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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Ecological genetics</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Ecological genetics</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Экологическая генетика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">1811-0932</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2411-9202</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Eco-Vector</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">698555</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17816/ecogen698555</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">FQTSUC</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Genetically modified organism. The history, achievements, social and environmental risks</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ГМО: История, достижения, социальные и экологические риски</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Assessing amyloidogenic potential of urinary proteins from women with preeclampsia using yeast-based assay</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Оценка амилоидогенного потенциала белков мочи женщин с преэклампсией в дрожжевой модели</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7428-120X</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">8766-3012</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Fedotov</surname><given-names>Sergei A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Федотов</surname><given-names>Сергей Александрович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Cand. Sci. (Biology)</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>канд. биол. наук</p></bio><email>sergfedotov@physiol.sci.am</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9433-6987</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">3457-7464</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Belashova</surname><given-names>Tatyana A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Белашова</surname><given-names>Татьяна Алексеевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><email>trbmc@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7443-4560</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">6432-4970</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Kulichikhin</surname><given-names>Konstantin Yu.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Куличихин</surname><given-names>Константин Юрьевич</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Cand. Sci. (Biology)</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>канд. биол. наук</p></bio><email>konstantin_kulichikhin@yahoo.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7465-4504</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">1406-0090</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Glotov</surname><given-names>Andrey S.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Глотов</surname><given-names>Андрей Сергеевич</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Dr. Sci. (Bioligy), Professor</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>д-р биол. наук, профессор</p></bio><email>anglotov@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6203-2006</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">3961-4690</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Rubel</surname><given-names>Aleksandr A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Рубель</surname><given-names>Александр Анатольевич</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>МD, Cand. Sci. (Biology)</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>канд. биол. наук</p></bio><email>arubel@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Saint Petersburg State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">L.A. Orbeli Institute of Physiology, National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Институт физиологии им. Л.А. Орбели Национальной академии наук Республики Армения</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff3"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Saint Petersburg Branch, Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Science</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Санкт-Петербургский филиал Института общей генетики им. Н.И. Вавилова Российской академии наук</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff4"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">The Research Institute of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductology named after D.O. Ott</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Научно-исследовательский институт акушерства, гинекологии и репродуктологии им. Д.О. Отта</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="preprint" iso-8601-date="2026-01-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>01</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2026-05-03" publication-format="electronic"><day>03</day><month>05</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>24</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>65</fpage><lpage>72</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-12-13"><day>13</day><month>12</month><year>2025</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2025-12-31"><day>31</day><month>12</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2026, Eco-Vector</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2026, Эко-Вектор</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Eco-Vector</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Эко-Вектор</copyright-holder><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://eco-vector.com/for_authors.php#07</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.eco-vector.com/ecolgenet/article/view/698555">https://journals.eco-vector.com/ecolgenet/article/view/698555</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p><bold>BACKGROUND:</bold> Preeclampsia is a serious pregnancy disorder that arises after 20 weeks’ gestation and is characterized by hypertension, proteinuria and edema; it can progress to eclampsia with severe complications and death. Several studies have reported amyloid like aggregates in placenta and urine from preeclampsia patients that stain with Congo red. Mass spectrometry of these aggregates identified Albumin, Ceruloplasmin, Interferon alpha inducible protein 6, Serotransferrin, Alpha 1 antitrypsin, immunoglobulin light chains (κ) and Aβ peptides. Except for Aβ, and immunoglobulin light chains, the ability of these proteins to form amyloids in vivo has not been demonstrated.