Insulin Hot-Spot Analogs Formed with -Methylated Amino Acid Residues Inhibit Aggregation of Native Hormone.

Insulin Hot-Spot Analogs Formed with -Methylated Amino Acid Residues Inhibit Aggregation of Native Hormone.

Swiontek, Monika;Wasko, Joanna;Fraczyk, Justyna;Galecki, Krystian;Kaminski, Zbigniew J;Kolesinska, Beata;
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 2019 Vol. 24
529
swiontek2019insulinmolecules

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In this study, -methylated analogs of hot-spots of insulin were designed and synthesized, in the expectation that they would inhibit the aggregation of both insulin hot-spots and the entire hormone. Synthesis of insulin "amyloidogenic" analogs containing -methylated amino acid residues was performed by microwave-assisted solid phase according to the Fmoc/tert-Bu strategy. As a coupling reagent 4-(4,6-dimethoxy-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)-4-methylmorpholinium toluene-4-sulfonate (DMT/NMM/TosO) was used. Three independent methods were applied in aggregation studies of the complexes of insulin with its -methylated peptides. Additionally, circular dichroism (CD) measurements were used to confirm that aggregation processes did not occur in the presence of the -methylated analogs of hot-spot insulin fragments, and that insulin retains its native conformation. Of the seven -methylated analogs of the A- and B-chain hot-spots of insulin, six inhibited insulin aggregation (peptides and -). All tested peptides were found to have a lower ability to inhibit the aggregation of insulin hot-spots compared to the capability to inhibit native hormone aggregation.

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