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Gómez-Castro CZ, Quintanar L, Vela A. An N-terminal acidic β-sheet domain is responsible for the metal-accumulation properties of amyloid-β protofibrils: a molecular dynamics study. J Biol Inorg Chem 2024; 29:407-425. [PMID: 38811408 PMCID: PMC11186886 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-024-02061-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 04/10/2024] [Indexed: 05/31/2024]
Abstract
The influence of metal ions on the structure of amyloid- β (Aβ) protofibril models was studied through molecular dynamics to explore the molecular mechanisms underlying metal-induced Aβ aggregation relevant in Alzheimer's disease (AD). The models included 36-, 48-, and 188-mers of the Aβ42 sequence and two disease-modifying variants. Primary structural effects were observed at the N-terminal domain, as it became susceptible to the presence of cations. Specially when β-sheets predominate, this motif orients N-terminal acidic residues toward one single face of the β-sheet, resulting in the formation of an acidic region that attracts cations from the media and promotes the folding of the N-terminal region, with implications in amyloid aggregation. The molecular phenotype of the protofibril models based on Aβ variants shows that the AD-causative D7N mutation promotes the formation of N-terminal β-sheets and accumulates more Zn2+, in contrast to the non-amyloidogenic rodent sequence that hinders the β-sheets and is more selective for Na+ over Zn2+ cations. It is proposed that forming an acidic β-sheet domain and accumulating cations is a plausible molecular mechanism connecting the elevated affinity and concentration of metals in Aβ fibrils to their high content of β-sheet structure at the N-terminal sequence.
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- Carlos Z Gómez-Castro
- Conahcyt-Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Km 4.5 Carr. Pachuca-Tulancingo, Mineral de La Reforma, 42184, Hidalgo, Mexico.
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- Department of Chemistry, Cinvestav, Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2508, CDMX, San Pedro Zacatenco, 07360, Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico.
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- Department of Chemistry, Cinvestav, Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2508, CDMX, San Pedro Zacatenco, 07360, Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico.
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Sarkar A, Sengupta K, Chatterjee S, Seal M, Faller P, Dey SG, Dey A. Metal Binding to Aβ Peptides Inhibits Interaction with Cytochrome c: Insights from Abiological Constructs. ACS OMEGA 2018; 3:13994-14003. [PMID: 31458095 PMCID: PMC6644584 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b01736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2018] [Accepted: 10/08/2018] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Aβ(1-40) peptide is mutated to introduce cysteine residue to allow formation of organized self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on Au electrodes. Three mutants of this peptide are produced, which vary in the position of the inserted cysteine residue. Fourier transform infrared data on these peptide SAMs show the presence of both α helices and β sheet in these Aβ constructs. These peptide constructs interact with cytochrome c (Cytc), allowing electron transfer between Cytc and the electrode via the Aβ peptides. Binding of metals like Zn2+ or Cu2+ induces changes in the morphologies of these assemblies, making them fold, which inhibits their spontaneous interaction with Cytc.
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- Ankita Sarkar
- Department
of Inorganic Chemistry, Indian Association
for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S.C. Mullick Road, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Department
of Inorganic Chemistry, Indian Association
for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S.C. Mullick Road, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Department
of Inorganic Chemistry, Indian Association
for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S.C. Mullick Road, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Department
of Inorganic Chemistry, Indian Association
for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S.C. Mullick Road, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Biometals
and Biology Chemistry, Institut de Chemie (CNRS UMR 7177), University of Strasbourg, 4 rue B. pascal, 67081 Strasbourg Cedex, France
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- Department
of Inorganic Chemistry, Indian Association
for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S.C. Mullick Road, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Department
of Inorganic Chemistry, Indian Association
for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S.C. Mullick Road, Kolkata 700032, India
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Pham DQH, Li MS, La Penna G. Copper Binding Induces Polymorphism in Amyloid-β Peptide: Results of Computational Models. J Phys Chem B 2018; 122:7243-7252. [PMID: 29957993 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b03983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
Abstract
Amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides are intrinsically disordered peptides, and their aggregation is the hallmark of Alzheimer's disease development. The propensity of the Aβ peptide to intermolecular interactions, the latter favoring different types of oligomers and aggregated forms, has been the object of a huge number of studies. Several facts are now established: the presence of large amount of d-block (M) ions (Zn, Cu, and Fe) in the aggregated forms; the 1:1 M/Aβ ratio favors the formation of amorphous aggregates, with an aggregation rate lower than that in the absence of such ions. In particular, statistical models describing the interactions between copper and amyloid peptides are mandatory to explain the relationship between neurodegeneration, copper dyshomeostasis, and overproduction of reactive oxygen species, the latter event occurring with aging. In this work, we show, by replica-exchange molecular dynamics simulations, that a copper ion (Cu2+) bound as in the experimentally observed prevailing coordination enhances the probability of closed structures that hinder the formation of extended intermolecular hydrogen bonds that stabilize fibrillar ordered aggregated forms. On the other hand, this effect enhances the catalytic role of the complex during the lifetime of soluble forms.
