Journal
ACS CHEMICAL NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 8, Issue 6, Pages 1368-1377Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.7b00015
Keywords
Fluorinated graphene quantum dots; amyloid peptide; aggregation; inhibitor; cell viability; hIAPP
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21273051]
- Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDA09030306]
- Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation [2162044]
- AS-TVVAS President's Fellowship
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Fibrillar deposits of the human islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP) are considered as a root of Type II diabetes mellitus. Fluorinated graphene quantum dots (FGQDs) are new carbon nanomaterials with unique physicochemical properties containing highly electronegative F atoms. Herein we report a single step synthesis method of FGQDs with an inhibitory effect on aggregation and cytotoxicity of hIAPP in vitro. Highly fluorescent and water dispersible FGQDs, less than 3 nm in size, were synthesized by the microwave-assisted hydrothermal method. Efficient inhibition capability of FGQDs to amyloid aggregation was demonstrated. The morphologies of hIAPP aggregates were observed to change from the entangled long fibrils to short thin fibrils and amorphous aggregates in the presence of FGQDs. In thioflavin T fluorescence analysis, inhibited aggregation with prolonged lag time and reduced fluorescence intensity at equilibrium were observed when hIAPP was incubated together with FGQDs. Circular dichroism spectrum results reveal that FGQDs could inhibit conformational transition of the peptide from native structure to beta-sheets. FGQDs could also rescue the cytotoxicity of INS-1 cells induced by hIAPP in a dose dependent manner. This study could be beneficial for design and preparation of inhibitors for amyloids, which is important for prevention and treatment of amyloidosis.
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