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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2007

Production and characterization of RNA aptamers specific for amyloid fibril epitopes.

David H J Bunka, Benjamin J Mantle, Isobel J Morten, Glenys A Tennent, Sheena E Radford, Peter G Stockley

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

David H J BunkaAstbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Benjamin J Mantle
Isobel J Morten
Glenys A Tennent
Sheena E Radford
Peter G Stockley
University of Leeds · GBInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology · GBUniversity College London · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council G19036Medical Research Council G0200529Wellcome Trust 075099
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

One of the most fascinating features of amyloid fibrils is their generic cross-beta architecture that can be formed from many different and completely unrelated proteins. Nonetheless, amyloid fibrils with diverse structural and phenotypic properties can form, both in vivo and in vitro, from the same protein sequence. Here, we have exploited the power of RNA selection techniques to isolate small, structured, single-stranded RNA molecules known as aptamers that were targeted specifically to amyloid-like fibrils formed in vitro from beta(2)-microglobulin (beta(2)m), the amyloid fibril protein associated with dialysis-related amyloidosis. The aptamers bind with high affinity (apparent K(D) approximately nm) to beta(2)m fibrils with diverse morphologies generated under different conditions in vitro, as well as to amyloid fibrils isolated from tissues of dialysis-related amyloidosis patients, demonstrating that they can detect conserved epitopes between different fibrillar species of beta(2)m. Interestingly, the aptamers also recognize some other, but not all, amyloid fibrils generated in vitro or isolated from ex vivo sources. Based on these observations, we have shown that although amyloid fibrils share many common structural properties, they also have features that are unique to individual fibril types.

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AmyloidAmyloidosisAnimalsAptamers, Nucleotidebeta 2-MicroglobulinEpitopesHumansAmyloidAptamers, Nucleotidebeta 2-MicroglobulinEpitopes

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PMID17878167
PMCPMC8782670
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