(Bio) chemical strategies to modulate amyloid-β self-assembly

S Ayala, P Genevaux, C Hureau… - ACS Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Amyloid plaques are one of the two hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease (… self-assembled
amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides. Aβ is produced in healthy brains from proteolytic cleavage of the amyloid

Role of metal ions in the self-assembly of the Alzheimer's amyloid-β peptide

P Faller, C Hureau, O Berthoumieu - Inorganic chemistry, 2013 - ACS Publications
Aggregation of amyloid-β (Aβ) by self-assembly into oligomers or amyloids is a central event
in Alzheimer’s disease. Coordination of transition-metal ions, mainly copper and zinc, to Aβ …

Metal Binding of Alzheimer's Amyloid-β and Its Effect on Peptide Self-Assembly

A Abelein - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2023 - ACS Publications
… of amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) implicated in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The presence of elevated
levels of metal ions in the amyloid … retardation of amyloid β peptide fibril formation. Proc. Natl. …

Reproducibility problems of amyloid-β self-assembly and how to deal with them

P Faller, C Hureau - Frontiers in chemistry, 2021 - frontiersin.org
… The self-assembly of peptides and proteins into amyloid fibrils and other aggregates are …
One of the most studied cases is the peptide amyloid-β (Aβ), found self-assembled in …

[HTML][HTML] Role of β-hairpin formation in aggregation: the self-assembly of the amyloid-β (25–35) peptide

L Larini, JE Shea - Biophysical journal, 2012 - cell.com
… of aggregation of the amyloid-β(25–35) … a β-hairpin conformation, larger aggregates have
extended structures, and a clear transition from compact β-hairpin conformations to extended β-…

Self-assembly and anti-amyloid cytotoxicity activity of amyloid beta peptide derivatives

V Castelletto, P Ryumin, R Cramer, IW Hamley… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
… The Amyloid β (Aβ) peptide plays a key role in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), which is an … It is
believed that aggregates of Aβ peptide, misfolded into β-sheet fibrils (so-called “amyloid”) are …

Natural tri-to hexapeptides self-assemble in water to amyloid β-type fiber aggregates by unexpected α-helical intermediate structures

CAE Hauser, R Deng, A Mishra, Y Loo… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
… into supramolecular structures exerting amyloid β-structures. We propose a specified
hypothesis of amyloid formation that describes an at least threefold assembly process from …

Successive stages of amyloid-β self-assembly characterized by solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance with dynamic nuclear polarization

A Potapov, WM Yau, R Ghirlando… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Self-assembly of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides in human brain tissue leads to neurodegeneration in
Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Amyloid … point of Aβ self-assembly. Oligomeric and protofibrillar …

Early events in amyloid-β self-assembly probed by time-resolved solid state NMR and light scattering

J Jeon, WM Yau, R Tycko - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Self-assembly of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides has been studied intensively since the initial
identification of Aβ as the primary proteinaceous component of amyloid plaques in Alzheimer’s …

Influence of the solvent on the self-assembly of a modified amyloid beta peptide fragment. I. Morphological investigation

V Castelletto, IW Hamley, PJF Harris… - … Physical Chemistry B, 2009 - ACS Publications
… investigating the self-assembly of peptides based on a core sequence of the amyloid β (Aβ)-…
of hydrophobic and aromatic interactions on peptide self-assembly. In particular, we have …