregation to optimize the process. Protein self-assembly is essentially the autonomous congregation of smaller protein units into larger, organized structures. Since the properties of the self-assembly can be manipulated by changing intrinsic factors and external conditions, protein self-assembly serves as an excellent building block for bioplastic development. Building on these principles, general processing methods and pathways from raw protein sources to mature state materials are proposed, providing a guide for the development of large-scale production. Additionally, this review discusses the diverse properties of protein-based amyloid nanofibrils and how they can be utilized as bioplastics. The economic feasibility of the protein bioplastics is also compared to conventional plastics in large-scale production scenarios, supporting their potential as sustainable bioplastics for future applications.
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- Tianchen Li
- School
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Sydney Nano, The University of Sydney, PNR Building, Darlington NSW 2008, Australia
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- School
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Sydney Nano, The University of Sydney, PNR Building, Darlington NSW 2008, Australia
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- School
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Sydney Nano, The University of Sydney, PNR Building, Darlington NSW 2008, Australia
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- School
of Medical Sciences and Sydney Nano, The
University of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2006, Australia
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- School
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Sydney Nano, The University of Sydney, PNR Building, Darlington NSW 2008, Australia
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Chen D, Pinho LS, Federici E, Zuo X, Ilavsky J, Kuzmenko I, Yang Z, Jones OG, Campanella O. Heat accelerates degradation of β-lactoglobulin fibrils at neutral pH. Food Hydrocoll 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2021.107291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Lee SW, Choi H, Lee G, Choi Y, Lee H, Kim G, Lee H, Lee W, Park J, Yoon DS. Conformation Control of Amyloid Filaments by Repeated Thermal Perturbation. ACS Macro Lett 2021; 10:1549-1554. [PMID: 35549127 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.1c00525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We report that repeated thermal perturbation by thermal cycling (TC) accelerates the formation rate of amyloid filaments at microliter volumes (10-200 μL) and produces a new conformation of zigzag-shaped filaments. The amyloid filaments have been synthesized under different TC conditions, such as temperature variations (ΔT = 0-86 °C) and the number of cycles (C# = 30-90). In particular, the filament formation was promoted by TC with ΔT ≥ 30 °C. This indicates that the change in binding energy of β-sheets and the breakage of disulfide bonds induced by TC with large ΔT contributed to the increased filament growth. This molecular interaction was investigated by molecular dynamics simulation. We also found that TC leads to the formation of amyloid filaments with peculiar conformation (zigzag-shaped filaments). Moreover, key structural parameters (tortuosity, segment length, and joint angle) of the amyloid filaments could be fine-tuned by selecting certain ΔT conditions. Taken together, we confirmed that the TC not only promotes the formation of amyloid filaments but also affects the conformational changes of the filaments.
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- Sang Won Lee
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, South Korea
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- Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 02841, South Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Korea University, Sejong 30019, South Korea
- Interdisciplinary Graduate Program for Artificial Intelligence Smart Convergence Technology, Korea University, Sejong 30019, South Korea
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, South Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, South Korea
- R&D Center of Curigin Ltd., Seoul 04778, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Yonsei University, Wonju 26493, South Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Yonsei University, Wonju 26493, South Korea
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju 27469, South Korea
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- Department of Control and Instrumentation Engineering, Korea University, Sejong 30019, South Korea
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, South Korea
- Interdisciplinary Program in Precision Public Health, Korea University, Seoul 02841, South Korea
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Bulyáki É, Kun J, Molnár T, Papp A, Micsonai A, Vadászi H, Márialigeti B, Kovács AI, Gellén G, Yamaguchi K, Lin Y, So M, Józsi M, Schlosser G, Lee YH, Liliom K, Goto Y, Kardos J. Pathogenic D76N Variant of β 2-Microglobulin: Synergy of Diverse Effects in Both the Native and Amyloid States. BIOLOGY 2021; 10:biology10111197. [PMID: 34827190 PMCID: PMC8614874 DOI: 10.3390/biology10111197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2021] [Revised: 11/11/2021] [Accepted: 11/11/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Simple Summary Elevated β2-microglobulin (β2m) serum levels cause serious complications in patients on long-term kidney dialysis by depositing in the form of amyloid fibrils in the osteoarticular system. Recently, a hereditary systemic amyloidosis was discovered, caused by a naturally occurring D76N β2m mutant exhibiting normal serum levels and a distinct, visceral deposition pattern. D76N β2m showed a structure remarkably similar to the wild-type (WT) protein, albeit with decreased thermodynamic stability and increased amyloidogenicity. Despite the extensive research, the molecular bases of the aberrant aggregation of β2m in vivo remains elusive. Here, using a variety of biophysical techniques, we investigated the role of the pathogenic D76N mutation in the amyloid formation of β2m by point mutations affecting the stabilizing ion-pairs of β2m. We found that, relative to WT β2m, the exceptional amyloidogenicity of the pathogenic D76N β2m variant is realized by the synergy of diverse effects of destabilized native structure, higher sensitivity to negatively charged amphiphilic molecules and polyphosphate, more effective fibril nucleation, higher conformational stability of fibrils, and elevated affinity for extracellular matrix proteins. Understanding the underlying molecular mechanisms might help to find target points for effective treatments against diseases associated with the deleterious aggregation of proteins. Abstract β2-microglobulin (β2m), the light chain of the MHC-I complex, is associated with dialysis-related amyloidosis (DRA). Recently, a hereditary systemic amyloidosis was discovered, caused by a naturally occurring D76N β2m variant, which showed a structure remarkably similar to the wild-type (WT) protein, albeit with decreased thermodynamic stability and increased amyloidogenicity. Here, we investigated the role of the D76N mutation in the amyloid formation of β2m by point mutations affecting the Asp76-Lys41 ion-pair of WT β2m and the charge cluster on Asp38. Using a variety of biophysical techniques, we investigated the conformational stability and partial unfolding of the native state of the variants, as well as their amyloidogenic propensity and the stability of amyloid fibrils under various conditions. Furthermore, we studied the intermolecular interactions of WT and mutant proteins with various binding partners that might have in vivo relevance. We found that, relative to WT β2m, the exceptional amyloidogenicity of the pathogenic D76N β2m variant is realized by the deleterious synergy of diverse effects of destabilized native structure, higher sensitivity to negatively charged amphiphilic molecules (e.g., lipids) and polyphosphate, more effective fibril nucleation, higher conformational stability of fibrils, and elevated affinity for extracellular components, including extracellular matrix proteins.
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- Éva Bulyáki
- ELTE NAP Neuroimmunology Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (É.B.); (J.K.); (A.M.); (H.V.)
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- ELTE NAP Neuroimmunology Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (É.B.); (J.K.); (A.M.); (H.V.)
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (T.M.); (B.M.); (A.I.K.)
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- Complement Research Group, Department of Immunology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (A.P.); (M.J.)
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- ELTE NAP Neuroimmunology Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (É.B.); (J.K.); (A.M.); (H.V.)
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- ELTE NAP Neuroimmunology Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (É.B.); (J.K.); (A.M.); (H.V.)
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (T.M.); (B.M.); (A.I.K.)
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (T.M.); (B.M.); (A.I.K.)
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (G.G.); (G.S.)
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- Global Center for Medical Engineering and Informatics, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; (K.Y.); (Y.G.)
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- Research Center of Bioconvergence Analysis, Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI), Ochang 28119, Korea; (Y.L.); (Y.-H.L.)
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- Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; or
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- Complement Research Group, Department of Immunology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (A.P.); (M.J.)
- MTA-ELTE Complement Research Group, Eötvös Loránd Research Network (ELKH), Department of Immunology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (G.G.); (G.S.)
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- Research Center of Bioconvergence Analysis, Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI), Ochang 28119, Korea; (Y.L.); (Y.-H.L.)
- Bio-Analytical Science, University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon 34113, Korea
- Graduate School of Analytical Science and Technology (GRAST), Chungnam National University (CNU), Daejeon 34134, Korea
- Research Headquarters, Korea Brain Research Institute (KBRI), Daegu 41068, Korea
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- Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, 1094 Budapest, Hungary;
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- Global Center for Medical Engineering and Informatics, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; (K.Y.); (Y.G.)
- Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; or
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- ELTE NAP Neuroimmunology Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (É.B.); (J.K.); (A.M.); (H.V.)
