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Hasan S, Karal MAS, Akter S, Ahmed M, Ahamed MK, Ahammed S. Influence of sugar concentration on the vesicle compactness, deformation and membrane poration induced by anionic nanoparticles. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0275478. [PMID: 36174090 PMCID: PMC9521927 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Sugar plays a vital role in the structural and functional characteristics of cells. Hence, the interaction of NPs with cell membranes in the presence of sugar concentrations is important for medicinal and pharmacological innovations. This study integrated three tools: giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs), anionic magnetite nanoparticles (NPs), and sugar concentrations, to understand a simplified mechanism for interactions between the vesicle membranes and NPs under various sugar concentrations. We focused on changing the sugar concentration in aqueous solution; more precisely, sucrose inside the GUVs and glucose outside with equal osmolarity. 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-(1′-rac-glycerol) (sodium salt) (DOPG) and 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DOPC) were used to prepare the charged membranes of 40mole%DOPG/60mole%DOPC-GUVs, whereas only DOPC was used to prepare the neutral membranes. Phase contrast fluorescence microscopy shows that the adherence of 18 nm magnetite NPs with anionic charge depends on the sugar concentration. The alterations of GUVs induced by the NPs are characterized in terms of i) vesicle compactness, ii) deformation, and iii) membrane poration. The presence of sugar provides additional structural stability to the GUVs and reduces the effects of the NPs with respect to these parameters; more precisely, the higher the sugar concentration, the smaller the alteration induced by the NPs. The differences in NPs effects are explained by the change in the type of interaction between sugar molecules and lipid membranes, namely enthalpy and entropy-driven interaction, respectively. In addition, such alterations are influenced by the surface charge density of the lipid bilayer. The surface pressure of membranes due to the adsorption of NPs is responsible for inducing the poration in membranes. The differences in deformation and poration in charged and neutral GUVs under various sugar concentrations are discussed based on the structure of the head of lipid molecules.
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- Sharif Hasan
- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Radiation, Transport and Waste Safety Division, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Karal MAS, Mokta NA, Levadny V, Belaya M, Ahmed M, Ahamed MK, Ahammed S. Effects of cholesterol on the size distribution and bending modulus of lipid vesicles. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0263119. [PMID: 35089965 PMCID: PMC8797199 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2021] [Accepted: 01/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The influence of cholesterol fraction in the membranes of giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) on their size distributions and bending moduli has been investigated. The membranes of GUVs were synthesized by a mixture of two elements: electrically neutral lipid 1, 2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DOPC) and cholesterol and also a mixture of three elements: electrically charged lipid 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-(1′-rac-glycerol) (DOPG), DOPC and cholesterol. The size distributions of GUVs have been presented by a set of histograms. The classical lognormal distribution is well fitted to the histograms, from where the average size of vesicle is obtained. The increase of cholesterol content in the membranes of GUVs increases the average size of vesicles in the population. Using the framework of Helmholtz free energy of the system, the theory developed by us is extended to explain the experimental results. The theory determines the influence of cholesterol on the bending modulus of membranes from the fitting of the proper histograms. The increase of cholesterol in GUVs increases both the average size of vesicles in population and the bending modulus of membranes.
