Abstract：
:Amyloid fibrils comprising primarily the peptides A beta 40 and A beta 42 are a defining feature of the Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain, and convergent evidence suggests that the process of their formation plays a central role in the AD pathogenic pathway. Elucidation of fibril assembly is critical for the discovery of potential AD diagnostics and therapeutics, since the pathogenic entity is not necessarily the product fibril, but could be a precursor species whose formation is linked to fibrillogenesis in vivo. Atomic force microscopy allowed the identification of an unanticipated intermediate in in vitro fibril formation, the A beta amyloid protofibril. This manuscript describes studies of the structure of the A beta 40 protofibril and its in vitro assembly and disassembly using atomic force microscopy (AFM). The A beta 40 protofibril has a height of ca. 4.3 +/- 0.5 nm and a periodicity of ca. 20 +/- 4.7 nm. The rate of its elongation depends on the total concentration of A beta 40, the temperature, and ionic strength of the medium. A beta 42 and A beta 40 protofibrils elongate at a comparable rate. Statistical analysis of AFM data reveals a decrease in the number of protofibrils with time, indicating that coalescence of smaller protofibrils contributes to protofibril elongation. Similar analysis reveals that protofibrils shorten while the number of protofibrils also decrease following dilution, indicating that protofibril disassembly does not proceed by a reverse of the assembly process. These investigations provide systematic data defining factors affecting A beta fibrillization and, thus, should be valuable in the design of high-throughput assays to identify agents which alter A beta protofibril assembly.
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Biochemistryjournal_title
Biochemistryauthors
Harper JD,Wong SS,Lieber CM,Lansbury PT Jrdoi
10.1021/bi9904149subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1999-07-13 00:00:00pages
8972-80issue
28eissn
0006-2960issn
1520-4995pii
bi9904149journal_volume
38pub_type
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