Investigation of α-synuclein and Amyloid-β(42)-E22 Δ oligomers using SiN nanopore functionalized with L-dopa.

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Date publication

août 2022

Journal

Chemistry, an Asian journal

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr PICAUD Fabien


Tous les auteurs :
Abrao-Nemeir I, Bentin J, Meyer N, Janot JM, Torrent J, Picaud F, Balme S

Résumé

Solid-state nanopores are an emerging technology used as a high-throughput, label-free analytical method for the characterization of protein aggregation in an aqueous solution. In this work, we used Levodopamine to coat a silicon nitride nanopore surface that was fabricated through dielectric breakdown in order to reduce the unspecific adsorption. The coating of inner nanopore wall by investigation of the translocation of heparin. The functionalized nanopore was used to investigate the aggregation of amyloid-β and α-synuclein, two biomarkers of degenerative diseases. In the first application, we demonstrate that the α-synuclein WT is more prone to form dimers than the variant A53T. In the second one, we show for  the Aβ(42)-E22Δ (Osaka mutant) that the addition of Aβ(42)-WT monomers increase the polymorphism of oligomers, while the incubation with Aβ(42)-WT fibrils generates larger aggregates.

Mots clés

Aggregation, amyloid-β, α-synuclein, nanopore, single molecule

Référence

Chem Asian J. 2022 08 29;: