β amyloid (29 40)

β-Amyloid (29-40), a fragment of the Amyloid-β peptide, possesses physical and chemical properties similar to those of viral protein fusion peptides. The C-terminal fragments (29-40 42) of Alzheimer's beta amyloid peptide can induce the fusion of liposomes.

Pramlintide is a non-amyloidogenic analog of the antidiabetic peptide hormone amylin that contains proline residues substituted at positions 25, 28, and 29. It stimulates cAMP production in HEK293 cells expressing human amylin receptor 1a (AMY1a), AMY2a, and AMY3a (EC50s = 0.35, 22.9, and 0.89 nM, respectively). Pramlintide inhibits human islet amyloid polypeptide fibrilization in a concentration-dependent manner. In vivo, pramlintide (200 pg/kg) reduces brain levels of amyloid-β (1-40) and increases spontaneous alternation in the Y-maze in the Tg2576 transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.