Department of Laboratory Sciences, Gunma University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan.
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science Division I, Tokyo University of Science, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
PLoS One. 2024 Jan 5;19(1):e0296750. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0296750. eCollection 2024.
Whether fibril formation increases or decreases cytotoxicity remains unclear. Aggregation of human islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP), a pivotal regulator of glucose homeostasis, impairs the function and viability of pancreatic β cells. Evidence suggests that low-order oligomers of hIAPP are more toxic to β cells than fibril. However, it remains unclear whether non-fibril form of hIAPP specifically alters brain functions. This study produced fibril and non-fibril forms from a single hIAPP 8-20 peptide. The non-fibril form-injected mice showed changes in spontaneous motor activities, preference for location in the open field and social behavior. In contrast, the fibril-injected mice showed no changes in these behavioral tests. In line with the behavioral changes, the non-fibril form led to impaired neurite outgrowth of cultured neuron-like cells and the loss of neurons in the mouse hippocampus. These findings suggest that non-fibril form but not fibril form of hIAPP changes brain functions.
纤维形成是否会增加或减少细胞毒性尚不清楚。人胰岛淀粉样多肽(hIAPP)的聚集是葡萄糖稳态的关键调节剂,会损害胰腺β细胞的功能和活力。有证据表明,hIAPP 的低阶寡聚物对β细胞的毒性比纤维更大。然而,hIAPP 的非纤维形式是否会特异性改变大脑功能仍不清楚。本研究从单个 hIAPP 8-20 肽中产生纤维和非纤维形式。注射非纤维形式的小鼠表现出自发运动活动、对开放场中位置的偏好和社交行为的变化。相比之下,注射纤维形式的小鼠在这些行为测试中没有变化。与行为变化一致,非纤维形式导致培养的神经元样细胞的神经突生长受损和小鼠海马神经元丢失。这些发现表明,hIAPP 的非纤维形式而不是纤维形式会改变大脑功能。