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Sorriaux M, Sorieul M, Chen Y. Bio-Based and Robust Polydopamine Coated Nanocellulose/Amyloid Composite Aerogel for Fast and Wide-Spectrum Water Purification. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:3442. [PMID: 34641257 PMCID: PMC8512863 DOI: 10.3390/polym13193442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2021] [Revised: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 10/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Water contamination resulting from human activities leads to the deterioration of aquatic ecosystems. This restrains the access to fresh water, which is the leading cause of mortality worldwide. In this work, we developed a bio-based and water-resistant composite aerogel from renewable nanofibrils for water remediation application. The composite aerogel consists of two types of cross-linked nanofibrils. Poly(dopamine)-coated cellulose nanofibrils and amyloid protein nanofibrils are forming a double networked crosslinked via periodate oxidation. The resulting aerogel exhibits good mechanical strength and high pollutants adsorption capability. Removal of dyes (rhodamine blue, acriflavine, crystal violet, malachite green, acid fuchsin and methyl orange), organic traces (atrazine, bisphenol A, and ibuprofen) and heavy metal ions (Pb(II) and Cu(II)) from water was successfully demonstrated with the composite aerogel. More specifically, the bio-based aerogel demonstrated good adsorption efficiencies for crystal violet (93.1% in 30 min), bisphenol A (91.7% in 5 min) and Pb(II) ions (94.7% in 5 min), respectively. Furthermore, the adsorption-desorption performance of aerogel for Pb(II) ions demonstrates that the aerogel has a high reusability as maintains satisfactory removal performances. The results suggest that this type of robust and bio-based composite aerogel is a promising adsorbent to decontaminate water from a wide range of pollutants in a sustainable and efficient way.
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- Maxime Sorriaux
- Scion, 49 Sala Street, Private Bag 3020, Rotorua 3046, New Zealand; (M.S.); (M.S.)
- Physico-Chimie des Electrolytes et Nanosystèmes InterfaciauX (PHENIX), Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
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- Scion, 49 Sala Street, Private Bag 3020, Rotorua 3046, New Zealand; (M.S.); (M.S.)
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- Scion, 49 Sala Street, Private Bag 3020, Rotorua 3046, New Zealand; (M.S.); (M.S.)
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Cao Y, Adamcik J, Diener M, Kumita JR, Mezzenga R. Different Folding States from the Same Protein Sequence Determine Reversible vs Irreversible Amyloid Fate. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:11473-11481. [PMID: 34286587 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c03392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The propensity to self-assemble into amyloid fibrils with a shared cross-β architecture is a generic feature of proteins. Amyloid-related diseases affect millions of people worldwide, yet they are incurable and cannot be effectively prevented, largely due to the irreversible assembly and extraordinary stability of amyloid fibrils. Recent studies suggest that labile amyloids may be possible in certain proteins containing low-complexity domains often involved in the formation of subcellular membraneless organelles. Although the fundamental understanding of this reversible amyloid folding process is completely missing, the current view is that a given protein sequence will result in either irreversible, as in most of the cases, or reversible amyloid fibrils, as in few exceptions. Here we show that two common globular proteins, human lysozyme and its homologue from hen egg white, can self-assemble into both reversible and irreversible amyloid fibrils depending on the folding path followed by the protein. In both folding states, the amyloid nature of the fibrils is demonstrated at the molecular level by its cross-β structure, yet with substantial differences on the mesoscopic polymorphism and the labile nature of the amyloid state. Structural analysis shows that reversible and irreversible amyloid fibrils possess the same full-length protein sequence but different fibril core structures and β-sheet arrangements. These results illuminate a mechanistic link between the reversible and irreversible nature of amyloids and highlight the central role of protein folding states in regulating the lability and reversibility of amyloids.
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- Yiping Cao
- Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich 8092, Switzerland
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- Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich 8092, Switzerland
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- Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich 8092, Switzerland
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- Centre for Misfolding Diseases, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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- Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich 8092, Switzerland.,Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Zurich 8093, Switzerland
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Kinna S, Ouberaï MM, Sonzini S, Gomes Dos Santos AL, Welland ME. Thermo-Responsive self-assembly of a dual glucagon-like peptide and glucagon receptor agonist. Int J Pharm 2021; 604:120719. [PMID: 34015379 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2021.120719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2021] [Revised: 05/13/2021] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The human peptide hormone Oxyntomodulin (Oxm) is known to induce satiety, increase energy expenditure, and control blood glucose in humans, making it a promising candidate for treatment of obesity and/or type 2 diabetes mellitus. However, a pharmaceutical exploitation has thus far been impeded by fast in vivo clearance and the molecule's sensitivity to half-life extending structural modifications. We recently showed that Oxm self-assembles into amyloid-like nanofibrils that continuously release active, soluble Oxm in a peptide-deprived environment. S.c. injected Oxm nanofibrils extended plasma exposure from a few hours to five days in rodents, compared to s.c. applied soluble Oxm. Here we show that Oxm fibril elongation kinetics and thermodynamics display a uniquely low temperature optimum compared to previously reported amyloid-like peptide and protein assemblies. Elongation rate is optimal at room temperature, with association rates 2-3 times higher at 25 °C than at ≥37 °C or ≤20 °C. We deduce from a combination of Cryo electron microscopy and spectroscopic methods that Oxm fibrils have a double-layered, triangular cross-section composed of arch-shaped monomers. We suggest a thermodynamic model that links the necessary molecular rearrangements during fibrillation and peptide release to the unique temperature effects in Oxm self-assembly and disassembly.
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- Sonja Kinna
- Nanoscience Centre, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB30FF, UK
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- Nanoscience Centre, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB30FF, UK.
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences, R&D BioPharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca, Granta Park, Cambridge CB21 6GH, UK
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences, R&D BioPharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca, Granta Park, Cambridge CB21 6GH, UK.
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences, R&D BioPharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca, Granta Park, Cambridge CB21 6GH, UK
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Current Understanding of the Structure, Stability and Dynamic Properties of Amyloid Fibrils. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22094349. [PMID: 33919421 PMCID: PMC8122407 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22094349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2021] [Revised: 04/17/2021] [Accepted: 04/18/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Amyloid fibrils are supramolecular protein assemblies represented by a cross-β structure and fibrous morphology, whose structural architecture has been previously investigated. While amyloid fibrils are basically a main-chain-dominated structure consisting of a backbone of hydrogen bonds, side-chain interactions also play an important role in determining their detailed structures and physicochemical properties. In amyloid fibrils comprising short peptide segments, a steric zipper where a pair of β-sheets with side chains interdigitate tightly is found as a fundamental motif. In amyloid fibrils comprising longer polypeptides, each polypeptide chain folds into a planar structure composed of several β-strands linked by turns or loops, and the steric zippers are formed locally to stabilize the structure. Multiple segments capable of forming steric zippers are contained within a single protein molecule in many cases, and polymorphism appears as a result of the diverse regions and counterparts of the steric zippers. Furthermore, the β-solenoid structure, where the polypeptide chain folds in a solenoid shape with side chains packed inside, is recognized as another important amyloid motif. While side-chain interactions are primarily achieved by non-polar residues in disease-related amyloid fibrils, the participation of hydrophilic and charged residues is prominent in functional amyloids, which often leads to spatiotemporally controlled fibrillation, high reversibility, and the formation of labile amyloids with kinked backbone topology. Achieving precise control of the side-chain interactions within amyloid structures will open up a new horizon for designing useful amyloid-based nanomaterials.
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Thermodynamics of amyloid fibril formation from non-equilibrium experiments of growth and dissociation. Biophys Chem 2021; 271:106549. [PMID: 33578107 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2021.106549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2020] [Revised: 01/11/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Amyloid fibrils are ordered, non-covalent polymers of proteins that are linked to a range of diseases, as well as biological functions. Amyloid fibrils are often considered thermodynamically so stable that they appear to be irreversible, explaining why very few quantitative thermodynamic studies have been performed on amyloid fibrils, compared to the very large body of kinetic studies. Here we explore the thermodynamics of amyloid fibril formation by the protein PI3K-SH3, which forms amyloid fibrils under acidic conditions. We use quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) and develop novel temperature perturbation experiments based on differential scanning fluorimetry (DSF) to measure the temperature dependence of the fibril growth and dissociation rates, allowing us to quantitatively describe the thermodynamic stability of PI3K-SH3 amyloid fibrils between 10 and 75°C.
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Ostermeier L, de Oliveira GAP, Dzwolak W, Silva JL, Winter R. Exploring the polymorphism, conformational dynamics and function of amyloidogenic peptides and proteins by temperature and pressure modulation. Biophys Chem 2020; 268:106506. [PMID: 33221697 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2020.106506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2020] [Revised: 11/06/2020] [Accepted: 11/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Our understanding of amyloid structures and the mechanisms by which disease-associated peptides and proteins self-assemble into these fibrillar aggregates, has advanced considerably in recent years. It is also established that amyloid fibrils are generally polymorphic. The molecular structures of the aggregation intermediates and the causes of molecular and structural polymorphism are less understood, however. Such information is mandatory to explain the pathological diversity of amyloid diseases. What is also clear is that not only protein mutations, but also the physiological milieu, i.e. pH, cosolutes, crowding and surface interactions, have an impact on fibril formation. In this minireview, we focus on the effect of the less explored physical parameters temperature and pressure on the fibrillization propensity of proteins and how these variables can be used to reveal additional mechanistic information about intermediate states of fibril formation and molecular and structural polymorphism. Generally, amyloids are very stable and can resist harsh environmental conditions, such as extreme pH, high temperature and high pressure, and can hence serve as valuable functional amyloid. As an example, we discuss the effect of temperature and pressure on the catalytic activity of peptide amyloid fibrils that exhibit enzymatic activity.