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- Mohammad Abu Sayem Karal
- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Theoretical Problem Center of Physico-Chemical Pharmacology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Mathematics of Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Knyazeva AG, Nazarenko NN. Coupled Model of a Biological Fluid Filtration Through a Flat Layer with Due Account for Barodiffusion. Transp Porous Media 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s11242-021-01720-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Chauhan K, Zárate‐Romero A, Sengar P, Medrano C, Vazquez‐Duhalt R. Catalytic Kinetics Considerations and Molecular Tools for the Design of Multienzymatic Cascade Nanoreactors. ChemCatChem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202100604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Kanchan Chauhan
- Department of Bionanotechnology Center for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Km 107 carretera Tijuana-Ensenada Ensenada Baja California 22860 Mexico
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- Department of Bionanotechnology Center for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Km 107 carretera Tijuana-Ensenada Ensenada Baja California 22860 Mexico
- Cátedra Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología CNyN-UNAM Ensenada Baja California 22860 Mexico
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- Department of Bionanotechnology Center for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Km 107 carretera Tijuana-Ensenada Ensenada Baja California 22860 Mexico
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- Department of Bionanotechnology Center for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Km 107 carretera Tijuana-Ensenada Ensenada Baja California 22860 Mexico
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- Department of Bionanotechnology Center for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Km 107 carretera Tijuana-Ensenada Ensenada Baja California 22860 Mexico
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Karal MAS, Ahamed MK, Ahmed M, Mahbub ZB. Recent developments in the kinetics of ruptures of giant vesicles under constant tension. RSC Adv 2021; 11:29598-29619. [PMID: 35479542 PMCID: PMC9040846 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra04647k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Accepted: 08/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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External tension in membranes plays a vital role in numerous physiological and physicochemical phenomena. In this review, recent developments in the constant electric- and mechanical-tension-induced rupture of giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) are considered. We summarize the results relating to the kinetics of GUV rupture as a function of membrane surface charge, ions in the bathing solution, lipid composition, cholesterol content in the membrane, and osmotic pressure. The mechanical stability and line tension of the membrane under these conditions are discussed. The membrane tension due to osmotic pressure and the critical tension of rupture for various membrane compositions are also discussed. The results and their analysis provide a biophysical description of the kinetics of rupture, along with insight into biological processes. Future directions and possible developments in this research area are included.
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- Mohammad Abu Sayem Karal
- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Dhaka-1000 Bangladesh +880-2-58613046 +880-2-9665613
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Dhaka-1000 Bangladesh +880-2-58613046 +880-2-9665613
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Dhaka-1000 Bangladesh +880-2-58613046 +880-2-9665613
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- Department of Mathematics and Physics, North South University Dhaka-1229 Bangladesh
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Ahmed M, Karal MAS, Ahamed MK, Ullah MS. Analysis of purification of charged giant vesicles in a buffer using their size distribution. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. E, SOFT MATTER 2021; 44:62. [PMID: 33909146 DOI: 10.1140/epje/s10189-021-00071-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2021] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We have analyzed the purification of charged giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) prepared in a buffer containing various concentrations of salt using their size distribution. The membranes of GUVs were synthesized by a mixture of dioleoylphosphocholine (DOPC) and dioleoylphosphatidylglycerol (DOPG) lipids. The DOPG mole fractions (X) in the membranes of GUVs were 0.10, 0.25, 0.40, 0.55, 0.70, 0.90 in a physiological buffer containing 162 mM salt. In addition, for a fixed value of X the concentrations of salt (C) in the buffer were 12, 62, 112, 162, 212, 312, 362 mM. The size distribution histograms of experimentally investigated unpurified and purified GUVs were fitted with the lognormal distribution and obtained the multiplication factor [Formula: see text] for mean ([Formula: see text]) and [Formula: see text] for standard deviation ([Formula: see text]) of the lognormal distribution. The key parameters [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] were responsible for changing the average size and size distribution of unpurified GUVs to purified ones. The theoretically fitting equation of experimentally obtained X- and C-dependent values of [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] provided the calibration equation for estimating the average size of purified GUVs theoretically for any values of X and C. The estimated size of purified GUVs increased with the increase in electrostatic effect (i.e., increase in vesicle surface charge density or decrease in salt concentration in buffer). The estimated size of purified GUVs varied with X and C, which supported the previous report qualitatively. These investigations might be helpful in the field of cell/chemical biology for understanding the process of purification of vesicles/cells investigated by any other techniques.
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- Marzuk Ahmed
- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh.
