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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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Peydayesh M, Kistler S, Zhou J, Lutz-Bueno V, Victorelli FD, Meneguin AB, Spósito L, Bauab TM, Chorilli M, Mezzenga R. Amyloid-polysaccharide interfacial coacervates as therapeutic materials. Nat Commun 2023; 14:1848. [PMID: 37012278 PMCID: PMC10070338 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37629-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Accepted: 03/24/2023] [Indexed: 04/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Coacervation via liquid-liquid phase separation provides an excellent opportunity to address the challenges of designing nanostructured biomaterials with multiple functionalities. Protein-polysaccharide coacervates, in particular, offer an appealing strategy to target biomaterial scaffolds, but these systems suffer from the low mechanical and chemical stabilities of protein-based condensates. Here we overcome these limitations by transforming native proteins into amyloid fibrils and demonstrate that the coacervation of cationic protein amyloids and anionic linear polysaccharides results in the interfacial self-assembly of biomaterials with precise control of their structure and properties. The coacervates present a highly ordered asymmetric architecture with amyloid fibrils on one side and the polysaccharide on the other. We demonstrate the excellent performance of these coacervates for gastric ulcer protection by validating via an in vivo assay their therapeutic effect as engineered microparticles. These results point at amyloid-polysaccharides coacervates as an original and effective biomaterial for multiple uses in internal medicine.
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- Mohammad Peydayesh
- ETH Zurich, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland
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- ETH Zurich, Department of Materials, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- ETH Zurich, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland
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- ETH Zurich, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland
- Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, 5232, Villigen, Switzerland
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- Department of Drugs and Medicines, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, São Paulo State University, 14800-903, Araraquara, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Drugs and Medicines, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, São Paulo State University, 14800-903, Araraquara, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Department of Biological Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, São Paulo State University, 14800-903, Araraquara, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, São Paulo State University, 14800-903, Araraquara, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Drugs and Medicines, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, São Paulo State University, 14800-903, Araraquara, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- ETH Zurich, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland.
- ETH Zurich, Department of Materials, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Ali SM, Nabi F, Furkan M, Hisamuddin M, Malik S, Zakariya SM, Rizvi I, Uversky VN, Khan RH. Tuning the aggregation behavior of human insulin in the presence of luteolin: An in vitro and in silico approach. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 237:124219. [PMID: 36990415 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.124219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Revised: 03/19/2023] [Accepted: 03/24/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
Abstract
Protein misfolding and related formation of amyloid fibrils are associated with several conformational diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD), Huntington's disease (HD), prion diseases, and Diabetes mellitus, Type 2 (DM-II). Several molecules including antibiotics, polyphenols, flavonoids, anthraquinones, and other small molecules are implicated to modulate amyloid assembly. The stabilization of the native forms of the polypeptides and prevention of their misfolding and aggregation are of clinical and biotechnological importance. Among the natural flavonoids, luteolin is of great importance because of its therapeutic role against neuroinflammation. Herein, we have explored the inhibitory effect of luteolin (LUT) on aggregation of a model protein, human insulin (HI). To understand the molecular mechanism of the inhibition of aggregation of HI by LUT, we employed molecular simulation, UV-Vis, fluorescence, and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopies along with the dynamic light scattering (DLS). The analysis of the tuning of the HI aggregation process by luteolin revealed that interaction of HI with LUT resulted in the decrease in binding of the various fluorescent dyes, such as thioflavin T (ThT) and 8-anilinonaphthalene-1-sulfonic acid (ANS) to this protein. Retention of the native-like CD spectra and resistance to the aggregation in the presence of LUT has confirmed the aggregation inhibitory potential of LUT. The maximum inhibitory effect was found at the protein-to-drug ratio of 1:12, and no significant change was observed beyond this concentration.
