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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2024

Secondary Nucleation of Aβ Revealed by Single-Molecule and Computational Approaches.

Nathan Meyer, Nicolas Arroyo, Lois Roustan, Jean-Marc Janot, Saly Charles-Achille, Joan Torrent, Fabien Picaud, Sébastien Balme

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Amyloid Beta Oligomers as Early Triggers of Neuronal Cytoskeleton Dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2026
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  6. Secondary Nucleation of Aβ Revealed by Single-Molecule and Computational Approaches.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Nathan MeyerInstitut Européen des Membranes, UMR5635 University of Montpellier ENCSM CNRS, Place Eugène Bataillon, Montpellier, 34095, France.
Nicolas ArroyoUR SINERGIES, University of Besançon, 16 route de Gray, Besançon, 25000, France.
Lois RoustanInstitut Européen des Membranes, UMR5635 University of Montpellier ENCSM CNRS, Place Eugène Bataillon, Montpellier, 34095, France.
Jean-Marc JanotInstitut Européen des Membranes, UMR5635 University of Montpellier ENCSM CNRS, Place Eugène Bataillon, Montpellier, 34095, France.
Saly Charles-AchilleInstitut Européen des Membranes, UMR5635 University of Montpellier ENCSM CNRS, Place Eugène Bataillon, Montpellier, 34095, France.
Joan TorrentINM, University of Montpellier, INSERM, Montpellier, 34090, France.
Fabien PicaudUR SINERGIES, University of Besançon, 16 route de Gray, Besançon, 25000, France.
Sébastien BalmeInstitut Européen des Membranes, UMR5635 University of Montpellier ENCSM CNRS, Place Eugène Bataillon, Montpellier, 34095, France.ORCID 0000-0001-8631-5334

Funding

Agence Nationale de la Recherche ANR-19-CE42-0006
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding the mechanisms underlying amyloid-β (Aβ) aggregation is pivotal in the context of Alzheimer's disease. This study aims to elucidate the secondary nucleation process of Aβ42 peptides by combining experimental and computational methods. Using a newly developed nanopipette-based amyloid seeding and translocation assay, confocal fluorescence spectroscopy, and molecular dynamics simulations, the influence of the seed properties on Aβ aggregation is investigated. Both fragmented and unfragmented seeds played distinct roles in the formation of oligomers, with fragmented seeds facilitating the formation of larger aggregates early in the incubation phase. The results show that secondary nucleation leads to the formation of oligomers of various sizes and structures as well as larger fibrils structured in β-sheets. From these findings a mechanism of secondary nucleation involving two types of aggregate populations, one released and one growing on the mother fiber is proposed.

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Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesMolecular Dynamics SimulationHumansSingle Molecule ImagingSpectrometry, FluorescenceAmyloid beta-Peptidesamyloidconfocal fluorescence spectroscopynanoporesecondary nucleationsingle molecule

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PMID39159070
PMCPMC11497034

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