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh
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An investigation into the critical tension of electroporation in anionic lipid vesicles. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 2020; 50:99-106. [PMID: 33245397 DOI: 10.1007/s00249-020-01477-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2020] [Revised: 08/15/2020] [Accepted: 11/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Irreversible electroporation (IRE) is a technique for the disruption of localized cells or vesicles by a series of short and high-frequency electric pulses which has been used for tissue ablation and treatment in certain diseases. It is well reported that IRE induces lateral tension in the membranes of giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs). The GUVs are prepared by a mixture of anionic lipid dioleoylphosphatidylglycerol (DOPG) and neutral lipid dioleoylphosphatidylcholine (DOPC) using the natural swelling method. Here the influence of DOPG mole fraction, XDOPG, on the critical tension of electroporation in GUVs has been investigated in sodium chloride-containing PIPES buffer. The critical tension decreases from 9.0 ± 0.3 to 6.0 ± 0.2 mN/m with the increase of XDOPG from 0.0 to 0.60 in the membranes of GUVs. Hence an increase in XDOPG greatly decreases the mechanical stability of membranes. We develop a theoretical equation that fits the XDOPG dependent normalized critical tension, and obtain a binding constant for the lipid-ion interaction of 0.75 M-1. The decrease in the energy barrier for formation of the nano-size nascent or prepore state, due to the increase in XDOPG, is the main factor explaining the decrease in critical tension of electroporation in vesicles.
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Das N, Ropmay GD, Joseph AM, RoyChaudhuri C. Modeling the Effective Conductance Drop Due to a Particle in a Solid State Nanopore Towards Optimized Design. IEEE Trans Nanobioscience 2020; 19:598-608. [PMID: 32780701 DOI: 10.1109/tnb.2020.3015592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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An understanding of the current change in a solid state nanopore due to particle movement or capture is crucial for improvement of nanopore based sensing technologies. For lower aspect ratio pores, which are gaining importance due to their high sensitivity, there is interplay between access and pore resistance and the existing theories for computation of access resistance cannot explain most of the experimental observations. Hence, there is a need to develop a comprehensive model for calculating the effective conductance drop in presence of particles in a solid state nanopore. In this paper, we develop analytical models to calculate both the access and pore resistance in presence of particle at different positions during translocation and also when captured by receptors in functionalized nanopores. A wide range of pore geometry and molar strength has been investigated. Taking into consideration the positional uncertainty during particle translocation, the effective resistance sensitivity has been found to agree very well with the experimental observations in low aspect ratio pore. Additionally, we observe that in functionalized nanopores, a pore of higher diameter results in around 50% increase in sensitivity compared to a pore with half its diameter, which indicates the scope of design optimization in such systems.
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Karal MAS, Orchi US, Towhiduzzaman M, Ahamed MK, Ahmed M, Ahammed S, Mokta NA, Sharmin S, Sarkar MK. Electrostatic effects on the electrical tension-induced irreversible pore formation in giant unilamellar vesicles. Chem Phys Lipids 2020; 231:104935. [PMID: 32569600 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2020.104935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2020] [Revised: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 06/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Irreversible electroporation (IRE) is a new technique in which a series of short pulses with high frequency electrical energy is applied on the targeted regions of cells or vesicles for their destruction or rupture formation. IRE induces lateral tension in the membranes of vesicles. We have investigated the electrostatic interaction effects on the constant electrical tension-induced rate constant of irreversible pore formation in the membranes of giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs). The electrostatic interaction has been varied by changing the salt concentration in buffer and the surface charge density of membranes. The membranes of GUVs are synthesized by a mixture of negatively charged lipid dioleoylphosphatidylglycerol (DOPG) and neutral lipid dioleoylphosphatidylcholine (DOPC) using the natural swelling method. The rate constant of pore formation increases with the decrease of salt concentration in buffer along with the increase of surface charge density of membranes. The tension dependent probability of pore formation and the rate constant of pore formation are fitted to the theoretical equation, and obtained the line tension of membranes. The decrease in energy barrier of a prepore due to electrostatic interaction is the key factor causing an increase of rate constant of pore formation.
