Investigating the structural properties of amyloid-like fibrils formed in vitro from beta2-microglobulin using limited proteolysis and electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry.

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry : RCM
Sarah L MyersAlison E Ashcroft

Abstract

The protein beta(2)-microglobulin (beta(2)m) aggregates to form classical amyloid fibrils in patients undergoing long-term haemodialysis. Amyloid-like fibrils with a cross-beta fold can also be formed from wild-type beta(2)m under acidic conditions in vitro. The morphology of such fibrils depends critically on the conditions used: incubation of beta(2)m in low ionic strength buffers at pH 2.5 results in the formation of long (microm), straight fibrils while, at pH 3.6, short (<500 nm) fibrils form. At higher ionic strengths (0.2-0.4 M) at pH 1.5-3.6, the fibrils have a distinct curved and nodular morphology. To determine the conformational properties of beta(2)m within in vitro fibrils of different morphologies, limited proteolysis of each fibril type using pepsin was performed and the resulting peptide fragments identified by tandem mass spectrometry. For comparison, the proteolytic degradation patterns of monomeric beta(2)m and seven synthetic peptides spanning the entire sequence of the intact protein were similarly analysed. The results show that fibrils with different morphologies result in distinct digestion patterns. While the curved, worm-like fibrils are relatively weakly protected from proteolysis, the long, straight ...Continue Reading

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