Phospholipid catalysis of diabetic amyloid assembly.

Islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) is a 37-residue hormone that forms cytotoxic amyloid fibers in the endocrine pancreas of patients with type II diabetes (NIDDM). A potential origin for cytotoxicity is disruption of lipid membranes by IAPP as has been observed in vitro. The cause of amyloid formation during NIDDM is not known, nor is the mechanism by which membrane disruption occurs in vitro. Here, we use kinetic studies in conjunction with assessments of lipid binding and electron microscopy to investigate the interactions of IAPP with phospholipid bilayers and the morphological effects of membranes on IAPP fibers. Fibrillogenesis of IAPP is catalyzed by synthetic and human tissue-derived phospholipids, leading to >tenfold increases in the rate of fibrillogenesis. The molecular basis of this phenomenon includes a strong dependence on the concentration and charge density of the membrane. IAPP binds to lipid membranes of mixed anionic (DOPG) and zwitterionic (DOPC) content. The transition for binding occurs over a physiologically relevant range of anionic content. Membrane binding by IAPP occurs on timescales that are short compared to fibrillogenesis and results in assembly into preamyloid states via ordered interactions at the N but not C terminus of the protein. These assemblies lead both to gross morphological changes in liposomes and to alterations in the appearance of early fibers when compared to liposome-free fibril formation. Intact bilayer surfaces are regenerated upon dissociation of fibers from the membrane surface. These findings offer a structural mechanism of membrane destabilization and suggest that changes in lipid metabolism could induce IAPP fiber formation in NIDDM.

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