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Olgenblum GI, Hutcheson BO, Pielak GJ, Harries D. Protecting Proteins from Desiccation Stress Using Molecular Glasses and Gels. Chem Rev 2024; 124:5668-5694. [PMID: 38635951 PMCID: PMC11082905 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2023] [Revised: 02/18/2024] [Accepted: 02/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024]
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Faced with desiccation stress, many organisms deploy strategies to maintain the integrity of their cellular components. Amorphous glassy media composed of small molecular solutes or protein gels present general strategies for protecting against drying. We review these strategies and the proposed molecular mechanisms to explain protein protection in a vitreous matrix under conditions of low hydration. We also describe efforts to exploit similar strategies in technological applications for protecting proteins in dry or highly desiccated states. Finally, we outline open questions and possibilities for future explorations.
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- Gil I. Olgenblum
- Institute
of Chemistry, Fritz Haber Research Center, and The Harvey M. Krueger
Family Center for Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH), Chapel
Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH), Chapel
Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
- Department
of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Integrated
Program for Biological & Genome Sciences, Lineberger Comprehensive
Cancer Center, University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Institute
of Chemistry, Fritz Haber Research Center, and The Harvey M. Krueger
Family Center for Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel
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Golovina EA, Golovin A, Hoekstra FA, Faller R. Water replacement hypothesis in atomic details: effect of trehalose on the structure of single dehydrated POPC bilayers. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2010; 26:11118-11126. [PMID: 20550154 DOI: 10.1021/la100891x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We present molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to study the plausibility of the water replacement hypothesis (WRH) from the viewpoint of structural chemistry. A total of 256 2-oleoyl-1-palmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC) lipids were modeled for 400 ns at 11.7 or 5.4 waters/lipid. To obtain a single dehydrated bilayer relevant to the WRH, simulations were performed in the NP(xy)h(z)T ensemble with h(z) > 8 nm, allowing interactions between lipids in the membrane plane and preventing interactions between neighboring membranes via periodic boundary conditions. This setup resulted in a stable single bilayer in (or near) the gel state. Trehalose caused a concentration-dependent increase of the area per lipid (APL) accompanied by fluidizing the bilayer core. This mechanism has been suggested by the WRH. However, dehydrated bilayers in the presence of trehalose were not structurally identical to fully hydrated bilayers. The headgroup vector was in a more parallel orientation in dehydrated bilayers with respect to the bilayer plane and maintained this orientation in the presence of trehalose in spite of APL increase. The total dipole potential changed sign in dehydrated bilayers and remained slightly positive in the presence of trehalose. The model of a dehydrated bilayer presented here allows the study of the mechanisms of membrane protection against desiccation by different compounds.
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- E A Golovina
- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Lenné T, Garvey CJ, Koster KL, Bryant G. Kinetics of the lamellar gel–fluid transition in phosphatidylcholine membranes in the presence of sugars. Chem Phys Lipids 2010; 163:236-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2009.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2009] [Revised: 11/15/2009] [Accepted: 12/01/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Bryant G, Koster KL. Dehydration of solute–lipid systems: hydration forces analysis. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2004; 35:73-9. [PMID: 15261039 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2004.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2003] [Revised: 12/11/2003] [Accepted: 02/11/2004] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Sorption isotherms were obtained for a range of lipid/sugar/water mixtures. These were analysed using a simple hydration forces formalism. The results demonstrate that this simple analysis can be used to estimate dehydration parameters for these relatively complex systems. This in turn provides some insight into the location and role of sugars in the hydration behaviour of lipid systems. The relevance of these results to the phase behaviour of lipid/sugar mixtures during dehydration are discussed.
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- Gary Bryant
- Department of Applied Physics, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476V, Melbourne 3001, Vic., Australia.
