Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2018, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (10): 2230.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20180434

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Effects of Three New Modified Molecules on the Structural Stability of Different Aβ42 Fibers

LI Jinxing, XING Xiaofeng, QI Zhongnan*(), AI Hongqi*()   

  1. Molecular Computation and Dynamics Simulation Laboratory, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
  • Received:2018-06-13 Online:2018-09-14 Published:2018-09-14
  • Contact: QI Zhongnan,AI Hongqi E-mail:chm_qizn@ujn.edu.cn;chm_aihq@ujn.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    † Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, China(Nos.ZR2017MB008, ZR2013BQ003) and the Shandong Provincial Key Research & Development Plan(Public Welfare Special Project), China(No.2018GSF118005).

Abstract:

The misfolding and aggregation of amyloid-β(Aβ) peptides, which result from Aβ self-aggregation and aggregation induced by metal ion, are the key factors in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s diseases(AD). It has experimentally been verified that erythrosine B(ER), Tanshinone(TS) and clioquinol(CQ) can inhibit the aggregation of amyloid peptides in different degree. However, the exact interaction mechanisms of these molecules are different. Through breaking and reorganizing the structure of these drug molecules in combination with their qualities, we designed three new modified molecules for AD treatment in silico and expected that they could possess the composite advantages of metal chelation, rotating bonds and NR binding preference. The results showed that modified molecules have different effects on distinct conformer of Aβ42 fibers. Some of them can disassemble the aggregated fibers, while others increase the fibrous stability. In particular, some small molecules disassemble amyloid fiber in a specific mode but play an inverse stability role in another. It was found for the first time that although some small negative-charged molecules have strong repulsive effect on the like charged fiber, their interaction still has an ability to disassemble certain fibrous conformers. This discovery provides a new pathway to disassemble or stabilize amyloid fiber and even to design new drugs by modification of modified small molecules.

Key words: Amyloid-β42 fiber;, Small modified molecule, Stabilization, Disassembly, Binding energy

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