Abstract
β-sheet-rich amyloid fibril or aggregate accumulation has been implicated in a number of human diseases. Numerous studies demonstrate that natural polyphenols decrease the risk of degenerative diseases and inhibit in vitro amyloid formation. However, the molecular mechanism for the anti-amyloidogenesis of polyphenols is still unclear. Thus, this study investigates the effects of oligomeric procyanidins (OPCs), resveratrol, and trehalose on the amyloidogenicity of insulin via thioflavin-T (ThT) fluorescence, dynamic light scattering (DLS), circular dichroism (CD), and transmission electronic microscopy (TEM). The results demonstrate that the order of inhibitory effects on insulin amyloid fibrillation is OPCs > resveratrol > trehalose, suggesting that the polyphenolic structure is important for fibril deposition. OPCs show potent inhibitory effects at all stages of insulin fibrillation and redirect the insulin aggregation pathway via the formation of unstructured, off-pathway aggregates. These findings contribute to the development of novel anti-amyloidogenic products from naturally occurring materials.
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