Amphotericin B interactions with soluble oligomers of amyloid Abeta1-42 peptide

Bioorg Med Chem. 2009 Mar 15;17(6):2366-70. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2009.02.016. Epub 2009 Feb 14.

Abstract

Amphotericin B has recently been suggested as an efficient inhibitor of amyloid peptide fibril formation; however its interactions with more neurotoxic, soluble forms of amyloid peptides have not been reported to date. Circular dichroism spectroscopy allowed for distinguishing between the binding and inhibition of aggregation events: amphotericin B distinctly interacts with both unordered and ordered, beta-structure-rich soluble oligomeric forms of Abeta1-42 peptide, yet amphotericin B has no measurable impact neither on the secondary structure nor on time-dependent aggregation profile of the amyloid peptide.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amphotericin B / chemistry*
  • Amyloid beta-Peptides / chemistry*
  • Biopolymers / chemistry*
  • Circular Dichroism
  • Peptide Fragments / chemistry*
  • Solubility

Substances

  • Amyloid beta-Peptides
  • Biopolymers
  • Peptide Fragments
  • amyloid beta-protein (1-42)
  • Amphotericin B