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A molecular chaperone breaks the catalytic cycle that generates toxic Aβ oligomers.

Cohen, Samuel I A ; Arosio, Paolo ; Presto, Jenny ; Kurudenkandy, Firoz Roshan ; Biverstål, Henrik ; Dolfe, Lisa ; Dunning, Christopher LU ; Yang, Xiaoting ; Frohm, Birgitta and Vendruscolo, Michele , et al. (2015) In Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 22(3). p.207-213
Abstract
Alzheimer's disease is an increasingly prevalent neurodegenerative disorder whose pathogenesis has been associated with aggregation of the amyloid-β peptide (Aβ42). Recent studies have revealed that once Aβ42 fibrils are generated, their surfaces effectively catalyze the formation of neurotoxic oligomers. Here we show that a molecular chaperone, a human Brichos domain, can specifically inhibit this catalytic cycle and limit human Aβ42 toxicity. We demonstrate in vitro that Brichos achieves this inhibition by binding to the surfaces of fibrils, thereby redirecting the aggregation reaction to a pathway that involves minimal formation of toxic oligomeric intermediates. We verify that this mechanism occurs in living mouse brain tissue by... (More)
Alzheimer's disease is an increasingly prevalent neurodegenerative disorder whose pathogenesis has been associated with aggregation of the amyloid-β peptide (Aβ42). Recent studies have revealed that once Aβ42 fibrils are generated, their surfaces effectively catalyze the formation of neurotoxic oligomers. Here we show that a molecular chaperone, a human Brichos domain, can specifically inhibit this catalytic cycle and limit human Aβ42 toxicity. We demonstrate in vitro that Brichos achieves this inhibition by binding to the surfaces of fibrils, thereby redirecting the aggregation reaction to a pathway that involves minimal formation of toxic oligomeric intermediates. We verify that this mechanism occurs in living mouse brain tissue by cytotoxicity and electrophysiology experiments. These results reveal that molecular chaperones can help maintain protein homeostasis by selectively suppressing critical microscopic steps within the complex reaction pathways responsible for the toxic effects of protein misfolding and aggregation. (Less)
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Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
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22
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3
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207 - 213
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Nature Publishing Group
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  • pmid:25686087
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1545-9985
DOI
10.1038/nsmb.2971
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English
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  author       = {{Cohen, Samuel I A and Arosio, Paolo and Presto, Jenny and Kurudenkandy, Firoz Roshan and Biverstål, Henrik and Dolfe, Lisa and Dunning, Christopher and Yang, Xiaoting and Frohm, Birgitta and Vendruscolo, Michele and Johansson, Jan and Dobson, Christopher M and Fisahn, André and Knowles, Tuomas P J and Linse, Sara}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{207--213}},
  publisher    = {{Nature Publishing Group}},
  series       = {{Nature Structural & Molecular Biology}},
  title        = {{A molecular chaperone breaks the catalytic cycle that generates toxic Aβ oligomers.}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nsmb.2971}},
  doi          = {{10.1038/nsmb.2971}},
  volume       = {{22}},
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