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Bifunctionality of Iminodiacetic Acid-Modified Lysozyme on Inhibiting Zn2+-Mediated Amyloid #-Protein Aggregation Xi Li, Baolong Xie, Xiaoyan Dong, and Yan Sun Langmuir, Just Accepted Manuscript • Publication Date (Web): 10 Apr 2018 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on April 10, 2018

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Bifunctionality

of

Iminodiacetic

Acid-Modified

Lysozyme

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Inhibiting Zn2+-Mediated Amyloid β-Protein Aggregation

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Xi Li,† Baolong Xie, †,‡ Xiaoyan Dong,† Yan Sun*,†

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†Department of Biochemical Engineering and Key Laboratory of Systems

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Bioengineering of the Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and

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Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300354, China

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‡Institute of Tianjin Seawater Desalination and Multipurpose Utilization, State

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Oceanic Administration (SOA), Tianjin 300192, China

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ABSTRACT:

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Aggregation of amyloid β-proteins (Aβ) mediated by metal ions such as Zn2+ has been

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suggested to be implicated in the progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Hence,

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development of bifunctional agents capable of inhibiting Aβ aggregation and

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modulating metal-Aβ species is an effective strategy for the treatment of AD. In this

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work, we modified iminodiacetic acid (IDA) onto human lysozyme (hLys) surface to

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create an inhibitor of Zn2+-mediated Aβ aggregation and cytotoxicity. The

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IDA-modified hLys (IDA-hLys) kept the stability and biocompatibility of native hLys.

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Extensive biophysical and biological analyses indicated that IDA-hLys significantly

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attenuated Zn2+-mediated Aβ aggregation and cytotoxicity due to its strong binding

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affinity for Zn2+, while native hLys showed little effect. Stopped-flow fluorescence

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spectroscopy showed that IDA-hLys could protect Aβ from Zn2+-induced aggregation

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and rapidly depolymerize Zn2+-Aβ aggregates. The research indicates that IDA-hLys

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is a bifunctional agent capable of inhibiting Aβ fibrillization and modulating

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Zn2+-mediated Aβ aggregation and cytotoxicity as a strong Zn2+ chelator.

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KEYWORDS: amyloid β-protein; zinc ion; lysozyme; surface modification; chelator;

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inhibitor

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INTRODUCTION

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Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases

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causing neuronal loss and dementia.1-3 Pathologically, deposition of amyloid β-protein

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(Aβ) aggregates in brain tissues is one of the causative factors of AD.4

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Conformational transitions from soluble disordered Aβ monomers into highly ordered

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fibrils through toxic oligomers have been proposed to be a crucial step in the

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progression of AD.5 Hence, researches have focused on the development of

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anti-aggregation agents to regulate Aβ toxicity.6-9

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In addition to the self-aggregation, substantial evidences have demonstrated that

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transition metal ions, such as Zn2+ and Cu2+, affect Aβ aggregation behavior.10-12 The

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surface charge of Aβ changes due to metal binding, which affects the “colloid-like”

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stability of the aggregation intermediates.12 Consequently, the deviation induces the

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formation of off-pathway Aβ aggregates.12 Among metal ions, Zn2+ play an important

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role in AD and in Aβ aggregation. It has been proven that two His residues (His6 and

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His13/His14) and two carboxylate side chains (Glu11 and Asp1/Glu3/Asp7, with a

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slight preference for Asp1) of Aβ involve in the binding of Zn2+.13 The generation of

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Zn2+-Aβ species has complicated consequences that could lead to the dysfunction of

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nervous system.14 In order to remove the harmful effects of Zn2+-mediated Aβ

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aggregation, several metal chelators have been developed to disrupt the binding of

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Zn2+ for Aβ.14,15 Previous studies have shown that metal chelators such as clioquinol

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(CQ) and its derivatives are capable of reducing metal-mediated Aβ aggregation and

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neurotoxicity.16,17 However, the long-term use of CQ with poor biocompatibility is

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limited by an adverse side effect, subacute myelo-optic neuropathy.18 Besides, these

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metal chelators showed inappreciable inhibitory effect on Aβ aggregation in the

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absence of metal ions. Hence, it is highly desired to design bifunctional agents that

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capable of binding metal ions and possessing potent inhibition effect on Aβ

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aggregation.

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In recent years, several bifunctional molecules have been designed to inhibit metal

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ions-associated Aβ aggregation.19-21 Conjugating metal chelators onto proteins or

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nanoparticles is a prevalent method to overcome the poor biocompatibility and 3


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insufficient inhibition effect on metal-Aβ aggregation.22,23 Among various

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proteins/nanoparticles, human lysozyme (hLys) is an important natural non-specific

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immune protein against bacterial and viral infections.24 It has been recognized that

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lysozyme distinctly inhibits the aggregation of Aβ1-40,25 Aβ17-4226 and Aβ1-42,27 and

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native hLys was found to co-localize with Aβ plaques in AD patients and could

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decrease the locomotor dysfunction in Drosophila model of AD.26,27 Hence, hLys has

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the potential as a potent to fight against AD. However, hLys has poor metal-chelating

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ability for its lack of high-affinity metal binding site.28

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Hence, we herein developed iminodiacetic acid (IDA)-modified hLys (IDA-hLys)

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to create a bifunctional agent capable of inhibiting Aβ aggregation and modulating

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Zn2+-mediated Aβ species. In this study, Aβ40, the most abundant form in AD brain,

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was used to analyze the inhibition effect of IDA-hLys. The long lag phase of Aβ40

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aggregation benefits in investigating the inhibition effect of IDA-hLys on the

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nucleation process of the protein.29 Extensive biophysical and biological assays

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confirmed the bifunctional feature of IDA-hLys on inhibiting Zn2+-mediated Aβ40

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aggregation and cytotoxicity. The inhibition mechanism of IDA-hLys was explored to

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advance the knowledge for the design of bifunctional agents against AD.

