TY - JOUR
T1 - Amyloid-β and α-synuclein decrease the level of metal-catalyzed reactive oxygen species by radical scavenging and redox silencing
AU - Pedersen, Jeppe Trudslev
AU - Chen, Serene W.
AU - Borg, Christian Bernsen
AU - Ness, Samuel
AU - Bahl, Justyna M.
AU - Heegard, Niels H. H.
AU - Dobson, Christopher M.
AU - Hemmingsen, Lars Bo Stegeager
AU - Cremades, Nunilo
AU - Teilum, Kaare
PY - 2016/4/20
Y1 - 2016/4/20
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
U2 - 10.1021/jacs.5b13577
DO - 10.1021/jacs.5b13577
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 26967463
SN - 0002-7863
VL - 138
SP - 3966
EP - 3969
JO - Journal of the American Chemical Society
JF - Journal of the American Chemical Society
IS - 12
ER -