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Probing of Various Physiologically Relevant Metals: Amyloid-β Peptide Interactions with a Lipid Membrane-Immobilized Protein Nanopore

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Abstract

One of the prevailing paradigms regarding the onset of Alzheimer’s disease endows metal ions with key roles in certain steps of the amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide aggregation cascade, through peptide conformational changes induced by metal binding. Herein, we focused on the truncated, more soluble Aβ1–16 peptide fragment from the human Aβ1–40, and demonstrated the utility of a sensing element based on the α-hemolysin (α-HL) protein to examine and compare at single-molecule level the interactions between such peptides and various metals. By using the same approach, we quantified Cu2+ and Zn2+ binding affinities to the Aβ1–16 fragment, whereas the statistical analysis of blockages induced by a single Aβ1–16 peptide on the current flow through an open α-HL pore show that the metal propensity to interacting with the peptide and entailing conformational changes obey the following order: Cu2+ > Zn2+ > Fe3+ > Al3+.

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We acknowledge the financial support offered by grants PN-II-ID-PCCE-2011-2-0027, PN-II-PT-PCCA-2011-3.1-0595 and PN-II-PT-PCCA-2011-3.1-0402.

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  1. Department of Interdisciplinary Research, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Blvd. Carol I, No. 11, 700506, Iasi, Romania

    Alina Asandei & Irina Schiopu

  2. Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics and Medical Physics, Department of Physics, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Blvd. Carol I, No. 11, 700506, Iasi, Romania

    Sorana Iftemi, Loredana Mereuta & Tudor Luchian

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Asandei, A., Iftemi, S., Mereuta, L. et al. Probing of Various Physiologically Relevant Metals: Amyloid-β Peptide Interactions with a Lipid Membrane-Immobilized Protein Nanopore. J Membrane Biol 247, 523–530 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00232-014-9662-z

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