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Nakamura H, Okamura T, Tajima M, Kawano R, Yamaji M, Ohsaki S, Watano S. Enhancement of cell membrane permeability by using charged nanoparticles and a weak external electric field. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:32356-32363. [PMID: 37975520 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp03281g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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Because the cell membrane is the main barrier of intracellular delivery, it is important to facilitate and control the translocation of extracellular compounds across it. Our earlier molecular dynamics simulations suggested that charged nanoparticles under a weak external electric field can enhance the permeability of the cell membrane without disrupting it. However, this membrane permeabilization approach has not been tested experimentally. This study investigated the membrane crossing of a model compound (dextran with a Mw of 3000-5000) using charged nanoparticles and a weak external electric field. A model bilayer lipid membrane was prepared by using a droplet contact method. The permeability of the membrane was evaluated using the electrophysiological technique. Even when the applied electric field was below the critical strength for membrane breakdown, dextran was able to cross the membrane without causing membrane breakdown. These results indicate that adding nanomaterials under a weak electric field may enhance the translocation of delivery compounds across the cell membrane with less damage, suggesting a new strategy for intracellular delivery systems.
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- Hideya Nakamura
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan.
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan.
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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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Lira RB, Leomil FSC, Melo RJ, Riske KA, Dimova R. To Close or to Collapse: The Role of Charges on Membrane Stability upon Pore Formation. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2021; 8:e2004068. [PMID: 34105299 PMCID: PMC8188222 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202004068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2020] [Revised: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Resealing of membrane pores is crucial for cell survival. Membrane surface charge and medium composition are studied as defining regulators of membrane stability. Pores are generated by electric field or detergents. Giant vesicles composed of zwitterionic and negatively charged lipids mixed at varying ratios are subjected to a strong electric pulse. Interestingly, charged vesicles appear prone to catastrophic collapse transforming them into tubular structures. The spectrum of destabilization responses includes the generation of long-living submicroscopic pores and partial vesicle bursting. The origin of these phenomena is related to the membrane edge tension, which governs pore closure. This edge tension significantly decreases as a function of the fraction of charged lipids. Destabilization of charged vesicles upon pore formation is universal-it is also observed with other poration stimuli. Disruption propensity is enhanced for membranes made of lipids with higher degree of unsaturation. It can be reversed by screening membrane charge in the presence of calcium ions. The observed findings in light of theories of stability and curvature generation are interpreted and mechanisms acting in cells to prevent total membrane collapse upon poration are discussed. Enhanced membrane stability is crucial for the success of electroporation-based technologies for cancer treatment and gene transfer.
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- Rafael B. Lira
- Departamento de BiofísicaUniversidade Federal de São PauloSão Paulo04039‐032Brazil
- Department of Theory and BiosystemsMax Planck Institute of Colloids and InterfacesPotsdam14424Germany
- Present address:
Moleculaire BiofysicaZernike InstituutRijksuniversiteitGroningen9747 AGThe Netherlands
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- Instituto de FísicaUniversidade de São PauloSão Paulo05508‐090Brazil
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- Departamento de BiofísicaUniversidade Federal de São PauloSão Paulo04039‐032Brazil
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- Department of Theory and BiosystemsMax Planck Institute of Colloids and InterfacesPotsdam14424Germany
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Weinrauch AM, Hoogenboom JL, Anderson WG. A review of reductionist methods in fish gastrointestinal tract physiology. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2021; 254:110571. [PMID: 33556622 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2021.110571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2020] [Revised: 01/20/2021] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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A holistic understanding of a physiological system can be accomplished through the use of multiple methods. Our current understanding of the fish gastrointestinal tract (GIT) and its role in both nutrient handling and osmoregulation is the result of the examination of the GIT using multiple reductionist methods. This review summarizes the following methods: in vivo mass balance studies, and in vitro gut sac preparations, intestinal perfusions, and Ussing chambers. From Homer Smith's initial findings of marine fish intestinal osmoregulation in the 1930s through to today's research, we discuss the methods, their advantages and pitfalls, and ultimately how they have each contributed to our understanding of fish GIT physiology. Although in vivo studies provide substantial information on the intact animal, segment specific functions of the GIT cannot be easily elucidated. Instead, in vitro gut sac preparations, intestinal perfusions, or Ussing chamber experiments can provide considerable information on the function of a specific tissue and permit the delineation of specific transport pathways through the use of pharmacological agents; however, integrative inputs (e.g. hormonal and neuronal) are removed and only a fraction of the organ system can be studied. We conclude with two case studies, i) divalent cation transport in teleosts and ii) nitrogen handling in the elasmobranch GIT, to highlight how the use of multiple reductionist methods contributes to a greater understanding of the organ system as a whole.
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- Alyssa M Weinrauch
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada.
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Tamaddoni N, Taylor G, Hepburn T, Michael Kilbey S, Sarles SA. Reversible, voltage-activated formation of biomimetic membranes between triblock copolymer-coated aqueous droplets in good solvents. SOFT MATTER 2016; 12:5096-5109. [PMID: 27174295 DOI: 10.1039/c6sm00400h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Biomimetic membranes assembled from block copolymers attract considerable interest because they exhibit greater stability and longetivity compared to lipid bilayers, and some enable the reconstitution of functional transmembrane biomolecules. Yet to-date, block copolymer membranes have not been achieved using the droplet interface bilayer (DIB) method, which uniquely allows assembling single- and multi-membrane networks between water droplets in oil. Herein, we investigate the formation of poly(ethylene oxide)-b-poly(dimethyl siloxane)-b-poly(ethylene oxide) triblock copolymer-stabilized interfaces (CSIs) between polymer-coated aqueous droplets in solutions comprising combinations of decane, hexadecane and AR20 silicone oil. We demonstrate that triblock-coated droplets do not spontaneously adhere in these oils because all are thermodynamically good solvents for the hydrophobic PDMS middle block. However, thinned planar membranes are reversibly formed at the interface between droplets upon the application of a sufficient transmembrane voltage, which removes excess solvent from between droplets through electrocompression. At applied voltages above the threshold required to initiate membrane thinning, electrowetting causes the area of the CSI between droplets to increase while thickness remains constant; the CSI electrowetting response is similar to that encountered with lipid-based DIBs. In combination, these results reveal that stable membranes can be assembled in a manner that is completely reversible when an external pressure is used to overcome a barrier to adhesion caused by solvent-chain interactions, and they demonstrate new capability for connecting and disconnecting aqueous droplets via polymer-stabilized membranes.
