Contribution of Disulfide Bonds to Stability, Folding, and Amyloid Fibril Formation: The PI3-SH3 Domain Case

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M. Sunde ◽  
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I. D. Campbell ◽  
C. M. Dobson

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Heath Ecroyd ◽  
David C. Thorn ◽  
Yanqin Liu ◽  
John A. Carver

Bovine milk κ-casein forms a self-associating oligomeric micelle-like species, in equilibrium with dissociated forms. In its native form, intra- and inter-molecular disulfide bonds lead to the formation of multimeric species ranging from monomers to decamers. When incubated under conditions of physiological pH and temperature, both reduced and non-reduced κ-casein form highly structured β-sheet amyloid fibrils. We investigated whether the precursor to κ-casein fibril formation is a dissociated state of the protein or its oligomeric micelle-like form. We show that reduced κ-casein is capable of forming fibrils well below its critical micelle concentration, i.e. at concentrations where only dissociated forms of the protein are present. Moreover, by regulating the degree of disulfide linkages, we were able to investigate how oligomerization of κ-casein influences its propensity for fibril formation under conditions of physiological pH and temperature. Thus, using fractions containing different proportions of multimeric species, we demonstrate that the propensity of the disulfide-linked multimers to form fibrils is inversely related to their size, with monomeric κ-casein being the most aggregation prone. We conclude that dissociated forms of κ-casein are the amyloidogenic precursors to fibril formation rather than oligomeric micelle-like species. The results highlight the role of oligomerization and natural binding partners in preventing amyloid fibril formation by disease-related proteins in vivo.


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T. Shirahama ◽  
M. Skinner ◽  
A.S. Cohen

A1thought the mechanisms of amyloidogenesis have not been entirely clarified, proteolysis of the parent proteins may be one of the important steps in the amyloid fibril formation. Recently, we reported that "dense fibrillar inclusions" (DFI), which had the characteristics of lysosomes and contained organized fibrillar profiles as well, were observed in the reticuloendothelial cells in close association with the foci of new amyloid deposits. We considered the findings as evidence for the involvement of lysosomal system in amyloid fibril formation (l). In the present study, we attempted to determine the identity of the contents of the DFI by the use of antisera against the amyloid protein (AA) and an immuno-electron microscopic technique.Amyloidosis was induced in CBA/J mice by daily injections of casein (l). AA was isolated from amyloid-laden spleens by gel filtration and antibody to it was produced in rabbits (2). For immunocytochemistry, the unlabeled antibody enzyme method (3) was employed.


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