The progression of Alzheimer's disease is causatively linked to the accumulation of amyloid-β aggregates in the brain, however, it is not clear how the amyloid aggregates initiate the death of neuronal cells. The in vitro toxic effects of amyloid peptides are most commonly examined using the human neuroblastoma derived SH-SY5Y cell line and here we show that differentiated neuron-like SH-SY5Y c...

Alzheimer's disease is the prevalent cause of premature senility, a progressive mental disorder due to degeneration in brain and deposition of amyloid β peptide (1-42, a misfolded protein) in the form of aggregation that prevails for a prolonged time and obstructs every aspect of life. One of the primary hallmarks of the neuropathological disease is the accretion of amyloid β peptide in the bra...

Calciumoxalat ist der Hauptbestandteil von Nierensteinen. Das saure Osteopontin (OPN)-Protein im Urin kann das Wachstum CaC2O4-Kristallen hemmen und wirkt so als Inhibitor Mineralisation. Studien in Bulk-Lösung belegten die Wichtigkeit Bindung Erkennung OPN an CaC2O4-Mineraloberfläche, allerdinngs fehlen noch Einblicke aktive Zentrum auf molekularer Ebene während CaC2O4-Mineralisierung. Wir stu...

HBTU is a standard coupling agent commonly used for the activation of free carboxylic acids during the solution and solid phase peptide synthesis. 1-Hydroxybenzotriazole (HOBt) plays a significant role in reducing the racemization during peptide synthesis; hence it is regularly used as a coupling additive. Here, we are reporting the mild and facile conjugate addition of HOBt to E-vinylogous γ-a...

This work describes the development of a new platform for allosteric protein engineering that takes advantage of the ability of calmodulin to change conformation upon binding to peptide and protein ligands. The switch we have developed consists of a fusion protein in which calmodulin is genetically inserted into the sequence of TEM1 β-lactamase. In this approach, calmodulin acts as the input do...

β-cell replacement may efficiently cure type 1 diabetic (T1D) patients whose insulin-secreting β-cells have been selectively destroyed by autoantigen-reactive T cells. To generate insulin-secreting cells we used two cell sources: rat multipotent adult progenitor cells (rMAPC) and the highly similar rat extra-embryonic endoderm precursor (rXEN-P) cells isolated under rMAPC conditions from blasto...

BACKGROUND Betatrophin has been suggested as an inducer of β-cell proliferation in mice in addition to its function in regulating triglyceride. Recent data showed that betatrophin was increased in Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), however, its ability to induce insulin production has been questioned. We hypothesized that the increased betatrophin in T2D is not affecting insulin production from β-cells. To...

Interactions of amyloid-β (Aβ) with neuronal membrane are associated with the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Ganglioside GM1 has been shown to promote the structural conversion of Aβ and increase the rate of peptide aggregation; but the exact nature of interaction driving theses processes remains to be explored. In this work, we have carried out atomistic-scale computer simulations (t...

The intrinsic pathway of apoptosis is regulated by the Bcl-2 family proteins. Inhibition anti-apoptotic members represents a strategy to induce apoptotic cell death in cancer cells. We have measured membrane binding properties series peptides, including modified α/β-peptides, designed exhibit enhanced permeability allow entry and improved access for engagement members. peptide cargo based on pr...