Journal
MOLECULES
Volume 28, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules28010156
Keywords
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); degenerative myelopathy; superoxide dismutase 1; protein aggregation; amyloidogenic proteins
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Canine degenerative myelopathy (DM) is a neurodegenerative disease that serves as a natural model for human amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The aggregation of canine superoxide dismutase 1 (cSOD1) plays a key role in DM, similar to human ALS. The E40K mutation in cSOD1 is a major cause of DM.
Canine degenerative myelopathy (DM) is a human amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)-like neurodegenerative disease. It is a unique, naturally occurring animal model of human ALS. Canine DM is associated with the aggregation of canine superoxide dismutase 1 (cSOD1), which is similar to human ALS. Almost 100% of cases in dogs are familial, and the E40K mutation in cSOD1 is a major causative mutation of DM. Therefore, it is important to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying cSOD1(E40K) aggregation. To address this, we first analyzed the structural model of wild type cSOD1. Interactions were evident between amino acid E40 and K91. Therefore, the mutation at residue E40 causes loss of the interaction and may destabilize the native structure of cSOD1. Differential scanning fluorimetry revealed that the E40K mutant was less stable than the wild type. Moreover, stability could be recovered by the E40K and K91E double mutation. Acceleration of amyloid fibril formation in vitro and aggregate formation in cells of cSOD1(E40K) was also suppressed by the introduction of this double mutation in thioflavin T fluorescence assay results and in transfectant cells, respectively. These results clearly show the importance of the interaction between amino acid residues E40 and K91 in cSOD1 for the stability of the native structure and aggregation.
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