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The development of molecular design to inhibit the amyloid fibrillation by inhibiting the reversible oligomerization at high temperature with a single residue mutation

Research Project

Project/Area Number 21K15049
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 43040:Biophysics-related
Research InstitutionNagaoka University of Technology

Principal Investigator

Saotome Tomonori  長岡技術科学大学, 工学研究科, 助教 (40867610)

Project Period (FY) 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords蛋白質工学 / アミロイド線維 / 蛋白質凝集 / DSC測定 / 一残基置換 / 高温でのRO形成 / 蛋白質の熱凝集
Outline of Research at the Start

蛋白質のアミロイド線維形成は細胞毒性や神経変性疾患の原因と考えられ、そのメカニズム解明は学術的・臨床学的に非常に重要な取り組みである。申請者の先行研究では小型球状蛋白質の高温での可逆的なオリゴマー(RO)形成を一残基置換によって阻害することで、アミロイド線維の効果的な抑制に成功した。そこで本研究では、他の小型球状蛋白質でも僅か一残基のアミノ酸置換で常温での立体構造・物性を大幅に改変せずに、アミロイド凝集を含めた高温での熱凝集傾向性を人工的に抑制するための分子設計法の開発を目指す。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, the complex thermal denaturation process of small globular proteins was examined to precisely inhibit amyloid fibrils, which are known to cause cytotoxicity and neurodegenerative diseases. Detailed calorimetric studies have revealed that reversible oligomer (RO) formation is the early stage of thermal aggregation. Surprisingly, RO was significantly inhibited by single-residue substitution. In the case of PSD95-PDZ3, which is derived from a scaffold protein of postsynaptic thickening, hydrophobic amino acids located at the interface of crystallographic oligomers were determined to play a key role in RO formation. Furthermore, single substitutions with hydrophilic amino acids (F340A and L342A) resulted in significant inhibition of RO at high temperatures, as confirmed by simplified DSC thermograms, and the suppression of amyloid fibril maturation was confirmed by TEM observation.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究で考案した一残基置換による分子設計法では、モデル蛋白質の本来の構造・機能に殆ど影響することなく、高温でのRO形成だけを阻害することで、アミロイド線維をはじめとする蛋白質の熱凝集を効果的に抑制できることが示された。今後はより多くのモデル蛋白質で同様の傾向を示せれば、蛋白質凝集を人工的に抑制するための汎用的な手法としての活躍が期待される。また本研究では、逆に疎水性アミノ酸へ一残基置換することで、アミロイド線維が人工的に形成されることも発見した。よってRO形成には、一残基レベルの局所的な疎水性相互作用が駆動力となる仮説が立てられ、蛋白質凝集のメカニズム解明に向けた学術的意義も見出された。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (12 results)

All 2023 2022 2021

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 3 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (9 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] The Reversible Oligomerization (RO) of Small Globular Proteins at High-Temperature and the Inhibition of Their Amyloidogenesis2023

    • Author(s)
      早乙女 友規
    • Journal Title

      Netsu Sokutei

      Volume: 50 Issue: 3 Pages: 103-109

    • DOI

      10.11311/jscta.50.3_103

    • ISSN
      0386-2615, 1884-1899
    • Year and Date
      2023-07-25
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Reverse Engineering Analysis of the High-Temperature Reversible Oligomerization and Amyloidogenicity of PSD95-PDZ32022

    • Author(s)
      Onchaiya Sawaros、Saotome Tomonori、Mizutani Kenji、Martinez Jose C.、Tame Jeremy R. H.、Kidokoro Shun-ichi、Kuroda Yutaka
    • Journal Title

      Molecules

      Volume: 27 Issue: 9 Pages: 2813-2813

    • DOI

      10.3390/molecules27092813

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Blocking PSD95‐PDZ3's amyloidogenesis through point mutations that inhibit high‐temperature reversible oligomerization (RO)2022

    • Author(s)
      Saotome Tomonori、Onchaiya Sawaros、Brindha Subbaian、Mezaki Taichi、Unzai Satoru、Noguchi Keiichi、Martinez Jose C.、Kidokoro Shun‐ichi、Kuroda Yutaka
    • Journal Title

      The FEBS Journal

      Volume: 2021 Issue: 11 Pages: 1-12

    • DOI

      10.1111/febs.16339

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Physicochemical characterization of irreversible oligomers considered precursors of thermal aggregation of hen egg white lysozyme2023

    • Author(s)
      Tomonori Saotome, Shun-ichi Kidokoro
    • Organizer
      第61回日本生物物理学会年会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The reversible oligomerization (RO) of small globular proteins at high-temperature and the artificial suppression of their amyloidogenesis2023

    • Author(s)
      Tomonori Saotome, Sawaros Onchaiya, Brindha Subbaian, Jose Martinez, Yutaka Kuroda, Shun-ichi Kidokoro
    • Organizer
      26th International Conference on Chemical Thermodynamics (ICCT-2023)
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The characterization of reversible oligomer (RO) at high temperature and the assessment of thermal aggregation of hen egg white lysozyme2023

    • Author(s)
      Tomonori Saotome, Shun-ichi Kidokoro
    • Organizer
      第23回 日本蛋白質科学会年会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Reversible Oligomerization (RO) at high temperature: a trigger of complicated thermal transition of small globular proteins2023

    • Author(s)
      Tomonori Saotome, Sawaros Onchaiya, Brindha Subbaian, Jose Martinez, Yutaka Kuroda, Shun-ichi Kidokoro
    • Organizer
      第12回 日本生物物理学会 関東支部会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] PSD95-PDZ3の高温での可逆的なオリゴマー形成における速度論的効果の定量的な評価2022

    • Author(s)
      Tomonori Saotome, Onchaiya Sawaros, Jose C Martinez, Yutaka Kuroda, Shun-ichi Kidokoro
    • Organizer
      第60回 日本生物物理学会年会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] PSD95-PDZ3の高温での可逆的なオリゴマー(RO)形成およびアミロイド線維の一残基置換による阻害2022

    • Author(s)
      早乙女 友規
    • Organizer
      第62回 新潟生化学懇話会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] PSD95-PDZ3の高温での可逆的なオリゴマー(RO) の一残基置換による阻害を利用したアミロイド線維形成 の抑制2021

    • Author(s)
      早乙女 友規, Onchaiya Sawaros, 城所 俊一, 黒田 裕
    • Organizer
      第 57 回熱測定討論会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] PSD95-PDZ3の一残基置換による高温での可逆的なオリゴマー(RO)形成の阻害およびアミロイド線維の抑制2021

    • Author(s)
      早乙女 友規, Onchaiya Sawaros, 目崎 太一, Martinez Jose, 城所 俊一, 黒田 裕
    • Organizer
      第59回日本生物物理学会年会 2021年11月27日
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Reverse engineering of high-temperature reversible oligomers and amyloids in PDZ32021

    • Author(s)
      Sawaros Onchaiya, Tomonori Saotome, Shun-ichi Kidokoro, Jose C. Martinez, Yutaka Kuroda
    • Organizer
      第44回日本分子生物学会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report

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Published: 2021-04-28   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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