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- Nima Tamaddoni
- Dept. of Mech., Aero. and Biomed. Engr., 1512 Middle Dr. 414 Dougherty Hall, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
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Xu R, He X. Kinetics of a Multilamellar Lipid Vesicle Ripening: Simulation and Theory. J Phys Chem B 2016; 120:2262-70. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b12193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Rui Xu
- Department
of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering
and Technology, Tianjin University, 300072 Tianjin, China
- State
Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes, School
of Material Science and Engineering, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin 300387, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), 300072 Tianjin, China
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Asgari M, Biria A. Free energy of the edge of an open lipid bilayer based on the interactions of its constituent molecules. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NON-LINEAR MECHANICS 2015; 76:135-143. [PMID: 26213414 PMCID: PMC4509687 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2015.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Lipid-bilayers are the fundamental constituents of the walls of most living cells and lipid vesicles, giving them shape and compartment. The formation and growing of pores in a lipid bilayer have attracted considerable attention from an energetic point of view in recent years. Such pores permit targeted delivery of drugs and genes to the cell, and regulate the concentration of various molecules within the cell. The formation of such pores is caused by various reasons such as changes in cell environment, mechanical stress or thermal fluctuations. Understanding the energy and elastic behaviour of a lipid-bilayer edge is crucial for controlling the formation and growth of such pores. In the present work, the interactions in the molecular level are used to obtain the free energy of the edge of an open lipid bilayer. The resulted free-energy density includes terms associated with flexural and torsional energies of the edge, in addition to a line-tension contribution. The line tension, elastic moduli, and spontaneous normal and geodesic curvatures of the edge are obtained as functions of molecular distribution, molecular dimensions, cutoff distance, and the interaction strength. These parameters are further analyzed by implementing a soft-core interaction potential in the microphysical model. The dependence of the elastic free-energy of the edge to the size of the pore is reinvestigated through an illustrative example, and the results are found to be in agreement with the previous observations.
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Deserno M. Fluid lipid membranes: From differential geometry to curvature stresses. Chem Phys Lipids 2015; 185:11-45. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2014.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2014] [Revised: 04/21/2014] [Accepted: 05/06/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The dynamics of giant unilamellar vesicle oxidation probed by morphological transitions. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2014; 1838:2615-24. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2014.06.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2014] [Revised: 06/21/2014] [Accepted: 06/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Escoffre JM, Bellard E, Faurie C, Sébaï SC, Golzio M, Teissié J, Rols MP. Membrane disorder and phospholipid scrambling in electropermeabilized and viable cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2014; 1838:1701-9. [PMID: 24583083 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2014.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2013] [Revised: 02/11/2014] [Accepted: 02/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Membrane electropermeabilization relies on the transient permeabilization of the plasma membrane of cells submitted to electric pulses. This method is widely used in cell biology and medicine due to its efficiency to transfer molecules while limiting loss of cell viability. However, very little is known about the consequences of membrane electropermeabilization at the molecular and cellular levels. Progress in the knowledge of the involved mechanisms is a biophysical challenge. As a transient loss of membrane cohesion is associated with membrane permeabilization, our main objective was to detect and visualize at the single-cell level the incidence of phospholipid scrambling and changes in membrane order. We performed studies using fluorescence microscopy with C6-NBD-PC and FM1-43 to monitor phospholipid scrambling and membrane order of mammalian cells. Millisecond permeabilizing pulses induced membrane disorganization by increasing the translocation of phosphatidylcholines according to an ATP-independent process. The pulses induced the formation of long-lived permeant structures that were present during membrane resealing, but were not associated with phosphatidylcholine internalization. These pulses resulted in a rapid phospholipid flip/flop within less than 1s and were exclusively restricted to the regions of the permeabilized membrane. Under such electrical conditions, phosphatidylserine externalization was not detected. Moreover, this electrically-mediated membrane disorganization was not correlated with loss of cell viability. Our results could support the existence of direct interactions between the movement of membrane zwitterionic phospholipids and the electric field.
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- Jean-Michel Escoffre
- CNRS, IPBS (Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale), 205 route de Narbonne, F-31077, Toulouse, France; Université de Toulouse, UPS, IPBS, F-31077, Toulouse, France
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- CNRS, IPBS (Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale), 205 route de Narbonne, F-31077, Toulouse, France; Université de Toulouse, UPS, IPBS, F-31077, Toulouse, France
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- Matwin-Institut Bergonié, 229 cours de l'Argonne, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France
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- Eviagenics, Immeuble Villejuif Biopark, 1 Mail du Professeur Georges Mathé, 94800 Villejuif, France
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- CNRS, IPBS (Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale), 205 route de Narbonne, F-31077, Toulouse, France; Université de Toulouse, UPS, IPBS, F-31077, Toulouse, France
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- CNRS, IPBS (Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale), 205 route de Narbonne, F-31077, Toulouse, France; Université de Toulouse, UPS, IPBS, F-31077, Toulouse, France.
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- CNRS, IPBS (Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale), 205 route de Narbonne, F-31077, Toulouse, France; Université de Toulouse, UPS, IPBS, F-31077, Toulouse, France.
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Naumowicz M, Figaszewski ZA. Pore formation in lipid bilayer membranes made of phosphatidylcholine and cholesterol followed by means of constant current. Cell Biochem Biophys 2013; 66:109-19. [PMID: 23104105 PMCID: PMC3627032 DOI: 10.1007/s12013-012-9459-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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This paper describes the application of chronopotentiometry to lipid bilayer research. The experiments were performed on bilayer lipid membranes composed of phosphatidylcholine and cholesterol and formed using the painting technique. Chronopotentiometric (U = f(t)) measurements were used to determine the membrane capacitance, resistance, and breakdown voltage as well as pore conductance and diameter.
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- Monika Naumowicz
- Institute of Chemistry, University of Bialystok, Al. J. Pilsudskiego 11/4, 15-443, Bialystok, Poland.
