title: The Mechanism Underlying Amyloid Polymorphism is Opened for Alzheimer's Disease Amyloid-β Peptide.
abstract: It has been demonstrated using Aβ40 and Aβ42 recombinant and synthetic peptides that their fibrils are formed of complete oligomer ring structures. Such ring structures have a diameter of about 8-9 nm, an oligomer height of about 2- 4 nm, and an internal diameter of the ring of about 3-4 nm. Oligomers associate in a fibril in such a way that they interact with each other, overlapping slightly. There are differences in the packing of oligomers in fibrils of recombinant and synthetic Aβ peptides. The principal difference is in the degree of orderliness of ring-like oligomers that leads to generation of morphologically different fibrils. Most ordered association of ring-like structured oligomers is observed for a recombinant Aβ40 peptide. Less ordered fibrils are observed with the synthetic Aβ42 peptide. Fragments of fibrils the most protected from the action of proteases have been determined by tandem mass spectrometry. It was shown that unlike Aβ40, fibrils of Aβ42 are more protected, showing less ordered organization compared to that of Aβ40 fibrils. Thus, the mass spectrometry data agree with the electron microscopy data and structural models presented here.
authors: Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia.
authors: Olga M
authors: OM
authors: Selivanova
authors: Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia.|State Research Center for Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology, Obolensk, Serpukhov District, Moscow Region, Russia.
authors: Alexey K
authors: AK
authors: Surin
authors: Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia.
authors: Victor V
authors: VV
authors: Marchenkov
authors: Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia.
authors: Ulyana F
authors: UF
authors: Dzhus
authors: Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia.
authors: Elizaveta I
authors: EI
authors: Grigorashvili
authors: Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia.
authors: Mariya Yu
authors: MY
authors: Suvorina
authors: Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia.|Institute of Mathematical Problems of Biology, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia.
authors: Anna V
authors: AV
authors: Glyakina
authors: Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia.
authors: Nikita V
authors: NV
authors: Dovidchenko
authors: Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia.
authors: Oxana V
authors: OV
authors: Galzitskaya
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000502:physiology*; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary
chemical_list: D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides; D010446:Peptide Fragments; C078592:amyloid beta-protein (1-40); C075222:amyloid beta-protein (1-42)
keywords: Alzheimer’s disease; Aβ42 and Aβ40 peptides; amyloid fibrils; polymorphism; ring-like oligomers