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Rahman MM, Pires RS, Herneke A, Gowda V, Langton M, Biverstål H, Lendel C. Food protein-derived amyloids do not accelerate amyloid β aggregation. Sci Rep 2023; 13:985. [PMID: 36720893 PMCID: PMC9889329 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-28147-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 01/13/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The deposition of proteins in the form of amyloid fibrils is closely associated with several serious diseases. The events that trigger the conversion from soluble functional proteins into insoluble amyloid are not fully understood. Many proteins that are not associated with disease can form amyloid with similar structural characteristics as the disease-associated fibrils, which highlights the potential risk of cross-seeding of disease amyloid by amyloid-like structures encountered in our surrounding. Of particular interest are common food proteins that can be transformed into amyloid under conditions similar to cooking. We here investigate cross-seeding of amyloid-β (Aβ), a peptide known to form amyloid during the development of Alzheimer's disease, by 16 types of amyloid fibrils derived from food proteins or peptides. Kinetic studies using thioflavin T fluorescence as output show that none of the investigated protein fibrils accelerates the aggregation of Aβ. In at least two cases (hen egg lysozyme and oat protein isolate) we observe retardation of the aggregation, which appears to originate from interactions between the food protein seeds and Aβ in aggregated form. The results support the view that food-derived amyloid is not a risk factor for development of Aβ pathology and Alzheimer's disease.
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- M Mahafuzur Rahman
- Department of Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 30, 100 44, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 30, 100 44, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, BioCentrum, Almas Allé 5, 756 61, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 30, 100 44, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, BioCentrum, Almas Allé 5, 756 61, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, NEO/Floor 8, Blickgången 16, 141 52, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 30, 100 44, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Zakariya SM, Furkan M, Arsalan A, Nabi F, Hassan N, Younus H, Khan RH. Melamine induced human serum albumin aggregates: Its possible role in amyloidogenesis. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.119004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Lendel C, Solin N. Protein nanofibrils and their use as building blocks of sustainable materials. RSC Adv 2021; 11:39188-39215. [PMID: 35492452 PMCID: PMC9044473 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra06878d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2021] [Accepted: 11/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
The development towards a sustainable society requires a radical change of many of the materials we currently use. Besides the replacement of plastics, derived from petrochemical sources, with renewable alternatives, we will also need functional materials for applications in areas ranging from green energy and environmental remediation to smart foods. Proteins could, with their intriguing ability of self-assembly into various forms, play important roles in all these fields. To achieve that, the code for how to assemble hierarchically ordered structures similar to the protein materials found in nature must be cracked. During the last decade it has been demonstrated that amyloid-like protein nanofibrils (PNFs) could be a steppingstone for this task. PNFs are formed by self-assembly in water from a range of proteins, including plant resources and industrial side streams. The nanofibrils display distinct functional features and can be further assembled into larger structures. PNFs thus provide a framework for creating ordered, functional structures from the atomic level up to the macroscale. This review address how industrial scale protein resources could be transformed into PNFs and further assembled into materials with specific mechanical and functional properties. We describe what is required from a protein to form PNFs and how the structural properties at different length scales determine the material properties. We also discuss potential chemical routes to modify the properties of the fibrils and to assemble them into macroscopic structures.
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- Christofer Lendel
- Department of Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology Teknikringen 30 SE-100 44 Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, Electronic and Photonic Materials, Biomolecular and Organic Electronics, Linköping University Linköping 581 83 Sweden
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Bashir S, Shamsi A, Ahmad F, Hassan MI, Kamal MA, Islam A. Biophysical Elucidation of Fibrillation Inhibition by Sugar Osmolytes in α-Lactalbumin: Multispectroscopic and Molecular Docking Approaches. ACS OMEGA 2020; 5:26871-26882. [PMID: 33111013 PMCID: PMC7581248 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c04062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2020] [Accepted: 09/25/2020] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Protein aggregation is among the most challenging new frontiers in protein chemistry as well as in molecular medicine and has direct implications in protein misfolding. This study investigated the role of sugar molecules (glucose, fructose, sucrose, and the mixture of glucose and fructose) in protecting the structural integrity of α-lactalbumin (α-LA) against aggregation. The research focused here is the inhibitory capabilities of sugars against α-LA fibril formation investigated employing diverse multispectroscopic and microscopic techniques. The aggregation was induced in α-LA thermally with a change in concentration. UV-vis spectroscopy, ThT binding assay, Trp fluorescence, Rayleigh scattering, and turbidity assay depicted synchronized results. Further, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) complemented that a mixture of glucose and fructose was the best inhibitor of α-LA fibril formation. Inhibition of α-LA aggregation by sugar osmolytes is attributed to the formation of hydrogen bonds between these osmolytes, as evidenced by the molecular docking results. This hydrogen bonding is a key player that prevents aggregation in α-LA in the presence of sugar osmolytes. This study provides an insight into the ability of naturally occurring sugar osmolytes to inhibit fibril formation and can serve as a platform to treat protein misfolding and aggregation-oriented disorders.