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Hu M, de Jong DH, Marrink SJ, Deserno M. Gaussian curvature elasticity determined from global shape transformations and local stress distributions: a comparative study using the MARTINI model. Faraday Discuss 2013; 161:365-82; discussion 419-59. [PMID: 23805750 DOI: 10.1039/c2fd20087b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We calculate the Gaussian curvature modulus kappa of a systematically coarse-grained (CG) one-component lipid membrane by applying the method recently proposed by Hu et al. [Biophys. J., 2012, 102, 1403] to the MARTINI representation of 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DMPC). We find the value kappa/kappa = -1.04 +/- 0.03 for the elastic ratio between the Gaussian and the mean curvature modulus and deduce kappa(m)/kappa(m) = -0.98 +/- 0.09 for the monolayer elastic ratio, where the latter is based on plausible assumptions for the distance z0 of the monolayer neutral surface from the bilayer midplane and the spontaneous lipid curvature K(0m). By also analyzing the lateral stress profile sigma0(z) of our system, two other lipid types and pertinent data from the literature, we show that determining K(0m) and kappa through the first and second moment of sigma0(z) gives rise to physically implausible values for these observables. This discrepancy, which we previously observed for a much simpler CG model, suggests that the moment conditions derived from simple continuum assumptions miss the effect of physically important correlations in the lipid bilayer.
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- Mingyang Hu
- Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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West A, Ma K, Chung JL, Kindt JT. Simulation Studies of Structure and Edge Tension of Lipid Bilayer Edges: Effects of Tail Structure and Force-Field. J Phys Chem A 2013; 117:7114-23. [DOI: 10.1021/jp400371k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Ana West
- Department
of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta,
Georgia 30322, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta,
Georgia 30322, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta,
Georgia 30322, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta,
Georgia 30322, United States
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Tokman M, Lee JH, Levine ZA, Ho MC, Colvin ME, Vernier PT. Electric field-driven water dipoles: nanoscale architecture of electroporation. PLoS One 2013; 8:e61111. [PMID: 23593404 PMCID: PMC3623848 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2012] [Accepted: 03/05/2013] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Electroporation is the formation of permeabilizing structures in the cell membrane under the influence of an externally imposed electric field. The resulting increased permeability of the membrane enables a wide range of biological applications, including the delivery of normally excluded substances into cells. While electroporation is used extensively in biology, biotechnology, and medicine, its molecular mechanism is not well understood. This lack of knowledge limits the ability to control and fine-tune the process. In this article we propose a novel molecular mechanism for the electroporation of a lipid bilayer based on energetics analysis. Using molecular dynamics simulations we demonstrate that pore formation is driven by the reorganization of the interfacial water molecules. Our energetics analysis and comparisons of simulations with and without the lipid bilayer show that the process of poration is driven by field-induced reorganization of water dipoles at the water-lipid or water-vacuum interfaces into more energetically favorable configurations, with their molecular dipoles oriented in the external field. Although the contributing role of water in electroporation has been noted previously, here we propose that interfacial water molecules are the main players in the process, its initiators and drivers. The role of the lipid layer, to a first-order approximation, is then reduced to a relatively passive barrier. This new view of electroporation simplifies the study of the problem, and opens up new opportunities in both theoretical modeling of the process and experimental research to better control or to use it in new, innovative ways.
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- Mayya Tokman
- School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, California, USA.
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Computational Studies of Biomembrane Systems: Theoretical Considerations, Simulation Models, and Applications. FROM SINGLE MOLECULES TO NANOSCOPICALLY STRUCTURED MATERIALS 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/12_2013_258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Kramar P, Delemotte L, Maček Lebar A, Kotulska M, Tarek M, Miklavčič D. Molecular-level characterization of lipid membrane electroporation using linearly rising current. J Membr Biol 2012; 245:651-9. [PMID: 22886207 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-012-9487-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2011] [Accepted: 07/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We present experimental and theoretical results of electroporation of small patches of planar lipid bilayers by means of linearly rising current. The experiments were conducted on ~120-μm-diameter patches of planar phospholipid bilayers. The steadily increasing voltage across the bilayer imposed by linearly increasing current led to electroporation of the membrane for voltages above a few hundred millivolts. This method shows new molecular mechanisms of electroporation. We recorded small voltage drops preceding the breakdown of the bilayer due to irreversible electroporation. These voltage drops were often followed by a voltage re-rise within a fraction of a second. Modeling the observed phenomenon by equivalent electric circuits showed that these events relate to opening and closing of conducting pores through the bilayer. Molecular dynamics simulations performed under similar conditions indicate that each event is likely to correspond to the opening and closing of a single pore of about 5 nm in diameter, the conductance of which ranges in the 100-nS scale. This combined experimental and theoretical investigation provides a better quantitative characterization of the size, conductance and lifetime of pores created during lipid bilayer electroporation. Such a molecular insight should enable better control and tuning of electroporation parameters for a wide range of biomedical and biotechnological applications.
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- Peter Kramar
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Trzaska 25, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Determining the Gaussian curvature modulus of lipid membranes in simulations. Biophys J 2012; 102:1403-10. [PMID: 22455923 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2011] [Revised: 01/25/2012] [Accepted: 02/08/2012] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Gaussian curvature modulus κ¯ of lipid bilayers likely contributes more than 100 kcal/mol to every cellular fission or fusion event. This huge impact on membrane remodeling energetics might be a factor that codetermines the complex lipid composition of biomembranes through tuning of κ¯. Yet, its value has been measured only for a handful of simple lipids, and no simulation has so far determined it better than a factor of two, rendering a systematic investigation of such enticing speculations impossible. Here we propose a highly accurate method to determine κ¯ in computer simulations. It relies on the interplay between curvature stress and edge tension of partially curved axisymmetric membrane disks and requires determining their closing probability. For a simplified lipid model we obtain κ¯ and its relation to the normal bending modulus κ for membranes differing both in stiffness and spontaneous lipid curvature. The elastic ratio κ¯/κ can be determined with a few percent statistical accuracy. Its value agrees with the scarce experimental data, and its change with spontaneous lipid curvature is compatible with theoretical expectations, thereby granting additional information on monolayer properties. We also show that an alternative determination of these elastic parameters based on moments of the lateral stress profile gives markedly different and unphysical values.
