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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

Effect of Ionic Strength on Thioflavin-T Affinity to Amyloid Fibrils and Its Fluorescence Intensity.

Kamile Mikalauskaite, Mantas Ziaunys, Tomas Sneideris, Vytautas Smirnovas

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Kamile MikalauskaiteInstitute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania.
Mantas ZiaunysInstitute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania.
Tomas SneiderisInstitute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania.ORCID 0000-0001-5285-871X
Vytautas SmirnovasInstitute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania.ORCID 0000-0002-1829-5455
Vilnius University · LT

Funding

Vilnius University MSF-JM-3
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The formation of amyloid fibrils is linked to multiple neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. Despite years of research and countless studies on the topic of such aggregate formation, as well as their resulting structure, the current knowledge is still fairly limited. One of the main aspects prohibiting effective aggregation tracking is the environment's effect on amyloid-specific dyes, namely thioflavin-T (ThT). Currently, there are only a few studies hinting at ionic strength being one of the factors that modulate the dye's binding affinity and fluorescence intensity. In this work we explore this effect under a range of ionic strength conditions, using insulin, lysozyme, mouse prion protein, and α-synuclein fibrils. We show that ionic strength is an extremely important factor affecting both the binding affinity, as well as the fluorescence intensity of ThT.

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alpha-SynucleinAlzheimer DiseaseAmyloidAnimalsBenzothiazolesBinding SitesFluorescenceHumansInsulinKineticsMiceOsmolar ConcentrationParkinson DiseasePrion ProteinsProtein AggregatesProtein Aggregation, Pathologicalalpha-SynucleinAmyloidBenzothiazolesInsulinPrion ProteinsPrnp protein, mouseProtein Aggregatesthioflavin Tamyloidionic strengthprotein aggregationthioflavin-T

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PMID33255444
PMCPMC7727833
OpenAlexW3109912087

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