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Title: Inhibition by small-molecule ligands of formation of amyloid fibrils of an immunoglobulin light chain variable domain

Abstract

Overproduction of immunoglobulin light chains leads to systemic amyloidosis, a lethal disease characterized by the formation of amyloid fibrils in patients' tissues. Excess light chains are in equilibrium between dimers and less stable monomers which can undergo irreversible aggregation to the amyloid state. The dimers therefore must disassociate into monomers prior to forming amyloid fibrils. Here we identify ligands that inhibit amyloid formation by stabilizing the Mcg light chain variable domain dimer and shifting the equilibrium away from the amyloid-prone monomer.

Authors:
 [1]; ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [2];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. UCLA, Los Angeles, CA (United States); UCLA-DOE Inst. for Genomics and Proteomics, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
  2. UCLA-DOE Inst. for Genomics and Proteomics, Los Angeles, CA (United States); UCLA, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
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Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
National Inst. of Health; National Inst. of General Medical Sciences
OSTI Identifier:
1238288
Grant/Contract Number:  
AG048120; R25GM055052
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
eLife
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 4; Journal Issue: 11, 2015; Journal ID: ISSN 2050-084X
Publisher:
eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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Brumshtein, Boris, Esswein, Shannon R., Salwinski, Lukasz, Phillips, Martin L., Ly, Alan T., Cascio, Duilio, Sawaya, Michael R., and Eisenberg, David S. Inhibition by small-molecule ligands of formation of amyloid fibrils of an immunoglobulin light chain variable domain. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.7554/eLife.10935.
Brumshtein, Boris, Esswein, Shannon R., Salwinski, Lukasz, Phillips, Martin L., Ly, Alan T., Cascio, Duilio, Sawaya, Michael R., & Eisenberg, David S. Inhibition by small-molecule ligands of formation of amyloid fibrils of an immunoglobulin light chain variable domain. United States. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.10935
Brumshtein, Boris, Esswein, Shannon R., Salwinski, Lukasz, Phillips, Martin L., Ly, Alan T., Cascio, Duilio, Sawaya, Michael R., and Eisenberg, David S. Wed . "Inhibition by small-molecule ligands of formation of amyloid fibrils of an immunoglobulin light chain variable domain". United States. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.10935. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1238288.
@article{osti_1238288,
title = {Inhibition by small-molecule ligands of formation of amyloid fibrils of an immunoglobulin light chain variable domain},
author = {Brumshtein, Boris and Esswein, Shannon R. and Salwinski, Lukasz and Phillips, Martin L. and Ly, Alan T. and Cascio, Duilio and Sawaya, Michael R. and Eisenberg, David S.},
abstractNote = {Overproduction of immunoglobulin light chains leads to systemic amyloidosis, a lethal disease characterized by the formation of amyloid fibrils in patients' tissues. Excess light chains are in equilibrium between dimers and less stable monomers which can undergo irreversible aggregation to the amyloid state. The dimers therefore must disassociate into monomers prior to forming amyloid fibrils. Here we identify ligands that inhibit amyloid formation by stabilizing the Mcg light chain variable domain dimer and shifting the equilibrium away from the amyloid-prone monomer.},
doi = {10.7554/eLife.10935},
journal = {eLife},
number = 11, 2015,
volume = 4,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}

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