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- Lena Ostermeier
- Physical Chemistry I - Biophysical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn Street 4a, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biochemistry Leopoldo de Meis, National Institute of Science and Technology for Structural Biology and Bioimaging, National Center of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Jiri Jonas, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21941-901, Brazil
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, University of Warsaw, Pasteur 1 Str., 02-093 Warsaw, Poland.
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- Institute of Medical Biochemistry Leopoldo de Meis, National Institute of Science and Technology for Structural Biology and Bioimaging, National Center of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Jiri Jonas, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21941-901, Brazil.
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- Physical Chemistry I - Biophysical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn Street 4a, 44227 Dortmund, Germany.
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Co NT, Lan PD, Quoc Huy PD, Li MS. Heat-induced degradation of fibrils: Exponential vs logistic kinetics. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:115101. [PMID: 32199422 DOI: 10.1063/1.5144305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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The degradation of fibrils under the influence of thermal fluctuations was studied experimentally by various groups around the world. In the first set of experiments, it was shown that the decay of fibril content, which can be measured by the ThT fluorescence assay, obeys a bi-exponential function. In the second series of experiments, it was demonstrated that when the monomers separated from the aggregate are not recyclable, the time dependence of the number of monomers belonging to the dominant cluster is described by a single-exponential function if the fraction of bound chains becomes less than a certain threshold. Note that the time dependence of the fraction of bound chains can be measured by tryptophan fluorescence. To understand these interesting experimental results, we developed a phenomenological theory and performed molecular simulation. According to our theory and simulations using the lattice and all-atom models, the time dependence of bound chains is described by a logistic function, which slowly decreases at short time scales but becomes a single exponential function at large time scales. The results, obtained by using lattice and all-atom simulations, ascertained that the time dependence of the fibril content can be described by a bi-exponential function that decays faster than the logistic function on short time scales. We have uncovered the molecular mechanism for the distinction between the logistic and bi-exponential behavior. Since the dissociation of the chain from the fibrils requires the breaking of a greater number of inter-chain contacts as compared to the breaking of the beta sheet structure, the decrease in the number of connected chains is slower than the fibril content. Therefore, the time dependence of the aggregate size is logistic, while the two-exponential behavior is preserved for the content of fibrils. Our results are in agreement with the results obtained in both sets of experiments.
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- Nguyen Truong Co
- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotnikow 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute for Computational Science and Technology, SBI Building, Quang Trung Software City, Tan Chanh Hiep Ward, District 12, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotnikow 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotnikow 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland
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Michaelis M, Hildebrand N, Meißner RH, Wurzler N, Li Z, Hirst JD, Micsonai A, Kardos J, Delle Piane M, Colombi Ciacchi L. Impact of the Conformational Variability of Oligopeptides on the Computational Prediction of Their CD Spectra. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:6694-6704. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b03932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- M. Michaelis
- Faculty of Production Engineering, Bremen Center for Computational Materials Science, Center for Environmental Research and Sustainable Technology (UFT), and MAPEX Center for Materials and Processes, Hybrid Materials Interfaces Group, University of Bremen, Am Fallturm 1, Bremen 28359, Germany
- Biomolecular and Materials Interface Research Group, Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Centre, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Lane, Nottingham NG11 8NS, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Production Engineering, Bremen Center for Computational Materials Science, Center for Environmental Research and Sustainable Technology (UFT), and MAPEX Center for Materials and Processes, Hybrid Materials Interfaces Group, University of Bremen, Am Fallturm 1, Bremen 28359, Germany
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- Faculty of Production Engineering, Bremen Center for Computational Materials Science, Center for Environmental Research and Sustainable Technology (UFT), and MAPEX Center for Materials and Processes, Hybrid Materials Interfaces Group, University of Bremen, Am Fallturm 1, Bremen 28359, Germany
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- Faculty of Production Engineering, Bremen Center for Computational Materials Science, Center for Environmental Research and Sustainable Technology (UFT), and MAPEX Center for Materials and Processes, Hybrid Materials Interfaces Group, University of Bremen, Am Fallturm 1, Bremen 28359, Germany
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, Budapest H-1117, Hungary
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- Department of Biochemistry, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, Budapest H-1117, Hungary
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- Faculty of Production Engineering, Bremen Center for Computational Materials Science, Center for Environmental Research and Sustainable Technology (UFT), and MAPEX Center for Materials and Processes, Hybrid Materials Interfaces Group, University of Bremen, Am Fallturm 1, Bremen 28359, Germany
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- Faculty of Production Engineering, Bremen Center for Computational Materials Science, Center for Environmental Research and Sustainable Technology (UFT), and MAPEX Center for Materials and Processes, Hybrid Materials Interfaces Group, University of Bremen, Am Fallturm 1, Bremen 28359, Germany
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Park JM, Lee MH, Kang CH, Oh KH, Lee JS, Yoon JH. Enzymatic characterization of a soluble aggregate induced by N-terminal extension to a lipolytic enzyme. J Biotechnol 2018; 281:130-136. [PMID: 29981449 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2018.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2017] [Revised: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 07/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A self-assembling peptide (27PEP) was isolated from an open reading frame (ORF). The ORF consisted of an unknown functional domain and a catalytic (lipolytic and phospholipolytic) domain (MPlaG) on metagenomic fosmid clone. This extension of 27 amino acids prior to the N-terminus of the catalytic domain (27PEP-MPlaG), starting at Met261, produced an aggregate of high molecular weight (> 700 kDa). Compared with MPlaG, 27PEP-MPlaG showed the same temperature and pH effect for maximum activity but was stable in the presence of inhibitors such as EDTA and PMSF. The 27PEP-MPlaG exhibited lower specific activity than that of MPlaG, but when pre-incubated for 30 min at temperatures between 4 and 100 °C, its activity increased at temperatures greater than 40 °C under alkaline conditions and eventually reached the specific activity level of MPlaG at 60 °C. We experimentally determined that the aggregate caused by 27PEP was dissociated at elevated temperatures resulting in an active catalytic monomer. The 27PEP-indued aggregation may be attractive as application tool for improving or engineering of biocatalysts and biomaterials.
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- Ji-Min Park
- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Republic of Korea; Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology,125 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-806, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Republic of Korea; Green Chemistry and Environmental Biotechnology program, School of Science, University of Science and Technology (UST), Yuseong, Daejeon 305-333, Republic of Korea
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- Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology,125 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-806, Republic of Korea
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- Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology,125 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-806, Republic of Korea; Green Chemistry and Environmental Biotechnology program, School of Science, University of Science and Technology (UST), Yuseong, Daejeon 305-333, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Republic of Korea.
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Adachi M, Noji M, So M, Sasahara K, Kardos J, Naiki H, Goto Y. Aggregation-phase diagrams of β 2-microglobulin reveal temperature and salt effects on competitive formation of amyloids versus amorphous aggregates. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:14775-14785. [PMID: 30077972 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.004683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2018] [Revised: 07/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Several serious diseases are associated with crystal-like amyloid fibrils or glass-like amorphous aggregates of denatured proteins. However, protein aggregation involving both types of aggregates has not yet been elucidated in much detail. Using a protein associated with dialysis-related amyloidosis, β2-microglobulin (β2m), we previously demonstrated that amyloid fibrils and amorphous aggregates form competitively depending on salt (NaCl) concentration. To examine the generality of the underlying competitive mechanisms, we herein investigated the effects of heat on acid-denatured β2m at pH 2. Using thioflavin fluorescence, CD, and light scattering analysis along with atomic force microscopy imaging, we found that the temperature-dependent aggregation of β2m markedly depends on NaCl concentration. Stepwise transitions from monomers to amyloids and then back to monomers were observed at low NaCl concentrations. Amorphous aggregates formed rapidly at ambient temperatures at high NaCl concentrations, but the transition from amorphous aggregates to amyloids occurred only as the temperature increased. Combining the data from the temperature- and NaCl-dependent transitions, we constructed a unified phase diagram of conformational states, indicating a parabolic solubility curve with a minimum NaCl concentration at ambient temperatures. Although amyloid fibrils formed above this solubility boundary, amorphous aggregates dominated in regions distant from this boundary. Kinetic competition between supersaturation-limited slow amyloid fibrillation and supersaturation-unlimited fast amorphous aggregation deformed the phase diagram, with amyloid regions disappearing with fast titration rates. We conclude that phase diagrams combining thermodynamics and kinetics data provide a comprehensive view of β2m aggregation exhibiting severe hysteresis depending on the heat- or salt-titration rates.
