A versatile luminescent probe for sensing and monitoring amyloid proteins
A modified lysine residue containing an environment-sensitive moiety was prepared through a straightforward synthesis, and its fluorescent properties were examined. The new fluorescent sensor, DMN-BocK, can monitor amyloid aggregation processes associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzh...
| Autores: | , , , , , , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de la UB |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/223397 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/223397 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Proteïnes Malalties neurodegeneratives Amiloides Espectroscòpia de fluorescència Proteins Neurodegenerative Diseases Amyloid Fluorescence spectroscopy |
| Sumario: | A modified lysine residue containing an environment-sensitive moiety was prepared through a straightforward synthesis, and its fluorescent properties were examined. The new fluorescent sensor, DMN-BocK, can monitor amyloid aggregation processes associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s. DMN-BocK offers advantages over classical amyloid-specific dyes like Thioflavins or Congo Red because it is (1) available to detect a broader range of amyloid structures; (2) useful both in vitro and in cellulo; (3) capable of differentiating amyloid structures, providing information on the binding site microenvironment; and (4) a synthon than can be incorporated into protein sequences to gain further structural information. Our findings suggest that DMN-based amino-acid probes have a strong potential to become a sensor of choice for in vitro and in cellulo studies of amyloid aggregation in drug discovery assays. |
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