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Protein & Peptide Letters

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ISSN (Print): 0929-8665
ISSN (Online): 1875-5305

Peptides as Modulators of α-Synuclein Aggregation

Author(s): Paolo Ruzza, Matteo Gazziero, Maria De Marchi, Giada Massalongo, Anna Marchiani, Ida Autiero, Isabella Tessari, Luigi Bubacco and Andrea Cald

Volume 22, Issue 4, 2015

Page: [354 - 361] Pages: 8

DOI: 10.2174/0929866522666150209142649

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Abstract

α-Synuclein forms amyloid deposits in the dopaminergic neurons; a process that is believed to contribute to the Parkinson’s disease. An emerging theme in amyloid research is the hypothesis that the toxic species produced during amyloid formation share common physic-chemical features and exert their effects by common modes. This prompted the idea that molecules able to inhibit a protein aggregation process may cross-react with other amyloidogenic proteins, interfering in their fibrils formation. We investigate the ability of analogues of the heptapeptide H-Arg-Lys-Val-MePhe-Tyr-Thr-Trp- OH2, an inhibitor of Aβ-peptide aggregation, to cross-react with α-synuclein interfering with its fibril formation. The influence of the MePhe topography on the interaction with α-synuclein has also been evaluated, replacing the MePhe residue with either Phe or the conformationally restricted Tic residues. Peptides interact with good affinity with the

Keywords: α-synuclein, β-breaker peptides, conformational constraints, protein-peptide interaction.

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