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ArticleExperimental eye research2015

Role of αA-crystallin-derived αA66-80 peptide in guinea pig lens crystallin aggregation and insolubilization.

Murugesan Raju, Brian P Mooney, Kavi M Thakkar, Frank J Giblin, Kevin L Schey, K Krishna Sharma

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Article in Experimental eye research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Murugesan RajuDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Medicine, Columbia 65212, MO, USA.
Brian P MooneyDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Medicine, Columbia 65212, MO, USA.
Kavi M ThakkarDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Medicine, Columbia 65212, MO, USA.
Frank J GiblinEye Research Institute, Oakland University, Rochester 48309, MI, USA.
Kevin L ScheyDepartment of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville 37232, USA.
K Krishna SharmaDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Medicine, Columbia 65212, MO, USA; Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Medicine, Columbia 65212, MO, USA. Electronic address: sharmak@health.missouri.edu.
University of Missouri · USOakland University · USVanderbilt University · US

Funding

PROTEINS OF NORMAL AND CATARACTOUS LENSESR01EY002027 · NEI · OAKLAND UNIVERSITY · PI GIBLIN, FRANK JOSEPH · 1985 to 2017
$6.1M
Crystallin-Derived Anti-Chaperones in the LensR01EY019878 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA · PI SHARMA, KRISHNA K · 2010 to 2013
$1.4M
NEI NIH HHS EY 02027NEI NIH HHS EY19878NEI NIH HHS R01 EY002027NEI NIH HHS R01 EY019878
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Earlier we reported that low molecular weight (LMW) peptides accumulate in aging human lens tissue and that among the LMW peptides, the chaperone inhibitor peptide αA66-80, derived from α-crystallin protein, is one of the predominant peptides. We showed that in vitro αA66-80 induces protein aggregation. The current study was undertaken to determine whether LMW peptides are also present in guinea pig lens tissue subjected to hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) in vivo. The nuclear opacity induced by HBO in guinea pig lens is the closest animal model for studying age-related cataract formation in humans. A LMW peptide profile by mass spectrometry showed the presence of an increased amount of LMW peptides in HBO-treated guinea pig lenses compared to age-matched controls. Interestingly, the mass spectrometric data also showed that the chaperone inhibitor peptide αA66-80 accumulates in HBO-treated guinea pig lens. Following incubation of synthetic chaperone inhibitor peptide αA66-80 with α-crystallin from guinea pig lens extracts, we observed a decreased ability of α-crystallin to inhibit the amorphous aggregation of the target protein alcohol dehydrogenase and the formation of large light scattering aggregates, similar to those we have observed with human α-crystallin and αA66-80 peptide. Further, time-lapse recordings showed that a preformed complex of α-crystallin and αA66-80 attracted additional crystallin molecules to form even larger aggregates. These results demonstrate that LMW peptide-mediated cataract development in aged human lens and in HBO-induced lens opacity in the guinea pig may have common molecular pathways.

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Hyperbaric Oxygenationalpha-CrystallinsAnimalsCataractDisease Models, AnimalGuinea PigsLens, CrystallineMass SpectrometryMolecular ChaperonesPeptide Fragmentsalpha-CrystallinsMolecular ChaperonesPeptide FragmentsAggregationCataractChaperoneCrystallinGuinea pigsHyperbaric oxygenLensPeptide

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