[HTML][HTML] Focus: the aging brain: amyloid-beta Alzheimer targets—protein processing, lipid rafts, and amyloid-beta pores

M LaFontaine, M Cumbay - The Yale journal of biology and …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Amyloid beta (Aβ), the hallmark of Alzheimer's Disease (AD), now appears to be deleterious
in its low number aggregate form as opposed to the macroscopic Aβ fibers historically seen …

Structure and dynamics of membrane proteins from solid-state NMR

VS Mandala, JK Williams, M Hong - Annual review of biophysics, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (SSNMR) spectroscopy elucidates membrane
protein structures and dynamics in atomic detail to yield mechanistic insights. By …

[HTML][HTML] Amyloid β interaction with model cell membranes–What are the toxicity-defining properties of amyloid β?

D Mrdenovic, IS Pieta, R Nowakowski, W Kutner… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Disruption of the neuronal membrane by toxic amyloid β oligomers is hypothesized to be the
major event associated with Alzheimer's disease's neurotoxicity. Misfolding of amyloid β is …

Effect of cholesterol on membrane fluidity and association of Aβ oligomers and subsequent neuronal damage: A Double-Edged Sword

EJ Fernández-Pérez, FJ Sepúlveda… - Frontiers in aging …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Background: The beta-amyloid peptide (Aβ) involved in Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been
described to associate/aggregate on the cell surface disrupting the membrane through pore …

The association of lipids with amyloid fibrils

JM Sanderson - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2022 - ASBMB
Amyloid formation continues to be a widely studied area due to its association with
numerous diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. Despite a large body of …

High-throughput screening at the membrane interface reveals inhibitors of amyloid-β

SJ Cox, B Lam, A Prasad, HA Marietta, NV Stander… - Biochemistry, 2020 - ACS Publications
Aggregation and the formation of oligomeric intermediates of amyloid-β (Aβ) at the
membrane interface of neuronal cells are implicated in the cellular toxicity and pathology of …

Distinct membrane disruption pathways are induced by 40-residue β-amyloid peptides

DA Delgado, K Doherty, Q Cheng, H Kim, D Xu… - Journal of Biological …, 2016 - ASBMB
Cellular membrane disruption induced by β-amyloid (Aβ) peptides has been considered one
of the major pathological mechanisms for Alzheimer disease. Mechanistic studies of the …

Amyloid-β adopts a conserved, partially folded structure upon binding to zwitterionic lipid bilayers prior to amyloid formation

KJ Korshavn, A Bhunia, MH Lim… - Chemical …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Aggregation at the neuronal cell membrane's lipid bilayer surface is implicated in amyloid-β
(Aβ) toxicity associated with Alzheimer's disease; however, structural and mechanistic …

Self-assembly of a nine-residue amyloid-forming peptide fragment of SARS corona virus E-protein: mechanism of self aggregation and amyloid-inhibition of hIAPP

A Ghosh, AS Pithadia, J Bhat, S Bera, A Midya… - Biochemistry, 2015 - ACS Publications
Molecular self-assembly, a phenomenon widely observed in nature, has been exploited
through organic molecules, proteins, DNA, and peptides to study complex biological …

The Role of Amyloid β‐Biomembrane Interactions in the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease: Insights from Liposomes as Membrane Models

S Andrade, JA Loureiro, MC Pereira - ChemPhysChem, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The aggregation and deposition of amyloid β (Aβ) peptide onto neuronal cells, with
consequent cellular membrane perturbation, are central to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's …