Morphology-Dependent Interactions between -Synuclein Monomers and Fibrils
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES(2023)
摘要
Amyloid fibrils may adopt different morphologies depending on the solution conditions and the protein sequence. Here, we show that two chemically identical but morphologically distinct alpha-synuclein fibrils can form under identical conditions. This was observed by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), circular dichroism (CD), and fluorescence spectroscopy, as well as by cryo-transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM). The results show different surface properties of the two morphologies, A and B. NMR measurements show that monomers interact differently with the different fibril surfaces. Only a small part of the N-terminus of the monomer interacts with the fibril surface of morphology A, compared to a larger part of the monomer for morphology B. Differences in ThT binding seen by fluorescence titrations, and mesoscopic structures seen by cryo-TEM, support the conclusion of the two morphologies having different surface properties. Fibrils of morphology B were found to have lower solubility than A. This indicates that fibrils of morphology B are thermodynamically more stable, implying a chemical potential of fibrils of morphology B that is lower than that of morphology A. Consequently, at prolonged incubation time, fibrils of morphology B remained B, while an initially monomorphic sample of morphology A gradually transformed to B.
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morphology,polymorphic,monomorphic,self-assembly,NMR spectroscopy,aggregation,stability
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