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ArticleBiochemistry2014

Rationally designed, nontoxic, nonamyloidogenic analogues of human islet amyloid polypeptide with improved solubility.

Hui Wang, Andisheh Abedini, Bela Ruzsicska, Daniel P Raleigh

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Article in Biochemistry, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hui WangDepartment of Chemistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook , Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States.
Andisheh Abedini
Bela Ruzsicska
Daniel P Raleigh
Stony Brook University · USNew York University · USState University of New York · US

Funding

Biophysical Studies of Amyloid Formation by Polypeptide HormonesR01GM078114 · NIGMS · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI RALEIGH, DANIEL P · 2008 to 2024
$5.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM078114NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM078114
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP or amylin) is a polypeptide hormone produced in the pancreatic β-cells that plays a role in glycemic control. hIAPP is deficient in type 1 and type 2 diabetes and is a promising adjunct to insulin therapy. However, hIAPP rapidly forms amyloid, and its strong tendency to aggregate limits its usefulness. The process of hIAPP amyloid formation is toxic to cultured β-cells and islets, and islet amyloid formation in vivo has been linked to β-cell death and islet graft failure. An analogue of hIAPP with a weakened tendency to aggregate, denoted pramlintide (PM), has been approved for clinical applications, but suffers from poor solubility, particularly at physiological pH, and its unfavorable solubility profile prevents coformulation with insulin. We describe a strategy for rationally designing analogues of hIAPP with improved properties; key proline mutations are combined with substitutions that increase the net charge of the molecule. An H18R/G24P/I26P triple mutant and an H18R/A25P/S28P/S29P quadruple mutant are significantly more soluble at neutral pH than hIAPP or PM. They are nonamyloidogenic and are not toxic to rat INS β-cells. The approach is not limited to these examples; additional analogues can be designed using this strategy. To illustrate this point, we show that an S20R/G24P/I26P triple mutant and an H18R/I26P double mutant are nonamyloidogenic and significantly more soluble than human IAPP or PM. These analogues and second-generation derivatives are potential candidates for the coformulation of IAPP with insulin and other polypeptides.

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Amino Acid SequenceAmino Acid SubstitutionAnimalsCells, CulturedHumansHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationInsulinInsulin-Secreting CellsIslet Amyloid PolypeptideMolecular Sequence DataMutationPeptidesProlineProtein EngineeringRatsInsulinIslet Amyloid PolypeptidePeptidespramlintideProline

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PMID25140605
PMCPMC4172205
OpenAlexW2328527128

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