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ArticlePloS one2009

Screening for toxic amyloid in yeast exemplifies the role of alternative pathway responsible for cytotoxicity.

Julien Couthouis, Karine Rébora, Françoise Immel, Karine Berthelot, Michel Castroviejo, Christophe Cullin

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Article in PloS one, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 18 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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Julien CouthouisIBGC, UMR 5095, CNRS Université Bordeaux 2 "Victor Segalen", Bordeaux, France.
Karine Rébora
Françoise Immel
Karine Berthelot
Michel Castroviejo
Christophe Cullin
Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires · FRGalen University · BZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The relationship between amyloid and toxic species is a central problem since the discovery of amyloid structures in different diseases. Despite intensive efforts in the field, the deleterious species remains unknown at the molecular level. This may reflect the lack of any structure-toxicity study based on a genetic approach. Here we show that a structure-toxicity study without any biochemical prerequisite can be successfully achieved in yeast. A PCR mutagenesis of the amyloid domain of HET-s leads to the identification of a mutant that might impair cellular viability. Cellular and biochemical analyses demonstrate that this toxic mutant forms GFP-amyloid aggregates that differ from the wild-type aggregates in their shape, size and molecular organization. The chaperone Hsp104 that helps to disassemble protein aggregates is strictly required for the cellular toxicity. Our structure-toxicity study suggests that the smallest aggregates are the most toxic, and opens a new way to analyze the relationship between structure and toxicity of amyloid species.

Indexed as

AmyloidDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHeat-Shock ProteinsSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsStructure-Activity RelationshipYeastsAmyloidGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHeat-Shock ProteinsHsP104 protein, S cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins

Identifiers

PMID19262694
PMCPMC2650408
OpenAlexW2087216201

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