Beta Amyloid Peptide: Research Paper : Hydration Thermodynamics of the N-Terminal FAD Mutants of Amyloid-β

Hydration Thermodynamics of the N-Terminal FAD Mutants of Amyloid-β

Abstract

The hydration thermodynamics of amyloid-β (Aβ) and its pathogenic familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD) mutants such as A2V, Taiwan (D7H), Tottori (D7N), and English (H6R) and the protective A2T mutant is investigated by a combination of all-atom, explicit water molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and the three-dimensional reference interaction site model (3D-RISM) theory. The change in the hydration free energy on mutation is decomposed into the energetic and entropic components, which comprise electrostatic and nonelectrostatic contributions. An increase in the hydration free energy is observed for A2V, D7H, D7N, and H6R mutations that increase the aggregation propensity of Aβ and lead to an early onset of Alzheimer's disease, while a reverse trend is noted for the protective A2T mutation. An antiphase correlation is found between the change in the hydration energy and the internal energy of Aβ upon mutation. A residue-wise decomposition analysis shows that the change in the hydration free energy of Aβ on mutation is primarily due to the hydration/dehydration of the side-chain atoms of the negatively charged residues. The decrease in the hydration of the negatively charged residues on mutation may decrease the solubility of the mutant, which increases the observed aggregation propensity of the FAD mutants. Results obtained from the theory show an excellent match with the experimentally reported data.

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