Abstract
Insulin fibril formation is considered as the hallmark of several debilitating pathological conditions. To develop effective therapeutics that are able to control the amyloidogenesis process and inhibit fibril formation, herein we have designed a side-chain proline (Pro)-based homopolymer and block copolymers through the reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization technique and further explored their obligatory role in the in vitro insulin fibrillation process. Using a variety of biophysical tools, including turbidity measurements, thioflavin T (ThT) fluorescence kinetics, tyrosine (Tyr) fluorescence study, Nile red (NR) fluorescence assay, dynamic light scattering (DLS) study, circular dichroism (CD) measurements, and isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) techniques, we demonstrated that Pro-based polymers can significantly inhibit the insulin fibrillation process. Among them, the Pro-based homopolymer acts as the most potent inhibitor of insulin fibrillation as confirmed by ThT assay, CD study, and transmission electron microscopic (TEM) analysis. Tyrosine fluorescence measurements and NR fluorescence assay revealed that hydrophobic interactions are the crucial factor that mainly controls the inhibition process. Apart from hydrophobic interactions, polar interactions may also be responsible for the inhibition process as evaluated by ITC study.
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