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Ohgita T, Kono H, Namba N, Saito H. Physicochemical mechanisms of aggregation and fibril formation of α-synuclein and apolipoprotein A-I. Biophys Physicobiol 2023; 21:e210005. [PMID: 38803339 PMCID: PMC11128303 DOI: 10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v21.0005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2023] [Accepted: 12/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/29/2024] Open
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Deposition and accumulation of amyloid fibrils is a hallmark of a group of diseases called amyloidosis and neurodegenerative disorders. Although polypeptides potentially have a fibril-forming propensity, native proteins have evolved into proper functional conformations to avoid aggregation and fibril formation. Understanding the mechanism for regulation of fibril formation of native proteins provides clues for the rational design of molecules for inhibiting fibril formation. Although fibril formation is a complex multistep reaction, experimentally obtained fibril formation curves can be fitted with the Finke-Watzky (F-W) two-step model for homogeneous nucleation followed by autocatalytic fibril growth. The resultant F-W rate constants for nucleation and fibril formation provide information on the chemical kinetics of fibril formation. Using the F-W two-step model analysis, we investigated the physicochemical mechanisms of fibril formation of a Parkinson's disease protein α-synuclein (αS) and a systemic amyloidosis protein apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I). The results indicate that the C-terminal region of αS enthalpically and entropically suppresses nucleation through the intramolecular interaction with the N-terminal region and the intermolecular interaction with existing fibrils. In contrast, the nucleation of the N-terminal fragment of apoA-I is entropically driven likely due to dehydration of large hydrophobic segments in the molecule. Based on our recent findings, we discuss the similarity and difference of the fibril formation mechanisms of αS and the N-terminal fragment of apoA-I from the physicochemical viewpoints.
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Affiliation(s)
- Takashi Ohgita
- Laboratory of Biophysical Chemistry, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Kyoto 607-8414, Japan
- Center for Instrumental Analysis, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Kyoto 607-8412, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biophysical Chemistry, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Kyoto 607-8414, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biophysical Chemistry, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Kyoto 607-8414, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biophysical Chemistry, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Kyoto 607-8414, Japan
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Namba N, Ohgita T, Tamagaki-Asahina H, Nishitsuji K, Shimanouchi T, Sato T, Saito H. Amyloidogenic 60-71 deletion/ValThr insertion mutation of apolipoprotein A-I generates a new aggregation-prone segment that promotes nucleation through entropic effects. Sci Rep 2023; 13:18514. [PMID: 37898709 PMCID: PMC10613298 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-45803-y] [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: 07/31/2023] [Accepted: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 10/30/2023] Open
Abstract
The N-terminal fragment of apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I), comprising residues 1-83, contains three segments prone to aggregation: residues 14-22, 53-58, and 67-72. We previously demonstrated that residues 14-22 are critical in apoA-I fibril formation while residues 53-58 entropically drove the nucleation process. Here, we investigated the impact of amyloidogenic mutations (Δ60-71/VT, Δ70-72, and F71Y) located around residues 67-72 on fibril formation by the apoA-I 1-83 fragment. Thioflavin T fluorescence assay demonstrated that the Δ60-71/VT mutation significantly enhances both nucleation and fibril elongation rates, whereas the Δ70-72 and F71Y mutations had minimal effects. Circular dichroism measurements and microscopic observations revealed that all variant fragments formed straight fibrils, transitioning from random coils to β-sheet structures. Kinetic analysis demonstrated that primary nucleation is the dominant step in fibril formation, with fibril elongation reaching saturation at high protein concentrations. Thermodynamically, both nucleation and fibril elongation were enthalpically and entropically unfavorable in all apoA-I 1-83 variants, in which the entropic barrier of nucleation was almost eliminated for the Δ60-71/VT variant. Taken together, our results suggest the presence of new aggregation-prone segment in the Δ60-71/VT variant that promotes nucleation through entropic effects.
