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Metal Ion Binding to the Amyloid ß Monomer Studied by Native Top-Down FTICR Mass Spectrometry.

Lermyte, F; Everett, J; Lam, YPY; Wootton, CA; Brooks, J; Barrow, MP; Telling, ND; Sadler, PJ; O'Connor, PB; Collingwood, JF

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Authors

F Lermyte

YPY Lam

CA Wootton

J Brooks

MP Barrow

PJ Sadler

PB O'Connor

JF Collingwood



Abstract

Native top-down mass spectrometry is a fast, robust biophysical technique that can provide molecular-scale information on the interaction between proteins or peptides and ligands, including metal cations. Here we have analyzed complexes of the full-length amyloid ß (1-42) monomer with a range of (patho)physiologically relevant metal cations using native Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry and three different fragmentation methods-collision-induced dissociation, electron capture dissociation, and infrared multiphoton dissociation-all yielding consistent results. Amyloid ß is of particular interest as its oligomerization and aggregation are major events in the etiology of Alzheimer's disease, and it is known that interactions between the peptide and bioavailable metal cations have the potential to significantly damage neurons. Those metals which exhibited the strongest binding to the peptide (Cu2+, Co2+, Ni2+) all shared a very similar binding region containing two of the histidine residues near the N-terminus (His6, His13). Notably, Fe3+ bound to the peptide only when stabilized toward hydrolysis, aggregation, and precipitation by a chelating ligand, binding in the region between Ser8 and Gly25. We also identified two additional binding regions near the flexible, hydrophobic C-terminus, where other metals (Mg2+, Ca2+, Mn2+, Na+, and K+) bound more weakly-one centered on Leu34, and one on Gly38. Unexpectedly, collisional activation of the complex formed between the peptide and [CoIII(NH3)6]3+ induced gas-phase reduction of the metal to CoII, allowing the peptide to fragment via radical-based dissociation pathways. This work demonstrates how native mass spectrometry can provide new insights into the interactions between amyloid ß and metal cations.

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 1, 2019
Publication Date Jul 26, 2019
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Journal of The American Society for Mass Spectrometry
Print ISSN 1044-0305
Publisher Springer Verlag
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 30
Issue 10
Pages 2123-2134
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s13361-019-02283-7
Keywords Amyloid beta, Collision-induced dissociation, Electron capture dissociation, Infrared multiphoton dissociation, Mass spectrometry, Native mass spectrometry, Native top-down, Peptide-metal complex, Radical-directed dissociation
Publisher URL https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13361-019-02283-7

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