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Inhibition of hIAPP Amyloid Aggregation and Pancreatic β‐Cell Toxicity by OH‐Terminated PAMAM Dendrimer 下载免费PDF全文
Esteban N. Gurzov Bo Wang Emily H. Pilkington Pengyu Chen Aleksandr Kakinen William J. Stanley Sara A. Litwak Eric G. Hanssen Thomas P. Davis Feng Ding Pu Chun Ke 《Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)》2016,12(12):1615-1626
Human islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP, or amylin) forms amyloid deposits in the islets of Langerhans, a phenomenon that is associated with type‐2 diabetes impacting millions of people worldwide. Accordingly, strategies against hIAPP aggregation are essential for the prevention and eventual treatment of the disease. Here, it is shown that generation‐3 OH‐terminated poly(amidoamine) dendrimer, a polymeric nanoparticle, can effectively halt the aggregation of hIAPP and shut down hIAPP toxicity in pancreatic MIN6 and NIT‐1 cells as well as in mouse islets. This finding is supported by high‐throughput dynamic light scattering experiment and thioflavin T assay, where the rapid evolution of hIAPP nucleation and elongation processes is halted by the addition of the dendrimer up to 8 h. Discrete molecular dynamics simulations further reveal that hIAPP residues bound strongly with the dendrimer near the c‐terminal portion of the peptide, where the amyloidogenic sequence (residues 22–29) locates. Furthermore, simulations of hIAPP dimerization reveal that binding with the dendrimer significantly reduces formation of interpeptide contacts and hydrogen bonds, thereby prohibiting peptide self‐association and amyloidosis. This study points to a promising nanomedicinal strategy for combating type‐2 diabetes and may have broader implications for targeting neurological disorders whose distinct hallmark is also amyloid fibrillation. 相似文献
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Pu Chun Ke Emily H. Pilkington Yunxiang Sun Ibrahim Javed Aleksandr Kakinen Guotao Peng Feng Ding Thomas P. Davis 《Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)》2020,32(18):1901690
Amyloidosis is a biophysical phenomenon of protein aggregation with biological and pathogenic implications. Among the various strategies developed to date, nanomaterials and multifunctional nanocomposites possessing certain structural and physicochemical traits are promising candidates for mitigating amyloidosis in vitro and in vivo. The mechanisms underpinning protein aggregation and toxicity are introduced, and opportunities in materials science to drive this interdisciplinary field forward are highlighted. Advancement of this emerging frontier hinges on exploitation of protein self-assembly and interactions of amyloid proteins with nanoparticles, intracellular and extracellular proteins, chaperones, membranes, organelles, and biometals. 相似文献
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Aleksandr Kakinen Jozef Adamcik Bo Wang Xinwei Ge Raffaele Mezzenga Thomas P. Davis Feng Ding Pu Chun Ke 《Nano Research》2018,11(7):3636-3647
Understanding how small molecules interface with amyloid fibrils at the nanoscale is of importance for developing therapeutic treatments against amyloid-based diseases. Here, we show for the first time that human islet amyloid polypeptides (IAPP) in the fibrillar form are polymorphic, ambidextrous, and possess multiple periodicities. Upon interfacing with the small molecule epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), IAPP aggregation was rendered off-pathway and assumed a form with soft and disordered clusters, while mature IAPP fibrils displayed kinks and branching but conserved the twisted fibril morphology. These nanoscale phenomena resulted from competitive interactions between EGCG and the IAPP amyloidogenic region, as well as end capping of the fibrils by the small molecule. This information is crucial in delineating IAPP toxicity implicated in type 2 diabetes and for developing new inhibitors against amyloidogenesis. 相似文献
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Faridi Ava Sun Yunxiang Mortimer Monika Aranha Ritchlynn R. Nandakumar Aparna Li Yuhuan Javed Ibrahim Kakinen Aleksandr Fan Qingqing Purcell Anthony W. Davis Thomas P. Ding Feng Faridi Pouya Ke Pu Chun 《Nano Research》2019,12(11):2827-2834
Nano Research - The amyloid aggregation of peptides and proteins is a hallmark of neurological disorders and type 2 diabetes. Human islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP), co-secreted with insulin by... 相似文献
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Yunxiang Sun Aleksandr Kakinen Yanting Xing Pouya Faridi Aparna Nandakumar Anthony W. Purcell Thomas P. Davis Pu Chun Ke Feng Ding 《Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)》2019,15(18)
The self‐assembly of human islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP) into β‐sheet‐rich nanofibrils is associated with the pathogeny of type 2 diabetes. Soluble hIAPP is intrinsically disordered with N‐terminal residues 8–17 as α‐helices. To understand the contribution of the N‐terminal helix to the aggregation of full‐length hIAPP, here the oligomerization dynamics of the hIAPP fragment 8–20 (hIAPP8‐20) are investigated with combined computational and experimental approaches. hIAPP8‐20 forms cross‐β nanofibrils in silico from isolated helical monomers via the helical oligomers and α‐helices to β‐sheets transition, as confirmed by transmission electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, circular dichroism spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and reversed‐phase high performance liquid chromatography. The computational results also suggest that the critical nucleus of aggregation corresponds to hexamers, consistent with a recent mass‐spectroscopy study of hIAPP8‐20 aggregation. hIAPP8‐20 oligomers smaller than hexamers are helical and unstable, while the α‐to‐β transition starts from the hexamers. Converted β‐sheet‐rich oligomers first form β‐barrel structures as intermediates before aggregating into cross‐β nanofibrils. This study uncovers a complete picture of hIAPP8‐20 peptide oligomerization, aggregation nucleation via conformational conversion, formation of β‐barrel intermediates, and assembly of cross‐β protofibrils, thereby shedding light on the aggregation of full‐length hIAPP, a hallmark of pancreatic beta‐cell degeneration. 相似文献
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