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- Mohammad Abu Sayem Karal
- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh; Department of Arts and Science, Ahsanullah University of Science & Technology, Dhaka 1208, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh; Department of Arts and Science, Ahsanullah University of Science & Technology, Dhaka 1208, Bangladesh
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Karal MAS, Ahamed MK, Mokta NA, Ahmed M, Ahammed S. Influence of cholesterol on electroporation in lipid membranes of giant vesicles. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 2020; 49:361-370. [PMID: 32535676 DOI: 10.1007/s00249-020-01443-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2020] [Revised: 05/19/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Irreversible electroporation (IRE) is primarily a nonthermal ablative technology that uses a series of high-voltage and ultra-short pulses with high-frequency electrical energy to induce cell death. This paper presents the influence of cholesterol on the IRE-induced probability of pore formation and the rate constant of pore formation in giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs). The GUVs are prepared by a mixture of dioleoylphosphatidylglycerol (DOPG), dioleoylphosphatidylcholine (DOPC) and cholesterol using the natural swelling method. An IRE signal of frequency 1.1 kHz is applied to the membranes of GUVs. The probability of pore formation and the rate constant of pore formation events are obtained using statistical analysis from several single GUVs. The time-dependent fraction of intact GUVs among all those examined is fitted to a single exponential decay function from where the rate constant of pore formation is calculated. The probability of pore formation and the rate constant of pore formation decreases with an increase in cholesterol content in the membranes of GUVs. Theoretical equations are fitted to the tension-dependent rate constant of pore formation and to the probability of pore formation, which allows us to obtain the line tension of membranes. The obtained line tension increases with an increase in cholesterol in the membranes. The increase in the energy barrier of the prepore state, due to the increase of cholesterol in membranes, is the main factor explaining the decrease in the rate constant of pore formation.
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- Mohammad Abu Sayem Karal
- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh.
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh
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Kinetics of irreversible pore formation under constant electrical tension in giant unilamellar vesicles. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 2020; 49:371-381. [PMID: 32494845 DOI: 10.1007/s00249-020-01440-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2020] [Revised: 05/10/2020] [Accepted: 05/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Stretching in the plasma membranes of cells and lipid membranes of vesicles plays important roles in various physiological and physicochemical phenomena. Irreversible electroporation (IRE) is a minimally invasive non-thermal tumor ablation technique where a series of short electrical energy pulses with high frequency is applied to destabilize the cell membranes. IRE also induces lateral tension due to stretching in the membranes of giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs). Here, the kinetics of irreversible pore formation under constant electrical tension in GUVs has been investigated. The GUVs are prepared by a mixture of dioleoylphosphatidylglycerol and dioleoylphosphatidylcholine using the natural swelling method. An IRE signal of frequency 1.1 kHz is applied to the GUVs through a gold-coated electrode system. Stochastic pore formation is observed for several 'single GUVs' at a particular constant tension. The time course of the fraction of intact GUVs among all the examined GUVs is fitted with a single-exponential decay function from which the rate constant of pore formation in the vesicle, kp, is calculated. The value of kp increases with an increase of membrane tension. An increase in the proportion of negatively charged lipids in a membrane gives a higher kp. Theoretical equations are fitted to the tension-dependent kp and to the probability of pore formation, which allows us to obtain the line tension of the membranes. The decrease in the energy barrier for formation of the nano-size nascent or prepore state, due to the increase in electrical tension, is the main factor explaining the increase of kp.
