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BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENERAL SUBJECTS
Volume 1860, Issue 11, Pages 2474-2483Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2016.07.019
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Molecular chaperones; Chaperonin; Amyloid aggregation; Inhibition mechanisms; Alzheimer's disease treatment
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- Italian grant FIRB Future in research RBFR12SIPT MIND: Multidisciplinary Investigations for the development of Neuro-protective Drugs
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Background: Molecular chaperones are a very special class of proteins that play essential roles in many cellular processes like folding, targeting and transport of proteins. Moreover, recent evidence indicates that chaperones can act as potentially strong suppressor agents in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Indeed, in vitro experiments demonstrate that several chaperones are able to significantly slow down or suppress aggregation of A beta peptide and in vivo studies reveal that treatment with specific chaperones or their overexpression can ameliorate some distinct pathological signs characterizing AD. Methods: Here we investigate using a biophysical approach (fluorescence, circular dichroism (CD), transmission electron (TEM) and atomic force (AFM) microscopy, size exclusion chromatography (SEC)) the effect of the human chaperonin Hsp60 on A beta fibrillogenesis. Results: We found that Hsp60 powerfully inhibits A beta amyloid aggregation, by closing molecular pathways leading to peptide fibrillogenesis. Conclusions: We observe that Hsp60 inhibits A beta aggregation through a more complex mechanism than a simple folding chaperone action. The action is specifically directed toward the early oligomeric species behaving as aggregation seeds for on-pathway amyloid fibrillogenesis. General significance: Understanding the specificity of the molecular interactions of Hsp60 with amyloid A beta peptide allowed us to emphasize the important aspects to be talcen into consideration when considering the recent promising therapeutic strategies for neurodegeneration (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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