由β-淀粉样蛋白42寡聚体交叉引发的β-淀粉样蛋白40寡聚体的位点特异性核磁共振表征。
Site specific NMR characterization of abeta-40 oligomers cross seeded by abeta-42 oligomers.
作者信息
Chang Han-Wen, Ma Ho-I, Wu Yi-Shan, Lee Ming-Che, Chung-Yueh Yuan Eric, Huang Shing-Jong, Cheng Yu-Sheng, Wu Meng-Hsin, Tu Ling-Hsien, Chan Jerry Chun Chung
机构信息
Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University No. 1, Section 4, Roosevelt Road Taipei 10617 Taiwan
Instrumentation Center, National Taiwan University No. 1, Section 4, Roosevelt Road Taipei 10617 Taiwan.
出版信息
Chem Sci. 2022 Jun 22;13(29):8526-8535. doi: 10.1039/d2sc01555b. eCollection 2022 Jul 29.
Extracellular accumulation of β amyloid peptides of 40 (Aβ) and 42 residues (Aβ) has been considered as one of the hallmarks in the pathology of Alzheimer's disease. In this work, we are able to prepare oligomeric aggregates of Aβ with uniform size and monomorphic structure. Our experimental design is to incubate Aβ peptides in reverse micelles (RMs) so that the peptides could aggregate only through a single nucleation process and the size of the oligomers is confined by the physical dimension of the reverse micelles. The hence obtained Aβ oligomers (AβOs) are 23 nm in diameter and they belong to the category of high molecular-weight (MW) oligomers. The solid-state NMR data revealed that AβOs adopt the structural motif of β-loop-β but the chemical shifts manifested that they may be structurally different from low-MW AβOs and mature fibrils. From the thioflavin-T results, we found that high-MW AβOs can accelerate the fibrillization of Aβ monomers. Our protocol allows performing cross-seeding experiments among oligomeric species. By comparing the chemical shifts of AβOs cross seeded by AβOs and those of AβOs prepared in the absence of AβOs, we observed that the chemical states of E11, K16, and E22 were altered, whereas the backbone conformation of the β-sheet region near the C-terminus was structurally invariant. The use of reverse micelles allows hitherto the most detailed characterization of the structural variability of AβOs.
40个残基的β淀粉样肽(Aβ40)和42个残基的β淀粉样肽(Aβ42)在细胞外的聚集被认为是阿尔茨海默病病理学的标志性特征之一。在这项工作中,我们能够制备出尺寸均匀且结构单一的Aβ寡聚体聚集体。我们的实验设计是将Aβ肽在反胶束(RM)中孵育,以使肽仅通过单一成核过程聚集,并且寡聚体的大小受反胶束的物理尺寸限制。由此获得的Aβ寡聚体(AβOs)直径为23 nm,属于高分子量(MW)寡聚体类别。固态核磁共振数据表明,AβOs采用β-环-β结构基序,但化学位移表明它们在结构上可能与低分子量AβOs和成熟纤维不同。从硫黄素-T结果来看,我们发现高分子量AβOs可以加速Aβ单体的纤维化。我们的方案允许在寡聚体物种之间进行交叉接种实验。通过比较由AβOs交叉接种的AβOs和在没有AβOs的情况下制备的AβOs的化学位移,我们观察到E11、K16和E22的化学状态发生了改变,而C末端附近β折叠区域的主链构象在结构上是不变的。反胶束的使用使得迄今为止对AβOs结构变异性的最详细表征成为可能。