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Golberg A, Rae CS, Rubinsky B. Listeria monocytogenes cell wall constituents exert a charge effect on electroporation threshold. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2012; 1818:689-94. [PMID: 22100748 PMCID: PMC3366149 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2011.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2011] [Revised: 10/13/2011] [Accepted: 11/02/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Genetically engineered cells with mutations of relevance to electroporation, cell membrane permeabilization by electric pulses, can become a promising new tool for fundamental research on this important biotechnology. Listeria monocytogenes mutants lacking DltA or MprF and assayed for sensitivity to the cathelicidin like anti-microbial cationic peptide (mCRAMP), were developed to study the effect of cell wall charge on electroporation. Working in the irreversible electroporation regime (IRE), we found that application of a sequence of 50 pulses, each 50μs duration, 12.5kV/cm field, delivered at 2Hz led to 2.67±0.29 log reduction in wild-type L. monocytogenes, log 2.60±0.19 in the MprF-minus mutant, and log 1.33±0.13 in the DltA-minus mutant. The experimental observation that the DltA-minus mutant was highly susceptible to cationic mCRAMP and resistant to IRE suggests that the charge on the bacterial cell wall affects electroporation and shows that this approach may be promising for fundamental studies on electroporation.
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- Alex Golberg
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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Ryham R, Berezovik I, Cohen FS. Aqueous viscosity is the primary source of friction in lipidic pore dynamics. Biophys J 2011; 101:2929-38. [PMID: 22208191 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2011] [Revised: 11/04/2011] [Accepted: 11/08/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022] Open
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A new theory, to our knowledge, is developed that describes the dynamics of a lipidic pore in a liposome. The equations of the theory capture the experimentally observed three-stage functional form of pore radius over time--stage 1, rapid pore enlargement; stage 2, slow pore shrinkage; and stage 3, rapid pore closure. They also show that lipid flow is kinetically limited by the values of both membrane and aqueous viscosity; therefore, pore evolution is affected by both viscosities. The theory predicts that for a giant liposome, tens of microns in radius, water viscosity dominates over the effects of membrane viscosity. The edge tension of a lipidic pore is calculated by using the theory to quantitatively account for pore kinetics in stage 3, rapid pore closing. This value of edge tension agrees with the value as standardly calculated from the stage of slow pore closure, stage 2. For small, submicron liposomes, membrane viscosity affects pore kinetics, but only if the viscosity of the aqueous solution is comparable to that of distilled water. A first-principle fluid-mechanics calculation of the friction due to aqueous viscosity is in excellent agreement with the friction obtained by applying the new theory to data of previously published experimental results.
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- Rolf Ryham
- Department of Mathematics, Fordham University, The Bronx, New York, USA
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Dimova R. Membrane Electroporation in High Electric Fields. ADVANCES IN ELECTROCHEMICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/9783527644117.ch7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Naumowicz M, Petelska AD, Figaszewski ZA. Chronopotentiometric studies of phosphatidylcholine bilayers modified by ergosterol. Steroids 2011; 76:967-73. [PMID: 21641920 DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2011.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2011] [Revised: 05/19/2011] [Accepted: 05/19/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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We have monitored the effect of ergosterol on electrical capacitance and electrical resistance of the phosphatidylcholine bilayer membranes using chronopotentiometry method. The chronopotentiometric characteristic of the bilayers depends on constant-current flow through the membranes. For low current values, no electroporation takes place and the membrane voltage rises exponentially to a constant value described by the Ohm's law. Based on these kinds of chronopotentiometric curves, a method of the membrane capacitance and the membrane resistance calculations is presented.
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- Monika Naumowicz
- Institute of Chemistry, University of Bialystok, Al. J. Pilsudskiego 11/4, 15-443 Bialystok, Poland.
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Chronopotentiometric technique as a method for electrical characterization of bilayer lipid membranes. J Membr Biol 2011; 240:47-53. [PMID: 21249348 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-011-9341-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2010] [Accepted: 01/02/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The basic electrical parameters of bilayer lipid membranes are capacitance and resistance. This article describes the application of chronopotentiometry to the research of lipid bilayers. Membranes were made from egg yolk phosphatidylcholine. The chronopotentiometric characteristic of the membranes depends on the current value. For low current values, no electroporation takes place and the voltage rises exponentially to a constant value. Based on these kinds of chronopotentiometric curves, a method of the membrane capacitance and the membrane resistance calculations are presented.
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Kramar P, Lebar AM, Miklavčič D. Planar lipid bilayers: observing pore creation and extinction. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2011; 2011:746-749. [PMID: 22254418 DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2011.6090170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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From an electrical point of view a planar lipid bilayer can be considered as a non-perfect capacitor; it can be presented as an ideal capacitor in parallel with resistor. In this study the whole measuring system including planar lipid bilayer was modeled by an equivalent electric circuit in Spiceopus software. Such a model gives additional information of experimentally obtained results. In this way we analyze measurements of transmembrane voltage that appears on planar lipid bilayer as consequence of linear rising current. Small voltage drops were obtained before the planar lipid bilayer breakdown. The model showed that effective current on planar lipid bilayer is actually much smaller than the current applied with current generator and should be used in calculations of a conductance related to voltage drops.
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- Peter Kramar
- University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Portet T, Dimova R. A new method for measuring edge tensions and stability of lipid bilayers: effect of membrane composition. Biophys J 2010; 99:3264-73. [PMID: 21081074 PMCID: PMC2980741 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.09.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2010] [Revised: 09/14/2010] [Accepted: 09/16/2010] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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We report a novel and facile method for measuring edge tensions of lipid membranes. The approach is based on electroporation of giant unilamellar vesicles and analysis of the pore closure dynamics. We applied this method to evaluate the edge tension in membranes with four different compositions: egg phosphatidylcholine (eggPC), dioleoylphosphatidylcholine (DOPC), and mixtures of DOPC with cholesterol and dioleoylphosphatidylethanolamine. Our data confirm previous results for eggPC and DOPC. The addition of 17 mol % cholesterol to the DOPC membrane causes an increase in the membrane edge tension. On the contrary, when the same fraction of dioleoylphosphatidylethanolamine is added to the membrane, a decrease in the edge tension is observed, which is an unexpected result considering the inverted-cone shape geometry of the molecule. It is presumed that interlipid hydrogen bonding is the origin of this behavior. Furthermore, cholesterol was found to lower the lysis tension of DOPC bilayers. This behavior differs from that observed on bilayers made of stearoyloleoylphosphatidylcholine, suggesting that cholesterol influences the membrane mechanical stability in a lipid-specific manner.
