Inflammation Protein SAA2.2 Spontaneously Forms Marginally Stable Amyloid Fibrils at Physiological Temperature

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• 作者：Zhuqiu Ye ; Diane Bayron Poueymiroy ; J. Javier Aguilera ; Saipraveen Srinivasan ; Yun Wang ; Louise C. Serpell ; Wilfredo Col贸n
• 刊名：Biochemistry
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：November 1, 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：50
• 期：43
• 页码：9184-9191
• 全文大小：380K
• 年卷期：v.50,no.43(November 1, 2011)
• ISSN：1520-4995

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For nearly four decades, the formation of amyloid fibrils by the inflammation-related protein serum amyloid A (SAA) has been pathologically linked to the disease amyloid A (AA) amyloidosis. However, here we show that the nonpathogenic murine SAA2.2 spontaneously forms marginally stable amyloid fibrils at 37 掳C that exhibit cross-beta structure, binding to thioflavin T, and fibrillation by a nucleation-dependent seeding mechanism. In contrast to the high stability of most known amyloid fibrils to thermal and chemical denaturation, experiments monitored by glutaraldehyde cross-linking/SDS-PAGE, thioflavin T fluorescence, and light scattering (OD₆₀₀) showed that the mature amyloid fibrils of SAA2.2 dissociate upon incubation in >1.0 M urea or >45 掳C. When considering the nonpathogenic nature of SAA2.2 and its 1000-fold increased concentration in plasma during an inflammatory response, its extreme in vitro amyloidogenicity under physiological-like conditions suggest that SAA amyloid might play a functional role during inflammation. Of general significance, the combination of methods used here is convenient for exploring the stability of amyloid fibrils that are sensitive to urea and temperature. Furthermore, our studies imply that analogous to globular proteins, which can possess structures ranging from intrinsically disordered to extremely stable, amyloid fibrils formed in vivo might have a broader range of stabilities than previously appreciated with profound functional and pathological implications.