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Fatty Acids, Phospholipids, and the Betaine Lipid DGTS from the Aquatic Fern Salvinia natans. Chem Nat Compd 2005. [DOI: 10.1007/s10600-005-0189-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Ahn T, Yun CH, Oh DB. Involvement of nonlamellar-prone lipids in the stability increase of human cytochrome P450 1A2 in reconstituted membranes. Biochemistry 2005; 44:9188-96. [PMID: 15966743 DOI: 10.1021/bi050051e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The effect of nonlamellar-prone lipids, diacylglycerol (DG) and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), on the stability of human cytochrome P450 1A2 (CYP1A2) was examined. When 100% phosphatidylcholine (PC) in standard vesicles was gradually replaced with either DG or PE, the stability of CYP1A2 increased; the incubation time-dependent destruction of spectrally detectable P450, decrease of catalytic activity, reduction of intrinsic fluorescence, and increased sensitivity to trypsin digestion were significantly alleviated. The ternary system of PC/PE/DG increased the stability of CYP1A2 more, even at lower concentrations of each nonlamellar-prone lipid, than that of the binary lipid mixture (PC/nonlamellar lipid). By incorporating the nonlamellar-prone lipids, the CYP1A2-induced increase of the surface pressure of the lipid monolayer was much higher compared to that for 100% PC. Increased surface pressure indicates a deep insertion of the protein into lipid monolayers. Nonlamellar lipids also increased the transition temperature of CYP1A2 in thermal unfolding and reduced the incubation time-dependent detachment of membrane-bound CYP1A2 from vesicles. Taken together, these results suggest that nonlamellar lipids per se and/or the phase properties of the membrane containing these lipids are important in the enhanced stability of CYP1A2 and the concomitant maintenance of catalytic activity of the protein.
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- Taeho Ahn
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Korea.
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Molee W, Bouillier-Oudot M, Auvergne A, Babilé R. Changes in lipid composition of hepatocyte plasma membrane induced by overfeeding in duck. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2005; 141:437-44. [PMID: 15964231 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2005.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2005] [Revised: 05/09/2005] [Accepted: 05/10/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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This experiment was carried out to examine the influence of overfeeding ducks with corn on the lipid composition of hepatocyte plasma membrane. Seventy-day-old male Mule ducks (Cairina moschata x Anas platyrhynchos) were overfed with corn for 12.5 days in order to induce fatty livers. The cholesterol and phospholipid contents were approximately 50% higher in hepatocyte plasma membranes from fatty livers compared to those of lean livers obtained from non-overfed ducks. However, the cholesterol/phospholipids molar ratio did not differ between both groups. Overfeeding induced a significant change in phospholipid composition of hepatocyte plasma membrane with a decrease in phosphatidylcholine proportion and conversely an increase in phosphatidylethanolamine. The fatty acid profile of phospholipids was also altered. In fatty hepatocyte plasma membrane, the overall proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) was decreased and this was due to the decrease of some of, but not all, the PUFA. In addition, the proportions of oleic acid and n-9 series unsaturated fatty acids were higher in fatty than in lean liver membranes. This study provides evidence that overfeeding with a carbohydrate-rich corn-based diet induces a de novo hepatic lipogenesis in Mule duck which predominates over dietary lipid intake to change the lipid composition of the hepatocyte plasma membrane.
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- W Molee
- Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique de Toulouse (ENSAT), Laboratoire de Zootechnie et Qualité des Produits Animaux, Avenue de l'Agrobiopole, BP 32607, F 31326 Castanet-Tolosan Cedex, France
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Berdyshev EV, Gorshkova IA, Garcia JGN, Natarajan V, Hubbard WC. Quantitative analysis of sphingoid base-1-phosphates as bisacetylated derivatives by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Anal Biochem 2005; 339:129-36. [PMID: 15766719 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2004.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2004] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) and dihydrosphingosine-1-phosphate (DHS1P) are important signaling sphingolipids. The presence of nanomolar levels of S1P and DHS1P in tissues, cells, and biological fluids requires a highly sensitive and selective assay method for their reliable detection and quantitation. Preliminary findings employing positive ion electrospray ionization (ESI) liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) analysis indicated significant sample carryover from previous injections of authentic standards of S1P and DHS1P. This article details a negative ion ESI LC-MS/MS technique following modification of the zwitterionic nature of S1P and DHS1P via derivatization. A highly selective and sensitive LC-MS/MS technique capable of reliable detection of less than 50 fmol of the derivatives of S1P and DHS1P without significant sample carryover was developed. Standard curves for S1P and DHS1P are linear over wide ranges (0-300 pmol) of analyte concentrations with correlation coefficients (r2) greater than 0.995. The levels of S1P and DHS1P in human platelet poor plasma were 590.8+/-42.1 and 130.7+/-20.7 pmol/ml, respectively. The levels of S1P and DHS1P in fetal bovine serum were 141.7+/-4.6 and 0.6+/-0.2 pmol/ml, respectively. The addition of sphingosine (1 microM) to human pulmonary artery endothelial cells in culture resulted in a more than 20-fold increase in the cellular level of S1P, whereas the level of DHS1P was unchanged.
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- Evgeny V Berdyshev
- Division of Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, MFL Building, Center Tower, Room 683, 5200 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
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Vorob’eva EV, Dmitrenok AS, Dmitrenok PS, Isakov VV, Krasikova IN, Solov’eva TF. The Structure of Uncommon Lipid A from the Marine Bacterium Marinomonas communis ATCC 27118T. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2005. [DOI: 10.1007/s11171-005-0050-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Ivanova EP, Bowman JP, Lysenko AM, Zhukova NV, Gorshkova NM, Sergeev AF, Mikhailov VV. Alteromonas addita sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1065-1068. [PMID: 15879234 DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.63521-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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On the basis of phenotypic, genotypic characteristics and analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences, a novel species belonging to the genus Alteromonas is described. A non-pigmented, motile, Gram-negative bacterium designated R10SW13T was isolated from sea water samples collected in Chazhma Bay (Sea of Japan, Pacific Ocean). The novel organism mainly grew between 4 °C and 37 °C, was neutrophilic and slightly halophilic, tolerating up to 10 % NaCl. Strain R10SW13T was haemolytic and was able to degrade starch and Tween 80 and to degrade gelatin and agar weakly, but did not degrade casein. Phosphatidylethanolamine (44·3±0·9 %) and phosphatidylglycerol (55·7±0·9 %) were the predominant phospholipids. The major fatty acids formed were typical for the genus Alteromonas, including 16 : 0, 16 : 1ω-7 and 18 : 1ω-7. The G+C content of the DNA was 43·4 mol%. DNA–DNA hybridization experiments showed 38–53 % binding with the DNAs of type strains of phylogenetically related species of the genus Alteromonas, namely: Alteromonas macleodii, Alteromonas marina, Alteromonas stellipolaris, Alteromonas litorea, ‘Alteromonas macleodii subsp. fijiensis’ and ‘Alteromonas infernus’. Based on these results, a novel species, Alteromonas addita sp. nov., is proposed, with strain R10SW13T (=KMM 3600T=KCTC 12195T=LMG 22532T) as the type strain.
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MESH Headings
- Agar/metabolism
- Alteromonas/classification
- Alteromonas/cytology
- Alteromonas/isolation & purification
- Base Composition
- DNA, Bacterial/chemistry
- DNA, Bacterial/genetics
- DNA, Ribosomal/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- Fatty Acids/analysis
- Gelatin/metabolism
- Genes, rRNA
- Gentian Violet
- Growth Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Hemolysis
- Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
- Japan
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Movement
- Nucleic Acid Hybridization
- Pacific Ocean
- Phenazines
- Phospholipids/analysis
- Phylogeny
- Pigments, Biological
- Polysorbates/metabolism
- RNA, Bacterial/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics
- Seawater/microbiology
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sodium Chloride/pharmacology
- Temperature
- Water Microbiology
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- Elena P Ivanova
- Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 690022 Vladivostok, Pr. 100 Let Vladivostoku 159, Russian Federation
- Swinburne University of Technology, PO Box 218, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, Australia
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- School of Agricultural Science, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 54, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
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- S. N. Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117312 Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Institute of Marine Biology of the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 690041, Vladivostok, Russian Federation
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- Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 690022 Vladivostok, Pr. 100 Let Vladivostoku 159, Russian Federation
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- V. I. Il'ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute of the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Baltiiskaya Str. 43, 690017, Vladivostok, Russian Federation
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- Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 690022 Vladivostok, Pr. 100 Let Vladivostoku 159, Russian Federation
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Ivanova EP, Onyshchenko OM, Christen R, Zhukova NV, Lysenko AM, Shevchenko LS, Buljan V, Hambly B, Kiprianova EA. Oceanimonas smirnovii sp. nov., a novel organism isolated from the Black Sea. Syst Appl Microbiol 2005; 28:131-6. [PMID: 15830805 DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2004.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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A slightly creamy, melanogenic, gram-negative, aerobic bacterium was isolated from seawater sample collected in the Karadag Natural Reserve of the Eastern Crimea, the Black Sea. The novel organism was chemoorganotrophic, had no obligate requirement in NaCl, tolerated to 12% NaCl, grew between 10 and 45 degrees C, was slightly alkaliphilic, and was not able to degrade starch, gelatin, agar, and Tween 80. 16S rRNA gene sequence-based analyses of the new organism revealed that Oceanimonas doudoroffii ATCC 27123T, Oceanimonas baumanii ATCC 700832T, and Oceanisphaera litoralis DSM 15406T were the closest relatives (similarity around 97%-96%). The G + C content of the DNA of the strain 31-13T was 55.5mol%. Phosphatidylethanolamine (49.0%), phosphatidylglycerol (41.8%), and diphosphatidylglycerol (9.2%) were the predominant phospholipids. The major fatty acids were 16:0 (24.1%), 16:1omega7 (40.3%), and 18:1omega7 (29.2%). On the basis of the significant differences demonstrated in the phenotypic and chemotaxonomic characteristics, it is suggested that the bacterium be classified as a novel species; the name Oceanimonas smirnovii sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is 31-13T (UCM B-11076T = LMG 22147T = ATCC BAA-899T).
