超分子纤维的性是粉样纤维主要形态差异的根本原因吗?
Dmitry Kurouski1, Xuefang Lu, Ludmila Popova
1Department of Chemistry, University at Albany, State University of New York , 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12222, United States.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|February 4, 2014
概括
振动循环二元化 (VCD) 揭示了粉样纤维的性性决定了形态. 这一发现将纤维结构与细胞毒性联系起来,表明状性是粉样蛋白疾病的关键.
科学领域:
- 生物化学 生物化学
- 生物物理学的生物物理.
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
背景情况:
- 粉样纤维素,涉及到疾病,表现出不同的形态.
- 振动循环二元化 (VCD) 对粉样纤维的形成敏感.
- 之前的研究表明,胰岛素纤维素性和形态的pH控制.
研究的目的:
- 调查是否超分子性导致粉样纤维的形态差异.
- 将VCD分析扩展到额外的纤维形成蛋白和.
- 为了建立纤维状和形态学之间的直接相关性.
主要方法:
- 采用振动圆形二极化 (VCD) 谱学.
- 从胰岛素,lyszyme,apo-α-lactalbumin,HET-s prion和TTR碎片中分析了粉样纤维.
- 与原子力显微镜 (AFM) 和扫描电子显微镜 (SEM) 图像相关联的VCD衍生的奇拉性.
主要成果:
- 纤维细胞VCD图案的标志始终与超分子丝的性相关.
- 纤维细胞形态 (扭曲与平坦) 与所有测试的蛋白质/的性直接相关.
- 左边的螺旋丝形成了扭曲的,而右边的丝形成了平坦的带状行.
结论:
- 粉样纤维的超分子性是形态异质性的主要驱动因素.
- 与细胞毒性相关的纤维细胞形态是由其性组织决定的.
- 粉样聚合物的性值得在疾病模型中进一步研究.
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