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Karal MAS, Ahamed MK, Ahmed M, Ahamed S, Mahbub ZB. Location of Peptide-Induced Submicron Discontinuities in the Membranes of Vesicles Using ImageJ. J Fluoresc 2020; 30:735-740. [PMID: 32472291 DOI: 10.1007/s10895-020-02560-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2020] [Accepted: 05/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Cell penetrating peptide transportan 10 and antimicrobial peptide melittin formed submicron pores in the lipid membranes of vesicles which are explained by the leakage of water-soluble fluorescent probes from the inside of vesicles to the outside. It is hypothesized that these submicron pores induce submicron discontinuities in the membranes. Considering this hypothesis, a technique has developed to locate the submicron discontinuities in the membranes of giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) using ImageJ. In this technique, at first the edges of membrane of a 'single GUV' are detected and then these edges are used to locate the submicron discontinuities. Two continuous rings are observed after applying the ImageJ in GUVs which indicated the edges of membrane. In contrast, the submicron discontinuations are detected at the edges of transportan 10 and melittin induced pore formed membranes. This investigation might be helpful for the elucidation of mechanism of the peptide-induced pore formation in the membranes of vesicles.
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- Mohammad Abu Sayem Karal
- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh.
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh
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- Department of Mathematics and Physics, North South University, Dhaka, 1229, Bangladesh
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Deformation and poration of giant unilamellar vesicles induced by anionic nanoparticles. Chem Phys Lipids 2020; 230:104916. [PMID: 32407734 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2020.104916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2020] [Revised: 04/25/2020] [Accepted: 04/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The interaction of anionic magnetite nanoparticles (MNPs) of size 18 nm with negatively charged giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) formed from a mixture of neutral dioleoylphosphatidylcholine (DOPC) and negatively charged dioleoylphosphatidylglycerol (DOPG) lipids has been investigated. It has been obtained that NPs induces the deformation of spherical GUVs. The reaction of other GUVs on NPs consists in the appearance of pores in their membranes. We focused the effect of electrostatics on the interaction of charged membranes with MNPs. To study the influence of the surface charge of GUVs on the processes under consideration, we varied the fraction of DOPG in the vesicles from 0 to 100%. We examined the influence of salt concentration in the range of 50-300 mM NaCl concentration. To describe the degree of deformation, a special parameter compactness was introduced. The pore formation in the membranes of GUVs was investigated by the leakage of sucrose. The compactness increases with time and also NPs concentration. The fraction of deformed GUVs increases with the increase of surface charge density of membranes as well as the decrease of salt concentration in buffer. The value of compactness for neutral membrane is 1.25 times higher than that of charged ones. The fraction of deformed GUVs become constant after 20 min, however it increases with NPs concentration. The time taken for stochastic pore formation is less for charged membrane than neutral one. The physical mechanism explaining the experimental results obtained in these investigations.
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Karal MAS, Ahmed M, Levadny V, Belaya M, Ahamed MK, Rahman M, Shakil MM. Electrostatic interaction effects on the size distribution of self-assembled giant unilamellar vesicles. Phys Rev E 2020; 101:012404. [PMID: 32069606 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.101.012404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The influence of electrostatic conditions (salt concentration of the solution and vesicle surface charge density) on the size distribution of self-assembled giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) is considered. The membranes of GUVs are synthesized by a mixture of dioleoylphosphatidylglycerol and dioleoylphosphatidylcholine in a physiological buffer using the natural swelling method. The experimental results are presented in the form of a set of histograms. The log-normal distribution is used for statistical treatment of results. It is obtained that the decrease of salt concentration and the increase of vesicle surface charge density of the membranes increase the average size of the GUV population. To explain the experimental results, a theory using the Helmholtz free energy of the system describing the GUV vesiculation is developed. The size distribution histograms and average size of GUVs under various conditions are fitted with the proposed theory. It is shown that the variation of the bending modulus due to changing of electrostatic parameters of the system is the main factor causing a change in the average size of GUVs.
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- Mohammad Abu Sayem Karal
- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
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- Theoretical Problem Center of Physico-Chemical Pharmacology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117977, Russia
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- Department of Mathematics of Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow GSP-3 125993, Russia
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
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