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Crucial role of nonspecific interactions in amyloid nucleation #MMPMID25453085
?ari? A; Chebaro YC; Knowles TPJ; Frenkel D
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014[Dec]; 111 (50): 17869-74 PMID25453085show ga
The assembly of normally soluble proteins into large fibrils, known as amyloid aggregation, is associated with a range of pathologies. Prefibrillar protein oligomers but not the grown fibers are believed to be the main toxic agents. It is unresolved if these oligomers are necessary for fibril assembly or just a dangerous byproduct. We show using computer simulations that, at physiological concentrations, amyloid formation must proceed through a two-step process including prefibrillar oligomers. We find that there is an optimal oligomeric size for amyloid nucleation and that classical nucleation theory cannot be applied to this process. Formation of oligomers and hence, fibrils, is controlled by the strength of nonspecific attractions, whose weakening may be crucial in preventing amyloid aggregation.