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- Masayuki Adachi
- From the Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- From the Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- From the Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- From the Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- the ELTE NAP Neuroimmunology Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest 1117, Hungary, and
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- Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui 910-1193, Japan
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- From the Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan,
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Impact of membrane curvature on amyloid aggregation. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2018; 1860:1741-1764. [PMID: 29709613 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2018.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2018] [Revised: 04/23/2018] [Accepted: 04/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The misfolding, amyloid aggregation, and fibril formation of intrinsically disordered proteins/peptides (or amyloid proteins) have been shown to cause a number of disorders. The underlying mechanisms of amyloid fibrillation and structural properties of amyloidogenic precursors, intermediates, and amyloid fibrils have been elucidated in detail; however, in-depth examinations on physiologically relevant contributing factors that induce amyloidogenesis and lead to cell death remain challenging. A large number of studies have attempted to characterize the roles of biomembranes on protein aggregation and membrane-mediated cell death by designing various membrane components, such as gangliosides, cholesterol, and other lipid compositions, and by using various membrane mimetics, including liposomes, bicelles, and different types of lipid-nanodiscs. We herein review the dynamic effects of membrane curvature on amyloid generation and the inhibition of amyloidogenic proteins and peptides, and also discuss how amyloid formation affects membrane curvature and integrity, which are key for understanding relationships with cell death. Small unilamellar vesicles with high curvature and large unilamellar vesicles with low curvature have been demonstrated to exhibit different capabilities to induce the nucleation, amyloid formation, and inhibition of amyloid-β peptides and α-synuclein. Polymorphic amyloidogenesis in small unilamellar vesicles was revealed and may be viewed as one of the generic properties of interprotein interaction-dominated amyloid formation. Several mechanical models and phase diagrams are comprehensively shown to better explain experimental findings. The negative membrane curvature-mediated mechanisms responsible for the toxicity of pancreatic β cells by the amyloid aggregation of human islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) and binding of the precursors of the semen-derived enhancer of viral infection (SEVI) are also described. The curvature-dependent binding modes of several types of islet amyloid polypeptides with high-resolution NMR structures are also discussed.
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Crowded milieu tuning the stability and activity of stem bromelain. Int J Biol Macromol 2018; 109:114-123. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.12.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2017] [Revised: 12/06/2017] [Accepted: 12/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Post-transcriptional control of gene expression by small regulatory noncoding RNA (sRNA) needs protein accomplices to occur. Past research mainly focused on the RNA chaperone Hfq as cofactor. Nevertheless, recent studies indicated that other proteins might be involved in sRNA-based regulations. As some of these proteins have been shown to self-assemble, we describe in this chapter protocols to analyze the nano-assemblies formed. Precisely, we focus our analysis on Escherichia coli Hfq as a model, but the protocols presented here can be applied to analyze any polymer of proteins. This chapter thus provides a guideline to develop commonly used approaches to detect prokaryotic protein self-assembly, with a special focus on the detection of amyloidogenic polymers.
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Zaman M, Zakariya SM, Nusrat S, Chandel TI, Meeran SM, Ajmal MR, Alam P, Wahiduzzaman, Khan RH. Cysteine as a potential anti-amyloidogenic agent with protective ability against amyloid induced cytotoxicity. Int J Biol Macromol 2017; 105:556-565. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.07.083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2017] [Revised: 07/12/2017] [Accepted: 07/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Dekel Y, Machluf Y, Gefen T, Eidelshtein G, Kotlyar A, Bram Y, Shahar E, Reslane F, Aizenshtein E, Pitcovski J. Formation of multimeric antibodies for self-delivery of active monomers. Drug Deliv 2017; 24:199-208. [PMID: 28156181 PMCID: PMC8241139 DOI: 10.1080/10717544.2016.1242179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2016] [Accepted: 09/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Proteins and peptides have been used as drugs for almost a century. Technological advances in the past 30 years have enabled the production of pure, stable proteins in vast amounts. In contrast, administration of proteins based on their native active conformation (and thus necessitating the use of subcutaneous injections) has remained solely unchanged. The therapeutic anti-HER2 humanized monoclonal immunoglobulin (IgG) Trastuzumab (Herceptin) is a first line of the treatment for breast cancer. Chicken IgY is a commercially important polyclonal antibody (Ab). These Abs were examined for their ability to self-assemble and form ordered aggregates, by several biophysical methods. Atomic force microscopy analyses revealed the formation of multimeric nanostructures. The biological activity of multimeric IgG or IgY particles was retained and restored, in a dilution/time-dependent manner. IgG activity was confirmed by a binding assay using HER2 + human breast cancer cell line, SKBR3, while IgY activity was confirmed by ELISA assay using the VP2 antigen. Competition assay with native Herceptin antibodies demonstrated that the binding availability of the multimer formulation remained unaffected. Under long incubation periods, IgG multimers retained five times more activity than native IgG. In conclusion, the multimeric antibody formulations can serve as a storage depositories and sustained-release particles. These two important characteristics make this formulation promising for future novel administration protocols and altogether bring to light a different conceptual approach for the future use of therapeutic proteins as self-delivery entities rather than conjugated/encapsulated to other bio-compounds.
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- Yaron Dekel
- Shamir Research Institute, University of Haifa, Kazrin, Israel
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Zefat Academic College, Zefat, Israel
- Department of Life Sciences, Tel Hai College, Upper Galilee, Israel
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- Consultant, specialist in the fields of biochemistry, molecular biology and genetics
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- Department of Life Sciences, Tel Hai College, Upper Galilee, Israel
- MIGAL – Galilee Technology Center, Kiryat Shmona, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, and
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, and
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Life Sciences, Tel Hai College, Upper Galilee, Israel
- MIGAL – Galilee Technology Center, Kiryat Shmona, Israel
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- Department of Life Sciences, Tel Hai College, Upper Galilee, Israel
- MIGAL – Galilee Technology Center, Kiryat Shmona, Israel
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- Department of Life Sciences, Tel Hai College, Upper Galilee, Israel
- MIGAL – Galilee Technology Center, Kiryat Shmona, Israel
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- Department of Life Sciences, Tel Hai College, Upper Galilee, Israel
- MIGAL – Galilee Technology Center, Kiryat Shmona, Israel
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Wei G, Su Z, Reynolds NP, Arosio P, Hamley IW, Gazit E, Mezzenga R. Self-assembling peptide and protein amyloids: from structure to tailored function in nanotechnology. Chem Soc Rev 2017; 46:4661-4708. [PMID: 28530745 PMCID: PMC6364806 DOI: 10.1039/c6cs00542j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 529] [Impact Index Per Article: 75.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Self-assembled peptide and protein amyloid nanostructures have traditionally been considered only as pathological aggregates implicated in human neurodegenerative diseases. In more recent times, these nanostructures have found interesting applications as advanced materials in biomedicine, tissue engineering, renewable energy, environmental science, nanotechnology and material science, to name only a few fields. In all these applications, the final function depends on: (i) the specific mechanisms of protein aggregation, (ii) the hierarchical structure of the protein and peptide amyloids from the atomistic to mesoscopic length scales and (iii) the physical properties of the amyloids in the context of their surrounding environment (biological or artificial). In this review, we will discuss recent progress made in the field of functional and artificial amyloids and highlight connections between protein/peptide folding, unfolding and aggregation mechanisms, with the resulting amyloid structure and functionality. We also highlight current advances in the design and synthesis of amyloid-based biological and functional materials and identify new potential fields in which amyloid-based structures promise new breakthroughs.
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- Gang Wei
- Faculty of Production Engineering, University of Bremen, Bremen,
Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing
University of Chemical Technology, China
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- ARC Training Centre for Biodevices, Swinburne University of
Technology, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH-Zurich,
Switzerland
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Israel
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- Department of Health Science and Technology, ETH-Zurich,
Switzerland
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Kundu S, Banerjee C, Sarkar N. Inhibiting the Fibrillation of Serum Albumin Proteins in the Presence of Surface Active Ionic Liquids (SAILs) at Low pH: Spectroscopic and Microscopic Study. J Phys Chem B 2017; 121:7550-7560. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b03457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Sangita Kundu
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, WB, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, WB, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, WB, India
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Kinoshita M, Kakimoto E, Terakawa MS, Lin Y, Ikenoue T, So M, Sugiki T, Ramamoorthy A, Goto Y, Lee YH. Model membrane size-dependent amyloidogenesis of Alzheimer's amyloid-β peptides. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:16257-16266. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp07774a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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We herein report the mechanism of amyloid formation of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides on small (SUV) and large unilamellar vesicles (LUVs), which consist of 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC) lipids.
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- Institute for Protein Research
- Osaka University
- Suita
- Japan
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- Institute for Protein Research
- Osaka University
- Suita
- Japan
- Department of Biochemistry
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- Institute for Protein Research
- Osaka University
- Suita
- Japan
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- Institute for Protein Research
- Osaka University
- Suita
- Japan
- Department of Chemistry
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- Institute for Protein Research
- Osaka University
- Suita
- Japan
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- Institute for Protein Research
- Osaka University
- Suita
- Japan
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- Institute for Protein Research
- Osaka University
- Suita
- Japan
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Haspel N, Zheng J, Aleman C, Zanuy D, Nussinov R. A Protocol for the Design of Protein and Peptide Nanostructure Self-Assemblies Exploiting Synthetic Amino Acids. Methods Mol Biol 2017; 1529:323-352. [PMID: 27914060 PMCID: PMC7900906 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6637-0_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2024]
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In recent years there has been increasing interest in nanostructure design based on the self-assembly properties of proteins and polymers. Nanodesign requires the ability to predictably manipulate the properties of the self-assembly of autonomous building blocks, which can fold or aggregate into preferred conformational states. The design includes functional synthetic materials and biological macromolecules. Autonomous biological building blocks with available 3D structures provide an extremely rich and useful resource. Structural databases contain large libraries of protein molecules and their building blocks with a range of sizes, shapes, surfaces, and chemical properties. The introduction of engineered synthetic residues or short peptides into these building blocks can greatly expand the available chemical space and enhance the desired properties. Herein, we summarize a protocol for designing nanostructures consisting of self-assembling building blocks, based on our recent works. We focus on the principles of nanostructure design with naturally occurring proteins and synthetic amino acids, as well as hybrid materials made of amyloids and synthetic polymers.
