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ArticleJournal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)2022

Structurally Altered, Not Wild-Type, Pentameric C-Reactive Protein Inhibits Formation of Amyloid-β Fibrils.

Donald N Ngwa, Alok Agrawal

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Article in Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Donald N NgwaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN.
Alok AgrawalDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN agrawal@etsu.edu.
East Tennessee State University · US

Funding

C-reactive protein in rheumatoid arthritisR01AR068787 · NIAMS · EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI AGRAWAL, ALOK · 2015 to 2019
$2.7M
Complement-mediated anti-pneumococcal functions of C-reactive proteinR01AI151561 · NIAID · EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI SINGH, SANJAY KUMAR · 2020 to 2024
$1.9M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI151561NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR068787
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The structure of wild-type pentameric C-reactive protein (CRP) is stabilized by two calcium ions that are required for the binding of CRP to its ligand phosphocholine. CRP in its structurally altered pentameric conformations also binds to proteins that are denatured and aggregated by immobilization on microtiter plates; however, the identity of the ligand on immobilized proteins remains unknown. We tested the hypotheses that immobilization of proteins generated an amyloid-like structure and that amyloid-like structure was the ligand for structurally altered pentameric CRP. We found that the Abs to amyloid-β peptide 1-42 (Aβ) reacted with immobilized proteins, indicating that some immobilized proteins express an Aβ epitope. Accordingly, four different CRP mutants capable of binding to immobilized proteins were constructed, and their binding to fluid-phase Aβ was determined. All CRP mutants bound to fluid-phase Aβ, suggesting that Aβ is a ligand for structurally altered pentameric CRP. In addition, the interaction between CRP mutants and Aβ prevented the formation of Aβ fibrils. The growth of Aβ fibrils was also halted when CRP mutants were added to growing fibrils. Biochemical analyses of CRP mutants revealed altered topology of the Ca

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C-Reactive ProteinPhosphorylcholineAmyloid beta-PeptidesCalciumEpitopesImmobilized ProteinsLigandsPeptide FragmentsAmyloid beta-PeptidesCalciumC-Reactive ProteinEpitopesImmobilized ProteinsLigandsPeptide FragmentsPhosphorylcholine

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PMID35977795
PMCPMC9492646
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