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- Norihiro Namba
- Laboratory of Biophysical Chemistry, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, 5 Misasagi-Nakauchi-cho, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto, 607-8414, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biophysical Chemistry, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, 5 Misasagi-Nakauchi-cho, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto, 607-8414, Japan
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- Division of Liberal Arts Sciences, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, 5 Misasagi-Nakauchi-cho, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto, 607-8414, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama, 641-8509, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan
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- Division of Liberal Arts Sciences, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, 5 Misasagi-Nakauchi-cho, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto, 607-8414, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biophysical Chemistry, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, 5 Misasagi-Nakauchi-cho, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto, 607-8414, Japan.
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Nowakowska AW, Wojciechowski JW, Szulc N, Kotulska M. The role of tandem repeats in bacterial functional amyloids. J Struct Biol 2023; 215:108002. [PMID: 37482232 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2023.108002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2023] [Revised: 07/05/2023] [Accepted: 07/20/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023]
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Repetitivity and modularity of proteins are two related notions incorporated into multiple evolutionary concepts. We discuss whether they may also be essential for functional amyloids. Amyloids are proteins that create very regular and usually highly insoluble fibrils, which are often associated with neurodegeneration. However, recent discoveries showed that amyloid structure of a protein could also be beneficial and desired, e.g., to promote cell adhesion. Functional amyloids are proteins which differ in their characteristics from pathological amyloids, so that the fibril formation could be more under control of an organism. We propose that repeats in the sequence could regulate the aggregation propensity of these proteins. The inclusion of multiple symmetric interactions, due to the presence of the repeats, could be supporting and strengthening the desirable structural properties of functional amyloids. Our results show that tandem repeats in bacterial functional amyloids have a distinct characteristic. The pattern of repeats supports the appropriate level of fibril formation and better controllability of fibril stability. The repeats tend to be more imperfect, which attenuates excessive aggregation propensity. Their desired structure and function are also reinforced by their amino acid profile. Although in the study we focused on bacterial functional amyloids, due to their importance in biofilm formation, we propose that similar mechanisms could be employed in other functional amyloids which are designed by evolution to aggregate in a desirable manner, but not necessarily in pathological amyloids.
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- Alicja W Nowakowska
- Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Poland.
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- Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Poland
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- Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Poland; Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Department of Physics and Biophysics, Poland; LPCT, CNRS, Universite de Lorraine, F-54000 Nancy, France
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- Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Poland.
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Ohgita T, Kono H, Morita I, Oyama H, Shimanouchi T, Kobayashi N, Saito H. Intramolecular interaction kinetically regulates fibril formation by human and mouse α-synuclein. Sci Rep 2023; 13:10885. [PMID: 37407638 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-38070-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 07/02/2023] [Indexed: 07/07/2023] Open
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Regulation of α-synuclein (αS) fibril formation is a potent therapeutic strategy for αS-related neurodegenerative disorders. αS, an intrinsically disordered 140-residue intraneural protein, comprises positively charged N-terminal, hydrophobic non-amyloid β component (NAC), and negatively charged C-terminal regions. Although mouse and human αS share 95% sequence identity, mouse αS forms amyloid fibrils faster than human αS. To evaluate the kinetic regulation of αS fibrillation, we examined the effects of mismatched residues in human and mouse αS on fibril formation and intramolecular interactions. Thioflavin T fluorescence assay using domain-swapped or C-terminal-truncated αS variants revealed that mouse αS exhibited higher nucleation and fibril elongation than human αS. In mouse αS, S87N substitution in the NAC region rather than A53T substitution is dominant for enhanced fibril formation. Fӧrester resonance energy transfer analysis demonstrated that the intramolecular interaction of the C-terminal region with the N-terminal and NAC regions observed in human αS is perturbed in mouse αS. In mouse αS, S87N substitution is responsible for the perturbed interaction. These results indicate that the interaction of the C-terminal region with the N-terminal and NAC regions suppresses αS fibril formation and that the human-to-mouse S87N substitution in the NAC region accelerates αS fibril formation by perturbing intramolecular interaction.
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- Takashi Ohgita
- Laboratory of Biophysical Chemistry, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, 5 Misasagi-Nakauchi-cho, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto, 607-8414, Japan.
