Article ; Online: Peptides as Potential Therapeutics for Alzheimer's Disease.
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
2018 Volume 23, Issue 2
Abstract: ... integrated by proteostasis. The frequency of protein misfolding disorders in the human population, e.g ... extracellular space, that alters proteostasis and triggers Aβ modification (e.g., by reactive oxygen species (ROS ...
Abstract | Intracellular synthesis, folding, trafficking and degradation of proteins are controlled and integrated by proteostasis. The frequency of protein misfolding disorders in the human population, e.g., in Alzheimer's disease (AD), is increasing due to the aging population. AD treatment options are limited to symptomatic interventions that at best slow-down disease progression. The key biochemical change in AD is the excessive accumulation of per-se non-toxic and soluble amyloid peptides (Aβ(1-37/44), in the intracellular and extracellular space, that alters proteostasis and triggers Aβ modification (e.g., by reactive oxygen species (ROS)) into toxic intermediate, misfolded soluble Aβ peptides, Aβ dimers and Aβ oligomers. The toxic intermediate Aβ products aggregate into progressively less toxic and less soluble protofibrils, fibrils and senile plaques. This review focuses on peptides that inhibit toxic Aβ oligomerization, Aβ aggregation into fibrils, or stabilize Aβ peptides in non-toxic oligomers, and discusses their potential for AD treatment. |
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MeSH term(s) | Alzheimer Disease/drug therapy ; Alzheimer Disease/metabolism ; Alzheimer Disease/pathology ; Amyloid beta-Peptides/therapeutic use ; Animals ; Humans ; Protein Multimerization/drug effects ; Protein Processing, Post-Translational/drug effects ; Proteostasis/drug effects ; Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism ; Solubility |
Chemical Substances | Amyloid beta-Peptides ; Reactive Oxygen Species |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2018-01-30 |
Publishing country | Switzerland |
Document type | Journal Article ; Review |
ZDB-ID | 1413402-0 |
ISSN | 1420-3049 ; 1431-5165 ; 1420-3049 |
ISSN (online) | 1420-3049 |
ISSN | 1431-5165 ; 1420-3049 |
DOI | 10.3390/molecules23020283 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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