Title:A Comprehensive Review on Inorganic Nanoparticles as Effective
Modulators of Amyloidogenesis
Volume: 30
Issue: 8
Author(s): Debashmita Chakraborty, Aniket Mukherjee and Nandini Sarkar*
Affiliation:
- Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Rourkela,
769008, Odisha, India
Keywords:
Inorganic nanoparticle, amyloid, amyloidogenesis, quantum dots, thioflavin T, fibrillation.
Abstract: Many degenerative disorders have started to develop as a result of the deposition of insoluble
protein fibrillar clumps known as amyloid. This deposition mostly limits normal cellular
function and signaling. This build-up of amyloid in vivo results in a variety of illnesses in the body,
including type 2 diabetes, several neurodegenerative diseases (such as Alzheimer's disease and
spongiform encephalopathy), and Alzheimer's disease. Growing interest has been demonstrated in
nanoparticles as a potential treatments for amyloidosis throughout the past few decades. Inorganic
nanoparticles are one of them and have also been in substantial research as a potential anti-amyloid
drug. Inorganic nanoparticles have emerged as a good study candidates because of their nano size,
distinctive physical characteristics, and capacity to traverse the blood-brain barrier. In the current
review, we have focused on the effects of different types of inorganic nanoparticles on amyloidogenesis
and attempted to understand their underlying mechanism of action.