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Copper Binding to the Amyloid-β (Aβ) Peptide Associated with Alzheimer's Disease

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Syme, Christopher D., Nadal, Rebecca C., Rigby, Stephen E.J., Viles, John H.·2004·Journal of Biological Chemistry

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There is now direct evidence that copper is bound to amyloid-beta peptide (Abeta) in senile plaque of Alzheimer's disease. Copper is also linked with the neurotoxicity of Abeta and free radical damage, and Cu(2+) chelators represent a possible therapy for Alzheimer's disease. We have therefore used a range of complementary spectroscopies to characterize the coordination of Cu(2+) to Abeta in solution. The mode of copper binding is highly pH-dependent. EPR spectroscopy indicates that both coppers have axial, Type II coordination geometry, square-planar or square-pyramidal, with nitrogen and oxygen ligands. Circular dichroism studies indicate that copper chelation causes a structural transition of Abeta. Competition studies with glycine and l-histidine indicate that copper binds to Abeta-(1-28) at pH 7.4 with an affinity of K(a) approximately 10(7) m(-1). (1)H NMR indicates that histidine residues are involved in Cu(2+) coordination but that Tyr(10) is not. Studies using analogues of Abeta-(1-28) in which each of the histidine residues have been replaced by alanine or in which the N terminus is acetylated suggest that the N terminus and His(13) are crucial for Cu(2+) binding and that His(6) and His(14) are also implicated. Evidence for the link between Alzheimer's disease and Cu(2+) is growing, and our studies have made a significant contribution to understanding the mode of Cu(2+) binding to Abeta in solution.

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Authors
Syme, C. D., Nadal, R. C., Rigby, S. E. J., & Viles, J. H.
Venue
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2004-04
Volume
279
Issue
18
Pages
18169-18177
ISSN
0021-9258 (ISSN-L)
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W2009833553
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460
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journal article
Language
en
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Syme, C. D., Nadal, R. C., Rigby, S. E. J., & Viles, J. H. (2004). Copper Binding to the Amyloid-β (Aβ) Peptide Associated with Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of Biological Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.m313572200

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