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- Laboratory of Biophysical Chemistry, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, 5 Misasagi-Nakauchi-cho, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto, 607-8414, Japan
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- Department of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, 4-19-1 Motoyama-Kitamachi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe, 658-8558, Japan
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- Department of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, 4-19-1 Motoyama-Kitamachi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe, 658-8558, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, 4-19-1 Motoyama-Kitamachi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe, 658-8558, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biophysical Chemistry, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, 5 Misasagi-Nakauchi-cho, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto, 607-8414, Japan
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Tran CH, Saha R, Blanco C, Bagchi D, Chen IA. Modulation of α-Synuclein Aggregation In Vitro by a DNA Aptamer. Biochemistry 2022; 61:1757-1765. [PMID: 35994742 PMCID: PMC9454088 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.2c00207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Protein aggregation is an important problem for human health and biotechnology, with consequences in areas ranging from neurodegenerative diseases to protein production yields. Methods to modulate protein aggregation are therefore essential. One suggested method to modulate protein aggregation is the use of nucleic acid aptamers, that is, single-stranded nucleic acids that have been selected to specifically bind to a target. Previous studies in some systems have demonstrated that aptamers may inhibit protein aggregation, including for α-synuclein, a protein implicated in synucleinopathies. However, the mechanisms by which aptamers might affect or modulate aggregation have not been fully determined. In this study, we investigated the effect of an aptamer that binds α-synuclein oligomer, T-SO508, on α-synuclein aggregation in vitro using thioflavin T to monitor aggregation kinetics, and we performed atomic force microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and analytical ultracentrifugation to characterize intermediate structures. The results indicated that T-SO508, but not control DNA sequences, extends the lag phase of aggregation and stabilizes formation of a small non-fibrillar aggregate complex. Attempts to use the aptamer-induced complexes to seed fibril formation did not in fact accelerate aggregation, indicating that these structures are off-pathway for aggregation. This study highlights a potential mechanism by which aptamers may modulate the aggregation properties of proteins.
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- Claire H Tran
- Program in Biomolecular Sciences and Engineering, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024, United States
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- Program in Biomolecular Sciences and Engineering, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States.,Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024, United States
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On the Aggregation of Apolipoprotein A-I. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23158780. [PMID: 35955915 PMCID: PMC9369196 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23158780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2022] [Revised: 07/30/2022] [Accepted: 08/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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In vivo, apolipoprotein A-I (ApoA-I) is commonly found together with lipids in so-called lipoprotein particles. The protein has also been associated with several diseases—such as atherosclerosis and amyloidosis—where insoluble aggregates containing ApoA-I are deposited in various organs or arteries. The deposited ApoA-I has been found in the form of amyloid fibrils, suggesting that amyloid formation may be involved in the development of these diseases. In the present study we investigated ApoA-I aggregation into amyloid fibrils and other aggregate morphologies. We studied the aggregation of wildtype ApoA-I as well as a disease-associated mutant, ApoA-I K107Δ, under different solution conditions. The aggregation was followed using thioflavin T fluorescence intensity. For selected samples the aggregates formed were characterized in terms of size, secondary structure content, and morphology using circular dichroism spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering, atomic force microscopy and cryo transmission electron microscopy. We find that ApoA-I may form globular protein-only condensates, in which the α-helical conformation of the protein is retained. The protein in its unmodified form appears resistant to amyloid formation; however, the conversion into amyloid fibrils rich in β-sheet is facilitated by oxidation or mutation. In particular, the K107Δ mutant shows higher amyloid formation propensity, and the end state appears to be a co-existence of β-sheet rich amyloid fibrils and α-helix-rich condensates.
