Lysozyme Fibrils Alter the Mechanism of Insulin Amyloid Aggregation.


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Article
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Authors
Ziaunys, Mantas 
Sakalauskas, Andrius 
Smirnovas, Vytautas  ORCID logo  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1829-5455
Abstract

Protein aggregation into amyloid fibrils is linked to multiple disorders. The understanding of how natively non-harmful proteins convert to these highly cytotoxic amyloid aggregates is still not sufficient, with new ideas and hypotheses being presented each year. Recently it has been shown that more than one type of protein aggregates may co-exist in the affected tissue of patients suffering from amyloid-related disorders, sparking the idea that amyloid aggregates formed by one protein may induce another protein's fibrillization. In this work, we examine the effect that lysozyme fibrils have on insulin amyloid aggregation. We show that not only do lysozyme fibrils affect insulin nucleation, but they also alter the mechanism of its aggregation.

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Keywords
aggregation mechanism, amyloid aggregation, insulin fibrils, lysozyme fibrils, Amyloid, Animals, Chickens, Humans, Insulin, Muramidase, Protein Aggregates, Protein Aggregation, Pathological, Recombinant Proteins
Journal Title
Int J Mol Sci
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Journal ISSN
1661-6596
1422-0067
Volume Title
22
Publisher
MDPI AG