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Tsvetkova NM, Phillips BL, Crowe LM, Crowe JH, Risbud SH. Effect of sugars on headgroup mobility in freeze-dried dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine bilayers: solid-state 31P NMR and FTIR studies. Biophys J 1998; 75:2947-55. [PMID: 9826615 PMCID: PMC1299966 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(98)77736-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The effect of the carbohydrates trehalose, glucose, and hydroxyethyl starch (HES) on the motional properties of the phosphate headgroup of freeze-dried dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) liposomes was studied by means of 31P NMR, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The results show that trehalose, which is a strong glass former (Tg = 115 degreesC), elevates the onset of the lipid headgroup rotations and preserves some rotational mobility of the phosphate headgroups after cooling from the liquid-crystalline state. Glucose (Tg = 30 degreesC), a very effective depressant of the phase transition temperature of freeze-dried DPPC, markedly elevates the initiation of the temperature of headgroup rotations. On the other hand, the monosaccharide does not preserve the headgroup disordering when cooled from the liquid-crystalline state. These effects are consistent with formation of hydrogen bonds between the OH groups of the sugar and the polar headgroups of DPPC. They show, however, that hydrogen bonding is not sufficient for preservation of the dynamic properties of freeze-dried DPPC. HES, although a very good glass former (Tg > 110 degreesC), does not depress the phase transition temperature and affects only slightly the rotational properties of freeze-dried DPPC. This lack of effect of HES is associated with the absence of direct interactions with the lipid phosphates, as evidenced by the FTIR results. These data show that vitrification of the additive is not sufficient to affect the dynamic properties of dried DPPC.
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- N M Tsvetkova
- Section of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California at Davis, Davis, California 95616 USA.
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Nagase H, Ueda H, Nakagaki M. Temperature change of the lamellar structure of DPPC/disaccharide/water systems with low water content. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1998; 1371:223-31. [PMID: 9630641 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2736(98)00016-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Temperature change in l-alpha-dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine (DPPC)/disaccharide systems with low water content (less than 8 wt. %) was investigated using X-ray diffraction within a range of two transition temperatures. X-ray diffraction above the higher transition temperature showed a broad symmetric peak, indicating the Lalpha phase. Below the higher transition temperature, two overlapping diffraction peaks were observed. After peak separation, temperature change in these systems was analyzed using peak parameters of the two peaks. Peak parameters of the lower angle peak changed continuously up to and above the higher transition temperature, suggesting the systems to be in a liquid crystal phase below the higher transition temperature. Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectra of the DPPC/trehalose system with 5.5 wt.% water showed the wave number of asymmetric stretching of phosphate groups to change at the lower transition temperature and that of symmetric stretching of CH2 groups, to change between the lower and higher transition temperatures. Thus, below the lower transition temperature, the system is shown to be in a gel phase. Conformational change in phosphate groups occurred at the lower transition temperature. Within the lower and higher transition temperatures, two phases were found to coexist and transition from the gel phase to Lalpha phase to occur continuously. Above the higher transition temperature, the system is in the Lalpha phase.
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- H Nagase
- Department of Physical Chemistry, Hoshi University, 2-4-41 Ebara, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 142, Japan.
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Nagase H, Ueda H, Nakagaki M. Effect of water on lamellar structure of DPPC/sugar systems. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1997; 1328:197-206. [PMID: 9315616 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2736(97)00088-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The ability of two monosaccharides, four disaccharides and one trisaccharide, to lower the transition temperature of L-alpha-dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine (DPPC) was investigated using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and the ability of these sugars to change the lateral packing of the acyl chains of DPPC was investigated using wide-angle X-ray diffraction. The sugars affected the gel-liquid crystal transition temperature (Tc) of DPPC when the water content of the DPPC/sugar systems was less than 20 wt.%. Specifically, Tc of the DPPC without sugar increased to approximately 106 degrees C, the Tc of the DPPC/monosaccharide system remained almost constant at 43 degrees C and of the DPPC/disaccharide or trisaccharide systems decreased to approximately 24 degrees C. In the dehydrated state, di- and trisaccharides caused looser packing of the DPPC hydrocarbon chains than the monosaccharides did, and the sugars affected the packing mode in different ways. The addition of water caused this difference in the sugars' effects on the packing mode to disappear and further addition of water caused the effect of sugar to almost disappear. Thus, the addition of water to a DPPC/sugar system weakens the interaction between the sugar and lipid and strengthens the DPPC chain packing.