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EXPERIMENTAL SECTION

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Materials. Aβ40 (>95%, lyophilized powder), synthesized by routine solid-phase

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peptide synthesis and Fmoc chemistry, was purchased from GL Biochem (Shanghai,

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China).

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1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol

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2-[4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazine] ethanesulfonic acid (HEPES), sodium borate,

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boric

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3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) were received

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from Sigma (St. Louis, MO). SH-SY5Y cells were from the Cell Bank of the Chinese

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Academy of Sciences (Shanghai, China). Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium/Ham's

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F-12 (DMEM/F12) and fetal bovine serum (FBS) were obtained from Invitrogen

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(Carlsbad, CA, USA). Other chemicals were all of the highest purity available from

IDA,

acid,

hLys,

1,4-butanediol

diglycidyl

(HFIP),

dimethyl

ether,

thioflavin

sulfoxide

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zinc T

(DMSO),

chloride, (ThT),

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local sources.

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Synthesis and Characterization of IDA-hLys. IDA was modified onto the surface

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of hLys with 1,4-butanediol diglycidyl ether as linker, as illustrated in Scheme 1. The

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modification used the reaction between epoxy group and amine or imino group to

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realize. Firstly, hLys solution (100 mL) was prepared by dissolving protein power in

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0.1 M pH 9.0 borate buffer at 0.5 mg/mL. Then, 1.875 mL 1,4-butanediol diglycidyl

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ether was slowly added to the protein solution. The reaction mixture was kept at 37 °C

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in a water bath. After reaction for 12 h, 0.1 M pH 9.0 borate buffer was used to

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dialyze the uncombined ether. At the same time, a small part of the reaction solution

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was dialyzed in deionized water then analyzed by matrix-assisted laser desorption

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ionization time-of-flight mass spectroscopy (Autoflex Tof/TofIII, Bruker Daltonics

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Inc, Billerica, MA, USA) to determine the molecular weight of intermediate product.

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At last, 452.73 mg IDA was added to the intermediate product solution. After reaction

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at 37 °C for 24 h, deionized water was used to dialyse the uncombined IDA then

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freezed-dried under vacuum for 24 h. The lyophilized IDA-hLys was stored at -20 °C.

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IDA-hLys and hLys were analyzed by mass spectroscopy to determine its

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modification degree in ultrapure water at 1.0 mg/mL. The zata potentials, molecular

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sizes, far-UV circular dichroism spectra and intrinsic fluorescence spectra of hLys and

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IDA-hLys were respectively measured on a Zetasizer Nano (Malvern Instruments,

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Worcestershire, UK), circular dichroism spectrometer (JASCO J-815, Tokyo, Japan)

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and fluorescence spectrometer (Perking Elmer LS-55, MA, USA) in buffer A (20 mM

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HEPES, 100 mM NaCl, pH 7.4) in 1.0 mg/mL solution at 37 °C.

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Aβ40 Monomer Solution Preparation. Aβ40 monomer was pre-treated by a

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reported method.30 The lyophilized Aβ40 power was thawed at room temperature for

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20 min before use, and then dissolved in HFIP to 1.0 mg/mL to remove pre-existing

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amyloid fibrils. The solution was sonicated for 10 min in ice bath. After centrifugation

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(16,000 g) for 20 min at 4 °C，the upper 75% of the supernatant was collected then

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freezed-dried to remove HFIP under vacuum for 24 h. The lyophilized protein was

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immediately stored at -20 °C.

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min in ice bath followed by centrifugation (16,000 g) for 20 min at 4 °C. The upper

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75% of the supernatant was carefully collected. For hLys/IDA-hLys inhibiting Aβ40

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aggregation experiments, Aβ40 solution was added to hLys/IDA-hLys in buffer A to

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the final concentration of 25 µM. For hLys/IDA-hLys inhibiting Zn2+-mediated Aβ40

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aggregation experiments, Zn2+ in buffer A was mixed with Aβ40 monomer solution,

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and buffer A containing various concentrations of hLys/IDA-hLys were added 2

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minutes later. The final concentrations of Aβ40 and Zn2+ were 25 µM and 12.5 µM,

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respectively.

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Thioflavin T Fluorescent Assay. The assay samples (200 µL) were mixed in a

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96-well plate, containing 25 µM Aβ40 monomers, 25 µM ThT, 12.5 µM Zn2+ and/or

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different concentrations of hLys or IDA-hLys in buffer A. The ThT fluorescent

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kinetics was measured using a fluorescent plate reader (SpectraMax M2e, Molecular

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Devices, USA) at 10 min reading intervals and 5 s shaking before read at 37 °C. The

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excitation and emission wavelengths were 440 nm and 480 nm, respectively. The

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fluorescent intensity of the samples without Aβ40 was subtracted as background from

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each read with Aβ40.

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As the aggregation kinetics of Aβ40 showed sigmoidal curve, the experimental data were fitted as:31 y=y0 +

ymax -y0

(1)

1+e-(t-t1/2 )k

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where y is the ThT fluorescence intensity at time t, y0 and ymax are the minimum and

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maximum fluorescence intensities, respectively, t1/2 is the time when the intensity

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reaches half the maximum intensity, and k is the elongation rate constant. And the lag

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time (Tlag) were calculated from the fitted parameters as:31 2

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Tlag =t1/2- k

(2)

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Atomic Force Microscope. Aβ40 (25 µM) in the absence and presence 12.5 µM

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Zn2+ and/or different concentrations of hLys or IDA-hLys were incubated at 37 °C in

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a fluorescent plate reader for 72 h. In addition, 5 µM Aβ40 monomer solution mixed

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with the mixture of 20 µM Zn2+ and 10 µM hLys or IDA-hLys. 10 µL Aβ40 samples

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were deposited on freshly cleaved mica for 2 min, then ultrapure water was used to 6


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wash salt ions of the solution. The samples air-dried or dried in a steam of dry

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nitrogen. Multi-mode atomic force microscope (CSPM5500, Benyuan, China) was

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employed to image Aβ40 specimens. The images were collected in tapping mode.

