<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sonawane, Shweta Kishor</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Balmik, Abhishek Ankur</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Boral, Debjyoti</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ramasamy, Sureshkumar</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chinnathambi, Subashchandrabose</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Baicalein suppresses repeat tau fibrillization by sequestering oligomers</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alzheimer disease</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Baicalein</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Microtubule assembly</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Paired helical filaments</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Protein aggregation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">tau protein</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2019</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">OCT</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">675</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">108119</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by protein misfolding, aggregation and accumulation in the brain. A large number of molecules are being screened against these pathogenic proteins but the focus for therapeutics is shifting towards the natural compounds as aggregation inhibitors, mainly due to their minimum adverse effects. Baicalein is a natural compound belonging to the class of flavonoids isolated from the Chinese herb Scutellaria baicalensis. Here we applied fluorescence, absorbance, microscopy, MALDI-TOF spectrophotometry and other biochemical techniques to investigate the interaction between Tau and Baicalein in vitro. We found the aggregation inhibitory properties of Baicalein for the repeat Tau. Overall, the potential of Baicalein in dissolving the preformed Tau oligomers as well as mature fibrils can be of utmost importance in therapeutics for Alzheimer's disease.&lt;/p&gt;
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</style></custom4></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Das, Rashmi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Balmik, Abhishek Ankur</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chinnathambi, Subashchandrabose</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Effect of melatonin on tau aggregation and tau-mediated cell surface morphology</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">International Journal of Biological Macromolecules</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alzheimer's disease</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cell surface morphology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">melatonin</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Paired helical filaments</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">tau protein</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tauopathies</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2020</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">JUN </style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">152</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">30-39</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Aggregation of Microtubule-associated protein Tau and its deposition in the form of neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) is one of the pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Tau aggregation inhibition has been targeted in various studies including natural compounds and synthetic small molecules. Here, we have studied neurohormone- Melatonin against in vitro Tau aggregation and observed its effect on membrane topology, tubulin network and Tau phosphorylation in Neuro2A and N9 cell lines. The aggregation and conformation of Tau was determined by ThT fluorescence and CD spectroscopy respectively. The morphology of Tau aggregates in presence and absence of Melatonin was studied by transmission electron microscopy. Melatonin was found to reduce the formation of higher order oligomeric structures without affecting the overall aggregation kinetics of Tau. Melatonin also modulates and helps to maintain membrane morphology, independent on tubulin network as evidenced by FE-SEM and immunofluorescence analysis. Overall, Melatonin administration shows mild anti-aggregation and cytoprotective effects. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.&lt;/p&gt;
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</style></custom4></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Balmik, Abhishek Ankur</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Das, Rashmi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dangi, Abha</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gorantla, Nalini Vijay</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Marelli, Udaya Kiran</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chinnathambi, Subashchandrabose</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Melatonin interacts with repeat domain of Tau to mediate disaggregation of paired helical filaments</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta-General Subjects</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alzheimer's disease</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Disaggregation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">melatonin</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Paired helical filaments</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">tau protein</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tauopathies</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2020</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MAR</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1864</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">129467</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Tau is the major neuronal protein involved in the stabilization of microtubule assembly. In Alzheimer's disease, Tau self-assembles to form intracellular protein aggregates which are toxic to cells. Various methods have been tried and tested to restrain the aggregation of Tau. Most of the agents tested for this purpose have limitations in their effectiveness and availability to neuronal cells. We have tested melatonin, a neurohormone secreted by pineal gland and a well-known anti-oxidant, for its ability to interact with the repeat domain of Tau using ITC and NMR. In aggregation inhibition and disaggregation studies of repeat Tau, melatonin was found to modulate the aggregation propensity of repeat Tau at a concentration of 5000 mu M and was more effective in dissolving preformed aggregates rather than acting as an aggregation inhibitor. However, there were no major conformational changes in Tau in presence of melatonin as observed by CD spectroscopy. On the basis of our findings, we are proposing a mechanism by which melatonin can interact with the repeat domain of Tau and exhibit its disaggregation effect.&lt;/p&gt;
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