TY  - JOUR
A1  - Fabian, Heinz
A1  - Gast, Klaus
A1  - Laue, Michael
A1  - Jetzschmann, Katharina J.
A1  - Naumann, Dieter
A1  - Ziegler, Andreas
A1  - Uchanska-Ziegler, Barbara
T1  - IR spectroscopic analyses of amyloid fibril formation of beta(2)-microglobulin using a simplified procedure for its in vitro generation at neutral pH
JF  - Biophysical chemistry : an international journal devoted to the physical chemistry of biological phenomena
N2  - beta(2)-microglobulin (beta(2)m) is known to be the major component of fibrillar deposits in the joints of patients suffering from dialysis-related amyloidosis. We have developed a simplified procedure to convert monomeric recombinant beta(2)m into amyloid fibrils at physiological pH by a combination of stirring and heating, enabling us to follow conformational changes associated with the assembly by infrared spectroscopy and electron microscopy. Our studies reveal that fibrillogenesis begins with the formation of relatively large aggregates, with secondary structure not significantly altered by the stirring-induced association. In contrast, the conversion of the amorphous aggregates into amyloid fibrils is associated with a profound re-organization at the level of the secondary and tertiary structures, leading to non-native like parallel arrangements of the beta-strands in the fully formed amyloid structure of beta(2)m. This study highlights the power of an approach to investigate the formation of beta(2)m fibrils by a combination of biophysical techniques including IR spectroscopy.
KW  - Amyloid fibril
KW  - beta(2)-microglobulin
KW  - Amyloidogenesis
KW  - IR spectroscopy
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpc.2013.05.001
SN  - 0301-4622
VL  - 179
IS  - 5
SP  - 35
EP  - 46
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -