Quantification of amyloid fibrils using size exclusion chromatography coupled with online fluorescence and ultraviolet detection

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Randrianjatovo-Gbalou, Irina | Marcato-Romain, Claire-Emmanuelle | Girbal-Neuhauser, Elisabeth

Edité par CCSD ; Elsevier Masson -

International audience. An amyloid fibrils investigation within biofilm samples requires distinguishing the amyloid β-sheet structure of these proteins and quantifying them. In this study, the property of amyloids to incorporate the fluorescent dye Thioflavin T has been exploited to propose a method of quantification. The experimental protocol includes the preparation of amyloids from commercial κ-casein (κCN) and their fractionation through size exclusion chromatography (SEC) to provide calibration curves from fluorescence and absorbance signals. Finally, a bacterial biofilm extract was injected into SEC, and the amyloid fibrils could be expressed as equivalent κCN, representing approximately 21% of the total proteins.

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