Effect of EGCG on the rate and yield of
Aβ42 aggregation.
(A) Aggregation of 2 μM Aβ42 in the absence and presence
of 0.1, 0.2, 0.4, 1, 2, 4, 10, 20, and 40 μM of EGCG, representing
EGCG-to-Aβ42 ratios of 0.05:1, 0.1:1, 0.2:1, 0.5:1, 1:1, 2:1,
5:1, 10:1, and 20:1. The aggregation was performed in PBS buffer at
37 °C without agitation. Three replicates were performed for
all samples. (B–D) Lag time, half-time, and fibril growth rate
were obtained by fitting the aggregation data to a sigmoidal function
(see Figure 1 and Methods). (E) Fluorescence intensity in the 27th
hour of aggregation is plotted as a function of the EGCG-to-Aβ42
ratio. Columns are the mean and error bars are the standard deviation
from the three aggregation repeats.