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- Elena P Ivanova
- Swinburne University of Technology, P.O. Box 218, Hawthorn, Vic. 3122, Australia.
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Ivanova EP, Bowman JP, Lysenko AM, Zhukova NV, Gorshkova NM, Kuznetsova TA, Kalinovskaya NI, Shevchenko LS, Mikhailov VV. Erythrobacter vulgaris sp. nov., a novel organism isolated from the marine invertebrates. Syst Appl Microbiol 2005; 28:123-30. [PMID: 15830804 DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2004.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Four yellow-pigmented, gram-negative, chemoorganotrophic aerobic bacteria were isolated from starfish Stellaster equestris (strains 022-2-10T, 022-2-9, and 022-2-12) and soft coral (unidentified species) (strain 022-4-7) collected in the South China Sea. 16S rRNA gene sequence-based analyses of the new organisms revealed that Erythrobacter spp. were the closest relatives and shared the highest similarity of 98.7% to E. citreus, 98.5% to E. flavus, 97.9% to E. litoralis and 97.6% to E. longus. The novel organisms were tolerant to 3-6% NaCl, grew between 10 degrees C and 40 degrees C, and were not able to degrade gelatin, casein, and agar, while degraded Tween 80. Two strains (022-2-9 and 022-2-12) could weakly degrade starch. All strains produced a large pool of carotenoids and did not have Bacteriochlorophyll a. Phosphatidylethanolamine (30-36%), phosphatidylglycerol (39-46%), and phosphatidylcholine (21-27%) were the predominant phospholipids. Sphingoglycolipid was not detected. The major fatty acids were 16:0 (6-11%), 16:1omega7 (12-15%), and 18:1omega7 (46-49%). The two-hydroxy fatty acids, 13:0-2OH, 14:0-2OH, 15:0-2OH, 16:0-2OH were also present. The G + C content of the DNAs ranged from 61 to 62 mol%. The level of DNA similarity among four strains was conspecific and ranged from 94% to 98%. Even though new strains and other species of the genus had rather high level of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities, DNA-DNA hybridization experiments showed only 33-39% of binding with the DNA of the type strains. On the basis of these results and the significant differences demonstrated in the phenotypic and chemotaxonomic characteristics, it is suggested that the new organisms be classified as a novel species; the name Erythrobacter vulgaris sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is 022-2-10T (= KMM 3465T = CIP 107841T).
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- Elena P Ivanova
- Swinburne University of Technology, P.O. Box 218, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, Australia.
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The use of liposomes for detection of the surface lipopolysaccharide antigen, Vibrio cholerae cells, and antibodies against them. APPL BIOCHEM MICRO+ 2005. [DOI: 10.1007/s10438-005-0035-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Bakholdina SI, Sanina NM, Krasikova IN, Popova OB, Solov'eva TF. The impact of abiotic factors (temperature and glucose) on physicochemical properties of lipids from Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. Biochimie 2004; 86:875-81. [PMID: 15667937 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2004.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2004] [Accepted: 10/25/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The impact of the availability of glucose in nutrition medium and growth temperature on the composition and thermotropic behavior of lipids from Yersinia pseudotuberculosis (Enterobacteriaceae) was studied. Y. pseudotuberculosis was grown in nutrition broth (NB) with/without glucose at 8 and 37 degrees C, corresponding to the temperatures of saprophytic and parasitic phases of this bacterium life. The decrease of phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol and unsaturated fatty acids and the parallel increase of lysophosphatidylethanolamine and diphosphatidylglycerol and saturated and cyclopropane acids were the most significant changes with temperature in bacterial phospholipid (PL) classes and fatty acids, respectively. Glucose did not effect the direction of temperature-induced changes in the contents of PLs, fatty acids, however it enhanced (for PLs) or diminished (for fatty acids) intensity of these changes. The thermally induced transitions of lipids were studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). It was revealed that the addition of glucose to NB induced a sharp shift of DSC thermograms to lower temperatures in the "warm" variants of bacteria. The peak maximum temperature (Tmax) of thermal transitions dropped from 50 to 26 degrees C that is the optimal growth temperature of Y. pseudotuberculosis. Tmax of total lipids of the cells grown at 8 degrees C without glucose in NB was equal to growth temperature that corresponded to the classical mechanism of homeoviscous adaptation of bacteria. An addition of glucose to NB at this growth temperature caused the subsequent reduction of Tmax to -8 degrees C, while the temperature ranges of thermograms were not substantially changed. So, not only the temperature growth of bacteria, but also the presence of glucose in NB can modify the physical state of lipids from Y. pseudotuberculosis. In this case, both factors affect additively. It is suggested that glucose influences some membrane-associated proteins and then the fluidity of lipid matrix through temperature-inducible genes.
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- S I Bakholdina
- Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far East Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, prospect 100-let Vladivostoku, 159, Vladivostok 690022, Russia
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De Cuyper M, Lievens S, Flo G, Cokelaere M, Peleman C, Martins F, Santana MHA. Receptor-mediated biological responses are prolonged using hydrophobized ligands. Biosens Bioelectron 2004; 20:1157-64. [PMID: 15556362 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2004.03.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2003] [Revised: 03/10/2004] [Accepted: 03/10/2004] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Hormone-receptor interactions occur following three-dimensional diffusion of the ligand to the membrane-embedded receptor. However, prior hydrophobization of the ligand might restrict its movement to two dimensions along the membrane surface, and the biological response might therefore be modulated. This idea was tested using the C-terminal nonapeptide, CCK9, of the satiating hormone, cholecystokinin (CCK). The hormone was lipidated by linking it covalently to distearoylphosphatidylethanolamine via a poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) spacer. The desired conjugate was isolated by thin-layer chromatography and incorporated into preformed small unilamellar dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) vesicles. The hormone-bearing vesicles were injected intraperitoneally into Wistar rats and food intake monitored. Compared to the biological effect elicited by the same amount of soluble non-derivatized CCK9, food intake reduction showed a delayed onset, but lasted for a significantly longer time. We believe this prolonged effect was due to the transfer of the derivatized CCK9 from the vesicles to the natural membrane containing the hormone receptor. Ultimately, this event may result in sustained receptor occupation and, thus, food intake reduction. The underlying mechanism for the physiological effects observed may be of relevance in interpreting results obtained using artificial measuring devices; for example, the signal produced by biosensors may be drastically affected by the hydrophobicity of the ligand.
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- Marcel De Cuyper
- Interdisciplinary Research Centre, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven--Campus Kortrijk, University Campus, B-8500 Kortrijk, Belgium.
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Krasikova IN, Kapustina NV, Isakov VV, Dmitrenok AS, Dmitrenok PS, Gorshkova NM, Solov'eva TF. Detailed structure of lipid A isolated from lipopolysaccharide from the marine proteobacterium Marinomonas vaga ATCC 27119. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 271:2895-904. [PMID: 15233786 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.2004.04212.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The chemical structure of a novel lipid A, the major component of the lipopolysaccharide from the marine gamma-proteobacterium Marinomonas vaga ATCC 27119(T), was determined by compositional analysis, NMR spectroscopy, and MS. It was found to be beta-1,6-glucosaminobiose 1-phosphate acylated with (R)-3-[dodecanoyl(dodecenoyl)oxy]decanoic acid [C10 : 0 (3O-C12 : 0 [3O-C12 : 1])] or (R)-3-(decanoyloxy)decanoic acid [C10 : 0 (3O-C10 : 0)], (R)-3-hydroxydecanoic acid [C10 : 0 (3OH)], and (R)-3-[(R)-3-hydroxydecanoyloxy]decanoic acid (C10 : 0 [3O-[C10 : 0 (3OH)]]) at the 2, 3, and 2' positions, respectively. It showed low lethal toxicity, which is probably related to specific structural attributes. The absence of a fatty acid at the 3' position and a phosphoryl group at the 4' position and also the presence of an amide-linked (R)-3-hydroxyalkanoic acid that is further O-acylated with another (R)-3-hydroxyalkanoic acid, distinguish M. vaga lipid A from other such molecules.
