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ArticleJournal of molecular biology2014

The glaucoma-associated olfactomedin domain of myocilin forms polymorphic fibrils that are constrained by partial unfolding and peptide sequence.

Shannon E Hill, Rebecca K Donegan, Raquel L Lieberman

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Article in Journal of molecular biology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Protein misfolding and mitochondrial dysfunction in glaucoma.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025
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  5. Evidence for SbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
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  8. Myocilin misfolding and glaucoma: A 20-year update.Progress in retinal and eye research · 2023
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  11. Calcium dysregulation potentiates wild-type myocilin misfolding: implications for glaucoma pathogenesis.Journal of biological inorganic chemistry : JBIC : a publication of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry · 2022
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shannon E HillSchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, 901 Atlantic Drive Northwest, Atlanta, GA 30332-0400, USA.
Rebecca K DoneganSchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, 901 Atlantic Drive Northwest, Atlanta, GA 30332-0400, USA.
Raquel L LiebermanSchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, 901 Atlantic Drive Northwest, Atlanta, GA 30332-0400, USA. Electronic address: raquel.lieberman@chemistry.gatech.edu.
Georgia Institute of Technology · US

Funding

Request for Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health Related ResearchR01EY021205 · NEI · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Raquel L Lieberman · 2011 to 2026
$6.8M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY021205NEI NIH HHS R01EY021205
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The glaucoma-associated olfactomedin domain of myocilin (myoc-OLF) is a recent addition to the growing list of disease-associated amyloidogenic proteins. Inherited, disease-causing myocilin variants aggregate intracellularly instead of being secreted to the trabecular meshwork, which is a scenario toxic to trabecular meshwork cells and leads to early onset of ocular hypertension, the major risk factor for glaucoma. Here we systematically structurally and biophysically dissected myoc-OLF to better understand its amyloidogenesis. Under mildly destabilizing conditions, wild-type myoc-OLF adopts non-native structures that readily fibrillize when incubated at a temperature just below the transition for tertiary unfolding. With buffers at physiological pH, two main endpoint fibril morphologies are observed: (a) straight fibrils common to many amyloids and (b) unique micron-length, ~300 nm or larger diameter, species that lasso oligomers, which also exhibit classical spectroscopic amyloid signatures. Three disease-causing variants investigated herein exhibit non-native tertiary structures under physiological conditions, leading to a variety of growth rates and a fibril morphologies. In particular, the well-documented D380A variant, which lacks calcium, forms large circular fibrils. Two amyloid-forming peptide stretches have been identified, one for each of the main fibril morphologies observed. Our study places myoc-OLF within the larger landscape of the amylome and provides insight into the diversity of myoc-OLF aggregation that plays a role in glaucoma pathogenesis.

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Amino Acid SequenceAmyloidCircular DichroismCytoskeletal ProteinsExtracellular Matrix ProteinsEye ProteinsGlaucomaGlycoproteinsHumansHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationMolecular Sequence DataMyocilinProtein FoldingProtein Structure, TertiarySodium ChlorideAmyloidCytoskeletal ProteinsExtracellular Matrix ProteinsEye ProteinsGlycoproteinsMyocilinolfactomedinSodium ChlorideAFMamyloidanilinonaphthalene-1-sulfonateANSatomic force microscopycircular dichroismendoplasmic reticulumERFourier transform infrared spectroscopyFTIRprotein misfoldingprotein structureTEVthioflavin TThTTMtobacco etch virustrabecular meshwork

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PMID24333014
PMCPMC3946817
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