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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2019

Structural progression of amyloid-β Arctic mutant aggregation in cells revealed by multiparametric imaging.

Meng Lu, Neil Williamson, Ajay Mishra, Claire H Michel, Clemens F Kaminski, Alan Tunnacliffe, Gabriele S Kaminski Schierle

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2019. 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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21 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Meng LuCambridge Infinitus Research Centre, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0AS, United Kingdom; Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, West Cambridge Site, Philippa Fawcett Drive, Cambridge CB3 0AS, United Kingdom.
Neil WilliamsonDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, West Cambridge Site, Philippa Fawcett Drive, Cambridge CB3 0AS, United Kingdom.
Ajay MishraCambridge Infinitus Research Centre, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0AS, United Kingdom; Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, West Cambridge Site, Philippa Fawcett Drive, Cambridge CB3 0AS, United Kingdom.
Claire H MichelDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, West Cambridge Site, Philippa Fawcett Drive, Cambridge CB3 0AS, United Kingdom.
Clemens F KaminskiCambridge Infinitus Research Centre, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0AS, United Kingdom; Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, West Cambridge Site, Philippa Fawcett Drive, Cambridge CB3 0AS, United Kingdom.
Alan TunnacliffeCambridge Infinitus Research Centre, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0AS, United Kingdom.
Gabriele S Kaminski SchierleCambridge Infinitus Research Centre, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0AS, United Kingdom; Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, West Cambridge Site, Philippa Fawcett Drive, Cambridge CB3 0AS, United Kingdom. Electronic address: gsk20@cam.ac.uk.
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Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/H023917/1Medical Research Council G0902243Medical Research Council MC_G1000734Medical Research Council MR/K02292X/1Medical Research Council MR/N012453/1Wellcome Trust 203249/Z/16/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The 42-amino-acid β-amyloid (Aβ42) is a critical causative agent in the pathology of Alzheimer's disease. The hereditary Arctic mutation of Aβ42 (E22G) leads to increased intracellular accumulation of β-amyloid in early-onset Alzheimer's disease. However, it remains largely unknown how the Arctic mutant variant leads to aggressive protein aggregation and increased intracellular toxicity. Here, we constructed stable cell lines expressing fluorescent-tagged wildtype (WT) and E22G Aβ42 to study the aggregation kinetics of the Arctic Aβ42 mutant peptide and its heterogeneous structural forms. Arctic-mutant peptides assemble and form fibrils at a much faster rate than WT peptides. We identified five categories of intracellular aggregate-oligomers, single fibrils, fibril bundles, clusters, and aggresomes-that underline the heterogeneity of these Aβ42 aggregates and represent the progression of Aβ42 aggregation within the cell. Fluorescence-lifetime imaging (FLIM) and 3D structural illumination microscopy (SIM) showed that all aggregate species displayed highly compact structures with strong affinity between individual fibrils. We also found that aggregates formed by Arctic mutant Aβ42 were more resistant to intracellular degradation than their WT counterparts. Our findings uncover the structural basis of the progression of Arctic mutant Aβ42 aggregation in the cell.

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MutationProtein MultimerizationAmyloid beta-PeptidesHumansKineticsMicroscopy, ConfocalMicroscopy, FluorescenceModels, MolecularOptical ImagingProtein ConformationAmyloid beta-Peptides3D structure of amyloid aggregatesAlzheimer's diseaseamyloid-βamyloid-β (Aβ)Arctic mutantmicroscopic imagingmolecular dynamicsneurodegenerationprotein aggregationSIMstructural model

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PMID30504224
PMCPMC6364760
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