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- Inna N Krasikova
- Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia.
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Shadyro OI, Yurkova IL, Kisel MA, Brede O, Arnhold J. Radiation-induced fragmentation of cardiolipin in a model membrane. Int J Radiat Biol 2004; 80:239-45. [PMID: 15244377 DOI: 10.1080/09553002310001655421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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PURPOSE To obtain evidence for the possibility of free-radical fragmentation of cardiolipin under the action of ionizing radiation as measured by its aqueous dispersion from liposomes. MATERIALS AND METHODS Liposomes of tetramyristoylcardiolipin (TMCL) were exposed to gamma-rays from 60Co or 137Cs sources at doses between 1 and 24kGy. Fragmentation products were identified using thin-layer chromatography and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). RESULTS Using MALDI-TOF MS and thin-layer chromatography, it was shown that gamma-irradiation of liposomes consisting of TMCL was accompanied by free-radical fragmentation of the lipid to form dimiristoylphosphatidic acid and dimiristoylphosphatidyl hydroxyacetone. The yields of dimiristoylphosphatidic acid were greater than those of dimiristoylphosphatidyl hydroxyacetone, and formation of the named compounds was inhibited by dissolved oxygen. CONCLUSION It is shown for the first time that on gamma-irradiation, cardiolipin can undergo free-radical fragmentation in its polar component.
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- O I Shadyro
- Department of Chemistry, Belarussian State University, Skaryna av. 4, 220050 Minsk, Republic of Belarus.
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Nedashkovskaya OI, Suzuki M, Vancanneyt M, Cleenwerck I, Zhukova NV, Vysotskii MV, Mikhailov VV, Swings J. Salegentibacter holothuriorum sp. nov., isolated from the edible holothurian Apostichopus japonicus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1107-1110. [PMID: 15280277 DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02987-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Strain KMM 3524T was isolated from the holothurian Apostichopus japonicus living in the Sea of Japan. The bacterial strain was pigmented, non-motile, Gram-negative, strictly aerobic and oxidase-, catalase- and β-galactosidase-positive. From the results of 16S rDNA sequence analysis, strain KMM 3524T was found to be related closely to Salegentibacter salegens (98·1 %). DNA–DNA homology between strains KMM 3524T and S. salegens DSM 5424T was 38 %; this showed clearly that the holothurian isolate KMM 3524T belongs to a novel species of the genus Salegentibacter for which the name Salegentibacter holothuriorum sp. nov. is proposed, with KMM 3524T (=NBRC 100249T=LMG 21968T) as the type strain.
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- Olga I Nedashkovskaya
- Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospekt 100 Let Vladivostoku 159, 690022 Vladivostok, Russia
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- Tokyo Research Laboratories, Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co. Ltd, 3-6-6 Asahi-machi, Machida-shi, Tokyo 194-8533, Japan
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- BCCM/LMG Bacteria Collection, Laboratory of Microbiology, Ghent University, Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- BCCM/LMG Bacteria Collection, Laboratory of Microbiology, Ghent University, Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Institute of Marine Biology of the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pal'chevskogo Street 17, 690032 Vladivostok, Russia
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- Institute of Marine Biology of the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pal'chevskogo Street 17, 690032 Vladivostok, Russia
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- Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospekt 100 Let Vladivostoku 159, 690022 Vladivostok, Russia
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- BCCM/LMG Bacteria Collection, Laboratory of Microbiology, Ghent University, Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Shadyro O, Yurkova I, Kisel M, Brede O, Arnhold J. Formation of phosphatidic acid, ceramide, and diglyceride on radiolysis of lipids: identification by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. Free Radic Biol Med 2004; 36:1612-24. [PMID: 15182861 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2004.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2003] [Revised: 03/11/2004] [Accepted: 03/19/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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By use of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry, phosphatidic acid was found to be the main product of gamma radiolysis of cardiolipin, phosphatidylinositol, and phosphatidylglycerol. It has been shown that gamma irradiation of such glycolipids as cerebroside and galactosyl diglyceride leads to formation of ceramide and diglyceride, respectively. These findings, combined with those obtained earlier, allowed an assumption to be made that, owing to radiation-induced free radical fragmentation of lipids in their polar moiety, formation of signaling molecules can occur.
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- Oleg Shadyro
- Department of Chemistry, Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus.
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Kim KH, Ahn T, Yun CH. Membrane properties induced by anionic phospholipids and phosphatidylethanolamine are critical for the membrane binding and catalytic activity of human cytochrome P450 3A4. Biochemistry 2004; 42:15377-87. [PMID: 14690448 DOI: 10.1021/bi035280k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Human cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A4, a membrane anchoring protein, is the major CYP enzyme present in both liver and small intestine. The enzyme plays a major role in the metabolism of many drugs and procarcinogens. The roles of individual phospholipids and membrane properties in the catalytic activity, membrane binding, and insertion into the membrane of CYP3A4 are poorly understood. Here we report that the catalytic activity of testosterone 6beta-hydroxylation, membrane binding, and membrane insertion of CYP3A4 increase as a function of anionic phospholipid concentration in the order phosphatidic acid (PA) > phosphatidylserine (PS) in a binary system of phosphatidylcholine (PC)/anionic phospholipid and as a function of phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) content in ternary systems of PC/PE/PA or PC/PE/PS having a fixed concentration of anionic phospholipids. These results suggest that PA and PE might help the binding of CYP3A4 to the membrane and the interaction with NPR. Cytochrome b(5) (b(5)) and apolipoprotein b(5) further enhanced the testosterone 6beta-hydroxylation activities of CYP3A4 in all tested phospholipids vesicles with various compositions. Phospholipid-dependent changes of the CYP3A4 conformation were also revealed by altered Trp fluorescence and CD spectra. We also found that PE induced the formation of anionic phospholipid-enriched domains in ternary systems using extrinsic fluorescent probes incorporated into lipid bilayers. Taken together, it can be suggested that the chemical and physical properties of membranes induced by anionic phospholipids and PE are critical for the membrane binding and catalytic activity of CYP3A4.
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- Keon-Hee Kim
- Department of Genetic Engineering, Paichai University, Taejon 302-735, Korea
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Ivanova EP, Alexeeva YV, Flavier S, Wright JP, Zhukova NV, Gorshkova NM, Mikhailov VV, Nicolau DV, Christen R. Formosa algae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:705-711. [PMID: 15143012 DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02763-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Four light-yellow-pigmented, Gram-negative, short-rod-shaped, non-motile isolates were obtained from enrichment culture during degradation of the thallus of the brown alga Fucus evanescens. The isolates studied were chemo-organotrophic, alkalitolerant and mesophilic. Polar lipids were analysed and phosphatidylethanolamine was the only phospholipid identified. The predominant cellular fatty acids were 15 : 0, i15 : 0, ai15 : 0, i15 : 1 and 15 : 1(n-6). The DNA G+C contents of the four strains were 34.0-34.4 mol%. The level of DNA relatedness of the four isolates was conspecific (88-98 %), indicating that they belong to the same species. The 16S rDNA sequence of strain KMM 3553(T) was determined. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that KMM 3553(T) formed a distinct phyletic line in the phylum Bacteroidetes, class Flavobacteria in the family Flavobacteriaceae and that, phylogenetically, this strain could be placed almost equidistant from the genera Gelidibacter and Psychroserpens (16S rRNA gene sequence similarities of 94 %). On the basis of significant differences in phenotypic and chemotaxonomic characteristics, it is suggested that the isolates represent a novel species in a new genus; the name Formosa algae gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is KMM 3553(T) (=CIP 107684(T)).
