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ArticleBiophysical journal2020

Unraveling VEALYL Amyloid Formation Using Advanced Vibrational Spectroscopy and Microscopy.

Steven J Roeters, Mathias Sawall, Carl E Eskildsen, Matthijs R Panman, Gergely Tordai, Mike Koeman, Klaus Neymeyr, Jeroen Jansen, Age K Smilde, Sander Woutersen

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Steven J RoetersVan't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Electronic address: s.j.roeters@chem.au.dk.
Mathias SawallInstitut für Mathematik, Universität Rostock, Rostock, Germany.
Carl E EskildsenInstitute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Matthijs R PanmanVan't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Gergely TordaiVan't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Mike KoemanInstitute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Klaus NeymeyrInstitut für Mathematik, Universität Rostock, Rostock, Germany; Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse, Rostock, Germany.
Jeroen JansenInstitute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Age K SmildeSwammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Sander WoutersenVan't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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Abstract

Intermediate species are hypothesized to play an important role in the toxicity of amyloid formation, a process associated with many diseases. This process can be monitored with conventional and two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy, vibrational circular dichroism, and optical and electron microscopy. Here, we present how combining these techniques provides insight into the aggregation of the hexapeptide VEALYL (Val-Glu-Ala-Leu-Tyr-Leu), the B-chain residue 12-17 segment of insulin that forms amyloid fibrils (intermolecularly hydrogen-bonded β-sheets) when the pH is lowered below 4. Under such circumstances, the aggregation commences after approximately an hour and continues to develop over a period of weeks. Singular value decompositions of one-dimensional and two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy spectra indicate that intermediate species are formed during the aggregation process. Multivariate curve resolution analyses of the one and two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy data show that the intermediates are more fibrillar and deprotonated than the monomers, whereas they are less ordered than the final fibrillar structure that is slowly formed from the intermediates. A comparison between the vibrational circular dichroism spectra and the scanning transmission electron microscopy and optical microscope images shows that the formation of mature fibrils of VEALYL correlates with the appearance of spherulites that are on the order of several micrometers, which give rise to a "giant" vibrational circular dichroism effect.

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AmyloidMicroscopyCircular DichroismProtein Conformation, beta-StrandSpectroscopy, Fourier Transform InfraredVibrationAmyloid

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PMID32562617
PMCPMC7335935

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