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Cell Viability Assay. The MTT assays with SH-SY5Y cells were employed to

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examine the cytotoxicity of Aβ40 aggregates. The SH-SY5Y cells were cultured in

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DMEM/F12 medium supplemented with 20% FBS, 2 mM L-glutamine, 100 U/mL

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penicillin and 100 U/mL streptomycin at 37 °C under 5% CO2. A total of 5×103 cells

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(90 µL) were cultured in a 96-well plate for 24 h. Aβ40 stock solution (25 µM) were

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incubated with or without Zn2+ and/or hLys/IDA-hLys at 37 °C and 150 rpm for 18 h.

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Then, the obtained samples (10 µL) were added to cells. After cultured additional 24 h,

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10 µL 5.5 mg/mL MTT in buffer A was added into each well and incubated for

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another 4 h. The suspension was centrifuged at 1,500 rpm for 10 min to remove the

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supernatant. 100 µL DMSO was used to dissolve the cell, then shook at 150 rpm for

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10 min. The absorbance at 570 nm was measured in a Plate Reader (TECAN GmbH,

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Salzburg, Austria) and six replicates were performed for each sample. Background

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signals from the sample treated without cells were subtracted and the cell survival

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treated with buffer A only was set as control to normalize other data for comparison.

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In addition, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release assays were conducted to

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quantitatively assess the cell death, as described previously.23 In brief, after SH-SY5Y

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cells were incubated for 24 h, the culture medium was replaced with an FBS-free

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medium. Then, aged-Aβ40 aggregates as prepared above with or without Zn2+ and

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inhibitors were added into the cells and incubated for 48 h. Extracellular LDH leakage

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was evaluated using the LDH cytotoxicity assay kit (Beyotime, China) according to

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the manufacturer’s instructions. Brieﬂy, the cultured cells were centrifuged at 400 g

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for 5 min, then 80 µL supernatant was collected from each well and added to a new

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96-well plate. To each of the wells containing 80 µL of the above supernatant, 40 µL

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reaction buffer was added. After mixing for 30 min, the LDH release level was

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assessed at a test wavelength of 490 nm with 630 nm as the reference wavelength. As

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a control, the cells were incubated with 1% (v/v) Triton X-100 to get a representative

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In the above ThT and cell viability assays, each sample was measured at least three

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times, and the mean values and standard deviations were calculated. Student’s t-test

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was conducted to analyze the variance and p < 0.05 or less was considered to be

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statistically significant.

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Isothermal Titration Calorimetry. To detect the binding affinities of

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hLys/IDA-hLys with Zn2+ and Aβ40, ITC assays were employed using a VP-ITC

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(MicroCal, Northampton, MA, USA) as described in literature.32 In brief, 10 µL of

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Zn2+ solution (500 µM) in buffer A was titrated into 1.425 mL of hLys/IDA-hLys

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solution (30 µM) 25 times at 37 °C. Moreover, hLys solution (50, 200 and 1000 µM)

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or IDA-hLys solution (200 µM) were titrated into Aβ40 solution (20 µM) at the same

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condition. The results were analyzed with one-site model by MicroCal Origin

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software.

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Stopped-Flow Fluorescent Spectroscopy Measurement. SX 20 stopped-flow

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fluorescent instrument (Applied Photophysics, Leatherhead, UK ) was used to study

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the interaction kinetics of Aβ40, Zn2+ and hLys/IDA-hLys on a time scale of seconds.

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The change of Rayleigh light scattering intensity over time was detected with

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excitation at 435 nm to reflect Aβ40 aggregation state. Any two of Aβ40, Zn2+ and

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hLys/IDA-hLys were mixed or any two of these mixed 2 min before mixing with the

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rest one. The time course of fluorescent intensity was recorded. The final

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concentrations of Aβ40 and hLys/IDA-hLys were 5 µM and 10 µM, respectively. And

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Zn2+ concentrations range from 5 µM to 50 µM. The dead time of the experiment was

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2 ms. Pro-Date Software was used to collect and analyze the data.

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RESULT AND DISCUSSION

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Characteristics of IDA-hLys. Scheme 1 shows the two-step reaction for the

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modification of hLys with IDA. Mass spectroscopy was used to analyze the

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modification degree of IDA-hLys. As shown in Figure S1, the two reactions

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successively increased the molecular weight of modified hLys to 15603.9 Da

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(intermediate product) and 15876.2 Da (IDA-hLys), suggesting that the modification

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of IDA increased the molecular weight by 272.3 Da. As a result, the modification 8


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degree was calculated to be 2.1 on average for coupling one IDA molecule increased

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molecular weight by 133.1 Da (Scheme 1).

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The zeta potential values of hLys and IDA-hLys were measured (Table S1). It is

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seen from the table that native hLys showed positive charges (7.6 ± 0.4 mv) under the

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physiological condition (pH 7.4) because of its basic nature (isoelectric point, 10.2).33

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However, IDA-hLys displayed lower zeta potential value (2.6 ± 0.5 mv) than hLys.

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This means that the modifications led to the reduction of amino groups on the protein

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surface. The two carboxyl groups in IDA also contributed to the zeta potential

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decrease of IDA-hLys.

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Figure S2 shows that hLys and IDA-hLys were both about 5 nm in size, the same as

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that reported in literature.34 In addition, IDA-hLys kept the same circular dichroism

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spectra and fluorescence spectra as hLys did (Figures S3 and S4). The results

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confirmed that IDA-hLys had similar stability with native hLys. This would ensure

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IDA-hLys to work as a stable and biocompatible agent.

