Solid-Phase Synthesis and Characterization of N-Terminally Elongated Aß-3-x -Peptides.
Chemistry
; 22(25): 8685-93, 2016 Jun 13.
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ABSTRACT
In addition to the prototypic amyloid-ß (Aß) peptides Aß1-40 and Aß1-42 , several Aß variants differing in their amino and carboxy termini have been described. Synthetic availability of an Aß variant is often the key to study its role under physiological or pathological conditions. Herein, we report a protocol for the efficient solid-phase peptide synthesis of the N-terminally elongated Aß-peptides Aß-3-38 , Aß-3-40 , and Aß-3-42 . Biophysical characterization by NMR spectroscopy, CD spectroscopy, an aggregation assay, and electron microscopy revealed that all three peptides were prone to aggregation into amyloid fibrils. Immunoprecipitation, followed by mass spectrometry, indicated that Aß-3-38 and Aß-3-40 are generated by transfected cells even in the presence of a tripartite ß-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzymeâ
1 (BACE1) inhibitor. The elongated Aß peptides starting at Val(-3) can be separated from N-terminally-truncated Aß forms by high-resolution isoelectric-focusing techniques, despite virtually identical isoelectric points. The synthetic Aß variants and the methods presented here are providing tools to advance our understanding of the potential roles of N-terminally elongated Aß variants in Alzheimer's disease.
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Peptídeos beta-Amiloides
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2016
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