Heterotypic Seeding Generates Mixed Amyloid Polymorphs

Aggregation of the amyloid β (Aβ) peptide into fibrils represents one of the major biochemical pathways underlying the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Extensive studies have been carried out to understand the role of fibrillar seeds on the overall kinetics of amyloid aggregation. However, the precise effect of seeds that are structurally or sequentially different from Aβ on the structure of the resulting amyloid aggregates is yet to be fully understood. In this work, we use nanoscale infrared spectroscopy to probe the spectral facets of individual aggregates formed by aggregating Aβ42 with antiparallel fibrillar seeds of Aβ (16-22) and E22Q Aβ (1-40) Dutch mutant and demonstrate that Aβ can form heterotypic or mixed polymorphs that deviate significantly from its expected parallel cross β structure. We further show that formation of heterotypic aggregates is not limited to coaggregation of Aβ and its isomers, and that the former can form heterotypic fibrils with alpha synuclein and brain protein lysates. These findings highlight the complexity of Aβ aggregation in AD and underscore the need to explore how Aβ interacts with other brain components, which is crucial for developing better therapeutic strategies for AD.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology - (2024) vom: 17. März

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Banerjee, S [VerfasserIn]
Baghel, D [VerfasserIn]
Edmonds, H O [VerfasserIn]
Ghosh, Ayanjeet [VerfasserIn]

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AFM-IR
Alzheimer’s disease
Amyloid beta
Infrared spectroscopy
Nanoscale spectroscopy
Preprint
Protein aggregation

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Date Revised 04.04.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1101/2024.03.15.585264

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NLM37048567X