Elucidation of molecular mechanisms by which amyloid 1-42 fibrils exert cell toxicity.
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Abrupt aggregation of amyloid 1-42 (A1-42) peptide in the frontal lobe is the expected underlying cause of Alzheimer's disease (AD). -Sheet-rich oligomers and fibrils formed by A1-42 exert high cell toxicity. A growing body of evidence indicates that lipids can uniquely alter the secondary structure and toxicity of A1-42 aggregates. At the same time, underlying molecular mechanisms that determine this difference in toxicity of amyloid aggregates remain unclear. Using a set of molecular and biophysical assays to determine the molecular mechanism by which A1-42 aggregates formed in the presence of cholesterol, cardiolipin, and phosphatidylcholine exert cell toxicity. Our findings demonstrate that rat neuronal cells exposed to A1-42 fibrils formed in the presence of lipids with different chemical structure exert drastically different magnitude and dynamic of unfolded protein response (UPR) in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and mitochondria (MT). We found that the opposite dynamics of UPR in MT and ER in the cells exposed to A1-42: cardiolipin fibrils and A1-42 aggregates formed in a lipid-free environment. We also found that A1-42: phosphatidylcholine fibrils upregulated ER UPR simultaneously downregulating the UPR response of MT, whereas A1-42: cholesterol fibrils suppressed the UPR response of ER and upregulated UPR response of MT. We also observed progressively increasing ROS production that damages mitochondrial membranes and other cell organelles, ultimately leading to cell death.
