Scaffolded multimers of hIAPP20-29 peptide fragments fibrillate faster and lead to different fibrils compared to the free hIAPP20-29 peptide fragment

Heidi F Christoffersen, Maria Andreasen, Shuai Zhang, Erik Holm Nielsen, Gunna Christiansen, Mingdong Dong, Troels Skrydstrup, Daniel E Otzen

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Abstract

Applying fibril-forming peptides in nanomaterial design is still challenged by the difficulties in understanding and controlling how fibrils form. The present work investigates the influence of motional restriction on peptide fibrillation. We use cyclotriphosphazene and cyclodextrin as templates to make conjugates of the fibril-forming core of human islet amyloid polypeptide. Attachment of the peptide to the templates resulted in multimers containing six peptide fragments at different positions. ThT fluorescence, CD and FTIR spectroscopy, and AFM and TEM imaging reveal that in both conjugates the peptide retained its fibrillating properties and formed fibrils. However, the conjugate fibrils formed more rapidly than the free peptide and were long and thin, as opposed to the thick and twisted morphology of the intact peptide. Thus the motional restrictions introduced by the scaffold modulate the structure of the fibrils but do not impede the actual fibrillation process.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftB B A - Proteins and Proteomics
Vol/bind1854
Nummer12
Sider (fra-til)1890-1897
Antal sider8
ISSN1570-9639
DOI
StatusUdgivet - dec. 2015

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