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ArticlePloS one2014

Oxidation enhances human serum albumin thermal stability and changes the routes of amyloid fibril formation.

Giuseppe Sancataldo, Valeria Vetri, Vito Foderà, Gianluca Di Cara, Valeria Militello, Maurizio Leone

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Article in PloS one, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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Giuseppe SancataldoDipartimento di Fisica e Chimica, Universita' di Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Valeria VetriDipartimento di Fisica e Chimica, Universita' di Palermo, Palermo, Italy ; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche-IBF u.o. Palermo, Italy.
Vito FoderàDepartment of Drug Design and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark ; Sector of Biological and Soft Systems, Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Gianluca Di CaraCentro di Oncobiologia Sperimentale, Palermo, Italy.
Valeria MilitelloDipartimento di Fisica e Chimica, Universita' di Palermo, Palermo, Italy ; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche-IBF u.o. Palermo, Italy.
Maurizio LeoneDipartimento di Fisica e Chimica, Universita' di Palermo, Palermo, Italy ; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche-IBF u.o. Palermo, Italy.

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Abstract

Oxidative damages are linked to several aging-related diseases and are among the chemical pathways determining protein degradation. Specifically, interplay of oxidative stress and protein aggregation is recognized to have a link to the loss of cellular function in pathologies like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. Interaction between protein and reactive oxygen species may indeed induce small changes in protein structure and lead to the inhibition/modification of protein aggregation process, potentially determining the formation of species with different inherent toxicity. Understanding the temperate relationship between these events can be of utmost importance in unraveling the molecular basis of neurodegeneration. In this work, we investigated the effect of hydrogen peroxide oxidation on Human Serum Albumin (HSA) structure, thermal stability and aggregation properties. In the selected conditions, HSA forms fibrillar aggregates, while the oxidized protein undergoes aggregation via new routes involving, in different extents, specific domains of the molecule. Minute variations due to oxidation of single residues affect HSA tertiary structure leading to protein compaction, increased thermal stability, and reduced association propensity.

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Protein MultimerizationTemperatureAmyloidHumansHydrogen PeroxideKineticsOxidation-ReductionProtein StabilityProtein Structure, SecondarySerum AlbuminAmyloidHydrogen PeroxideSerum Albumin

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PMID24416244
PMCPMC3885593

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