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- Elena P Ivanova
- Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 690022 Vladivostok, Pr. 100 Let Vladivostoku 159, Russia
- Industrial Research Institute, Swinburne University of Technology, PO Box 218, Hawthorn, Vic 3122, Australia
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- Industrial Research Institute, Swinburne University of Technology, PO Box 218, Hawthorn, Vic 3122, Australia
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- UMR 6078 CNRS and Université Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Bat. J. Maetz, F-06238 Villefranche-sur-mer cedex, France
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- Industrial Research Institute, Swinburne University of Technology, PO Box 218, Hawthorn, Vic 3122, Australia
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- Institute of Marine Biology of the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 690041 Vladivostok, Russia
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- Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 690022 Vladivostok, Pr. 100 Let Vladivostoku 159, Russia
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- Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 690022 Vladivostok, Pr. 100 Let Vladivostoku 159, Russia
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- Industrial Research Institute, Swinburne University of Technology, PO Box 218, Hawthorn, Vic 3122, Australia
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- UMR 6078 CNRS and Université Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Bat. J. Maetz, F-06238 Villefranche-sur-mer cedex, France
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Choi MJ, Kang SH, Kim S, Chang JS, Kim SS, Cho H, Lee KH. The interaction of an antimicrobial decapeptide with phospholipid vesicles. Peptides 2004; 25:675-83. [PMID: 15165724 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2004.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2003] [Revised: 01/06/2004] [Accepted: 01/07/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Previously, by using combinatorial peptide libraries, we have identified activity-optimized decapeptide (KSL, KKVVFKVKFK-NH(2)), which exhibited a broad spectrum of the activity against bacteria and fungi without hemolytic activity. In order to examine lipid requirements and to understand the mode of KSL action, we investigated interactions of the peptide with vesicles consisting of various lipid compositions. KSL increased the permeability of negatively charged but not zwitterionic phospholipid membranes, and the leakage was independent on the size of encapsulated molecules (calcein, 1-aminonaphthalene-3,6,8-trisulfonic acid (ANTS)/N,N'-p-xylene bis(pyridinium) bromide (DPX), and fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-dextran with different molecular weight), indicating that the peptide did not form pores or channels in this leakage process. KSL ability to permeabilize vesicles with negatively charged surface was dramatically reduced upon the addition of zwitterionic phospholipid rather than cholesterol, which revealed that the surface charge of lipid membranes played a major role in the activity and selectivity of KSL. Moreover, KSL diastereomer did not increase the permeability of negatively charged vesicles, indicating that the secondary structure of KSL was also required for membrane perturbation activity. Interestingly, KSL had an ability to cause aggregation and subsequent fusion of the acidic vesicles, which seemed to be related to the biological action. Structural studies performed by circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy indicated that in the presence of acidic vesicles, the beta sheet structure of KSL must be required for the ability to (1) induce a leakage of dye from the acidic vesicles (2) to fuse the acidic vesicles.
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- Myeong-Jun Choi
- Charmzone Biomaterial Research Center, #607 Byucsan Technopia, 434-6 Sangdaewon-dong, Jungwon-gu, Seongnam, Kyeonggi-do, South Korea
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Ivanova EP, Gorshkova NM, Sawabe T, Zhukova NV, Hayashi K, Kurilenko VV, Alexeeva Y, Buljan V, Nicolau DV, Mikhailov VV, Christen R. Sulfitobacter delicatus sp. nov. and Sulfitobacter dubius sp. nov., respectively from a starfish (Stellaster equestris) and sea grass (Zostera marina). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:475-480. [PMID: 15023963 DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02654-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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On the basis of data from phenotypic and genotypic characterization and analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences, two novel species belonging to the genus Sulfitobacter are described. Strains KMM 3584T, a pale-yellowish, non-motile strain isolated from a starfish (Stellaster equestris), and KMM 3554T, which is motile by means of a single subpolar flagellum and was isolated from sea grass (Zostera marina), are marine, Gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped organisms. Both strains have the ability to degrade gelatin, but not casein, chitin, agar, DNA, Tween 80 or starch. Strain KMM 3584T decomposed alginate and grew at NaCl concentrations of 1–8 % and temperatures of 12–37°C, whereas strain KMM 3554T grew in 1–12% NaCl and at temperatures of 10–30°C. The predominant fatty acid was 18:1ω7, amounting to up to 80% of the total fatty acids. The other characteristic feature was the presence of 18:2 isomers. The DNA G+C contents of KMM 3584T and KMM 3554T were respectively 60·0 and 63·7 mol%. The level of DNA similarity between the two strains was 33%. DNA from KMM 3584T and KMM 3554T had hybridization values of 5–24% and 10–41%, respectively, with DNA from the type strains of Sulfitobacter pontiacus, Sulfitobacter brevis, Sulfitobacter mediterraneus and Staleya guttiformis. It is proposed that strains KMM 3584T (=LMG 20554T=ATCC BAA-321T) and KMM 3554T (=LMG 20555T=ATCC BAA-320T) represent two novel species, Sulfitobacter delicatus sp. nov. and Sulfitobacter dubius sp. nov., respectively.
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- Elena P Ivanova
- Industrial Research Institute, Swinburne University of Technology, PO Box 218, Hawthorn, Vic 3122, Australia
- Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 690022 Vladivostok, Pr. 100 Let Vladivostoku 159, Russia
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- Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 690022 Vladivostok, Pr. 100 Let Vladivostoku 159, Russia
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University, 3-1-1 Minato-cho, Hakodate 041-8611, Japan
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- Institute of Marine Biology of the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 690041 Vladivostok, Russia
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University, 3-1-1 Minato-cho, Hakodate 041-8611, Japan
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- Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 690022 Vladivostok, Pr. 100 Let Vladivostoku 159, Russia
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- Industrial Research Institute, Swinburne University of Technology, PO Box 218, Hawthorn, Vic 3122, Australia
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- Muscle Research Unit, Institute for Biomedical Research, The University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, Australia
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- Industrial Research Institute, Swinburne University of Technology, PO Box 218, Hawthorn, Vic 3122, Australia
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- Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 690022 Vladivostok, Pr. 100 Let Vladivostoku 159, Russia
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- Muscle Research Unit, Institute for Biomedical Research, The University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, Australia
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Hodenius M, De Cuyper M, Desender L, Müller-Schulte D, Steigel A, Lueken H. Biotinylated Stealth magnetoliposomes. Chem Phys Lipids 2002; 120:75-85. [PMID: 12426077 DOI: 10.1016/s0009-3084(02)00105-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Dimyristoylphosphatidylethanolamine (DC(14:0)PE) and the dioleoyl analogue (DC(18:1cis)PE) were mixed with alpha-biotinylamido-omega-N-succinimidoxycarbonyl-poly(ethylene glycol) (NHS-PEG-biotin) and quantitatively converted to alpha-biotinylamido-omega-(dimyristoylphosphatidylethanolamino-carbonyl)polyethylene glycol (DC(14:0)PE-PEG-biotin) and the dioleoyl analogue DC(18:1cis)PE-PEG-biotin, respectively. As shown by thin-layer chromatography and 1H NMR spectroscopy, PEGylation of both phosphatidylethanolamine types went to completion if the reaction was performed in organic solvent in the presence of triethylamine. The resulting derivatives were successfully incorporated into both classical phospholipid vesicles and a phospholipid bilayer surrounding nanometer-sized magnetite cores. In the latter case, the so-called activated Stealth(1) magnetoliposomes were produced which very efficiently immobilized streptavidinylated alkaline phosphatase.
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- Michael Hodenius
- Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Prof. Pirlet-Strasse 1, D-52074, Aachen, Germany
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Guschina IA, Harwood JL, Smith M, Beckett RP. Abscisic acid modifies the changes in lipids brought about by water stress in the moss Atrichum androgynum. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2002; 156:255-264. [PMID: 33873275 DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2002.00517.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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• Mosses are particularly able to withstand drought stress. Moreover, abscisic acid (ABA), which is intimately involved during stress in higher plants, has also been implicated in bryophytes. Because membrane damage is a common feature of drought stress, we have studied changes in lipid composition during desiccation and rehydration of the moss Atrichum androgynum and the effect of exogenous ABA on these processes. • In order to correlate any membrane changes with drought stress, we analysed different lipid classes by thin-layer chromatography, fatty acid composition by gas-liquid chromatography and lipid peroxidation. • Water stress caused changes in phosphoglyceride composition consistent with an activation of phospholipase D and of phosphatidylinositol metabolism. Recovery of phosphoglyceride composition towards original levels occurred during rehydration and ABA treatment reduced the overall extent of changes. Reduction in thylakoid lipids and chlorophyll coincided with loss of photosynthesis. • The data show that mosses respond to drought stress similarly to higher plants and that ABA may reduce membrane damage by diminishing the lipid changes.
