Amyloid-β and α-synuclein decrease the level of metal-catalyzed reactive oxygen species by radical scavenging and redox silencing

Jeppe Trudslev Pedersen, Serene W. Chen, Christian Bernsen Borg, Samuel Ness, Justyna M. Bahl, Niels H. H. Heegard, Christopher M. Dobson, Lars Bo Stegeager Hemmingsen, Nunilo Cremades, Kaare Teilum

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Abstract

The formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is linked to the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases. Here we have investigated the effect of soluble and aggregated amyloid-β (Aβ) and α-synuclein (αS), associated with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, respectively, on the Cu2+-catalyzed formation of ROS in vitro in the presence of a biological reductant. We find that the levels of ROS, and the rate by which ROS is generated, are significantly reduced when Cu2+ is bound to Aβ or αS, particularly when they are in their oligomeric or fibrillar forms. This effect is attributed to a combination of radical scavenging and redox silencing mechanisms. Our findings suggest that the increase in ROS associated with the accumulation of aggregated Aβ or αS does not result from a particularly ROS-active form of these peptides, but rather from either a local increase of Cu2+ and other ROS-active metal ions in the aggregates or as a downstream consequence of the formation of the pathological amyloid structures.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftJournal of the American Chemical Society
Vol/bind138
Udgave nummer12
Sider (fra-til)3966-3969
Antal sider4
ISSN0002-7863
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 20 apr. 2016

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