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The effect of Insulin on Amylin-Aβ aggregates

Avishag Bartuv 1 Yifat Miller 2,3
1Jusidman Science Center for the Youth, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
2Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
3The Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science & Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

Amyloid beta (Aβ) is a peptide that aggregates in the brain causing Alzheimer disease (AD). Amylin is a peptide associated with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D). Amylin peptides aggregate in the pancreas and consequently causing to death of β-cells. Histochemical studies showed that Amylin aggregates were found to be co-localized with Aβ aggregates to form the Amylin-Aβ aggregates in the AD patients’ brains. Therefore, it was proposed that T2D patients have more the risk to develop AD. Insulin is a hormone secreted from pancreatic β-cells together with amylin. Clinical studies showed that Insulin inhibit separately Aβ aggregation and Amylin aggregation. In order to provide insights into the effect of Insulin on Amylin-Aβ aggregates, molecular modeling tools are applied in the current project. Inhibition to the formation of these aggregates will assist to preventing T2D patients to develop AD.









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