Formation of amyloid-like aggregates through the attachment of protein molecules to a Congo red scaffolding framework ordered under the influence of an electric field

• Authors: Barbara Stopa , Barbara Piekarska , Leszek Konieczny , Marcin Król , Janina Rybarska , Anna Jagusiak , Paweł Spólnik , Irena Roterman , Barbara Urbanowicz , Piotr Piwowar , Krzysztof Lewiński
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This study describes a technique which makes it possible to introduce the amyloid-like order to protein aggregates by using the scaffolding framework built from supramolecular, fibrillar Congo red structures arranged in an electric field. The electric field was used not only to obtain a uniform orientation of the charged dye fibrils, but also to make the fibrils long, compact and rigid due to the delocalization of pi electrons, which favors ring stacking and, as a consequence, results in an increased tendency to self-assemble. The protein molecules (immunoglobulin L chain lambda, ferritin) attached to this easily adsorbing dye framework assume its ordered structure. The complex precipitating as plate-like fragments shows birefringence in polarized light. The parallel organization of fibrils can be observed with an electron microscope. The dye framework may be removed via reduction with sodium dithionite, leaving the aggregated protein molecules in the ordered state, as confirmed by X-ray diffraction studies. [...]

Keywords

EN

Congo red; Amyloid formation; Electric field

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Chemistry
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 41-50

Dates

published

1 - 2 - 2010

online

16 - 2 - 2010

Contributors

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Barbara Stopa

• Chair of Medical Biochemistry, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-034, Kraków, Poland

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Barbara Piekarska

• Chair of Medical Biochemistry, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-034, Kraków, Poland

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Leszek Konieczny

• Chair of Medical Biochemistry, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-034, Kraków, Poland

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Marcin Król

• Department of Bioinformatics and Telemedicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-530, Kraków, Poland

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Janina Rybarska

• Chair of Medical Biochemistry, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-034, Kraków, Poland

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Anna Jagusiak

• Chair of Medical Biochemistry, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-034, Kraków, Poland

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Paweł Spólnik

• Chair of Medical Biochemistry, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-034, Kraków, Poland

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Irena Roterman

• Department of Bioinformatics and Telemedicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-530, Kraków, Poland

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Barbara Urbanowicz

• Electron Microscopy Laboratory, University Children’s Hospital, 30-663, Kraków, Poland

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Piotr Piwowar

• Department of Measurements and Instrumentation, AGH-University of Science and Technology, 30-059, Kraków, Poland

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Krzysztof Lewiński

• Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, 30-060, Kraków, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11532-009-0107-y