Cryo-EM reveals structural breaks in a patient-derived amyloid fibril from systemic AL amyloidosis
Systemic AL amyloidosis is a debilitating and potentially fatal disease that arises from the misfolding and fibrillation of immunoglobulin light chains (LCs). The disease is patient-specific with essentially each patient possessing a unique LC sequence. In this study, we present two ex vivo fibril s...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Article (Journal) |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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08 February 2021
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Nature Communications
Year: 2021, Jahrgang: 12, Pages: 1-10 |
| ISSN: | 2041-1723 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41467-021-21126-2 |
| Online-Zugang: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21126-2 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-21126-2 |
| Verfasserangaben: | Lynn Radamaker, Julian Baur, Stefanie Huhn, Christian Haupt, Ute Hegenbart, Stefan Schönland, Akanksha Bansal, Matthias Schmidt & Marcus Fändrich |
| Zusammenfassung: | Systemic AL amyloidosis is a debilitating and potentially fatal disease that arises from the misfolding and fibrillation of immunoglobulin light chains (LCs). The disease is patient-specific with essentially each patient possessing a unique LC sequence. In this study, we present two ex vivo fibril structures of a λ3 LC. The fibrils were extracted from the explanted heart of a patient (FOR005) and consist of 115-residue fibril proteins, mainly from the LC variable domain. The fibril structures imply that a 180° rotation around the disulfide bond and a major unfolding step are necessary for fibrils to form. The two fibril structures show highly similar fibril protein folds, differing in only a 12-residue segment. Remarkably, the two structures do not represent separate fibril morphologies, as they can co-exist at different z-axial positions within the same fibril. Our data imply the presence of structural breaks at the interface of the two structural forms. |
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| ISSN: | 2041-1723 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41467-021-21126-2 |