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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 414, Issue 5, Pages 699-712Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.09.044
Keywords
alpha-synuclein; noopept; amyloid; cytotoxicity; Parkinson's disease
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- Swedish Medical Research Council
- Kempe Foundation
- Swedish Brain Foundation
- O.E. and Edla Johanssons Vetenskapliga Stiftelse
- Umea Insamlingsstiftelsen
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Parkinson's disease is a common neurodegenerative disorder characterized by alpha-synuclein (alpha-Syn)-containing Lewy body formation and selective loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. We have demonstrated the modulating effect of noopept, a novel proline-containing dipeptide drug with nootropic and neuroprotective properties, on alpha-Syn oligomerization and fibrillation by using thioflavin T fluorescence, far-UV CD, and atomic force microscopy techniques. Noopept does not bind to a sterically specific site in the alpha-Syn molecule as revealed by heteronuclear two-dimensional NMR analysis, but due to hydrophobic interactions with toxic amyloid oligomers, it prompts their rapid sequestration into larger fibrillar amyloid aggregates. Consequently, this process rescues the cytotoxic effect of amyloid oligomers on neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells as demonstrated by using cell viability assays and fluorescent staining of apoptotic and necrotic cells and by assessing the level of intracellular oxidative stress. The mitigating effect of noopept against amyloid oligomeric cytotoxicity may offer additional benefits to the already well-established therapeutic functions of this new pharmaceutical. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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