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- Irina A Guschina
- Institute of Ecology of the Volga River Basin RAS, Togliatti 445003, Russia
- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, PO Box 911, Cardiff CF10 3US, UK
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- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, PO Box 911, Cardiff CF10 3US, UK
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- School of Botany and Zoology, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, Scottsville 3209, Republic of South Africa
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- School of Botany and Zoology, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, Scottsville 3209, Republic of South Africa
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Ahn T, Oh DB, Kim H, Park C. The phase property of membrane phospholipids is affected by the functionality of signal peptides from the Escherichia coli ribose-binding protein. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:26157-62. [PMID: 12004066 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m203445200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We examined the effects of synthetic signal peptides from the wild-type, export-defective mutant and its revertant species of ribose-binding protein on the phase properties of lipid bilayers. The lateral segregation of phosphatidylglycerol (PG) in the lipid bilayer was detected through quenching between NBD-PGs upon the reconstitution of signal peptide into the liposome made with the Escherichia coli inner membrane composition. The tendency of lipid segregation was highly dependent on the export competency of signal peptides in vivo, with a decreasing order of wild-type, revertant, and mutant species. The colocalizations of pyrene-PG with BODIPY-PG were also induced by the signal peptides, confirming the phase separation of the acidic phospholipid. The wild-type and revertant signal peptides predominantly formed alpha-helical conformations with the presence of acidic phospholipid as determined by circular dichroism spectroscopy. In addition, they restricted the motion of lipid acyl chains as monitored by fluorescence anisotropy of DPH, suggesting a deep penetration of signal peptide into the lipid bilayer. However, the alpha-helical content of mutant signal peptide was only about half that of the wild-type or revertant peptide with a significantly smaller degree of penetration into the bilayer. An association of the defective signal peptides into the membrane was affected by salt extraction, whereas the functional ones were not. The aforementioned results indicate that the functionality of signal peptide is accomplished through its topologies in the membrane and also by its ability to induce lateral segregation of acidic phospholipid. We propose that the clustering of acidic phospholipid by the functional signal peptide is responsible for the formation of non-bilayer membrane structure, thereby promoting an efficient translocation of secretory proteins.
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- Taeho Ahn
- Research Institute of Natural Science, Pai-Chai University, Taejon, 302-735 Korea
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Engelke M, Tykhonova S, Zorn-Kruppa M, Diehl H. Tamoxifen induces changes in the lipid composition of the retinal pigment epithelium cell line D407. PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY 2002; 91:13-21. [PMID: 12193256 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0773.2002.910103.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Tamoxifen, the antioestrogenic drug prescribed for long-term, low-dose therapy of breast cancer, induces retinopathy. This study evaluates the effects of tamoxifen on the human retinal pigment epithelial cell line D407, attempting to identify the underlying mechanisms on tamoxifen-induced retinopathy and the involvement of cellular membranes in the cytotoxic action mechanism. We demonstrate that the tamoxifen-induced decrease in the cell growth of the D407 cell line results from pyknosis and cell cycle arrest rather than from necrosis. Furthermore, D407 cells influence the lipid composition of both plasma membrane and intracellular membranes in response to tamoxifen. Tamoxifen increases the physical order of the lipid bilayer. We observed a compensatory decrease in the cholesterol content of the plasma membrane which results in an increase of the plasma membrane fluidity. In intracellular membranes the phosphatidylcholine content is reduced to 50% of the controls. This reduction may be related to the formation of a second messenger via phospholipase pathway and sustained activation of protein kinase C. Since increased plasma membrane fluidity as well as sustained activation of protein kinase C influence the rod outer segments binding and/or ingestion by retinal pigment epithelial cells, our results suggest that membrane-mediated pathways contribute to the tamoxifen-induced retinopathy.
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- Maria Engelke
- Department of Biophysics, Institute of Experimental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany.
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Haubner LY, Stockard JE, Saste MD, Benford VJ, Phelps CP, Chen LT, Barness L, Wiener D, Carver JD. Maternal dietary docosahexanoic acid content affects the rat pup auditory system. Brain Res Bull 2002; 58:1-5. [PMID: 12121805 DOI: 10.1016/s0361-9230(01)00764-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Previous studies of the effects of dietary docosahexanoic acid (DHA), 22:6n3, on neurodevelopment have focused mainly on visual-evoked potentials and indices of visual activity, measures that may be confounded by effects on the retina rather than on neural pathways. We investigated the effect of pre- and postnatal maternal dietary DHA content on auditory brainstem conduction times (ABCTs), the appearance of the auditory startle reflex (ASR), and 2',3'-cyclic nucleotide 3'-phosphodiesterase (CNPase) activity in brainstem homogenates. Timed pregnant dams were fed, beginning on day 2 of gestation and throughout lactation, a purified diet containing one of three levels of DHA (0, 1, or 3% of total fatty acids, or 0, 0.4 or 1.2% of total energy). On postnatal day (PND) 3, pups were randomly crossfostered within diet groups to minimize litter effects and culled to 10 per litter. Cerebrums and milk from culled pups stomachs were collected for lipid analysis. The timing of appearance of the ASR was determined between PND 10 through 14 and ABCTs were measured in pups on PND 24 and 31. Pups were sacrificed on PND 31 and cerebrums were removed. In each of two replicated studies, pups in the 1% DHA group weighed significantly less on PND 3 and they gained significantly less weight from PND 3 to 31 compared with pups in the 0 or 3% groups (p<0.01). The auditory studies were not conducted on the 1% DHA group since measures of auditory function are in part a function of somatic growth. The tissue fatty acid data for the 1% DHA group did not show unexpected findings. Higher dietary DHA was reflected in milk and pup cerebrums, and levels of arachidonic acid were inversely related to levels of DHA. In the pups of dams fed diets containing 3% versus 0% DHA, the ASR appeared significantly later (p<0.001) and the ABCTs were longer (p<0.05) on PND 31. CNPase activity levels were not different between the 0 and 3% DHA groups. This study demonstrated that the auditory brainstem response is sensitive for identifying effects of diet on neurodevelopment, and that diets supplemented with high levels of DHA may exert a negative influence on central nervous system development, potentially through effects on myelin. This study suggests the need for further studies of pre- and postnatal long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid dietary supplementation.
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- Laura Y Haubner
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL 33606, USA.
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Batrakov SG, Pivovarova TA, Esipov SE, Sheichenko VI, Karavaiko GI. Beta-D-glucopyranosyl caldarchaetidylglycerol is the main lipid of the acidophilic, mesophilic, ferrous iron-oxidising archaeon Ferroplasma acidiphilum. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2002; 1581:29-35. [PMID: 11960749 DOI: 10.1016/s1388-1981(01)00199-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Chloroform-methanol-extractable lipids account for about 5% by weight of dry cells of the acidophilic, autotrophic, mesophilic, ferrous compound-oxidising, cell wall-less archaeon Ferroplasma acidiphilum strain Y(T), about 90% of these being contributed by phospholipids and glycophospholipids. The most abundant constituent (about 55% of total lipids) was purified by DEAE cellulose and silica gel column chromatography. By means of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionisation mass spectrometry, infrared spectroscopy, (1)H-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and chemical degradation experiments it was established to be beta-D-glucopyranosyl caldarchaetidylglycerol, the isopranyl chains of which have a cyclopentane ring each.
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Ahn T, Kim JS, Lee BC, Yun CH. Effects of lipids on the interaction of SecA with model membranes. Arch Biochem Biophys 2001; 395:14-20. [PMID: 11673860 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.2001.2565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The effects of nonlamellar-prone lipids, diacylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), on the kinetic association of SecA with model membranes were examined by measuring changes in the intrinsic emission fluorescence with a stopped-flow apparatus. Upon interaction with standard liposomes composed of 50 mol% dioleolyphosphatidylcholine (DOPC) and 50 mol% of dioleoylphosphatidylglycerol (DOPG), the intrinsic fluorescence intensity of SecA was decreased after a lapse of time with a rate constant of 0.0049 s(-1). When the DOPC of the standard vesicles was gradually replaced with either dioeloyl PE (DOPE) or Escherichia coli (E. coli) PE, the rate constant increased appreciably as a function of PE concentration, in the order DOPE > E. coli PE. In addition, when the PE of E. coli PE/DOPG (50/50) vesicles was replaced with more than 5 mol% dioleoylglycerol (DOG), the rate constant further increased by 40%. The incorporation of nonlamellar-prone lipids in the vesicles also enhanced the binding of SecA to model membranes in the order DOPE > or = E. coli PE/DOG > E. coli PE > DOPC. These results provide the first kinetic evidence for the importance of nonlamellar-prone phospholipids for the association rate of SecA with membranes.
