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Identification of a penta- and hexapeptide of islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) with amyloidogenic and cytotoxic properties.

Abstract：

:Pancreatic amyloid is found in more than 95 % of type II diabetes patients. Pancreatic amyloid is formed by the aggregation of islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP or amylin), which is a 37-residue peptide. Because pancreatic amyloid is cytotoxic, it is believed that its formation is directly associated with the development of the disease. We recently showed that hIAPP amyloid formation follows the nucleation-dependent polymerization mechanism and proceeds via a conformational transition of soluble hIAPP into aggregated beta-sheets. Here, we report that the penta- and hexapeptide sequences, hIAPP(23-27) (FGAIL) and hIAPP(22-27) (NFGAIL) of hIAPP are sufficient for the formation of beta-sheet-containing amyloid fibrils. Although these two peptides differ by only one amino acid residue, they aggregate into completely different fibrillar assemblies. hIAPP(23-27) (FGAIL) fibrils self-assemble laterally into unusually broad ribbons, whereas hIAPP(22-27) (NFGAIL) fibrils coil around each other in a typical amyloid fibril morphology. hIAPP(20-27) (SNNFGAIL) also aggregates into beta-sheet-containing fibrils, whereas no amyloidogenicity is found for hIAPP(24-27) (GAIL), indicating that hIAPP(23-27) (FGAIL) is the shortest fibrillogenic sequence of hIAPP. Insoluble amyloid formation by the partial hIAPP sequences followed kinetics that were consistent with a nucleation-dependent polymerization mechanism. hIAPP(22-27) (NFGAIL), hIAPP(20-27) (SNNFGAIL), and also the known fibrillogenic sequence, hIAPP(20-29) (SNNFGAILSS) exhibited significantly lower kinetic and thermodynamic solubilities than the pentapeptide hIAPP(23-27) (FGAIL). Fibrils formed by all short peptide sequences and also by hIAPP(20-29) were cytotoxic towards the pancreatic cell line RIN5fm, whereas no cytotoxicity was observed for the soluble form of the peptides, a notion that is consistent with hIAPP cytotoxicity. Our results suggest that a penta- and hexapeptide sequence of an appropriate amino acid composition can be sufficient for beta-sheet and amyloid fibril formation and cytotoxicity and may assist in the rational design of inhibitors of pancreatic amyloid formation or other amyloidosis-related diseases.

journal_name

J Mol Biol

journal_title

Journal of molecular biology

authors

Tenidis K,Waldner M,Bernhagen J,Fischle W,Bergmann M,Weber M,Merkle ML,Voelter W,Brunner H,Kapurniotu A

doi

10.1006/jmbi.1999.3422

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pub_date

2000-01-28 00:00:00

pages

1055-71

issue

eissn

0022-2836

issn

1089-8638

pii

S0022-2836(99)93422-8

journal_volume

295

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Identification of a penta- and hexapeptide of islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) with amyloidogenic and cytotoxic properties.