Effect of acid predissolution on fibril size and fibril flexibility of synthetic beta-amyloid peptide.
beta-amyloid peptide (A beta) is the major protein component of senile plaques and cerebrovascular amyloid deposits in Alzheimer's patients. Several researchers have demonstrated that A beta is neurotoxic in in vitro and in vivo systems. Peptide aggregation state and/or conformation might play a significant role in determining the toxicity of the peptide. The size and flexibility of fibrils formed from the synthetic peptide beta (1-39), corresponding to the first 39 residues of A beta, were determined. Samples were prepared either directly from lyophilized peptide or diluted from a 10 mg/ml stock solution in 0.1% trifluoroacetic acid (TFA). All samples had a final peptide concentration of 0.5 mg/ml, a final pH of 7.4, and a final NaCl concentration of 0.14 M. The molecular weight and linear density of the fibrils increased with increasing pre-incubation time in TFA, based on static light scattering measurements. Analysis of the angular dependence of the intensity of scattered light indicated that the fibrils were semi-flexible chains and that the fibril flexibility decreased with increasing pre-incubation time in TFA. There was a concomitant change in phase behavior from precipitation to gelation with the decrease in fibril flexibility.
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- Trifluoroacetic Acid
- Solubility
- Scattering, Radiation
- Protein Structure, Secondary
- Protein Conformation
- Oxidation-Reduction
- Molecular Structure
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Microscopy, Electron
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Published In
DOI
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Publication Date
Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
Related Subject Headings
- Trifluoroacetic Acid
- Solubility
- Scattering, Radiation
- Protein Structure, Secondary
- Protein Conformation
- Oxidation-Reduction
- Molecular Structure
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Microscopy, Electron
- Light