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Fibril Fragmentation Enhances Amyloid Cytotoxicity

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Xue, Wei-Feng, Hellewell, Andrew L., Gosal, Walraj S., Homans, Steve W., Hewitt, Eric W., Radford, Sheena E.·2009·Journal of Biological Chemistry

Abstract

Fibrils associated with amyloid disease are molecular assemblies of key biological importance, yet how cells respond to the presence of amyloid remains unclear. Cellular responses may not only depend on the chemical composition or molecular properties of the amyloid fibrils, but their physical attributes such as length, width, or surface area may also play important roles. Here, we report a systematic investigation of the effect of fragmentation on the structural and biological properties of amyloid fibrils. In addition to the expected relationship between fragmentation and the ability to seed, we show a striking finding that fibril length correlates with the ability to disrupt membranes and to reduce cell viability. Thus, despite otherwise unchanged molecular architecture, shorter fibrillar samples show enhanced cytotoxic potential than their longer counterparts. The results highlight the importance of fibril length in amyloid disease, with fragmentation not only providing a mechanism by which fibril load can be rapidly increased but also creating fibrillar species of different dimensions that can endow new or enhanced biological properties such as amyloid cytotoxicity.

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Authors
Xue, W.-F., Hellewell, A. L., Gosal, W. S., Homans, S. W., Hewitt, E. W., & Radford, S. E.
Venue
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2009-12
Volume
284
Issue
49
Pages
34272-34282
ISSN
0021-9258 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2026306293
Cited by
384
References
5
FWCI
17.32
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
hybrid

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