Title
A deuterohemin peptide protects a transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans model of Alzheimer’s disease by inhibiting Aβ1–42 aggregation
Author
Jia Xu, Ye Yuan, Ruining Zhang, Yanhui Song, Tianzhuo Sui, Jiaqi Wang, Chonghan Wang, Yujia Chen, Shuwen Guan, Liping Wang
Year
2019
Journal
Bioorganic Chemistry
Abstract
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative brain disease and is the most common cause of dementia in the elderly. The main hallmark of AD is the deposition of insoluble amyloid (Aβ) outside the neuron, leading to amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain. Deuterohemin-Ala-His-Thr-Val-Glu-Lys (DhHP-6), a novel porphyrin-peptide, has both microperoxidase activity and cell permeability. In the present study, DhHP-6 efficiently inhibited the aggregation of Aβ and reduced the β-sheet percentage of Aβ from 89.1% to 78.3%. DhHP-6 has a stronger affinity (KD = 100 ± 12 μM) for binding with Aβ at Phe4, Arg5, Val18, Glu11 and Glu22. In addition, DhHP-6 (100 μM) significantly prolonged lifespan, alleviated paralysis and reduced Aβ plaque formation in the Aβ1–42 transgenic Caenorhabditis elegansCL4176 model of AD. Our results demonstrate that DhHP-6 is a potential drug candidate that efficiently protects a transgenic C. elegans model of Alzheimer’s disease by inhibiting Aβ aggregation.
Instrument
J-715
Keywords
Circular dichroism, Secondary structure, Chemical stability, Biochemistry, Aggregation