Succinimide intermediates play the crucial role in the nucleation process for protein amyloid fibril formation, as they can usually induce a non-native conformation in a fraction of soluble proteins to render amyloidogenicity and neurotoxicity. Thus, in situ detection of succinimide intermediates during amyloid fibrillation kinetics is of considerable importance, albeit challenging, because these succinimides are generally unstable in physiological conditions. Here, we found an in situ Raman spectral fingerprint to trace the succinimide intermediates in amyloid fibril formation, wherein the carbonyl symmetric stretching of cyclic imide in the succinimide derivative is located at ca. 1790 cm. Using its intensity as an indicator of succinimide intermediates, we have in situ detected and unravelled the role of succinimide intermediates during the oligomer formation from the Bz-Asp-Gly-NH dipeptide or the amyloid fibrillation kinetics of lysozyme with thermal/acid treatment.
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