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- Nurit Haspel
- Department of Computer Science, The University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA, 02125, USA.
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, 44325, USA
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Química, E. T. S. d'Enginyeria Industrial de Barcelona, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Diagonal 647, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
- Center for Research in Nano-Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Campus Sud, Edifici C', C/Pasqual i Vila s/n, E-08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Química, E. T. S. d'Enginyeria Industrial de Barcelona, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Diagonal 647, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Sackler School of Medicine, Sackler Inst. of Molecular Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
- Basic Science Program, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick, MD, 21702, USA
- Cancer and Inflammation Program, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA
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Zaman M, Zakariya SM, Nusrat S, Khan MV, Qadeer A, Ajmal MR, Khan RH. Surfactant-mediated amyloidogenesis behavior of stem bromelain; a biophysical insight. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2016; 35:1407-1419. [DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2016.1185040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- Masihuz Zaman
- Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, UP 202002, India
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- Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, UP 202002, India
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- Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, UP 202002, India
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- Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, UP 202002, India
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- Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, UP 202002, India
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- Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, UP 202002, India
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- Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, UP 202002, India
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Noda S, So M, Adachi M, Kardos J, Akazawa-Ogawa Y, Hagihara Y, Goto Y. Thioflavin T-Silent Denaturation Intermediates Support the Main-Chain-Dominated Architecture of Amyloid Fibrils. Biochemistry 2016; 55:3937-48. [PMID: 27345358 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ultrasonication is considered one of the most effective agitations for inducing the spontaneous formation of amyloid fibrils. When we induced the ultrasonication-dependent fibrillation of β2-microglobulin and insulin monitored by amyloid-specific thioflavin T (ThT) fluorescence, both proteins showed a significant decrease in ThT fluorescence after the burst-phase increase. The decrease in ThT fluorescence was accelerated when the ultrasonic power was stronger, suggesting that this decrease was caused by the partial denaturation of preformed fibrils. The possible intermediates of denaturation retained amyloid-like morphologies, secondary structures, and seeding potentials. Similar denaturation intermediates were also observed when fibrils were denatured by guanidine hydrochloride or sodium dodecyl sulfate. The presence of these denaturation intermediates is consistent with the main-chain-dominated architecture of amyloid fibrils. Moreover, in the three types of denaturation experiments conducted, insulin fibrils were more stable than β2-microglobulin fibrils, suggesting that the relative stability of various fibrils is independent of the method of denaturation.
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- Sayaka Noda
- Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University , Yamadaoka 3-2, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University , Yamadaoka 3-2, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University , Yamadaoka 3-2, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and MTA-ELTE NAP B Neuroimmunology Research Group, Eötvös Loránd University , Pázmány sétány 1/C, Budapest 1117, Hungary
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) , 1-8-31 Midorigaoka, Ikeda, Osaka 563-8577, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) , 1-8-31 Midorigaoka, Ikeda, Osaka 563-8577, Japan
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- Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University , Yamadaoka 3-2, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Zaman M, Chaturvedi SK, Zaidi N, Qadeer A, Chandel TI, Nusrat S, Alam P, Khan RH. DNA induced aggregation of stem bromelain; a mechanistic insight. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra01079b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Negatively charged species such as nucleic acids have commonly been found to be associated with the proteinaceous deposits in the tissues of patients with amyloid diseases.
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- Masihuz Zaman
- Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit
- Aligarh Muslim University
- Aligarh-202002
- India
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- Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit
- Aligarh Muslim University
- Aligarh-202002
- India
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- Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit
- Aligarh Muslim University
- Aligarh-202002
- India
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- Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit
- Aligarh Muslim University
- Aligarh-202002
- India
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- Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit
- Aligarh Muslim University
- Aligarh-202002
- India
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- Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit
- Aligarh Muslim University
- Aligarh-202002
- India
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- Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit
- Aligarh Muslim University
- Aligarh-202002
- India
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Lee G, Lee W, Lee H, Lee CY, Eom K, Kwon T. Self-assembled amyloid fibrils with controllable conformational heterogeneity. Sci Rep 2015; 5:16220. [PMID: 26592772 PMCID: PMC4655422 DOI: 10.1038/srep16220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2015] [Accepted: 10/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Amyloid fibrils are a hallmark of neurodegenerative diseases and exhibit a conformational diversity that governs their pathological functions. Despite recent findings concerning the pathological role of their conformational diversity, the way in which the heterogeneous conformations of amyloid fibrils can be formed has remained elusive. Here, we show that microwave-assisted chemistry affects the self-assembly process of amyloid fibril formation, which results in their conformational heterogeneity. In particular, microwave-assisted chemistry allows for delicate control of the thermodynamics of the self-assembly process, which enabled us to tune the molecular structure of β-lactoglobulin amyloid fibrils. The heterogeneous conformations of amyloid fibrils, which can be tuned with microwave-assisted chemistry, are attributed to the microwave-driven thermal energy affecting the electrostatic interaction during the self-assembly process. Our study demonstrates how microwave-assisted chemistry can be used to gain insight into the origin of conformational heterogeneity of amyloid fibrils as well as the design principles showing how the molecular structures of amyloid fibrils can be controlled.
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- Gyudo Lee
- School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju 26493, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju 26493, Republic of Korea
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- School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Biomechanics Laboratory, College of Sport Science, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- SKKU Advanced Institute of Nano Technology, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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Adachi M, So M, Sakurai K, Kardos J, Goto Y. Supersaturation-limited and Unlimited Phase Transitions Compete to Produce the Pathway Complexity in Amyloid Fibrillation. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:18134-18145. [PMID: 26063798 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.648139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2015] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Although amyloid fibrils and amorphous aggregates are two types of aggregates formed by denatured proteins, their relationship currently remains unclear. We used β2-microglobulin (β2m), a protein responsible for dialysis-related amyloidosis, to clarify the mechanism by which proteins form either amyloid fibrils or amorphous aggregates. When ultrasonication was used to accelerate the spontaneous fibrillation of β2m at pH 2.0, the effects observed depended on ultrasonic power; although stronger ultrasonic power effectively accelerated fibrillation, excessively strong ultrasonic power decreased the amount of fibrils formed, as monitored by thioflavin T fluorescence. An analysis of the products formed indicated that excessively strong ultrasonic power generated fibrillar aggregates that retained β-structures but without high efficiency as seeds. On the other hand, when the spontaneous fibrillation of β2m was induced at higher concentrations of NaCl at pH 2.0 with stirring, amorphous aggregates became more dominant than amyloid fibrils. These apparent complexities in fibrillation were explained comprehensively by a competitive mechanism in which supersaturation-limited reactions competed with supersaturation-unlimited reactions. We link the kinetics of protein aggregation and a conformational phase diagram, in which supersaturation played important roles.
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- Masayuki Adachi
- Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Yamadaoka 3-2, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Yamadaoka 3-2, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- High Pressure Protein Research Center, Institute for Advanced Technology, Kinki University, 930 Nishimitani, Kinokawa, Wakayama 649-6493, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and MTA-ELTE NAP B Neuroimmunology Research Group, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány sétány 1/C, Budapest, 1117, Hungary
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- Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Yamadaoka 3-2, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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Guzzi R, Rizzuti B, Labate C, Zappone B, De Santo MP. Ferric Ions Inhibit the Amyloid Fibrillation of β-Lactoglobulin at High Temperature. Biomacromolecules 2015; 16:1794-801. [PMID: 25989053 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.5b00371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The energetics of amyloid fibrillar aggregation of β-lactoglobulin (βLG) following incubation at high temperature and acid pH was studied by differential scanning calorimetry in the presence of Cu(2+) or Fe(3+) cations, and without any metal. Cu(2+) and metal-free protein solutions showed a distinct exothermic response that disappeared almost completely when the Fe(3+) molar concentration was ten times greater than the βLG concentration. Thioflavin T fluorescence studies in solution and atomic force microscopy analysis of the deposit left on flat mica substrates by heat-incubated βLG solutions correlated the absence of exothermic response of Fe(3+)-βLG solutions with a lack of fibril production. In contrast, abundant fibril deposits were observed for Cu(2+)-βLG solutions, with a rich polymorphism of multistrand fibrillar structures. Electron paramagnetic resonance revealed that Fe(3+) permanently binds to βLG in the aggregate state whereas Cu(2+) plays a catalytic role without binding to the protein. We propose that Fe(3+) inhibits fibril production after binding to a key region of the protein sequence, possibly interfering with the nucleation step of the fibrillation process and opening a nonfibrillar aggregation pathway. These findings suggest that transition metal ions can be utilized to effectively modulate protein self-assembly into a variety of structures with distinct morphologies at the nanoscale level.