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- H Nagase
- Department of Physical Chemistry, Hoshi University, Tokyo, Japan.
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Kajiwara N, Taguchi M, Saito H, Nakajima S, Hayashi A, Kawate N, Konaka C, Wada H, Kato H. Evaluation of a new solution containing trehalose for twenty-hour canine lung preservation. Transpl Int 1996. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.1996.tb00879.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Kajiwara N, Taguchi M, Saito H, Nakajima S, Hayashi A, Kawate N, Konaka C, Wada H, Kato H. Evaluation of a new solution containing trehalose for twenty-hour canine lung preservation. Transpl Int 1996; 9:194-200. [PMID: 8723186 DOI: 10.1007/bf00335385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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We examined the efficacy of two new preservation solutions containing trehalose--an extracellular type (ET-K) of solution and an intracellular type (IT-K) of solution--in relation to that of Euro-Collins (EC) solution in 20-h canine lung preservation. Canine lungs were flushed with one of the three solutions (n = 5 for each solution) after pretreatment with PGE1 (20 micrograms/kg) and were stored for 20 h at 4 degrees C. The left lungs were transplanted and evaluated to 6 h post transplant. In the ET-K group, the arterial oxygen tension after reperfusion was significantly higher than in the IT-K and EC groups. The pulmonary vascular resistance, wet/dry weight ratio, and histological evaluation of each transplanted lung in the ET-K group were also better than in the IT-K and EC groups. This indicates that ET-K solution is useful for 20-h preservation of canine lung grafts.
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- N Kajiwara
- Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical College, Japan
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Suzuki T, Komatsu H, Miyajima K. Effects of glucose and its oligomers on the stability of freeze-dried liposomes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1996; 1278:176-82. [PMID: 8593274 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(95)00221-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The effects of glucose and its oligomers (maltodextrins) on the stability of sonicated liposomes during freeze-drying were studied by monitoring the retention of the fluorescent dye, Calcein, entrapped in the liposomal inner aqueous phase and by the use of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Glucose showed weak cryoprotective effects on dioleoylphosphatidylcholine (DOPC) or egg yolk phosphatidylcholine (eggPC) liposomes, while it had a relatively high cryoprotective effect on dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) liposomes. Maltose and maltotriose showed high cryoprotective effects on eggPC liposomes, while other maltodextrin, longer oligomers, showed low cryoprotective effects. No saccharide was effective to protect DOPC liposomes. The fluidity and/or packing of lipid membranes had considerable influences on the stability of liposomes during the lyophilization. Maltodextrins showed relatively high cryoprotective effects on DPPC liposomes at low saccharide/lipid molar ratios, although the cryoprotective effects decreased with the increase in the molar ratios. Size measurements suggested that glucose and maltose completely prevented the aggregation and/or fusion of liposomes during lyophilization, and that other maltodextrins induced them due to their weak hydrophobic properties.
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- T Suzuki
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Oliver AE, Fisk E, Crowe LM, de Araujo PS, Crowe JH. Phospholipase A2 activity in dehydrated systems: effect of the physical state of the substrate. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1995; 1267:92-100. [PMID: 7612670 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4889(95)90001-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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In the presence of excess water, enzymatic activity of phospholipase A2 (PLA2) depends on the physical state of the lipid substrate. In order to determine if this also holds true in dehydrated systems, the physical parameters of charge, hydration state, and head group spacing of liposome membranes and their effects on PLA2 lipid hydrolysis were studied. Liposomes of varying composition were freeze-dried in the presence of PLA2 and partially rehydrated at controlled relative humidities. Accumulation of free fatty acids in the liposomal membranes was used as a measure of PLA2 activity. We found that PLA2, which was not activated during lyophilization, was most active during partial rehydration of the liposomes. The hydration state, charge and headgroup spacing of the membrane were all important in determining PLA2 activity in the dehydrated system.