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IDA-hLys Inhibits Aβ40 and Zn2+-Mediated Aβ40 Aggregation. Once binding to

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amyloid fibrils and profibrils, ThT, which is a benzothiazole dye, exhibits enhanced

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fluorescence with excitation and emission at 440 nm and 480 nm, respectively.35,36

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Thus, ThT fluorescence assays were used to monitor the inhibitory effects of hLys and

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IDA-hLys on Aβ40 amyloid formation and Zn2+-mediated Aβ40 aggregation. Figure 1A

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shows that the ThT fluorescence intensity (FI) of Aβ40 (25 µM) exhibited a sigmoidal

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appearance, as reported previously.25,37-39 However, the ThT intensity decreased

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obviously in the presence of hLys or IDA-hLys at 2.5-12.5 µM (Figure 1B). This is

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consistent with previous reports that hLys inhibited the aggregation of Aβ40 and Aβ42

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effectively.25,27 The inhibitory effect of hLys on Aβ40 fibrillization showed a

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dose-dependent manner, and so did IDA-hLys. Compared with native hLys, however,

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IDA-hLys showed somewhat weaker inhibitory effect on Aβ40 aggregation (Figure

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1B). It is considered due to the decrease of positive charges on IDA-hLys surface,

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which weakened the electrostatic interaction with the acidic protein Aβ40 that has an

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isoelectric point of 5.5 and carries negative charges at pH 7.4.40 Moreover, the lag

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alone (Table 1). This might imply that low hLys/IDA-hLys to Aβ40 concentration ratio

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resulted in a high local bound Aβ40 concentration on hLys/IDA-hLys surface (i.e., the

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molecular number of bound Aβ40 per hLys/IDA-hLys molecule), which favored Aβ40

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nucleation on the surfaces.41 However, with increasing the molar ratio of

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hLys/IDA-hLys to Aβ40, the lag phase time prolonged and the final plateau ThT FI

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value decreased noticeably (Table 1 and Figure 1). This indicates that increasing

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hLys/IDA-hLys concentration gave rise to both the reduction of free monomers in

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solution and the local bound Aβ40 concentration on the protein surfaces (i.e., the

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molecular number of bound Aβ40 per hLys/IDA-hLys molecule), resulting in the

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decreases in Aβ40 oligomerization, nucleation and fibrillation.41 At 12.5 µM hLys or

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IDA-hLys, amyloid formation was fully inhibited till 72 h (Figure 1A, Lines 4 and 7).

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The results demonstrated the potency of IDA-hLys on inhibiting Aβ40 self-assembly.

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Next, the inhibitory effects of hLys and IDA-hLys on Zn2+-mediated Aβ40

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aggregation were analyzed by ThT assays (Figure 2). A fast increase of FI was

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observed for Zn2+-Aβ40 aggregation during the first 2 h (Figure 2, Line 1), suggesting

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that Zn2+ addition caused the rapid Aβ40 aggregation, consistent with previous

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reports.42-45 Then, the ThT FI remained unchanged because Zn2+ stabilized the

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non-fibrillar Aβ40 oligomers and formed Zn2+-Aβ40 aggregates.42,46 The inhibitory

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effect of hLys on Zn2+-mediated Aβ40 aggregates was inappreciable (Figure 2, Lines

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2-4); with increasing hLys concentration, the ThT fluorescence curves changed little

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and almost overlapped with the curve of Zn2+-Aβ40 system (Figure 2, Line 1).

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However, the addition of IDA-hLys changed Zn2+-mediated Aβ40 aggregation

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remarkably (Figure 2, Lines 5-7). The ThT FI of Zn2+-Aβ40 aggregates decreased with

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IDA-hLys concentration, confirming that the inhibitory effect of IDA-hLys increased

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with its concentration. When its concentration reached 12.5 µM, the ThT FI was

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reduced by 66%. The results indicate that IDA-hLys not only chelated Zn2+ but also

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effectively inhibited Aβ40 aggregation. Therefore, it is considered that IDA coupling

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onto hLys surface contributed to the happening of the strong inhibition effect on

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Zn2+-mediated Aβ40 aggregation.

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microscope (AFM) to confirm the inhibitory effect of IDA-hLys (Figure 3). After

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incubation for 72 h, Aβ40 fibril presented long, serried and entangled structure as

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observed in previously published experiments (Figure 3A).25,47 By contrast, Aβ40

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fibrils appeared in shorter and amorphous structures in the presence of the inhibitors

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(Figure 3B,C, Figure S5A-D). Figure 3D shows that Zn2+ facilitated the generation of

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non-fibrillar aggregates, in agreement with the literature data.44,46 The morphology of

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Zn2+-Aβ40 aggregates with hLys also displayed similar non-fibrillar aggregates

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(Figure 3E, Figure S5E,F, and Table 2) due to the weak interaction of hLys with Zn2+.

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Differently, in the presence of IDA-hLys, Zn2+-mediated Aβ40 aggregates presented a

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dramatic change. That is, bigger aggregates disappeared and smaller amorphous

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aggregates were observed (Figure 3F, Figure S5G,H, and Table 2). The results proved

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that IDA-hLys altered the morphology of Zn2+-Aβ40 aggregates by remarkably

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changing the pathway of Zn2+ mediated Aβ40 aggregation.

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From the results described in Figures 1 to 3, it can be concluded that IDA-hLys

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efficiently inhibited both Aβ40 and Zn2+-mediated Aβ40 aggregation and greatly

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disturbed the amyloidosis pathway.

