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Chemically modified glycogens: how they influence formation of amyloid fibrils?

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    SYSNO ASEP0539965
    Document TypeJ - Journal Article
    R&D Document TypeJournal Article
    Subsidiary JČlánek ve WOS
    TitleChemically modified glycogens: how they influence formation of amyloid fibrils?
    Author(s) Holubová, Monika (UMCH-V) ORCID, RID
    Lobaz, Volodymyr (UMCH-V) RID, ORCID
    Loukotová, Lenka (UMCH-V) RID, ORCID
    Rabyk, Mariia (UMCH-V) RID, ORCID
    Hromádková, Jiřina (UMCH-V) RID
    Trhlíková, Olga (UMCH-V) RID, ORCID
    Pechrová, Zdislava (UMCH-V)
    Groborz, Ondřej (UMCH-V) ORCID, RID
    Štěpánek, Petr (UMCH-V) RID, ORCID
    Hrubý, Martin (UMCH-V) RID, ORCID
    Source TitleSoft Matter - ISSN 1744-683X
    Roč. 17, č. 6 (2021), s. 1614-1627
    Number of pages14 s.
    Languageeng - English
    CountryGB - United Kingdom
    Keywordsamyloid fibrils ; glycogen ; modification of glycogen
    Subject RIVCD - Macromolecular Chemistry
    OECD categoryPolymer science
    R&D ProjectsLM2015064 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
    GA19-01602S GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
    GA18-07983S GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
    Method of publishingLimited access
    Institutional supportUMCH-V - RVO:61389013
    UT WOS000620242000015
    EID SCOPUS85101142282
    DOI10.1039/D0SM01829E
    AnnotationThe formation of amyloid fibrils from certain proteins stays behind a number of pathologies, so-called amyloidoses. Glycosaminoglycans are polysaccharides and are known natural constituents of amyloids in vivo. However, little is known about the effect of other naturally abundant polysaccharides, and even less is known about the effect of chemically modified polysaccharides on the formation of amyloid fibrils. In the case of low-molecular weight compounds, aromatic substances are known to often influence amyloid formation significantly. We investigated the influence of glycogen (GG) and several modifications of GG with cinnamoyl groups, benzoyl groups and phenylacetyl groups. As model systems, hen egg-white lysozyme (HEWL) and amyloid beta peptide (1–42) (Aβ1–42), which is an Alzheimer disease-relevant system, were used. The fluorescence of thioflavin-T (ThT) was used for the rapid detection of fibrils, and the fluorescence results were confirmed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Other techniques, such as isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) and dynamic light scattering (DLS), were employed to determine the interactions between HEWL and the modifications. We achieved similar results with both model systems (HEWL and Aβ1–42). We showed that π–π interactions played an important role in the process of amyloid fibril formation because fundamental changes were observed in this process even with a very small number of groups containing an aromatic ring. It was found that almost all GG modifications accelerated the formation of amyloid fibrils in both model systems, HEWL and Aβ1–42, except for GG-Ph1 (1.6 mol% phenylacetyl groups), which had a retarding effect compared to all other modifications.
    WorkplaceInstitute of Macromolecular Chemistry
    ContactEva Čechová, cechova@imc.cas.cz ; Tel.: 296 809 358
    Year of Publishing2022
    Electronic addresshttps://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/SM/D0SM01829E#!divAbstract
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