The amyloid-β1-42-oligomer interacting peptide D-AIP possesses favorable biostability, pharmacokinetics, and brain region distribution.
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Authors
Shobo, Adeola
James, Nicholas
Dai, Daniel
Röntgen, Alexander
Black, Corbin
Kwizera, Jean-Robert
Hancock, Mark A
Huy Bui, Khanh
Multhaup, Gerhard
Publication Date
2022-01Journal Title
J Biol Chem
ISSN
0021-9258
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Volume
298
Issue
1
Number
ARTN 101483
Pages
101483
Type
Article
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VoR
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Print-Electronic
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Shobo, A., James, N., Dai, D., Röntgen, A., Black, C., Kwizera, J., Hancock, M. A., et al. (2022). The amyloid-β1-42-oligomer interacting peptide D-AIP possesses favorable biostability, pharmacokinetics, and brain region distribution.. J Biol Chem, 298 (1. ARTN 101483), 101483. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101483
Abstract
We have previously developed a unique 8-amino acid Aβ42 oligomer-Interacting Peptide (AIP) as a novel anti-amyloid strategy for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Our lead candidate has successfully progressed from test tubes (i.e., in vitro characterization of protease-resistant D-AIP) to transgenic flies (i.e., in vivo rescue of human Aβ42-mediated toxicity via D-AIP-supplemented food). In the present study, we examined D-AIP in terms of its stability in multiple biological matrices (i.e., ex-vivo mouse plasma, whole blood, and liver S9 fractions) using MALDI mass spectrometry, pharmacokinetics using a rapid and sensitive LC-MS method, and blood brain barrier (BBB) penetrance in WT C57LB/6 mice. D-AIP was found to be relatively stable over 3 h at 37 °C in all matrices tested. Finally, label-free MALDI imaging showed that orally administered D-AIP can readily penetrate the intact BBB in both male and female WT mice. Based upon the favorable stability, pharmacokinetics, and BBB penetration outcomes for orally administered D-AIP in WT mice, we then examined the effect of D-AIP on amyloid "seeding" in vitro (i.e., freshly monomerized versus preaggregated Aβ42). Complementary biophysical assays (ThT, TEM, and MALDI-TOF MS) showed that D-AIP can directly interact with synthetic Aβ42 aggregates to disrupt primary and/or secondary seeding events. Taken together, the unique mechanistic and desired therapeutic potential of our lead D-AIP candidate warrants further investigation, that is, testing of D-AIP efficacy on the altered amyloid/tau pathology in transgenic mouse models of Alzheimer's disease.
Keywords
Alzheimer disease, amyloid-beta oligomers, amyloid-beta42 peptide, amyloid-beta42-oligomer interacting peptide (AIP), anti-amyloid
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101483
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/334182
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