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IDA-hLys Alleviates the Cytotoxicities of Aβ40 and Zn2+-Aβ40 Aggregates. To

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assess the effect of IDA-hLys on the cytotoxicities of Aβ40 and Zn2+-Aβ40 aggregates,

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MTT and LDH release assays were performed with SH-SY5Y cells. As shown in

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Figure S6, hLys and IDA-hLys presented no cytotoxicity to SH-SY5Y cells,

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indicating that IDA-hLys was biocompatible. The addition of 25 µM Aβ40 aggregates

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alone led to about 40% cell death (Figure 4A, Lane 2). However, the cell viability

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with Aβ40 species gradually increased with hLys/IDA-hLys concentrations, implying

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that both hLys and IDA-hLys relieved the cytotoxicity of Aβ40 fibrils effectively

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(Figure 4A, Lanes 3-7). Compared to native hLys, IDA-hLys showed somewhat

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weaker inhibitory effect on cytotoxicity of Aβ40 aggregates, similar with that in the

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ThT assay (Figure 2). Moreover, in the LDH release assays, similar results were

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obtained, as shown in Figure 4B.

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Figures 4C and 4D show the influence of hLys and IDA-hLys on the cytotoxicity of

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cultured cells (Figure 4C, Lane 3). However, Aβ40 aggregates showed about 40% cell

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death and Zn2+-Aβ40 aggregates led to about 53% cell death (Figure 4C, Lanes 2 and

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4). This implies that Zn2+ greatly enhanced the toxicity of Aβ40 species, which was in

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agreement with previous studies.45,46 When different hLys was co-incubated with

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Zn2+-Aβ40 system, the cytotoxicities of Zn2+-Aβ40 species were not pronouncedly

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mitigated (Figure 4C), indicating that hLys was ineffective on diminishing the effect

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of Zn2+ on Aβ40 aggregation. However, in the presence of IDA-hLys, the cell viability

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enhanced significantly. As compared with the Zn2+-Aβ40 system, 25 µM IDA-hLys

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increased the cell viability by about 64% (Figure 4C, Lane 9, red). Similar inhibitory

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effects of hLys and IDA-hLys on Zn2+-Aβ40 induced cytotoxicity were observed using

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the LDH leakage assay (Figure 4D), indicating that IDA-hLys effectively attenuated

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the cytotoxicity of Zn2+-Aβ40 species.

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Compared with literature data, IDA-hLys had pronounced advantage over other

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bifunctional agents on detoxification.48,49 For example, equimolar EGCG diminished

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the cytotoxicity of metal-Aβ species towards murine Neuro-2a neuroblastoma cells

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only about 15%;48 as compared to Zn2+-Aβ40 aggregates-treated group, naturally

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occurring polyphenolic glycosides verbascoside and its esterified derivative increased

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the cell viability only by 16% and 10%, respectively.49

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Mechanistic Analysis. The above results showed that IDA-hLys could suppress the

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aggregation and cytotoxicities of Aβ40 and Zn2+-Aβ40 species. In order to further

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analyze the working mechanism of IDA-hLys, we used isothermal titration

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calorimetry (ITC) to investigate the binding properties of hLys/IDA-hLys with Zn2+

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and Aβ40. The titration results of Zn2+ to hLys and IDA-hLys are shown in Figure S7

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and Table 3. As shown in Figure S7A, calorimetric titration of Zn2+ to hLys revealed

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that the enthalpy variable values were randomly distributed and the data could not be

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fitted to a model. The upper limit of dissociation constant (Kd) value that can be

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determined by the VP-ITC is in the magnitude of mmol/L.50 Thus, the Kd value of

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hLys for Zn2+ should be about or greater than a few mmol/L, indicating the

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inappreciable affinity of hLys for Zn2+. By contrast, as shown in Figure S7B and Table

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determined that the Kd between Aβ40 and Zn2+ was 65 µM.51 Therefore, IDA-hLys has

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stronger affinity for Zn2+ than Aβ40 does. It means that IDA-hLys could remarkably

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inhibit Zn2+ binding to Aβ40 and remove Zn2+ from Aβ40 aggregates, leading to the

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inhibitory effect on Zn2+-Aβ40 aggregation and cytotoxicity.

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Furthermore, the titration of hLys/IDA-hLys to Aβ40 were performed (Figure S8).

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Several concentrations of hLys were used to titrated 20 µM Aβ40, and the results could

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not be fitted to a model (Figure S8A-C), indicating that the binding affinity between

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hLys and Aβ40 could not be detected by the VP-ITC. IDA-hLys displayed a similar

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result with hLys (Figure S8D), indicating that IDA modification had inappreciable

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effect on the binding affinity between hLys and Aβ40. Although the binding affinity

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could not be detected, it does not mean that there are no interactions between

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hLys/IDA-hLys and Aβ40. Some complications in the titration process, such as the

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self-aggregation of Aβ40, and the influence of hLys/IDA-hLys at low concentrations in

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the beginning of the titration, which favored Aβ40 nucleation (Figure 1 and Table 1),

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might influence the titration results. The interaction will be discussed more

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specifically below in the mechanistic model.

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Moreover, stopped-flow fluorescent measurements were used to study the rapid

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kinetics of Zn2+-mediated Aβ40 aggregation. We monitored the Rayleigh light

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scattering intensity as direct internal probes to measure the changes in Aβ40

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aggregation states on second timescales.42 As demonstrated in Figure S9A, Aβ40 alone

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remained the unchanged over the time range. By contrast, Zn2+ induced noticeable

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Aβ40 aggregation during the first milliseconds to seconds, and the aggregation rate

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increased with Zn2+ concentrations, which is in agreement with literatures.43,52 As

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shown in Figure S9B, the scattering signals of Aβ40 mixed with hLys/IDA-hLys

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increased slowly in a similar pattern. It indicates that Aβ40 binds to hLys/IDA-hLys

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rapidly. The binding would be the cause of the remarkable inhibitory effect of

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hLys/IDA-hLys on Aβ40 self-aggregation discussed above (Figure 1), although the