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- Dinh Quoc Huy Pham
- Institute of Physics , Polish Academy of Sciences , Al. Lotnikow 32/46 , 02-668 Warsaw , Poland.,Institute for Computational Science and Technology , 6 Quarter, Linh Trung Ward, Thu Duc District, Ho Chi Minh City 700000 , Vietnam
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- Institute of Physics , Polish Academy of Sciences , Al. Lotnikow 32/46 , 02-668 Warsaw , Poland
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- National Research Council Italy (CNR), Institute for Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds (ICCOM) , 50019 Florence , Italy.,Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), Section of Roma-Tor Vergata , Rome 00133 , Italy
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Affiliation(s)
- Stanley K. A. Opare
- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive Northwest, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive Northwest, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
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Cheignon C, Jones M, Atrián-Blasco E, Kieffer I, Faller P, Collin F, Hureau C. Identification of key structural features of the elusive Cu-Aβ complex that generates ROS in Alzheimer's disease. Chem Sci 2017; 8:5107-5118. [PMID: 28970897 PMCID: PMC5613283 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc00809k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2017] [Accepted: 04/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Oxidative stress is linked to the etiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common cause of dementia in the elderly. Redox active metal ions such as copper catalyze the production of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) when bound to the amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide encountered in AD. We propose that this reaction proceeds through a low-populated Cu-Aβ state, denoted the "catalytic in-between state" (CIBS), which is in equilibrium with the resting state (RS) of both Cu(i)-Aβ and Cu(ii)-Aβ. The nature of this CIBS is investigated in the present work. We report the use of complementary spectroscopic methods (X-ray absorption spectroscopy, EPR and NMR) to characterize the binding of Cu to a wide series of modified peptides in the RS. ROS production by the resulting Cu-peptide complexes was evaluated using fluorescence and UV-vis based methods and led to the identification of the amino acid residues involved in the Cu-Aβ CIBS species. In addition, a possible mechanism by which the ROS are produced is also proposed. These two main results are expected to affect the current vision of the ROS production mechanism by Cu-Aβ but also in other diseases involving amyloidogenic peptides with weakly structured copper binding sites.