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- T Ahn
- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Taejon, 305-701, Republic of Korea
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Epperly MW, Kagan VE, Sikora CA, Gretton JE, Defilippi SJ, Bar-Sagi D, Greenberger JS. Manganese superoxide dismutase-plasmid/liposome (MnSOD-PL) administration protects mice from esophagitis associated with fractionated radiation. Int J Cancer 2001; 96:221-31. [PMID: 11474496 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.1023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Intraesophageal administration of manganese superoxide dismutase-plasmid/liposome (MnSOD-PL) prior to single fraction radiation has been shown to protect mice from lethal esophagitis. In our study, C3H/HeNsd mice received fractionated radiation in two protocols: (i) 18 Gy daily for four days with MnSOD-PL administration 24 hr prior to the first and third fraction, or (ii) 12 Gy daily for six days with MnSOD-PL 24 hr prior to the first, third, and fifth fraction. Control radiated mice received either no liposomes only or LacZ (bacterial beta-galactosidase gene)-plasmid/liposome (LacZ-PL) by the same schedules. We measured thiol depletion and lipid peroxidation (LP) in whole esophagus and tested the effectiveness of a new plasmid, hemagglutinin (HA) epitope-tagged MnSOD (HA-MnSOD). In fractionation protocols, mice receiving MnSOD-PL, but not LacZ-PL (200 microl of plasmid/liposomes containing 200 microg of plasmid DNA), showed a significant reduction in morbidity, decreased weight loss, and improved survival. Four and seven days after 37 Gy single fraction radiation, the esophagus demonstrated a significant increase in peroxidized lipids and reduction in overall antioxidant levels, reduced thiols, and decreased glutathione (GSH). These reductions were modulated by MnSOD-PL administration. The HA-MnSOD plasmid product was detected in the basal layers of the esophageal epithelium 24 hr after administration and provided significant radiation protection compared to glutathione peroxidase-plasmid/liposome (GPX-PL), or liposomes containing MnSOD protein, vitamin E, co-enzyme Q10, or 21-aminosteroid. Thus, MnSOD-PL administration significantly improved tolerance to fractionated radiation and modulated radiation effects on levels of GSH and lipid peroxidation (LP). These studies provide further support for translation of MnSOD-PL treatment into human esophageal radiation protection.
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- M W Epperly
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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Ivanova EP, Zhukova NV, Gorshkova NM, Chaikina EL. Characterization of Aeromonas and Vibrio species isolated from a drinking water reservoir. J Appl Microbiol 2001; 90:919-27. [PMID: 11412322 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2001.01318.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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AIMS To study the phenotypic and chemotaxonomic (i.e. phospholipid and cellular fatty acid composition) characteristics of environmental Aeromonas spp. and Vibrio spp. isolated from a drinking water reservoir near Vladivostok City, and the application of some chemotaxonomic markers for discrimination of the two genera and species. METHODS AND RESULTS Presumptive Aeromonas species were dominant in surface water samples (up to 25% of the total number of bacteria recovered). These strains were consistent with respect to the cultural and biochemical properties used to define the species Aeromonas sobria (seven strains) and Aer. popoffii (three strains). Vibrio mimicus (two strains) and Vibrio metschnikovii (one strain) were identified according to phenotypic features and cellular fatty acid composition. CONCLUSION Environmental Aer. sobria isolates were atypical in their ability to grow at 42 degrees C, and were haemolytic, proteolytic and cytotoxic. Although it was present in a high proportion in the water samples, atypical Aer. sobria is not an indicator of polluted water. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY The incidence of Aeromonas in the drinking water reservoirs in the Far East of Russia is reported for the first time.
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- E P Ivanova
- Pacific Institute of Bio-organic Chemistry of the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia.
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Chakraborty KK, Naik SR. PHARMACOKINETIC STUDIES OF IN-SITU LIPOSOMAL PREPARATION CONTAINING AMPHOTERICIN B COMPLEXED WITH DIFFERENT CHEMICALLY MODIFIED β-CYCLODEXTRINS. J Liposome Res 2001; 11:1-14. [DOI: 10.1081/lpr-100103166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Batrakov SG, Konova IV, Sheichenko VI, Esipov SE, Galanina LA. Two unusual glycerophospholipids from a filamentous fungus, Absidia corymbifera. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2001; 1531:169-77. [PMID: 11325609 DOI: 10.1016/s1388-1981(01)00082-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The chloroform-methanol extractable lipids of the soil filamentous fungus Absidia corymbifera VKMF-965 account for about 20% by weight of dry cells and are composed of low-polarity constituents (about 75% of the total lipids), such as triacylglycerols (mainly), diacylglycerols, sterols and free fatty acids, as well as of glycolipids (about 3%) and phospholipids. The last consist largely of components common to the fungal lipids, namely, phosphatidylethanolamine (38% of the total phospholipids), phosphatidyl-myo-inositol (16%), diphosphatidylglycerol (12%), phosphatidylcholine (7%), phosphatidic acid (6%) and phosphatidylglycerol (3%), and two unusual phospholipids, PL1 (6%) and PL2 (9%). Based on the infrared (IR), (1)H-nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), (13)C-NMR and mass spectra along with the results of degradation experiment, these two phospholipids have been established to be 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho(N-acetylethanolamine), or N-acetyl phosphatidylethanolamine, and 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho(N-ethoxycarbonyl-ethanolamine), respectively. These structures have been confirmed by preparing similar phospholipids from the phosphatidylethanolamine isolated from the same fungus and correlating their chromatographic behaviour, IR and (1)H-NMR spectra with those of PL1 and PL2. So far N-acetyl phosphatidylethanolamine has been detected only in cattle and human brains and a human placenta but its structure was not rigorously proved. PL2 is a novel lipid; to our knowledge no natural phospholipid with an urethane group has yet been found. The main fatty acids of both the phospholipids are n-hexadecanoic, octadecanoic and octadecadienoic ones; PL2 contains in addition a considerable amount of octadecatrienoic acid with its greater portion located at the sn-1 position.
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- S G Batrakov
- Research Centre Hydrobios of Ministry of Health, Moscow, Russia
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Chakraborty KK, Naik SR. In situ liposomal preparation containing amphotericin B: related toxicity and tissue disposition studies. Pharm Dev Technol 2001; 5:543-53. [PMID: 11109253 DOI: 10.1081/pdt-100102037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The purpose of this research was to develop a novel hydroalcoholic method for the preparation of liposome entrapping inclusion complex of amphotericin B (AmB) with a view to obtaining reduced toxicity and superior tissue distribution of AmB in vivo. The method involves initial preparation of AmB-hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin (AmB-HPBCD) intercalated proliposome which is subsequently converted into a liposome dispersion by single dilution method. The AmB-liposome (L-AmB) derived from proliposome exhibited a superior entrapment efficiency (94.8 +/- 0.7%) compared to liposomes prepared by employing a conventional solvent-based technique (89.7 +/- 2.9%). The dose that was lethal to 50% of subjects (LD50) (mg/kg) value of AmB contained in stabilized proliposome-based liposomes was 18.6 +/- 0.25, whereas that in conventional solvent-based liposomes was 7.8 +/- 0.25. Incorporation of AmB-HPBCD into hydroalcoholic liposomes enhanced antifungal activity in experimental aspergillosis in Balb/c mice in vivo: 80% survival was recorded after 7 days of therapy and the fungal load in lung was reduced. The results clearly demonstrate that preferential uptake of L-AmB entrapped inclusion complex (AmB-HPBCD) by the reticulo endothelial system correlated with diminished levels of AmB in infected (p > 0.05) and noninfected (p > 0.001) kidney after 24 hr compared to that observed with conventional solvent-based L-AmB. Therefore, proliposome-based liposome entrapping inclusion complex of AmB with HPBCD offered an improved therapeutic efficacy by lowering toxicity as well as by altering the tissue distribution pattern.
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- K K Chakraborty
- Research & Development Division, Hindustan Antibiotics Ltd., Pimpri, Pune, India
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Ozerova IN, Jeevan DM, Serdyuk AP, Paramonova IV, Akhmedzhanov NM, Metel’skaya VA, Perova NV. Cerivastatin modulates antiatherogenic properties of high-density lipoproteins in patients with coronary heart disease and hyperlipidemia. Bull Exp Biol Med 2000. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02682045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Stockard JE, Saste MD, Benford VJ, Barness L, Auestad N, Carver JD. Effect of docosahexaenoic acid content of maternal diet on auditory brainstem conduction times in rat pups. Dev Neurosci 2000; 22:494-9. [PMID: 11111168 DOI: 10.1159/000017481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Previous studies of dietary docosahexaenoic acid (DHA; 22:6n-3) effects on neurodevelopment have focused mainly on effects on the visual system; these studies may be confounded by effects on the retina rather than on neural pathways. Auditory brainstem conduction times (ABCTs) provide an alternate measure of central neural development. We conducted a dose-response study in which ABCTs were measured in pups whose dams were fed diets containing one of three levels of DHA (2, 4 or 6% of total fatty acids) from a single cell oil. Diets were fed during pregnancy and lactation, and pups were randomly cross-fostered on postnatal day 3 to minimize litter effects. ABCTs showed a dose-response effect, with higher levels of dietary DHA being associated with longer conduction times on postnatal day 31 (p < 0.05). Higher dietary DHA was reflected in pup cerebrums collected on postnatal days 3 and 31, and levels of arachidonic acid (AA, 20:4n-6) were inversely related to levels of DHA. This study demonstrated that the auditory brainstem response is sensitive for identifying effects of diet on neurodevelopment, and that supplementing the maternal diet with high levels of DHA may negatively impact development of the central auditory system of offspring.
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- J E Stockard
- Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Pediatrics, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL 33606, USA.