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binding affinity could not be detected by the VP-ITC (Figure S8). For the Zn2+ plus

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hLys/IDA-hLys systems, it is seen that the samples comprising different

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change in the scattering signal (Figure S9C). This suggests that the interaction

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between Zn2+ and hLys/IDA-hLys induced negligible changes in size. However, when

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5 µM Aβ40 monomer solution was added to the mixture of hLys/IDA-hLys (10 µM)

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and Zn2+ (20 µM), pronounced increases in signals were observed (Figure 5A), and

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the changes in aggregate size were much more remarkable than those of the samples

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of Aβ40 mixed with either Zn2+ or hLys/IDA-hLys (Figure S9A,B). This indicates that

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ternary complexes of large aggregates were formed in seconds. Compared with native

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hLys, IDA-hLys effectively decreased the aggregate size of the ternary complexes

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(Figure 5A and Figure S10). The higher affinity of IDA-hLys for Zn2+ would be the

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cause of this phenomenon.

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Besides, the effect of Zn2+ on the fast kinetics of hLys/IDA-hLys-mediated Aβ40

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aggregation was investigated to provide further insight into the inhibition effect of

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IDA-hLys (Figure 5B). It is seen that 20 µM Zn2+ did not give rise to significant

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change in the scatting signals of 10 µM hLys/IDA-hLys-mediated 5 µM Aβ40

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aggregates within 100 s, indicating that 20 µM Zn2+ had inappreciable effect on the

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hLys/IDA-hLys-Aβ40 species. It suggests that the binding of hLys/IDA-hLys with

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Aβ40 blocked the binding sites of Zn2+ and Aβ40 and inhibited the effect of Zn2+ on

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Aβ40 aggregation. However, this effect of hLys was limited. As demonstrated in

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Figure 5B, when Zn2+ concentration was increased to 50 µM, the scattering signal of

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hLys-mediated Aβ40 aggregates increased obviously. By contrast, 50 µM Zn2+ did not

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affect the scattering signal of IDA-hLys-mediated Aβ40 aggregates. This indicates that

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IDA-hLys effectively protected Aβ40 from Zn2+-mediated aggregation for its stronger

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affinity for Zn2+.

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Furthermore, the effect of hLys/IDA-hLys on Zn2+-Aβ40 aggregates was

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investigated by fast kinetics (Figure 5C). Firstly, we incubated 5 µM Aβ40 with

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different concentrations of Zn2+, and 2 min later mixed with 10 µM hLys/IDA-hLys in

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the stopped-flow apparatus. As demonstrated in Figure 5C, the starting points of Lines

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1, 3 and 5 were different from those of Lines 2, 4 and 6 in Figure 5C. It is considered

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due to the difference in aggregate sizes caused by different Zn2+ concentrations (20

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20 µM Zn2+-Aβ40 aggregates. By addition of 10 µM hLys, the signals of Zn2+-Aβ40

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system kept the same as that of control (addition of buffer A) due to the weak

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interactions between hLys and Zn2+. However, addition of 10 µM IDA-hLys gave rise

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to a dramatic decrease of the signal of Zn2+-Aβ40 aggregates with either 20 or 50 µM

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Zn2+ (Figure 5C). This indicates that IDA-hLys could sequester Zn2+ from Zn2+-Aβ40

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aggregates and effectively depolymerize the aggregates.

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To sum up, we proposed a mechanistic model to interpret the effects of IDA-hLys

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on Zn2+-mediated Aβ40 aggregation (Figure 6). Aβ40 monomers self-associate into

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oligomers and fibrils through β-sheet-rich structures (Figure 6A), while Zn2+ rapidly

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causes the generation of Zn2+-Aβ40 aggregates of higher neurotoxicity (Figure 6B). It

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has been shown that hLys inhibited the fibrillation and cytotoxicity of Aβ40 through

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binding Aβ40 in seconds (Figure 6C). For better understanding of the effect of hLys on

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Aβ40 aggregation, the structures of Aβ40 and hLys are analyzed. As shown in Figure

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S11A, hLys surface is distributed by positive-potential areas and hydrophobic patches

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at pH 7.4.53 Under the same condition, the N-terminus of Aβ40 carries negative

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charges, and its hydrophobic parts include the central hydrophobic core and the

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C-terminus hydrophobic residues (Figure S11B).54 Molecular dynamics simulations

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have indicated that hLys stabilizes the N-terminus of Aβ40 by electrostatic interactions

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and interacts with the C-terminus of Aβ40 via hydrophobic surface.25 Moreover, the

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binding of Aβ40 blocks the substrate binding site of lysozyme, which locates at

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Arg62-Trp64 and Asp102-Arg107 (plus Ser24).25 So, electrostatic and hydrophobic

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interactions may be the key for hLys to prevent Aβ40 aggregation. However, hLys has

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low binding affinity for Zn2+. Therefore, hLys has inappreciable inhibitory effect on

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Zn2+-mediated Aβ40 aggregation and cytotoxicity (Figure 6D). In the absence of Zn2+,

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IDA-hLys had a similar inhibitory effect on Aβ40 aggregation by altering the pathway

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of fibrillation (Figure 6E). In addition, in the presence of Zn2+, IDA-hLys could

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sequester Zn2+ from Zn2+-Aβ40 aggregates and effectively alter the pathway of

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Zn2+-mediated Aβ40 aggregation for its strong affinity for Zn2+. Moreover, the binding

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of Aβ40 with IDA-hLys could block the binding sites of Zn2+ and Aβ40 and attenuated

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the effect of Zn2+ on Aβ40 aggregation and cytotoxicity (Figure 6F). Thus, IDA-hLys 15


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works as a bifunctional agent in inhibiting Zn2+-mediated Aβ40 aggregation and

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cytotoxicity. The finding of the bifunctional feature of IDA-hLys would benefit in the

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design of more potent bifunctional or even multifunctional agents via conjugation of

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more functional groups (e.g., metal chelators and inhibitors) onto a protein surface.

