Weiffert, T;
Meisl, G;
Flagmeier, P;
De, S;
Dunning, CJR;
Frohm, B;
Zetterberg, H;
... Linse, S; + view all
(2019)
Increased Secondary Nucleation Underlies Accelerated Aggregation of the Four-Residue N-Terminally Truncated Aβ42 Species Aβ5-42.
ACS Chemical Neuroscience
, 10
(5)
pp. 2374-2384.
10.1021/acschemneuro.8b00676.
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Abstract
Aggregation of the amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide into plaques is believed to play a crucial role in Alzheimer’s disease. Amyloid plaques consist of fibrils of full length Aβ peptides as well as N-terminally truncated species. β-Site amyloid precursor protein-cleaving enzyme (BACE1) cleaves amyloid precursor protein in the first step in Aβ peptide production and is an attractive therapeutic target to limit Aβ generation. Inhibition of BACE1, however, induces a unique pattern of Aβ peptides with increased levels of N-terminally truncated Aβ peptides starting at position 5 (Aβ5-X), indicating that these peptides are generated through a BACE1-independent pathway. Here we elucidate the aggregation mechanism of Aβ5–42 and its influence on full-length Aβ42. We find that, compared to Aβ42, Aβ5–42 is more aggregation prone and displays enhanced nucleation rates. Aβ5–42 oligomers cause nonspecific membrane disruption to similar extent as Aβ42 but appear at earlier time points in the aggregation reaction. Noteworthy, this implies similar toxicity of Aβ42 and Aβ5–42 and the toxic species are generated faster by Aβ5–42. The increased rate of secondary nucleation on the surface of existing fibrils originates from a higher affinity of Aβ5–42 monomers for fibrils, as compared to Aβ42: an effect that may be related to the reduced net charge of Aβ5–42. Moreover, Aβ5–42 and Aβ42 peptides coaggregate into heteromolecular fibrils and either species can elongate existing Aβ42 or Aβ5–42 fibrils but Aβ42 fibrils are more catalytic than Aβ5–42 fibrils. Our findings highlight the importance of the N-terminus for surface-catalyzed nucleation and thus the production of toxic oligomers.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Increased Secondary Nucleation Underlies Accelerated Aggregation of the Four-Residue N-Terminally Truncated Aβ42 Species Aβ5-42 |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1021/acschemneuro.8b00676 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1021/acschemneuro.8b00676 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | misfolding, aggregation mechanism, toxicity, coaggregation, Alzheimer, BACE |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Neurodegenerative Diseases |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10070754 |
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