Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10870490 | FEBS Letters | 2014 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
A variety of peptides and peptide derivatives have been constructed using the “β-sheet core segment” of amyloid proteins as inhibitors of amyloidogenic fibrillation. A novel all-d-amino-acid from hIAPP β-sheet core segment (hIAPP 22-27) is demonstrated to inhibit hIAPP fibril formation efficiently both at the phospholipid membrane and in bulk solution. The inhibitor terminates hIAPP aggregation to the α-helical oligomeric intermediates at the membrane surface, whereas it stops the aggregation at the stage of β-sheet oligomeric intermediates in bulk solution. This is the first evidence that the inhibition mechanism of the inhibitor at membrane surface is significantly different from that in bulk solution.
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Authors
Li Wang, Liyan Lei, Yang Li, Liping Wang, Fei Li,