A Robust and Efficient Production and Purification Procedure of Recombinant Alzheimers Disease Methionine-Modified Amyloid-β Peptides

PLoS One. 2016 Aug 17;11(8):e0161209. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161209. eCollection 2016.

Abstract

An improved production and purification method for Alzheimer's disease related methionine-modified amyloid-β 1-40 and 1-42 peptides is proposed, taking advantage of the formation of inclusion body in Escherichia coli. A Thioflavin-S assay was set-up to evaluate inclusion body formation during growth and optimize culture conditions for amyloid-β peptides production. A simple and fast purification protocol including first the isolation of the inclusion bodies and second, two cycles of high pH denaturation/ neutralization combined with an ultrafiltration step on 30-kDa cut-off membrane was established. Special attention was paid to purity monitoring based on a rational combination of UV spectrophotometry and SDS-PAGE analyses at the various stages of the process. It revealed that this chromatography-free protocol affords good yield of high quality peptides in term of purity. The resulting peptides were fully characterized and are appropriate models for highly reproducible in vitro aggregation studies.

MeSH terms

  • Alzheimer Disease
  • Amyloid beta-Peptides / biosynthesis*
  • Amyloid beta-Peptides / chemistry*
  • Benzothiazoles
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Escherichia coli / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Inclusion Bodies / metabolism
  • Methionine / chemistry*
  • Peptide Fragments / biosynthesis*
  • Peptide Fragments / chemistry
  • Recombinant Proteins / biosynthesis
  • Recombinant Proteins / chemistry
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
  • Staining and Labeling
  • Thiazoles / analysis

Substances

  • Amyloid beta-Peptides
  • Benzothiazoles
  • Peptide Fragments
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Thiazoles
  • amyloid beta-protein (1-40)
  • amyloid beta-protein (1-42)
  • thioflavin T
  • Methionine

Grants and funding

This work was funded within the frame of APR-PRES 2013, project EVOLCAT.