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Ahn T, Oh DB, Lee BC, Yun CH. Importance of phosphatidylethanolamine for the interaction of apocytochrome c with model membranes containing phosphatidylserine. Biochemistry 2000; 39:10147-53. [PMID: 10956003 DOI: 10.1021/bi0000622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The effect of phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) on the binding of apocytochrome c to model membranes was examined. When 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC) of the standard vesicles composed of 80% of this lipid and 20% of 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoserine (POPS) was gradually replaced with upward of 50% of 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine (POPE), the binding increased appreciably. Ca(2+), causing the phase separation of PS, also brought about increased binding of apocytochrome c in the PC/PS system, underlining the importance of PS properties in membranes for the protein binding. The resonance energy transfer between Trp-59 in apocytochrome c and pyrene-PS incorporated into bilayers showed that the replacement of PC with PE increased the extent of apocytochrome c penetration into membranes by a PE concentration-dependent manner. However, in the absence of PS, PE had no apparent effect on these functions of apocytochrome c, suggesting that PE-induced change(s) of acidic membrane properties is important to the association of apocytochrome c with vesicles. From the observations that the excimer to monomer fluorescence ratio of pyrene-PS increased and the fluorescence of NBD-PS was quenched with increasing concentration of PE, it was deduced that PE caused PS-enriched domains in PC/PE/PS membranes. The colocalization of pyrene-PS with BODIPY-PS by PE further supported the possibility. We suggest that PE-induced formation of PS-enriched domains acts as binding sites for apocytochrome c in membranes.
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- T Ahn
- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Taejon, Korea
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Bulte JW. Preparation and Characterization of a Phospholipid Membrane-Bound Tetrapeptide That Corresponds to the C-Terminus of the Gastrin/Cholecystokinin Hormone Family. J Colloid Interface Sci 2000; 227:421-426. [PMID: 10873329 DOI: 10.1006/jcis.2000.6902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The present work deals with the synthesis of a hydrophobized peptide and its localization at the membrane surface, after its incorporation into phospholipid vesicles. The tetrapeptide, Trp-Met-Asp-Phe-NH(2), which corresponds to the C-terminus of the cholecystokinin/gastrin hormone family, is conjugated to N-glutaryldioleoylphosphatidylethanolamine using a carbodiimide-catalyzed reaction method. Sonication of the lipophilized hormone in the presence of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine results in a strong sequestration of the conjugate in the artificial membrane structures that are formed. More detailed information on the localization of the peptide moiety with respect to the membrane surface is gathered from fluorescence measurements. Both the observed blue shift in the fluorescence spectra and the quenching of Trp emission in the presence of potassium iodide point to a partial screening of the hormone moiety from the surrounding aqueous phase. The different parameters that may influence the physicochemical behavior of a hydrophobized peptide in a membrane structure are briefly discussed Copyright 2000 Academic Press.
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Phospholipids of marine proteobacteria of the genusPseudoalteromonas. Microbiology (Reading) 2000. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02756766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Cha MK, Yun CH, Kim IH. Interaction of human thiol-specific antioxidant protein 1 with erythrocyte plasma membrane. Biochemistry 2000; 39:6944-50. [PMID: 10841776 DOI: 10.1021/bi000034j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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During the purification from human erythrocytes, human thiol-specific antioxidant protein 1 (hTSA1), one human member of the TSA/alkyl hydroperoxide reductase subunit C (AhpC) family, was fragmented to a molecular mass of 20 323.9300. The fragmented form, in contrast to the intact form, did not bind to the C-terminal peptide (Gln-185-Gln-197) antibody. On the basis of the molecular mass of the fragmented form, the cleavage site was calculated to be between Val-186 and Asp-187. The C-terminal region of hTSA1 appeared to be unnecessary for the antioxidant reaction. In addition to hTSA1, two isoenzymes (hORF06 and hTSA2) were detected in the soluble fraction, whereas only hTSA1 was detected in the membrane fraction. A membrane binding study shows that the intact form binds to erythrocyte plasma membrane but the fragment does not, which suggests that the deleted C-terminal legion (Asp-187-Gln-197) is required for the membrane binding. A model membrane study using phospholipid vesicle showed a strong association of hTSA1 with the phospholipid. Human TSA1 exhibited high catalytic activity for the reduction of the fatty acid hydroperoxide as indicated by K(m) and V(max) (89.9 microM for linoleic acid hydroperoxide, 28.64 micromol(-1) min(-1) mg(-1), respectively). In this paper, we are making the first report of the involvement of the C-terminal region of hTSA1 in membrane binding as evidence supporting the existence of the membrane-associated forms in the erythrocyte. On the basis of our observations, we suggest that hTSA1 can act as a very effective antioxidant to remove oxidative stresses not only in matrix as a free form but also in the membrane surface of red blood cells (RBC) as a membrane-associated form.
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- M K Cha
- National Creative Research Initiatives Center for Antioxidant Proteins, Department of Biochemistry, Paichai University, Taejon 302-735, Korea
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Rozentsvet OA, Dembitsky VM, Saksonov SV. Occurrence of diacylglyceryltrimethylhomoserines and major phospholipids in some plants. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2000; 54:401-407. [PMID: 10897481 DOI: 10.1016/s0031-9422(00)00042-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Over 40 higher plant species were examined for the contents of total lipids, phospholipids, diacylglyceryl-N,N,N-trimethylhomoserine (DGTS), phosphatidylcholine (PC), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), and phosphatidylglycerol (PG) by using micro-HPTLC. The results showed a wider range of plants containing betaine lipids. So, DGTS was found in some higher plant species, not studied earlier, belonging to Equisetophyta, Polypodiophyta; the lipid composition of many other species from Spermatophyta was also studied. It was demonstrated that more primitive plant species contained, as a rule, the betaine lipid DGTS. The quantitative data for the distribution of the main phospholipid classes PC, PE, and PG in various plant species and their tissues are given in this paper.
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- O A Rozentsvet
- Laboratory of Ecological Biochemistry, Institute of Ecology of the Volga River Basin, Russian Academy of Sciences, Togliatti, Russia.
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Yoo SH, Jeon CJ. Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor/Ca2+ channel modulatory role of chromogranin A, a Ca2+ storage protein of secretory granules. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:15067-73. [PMID: 10748130 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m909391199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The secretory granules of neuroendocrine cells, which contain large amounts of Ca(2+) and chromogranins, have been demonstrated to release Ca(2+) in response to inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP(3)), indicating the IP(3)-sensitive intracellular Ca(2+) store role of secretory granules. In our previous study, chromogranin A (CGA) was shown to interact with several secretory granule membrane proteins, including the IP(3) receptor (IP(3)R), at the intravesicular pH 5.5 (Yoo, S. H. (1994) J. Biol. Chem. 269, 12001-12006). To examine the functional aspect of this coupling, we measured the IP(3)-mediated Ca(2+) release property of the IP(3)R reconstituted into liposomes in the presence and absence of CGA. Presence of CGA in the IP(3)R-reconstituted liposome significantly enhanced the IP(3)-mediated Ca(2+) release from the liposomes. Moreover, the number of IP(3) bound to the reconstituted IP(3)R increased. The fluorescence energy transfer and IP(3)R Trp fluorescence quenching studies indicated that the structure of reconstituted IP(3)R becomes more ordered and exposed in the presence of CGA, suggesting that the coupled CGA in the liposome caused structural changes of the IP(3)R, changing it to a structure that is better suited to IP(3) binding and subsequent Ca(2+) release. These results appear to underscore the physiological significance of IP(3)R-CGA coupling in the secretory granules.
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- S H Yoo
- National Creative Research Initiative Center for Secretory Granule Research, Biomedical Research Center, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Yu Sung Gu, 305-701 Dae Jeon, Korea.
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Kordowiak AM, Dudek B, Gryboś R. Influence of sodium bis(oxalato)oxovanadate(IV) on phospholipids in liver Golgi fractions from control and streptozotocin-diabetic rats. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2000; 125:11-6. [PMID: 11790325 DOI: 10.1016/s0742-8413(99)00089-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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(1) Both vanadyl oxalate and streptozotocin (STZ) caused in comparison with untreated control statistically significant increase (P<0.001 and P<0.02) of PLs (micromoles of P(i) per mg of protein) in rat liver Golgi-rich membrane fraction. (2) The diabetic, vanadium treated rats (D+V) showed lower than control-treated (C+V) content of PLs in these fractions. (3) Three experimental groups of rats: control-treated (P<0.01), diabetic treated with vanadium (P<0.05) and untreated diabetic (P<0.02), had a higher percentage of PI (phosphatidylinositol) in comparison with untreated-control animals.
