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| Journal Article | FZJ-2023-03674 |
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2023
ACS Publications
Washington, DC
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Please use a persistent id in citations: doi:10.1021/jacs.3c03980 doi:10.34734/FZJ-2023-03674
Abstract: The amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide is associated with the development of Alzheimer’s disease and is known to form highly neurotoxic prefibrillar oligomeric aggregates, which are difficult to study due to their transient, low-abundance, and heterogeneous nature. To obtain high-resolution information about oligomer structure and dynamics as well as relative populations of assembly states, we here employ a combination of native ion mobility mass spectrometry and molecular dynamics simulations. We find that the formation of Aβ oligomers is dependent on the presence of a specific β-hairpin motif in the peptide sequence. Oligomers initially grow spherically but start to form extended linear aggregates at oligomeric states larger than those of the tetramer. The population of the extended oligomers could be notably increased by introducing an intramolecular disulfide bond, which prearranges the peptide in the hairpin conformation, thereby promoting oligomeric structures but preventing conversion into mature fibrils. Conversely, truncating one of the β-strand-forming segments of Aβ decreased the hairpin propensity of the peptide and thus decreased the oligomer population, removed the formation of extended oligomers entirely, and decreased the aggregation propensity of the peptide. We thus propose that the observed extended oligomer state is related to the formation of an antiparallel sheet state, which then nucleates into the amyloid state. These studies provide increased mechanistic understanding of the earliest steps in Aβ aggregation and suggest that inhibition of Aβ folding into the hairpin conformation could be a viable strategy for reducing the amount of toxic oligomers.
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