作者: Greta Musteikyte , Mantas Ziaunys , Vytautas Smirnovas , None
DOI: 10.7717/PEERJ.9719
关键词: Amyloid 、 Biophysics 、 Superoxide dismutase 、 Chemistry 、 Protein folding 、 Phenothiazine 、 Methylene blue 、 Fibril 、 SOD1 、 Protein aggregation
摘要: Protein aggregation into highly-structured amyloid fibrils is linked to several neurodegenerative diseases. Such fibril formation by superoxide dismutase I (SOD1) considered be related amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a late-onset and fatal disorder. Despite much effort the discovery of numerous anti-amyloid compounds, no effective cure or treatment currently available. Methylene blue (MB), phenothiazine dye, has been shown modulate multiple amyloidogenic proteins. In this work we show its ability inhibit both spontaneous SOD1 as well elongation preformed fibrils.