Molecular basis of β-amyloid oligomer recognition with a conformational antibody fragment
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Oligomers are intermediates of the β-amyloid (Aβ) peptide fibrillogenic pathway and are putative pathogenic culprits in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Here we report the biotechnological generation and biochemical characterization of an oligomer-specific antibody fragment, KW1. KW1 not only discriminates between oligomers and other Aβ conformations, such as fibrils or disaggregated peptide; it also differentiates between different types of Aβ oligomers, such as those formed by Aβ (1–40) and Aβ (1–42) peptide. This high selectivity of binding contrasts sharply with many other conformational antibodies that interact with a large number of structurally analogous but sequentially different antigens. X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, and peptide array measurements imply that KW1 recognizes oligomers through a hydrophobic and significantly aromatic surface motif that includes Aβ residues 18–20. KW1-positive oligomers occur in human AD brain samples and induce synaptic dysfunctions in living brain tissues. Bivalent KW1 potently neutralizes this effect and interferes with Aβ assembly. By altering a specific step of the fibrillogenic cascade, it prevents the formation of mature Aβ fibrils and induces the accumulation of nonfibrillar aggregates. Our data illuminate significant mechanistic differences in oligomeric and fibril recognition and suggest the considerable potential of KW1 in future studies to detect or inhibit specific types of Aβ conformers.
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- Authors
- Morgado, I., Wieligmann, K., Bereza, M., Rönicke, R., Meinhardt, K., Annamalai, K., Baumann, M., Wacker, J., Hortschansky, P., Malešević, M., Parthier, C., Mawrin, C., Schiene-Fischer, C., Reymann, K. G., Stubbs, M. T., Balbach, J., Görlach, M., Horn, U., & Fändrich, M.
- Affiliations
- Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (DE)
- Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie e. V. - Hans-Knöll-Institut (HKI) (DE)
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DE)
- Max Planck Research Unit for Enzymology of Protein Folding (DE)
- Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg (DE)
- Max Planck Research Unit for Enzymology of Protein Folding, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany;
- Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Fändrich, Marcus
- ORCID
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Publisher
- National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2012-07-18
- Volume
- 109
- Issue
- 31
- Pages
- 12503-12508
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- PMC
- PMC3412029
- OpenAlex
- W1995178392
- Cited by
- 80
- References
- 46
- Citations by year
- 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 7
- FWCI
- 5.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DZNE Pub (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Alzheimer Forschung Initiative
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
- European Regional Development Fund
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
- Keywords
- amyloid-beta oligomers, conformational antibodies, Alzheimer's disease, synaptic dysfunction
- MeSH terms
- Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humans, Peptide Fragments, Amyloid beta-Peptides, Crystallography, X-Ray, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular, Amino Acid Motifs, Protein Structure, Quaternary, Protein Multimerization
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