Proteostasis of islet amyloid polypeptide: a molecular perspective of risk factors and protective strategies for type II diabetes

D Milardi, E Gazit, SE Radford, Y Xu… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The possible link between hIAPP accumulation and β-cell death in diabetic patients has
inspired numerous studies focusing on amyloid structures and aggregation pathways of this …

Amyloidogenic protein–membrane interactions: mechanistic insight from model systems

SM Butterfield, HA Lashuel - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The toxicity of amyloid‐forming proteins is correlated with their interactions with cell
membranes. Binding events between amyloidogenic proteins and membranes result in …

Simulation studies of amyloidogenic polypeptides and their aggregates

IM Ilie, A Caflisch - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Amyloids, fibrillar assembly of (poly) peptide chains, are associated with neurodegenerative
illnesses such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, for which there are no cures. The …

Islet amyloid polypeptide: structure, function, and pathophysiology

R Akter, P Cao, H Noor, Z Ridgway… - Journal of diabetes …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The hormone islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP, or amylin) plays a role in glucose
homeostasis but aggregates to form islet amyloid in type‐2 diabetes. Islet amyloid formation …

Membrane disruption and early events in the aggregation of the diabetes related peptide IAPP from a molecular perspective

JR Brender, S Salamekh… - Accounts of chemical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
The aggregation of proteins is tightly controlled in living systems, and misfolded proteins are
normally removed before aggregation of the misfolded protein can occur. But for reasons not …

[HTML][HTML] Structure and membrane orientation of IAPP in its natively amidated form at physiological pH in a membrane environment

RPR Nanga, JR Brender, S Vivekanandan… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2011 - Elsevier
Human islet amyloid polypeptide is a hormone coexpressed with insulin by pancreatic beta-
cells. For reasons not clearly understood, hIAPP aggregates in type II diabetics to form …

Looking beyond the core: the role of flanking regions in the aggregation of amyloidogenic peptides and proteins

SM Ulamec, DJ Brockwell, SE Radford - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Amyloid proteins are involved in many neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's
disease [Tau, Amyloid β (Aβ)], Parkinson's disease [alpha-synuclein (αSyn)], and …

Role of zinc in human islet amyloid polypeptide aggregation

JR Brender, K Hartman, RPR Nanga… - Journal of the …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Human Islet Amyloid Polypeptide (hIAPP) is a highly amyloidogenic protein found in islet
cells of patients with type II diabetes. Because hIAPP is highly toxic to β-cells under certain …

Truncated β-amyloid peptide channels provide an alternative mechanism for Alzheimer's Disease and Down syndrome

H Jang, FT Arce, S Ramachandran… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Full-length amyloid beta peptides (Aβ1–40/42) form neuritic amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's
disease (AD) patients and are implicated in AD pathology. However, recent transgenic …

The interplay of catalysis and toxicity by amyloid intermediates on lipid bilayers: insights from type II diabetes

JA Hebda, AD Miranker - Annual review of biophysics, 2009 - annualreviews.org
The dynamics, energies, and structures governing protein folding are critical to biological
function. Amyloidoses are a class of disease defined, in part, by the misfolding and …