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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5707
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-1-17
pubmed:abstractText
Amyloid fibrils commonly exhibit multiple distinct morphologies in electron microscope and atomic force microscope images, often within a single image field. By using electron microscopy and solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance measurements on fibrils formed by the 40-residue beta-amyloid peptide of Alzheimer's disease (Abeta(1-40)), we show that different fibril morphologies have different underlying molecular structures, that the predominant structure can be controlled by subtle variations in fibril growth conditions, and that both morphology and molecular structure are self-propagating when fibrils grow from preformed seeds. Different Abeta(1-40) fibril morphologies also have significantly different toxicities in neuronal cell cultures. These results have implications for the mechanism of amyloid formation, the phenomenon of strains in prion diseases, the role of amyloid fibrils in amyloid diseases, and the development of amyloid-based nano-materials.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1095-9203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
14
pubmed:volume
307
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
262-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15653506-Amino Acid Motifs, pubmed-meshheading:15653506-Amyloid beta-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:15653506-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15653506-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:15653506-Chemistry, Physical, pubmed-meshheading:15653506-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:15653506-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15653506-Hydrogen Bonding, pubmed-meshheading:15653506-Microscopy, Atomic Force, pubmed-meshheading:15653506-Microscopy, Electron, Transmission, pubmed-meshheading:15653506-Molecular Structure, pubmed-meshheading:15653506-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:15653506-Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular, pubmed-meshheading:15653506-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:15653506-Physicochemical Phenomena, pubmed-meshheading:15653506-Protein Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:15653506-Protein Structure, Secondary, pubmed-meshheading:15653506-Rats
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Self-propagating, molecular-level polymorphism in Alzheimer's beta-amyloid fibrils.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892-0520, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article