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- Clémence Cheignon
- LCC (Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination) , CNRS UPR 8241 , 205 route de Narbonne , 31062 Toulouse Cedex 09 , France . ;
- Université de Toulouse , UPS , INPT , 31077 Toulouse , France
- UMR 152 Pharma Dev , Université de Toulouse , IRD , UPS , France
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- LCC (Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination) , CNRS UPR 8241 , 205 route de Narbonne , 31062 Toulouse Cedex 09 , France . ;
- Université de Toulouse , UPS , INPT , 31077 Toulouse , France
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- LCC (Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination) , CNRS UPR 8241 , 205 route de Narbonne , 31062 Toulouse Cedex 09 , France . ;
- Université de Toulouse , UPS , INPT , 31077 Toulouse , France
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- Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG) , CNRS UMS 832 , 414 Rue de la Piscine , 38400 Saint Martin d'Hères , France
- BM30B/FAME , ESRF , The European Synchrotron , 71 Avenue des Martyrs , 38000 Grenoble , France
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- LCC (Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination) , CNRS UPR 8241 , 205 route de Narbonne , 31062 Toulouse Cedex 09 , France . ;
- Université de Toulouse , UPS , INPT , 31077 Toulouse , France
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- LCC (Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination) , CNRS UPR 8241 , 205 route de Narbonne , 31062 Toulouse Cedex 09 , France . ;
- Université de Toulouse , UPS , INPT , 31077 Toulouse , France
- UMR 152 Pharma Dev , Université de Toulouse , IRD , UPS , France
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- LCC (Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination) , CNRS UPR 8241 , 205 route de Narbonne , 31062 Toulouse Cedex 09 , France . ;
- Université de Toulouse , UPS , INPT , 31077 Toulouse , France
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Sensing the active site properties of enzymes as a function of the size of an effective peptidic environment using DFT reactivity parameters. Theor Chem Acc 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s00214-016-1980-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Mirats A, Alí-Torres J, Rodríguez-Santiago L, Sodupe M, La Penna G. Dioxygen activation in the Cu-amyloid β complex. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 17:27270-4. [PMID: 26427541 DOI: 10.1039/c5cp04025f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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We investigate, by means of density-functional theory, the binding of dioxygen to Cu(I)-amyloid β (Aβ), one of the first steps in the oxidation of ascorbate by dioxygen. Cu, Aβ, ascorbate and dioxygen are all present in the synapse during neurodegeneration, when the above species can trigger an irreversible oxidative stress inducing the eventual death of neurons. The binding of dioxygen to Cu(I) is possible and its role in dioxygen activation of Cu ligands and of residues in the first coordination sphere is described in atomic detail. Dioxygen is activated when a micro-environment suitable for a square-planar Cu(2+) coordination is present and a negatively charged group like Asp 1 carboxylate takes part in the Cu coordination anti to O2.
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- Andrea Mirats
- Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
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Role of N-terminal methionine residues in the redox activity of copper bound to alpha-synuclein. J Biol Inorg Chem 2016; 21:691-702. [DOI: 10.1007/s00775-016-1376-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2016] [Accepted: 07/06/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Bai L, Song F, Wang XH, Cao JYQ, Han X, Wang XL, Wang YZ. Ligand–metal-drug coordination based micelles for efficient intracellular doxorubicin delivery. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra05747g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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A ligand–metal-drug coordination architecture is exploited to construct polymeric micelles with the high efficient loading and pH-triggered release of anticancer drug.
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- Lan Bai
- Center for Degradable and Flame-Retardant Polymeric Materials (ERCPM-MoE)
- College of Chemistry
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering
- National Engineering Laboratory of Eco-Friendly Polymeric Materials (Sichuan)
- Sichuan University
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- Center for Degradable and Flame-Retardant Polymeric Materials (ERCPM-MoE)
- College of Chemistry
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering
- National Engineering Laboratory of Eco-Friendly Polymeric Materials (Sichuan)
- Sichuan University
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- Center for Degradable and Flame-Retardant Polymeric Materials (ERCPM-MoE)
- College of Chemistry
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering
- National Engineering Laboratory of Eco-Friendly Polymeric Materials (Sichuan)
- Sichuan University
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- Center for Degradable and Flame-Retardant Polymeric Materials (ERCPM-MoE)
- College of Chemistry
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering
- National Engineering Laboratory of Eco-Friendly Polymeric Materials (Sichuan)
- Sichuan University
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- Center for Degradable and Flame-Retardant Polymeric Materials (ERCPM-MoE)
- College of Chemistry
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering
- National Engineering Laboratory of Eco-Friendly Polymeric Materials (Sichuan)
- Sichuan University
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- Center for Degradable and Flame-Retardant Polymeric Materials (ERCPM-MoE)
- College of Chemistry
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering
- National Engineering Laboratory of Eco-Friendly Polymeric Materials (Sichuan)
- Sichuan University
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- Center for Degradable and Flame-Retardant Polymeric Materials (ERCPM-MoE)
- College of Chemistry
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering
- National Engineering Laboratory of Eco-Friendly Polymeric Materials (Sichuan)
- Sichuan University
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