Carbon nanospecies affecting amyloid formation

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Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11310/17:10368179
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7RA11296C" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7RA11296C</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7RA11296C" target="_blank" >10.1039/C7RA11296C</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Carbon nanospecies affecting amyloid formation
Original language description
Carbon nanospecies (CNPs) are of high interest in current research due to their many unique properties. They may be created by common processes, such as burning. Therefore, they can become potential contaminants and may have a negative impact on human health and the biosphere. Moreover, they may also catalyze protein misfolding and subsequent amyloid formation, which is extremely hard to treat. We investigated the influence of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs), fullerene (C60), carbon quantum dots (CDs) and nanodiamonds (NDs) on amyloid formation. This research utilized the hen egg-white lysozyme (HEWL) as a model system. Fibrils were detected by fluorescence of thioflavin-T (ThT) or Nile red (NR) and the results were confirmed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). We have found that NDs promoted amyloid fibril formation at all concentrations. The highest concentration of C60 (250 µg ml-1) accelerated the process of fibrillation, while smaller concentrations (16 and 80 µg ml-1) prolonged the lag phase and were comparable to the control. SWNTs prolonged the lag phase of amyloid formation at all concentrations. CDs efficiently terminated the growth of amyloid fibrils. When we compared the amyloidogenicity of all four types of CNPs, the following trend was apparent: NDs > control > C60 > CDs > SWNTs.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10404 - Polymer science

Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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