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- Thomas Portet
- Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale and Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, Université Paul Sabatier, CNRS, Toulouse, France
- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany
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Wang ZJ, Deserno M. A systematically coarse-grained solvent-free model for quantitative phospholipid bilayer simulations. J Phys Chem B 2010; 114:11207-20. [PMID: 20695631 PMCID: PMC2928645 DOI: 10.1021/jp102543j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2010] [Revised: 06/10/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We present an implicit solvent coarse-grained (CG) model for quantitative simulations of 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC) bilayers. The absence of explicit solvent enables membrane simulations on large length and time scales at moderate computational expense. Despite improved computational efficiency, the model preserves chemical specificity and quantitative accuracy. The bonded and nonbonded interactions together with the effective cohesion mimicking the hydrophobic effect were systematically tuned by matching structural and mechanical properties from experiments and all-atom bilayer simulations, such as saturated area per lipid, radial distribution functions, density and pressure profiles across the bilayer, P(2) order, etc. The CG lipid model is shown to self-assemble into a bilayer starting from a random dispersion. Its line tension and elastic properties, such as bending and stretching modulus, are semiquantitatively consistent with experiments. The effects of (i) reduced molecular friction and (ii) more efficient integration combine to an overall speed-up of 3-4 orders of magnitude compared to all-atom bilayer simulations. Our CG lipid model is especially useful for studies of large-scale phenomena in membranes that nevertheless require a fair description of chemical specificity, e.g., membrane patches interacting with movable and transformable membrane proteins and peptides.
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- Zun-Jing Wang
- Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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Mechanisms for the intracellular manipulation of organelles by conventional electroporation. Biophys J 2010; 98:2506-14. [PMID: 20513394 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.02.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2009] [Revised: 01/22/2010] [Accepted: 02/12/2010] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Conventional electroporation (EP) changes both the conductance and molecular permeability of the plasma membrane (PM) of cells and is a standard method for delivering both biologically active and probe molecules of a wide range of sizes into cells. However, the underlying mechanisms at the molecular and cellular levels remain controversial. Here we introduce a mathematical cell model that contains representative organelles (nucleus, endoplasmic reticulum, mitochondria) and includes a dynamic EP model, which describes formation, expansion, contraction, and destruction for the plasma and all organelle membranes. We show that conventional EP provides transient electrical pathways into the cell, sufficient to create significant intracellular fields. This emerging intracellular electrical field is a secondary effect due to EP and can cause transmembrane voltages at the organelles, which are large enough and long enough to gate organelle channels, and even sufficient, at some field strengths, for the poration of organelle membranes. This suggests an alternative to nanosecond pulsed electric fields for intracellular manipulations.
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Wang ZJ, Deserno M. Systematic implicit solvent coarse-graining of bilayer membranes: lipid and phase transferability of the force field. NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS 2010; 12:095004. [PMID: 21660129 PMCID: PMC3110073 DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/12/9/095004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We study the lipid and phase transferability of our recently developed systematically coarse-grained solvent-free membrane model. The force field was explicitly parameterized to describe a fluid 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-phosphatidylcholine (POPC) bilayer at 310 K with correct structure and area per lipid, while gaining at least three orders of magnitude in computational efficiency (see Wang and Deserno 2010 J. Phys. Chem. B 114 11207-20). Here, we show that exchanging CG tails, without any subsequent re-parameterization, creates reliable models of 1,2-dioleoylphosphatidylcholine (DOPC) and 1,2-dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) lipids in terms of structure and area per lipid. Furthermore, all CG lipids undergo a liquid-gel transition upon cooling, with characteristics like those observed in experiments and all-atom simulations during phase transformation. These studies suggest a promising transferability of our force field parameters to different lipid species and thermodynamic state points, properties that are a prerequisite for even more complex systems, such as mixtures.
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- Zun-Jing Wang
- Authors to whom any correspondence should be addressed. and
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- Authors to whom any correspondence should be addressed. and
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Dahlberg M, Maliniak A. Mechanical Properties of Coarse-Grained Bilayers Formed by Cardiolipin and Zwitterionic Lipids. J Chem Theory Comput 2010; 6:1638-49. [DOI: 10.1021/ct900654e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Martin Dahlberg
- Division of Physical Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Physical Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Kramar P, Miklavčič D, Kotulska M, Lebar AM. Voltage- and Current-Clamp Methods for Determination of Planar Lipid Bilayer Properties. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s1554-4516(10)11002-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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Effect of acetylsalicylic acid on the current–voltage characteristics of planar lipid membranes. Biophys Chem 2009; 142:27-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2009.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2008] [Revised: 02/27/2009] [Accepted: 03/01/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Kramar P, Miklavcic D, Lebar AM. A system for the determination of planar lipid bilayer breakdown voltage and its applications. IEEE Trans Nanobioscience 2009; 8:132-8. [PMID: 19457754 DOI: 10.1109/tnb.2009.2022834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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In this paper, we focus on measurement principles used in electroporation studies on planar lipid bilayers. In particular, we point out the voltage-clamp measurement principle that has great importance when the breakdown voltage of a planar lipid bilayer is under consideration; however, it is also appropriate for the determination of other planar lipid bilayer electrical properties such as resistance and capacitance. A new experimental system that is based on the voltage-clamp measurement principle is described. With the use of a generator that can generate arbitrary-type signals, many specific shapes of a voltage signal could be generated, and therefore, the experimental system is appropriate for a broad spectrum of measurements.
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- Peter Kramar
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana SI-1000, Slovenia.
