LI Jia, LEI Haozhi, DAI Bin, et al. Silicone oil promotes the aggregation of amyloid proteins and peptides[J]. Nuclear techniques, 2015, 38(8): 080501 DOI: 10.11889/j.0253-3219.2015.hjs.38.080501.
Background: The aggregation of amyloid proteins leads to some serious diseases
such as Alzheimer’s disease
Parkinson’s disease; silicone oil is identified as biosafety material
and is widely used in industry and daily life
even implantation in vivo. Purpose: The aim is to study the influence of silicone oil on the aggregation of amyloid proteins and peptides. Methods: We measured the fluorescence of thioflavin T(ThT) in the samples and image the aggregated fibers by atomic force microscope (AFM). Results: Five kinds of amyloid proteins/peptides aggregated faster and more sufficiently in the samples containing silicone oil
and the fibers are longer and denser in silicone oil sample. Conclusion: A certain amount of silicone oil can promote the aggregation of these amyloid proteins and peptides. Abstract