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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 99, 期 1, 页码 150-154出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.012584899
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- NIA NIH HHS [1PO1AG14366] Funding Source: Medline
Increasing evidence supports the hypothesis that amyloid beta-protein (Abeta) assembly is a key pathogenic feature of Alzheimer's disease. Thus, understanding the assembly process offers opportunities for the development of strategies for treating this devastating disease. In prior studies, Abeta was found to form micelle-like aggregates under acidic conditions. These structures exhibited an average observed hydrodynamic radius of 7 nm. They were found to be in rapid equilibrium with Abeta monomers or low molecular weight oligomers, and were centers of fibril nucleation. Here the technique of small angle neutron scattering has been used to determine the structure of these All micelles. The data reveal that the micellar assemblies comprise 30-50 Abeta monomers and have elongated geometries. The best fit of the data to a uniform spherocylinder yields a radius approximate to2.4nm and cylinder length approximate to11 nm. These structure parameters remain constant over more than a decade in concentration range. The concentration independence of the length of the cylindrical aggregate indicates the presence of an internal nonrepetitive structure that spans the entire length of the Abeta assembly.
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