Characterizing the assembly behaviors of human amylin: a perspective derived from C-terminal variants

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 Mar 4;49(18):1799-801. doi: 10.1039/c2cc33432a. Epub 2012 Nov 12.

Abstract

The differences in the C-terminal domains of human amylin peptide variants initiate different aggregation processes and differences in the composition of the aggregates by affecting the hydrophobic cores, conformations, and intra-sheet interactions of the peptides, which have distinct effects on the cytotoxicity of the peptides.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology*
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Humans
  • Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions
  • Islet Amyloid Polypeptide / chemistry
  • Islet Amyloid Polypeptide / pharmacology*
  • Protein Conformation
  • Rats
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Islet Amyloid Polypeptide