The Role of Pro, Gly Lys, and Arg Containing Peptides on Amyloid-Beta Aggregation

Genetic, biochemical and pathological evidence support that self-assembly of amyloid-beta (Aβ) peptide into toxic aggregates is implicated as the cause of Alzheimer’s disease. An attractive therapeutic strategy for the treatment of AD is to prevent or interfere with Aβ aggregation. A systematic inve...

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Published in:International journal of peptide research and therapeutics 2012-03, Vol.18 (1), p.53-61
Main Authors: Jagota, Seema, Rajadas, Jayakumar
Format: Article
Language:English
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Alzheimer's disease
Animal Anatomy
Biochemistry
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Histology
Life Sciences
Molecular biology
Molecular Medicine
Morphology
Peptides
Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology
Pharmacology/Toxicology
Polymer Sciences
Proteins
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Summary:Genetic, biochemical and pathological evidence support that self-assembly of amyloid-beta (Aβ) peptide into toxic aggregates is implicated as the cause of Alzheimer’s disease. An attractive therapeutic strategy for the treatment of AD is to prevent or interfere with Aβ aggregation. A systematic investigation of the effects of proline-, glycine-, arginine- and lysine- containing peptides (PGKLVYA, KKLVFFARRRRA and KKLVFFA) on the beta-amyloid aggregation was made using FTIR, circular dichroism, ANS binding, ThT binding and TEM analysis. These peptides are based on the central hydrophobic region of Aβ (residues 16–20), which is believed to be crucial in Aβ self-association. There is increasing evidence to suggest that protein aggregation, including amyloid fibril formation results from the strong self-association tendency of the partially folded intermediates. Addition of PGKLVYA and KKLVFFARRRRA resulted in increase in ANS fluorescence intensity, suggesting enhanced exposure of hydrophobic surface area. As observed by ThT and TEM analysis PGKLVYA and KKLVFFARRRRA promote non-fibrillar ensembles, while peptide KKLVFFA accelerated the fibrillization of Aβ peptide by stabilizing intermolecular interactions. Circular dichroism and FTIR data showed that PGKLVYA and KKLVFFARRRRA effectively prevented amyloid-beta (Aβ) peptide adopting the beta-sheet secondary structure correlated with fibrillogenesis. This result indicates that PGKLVYA and KKLVFFARRRRA might have triggered another mechanism of Aβ assembly.
ISSN:1573-3149
1573-3904
DOI:10.1007/s10989-011-9278-4