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ReviewBiophysical chemistry2021

Visualizing and trapping transient oligomers in amyloid assembly pathways.

Emma E Cawood, Theodoros K Karamanos, Andrew J Wilson, Sheena E Radford

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Review in Biophysical chemistry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

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48 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Emma E CawoodAstbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK; Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
Theodoros K KaramanosAstbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK; Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Andrew J WilsonAstbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK. Electronic address: A.J.Wilson@leeds.ac.uk.
Sheena E RadfordAstbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK. Electronic address: S.E.Radford@leeds.ac.uk.

Funding

Wellcome Trust 204963Wellcome Trust 204963/Z/16/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oligomers which form during amyloid fibril assembly are considered to be key contributors towards amyloid disease. However, understanding how such intermediates form, their structure, and mechanisms of toxicity presents significant challenges due to their transient and heterogeneous nature. Here, we discuss two different strategies for addressing these challenges: use of (1) methods capable of detecting lowly-populated species within complex mixtures, such as NMR, single particle methods (including fluorescence and force spectroscopy), and mass spectrometry; and (2) chemical and biological tools to bias the amyloid energy landscape towards specific oligomeric states. While the former methods are well suited to following the kinetics of amyloid assembly and obtaining low-resolution structural information, the latter are capable of producing oligomer samples for high-resolution structural studies and inferring structure-toxicity relationships. Together, these different approaches should enable a clearer picture to be gained of the nature and role of oligomeric intermediates in amyloid formation and disease.

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AmyloidAmyloidosisAnimalsHumansKineticsMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyModels, MolecularProtein AggregatesProtein MultimerizationAmyloidProtein AggregatesAmyloid diseaseChemical toolNMROligomer stabilizationSingle particleTransient intermediate

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PMID33220582
PMCPMC8188297

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