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- A E Oliver
- Section of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis 95616, USA
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Koster KL, Webb MS, Bryant G, Lynch DV. Interactions between soluble sugars and POPC (1-palmitoyl-2-oleoylphosphatidylcholine) during dehydration: vitrification of sugars alters the phase behavior of the phospholipid. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1994; 1193:143-50. [PMID: 8038184 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(94)90343-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The phase behavior of 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoylphosphatidylcholine (POPC) was characterized as a function of hydration in the presence of combinations of sugars representative of sugars found in seed embryos having differing degrees of desiccation tolerance. The tendency of the sugar mixes to vitrify was also monitored as a function of hydration. Using differential scanning calorimetry, it was found that all sugars diminished the increase in the gel-to-fluid phase transition temperature (Tm) of POPC that occurred upon dehydration of the pure lipid. These results are analyzed in terms of the osmotic and volumetric properties of sugars. Also, it was found that in those samples for which the glass transition temperature (Tg) was greater than the Tm of POPC, Tm was lowered by approx. 20 C degrees from the value for the fully hydrated lipid. X-ray diffraction data confirmed that acyl chain freezing was deferred to a lower temperature during cooling of vitrified samples. The significance of these results is discussed in terms of the ability of many organisms to tolerate desiccation.
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- K L Koster
- Department of Biology, University of South Dakota, Vermillion 57069
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Fabrie CH, Smeets JM, de Kruijff B, de Gier J. The cryoprotectant trehalose destabilises the bilayer organisation of Escherichia coli-derived membrane systems at elevated temperatures as determined by 2H and 31P-NMR. Chem Phys Lipids 1994; 70:133-45. [PMID: 8033285 DOI: 10.1016/0009-3084(94)90081-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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In this study, 2H and 31P-NMR techniques were used to study the effects of trehalose and glycerol on phase transitions and lipid acyl chain order of membrane systems derived from cells of E. coli unsaturated fatty acid auxotroph strain K1059, which was grown in the presence of [11,11-2H2]-oleic acid or [11,11-2H2]-elaidic acid. From an analysis of the temperature dependence of the quadrupolar splitting it could be concluded that neither 1 M trehalose or glycerol generally had any significant effect on the temperature of the lamellar gel to liquid-crystalline phase transition. In the case of the oleate-containing hydrated total lipid extract, glycerol but not trehalose caused a 5 degrees C increase of this transition temperature. In general, both cryoprotectants induced an ordering of the acyl chains in the liquid-crystalline state. Trehalose and glycerol both decrease the bilayer to non-bilayer transition temperature of the hydrated lipid extract of oleate-grown cells by about 5 degrees C, but only trehalose in addition induces an isotropic to hexagonal (HII) phase transition. In the biological membranes, trehalose and not glycerol destabilised the lipid bilayer, and in the case of the E. coli spheroplasts, part of the induced non-bilayer structures is ascribed to a hexagonal (HII) phase in analogy with the total lipids. Interestingly, 1 mM Mg2+ was a prerequisite for the destabilisation of the lipid bilayer. In the hydrated total lipid extract of E. coli grown on the more ordered elaidic acid, both transition temperatures were shifted about 20 degrees C upwards compared with the oleate-containing lipid, but the effect of trehalose on the lipid phase behaviour was similar. The bilayer destabilising ability of trehalose might have implications for the possible protection of biological systems by (cryo-)protectants during dehydration, in that protection is unlikely to be caused by preventing the occurrence of polymorphic phase transitions.