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CONCLUSIONS

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In this work, we have developed IDA-modified human lysozyme as a bifunctional

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agent to inhibit Aβ40 fibrillization and modulate Zn2+-associated Aβ40 aggregation.

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Although slightly weaker than hLys, IDA-hLys still has noticeable inhibitory effect on

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Aβ40 self-aggregation by altering the pathway of Aβ40 fibrillation. Moreover,

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IDA-hLys shows prominent inhibitory effect on Zn2+-mediated Aβ40 aggregation and

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cytotoxicity due to its strong binding affinity for Zn2+. In addition, it can protect Aβ40

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against Zn2+-induced aggregation and depolymerize Zn2+-Aβ40 aggregates in seconds.

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Therefore, IDA-hLys works as a bifunctional agent for inhibiting Aβ40 fibrillization

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and mitigating Zn2+-mediated Aβ40 aggregation and cytotoxicity. The findings

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provided new insights into the design of bifunctional agents against metal-mediated

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Aβ aggregation.

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Supporting Information

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Mass spectra, zeta potentials, size distributions, far-UV circular dichroism spectra and

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fluorescence intensities of hLys and IDA-hLys, AFM measurements of the Aβ40

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species, cytotoxicity assays of hLys and IDA-hLys, calorimetric titration assays,

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kinetic traces by stopped-flow fluorescence experiments and surface models of hLys

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and Aβ40. This material is available free of charge via the Internet at

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http://pubs.acs.org.

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AUTHOR IMFORMATION

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Corresponding Author

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*Tel: +86 22 27403389; Fax: +86 22 27403389; E-mail address: [email protected] (Y. 16


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ORCID

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Xiaoyan Dong: 0000-0002-8040-5897

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Yan Sun: 0000-0001-5256-9571

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Author Contributions

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Y.S designed the research; X.L. performed the experiments; X.L. and B.X. analyzed

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the data; X.L., B.X., X.D., and Y.S wrote or contributed to the writing of the

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manuscript.

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Notes

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The authors declare no competing financial interest.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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This work was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.

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91634119 and 21621004) and the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin from Tianjin

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Municipal Science and Technology Commission (Contract No.16JCZDJC32300).

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Table 1. Lag Times for Amyloid Formation Kinetics of Aβ40 (25 µM) at Different

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Conditions. Inhibitor

Lag time (h) Aβ

Aβ:Inhibitor=1:0.1

Aβ:Inhibitor=1:0.25

None

16.3 ± 0.7

-

-

hLys

-

14.4 ± 1.1

44.9 ± 0.7

IDA-hLys

-

8.8 ± 0.8

14.8 ± 0.6

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Table 2. The Average Sizes of Zn2+-Aβ40 Aggregates in the Absence and Presence

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of Inhibitors. Inhibitor

Size (nm) Zn2+-Aβ

1.25 µM Inhibitor

6.25 µM Inhibitor

12.5 µM Inhibitor

None

294 ± 35

-

-

-

hLys

-

290 ± 24

286 ± 31

287 ± 20

IDA-hLys

-

242 ± 22

218 ± 15

213 ±26

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Table 3. Thermodynamic Parameters and Dissociation Constant for Zn2+

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Binding to IDA-hLys. Thermodynamic

N

constants Value

1.0 ± 0.1

Kd

∆G

∆H

T∆S

(µM)

(kcal/mol)

(kcal/mol)

(kcal/mol)

3.6 ± 0.2

-7.7 ± 0.3

-3.2 ± 0.2

4.5 ± 0.1

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Scheme 1. Reaction Scheme for the Modification of hLys with IDA.

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Figure 1. (A) Kinetics of the inhibition of Aβ40 self-aggregation by ThT fluorescence

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assays. (B) The final ThT FI of samples in (A) after incubated for 72 h when the FI

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arrive the plateau. Lines or Lanes denote the following conditions: Line/Lane 1, Aβ40

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alone; Line/Lane 2, Aβ40 + 2.5 µM hLys; Line/Lane 3, Aβ40 + 6.25 µM hLys;

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Line/Lane 4, Aβ40 + 12.5 µM hLys; Line/Lane 5, Aβ40 + 2.5 µM IDA-hLys; Line/Lane

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6, Aβ40 + 6.25 µM IDA-hLys; Line/Lane 7, Aβ40 + 12.5 µM IDA-hLys. The final

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concentration of Aβ40 was 25 µM. All measurements were conducted in buffer A at

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37 °C. ***, p < 0.001, **, p < 0.01 as compared to lane 1. The values of p < 0.05 for

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the pairs of data sets are marked with #.

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Figure 2. ThT fluorescence kinetic assays for the inhibition of Zn2+-Aβ40 aggregation.

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Lines denote the following conditions: Line 1, Aβ40 + Zn2+; Line 2, Aβ40 + Zn2+ + 2.5

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µM hLys; Line 3, Aβ40 + Zn2+ + 6.25 µM hLys; Line 4, Aβ40 + Zn2+ + 12.5 µM hLys;

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Line 5, Aβ40 + Zn2+ + 2.5 µM IDA-hLys; Line 6, Aβ40 + Zn2+ + 6.25 µM IDA-hLys;

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Line 7, Aβ40 + Zn2+ + 12.5 µM IDA-hLys. The final concentrations of Aβ40 and Zn2+

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were 25 µM and 12.5 µM, respectively. All experiments were in buffer A at 37 °C.