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- Rita Guzzi
- †Department of Physics, University of Calabria, Ponte P. Bucci 31C, 87036 Rende (CS), Italy.,‡CNISM Unit, University of Calabria, Ponte P. Bucci, Cubo 31C, 87036 Rende (CS), Italy
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- §CNR-NANOTEC, LICRYL-UOS Cosenza and CEMIF.Cal, c/o Department of Physics, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
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- †Department of Physics, University of Calabria, Ponte P. Bucci 31C, 87036 Rende (CS), Italy
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- §CNR-NANOTEC, LICRYL-UOS Cosenza and CEMIF.Cal, c/o Department of Physics, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
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- †Department of Physics, University of Calabria, Ponte P. Bucci 31C, 87036 Rende (CS), Italy
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Tufail S, Owais M, Kazmi S, Balyan R, Khalsa JK, Faisal SM, Sherwani MA, Gatoo MA, Umar MS, Zubair S. Amyloid form of ovalbumin evokes native antigen-specific immune response in the host: prospective immuno-prophylactic potential. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:4131-48. [PMID: 25512377 PMCID: PMC4326824 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.540989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2014] [Revised: 12/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Amyloids are highly organized protein aggregates that arise from inappropriately folded versions of proteins or polypeptides under both physiological as well as simulated ambiences. Once thought to be irreversible assemblies, amyloids have begun to expose their more dynamic and reversible attributes depending upon the intrinsic properties of the precursor protein/peptide and experimental conditions such as temperature, pressure, structural modifications in proteins, or presence of chemicals in the reaction mixture. It has been repeatedly proposed that amyloids undergo transformation to the bioactive peptide/protein forms under specific conditions. In the present study, amyloids assembled from the model protein ovalbumin (OVA) were found to release the precursor protein in a slow and steady manner over an extended time period. Interestingly, the released OVA from amyloid depot was found to exhibit biophysical characteristics of native protein and reacted with native-OVA specific monoclonal as well as polyclonal antibodies. Moreover, antibodies generated upon immunization of OVA amyloidal aggregates or fibrils were found to recognize the native form of OVA. The study suggests that amyloids may act as depots for the native form of the protein and therefore can be exploited as vaccine candidates, where slow antigen release over extended time periods is a pre-requisite for the development of desired immune response.
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- Saba Tufail
- From the Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, U.P.-202002
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- From the Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, U.P.-202002,
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- From the Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, U.P.-202002
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- the National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi
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- From the Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, U.P.-202002
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- From the Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, U.P.-202002
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- the Department of Biochemistry, JNMC, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, U.P.-202002, and
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- From the Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, U.P.-202002
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- the Women's College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, U.P.-202002, India
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Kardos J, Kiss B, Micsonai A, Rovó P, Menyhárd DK, Kovács J, Váradi G, Tóth GK, Perczel A. Phosphorylation as conformational switch from the native to amyloid state: Trp-cage as a protein aggregation model. J Phys Chem B 2015; 119:2946-55. [PMID: 25625571 DOI: 10.1021/jp5124234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The 20 residue long Trp-cage miniprotein is an excellent model for both computational and experimental studies of protein folding and stability. Recently, great attention emerged to study disease-related protein misfolding, aggregation, and amyloid formation, with the aim of revealing their structural and thermodynamic background. Trp-cage is sensitive to both environmental and structure-modifying effects. It aggregates with ease upon structure destabilization, and thus it is suitable for modeling aggregation and amyloid formation. Here, we characterize the amyloid formation of several sequence modified and side-chain phosphorylated Trp-cage variants. We applied NMR, circular dichroism (CD) and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopies, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) in conjunction with thioflavin-T (ThT) fluorescence measurements to reveal the structural consequences of side-chain phosphorylation. We demonstrate that the native fold is destabilized upon serine phosphorylation, and the resultant highly dynamic structures form amyloid-like ordered aggregates with high intermolecular β-structure content. The only exception is the D9S(P) variant, which follows an alternative aggregation process by forming thin fibrils, presenting a CD spectrum of PPII helix, and showing low ThT binding capability. We propose a complex aggregation model for these Trp-cage miniproteins. This model assumes an additional aggregated state, a collagen triple helical form that can precede amyloid formation. The phosphorylation of a single serine residue serves as a conformational switch, triggering aggregation, otherwise mediated by kinases in cell. We show that Trp-cage miniprotein is indeed a realistic model of larger globular systems of composite folding and aggregation landscapes and helps us to understand the fundamentals of deleterious protein aggregation and amyloid formation.
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- József Kardos
- Department of Biochemistry, ‡MTA-ELTE NAP B Neuroimmunology Research Group, and §Department of Anatomy, Cell and Developmental Biology, Institute of Biology Eötvös Loránd University , Pázmány P. sétány 1/C, Budapest, H-1117 Hungary
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Peralta MDR, Karsai A, Ngo A, Sierra C, Fong KT, Hayre NR, Mirzaee N, Ravikumar KM, Kluber AJ, Chen X, Liu GY, Toney MD, Singh RR, Cox DL. Engineering amyloid fibrils from β-solenoid proteins for biomaterials applications. ACS NANO 2015; 9:449-463. [PMID: 25562726 DOI: 10.1021/nn5056089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Nature provides numerous examples of self-assembly that can potentially be implemented for materials applications. Considerable attention has been given to one-dimensional cross-β or amyloid structures that can serve as templates for wire growth or strengthen materials such as glue or cement. Here, we demonstrate controlled amyloid self-assembly based on modifications of β-solenoid proteins. They occur naturally in several contexts (e.g., antifreeze proteins, drug resistance proteins) but do not aggregate in vivo due to capping structures or distortions at their ends. Removal of these capping structures and regularization of the ends of the spruce budworm and rye grass antifreeze proteins yield micron length amyloid fibrils with predictable heights, which can be a platform for biomaterial-based self-assembly. The design process, including all-atom molecular dynamics simulations, purification, and self-assembly procedures are described. Fibril formation with the predicted characteristics is supported by evidence from thioflavin-T fluorescence, circular dichroism, dynamic light scattering, and atomic force microscopy. Additionally, we find evidence for lateral assembly of the modified spruce budworm antifreeze fibrils with sufficient incubation time. The kinetics of polymerization are consistent with those for other amyloid formation reactions and are relatively fast due to the preformed nature of the polymerization nucleus.
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- Maria D R Peralta
- Department of Chemistry, ‡Department of Physics, and §Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter, University of California , 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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Ogawa S, Murakami T, Inoshima Y, Ishiguro N. Effect of heating on the stability of amyloid A (AA) fibrils and the intra- and cross-species transmission of AA amyloidosis. Amyloid 2015; 22:236-43. [PMID: 26588017 DOI: 10.3109/13506129.2015.1095735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Amyloid A (AA) amyloidosis is a protein misfolding disease characterized by extracellular deposition of AA fibrils. AA fibrils are found in several tissues from food animals with AA amyloidosis. For hygienic purposes, heating is widely used to inactivate microbes in food, but it is uncertain whether heating is sufficient to inactivate AA fibrils and prevent intra- or cross-species transmission. We examined the effect of heating (at 60 °C or 100 °C) and autoclaving (at 121 °C or 135 °C) on murine and bovine AA fibrils using Western blot analysis, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and mouse model transmission experiments. TEM revealed that a mixture of AA fibrils and amorphous aggregates appeared after heating at 100 °C, whereas autoclaving at 135 °C produced large amorphous aggregates. AA fibrils retained antigen specificity in Western blot analysis when heated at 100 °C or autoclaved at 121 °C, but not when autoclaved at 135 °C. Transmissible pathogenicity of murine and bovine AA fibrils subjected to heating (at 60 °C or 100 °C) was significantly stimulated and resulted in amyloid deposition in mice. Autoclaving of murine AA fibrils at 121 °C or 135 °C significantly decreased amyloid deposition. Moreover, amyloid deposition in mice injected with murine AA fibrils was more severe than that in mice injected with bovine AA fibrils. Bovine AA fibrils autoclaved at 121 °C or 135 °C did not induce amyloid deposition in mice. These results suggest that AA fibrils are relatively heat stable and that similar to prions, autoclaving at 135 °C is required to destroy the pathogenicity of AA fibrils. These findings may contribute to the prevention of AA fibril transmission through food materials to different animals and especially to humans.