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We investigate the mode of action of Cateslytin, an antimicrobial peptide, on zwitterionic biomembranes by performing numerical simulations and electrophysiological measurements on membrane vesicles. Using this natural beta-sheet antimicrobial peptide secreted during stress as a model we show that a single peptide is able to form a stable membrane pore of 1 nm diameter of 0.25 nS conductance found both from calculation and electrical measurements. The resulting structure does not resemble the barrel-stave or carpet models earlier predicted, but is very close to that found in the simulation of alpha-helical peptides. Based on the simulation of a mutated peptide and the effects of small external electric fields, we conclude that electrostatic forces play a crucial role in the process of pore formation.
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Srividya N, Muralidharan S. Determination of the Line Tension of Giant Vesicles from Pore-Closing Dynamics. J Phys Chem B 2008; 112:7147-52. [DOI: 10.1021/jp7119203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Narayanan Srividya
- School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164
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- School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164
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Shi J, Chen J, Cremer PS. Sub-100 nm patterning of supported bilayers by nanoshaving lithography. J Am Chem Soc 2008; 130:2718-9. [PMID: 18257567 PMCID: PMC3475159 DOI: 10.1021/ja077730s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Sub-100 nm wide supported phospholipid bilayers (SLBs) were patterned on a planar borosilicate substrate by AFM-based nanoshaving lithography. First, a bovine serum albumin monolayer was coated on the glass and then selectively removed in long strips by an AFM tip. The width of vacant strips could be controlled down to 15 nm. Bilayer lines could be formed within the vacant strips by vesicle fusion. It was found that stable bilayers formed by this method had a lower size limit of approximately 55 nm in width. This size limit stems from a balance between a favorable bilayer adhesion energy and an unfavorable bilayer edge energy.
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- Jinjun Shi
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, College Station, Texas 77843-3012
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, College Station, Texas 77843-3012
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, College Station, Texas 77843-3012
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Pavlin M, Kotnik T, Miklavčič D, Kramar P, Maček Lebar A. Chapter Seven Electroporation of Planar Lipid Bilayers and Membranes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/s1554-4516(07)06007-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/07/2023]
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Jiang Y, Kindt JT. Simulations of edge behavior in a mixed-lipid bilayer: Fluctuation analysis. J Chem Phys 2007; 126:045105. [PMID: 17286515 DOI: 10.1063/1.2430714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations of lipid bilayer ribbons consisting of a mixture of lipids of different tail lengths have been performed to gain insight into bicelle mixtures. The line tension of the bilayer edge decreases as the mole fraction of short-chain lipids in the system is increased, dropping below zero between 30% and 35%. The mole fraction of short-chain lipids in the ribbon interior is lower than the total mole fraction, as the short-chain lipids segregate towards the edge, but continues to rise even after the line tension vanishes, in contrast to predictions of a two-component two-phase model. The fluctuations of the bilayer edge in both high and low line tension regimes have been analyzed to extract information about the factors that influence the length and shape of the edge. At high line tension the wavelength-dependent in-plane fluctuations of the edge are predicted quantitatively using a simple analytical model using only the line tension as input. Where line tension is vanishing, the fluctuations can be modeled as arising from a combination of harmonic fluctuations around a minimum energy contour length and an in-plane bending elasticity. The estimated value of the in-plane bending modulus is of order 10(-29) J m, placing the intrinsic persistence length for the edge near the bilayer thickness of 4 nm.
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- Yong Jiang
- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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Chiantia S, Ries J, Kahya N, Schwille P. Combined AFM and Two-Focus SFCS Study of Raft-Exhibiting Model Membranes. Chemphyschem 2006; 7:2409-18. [PMID: 17051578 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200600464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Dioleoylphosphatidylcholine/sphingomyelin/cholesterol (DOPC/SM/cholesterol) model membranes exhibit liquid-liquid phase separation and therefore provide a physical model for the putative liquid-ordered domains present in cells. Here we present a combination of atomic force microscopy (AFM) imaging, force measurements, confocal fluorescence imaging and two-focus scanning fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (two-focus SFCS) to obtain structural and dynamical information about this model membrane system. Partition coefficients and diffusion coefficients in the different phases were measured with two-focus SFCS for numerous fluorescent lipid analogues and proteins, while being directly related to the lateral organization of the membrane and its mechanical properties probed by AFM. Moreover we show how the combination of these different approaches is effective in reducing artifacts resulting from the use of a single technique.
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- Salvatore Chiantia
- Biotechnologisches Zentrum, Technical University of Dresden, Tatzberg 47-51, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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Kalinowski S, Koronkiewicz S, Kotulska M, Kubica K. Simulation of electroporated cell by chronopotentiometry. Bioelectrochemistry 2006; 70:83-90. [PMID: 16720110 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2006.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2005] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Chronopotentiometry on planar lipid bilayer (BLM) is proposed as a method for modeling the electrical phenomena in electroporated cell. Two techniques are discussed: constant-current and linear-current chronopotentiometry. It is proposed that the constant-current chronopotentiometry may provide basis for modeling the electroporated cell shortly after the removal of the electric field, when activity of cellular pumps counteracts ionic fluxes through the electropore and ionic channels. The linear-current method can be considered for modeling the cell in the later stage after electroporation, when energetical resources of the cell are gradually getting exhausted and the activity of pumps decreases. Based on this idea, it may be postulated that the electropore in the cell has fluctuating dynamics whose stochastic characteristics, similarly as biological channels, shows 1/f noise. The model implies that the fluctuations would disappear leaving the electropore with a constant resistance when efficiency of the pumps becomes very small. The results of chronopotentiometry also may suggest that opening time, conductivity and selectivity of the electropore can be controlled by the cell environment or membrane composition.
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- Slawomir Kalinowski
- University of Warmia and Mazury, Department of Chemistry, 10-957 Olsztyn, Poland
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Teissie J, Golzio M, Rols MP. Mechanisms of cell membrane electropermeabilization: a minireview of our present (lack of ?) knowledge. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2005; 1724:270-80. [PMID: 15951114 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2005.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 353] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2005] [Accepted: 05/04/2005] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Cell electropulsation is routinely used in cell Biology for protein, RNA or DNA transfer. Its clinical applications are under development for targeted drug delivery and gene therapy. Nevertheless, the molecular mechanisms supporting the induction of permeabilizing defects in the membrane assemblies remain poorly understood. This minireview describes the present state of the investigations concerning the different steps in the reversible electropermeabilization process. The different hypotheses, which were proposed to give a molecular description of the membrane events, are critically discussed. Other possibilities are then given. The need for more basic research on the associated loss of cohesion of the membrane appears as a conclusion.
