Pentameric Thiophene As A Probe To Monitor Egcg'S Remodeling Activity Of Mature Amyloid Fibrils: Overcoming Signal Artifacts Of Thioflavin T

Thioflavin T fluorescence is a gold standard probe for the detection of amyloid fibrils. Herein, we showed that mature amyloid fibrils incubated with polyphenol epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) present a fast reduction of the thioflavin T fluorescence, which is not related to remodeling activity. We propose the use of the pentameric thiophene fluorescence for monitoring the polyphenol remodeling activity.