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- C H Fabrie
- Department of Biochemistry of Membranes, University of Utrecht, Netherlands
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Behling CA, Bennett B, Takayama K, Hunter RL. Development of a trehalose 6,6'-dimycolate model which explains cord formation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Infect Immun 1993; 61:2296-303. [PMID: 8500871 PMCID: PMC280848 DOI: 10.1128/iai.61.6.2296-2303.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Trehalose 6,6'-dimycolate (TDM) is a glycolipid of mycobacteria that displays an unusual toxicity and has been reported to be a virulence factor for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Lack of understanding of the toxicity has impeded acceptance of TDM as a virulence factor. We previously reported that the toxicity of TDM depends on its presentation as a surface monolayer consisting of 30% trehalose and 70% exposed mycolic acid moieties. This paper further investigates the structure of the TDM monolayer. It began with the observation that beads coated with TDM, but not with closely related analogs, aggregate to form organized structures resembling the cords of virulent mycobacteria. This implied that the TDM molecules in the monolayer were arranged in an organized structure. This structure was investigated by real-time kinetic microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and gross observations of the adhesion patterns of TDM-coated beads. In each of these models, the structures induced by TDM differed from those of analogs or other amphiphiles studied. These observations were used to construct a model of the structure of TDM monolayer which envisions linear arrays of TDM molecules arranged in a circumferential pattern on beads with discontinuities only at the two poles.
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- C A Behling
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
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Nakagaki M, Nagase H, Ueda H. Stabilization of the lamellar structure of phosphatidylcholine by complex formation with trehalose. J Memb Sci 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/0376-7388(92)80127-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Mencke AP, Caffrey M. Kinetics and mechanism of the pressure-induced lamellar order/disorder transition in phosphatidylethanolamine: a time-resolved X-ray diffraction study. Biochemistry 1991; 30:2453-63. [PMID: 2001372 DOI: 10.1021/bi00223a023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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By using synchrotron radiation, a movie was made of the X-ray scattering pattern from a biological liquid crystal undergoing a phase transition induced by a pressure jump. The system studied includes the fully hydrated phospholipid dihexadecylphosphatidylethanolamine in the lamellar gel (L beta') phase at a temperature of 68 degrees C and a pressure of 9.7 MPa (1400 psig). Following the rapid release of pressure to atmospheric the L beta' phase transforms slowly into the lamellar liquid crystal (L alpha) phase. The pressure perturbation is applied with the intention of producing a sudden phase disequilibrium followed by monitoring the system as it relaxes to its new equilibrium condition. Remarkably, the proportion of sample in the L alpha phase grows linearly with time, taking 37 s to totally consume the L beta' phase. The time dependencies of radius, peak intensity, and width of the powder diffraction ring of the low-angle (001) lamellar reflections were obtained from the movie by image processing. The concept of an "effective pressure" is introduced to account for the temperature variations that accompany the phase transition and to establish that the observed large transit time is indeed intrinsic to the sample and not due to heat exchange with the environment. The reverse transformation, L alpha to L beta', induced by a sudden jump from atmospheric pressure to 9.7 MPa, is complete in less than 13 s. These measurements represent a new approach for studying the kinetics of lipid phase transitions and for gaining insights into the mechanism of the lamellar order/disorder transition.
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- A P Mencke
- Department of Chemistry, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210-1173
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Phase transition characterization in low hydration phases of dilauroylphosphatidylcholine. J Colloid Interface Sci 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/0021-9797(90)90134-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Lis LJ, Tamura-Lis W, Lim TK, Quinn PJ. Phase structures and transitions in fully hydrated diacyltrehalose. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1990; 1021:201-4. [PMID: 2302396 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(90)90034-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Real time X-ray diffraction was used to examine the gel bilayer to disordered bilayer phase transition in fully hydrated dipalmitoyltrehalose. The L beta to L alpha phase transition was shown to proceed via a second-order thermodynamic process involving incommensurate mesophase bilayer repeat structures and the formation of an intermediate rectangular acyl chain packing subcell. This phenomenon has only been previously shown to occur for dihexadecylphosphatidylcholine (DHPC) and dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) dihydrates undergoing stepwise (i.e., noncontinuous) temperature changes. It can thus be inferred that the presence of trehalose-trehalose intra-bilayer interactions is a sufficient condition to modify the acyl chain structural rearrangements within the bilayer as a function of temperature.
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- L J Lis
- Division of Oncology/Hematology, Chicago Medical School, IL
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