Protein aggregation into amyloid fibrils and protofibrillar aggregates is associated with a number of the most common neurodegenerative diseases. We have established, using a computational approach, that knowledge of the primary sequences of proteins is sufficient to predict their in vitro aggregation propensities. Here we demonstrate, using rational mutagenesis of the Ab42 peptide based on such computational predictions of aggregation propensity, the existence of a strong correlation between the propensity of Ab42 to form protofibrils and its effect on neuronal dysfunction and degeneration in a Drosophila model of Alzheimer disease. Our findings provide a quantitative description of the molecular basis for the pathogenicity of Ab and link directly and systematically the intrinsic properties of biomolecules, predicted in silico and confirmed in vitro, to pathogenic events taking place in a living organism. © 2007 Luheshi et al.

Systematic in vivo analysis of the intrinsic determinants of amyloid β pathogenicity / Luheshi, L. M.; Tartaglia, G. G.; Brorsson, A. -C.; Pawar, A. P.; Watson, I. E.; Chiti, F.; Vendruscolo, M.; Lomas, D. A.; Dobson, C. M.; Crowther, D. C.. - In: PLOS BIOLOGY. - ISSN 1545-7885. - 5:11(2007), pp. 2493-2500. [10.1371/journal.pbio.0050290]

Systematic in vivo analysis of the intrinsic determinants of amyloid β pathogenicity

Tartaglia, G. G.;Chiti, F.;Vendruscolo, M.;
2007

Abstract

Protein aggregation into amyloid fibrils and protofibrillar aggregates is associated with a number of the most common neurodegenerative diseases. We have established, using a computational approach, that knowledge of the primary sequences of proteins is sufficient to predict their in vitro aggregation propensities. Here we demonstrate, using rational mutagenesis of the Ab42 peptide based on such computational predictions of aggregation propensity, the existence of a strong correlation between the propensity of Ab42 to form protofibrils and its effect on neuronal dysfunction and degeneration in a Drosophila model of Alzheimer disease. Our findings provide a quantitative description of the molecular basis for the pathogenicity of Ab and link directly and systematically the intrinsic properties of biomolecules, predicted in silico and confirmed in vitro, to pathogenic events taking place in a living organism. © 2007 Luheshi et al.
2007
protein aggregation; animal models
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Systematic in vivo analysis of the intrinsic determinants of amyloid β pathogenicity / Luheshi, L. M.; Tartaglia, G. G.; Brorsson, A. -C.; Pawar, A. P.; Watson, I. E.; Chiti, F.; Vendruscolo, M.; Lomas, D. A.; Dobson, C. M.; Crowther, D. C.. - In: PLOS BIOLOGY. - ISSN 1545-7885. - 5:11(2007), pp. 2493-2500. [10.1371/journal.pbio.0050290]
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