1. Serotonin Promotes Serum Albumin Interaction with the Monomeric Amyloid β Peptide
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Elena V Raznikova, Aliya A. Nazipova, Marina P. Shevelyova, Maria E. Permyakova, Ekaterina A. Litus, Sergei E. Permyakov, Evgenia I. Deryusheva, Ekaterina L. Nemashkalova, Vladimir N. Uversky, and Alexey S. Kazakov
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Molecular Conformation ,Ligands ,Surface plasmon resonance ,Biology (General) ,Spectroscopy ,amyloid β peptide ,biology ,Chemistry ,intrinsic disorder ,Temperature ,General Medicine ,Human serum albumin ,Computer Science Applications ,serotonin ,Molecular Docking Simulation ,human serum albumin ,embryonic structures ,Alzheimer’s disease ,surface plasmon resonance ,Protein Binding ,medicine.drug ,QH301-705.5 ,Serum albumin ,Serum Albumin, Human ,Molecular Dynamics Simulation ,Serotonergic ,Article ,Catalysis ,Inorganic Chemistry ,Structure-Activity Relationship ,Alzheimer Disease ,medicine ,Humans ,tryptophan ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Molecular Biology ,QD1-999 ,Amyloid beta-Peptides ,Binding Sites ,Ligand ,Organic Chemistry ,Tryptophan ,molecular docking ,body regions ,biology.protein ,Biophysics ,Protein quaternary structure ,Serotonin ,Protein Multimerization - Abstract
Prevention of amyloid β peptide (Aβ) deposition via facilitation of Aβ binding to its natural depot, human serum albumin (HSA), is a promising approach to preclude Alzheimer’s disease (AD) onset and progression. Previously, we demonstrated the ability of natural HSA ligands, fatty acids, to improve the affinity of this protein to monomeric Aβ by a factor of 3 (BBRC, 510(2), 248–253). Using plasmon resonance spectroscopy, we show here that another HSA ligand related to AD pathogenesis, serotonin (SRO), increases the affinity of the Aβ monomer to HSA by a factor of 7/17 for Aβ40/Aβ42, respectively. Meanwhile, the structurally homologous SRO precursor, tryptophan (TRP), does not affect HSA’s affinity to monomeric Aβ, despite slowdown of the association and dissociation processes. Crosslinking with glutaraldehyde and dynamic light scattering experiments reveal that, compared with the TRP-induced effects, SRO binding causes more marked changes in the quaternary structure of HSA. Furthermore, molecular docking reveals distinct structural differences between SRO/TRP complexes with HSA. The disintegration of the serotonergic system during AD pathogenesis may contribute to Aβ release from HSA in the central nervous system due to impairment of the SRO-mediated Aβ trapping by HSA.
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- 2021