Mechanism of rutin mediated inhibition of insulin amyloid formation and protection of Neuro-2a cells from fibril-induced apoptosis

Many metabolic and neurodegenerative diseases are associated with protein misfolding and aggregation. Insulin a key hormone, under certain conditions aggregates and forms pathological amyloid fibrils. Several polyphenols have been studied extensively to elucidate their inhibitory effect on amyloid formation. In the present study, we used insulin as an amyloid model to test the mechanism and efficacy of rutin as an anti-amyloidogenic molecule. By...