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Construction of an in vivo system of Escherichia coli for screening Aβ42 aggregation inhibitors based on β-lactamase

  • ZHAO Wenping ,
  • JIA Longgang ,
  • LU Fuping ,
  • LIU Fufeng
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  • Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, National Engineering Laboratory for Industrial Enzymes,Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China

Revised date: 2019-07-12

  Online published: 2019-11-15

Abstract

Misfolding and aggregation of amyloid β protein (Aβ) play a key role in developing Alzheimer's disease (AD). Therefore, establishing aggregation inhibitors of Aβ is important for alleviating and treating AD. Based on the structural property of TEM1-β-lactamase (βlac) and the aggregation characteristics of Aβ42, this study inserted Aβ42 between residue 196 and 197 of βlac to construct BL21-βlac-Aβ42 recombinant strain. Moreover, it was identified using several known Aβ42 inhibitors. The results showed that with the addition of known Aβ42 inhibitors, the growth of recombinant BL21-βlac-Aβ42 was improved in ampicillin with specified concentration, and the maximum cell dilution for cell growth was also increased. Overall, this system realized high-throughput screening of amyloid aggregation inhibitors in microorganisms, which is helpful for developing new anti-Aβ aggregation drugs.

Cite this article

ZHAO Wenping , JIA Longgang , LU Fuping , LIU Fufeng . Construction of an in vivo system of Escherichia coli for screening Aβ42 aggregation inhibitors based on β-lactamase[J]. Food and Fermentation Industries, 2019 , 45(19) : 17 -24 . DOI: 10.13995/j.cnki.11-1802/ts.020989

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