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- Sania Bashir
- Centre
for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi 110025, India
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- Centre
for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi 110025, India
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- Centre
for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi 110025, India
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- Centre
for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi 110025, India
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- Department
of Biochemistry, College of Science, University
of Jeddah, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
- University
of Jeddah Centre for Scientific and Medical Research (UJ-CSMR), University
of Jeddah, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Centre
for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi 110025, India
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Shamsi A, Ahmed A, Khan MS, Husain FM, Bano B. Rosmarinic acid restrains protein glycation and aggregation in human serum albumin: Multi spectroscopic and microscopic insight - Possible Therapeutics Targeting Diseases. Int J Biol Macromol 2020; 161:187-193. [PMID: 32526295 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.06.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2020] [Revised: 05/19/2020] [Accepted: 06/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Protein aggregation and glycation are directly associated with many pathological conditions including several neurodegenerative disorders. This study investigates the potential of naturally occurring plant product, Rosmarinic acid (RA), to inhibit the glycation and aggregation process. In this study, we report that varying concentrations of methylglyoxal (MG) induce advanced glycation end products (AGEs) and aggregates formation in HSA in vitro on day 6 and day 8, respectively. AGEs specific fluorescence confirmed the formation of AGEs in HSA in the presence of MG and further characterized the inhibitory potential of RA. It was found that the presence of RA prevented AGEs formation in vitro. Further, aggregates of HSA were characterized employing multi spectroscopic and microscopic techniques and RA was found to inhibit this process. This study proposes that RA could be a potential natural molecule to treat disorders where AGEs and aggregates of proteins play a pivotal role.
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- Anas Shamsi
- Department of Biochemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Faculty of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India.
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Zakariya SM, Furkan M, Zaman M, Chandel TI, Ali SM, Uversky VN, Khan RH. An in-vitro elucidation of inhibitory potential of carminic acid: Possible therapeutic approach for neurodegenerative diseases. J Mol Liq 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.112692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Cao Y, Mezzenga R. Food protein amyloid fibrils: Origin, structure, formation, characterization, applications and health implications. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2019; 269:334-356. [PMID: 31128463 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2019.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 244] [Impact Index Per Article: 48.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Revised: 04/30/2019] [Accepted: 05/01/2019] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
Abstract
Amyloid fibrils have traditionally been considered only as pathological aggregates in human neurodegenerative diseases, but it is increasingly becoming clear that the propensity to form amyloid fibrils is a generic property for all proteins, including food proteins. Differently from the pathological amyloid fibrils, those derived from food proteins can be used as advanced materials in biomedicine, tissue engineering, environmental science, nanotechnology, material science as well as in food science, owing to a combination of highly desirable feature such as extreme aspect ratios, outstanding stiffness and a broad availability of functional groups on their surfaces. In food science, protein fibrillization is progressively recognized as an appealing strategy to broaden and improve food protein functionality. This review article discusses the various classes of reported food protein amyloid fibrils and their formation conditions. It furthermore considers amyloid fibrils in a broad context, from their structural characterization to their forming mechanisms and ensued physical properties, emphasizing their applications in food-related fields. Finally, the biological fate and the potential toxicity mechanisms of food amyloid fibrils are discussed, and an experimental protocol for their health safety validation is proposed in the concluding part of the review.
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- Yiping Cao
- Food and Soft Materials, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, Schmelzbergstrasse 9, Zurich 8092, Switzerland
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- Food and Soft Materials, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, Schmelzbergstrasse 9, Zurich 8092, Switzerland.
