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ArticleACS chemical neuroscience2024

Detecting and Tracking β-Amyloid Oligomeric Forms and Dynamics In Vitro by a High-Sensitivity Fluorescent-Based Assay.

Yanyan Zhao, Oleksandr Brener, Ewa Andrzejewska, Jiapeng Wei, CloudOuterMan Reiß, Ole Tietz, Tuomas P J Knowles, Franklin I Aigbirhio

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Article in ACS chemical neuroscience, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Yanyan ZhaoMolecular Imaging Chemistry Laboratory, Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, U.K.ORCID 0000-0003-3827-3349
Oleksandr BrenerInstitut für Physikalische Biologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf 40225, Germany.
Ewa AndrzejewskaCentre for Misfolding Diseases, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge,, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, U.K.
Jiapeng WeiCentre for Misfolding Diseases, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge,, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, U.K.
CloudOuterMan ReißInstitut für Physikalische Biologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf 40225, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4209-6886
Ole TietzDementia Research Centre, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.
Tuomas P J KnowlesCentre for Misfolding Diseases, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge,, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-7879-0140
Franklin I AigbirhioMolecular Imaging Chemistry Laboratory, Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, U.K.ORCID 0000-0001-9453-5257

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aggregation of β-amyloid protein is a hallmark pathology of the neurodegenerative disorder Alzheimer's disease and proceeds from monomers to insoluble misfolded fibril forms via soluble and highly toxic oligomeric intermediates. Given the dual feature of being the most toxic form of the Aβ aggregate proteome and an early marker of pathogenesis, there is a need for sensitive methods that can be used to detect Aβ oligomers and investigate the dynamics of aggregation. Herein, we describe a method based on the application of an oligomer-sensitive fluorescent chemical probe pTP-TFE combined with the use of a QIAD (Quantitative determination of Interference with Aβ Aggregate Size Distribution) assay to correctly identify Aβ oligomers in high sensitivity. pTP-TFE was evaluated and compared to thioflavin T and pFTAA, the two most widely used amyloid fibril dyes, and shown to be the only probe capable of detecting significant differences across all oligomeric species of β-amyloid. Furthermore, by observing changes in pTP-TFE fluorescence emission over time, we could track the dynamics of oligomer populations and thereby obtain kinetic information on the Aβ42 dynamic aggregation model. Therefore, we have established a highly sensitive, readily available, and simple method for studying β-amyloid protein aggregation dynamics.

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Amyloid beta-PeptidesFluorescent DyesAlzheimer DiseaseBenzothiazolesHumansPeptide FragmentsProtein AggregatesProtein Aggregation, PathologicalAmyloid beta-PeptidesBenzothiazolesFluorescent DyesPeptide FragmentsProtein Aggregatesthioflavin TAlzheimer’s diseaseamyloid oligomersfluorescent probesmedicinal chemistryneurological agentsoligomer dissociation kinetics

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PMID39611283
PMCPMC11660153

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