</p> <p><bold>AIM: </bold>To evaluate the in vivo amyloidogenic potential of proteins identified in preeclampsia associated urinary aggregates using the yeast based assay.</p> <p><bold>METHODS: </bold>Candidate human proteins (including Aβ42 as positive control) were cloned in frame with the N-terminal prion domain of S. cerevisiae Sup35 (Sup35N) into a yeast expression plasmid. Constructs were under control the copper inducible CUP1 promoter. The constructs were transformed into a S. cerevisiae ade1-14 strain (nonsense mutation in ADE1) and lacking endogenous prions. Expression was induced by growth colonies on −Ura medium containing 150 µM CuSO<sub>4</sub> for 48 h. Colonies were then replica plated to adenine deficient (−Ade) medium, and growth was monitored up to 21 days as a readout of Sup35 conversion to the [PSI<sup>+</sup>] prion and of the amyloidogenicity of the Sup35N fusion.</p> <p><bold>RESULTS: </bold>Analysis indicates that none of the human proteins tested—except the Aβ42 peptide—have demonstrated amyloidogenic potential in vivo.</p> <p><bold>CONCLUSION: </bold>None of the full-length human proteins detected in urine from preeclampsia patients–albumin, ceruloplasmin, IFN-α-inducible protein 6, serotransferrin, and alpha-1-antitrypsin showed amyloidogenic activity in a yeast-based phenotypic assay; only Aβ42 functioned as an effective seed. Future work will assess amyloidogenicity of individual domains of these proteins.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p><bold>Обоснование.</bold> Преэклампсия — тяжёлое осложнение беременности, возникающее после 20-й недели и характеризующееся гипертензией, протеинурией и отёками; преэклампсия может прогрессировать до эклампсии с тяжёлыми осложнениями и летальным исходом. В ряде исследований в плаценте и моче пациенток с преэклампсией были выявлены амилоидоподобные агрегаты, которые окрашиваются конго-красным. Масс-спектрометрический анализ этих агрегатов выявил, что c агрегатами ассоциированы белки: альбумин, церулоплазмин, IFN-α-индуцируемый белок 6, серотрансферрин, альфа-1-антитрипсин, лёгкие цепи иммуноглобулинов (κ) и пептид Aβ. За исключением Aβ и лёгких цепей иммуноглобулинов способность выявленных белков образовывать амилоиды in vivo не была продемонстрирована.</p> <p><bold>Цель исследования<italic>.</italic></bold> Оценить in vivo амилоидогенный потенциал белков, выявленных в мочевых агрегатах, ассоциированных с преэклампсией, с помощью дрожжевого фенотипического теста.</p> <p><bold>Методы.</bold> Гены, кодирующие белки кандидаты (включая Aβ42 в качестве положительного контроля) были клонированы в рамке считывания с последовательностью N-терминального прионного домена Saccharomyces cerevisiae Sup35 (Sup35N) в дрожжевые экспрессионные плазмиды. Полученные гибридные гены находятся под контролем индуцибельного промотора CUP1. Плазмиды методом трансформации были введены в штамм S. cerevisiae, несущий нонсенс-мутацию ade1-14 и лишённый эндогенных прионов. Экспрессию индуцировали, выращивая колонии на среде Ura, содержащей 150 мкМ CuSO<sub>4</sub> в течение 48 ч. После чего колонии методом отпечатков переносили на среду, без аденина, и отслеживали рост в течение 21 дня. Рост колоний на среде без аденина свидетельствовал о нуклеации гибридным белком эндогенного Sup35 и его переходе в прионное состояние — [PSI<sup>+</sup>].</p> <p><bold>Результаты</bold>. Анализ показал, что ни один из протестированных белков человека — за исключением пептида Aβ42 — не демонстрирует амилоидогенного потенциала in vivo.</p> <p><bold>Заключение.</bold> Ни один из полноразмерных белков человека, обнаруженный в моче при преэклампсии (альбумин, церулоплазмин, IFN-α-индуцируемый белок 6, серотрансферрин, альфа-1-антитрипсин), не продемонстрировал амилоидогенный потенциал в дрожжевой тест-системе фенотипической детекции амилоидов, исключение составил только пептитд Aβ42. В дальнейшем планируется оценить амилоидогенность отдельных фрагментов этих белков.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>preeclampsia</kwd><kwd>amyloid</kwd><kwd>urine biomarkers</kwd><kwd>mass spectrometry</kwd><kwd>yeast model</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>преэклампсия</kwd><kwd>амилоид</kwd><kwd>биомаркеры мочи</kwd><kwd>масс-спектрометрия</kwd><kwd>дрожжевая модель</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><award-group><funding-source><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="en">Russian Science Foundation</institution></institution-wrap><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="ru">Российский научный фонд</institution></institution-wrap></funding-source><award-id>19-75-20033-П</award-id></award-group><funding-statement xml:lang="en">The research was supported by the Russian Science Foundation grant No. 19-75-20033-П.</funding-statement><funding-statement xml:lang="ru">Исследование выполнено при поддержке гранта Российского научного фонда № 19-75-20033-П.</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Chaiworapongsa T, Chaemsaithong P, Yeo L, Romero R. 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