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- J Teissie
- IPBS UMR 5089 CNRS, 205 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse, France.
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Electrochemical Methods and Their Application. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s1554-4516(05)02001-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Koronkiewicz S, Kalinowski S. Influence of cholesterol on electroporation of bilayer lipid membranes: chronopotentiometric studies. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2004; 1661:196-203. [PMID: 15003882 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2004.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2003] [Revised: 01/22/2004] [Accepted: 01/22/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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This paper presents the results of constant-current (chronopotentiometric) measurements of the egg yolk phosphatidylcholine (PC) bilayer membrane without and with cholesterol. The experiments were performed on planar bilayer lipid membrane (BLM) formed by the Mueller-Rudin method. It is demonstrated that the constant-intensity current flow through bilayer membranes generated fluctuating pores in their structure. The presence of cholesterol in the membrane caused an increase in the value of the breakdown potential. It is postulated that greater stability of the bilayer with cholesterol can result from an increased critical pore radius (at which the bilayer would undergo irreversible rupture). This confirms that cholesterol has a stabilizing effect on BLM. Besides, our results suggest that addition of cholesterol causes shift in the distribution of pore conductance towards a smaller value. It is suggested that this can be connected with the phenomenon of domain formation in the membranes containing high concentration of cholesterol. Moreover, it is shown that chronopotentiometry with programmable current intensity is a promising method for observation of the membrane recovery process.
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Tieleman DP. The molecular basis of electroporation. BMC BIOCHEMISTRY 2004; 5:10. [PMID: 15260890 PMCID: PMC489962 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2091-5-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 271] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2004] [Accepted: 07/19/2004] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Background Electroporation is a common method to introduce foreign molecules into cells, but its molecular basis is poorly understood. Here I investigate the mechanism of pore formation by direct molecular dynamics simulations of phospholipid bilayers of a size of 256 and of more than 2000 lipids as well as simulations of simpler interface systems with applied electric fields of different strengths. Results In a bilayer of 26 × 29 nm multiple pores form independently with sizes of up to 10 nm on a time scale of nanoseconds with an applied field of 0.5 V/nm. Pore formation is accompanied by curving of the bilayer. In smaller bilayers of ca. 6 × 6 nm, a single pore forms on a nanosecond time scale in lipid bilayers with applied fields of at least 0.4 V/nm, corresponding to transmembrane voltages of ca. 3 V. The presence of 1 M salt does not seem to change the mechanism. In an even simpler system, consisting of a 3 nm thick octane layer, pores also form, despite the fact that there are no charged headgroups and no salt in this system. In all cases pore formation begins with the formation of single-file like water defects penetrating into the bilayer or octane. Conclusions The simulations suggest that pore formation is driven by local electric field gradients at the water/lipid interface. Water molecules move in these field gradients, which increases the probability of water defects penetrating into the bilayer interior. Such water defects cause a further increase in the local electric field, accelerating the process of pore formation. The likelihood of pore formation appears to be increased by local membrane defects involving lipid headgroups. Simulations with and without salt show little difference in the observed pore formation process. The resulting pores are hydrophilic, lined by phospholipid headgroups.
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- D Peter Tieleman
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr, NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada.
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Jiang FY, Bouret Y, Kindt JT. Molecular dynamics simulations of the lipid bilayer edge. Biophys J 2004; 87:182-92. [PMID: 15240456 PMCID: PMC1304341 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.103.031054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2003] [Accepted: 03/29/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Phospholipid bilayers have been intensively studied by molecular dynamics (MD) simulation in recent years. The properties of bilayer edges are important in determining the structure and stability of pores formed in vesicles and biomembranes. In this work, we use molecular dynamics simulation to investigate the structure, dynamics, and line tension of the edges of bilayer ribbons composed of pure dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) or palmitoyl-oleoylphosphatidylethanolamine (POPE). As expected, we observe a significant reorganization of lipids at and near the edges. The treatment of electrostatic effects is shown to have a qualitative impact on the structure and stability of the edge, and significant differences are observed in the dynamics and structure of edges formed by DMPC and palmitoyl-oleoylphosphatidylethanolamine. From the pressure anisotropy in the simulation box, we calculate a line tension of approximately 10-30 pN for the DMPC edge, in qualitative agreement with experimental estimates for similar lipids.
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- Frank Y Jiang
- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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Karatekin E, Sandre O, Guitouni H, Borghi N, Puech PH, Brochard-Wyart F. Cascades of transient pores in giant vesicles: line tension and transport. Biophys J 2003; 84:1734-49. [PMID: 12609875 PMCID: PMC1302742 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(03)74981-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 278] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Under ordinary circumstances, the membrane tension of a giant unilamellar vesicle is essentially nil. Using visible light, we stretch the vesicles, increasing the membrane tension until the membrane responds by the sudden opening of a large pore (several micrometers in size). Only a single pore is observed at a time in a given vesicle. However, a cascade of transient pores appear, up to 30-40 in succession, in the same vesicle. These pores are transient: they reseal within a few seconds as the inner liquid leaks out. The membrane tension, which is the driving force for pore opening, is relaxed with the opening of a pore and the leakage of the inner liquid; the line tension of the pore's edge is then able to drive the closure of a pore. We use fluorescent membrane probes and real-time videomicroscopy to study the dynamics of the pores. These can be visualized only if the vesicles are prepared in a viscous solution to slow down the leakout of the internal liquid. From measurements of the closure velocity of the pores, we are able to infer the line tension,. We have studied the effect of the shape of inclusion molecules on. Cholesterol, which can be modeled as an inverted cone-shaped molecule, increases the line tension when incorporated into the bilayers. Conversely, addition of cone-shaped detergents reduces. The effect of some detergents can be dramatic, reducing by two orders of magnitude, and increasing pore lifetimes up to several minutes. We give some examples of transport through transient pores and present a rough measurement of the leakout velocity of the inner liquid through a pore. We discuss how our results can be extended to less viscous aqueous solutions which are more relevant for biological systems and biotechnological applications.
