Figure 4.
ZnAβ40 oligomer can be restored rapidly back to fibrillization pathway by EDTA. (A,E) Aβ and ZnAβ40 (A) or ZnAβ42 (E) aggregation monitored by ThT assay. Three folds of EDTA was added when Aβ fibrillization reached a plateau. The time of addition is indicated by arrows. (B,F) Time-course conformation changes of ZnAβ40 or ZnAβ42 after EDTA treatment measured by far-UV CD. (C,D and G,H) TEM images (C and G) and dot blotting (D,H) of the time course samples in the aggregation. Scale bars in TEM images are 100 nm. ZnAβ was first prepared and incubated for 1 day for ZnAβ oligomer formation prior to EDTA treatment in the CD and dot blotting experiments. Dot blotted membrane was probed with A11 and OC antibody and stained by Direct blue as a dotting control.