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J. Am. Chem. Soc., Sep 04 2024, 146 (35) | https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c06372
Single-Molecule Characterization of Heterogeneous Oligomer Formation during Co-Aggregation of 40- and 42-Residue Amyloid-β
Fanjie Meng 1, Jae-Yeol Kim 1, John M Louis 1, Hoi Sung Chung 1
1Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0520, United States.
Corresponding Author : Hoi Sung Chung
Abstract
The two most abundant isoforms of amyloid-β (Aβ) are the 40- (Aβ40) and 42-residue (Aβ42) peptides. Since they coexist and there is a correlation between toxicity and the ratio of the two isoforms, quantitative characterization of their interactions is crucial for understanding the Aβ aggregation mechanism. In this work, we follow the aggregation of individual isoforms in a mixture using single-molecule FRET spectroscopy by labeling Aβ42 and Aβ40 with the donor and acceptor fluorophores, respectively. We found that there are two phases of aggregation. The first phase consists of coaggregation of Aβ42 with a small amount of Aβ40, while the second phase results mostly from aggregation of Aβ40. We also found that the aggregation of Aβ42 is slowed by Aβ40 while the aggregation of Aβ40 is accelerated by Aβ42 in a concentration-dependent manner. The formation of oligomers was monitored by incubating mixtures in a plate reader and performing a single-molecule free-diffusion experiment at several different stages of aggregation. The detailed properties of the oligomers were obtained by maximum likelihood analysis of fluorescence bursts. The FRET efficiency distribution is much broader than that of the Aβ42 oligomers, indicating the diversity in isoform composition of the oligomers. Pulsed interleaved excitation experiments estimate that the fraction of Aβ40 in the co-oligomers in a 1:1 mixture of Aβ42 and Aβ40 varies between 0 and 20%. The detected oligomers were mostly co-oligomers especially at the physiological ratio of Aβ42 and Aβ40 (1:10), suggesting the critical role of Aβ40 in oligomer formation and aggregation.
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- 2024년 09월 (BRIC 등록일 2024-09-06)
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