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Guan C, Bing S, Yang X, Guo R, Chen Y, Xu H, Yu G. Homogeneous nuclei-induced, secondary nuclei-induced, and spontaneous whey protein concentrate nanofibril formation through different pathways. J Dairy Sci 2022; 105:5600-5609. [PMID: 35570048 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2021-21630] [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: 11/26/2021] [Accepted: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The addition of homogeneous nuclei (HN) or secondary nuclei (SN) could lead to different kinetics and thermodynamics as the nucleation energy barrier decreases and the lag time is shortened to different degrees compared with spontaneous fibrillation. To explain these differences, we monitored the formation and depletion of HN during fibril formation and found that both SN-induced fibrils and HN-induced fibrils follow the same nucleated growth pathway as spontaneously formed WPC fibrils. Moreover, there were also other paths, which were confirmed by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, and atomic force microscopy. The surfaces of the SN could recruit monomers and resulted in stronger intersheet stacking and a larger fibril height and periodicity. The HN incorporation led to a propensity for hydrogen-bonding interactions and a longer fibril. Fibrillation by the addition HN and SN followed both common and distinct pathways, as spontaneous fibrillation and led to different capacities to induce fibrillation.
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- Chen Guan
- Key Laboratory of Dairy Science, Ministry of Education, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China; College of Food Science, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing 163319, China
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- Beijing Shuangwa Dairy Co. Ltd., Beijing 100102, China
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- Key Laboratory of Dairy Science, Ministry of Education, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China
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- Key Laboratory of Dairy Science, Ministry of Education, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China
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- Key Laboratory of Dairy Science, Ministry of Education, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China
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- Key Laboratory of Dairy Science, Ministry of Education, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Dairy Science, Ministry of Education, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China.
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Mechanisms of enhanced aggregation and fibril formation of Parkinson's disease-related variants of α-synuclein. Sci Rep 2022; 12:6770. [PMID: 35474118 PMCID: PMC9043213 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-10789-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2021] [Accepted: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Aggregation of α-synuclein (α-syn) into amyloid fibrils is closely associated with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Familial mutations or posttranslational truncations in α-syn are known as risk factor for PD. Here, we examined the effects of the PD-related A30P or A53T point mutation and C-terminal 123–140 or 104–140 truncation on the aggregating property of α-syn based on the kinetic and thermodynamic analyses. Thioflavin T fluorescence measurements indicated that A53T, Δ123‒140, and Δ104–140 variants aggregated faster than WT α-syn, in which the A53T mutation markedly increases nucleation rate whereas the Δ123‒140 or Δ104‒140 truncation significantly increases both nucleation and fibril elongation rates. Ultracentrifugation and western blotting analyses demonstrated that these mutations or truncations promote the conversion of monomer to aggregated forms of α-syn. Analysis of the dependence of aggregation reaction of α-syn variants on the monomer concentration suggested that the A53T mutation enhances conversion of monomers to amyloid nuclei whereas the C-terminal truncations, especially the Δ104–140, enhance autocatalytic aggregation on existing fibrils. In addition, thermodynamic analysis of the kinetics of nucleation and fibril elongation of α-syn variants indicated that both nucleation and fibril elongation of WT α-syn are enthalpically and entropically unfavorable. Interestingly, the unfavorable activation enthalpy of nucleation greatly decreases for the A53T and becomes reversed in sign for the C-terminally truncated variants. Taken together, our results indicate that the A53T mutation and the C-terminal truncation enhance α-syn aggregation by reducing unfavorable activation enthalpy of nucleation, and the C-terminal truncation further triggers the autocatalytic fibril elongation on the fibril surfaces.
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Lewkowicz E, Gursky O. Dynamic protein structures in normal function and pathologic misfolding in systemic amyloidosis. Biophys Chem 2022; 280:106699. [PMID: 34773861 PMCID: PMC9416430 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2021.106699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Revised: 10/08/2021] [Accepted: 10/08/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Dynamic and disordered regions in native proteins are often critical for their function, particularly in ligand binding and signaling. In certain proteins, however, such regions can contribute to misfolding and pathologic deposition as amyloid fibrils in vivo. For example, dynamic and disordered regions can promote amyloid formation by destabilizing the native structure, by directly triggering the aggregation, by promoting protein condensation, or by acting as sites of early proteolytic cleavage that favor a release of aggregation-prone fragments or facilitate fibril maturation. At the same time, enhanced dynamics in the native protein state accelerates proteolytic degradation that counteracts amyloid accumulation in vivo. Therefore, the functional need for dynamic protein regions must be balanced against their inherently labile nature. How exactly this balance is achieved and how is it shifted upon amyloidogenic mutations or post-translational modifications? To illustrate possible scenarios, here we review the beneficial and pathologic roles of dynamic and disordered regions in the native states of three families of human plasma proteins that form amyloid precursors in systemic amyloidoses: immunoglobulin light chain, apolipoproteins, and serum amyloid A. Analysis of structure, stability and local dynamics of these diverse proteins and their amyloidogenic variants exemplifies how disordered/dynamic regions can provide a functional advantage as well as an Achilles heel in pathologic amyloid formation.