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- Erdem Karatekin
- Institut Curie, Laboratoire PCC/UMR 168 11, rue Pierre et Marie Curie 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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Membrane stability is of central concern in many biology and biotechnology processes. It has been suggested that intramembrane electrostatic interactions play a key role in membrane stability. However, due primarily to a lack of supporting experimental evidence, they are not commonly considered in mechanical analyses of lipid membranes. In this paper, we use the micropipette aspiration technique to characterize the elastic moduli and critical tensions of lipid vesicles with varying surface charge. Charge was induced by doping neutral phosphatidylcholine vesicles with anionic lipids phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidic acid. Measurements were taken in potassium chloride (moderate ion-lipid binding) and tetramethylammonium chloride (low ion-lipid binding) solutions. We show that inclusion of anionic lipid does not appreciably alter the areal dilation elasticity of lipid vesicles. However, the tension required for vesicle rupture decreases with increasing anionic lipid fraction and is a function of electrolyte composition. Using vesicles with 30% charged (i.e., unbound) anionic lipid, we measured critical tension reductions of 75%, demonstrating the important role of electrostatic interactions in membrane stability.
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- Scott D Shoemaker
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, New Jersey 08544, USA
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Loi S, Sun G, Franz V, Butt HJ. Rupture of molecular thin films observed in atomic force microscopy. II. Experiment. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2002; 66:031602. [PMID: 12366125 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.66.031602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2002] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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In atomic force microscope studies of thin films often a defined jump of the tip through the film is observed once a certain threshold force has been exceeded. In particular, on lipid bilayers this is regularly observed. In a previous paper [H.-J. Butt and V. Franz, Phys. Rev. E 66, 031601 (2002)] we presented two complementary models to describe film rupture. The aim of this study was to verify these models. Experiments were done with solid supported bilayers consisting of dioleoyloxypropyl-trimethylammonium chloride (DOTAP) and dioleoylphosphatidylserine (DOPS) in aqueous solutions and with propanol. Both models describe experimental results adequately. In particular, a narrow distribution of yield forces and an increase of the mean yield force with increasing loading rate is correctly predicted. For the lipid bilayers spreading pressures of roughly 20 mN/m (DOTAP) and 5 mN/m (DOPS) were measured. Line tensions for the edge of a lipid bilayer ranged between 3 (DOTAP) and 6 pN (DOPS).
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- Simona Loi
- Physikalische Chemie, Universität Siegen, 57068 Siegen, Germany
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Koronkiewicz S, Kalinowski S, Bryl K. Programmable chronopotentiometry as a tool for the study of electroporation and resealing of pores in bilayer lipid membranes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2002; 1561:222-9. [PMID: 11997122 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2736(02)00347-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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This paper presents the application of chronopotentiometry in the study of membrane electroporation. Chronopotentiometry with a programmable current intensity was used. The experiments were performed on planar bilayer phosphatidylcholine and cholesterol membranes formed by the Mueller-Rudin method. It was demonstrated that a constant-intensity current flow through the bilayer membranes generated voltage fluctuations during electroporation. These fluctuations (following an increase and decrease in membrane conductance) were interpreted as a result of the opening and closing of pores in membrane structures. The decrease in membrane potential to zero did not cause the pore to close immediately. The pore was maintained for about 200 s. The closing of the pore and recovery of the continuous structure of the membrane proceeded not only when the membrane potential equalled zero, but also at membrane potentials up to several tens of millivolts. The fluctuations of the pore were possible at values of membrane potential in the order of at least 100 mV. The size of the pore changed slightly and it closed after some time below this potential value.
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- Stanisława Koronkiewicz
- Department of Physics and Biophysics, University of Warmia and Mazury, 10-957 Olsztyn, Poland
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Melikov KC, Frolov VA, Shcherbakov A, Samsonov AV, Chizmadzhev YA, Chernomordik LV. Voltage-induced nonconductive pre-pores and metastable single pores in unmodified planar lipid bilayer. Biophys J 2001; 80:1829-36. [PMID: 11259296 PMCID: PMC1301372 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(01)76153-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Electric fields promote pore formation in both biological and model membranes. We clamped unmodified planar bilayers at 150-550 mV to monitor transient single pores for a long period of time. We observed fast transitions between different conductance levels reflecting opening and closing of metastable lipid pores. Although mean lifetime of the pores was 3 +/- 0.8 ms (250 mV), some pores remained open for up to approximately 1 s. The mean amplitude of conductance fluctuations (approximately 500 pS) was independent of voltage and close for bilayers of different area (40,000 and 10 microm(2)), indicating the local nature of the conductive defects. The distribution of pore conductance was rather broad (dispersion of approximately 250 pS). Based on the conductance value and its dependence of the ion size, the radius of the average pore was estimated as approximately 1 nm. Short bursts of conductance spikes (opening and closing of pores) were often separated by periods of background conductance. Within the same burst the conductance between spikes was indistinguishable from the background. The mean time interval between spikes in the burst was much smaller than that between adjacent bursts. These data indicate that opening and closing of lipidic pores proceed through some electrically invisible (silent) pre-pores. Similar pre-pore defects and metastable conductive pores might be involved in remodeling of cell membranes in different biologically relevant processes.
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- K C Melikov
- A. N. Frumkin Institute of Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117071 Russia
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Koronkiewicz S, Kalinowski S, Bryl K. Changes of structural and dynamic properties of model lipid membranes induced by alpha-tocopherol: implication to the membrane stabilization under external electric field. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2001; 1510:300-6. [PMID: 11342167 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2736(00)00362-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The effects of alpha-tocopherol on electric properties of bilayer lipid membranes were investigated. Planar bilayer membranes formed by the Mueller-Rudin method were used. Voltammetric and chronopotentiometric measurements were performed using a four-electrode potentiostat-galvanostat. It was demonstrated that registration of membrane capacitance, resistance, and voltammetric characteristics provided information about the change in the structure and permeability of bilayer lipid membranes. The results suggested that incorporation of alpha-tocopherol into lipid membrane destabilized its structure and facilitated the electrogeneration of pores. The possible role of observed changes in physiological functions of alpha-tocopherol was discussed.
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- S Koronkiewicz
- Department of Physics and Biophysics, Warmia and Masuria University, Olsztyn, Olsztyn-Kortowo, Poland
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