Journal
FEBS LETTERS
Volume 583, Issue 9, Pages 1439-1445Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.03.059
Keywords
Amylin; Islet amyloid polypeptide; Type II diabetes mellitus; Amyloid; Giant unilamellar lipid vesicle; Model raft mixture; Fluorescence microscopy; Cytotoxicity
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- DFG
- IMPRS-CB
- country NRW
- EU
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Type II diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a disease characterized by progressive deposition of amyloid in the extracellular matrix of beta-cells. We investigated the interaction of the islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) with lipid model raft mixtures and INS-1E cells using fluorescence microscopy techniques. Following preferential partitioning of IAPP into the fluid lipid phase, the membrane suffers irreversible damage and predominantly circularly-shaped lipid-containing IAPP amyloid is formed. Interaction studies with the pancreatic beta-cell line INS-1E revealed that growing IAPP fibrils also incorporate substantial amounts of cellular membranes in vivo. Additionally, the inhibitory effect of the red wine compound resveratrol on IAPP fibril formation has been studied, alluding to its potential use in developing therapeutic strategies against T2DM. (C) 2009 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.
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