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Figure 3. AFM measurements of the (A) Aβ40, (B) Aβ40 + hLys, (C) Aβ40 + IDA-hLys,

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(D) Aβ40 + Zn2+, (E) Aβ40 + Zn2+ + hLys, and (F) Aβ40 + Zn2+ + IDA-hLys after 72 h

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of incubation at 37 °C. The final concentration of Aβ40 was 25 µM, and that of Zn2+,

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hLys and IDA-hLys were all 12.5 µM.

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Figure 4. Cytotoxicity of SH-SY5Y cells incubated with Aβ40 aggregates using MTT

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assay and LDH leakage assay. The samples obtained by pre-incubation at different

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conditions: (A) Lane 1, buffer A; Lane 2, Aβ40 aggregates; Lane 3, 2.5 µM

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hLys/IDA-hLys + Aβ40; Lane 4, 6.25 µM hLys/IDA-hLys + Aβ40; Lane 5, 12.5 µM

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hLys/IDA-hLys + Aβ40; Lane 6, 17.5 µM hLys/IDA-hLys + Aβ40; Lane 7, 25 µM

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hLys/IDA-hLys + Aβ40. (B) Lane 1, 1% (v/v) Triton X-100 in FBS-free medium; Lane

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2, buffer A; Lane 3, Aβ40 aggregates; Lane 4, 2.5 µM hLys/IDA-hLys + Aβ40; Lane 5,

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6.25 µM hLys/IDA-hLys + Aβ40; Lane 6, 12.5 µM hLys/IDA-hLys + Aβ40; Lane 7,

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17.5 µM hLys/IDA-hLys + Aβ40; Lane 8, 25 µM hLys/IDA-hLys + Aβ40. (C) Lane 1,

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buffer A; Lane 2, Aβ40 aggregates; Lane 3, Zn2+; Lane 4, Zn2+-Aβ40 aggregates; Lane

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5, 2.5 µM hLys/IDA-hLys-mediated Zn2+-Aβ40 aggregates; Lane 6, 6.25 µM

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hLys/IDA-hLys-mediated

Zn2+-Aβ40

aggregates;

Lane

7,

12.5

µM

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Zn2+-Aβ40

aggregates;

Lane

8,

17.5

µM

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Zn2+-Aβ40

aggregates;

25

µM

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hLys/IDA-hLys-mediated Zn2+-Aβ40 aggregates. (D) Lane 1, 1% (v/v) Triton X-100 in

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FBS-free medium; Lane 2, buffer A; Lane 3, Aβ40 aggregates; Lane 4, Zn2+; Lane 5,

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aggregates; Lane 7, 6.25 µM hLys/IDA-hLys-mediated Zn2+-Aβ40 aggregates; Lane 8,

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12.5 µM hLys/IDA-hLys-mediated Zn2+-Aβ40 aggregates; Lane 9, 17.5 µM

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hLys/IDA-hLys-mediated Zn2+-Aβ40 aggregates. The concentrations of aged-Aβ40 and

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Zn2+ were 25 µM and 12.5 µM, respectively. ###, p < 0.001 as compared to lane 1 (A,

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C) or lane 2 (B, D). ***, p < 0.001, **, p < 0.01, and *, p < 0.05 as compared to lane

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2 (A) or lane 3 (B) or lane 4 (C) or lane 5 (D). The values of p < 0.001 and p < 0.01

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for the pairs of data sets are marked with +++ and ++, respectively.

Zn2+-Aβ40

aggregates;

9

30


Lane

10,

25

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Figure 5. Kinetic traces followed by stopped-flow fluorescence of (A) Aβ40 monomer

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solution mixed with (Line 1) the mixture of 20 µM Zn2+ and hLys or (Line 2) the

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mixture of 20 µM Zn2+ and IDA-hLys, (B) buffer A mixed with (Line 1) the mixture

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of Aβ40 and hLys or (Line 2) the mixture of Aβ40 and IDA-hLys, 20 µM Zn2+ solution

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mixed with (Line 3) the mixture of Aβ40 and hLys or (Line 4) the mixture of Aβ40 and

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IDA-hLys, or 50 µM Zn2+ solution mixed with (Line 5) the mixture of Aβ40 and hLys

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mixture of Aβ40 and 20 µM Zn2+ or (Line 2) the mixture of Aβ40 and 50 µM Zn2+,

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hLys solution mixed with (Line 3) the mixture of Aβ40 and 20 µM Zn2+ or (Line 4) the

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mixture of Aβ40 and 50 µM Zn2+, or IDA-hLys solution mixed with (Line 5) the

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mixture of Aβ40 and 20 µM Zn2+ or (Line 6) the mixture of Aβ40 and 50 µM Zn2+. The

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final concentrations of Aβ40 and IDA-hLys were 5 µM and 10 µM, respectively.

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Figure 6. Schematic representations of the bifunctional effects of IDA-hLys on

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Zn2+-mediated Aβ40 aggregation and cytotoxicity. (A) On-pathway aggregation: Aβ40

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monomers convert into β-sheet conformations, then assemble into oligomers and

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fibrils of high neurotoxicity. (B) Zn2+-mediated Aβ40 aggregation: Zn2+ rapidly

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induces the formation of Zn2+-Aβ40 aggregates with even higher neurotoxicity. (C)

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Aβ40 aggregation in the presence of hLys: hLys inhibits the fibrillation and

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cytotoxicity of Aβ40 through binding Aβ40 in seconds. (D) Zn2+-mediated Aβ40

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aggregation in the presence of hLys: hLys has no influence on Zn2+-mediated Aβ40

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aggregation. (E) Aβ40 aggregation in the presence of IDA-hLys: IDA-hLys has

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slightly weaker inhibitory effect on Aβ40 aggregation than hLys due to decreased

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positive surface charges. (F) Zn2+-mediated Aβ40 aggregation in the presence of

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IDA-hLys: IDA-hLys can sequester Zn2+ from Zn2+-Aβ40 aggregates and protect Aβ40

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