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Gisonno RA, Masson T, Ramella NA, Barrera EE, Romanowski V, Tricerri MA. Evolutionary and structural constraints influencing apolipoprotein A-I amyloid behavior. Proteins 2021; 90:258-269. [PMID: 34414600 DOI: 10.1002/prot.26217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2021] [Revised: 07/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) has a key function in the reverse cholesterol transport. However, aggregation of apoA-I single point mutants can lead to hereditary amyloid pathology. Although several studies have tackled the biophysical and structural consequences introduced by these mutations, there is little information addressing the relationship between the evolutionary and structural features that contribute to the amyloid behavior of apoA-I. We combined evolutionary studies, in silico mutagenesis and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to provide a comprehensive analysis of the conservation and pathogenic role of the aggregation-prone regions (APRs) present in apoA-I. Sequence analysis demonstrated that among the four amyloidogenic regions described for human apoA-I, only two (APR1 and APR4) are evolutionary conserved across different species of Sarcopterygii. Moreover, stability analysis carried out with the FoldX engine showed that APR1 contributes to the marginal stability of apoA-I. Structural properties of full-length apoA-I models suggest that aggregation is avoided by placing APRs into highly packed and rigid portions of its native fold. Compared to silent variants extracted from the gnomAD database, the thermodynamic and pathogenic impact of amyloid mutations showed evidence of a higher destabilizing effect. MD simulations of the amyloid variant G26R evidenced the partial unfolding of the alpha-helix bundle with the concomitant exposure of APR1 to the solvent, suggesting an insight into the early steps involved in its aggregation. Our findings highlight APR1 as a relevant component for apoA-I structural integrity and emphasize a destabilizing effect of amyloid variants that leads to the exposure of this region.
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- Romina A Gisonno
- Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de La Plata (INIBIOLP, CONICET-UNLP), Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular (IBBM, CONICET-UNLP), Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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- Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de La Plata (INIBIOLP, CONICET-UNLP), Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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- Group of Biomolecular Simulations, Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular (IBBM, CONICET-UNLP), Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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- Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de La Plata (INIBIOLP, CONICET-UNLP), Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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Ohgita T, Furutani Y, Nakano M, Hattori M, Suzuki A, Nakagawa M, Naniwa S, Morita I, Oyama H, Nishitsuji K, Kobayashi N, Saito H. Novel conformation‐selective monoclonal antibodies against apoA‐I amyloid fibrils. FEBS J 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/febs.15487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Takashi Ohgita
- Department of Biophysical Chemistry Kyoto Pharmaceutical University Japan
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- Department of Biophysical Chemistry Kyoto Pharmaceutical University Japan
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- Department of Biophysical Chemistry Kyoto Pharmaceutical University Japan
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- Department of Biophysical Chemistry Kyoto Pharmaceutical University Japan
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- Department of Biophysical Chemistry Kyoto Pharmaceutical University Japan
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- Department of Biophysical Chemistry Kyoto Pharmaceutical University Japan
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- Department of Bioanalytical Chemistry Kobe Pharmaceutical University Japan
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- Department of Bioanalytical Chemistry Kobe Pharmaceutical University Japan
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- Department of Bioanalytical Chemistry Kobe Pharmaceutical University Japan
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- Department of Bioanalytical Chemistry Kobe Pharmaceutical University Japan
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- Department of Biophysical Chemistry Kyoto Pharmaceutical University Japan