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- A M Kordowiak
- Department of Animal Biochemistry, Institute of Molecular Biology, Jagiellonian University, al. Mickiewicza 3, 31-120, Cracow, Poland
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Suh JY, Lee YT, Park CB, Lee KH, Kim SC, Choi BS. Structural and functional implications of a proline residue in the antimicrobial peptide gaegurin. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1999; 266:665-74. [PMID: 10561611 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00917.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Although it is commonly known as a helix breaker, proline residues have been found in the alpha-helical regions of many peptides and proteins. The antimicrobial peptide gaegurin displays alpha-helical structure and has a central proline residue (P14). The structure and activity of gaegurin and its alanine derivative (P14A) were determined by various spectroscopic methods, restrained molecular dynamics, and biological assays. Both P14 and P14A exhibited cooperative helix formation in solution, but the helical stability of P14 was reduced substantially when compared to that of P14A. Chemical-shift analysis indicated that both of the peptides formed curved helices and that P14 showed diminished stability in the region around the central proline. However, hydrogen-exchange data revealed remarkable differences in the location of stable amide protons. P14 showed a stable region in the concave side of the curved helix, while P14A exhibited a stable region in the central turn of the helix. The model structure of P14 exhibited a pronounced kink, in contrast to the uniform helix of P14A. Both peptides showed comparable binding affinities for negatively charged lipids, while P14 had a considerably reduced affinity for a neutral lipid. With its destabilized alpha-helix, P14 exhibited greater antibacterial activity than did P14A. Hence, electrostatic interaction between helical peptides and lipid membranes is believed to be the dominant factor for antibacterial activity. Moreover, helical stability can modulate peptide binding to membranes that is driven by electrostatic interactions. The observation that P14 is a more potent antibacterial agent than P14A implies that the helical kink of P14 plays an important role in the disruption of bacterial membranes.
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- J Y Suh
- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Taejon, Korea
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Oh JE, Hong SY, Lee KH. The comparison of characteristics between membrane-active antifungal peptide and its pseudopeptides. Bioorg Med Chem 1999; 7:2509-15. [PMID: 10632060 DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0896(99)00176-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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By the introduction of various amide surrogates, novel pseudopeptides corresponding to a membrane active depsipeptide were synthesized and their native characteristics compared with that of the peptide. The pseudopeptides had more resistance to serum proteases than the peptide and similar antimicrobial activities to that of the peptide without hemolytic activity. The pseudopeptides like the peptide were active against current drug resistant fungi and pathogenic fungi isolated from patients, and also had a strong synergism with current antifungal drugs against Candida albicans. The leakage assay suggested that the pseudopeptides also acted on the lipid membrane of pathogenic cells. These results indicated that the novel pseudopeptides had advantages over the peptide as a candidate for a novel antifungal drug and backbone modifications can be a tool in the development of a novel antifungal agent from membrane-active peptides isolated from natural sources or chemically synthesized.
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- J E Oh
- Protein Chemistry Laboratory, Mogam Biotechnology Research Institute, Yongin-city, Kyunggi-Do, South Korea
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Hartling RC, Kunkel JG. Developmental fate of the yolk protein lipovitellin in embryos and larvae of winter flounder, Pleuronectes americanus. THE JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY 1999; 284:686-95. [PMID: 10531555 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-010x(19991101)284:6<686::aid-jez10>3.0.co;2-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The developmental fate of the vitellogenin-derived yolk protein, lipovitellin (Lv), was investigated in winter flounder embryos and yolk-sac larvae. Since Lv is present as only one major polypeptide in ovulated winter flounder eggs, unlike the multiple yolk polypeptides found in the mature eggs of most teleosts, this system is presented as a simpler model of yolk protein structure and utilization during teleostean development. Winter flounder Lv is cleaved during embryogenesis from a 94 kD polypeptide at fertilization to 67 kD and 26 kD polypeptides at hatching. The rate of this proteolytic processing is slow during early embryonic development, but enters a more rapid phase between days 8 and 12 post-fertilization in embryos reared at 4-5 degrees C, and approaches 50% completion at day 10. Lv processing is essentially complete 3 days before hatching; nevertheless, major degradation of the Lv peptide by the developing winter flounder does not occur until after hatching. The Stokes radius of Lv changes only moderately following processing, from 4.50 nm in unfertilized eggs to 4.19 nm in late embryos and newly hatched larvae, whereas the processed Lv retains its heat stability relative to other yolk polypeptides. Nearly 50% of its lipid content, however, is released from the Lv particle during embryogenesis, concomitant with cleavage of the Lv 94 kD polypeptide. Lv processing may thus render a portion of the yolk protein-associated lipid more accessible to the developing embryo, whereas other yolk components are retained for later use by the winter flounder larva. Alternately, removal of lipid may lead to proteolytic vulnerability of the Lv polypeptide. In either case, only a portion of the lipid moiety of the Lv particle appears to play a significant nutritive role for the embryo, whereas its protein component is reserved for larval use. J. Exp. Zool. 284:686-695, 1999.
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- R C Hartling
- Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA.
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Cazeils JL, Bouillier-Oudot M, Auvergne A, Candau M, Babile R. Lipid composition of hepatocyte plasma membranes from geese overfed with corn. Lipids 1999; 34:937-42. [PMID: 10574658 DOI: 10.1007/s11745-999-0443-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Twelve-week-old Landes male geese were overfed with corn for 21 d in order to induce liver steatosis (fatty liver). Lipid composition of hepatocyte plasma membranes from fatty livers was compared to that of lean livers obtained from geese fed a normal diet. The ratio cholesterol/phospholipids was higher in fatty hepatocyte plasma membranes (0.63 vs. 0.47), whereas the phospholipid/protein ratio was less than half. Overfeeding induced changes in fatty acid composition of hepatocyte plasma membranes, including a greater than twofold increase in the percentage of oleic acid (29.7 vs. 13.8%) and a somewhat lesser increase in lauric, palmitic, and palmitoleic acid contents of plasma membrane lipids of fatty livers. A concomitant reduction in the proportion of stearic acid (18.4 vs. 25.1%) was also observed. In fatty livers, the increased ratio of saturated to polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) (1.5 vs. 1.0) was related to a significant decrease in PUFA content. Among all the PUFA, only the eicosatrienoic acid (20:3n-9) percentage was increased by liver steatosis. Overfeeding with corn appeared to induce competition between de novo synthesized and dietary fatty acids incorporated in hepatocyte plasma membranes. This resulted in an accumulation of de novo synthesized monounsaturated and derived fatty acids in plasma membranes from overfed birds. A defect in the incorporation of linoleic acid and linoleic- and linolenic-derived PUFA was observed despite the high proportion of these essential fatty acids in the diet. It was concluded that in overfed palmipeds, de novo hepatic lipogenesis prevails over dietary lipid intake to modulate lipid composition of the fatty liver plasma membrane.
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- J L Cazeils
- Ecole Nationale Superieure Agronomique de Toulouse, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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Effects of hyperbaric oxygen on lipid peroxidation and content of phospholipids in rat brain. Bull Exp Biol Med 1999. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02438074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Effect of a phenylalkyl taurine derivative on the content and composition of phospholipids in synaptosomes of rat brain hemispheres. Pharm Chem J 1999. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02510089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Prokof'eva NG, Kalinovskaya NI, Luk'yanov PA, Shentsova EB, Kuznetsova TA. The membranotropic activity of cyclic acyldepsipeptides from bacterium Bacillus pumilus, associated with the marine sponge Ircinia sp. Toxicon 1999; 37:801-13. [PMID: 10219990 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-0101(98)00219-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The isolate of Bacillus pumilus associated with the marine sponge Ircinia sp. produced the surfactin-like lipopeptides, cyclic acyldepsipeptides. The hemolytic activity of individual cyclic acyldepsipeptides, bacircines (BI) 2, 3, 4, 5 and 5A having different acyl side chain structures (anteiso-C13, iso-C14, normal-C14, anteiso-C15, and iso-C15, respectively) was studied. The hemolytic power of bacircines depended on both the structure of the side chain (n->iso->anteiso-) and pH values (5.6 and 6.5 > 7.4). Hemolytic potency as a function of BI 5 concentration was given for pH 6.5; 7.4; 8.0; 9.0. pH dependent hemolysis induced by BI 5 was shown to be reversible. The membrane damaging potential of bacircine 5 (5 microM) at pH 6.5 was characterized by a higher rate of hemolysis and by a shorter time between the introduction of BI 5 solution into the RBC samples and the onset of hemolysis. Under this condition, BI 5 decreased abnormally the microviscosity of erythrocyte ghosts bilayer. The damaging potency of BI 5 decreased with an increase pH from 6.5 to 7.4 or its decrease from 6.5 to 4.9. It was shown that fatty acid bacircine fragment penetrated into the lipid bilayer to a depth of minimum 7 carbon atoms. Constants of dissociation of the Asp (pK 4.75) and Glu (pK 6.65) residues of bacircine in the lipid bilayer were obtained. These results showed that at pH 6.5 BI 5 possessed membranotropic activity in the monoionic form.
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- N G Prokof'eva
- Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok.
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