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Secondary nucleation of Aβ fibrils on liposome membrane
Author(s) -
Shimanouchi Toshinori,
Kitaura Nachi,
Onishi Ryo,
Umakoshi Hiroshi,
Kuboi Ryoichi
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.13772
Subject(s) - nucleation , fibril , liposome , thioflavin , chemistry , biophysics , amyloid (mycology) , membrane , crystallization , senile plaques , kinetics , crystallography , amyloid fibril , morphology (biology) , total internal reflection fluorescence microscope , chemical engineering , amyloid β , biochemistry , alzheimer's disease , organic chemistry , medicine , inorganic chemistry , physics , disease , pathology , quantum mechanics , biology , engineering , genetics
The amyloid fibrils of amyloid β protein (Aβ) from Alzheimer's disease are likely to show the cytotoxicity, depending on their morphology. The relationship between the nucleation kinetics of the Aβ fibrils and their morphology has been investigated. From the perspective of a crystallization technique assuming primary/secondary nucleation steps and an elongation step, the secondary nucleation rate B [# m −3 s −1 ], was experimentally and coarsely determined by using total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy combined with thioflavin T . In an aqueous solution, linear and rigid fibrils were formed with a relatively smaller B value ((2.83 ± 0.55) × 10 5 # m −3 s −1 ), whereas spherulitic amyloid assemblies were formed in the presence of negatively charged liposome including oxidized lipids, with a larger B value ((7.65 ± 0.47) × 10 5 # m −3 s −1 ). Those findings should lead to a better understanding of the mechanism for the formation of fibrils and senile plaques in Alzheimer's disease. © 2012 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 2012