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Ciccone L, Shi C, di Lorenzo D, Van Baelen AC, Tonali N. The Positive Side of the Alzheimer's Disease Amyloid Cross-Interactions: The Case of the Aβ 1-42 Peptide with Tau, TTR, CysC, and ApoA1. Molecules 2020; 25:E2439. [PMID: 32456156 PMCID: PMC7288020 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25102439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2020] [Revised: 05/18/2020] [Accepted: 05/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Alzheimer's disease (AD) represents a progressive amyloidogenic disorder whose advancement is widely recognized to be connected to amyloid-β peptides and Tau aggregation. However, several other processes likely contribute to the development of AD and some of them might be related to protein-protein interactions. Amyloid aggregates usually contain not only single type of amyloid protein, but also other type of proteins and this phenomenon can be rationally explained by the process of protein cross-seeding and co-assembly. Amyloid cross-interaction is ubiquitous in amyloid fibril formation and so a better knowledge of the amyloid interactome could help to further understand the mechanisms of amyloid related diseases. In this review, we discuss about the cross-interactions of amyloid-β peptides, and in particular Aβ1-42, with other amyloids, which have been presented either as integrated part of Aβ neurotoxicity process (such as Tau) or conversely with a preventive role in AD pathogenesis by directly binding to Aβ (such as transthyretin, cystatin C and apolipoprotein A1). Particularly, we will focus on all the possible therapeutic strategies aiming to rescue the Aβ toxicity by taking inspiration from these protein-protein interactions.
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- Lidia Ciccone
- Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, via Bonanno 6, 56126 Pisa, Italy
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- CNRS, BioCIS, Université Paris-Saclay, rue Jean-Baptiste Clément 5, 92290 Châtenay-Malabry, France; (C.S.); (D.d.L.)
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- CNRS, BioCIS, Université Paris-Saclay, rue Jean-Baptiste Clément 5, 92290 Châtenay-Malabry, France; (C.S.); (D.d.L.)
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- Département Médicaments et Technologies pour la Santé (DMTS), CEA, INRAE, Université Paris Saclay, SIMoS, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France;
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- CNRS, BioCIS, Université Paris-Saclay, rue Jean-Baptiste Clément 5, 92290 Châtenay-Malabry, France; (C.S.); (D.d.L.)
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Kurimitsu N, Mizuguchi C, Fujita K, Taguchi S, Ohgita T, Nishitsuji K, Shimanouchi T, Saito H. Phosphatidylethanolamine accelerates aggregation of the amyloidogenic N-terminal fragment of apoA-I. FEBS Lett 2020; 594:1443-1452. [PMID: 31968125 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13737] [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: 11/28/2019] [Revised: 12/28/2019] [Accepted: 01/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Membrane lipid composition is known to influence aggregation and fibril formation of many amyloidogenic proteins. Here, we found that phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) accelerates aggregation of the N-terminal 1-83 fragment of an amyloidogenic G26R variant of apoA-I on lipid membranes. Circular dichroism and isothermal titration calorimetry measurements demonstrated that PE does not affect the α-helical structure and lipid binding property of apoA-I 1-83/G26R. Rather, fluorescence measurements indicated that PE induces more ordered lipid packing at the interfacial and acyl chain regions, providing more hydrophobic environments especially around the highly amyloidogenic regions in apoA-I on the membrane surface. These results suggest that PE promotes aggregation of the amyloidogenic N-terminal fragment of apoA-I on lipid membranes by inducing hydrophobic membrane environments.
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Affiliation(s)
- Naoko Kurimitsu
- Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Kyoto, Japan
| | - Chiharu Mizuguchi
- Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Kyoto, Japan
| | - Kaho Fujita
- Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Kyoto, Japan
| | - Suzuno Taguchi
- Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
| | - Takashi Ohgita
- Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Kyoto, Japan
| | | | - Toshinori Shimanouchi
- Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
| | - Hiroyuki Saito
- Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Kyoto, Japan
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