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- Saki Ogawa
- a Laboratory of Food and Environmental Hygiene , Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University , Gifu , Japan
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- b Laboratory of Veterinary Toxicology , Department of Veterinary Medicine, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Laboratory of Food and Environmental Hygiene , Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University , Gifu , Japan
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- a Laboratory of Food and Environmental Hygiene , Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University , Gifu , Japan
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Lee W, Jung H, Son M, Lee H, Kwak TJ, Lee G, Kim CH, Lee SW, Yoon DS. Characterization of the regrowth behavior of amyloid-like fragmented fibrils decomposed by ultrasonic treatment. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra08270b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Gerling UIM, Miettinen MS, Koksch B. Concluding the amyloid formation pathway of a coiled-coil-based peptide from the size of the critical nucleus. Chemphyschem 2014; 16:108-14. [PMID: 25257178 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201402400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2014] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The size of the critical nucleus acting as intermediate in the amyloid formation of a model peptide is calculated. The theoretical approach is based on experimentally determined amyloid formation rates and gives new insights into the amyloid formation pathway.
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- Ulla I M Gerling
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry-Organic Chemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustrasse 3, 14195 Berlin (Germany)
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Kobayashi Y, Tsutsumi H, Abe T, Ikeda K, Tashiro Y, Unzai S, Kamikubo H, Kataoka M, Hiroaki H, Hamada D. Decreased amyloidogenicity caused by mutational modulation of surface properties of the immunoglobulin light chain BRE variable domain. Biochemistry 2014; 53:5162-73. [PMID: 25062800 DOI: 10.1021/bi5007892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Amyloid formation by immunoglobulin light chain (LC) proteins is associated with amyloid light chain (AL) amyloidosis. Destabilization of the native state of the variable domain of the LC (VL) is known to be one of the critical factors in promoting the formation of amyloid fibrils. However, determining the key residues involved in this destabilization remains challenging, because of the existence of a number of intrinsic sequence variations within VL. In this study, we identified the key residues for destabilization of the native state of amyloidogenic VL in the LC of BRE by analyzing the stability of chimeric mutants of BRE and REI VL; the latter immunoglobulin is not associated with AL amyloidosis. The results suggest that the surface-exposed residues N45 and D50 are the key residues in the destabilization of the native state of BRE VL. Point mutations at the corresponding residues in REI VL (K45N, E50D, and K45N/E50D) destabilized the native state and increased amyloidogenicity. However, the reverse mutations in BRE VL (N45K, D50E, and N45K/D50E) re-established the native state and decreased amyloidogenicity. Thus, analyses using chimeras and point mutants successfully elucidated the key residues involved in BRE VL destabilization and increased amyloidogenic propensity. These results also suggest that the modulation of surface properties of wild-type VL may improve their stability and prevent the formation of amyloid fibrils.
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- Yuta Kobayashi
- Division of Structural Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University , 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan
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Ikenoue T, Lee YH, Kardos J, Saiki M, Yagi H, Kawata Y, Goto Y. Cold denaturation of α-synuclein amyloid fibrils. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014; 53:7799-804. [PMID: 24920162 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201403815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2014] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Although amyloid fibrils are associated with numerous pathologies, their conformational stability remains largely unclear. Herein, we probe the thermal stability of various amyloid fibrils. α-Synuclein fibrils cold-denatured to monomers at 0-20 °C and heat-denatured at 60-110 °C. Meanwhile, the fibrils of β2-microglobulin, Alzheimer's Aβ1-40/Aβ1-42 peptides, and insulin exhibited only heat denaturation, although they showed a decrease in stability at low temperature. A comparison of structural parameters with positive enthalpy and heat capacity changes which showed opposite signs to protein folding suggested that the burial of charged residues in fibril cores contributed to the cold denaturation of α-synuclein fibrils. We propose that although cold-denaturation is common to both native proteins and misfolded fibrillar states, the main-chain dominated amyloid structures may explain amyloid-specific cold denaturation arising from the unfavorable burial of charged side-chains in fibril cores.
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- Tatsuya Ikenoue
- Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, 3-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871 (Japan)
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Ikenoue T, Lee YH, Kardos J, Saiki M, Yagi H, Kawata Y, Goto Y. Cold Denaturation of α-Synuclein Amyloid Fibrils. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201403815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Anoop A, Ranganathan S, Das Dhaked B, Jha NN, Pratihar S, Ghosh S, Sahay S, Kumar S, Das S, Kombrabail M, Agarwal K, Jacob RS, Singru P, Bhaumik P, Padinhateeri R, Kumar A, Maji SK. Elucidating the role of disulfide bond on amyloid formation and fibril reversibility of somatostatin-14: relevance to its storage and secretion. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:16884-903. [PMID: 24782311 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.548354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The storage of protein/peptide hormones within subcellular compartments and subsequent release are crucial for their native function, and hence these processes are intricately regulated in mammalian systems. Several peptide hormones were recently suggested to be stored as amyloids within endocrine secretory granules. This leads to an apparent paradox where storage requires formation of aggregates, and their function requires a supply of non-aggregated peptides on demand. The precise mechanism behind amyloid formation by these hormones and their subsequent release remain an open question. To address this, we examined aggregation and fibril reversibility of a cyclic peptide hormone somatostatin (SST)-14 using various techniques. After proving that SST gets stored as amyloid in vivo, we investigated the role of native structure in modulating its conformational dynamics and self-association by disrupting the disulfide bridge (Cys(3)-Cys(14)) in SST. Using two-dimensional NMR, we resolved the initial structure of somatostatin-14 leading to aggregation and further probed its conformational dynamics in silico. The perturbation in native structure (S-S cleavage) led to a significant increase in conformational flexibility and resulted in rapid amyloid formation. The fibrils formed by disulfide-reduced noncyclic SST possess greater resistance to denaturing conditions with decreased monomer releasing potency. MD simulations reveal marked differences in the intermolecular interactions in SST and noncyclic SST providing plausible explanation for differential aggregation and fibril reversibility observed experimentally in these structural variants. Our findings thus emphasize that subtle changes in the native structure of peptide hormone(s) could alter its conformational dynamics and amyloid formation, which might have significant implications on their reversible storage and secretion.
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- Arunagiri Anoop
- From the Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400 076
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- From the Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400 076
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- From the Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400 076
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- From the Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400 076
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- the Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400 005
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- From the Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400 076
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- From the Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400 076
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- the School of Biological Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar 751 005, and
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- From the Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400 076, the IITB-Monash Research Academy, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400 076, India
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- the Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400 005
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- From the Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400 076
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- From the Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400 076
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- the School of Biological Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar 751 005, and
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- From the Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400 076
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- From the Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400 076
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- From the Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400 076,
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- From the Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400 076,
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Khan JM, Chaturvedi SK, Rahman SK, Ishtikhar M, Qadeer A, Ahmad E, Khan RH. Protonation favors aggregation of lysozyme with SDS. SOFT MATTER 2014; 10:2591-2599. [PMID: 24647567 DOI: 10.1039/c3sm52435c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Different proteins have different amino acid sequences as well as conformations, and therefore different propensities to aggregate. Electrostatic interactions have an important role in the aggregation of proteins as revealed by our previous report (J. M. Khan et al., PLoS One, 2012, 7, e29694). In this study, we designed and executed experiments to gain knowledge of the role of charge variations on proteins during the events of protein aggregation with lysozyme as a model protein. To impart positive and negative charges to proteins, we incubated lysozyme at different pH values of below and above the pI (∼11). Negatively charged SDS was used to 'antagonize' positive charges on lysozyme. We examined the effects of pH variations on SDS-induced amyloid fibril formation by lysozyme using methods such as far-UV circular dichroism, Rayleigh scattering, turbidity measurements, dye binding assays and dynamic light scattering. We found that sub-micellar concentrations of SDS (0.1 to 0.6 mM) induced amyloid fibril formation by lysozyme in the pH range of 10.0-1.0 and maximum aggregation was observed at pH 1.0. The morphology of aggregates was fibrillar in structure, as visualized by transmission electron microscopy. Isothermal titration calorimetry studies demonstrated that fibril formation is exothermic. To the best of our current understanding of the mechanism of aggregation, this study demonstrates the crucial role of electrostatic interactions during amyloid fibril formation. The model proposed here will help in designing molecules that can prevent or reverse the amyloid fibril formation or the aggregation.
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- Javed M Khan
- Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, India.
