期刊
CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES
卷 66, 期 1, 页码 62-81出版社
SPRINGER BASEL AG
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-008-8327-4
关键词
Amyloid fibril; protein aggregation; protein folding; molecular chaperone; small heat-shock protein; crystallin; lens; cataract; Alzheimer's disease; Parkinson's disease
资金
- National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia
- Australian Research Council
Improper protein folding (misfolding) can lead to the formation of disordered (amorphous) or ordered (amyloid fibril) aggregates. The major lens protein, alpha-crystallin, is a member of the small heat-shock protein (sHsp) family of intracellular molecular chaperone proteins that prevent protein aggregation. Whilst the chaperone activity of sHsps against amorphously aggregating proteins has been well studied, its action against fibril-forming proteins has received less attention despite the presence of sHsps in deposits found in fibril-associated diseases (e.g. Alzheimer's and Parkinson's). In this review, the literature on the interaction of alpha B-crystallin and other sHsps with fibril-forming proteins is summarized. In particular, the ability of sHsps to prevent fibril formation, their mechanisms of action and the possible in vivo consequences of such associations are discussed. Finally, the fibril-forming propensity of the crystallin proteins and its implications for cataract formation are described along with the potential use of fibrillar crystallin proteins as bionanomaterials.
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