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T1 - Exploiting a (13)C-labelled heparin analogue for in situ solid-state NMR investigations of peptide-glycan interactions within amyloid fibrils
AU - Madine, Jillian
AU - Clayton, Jonathan C
AU - Yates, Edwin A
AU - Middleton, David A
PY - 2009/6/7
Y1 - 2009/6/7
N2 - Pathological amyloid deposits are mixtures of polypeptides and non-proteinaceous species including heparan sulfate proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). We describe a procedure in which a (13)C-labelled N-acetyl derivative of the GAG heparin ([(13)C-CH(3)]NAcHep) serves as a useful probe for the analysis of GAG-protein interactions in amyloid using solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (SSNMR) spectroscopy. NAcHep emulates heparin by enhancing aggregation and altering the fibril morphology of Abeta(1-40), one of the beta-amyloid polypeptides associated with Alzheimer's disease, and alpha-synuclein, the major protein component of Lewy bodies associated with Parkinson's disease. (13)C SSNMR spectra confirm the presence of [(13)C-CH(3)]NAcHep in Abeta(1-40) fibril deposits and detect dipolar couplings between the glycan and arginine R(5) at the Abeta(1-40) N-terminus, suggesting that the two species are intimately mixed at the molecular level. This procedure provides a foundation for further extensive investigations of polypeptide-glycan interactions within amyloid fibrils.
AB - Pathological amyloid deposits are mixtures of polypeptides and non-proteinaceous species including heparan sulfate proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). We describe a procedure in which a (13)C-labelled N-acetyl derivative of the GAG heparin ([(13)C-CH(3)]NAcHep) serves as a useful probe for the analysis of GAG-protein interactions in amyloid using solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (SSNMR) spectroscopy. NAcHep emulates heparin by enhancing aggregation and altering the fibril morphology of Abeta(1-40), one of the beta-amyloid polypeptides associated with Alzheimer's disease, and alpha-synuclein, the major protein component of Lewy bodies associated with Parkinson's disease. (13)C SSNMR spectra confirm the presence of [(13)C-CH(3)]NAcHep in Abeta(1-40) fibril deposits and detect dipolar couplings between the glycan and arginine R(5) at the Abeta(1-40) N-terminus, suggesting that the two species are intimately mixed at the molecular level. This procedure provides a foundation for further extensive investigations of polypeptide-glycan interactions within amyloid fibrils.
KW - Alzheimer Disease
KW - Amyloid
KW - Amyloid beta-Peptides
KW - Carbon Isotopes
KW - Heparin
KW - Humans
KW - Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
KW - Parkinson Disease
KW - alpha-Synuclein
U2 - 10.1039/b820808e
DO - 10.1039/b820808e
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 19462052
VL - 7
SP - 2414
EP - 2420
JO - Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry
JF - Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry
SN - 1477-0520
IS - 11
ER -