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Third order polarizability, (γ) taken from the collective electronic oscillator (CEO) method was used to calculate the two-photon absorption (TPA) of tetrastyryl-[2,2]paracyclophane derivatives with different through-space charge transfer configurations considering various donor and acceptor combinations at the terminal styryl groups. For the virtually same linear absorption, different TPA spectra were obtained. For controlling and fine-tuning frequency and cross-sections of TPA the through-space charge transfer interactions can be used. The results are explained by the electronic density matrices corresponding to governing oscillators in one- and two-photon absorption and the ground state. It is indicated that for the studied systems mainly the lowest four oscillators are responsible for the TPA cross-sections rather than a simple effective three-state model.

Early oligomerization of human islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP), which is accountable for β‐cell death, has been implicated in the progression of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Some researches have shown the connection between hIAPP and Alzheimer's disease as well. However, the mechanism of peptide accumulation and associated cytotoxicity remains unclear. Due to the unique properties and significant role of histidine in protein sequences, here for the first time, the tautomeric effect of histidine at the early stages of amylin misfolding was investigated via molecular dynamics simulations. Considering Tau and Pi tautomeric forms of histidine (Tau and Pi tautomers are denoted as ϵ and δ, respectively), simulations were performed on two possible isomers of amylin. Our analysis revealed a higher probability of transient α‐helix generation in the δ isomer in monomeric form. In dimeric forms, the δδ and δϵ conformations showed an elevated amount of α‐helix and lower coil in comparison to the ϵϵ dimer. Due to the significant role of α‐helix in membrane disruption and transition to β‐sheet structure, these results may imply a noticeable contribution of the δ isomer and the δδ and δϵ dimers rather than ϵ and ϵϵ conformations in the early stages of diabetes initiation. Our results may aid in elucidating the hIAPP self‐association process in the etiology of amyloidosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Histidine tautomerism is considered a crucial component that affects the constitutional and accumulation characteristics of the tau 267-312 monomer in the neutral condition, which are connected with the pathobiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Interpreting the organizational characteristics and accumulation procedure is a challenging task because two tautomeric conformations (the N ε -H or N δ -H tautomer) can occur in the open neutral condition. In the current work, replica-exchange molecular dynamics (REMD) simulations were performed to investigate the structural properties of the tau 267-312 monomer considering the histidine tautomeric effect. Based on the simulation outcomes, the histidine 268 (H268) (δ)-H299 (δ) (δδ) isomer had the highest β-sheet content with a value of 26.2%, which acquires a sheet-governing toxic conformer with the first abundant conformational state of 22.6%. In addition, δδ displayed notable antiparallel β-sheets between lysine 8 (K8)-asparagine 13 (N13) and valine 40 (V40)-tyrosine 44 (Y44) as well as between K32-H33 and V40-Y44 (β-meander supersecondary structure), indicating this tautomeric isomer may exist to stimulate tau oligomerization. Furthermore, H299 was found to play an essential role in the structural stabilization of the δδ isomer compared with H268. The present research will aid in obtaining insight into the organizational and accumulation properties of tau protein in the presence of histidine tautomerism to control AD.