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Mohammadian M, Madadlou A. Technological functionality and biological properties of food protein nanofibrils formed by heating at acidic condition. Trends Food Sci Technol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2018.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Zaman M, Khan MV, Zakariya SM, Nusrat S, Meeran SM, Alam P, Ajmal MR, Wahiduzzaman W, Shahein YE, Abouelella AM, Khan RH. Amino group of salicylic acid exhibits enhanced inhibitory potential against insulin amyloid fibrillation with protective aptitude toward amyloid induced cytotoxicity. J Cell Biochem 2018; 119:3945-3956. [DOI: 10.1002/jcb.26538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2017] [Accepted: 12/01/2017] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- Masihuz Zaman
- Molecular Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry GroupInterdisciplinary Biotechnology UnitAligarh Muslim UniversityAligarhIndia
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- Molecular Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry GroupInterdisciplinary Biotechnology UnitAligarh Muslim UniversityAligarhIndia
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- Molecular Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry GroupInterdisciplinary Biotechnology UnitAligarh Muslim UniversityAligarhIndia
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- Molecular Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry GroupInterdisciplinary Biotechnology UnitAligarh Muslim UniversityAligarhIndia
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- Laboratory of Cancer Epigenetics, Division of EndocrinologyCSIR‐Central Drug Research InstituteLucknowIndia
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- Molecular Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry GroupInterdisciplinary Biotechnology UnitAligarh Muslim UniversityAligarhIndia
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- Molecular Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry GroupInterdisciplinary Biotechnology UnitAligarh Muslim UniversityAligarhIndia
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- Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Division, Molecular Biology DepartmentNational Research CentreDokkiCairoEgypt
- Biology Department, College of ScienceHail UniversityHailSaudi Arabia
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- Radiation Biology DepartmentNational Centre for Radiation Research and Technology (NCRRT)CairoEgypt
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- Molecular Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry GroupInterdisciplinary Biotechnology UnitAligarh Muslim UniversityAligarhIndia
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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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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: 535] [Impact Index Per Article: 76.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
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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Jayawardena N, Kaur M, Nair S, Malmstrom J, Goldstone D, Negron L, Gerrard JA, Domigan LJ. Amyloid Fibrils from Hemoglobin. Biomolecules 2017; 7:E37. [PMID: 28398221 PMCID: PMC5485726 DOI: 10.3390/biom7020037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2017] [Revised: 03/16/2017] [Accepted: 04/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Amyloid fibrils are a class of insoluble protein nanofibers that are formed via the self-assembly of a wide range of peptides and proteins. They are increasingly exploited for a broad range of applications in bionanotechnology, such as biosensing and drug delivery, as nanowires, hydrogels, and thin films. Amyloid fibrils have been prepared from many proteins, but there has been no definitive characterization of amyloid fibrils from hemoglobin to date. Here, nanofiber formation was carried out under denaturing conditions using solutions of apo-hemoglobin extracted from bovine waste blood. A characteristic amyloid fibril morphology was confirmed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM), with mean fibril dimensions of approximately 5 nm diameter and up to several microns in length. The thioflavin T assay confirmed the presence of β-sheet structures in apo-hemoglobin fibrils, and X-ray fiber diffraction showed the characteristic amyloid cross-β quaternary structure. Apo-hemoglobin nanofibers demonstrated high stability over a range of temperatures (-20 to 80 °C) and pHs (2-10), and were stable in the presence of organic solvents and trypsin, confirming their potential as nanomaterials with versatile applications. This study conclusively demonstrates the formation of amyloid fibrils from hemoglobin for the first time, and also introduces a cost-effective method for amyloid fibril manufacture using meat industry by-products.
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- Nadishka Jayawardena
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand.
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand.
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand.
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand.
- The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Wellington 6140, New Zealand.
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand.
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand.
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand.
- The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Wellington 6140, New Zealand.
- Callaghan Innovation, Lower Hutt 5010, New Zealand.
- School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand.
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand.