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Bieler NS, Knowles TPJ, Frenkel D, Vácha R. Connecting macroscopic observables and microscopic assembly events in amyloid formation using coarse grained simulations. PLoS Comput Biol 2012; 8:e1002692. [PMID: 23071427 PMCID: PMC3469425 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2011] [Accepted: 07/26/2012] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The pre-fibrillar stages of amyloid formation have been implicated in cellular toxicity, but have proved to be challenging to study directly in experiments and simulations. Rational strategies to suppress the formation of toxic amyloid oligomers require a better understanding of the mechanisms by which they are generated. We report Dynamical Monte Carlo simulations that allow us to study the early stages of amyloid formation. We use a generic, coarse-grained model of an amyloidogenic peptide that has two internal states: the first one representing the soluble random coil structure and the second one the -sheet conformation. We find that this system exhibits a propensity towards fibrillar self-assembly following the formation of a critical nucleus. Our calculations establish connections between the early nucleation events and the kinetic information available in the later stages of the aggregation process that are commonly probed in experiments. We analyze the kinetic behaviour in our simulations within the framework of the theory of classical nucleated polymerisation, and are able to connect the structural events at the early stages in amyloid growth with the resulting macroscopic observables such as the effective nucleus size. Furthermore, the free-energy landscapes that emerge from these simulations allow us to identify pertinent properties of the monomeric state that could be targeted to suppress oligomer formation. A number of normally soluble proteins can form amyloid structures in a process associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. Mature amyloid structures consist of large fibrils containing thousands of individual proteins aggregated into linear nanostructures; there is increasing evidence, however, that the toxic species responsible for neurodegeneration are not the mature fibrils themselves but rather lower molecular weight precursors commonly known as amyloid oligomers. Unfortunately, these early oligomers are commonly thermodynamically unstable and of nanometer scale dimensions, factors which make them highly challenging to probe in detail in experiments. We have used computer simulations of a model inspired by Alzheimer's Abeta peptide to investigate the early stages of protein aggregation. The results that we obtain were shown to fit Oosawa's polymerization theory, a finding which allows us to provide a connection between the microscopic molecular parameters and macroscopic growth. One crucial parameter is size of the nucleus, i.e. the basic oligomer existing at origin of the formation of each fiber. We have revealed a path for the formation of this nucleus and validate its size by several methods. Our results provide fundamental information for influencing the early stages of amyloid formation in a rational manner.
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- Noah S. Bieler
- Laboratory for Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science and CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno-Bohunice, Czech Republic
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Time evolution of amyloid fibril length distribution described by a population balance model. Chem Eng Sci 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.04.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Agócs G, Szabó BT, Köhler G, Osváth S. Comparing the folding and misfolding energy landscapes of phosphoglycerate kinase. Biophys J 2012; 102:2828-34. [PMID: 22735533 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2011] [Revised: 04/27/2012] [Accepted: 05/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Partitioning of polypeptides between protein folding and amyloid formation is of outstanding pathophysiological importance. Using yeast phosphoglycerate kinase as model, here we identify the features of the energy landscape that decide the fate of the protein: folding or amyloidogenesis. Structure formation was initiated from the acid-unfolded state, and monitored by fluorescence from 10 ms to 20 days. Solvent conditions were gradually shifted between folding and amyloidogenesis, and the properties of the energy landscape governing structure formation were reconstructed. A gradual transition of the energy landscape between folding and amyloid formation was observed. In the early steps of both folding and misfolding, the protein searches through a hierarchically structured energy landscape to form a molten globule in a few seconds. Depending on the conditions, this intermediate either folds to the native state in a few minutes, or forms amyloid fibers in several days. As conditions are changed from folding to misfolding, the barrier separating the molten globule and native states increases, although the barrier to the amyloid does not change. In the meantime, the native state also becomes more unstable and the amyloid more stable. We conclude that the lower region of the energy landscape determines the final protein structure.
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- Gergely Agócs
- Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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Brummitt RK, Andrews JM, Jordan JL, Fernandez EJ, Roberts CJ. Thermodynamics of amyloid dissociation provide insights into aggregate stability regimes. Biophys Chem 2012; 168-169:10-8. [PMID: 22750559 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2012.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2012] [Revised: 05/31/2012] [Accepted: 06/01/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Amyloid aggregates have been hypothesized as a global low free energy state for proteins at finite concentrations. Near its midpoint unfolding temperature, α-chymotrypsinogen A (aCgn) spontaneously forms amyloid polymers, indicating the free energy of aggregates (A) is significantly lower than that for unfolded (U) and native (N) monomers at those particular conditions. The relative thermodynamic stability of A, U, and N states was estimated semi-quantitatively as a function of temperature (T) and [urea] via a combination of calorimetry, urea-assisted unfolding and dissociation, aggregation kinetics, and changes in solvent-exposed surface area, combined with thermodynamic integration and a linear transfer free energy model. The results at first suggest that N is more thermodynamically stable than A at sufficiently low T and [urea], but this may be convoluted with kinetic effects. Interestingly, the kinetic stability of aggregates highlights that the practical measure of stability may be the free energy barrier(s) between A and U, as U serves as a key intermediate between N and A states.
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- Rebecca K Brummitt
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA
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Imamura H, Isogai Y, Kato M. Differences in the structural stability and cooperativity between monomeric variants of natural and de novo Cro proteins revealed by high-pressure Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Biochemistry 2012; 51:3539-46. [PMID: 22482462 DOI: 10.1021/bi2019223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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It is widely accepted that pressure affects the structure and dynamics of proteins; however, the underlying mechanism remains unresolved. Our previous studies have investigated the effects of pressure on fundamental secondary structural elements using model peptides, because these peptides represent a basis for understanding the effects of pressure on more complex structures. This study targeted monomeric variants of naturally occurring bacteriophage λ Cro (natural Cro) and de novo designed λ Cro (SN4m), which are α + β proteins. The sequence of SN4m is 75% different from that of natural Cro, but the structures are almost identical. Consequently, a comparison of the folding properties of these proteins is of interest. Pressure- and temperature-variable Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic analyses revealed that the α-helices and β-sheets of natural Cro are cooperatively and reversibly unfolded by pressure and temperature, whereas those of SN4m are not cooperatively unfolded by pressure; i.e., the α-helices of SN4m unfold at significantly higher pressures than the β-sheets and irreversibly unfold with increases in temperature. The higher unfolding pressure for the α-helices of SN4m indicates the presence of an intermediate structure of SN4m that does not retain β-sheet structure but does preserve the α-helices. These results demonstrate that the α-helices of natural Cro are stabilized by global tertiary contacts among the α-helices and the β-sheets, whereas the α-helices of SN4m are stabilized by local tertiary contacts between the α-helices.
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- Hiroshi Imamura
- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan
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Dialysis-related amyloidosis (DRA) is a clinical syndrome of pain, loss of function and other symptoms due to the deposition of amyloid consisting of β(2)-microglobulin (β(2)m) in the musculoskeletal system. The condition is seen in patients who suffer from chronic kidney disease and are treated with hemodialysis for a long time. Even though β(2)m easily can be manipulated to form amyloid in laboratory experiments under non-physiological conditions the precise mechanisms involved in the formation of β(2)m-amyloid in patients with DRA have been difficult to unravel. The current knowledge which is reviewed here indicates that conformational fluctuations centered around the D-strand, the DE-loop, and around the cis-configured Pro32 peptide bond are involved in β(2)m amyloidosis. Also required are highly increased concentrations of circulating β(2)m and possibly various post-translational modifications mediated by the pro-inflammatory environment in uremic blood, together with the influence of divalent metal ions (specifically Cu(2 +)), uremic toxins, and dialysis-enhanced redox-processes. It seems plausible that domain-swapped β(2)m dimers act as building blocks of β-spine cross-β -sheet fibrils consisting of otherwise globular, roughly natively folded protein. An activated complement system and cellular activation perpetuate these reactions which due to the affinity of β(2)m-amyloid for the collagen of synovial surfaces result in the DRA syndrome.
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- Dorthe B Corlin
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology, Division of Microbiology and Diagnostics, Statens Serum Institut, Bldg. 85/240, Artillerivej 5, 2300, Copenhagen S, Denmark,
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Ye Z, Bayron Poueymiroy D, Aguilera JJ, Srinivasan S, Wang Y, Serpell LC, Colón W. Inflammation protein SAA2.2 spontaneously forms marginally stable amyloid fibrils at physiological temperature. Biochemistry 2011; 50:9184-91. [PMID: 21942925 DOI: 10.1021/bi200856v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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For nearly four decades, the formation of amyloid fibrils by the inflammation-related protein serum amyloid A (SAA) has been pathologically linked to the disease amyloid A (AA) amyloidosis. However, here we show that the nonpathogenic murine SAA2.2 spontaneously forms marginally stable amyloid fibrils at 37 °C that exhibit cross-beta structure, binding to thioflavin T, and fibrillation by a nucleation-dependent seeding mechanism. In contrast to the high stability of most known amyloid fibrils to thermal and chemical denaturation, experiments monitored by glutaraldehyde cross-linking/SDS-PAGE, thioflavin T fluorescence, and light scattering (OD(600)) showed that the mature amyloid fibrils of SAA2.2 dissociate upon incubation in >1.0 M urea or >45 °C. When considering the nonpathogenic nature of SAA2.2 and its ~1000-fold increased concentration in plasma during an inflammatory response, its extreme in vitro amyloidogenicity under physiological-like conditions suggest that SAA amyloid might play a functional role during inflammation. Of general significance, the combination of methods used here is convenient for exploring the stability of amyloid fibrils that are sensitive to urea and temperature. Furthermore, our studies imply that analogous to globular proteins, which can possess structures ranging from intrinsically disordered to extremely stable, amyloid fibrils formed in vivo might have a broader range of stabilities than previously appreciated with profound functional and pathological implications.
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- Zhuqiu Ye
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, and Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, United States
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