On-Pathway Oligomer of Human Islet Amyloid Polypeptide Induced and Stabilized by Mechanical Rotation During MAS NMR

Overview

Journal bioRxiv

Date 2023 Jul 18

PMID 37461639

Authors

Samuel D McCalpin

Malitha C Dickwella Widanage

Riqiang Fu

Ayyalusamy Ramamoorthy

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Abstract

Intermediates along the fibrillation pathway are generally considered to be the toxic species responsible for the pathologies of amyloid diseases. However, structural studies of these species have been hampered by heterogeneity and poor stability in standard aqueous conditions. Here, we report a novel methodology for producing stable, on-pathway oligomers of the human Type-2 Diabetes-associated islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP, or amylin) using the mechanical forces associated with magic angle spinning (MAS). The species were a heterogeneous mixture of globular and short rod-like species with significant beta-sheet content and the capability of seeding hIAPP fibrillation. We used MAS NMR to demonstrate that the nature of the species was sensitive to sample conditions including peptide concentration, ionic strength, and buffer. The methodology should be suitable for studies of other aggregating systems.

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