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Nusrat S, Zaidi N, Zaman M, Islam S, Ajmal MR, Siddiqi MK, Santra MK, Khan RH. Repositioning nordihydroguaiaretic acid as a potent inhibitor of systemic amyloidosis and associated cellular toxicity. Arch Biochem Biophys 2016; 612:78-90. [DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2016.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2016] [Revised: 10/14/2016] [Accepted: 10/22/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Zaman M, Ehtram A, Chaturvedi SK, Nusrat S, Khan RH. Amyloidogenic behavior of different intermediate state of stem bromelain: A biophysical insight. Int J Biol Macromol 2016; 91:477-85. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2016.05.107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2016] [Revised: 04/20/2016] [Accepted: 05/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Lassé M, Ulluwishewa D, Healy J, Thompson D, Miller A, Roy N, Chitcholtan K, Gerrard JA. Evaluation of protease resistance and toxicity of amyloid-like food fibrils from whey, soy, kidney bean, and egg white. Food Chem 2016; 192:491-8. [PMID: 26304377 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2015.07.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2015] [Revised: 07/06/2015] [Accepted: 07/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
Abstract
The structural properties of amyloid fibrils combined with their highly functional surface chemistry make them an attractive new food ingredient, for example as highly effective gelling agents. However, the toxic role of amyloid fibrils in disease may cause some concern about their food safety because it has not been established unequivocally if consumption of food fibrils poses a health risk to consumers. Here we present a study of amyloid-like fibrils from whey, kidney bean, soy bean, and egg white to partially address this concern. Fibrils showed varied resistance to proteolytic digestion in vitro by either Proteinase K, pepsin or pancreatin. The toxicity of mature fibrils was measured in vitro and compared to native protein, early-stage-fibrillar protein, and sonicated fibrils in two immortalised human cancer cell lines, Caco-2 and Hec-1a. There was no reduction in the viability of either Caco-2 or Hec-1a cells after treatment with a fibril concentration of up to 0.25 mg/mL.
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- Moritz Lassé
- Riddet Institute, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand; Biomolecular Interaction Centre, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand; School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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- Riddet Institute, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand; Food Nutrition & Health Team, Food & Bio-based Products Group, AgResearch Grasslands, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- Biomolecular Interaction Centre, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand; School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Protein Science & Engineering Team, Callaghan Innovation, Christchurch and Lower Hutt, New Zealand
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- Biomolecular Interaction Centre, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand; Protein Science & Engineering Team, Callaghan Innovation, Christchurch and Lower Hutt, New Zealand
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- Riddet Institute, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand; Food Nutrition & Health Team, Food & Bio-based Products Group, AgResearch Grasslands, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Riddet Institute, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand; Biomolecular Interaction Centre, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand; Protein Science & Engineering Team, Callaghan Innovation, Christchurch and Lower Hutt, New Zealand; School of Biological Sciences and School of Chemical Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Kaur M, Roberts S, Healy J, Domigan L, Vasudevamurthy M, Gerrard JA, Sasso L. Crystallin Nanofibrils: A Functionalizable Nanoscaffold with Broad Applications Manufactured from Waste. Chempluschem 2015; 80:810-819. [DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201500033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Bongiovanni MN, Gras SL. Bioactive TTR105-115-based amyloid fibrils reduce the viability of mammalian cells. Biomaterials 2015; 46:105-16. [PMID: 25678120 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2014.12.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2014] [Revised: 12/09/2014] [Accepted: 12/20/2014] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
A growing number of protein-based fibrous biomaterials have been produced with a cross-β amyloid core yet the long-term effect of these materials on cell viability and the influence of core and non-core protein sequences on viability is not well understood. Here, synthetic bioactive TTR1-RGD and control TTR1-RAD or TTR1 fibrils were used to test the response of mammalian cells. At high fibril concentrations cell viability was reduced, as assessed by mitochondrial reduction assays, lactate dehydrogenase membrane integrity assays and apoptotic biomarkers. This reduction occurred despite the high density of RGD cell adhesion ligands and use of cells displaying integrin receptors. Cell viability was affected by fibril size, maturity and whether fibrils were added to the cell media or as a pre-coated surface layer. These findings show that while cells initially interact well with synthetic fibrils, cellular integrity can be compromised over longer periods of time, suggesting a better understanding of the role of core and non-core residues in determining cellular interactions is required before TTR1-based fibrils are used as biomaterials.
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- Marie N Bongiovanni
- The ARC Dairy Innovation Hub, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia; Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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- The ARC Dairy Innovation Hub, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia; Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia.
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