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Aqueous RAFT Synthesis of Glycopolymers for Determination of Saccharide Structure and Concentration Effects on Amyloid ? Aggregation.


ABSTRACT: GM1 ganglioside is known to promote amyloid-? (A?) peptide aggregation in Alzheimer's disease. The roles of the individual saccharides and their distribution in this process are not understood. Acrylamide-based glycomonomers with either ?-d-glucose or ?-d-galactose pendant groups were synthesized to mimic the stereochemistry of saccharides present in GM1 and characterized via 1H NMR and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Glycopolymers of different molecular weights were synthesized by aqueous reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (aRAFT) polymerization and characterized by NMR and GPC. The polymers were used as models to investigate the effects of molecular weight and saccharide unit type on A? aggregation via thioflavin-T fluorescence and PAGE. High molecular weight (?350 DP) glucose-containing glycopolymers had a profound effect on A? aggregation, promoting formation of soluble oligomers of A? and limiting fibril production, while the other glycopolymers and negative control had little effect on the A? propagation process.

SUBMITTER: Das PK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5694895 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Aqueous RAFT Synthesis of Glycopolymers for Determination of Saccharide Structure and Concentration Effects on Amyloid β Aggregation.

Das Pradipta K PK   Dean Dexter N DN   Fogel April L AL   Liu Fei F   Abel Brooks A BA   McCormick Charles L CL   Kharlampieva Eugenia E   Rangachari Vijayaraghavan V   Morgan Sarah E SE  

Biomacromolecules 20170926 10


GM1 ganglioside is known to promote amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide aggregation in Alzheimer's disease. The roles of the individual saccharides and their distribution in this process are not understood. Acrylamide-based glycomonomers with either β-d-glucose or β-d-galactose pendant groups were synthesized to mimic the stereochemistry of saccharides present in GM1 and characterized via <sup>1</sup>H NMR and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Glycopolymers of different molecular weights were synthe  ...[more]

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