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Gu Y, Reinhard BM. Membrane fluidity properties of lipid-coated polylactic acid nanoparticles. NANOSCALE 2024; 16:8533-8545. [PMID: 38595322 PMCID: PMC11064779 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr06464f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 03/31/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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Lipid coating is considered a versatile strategy to equip nanoparticles (NPs) with a biomimetic surface coating, but the membrane properties of these nanoassemblies remain in many cases insufficiently understood. In this work, we apply C-Laurdan generalized polarization (GP) measurements to probe the temperature-dependent polarity of hybrid membranes consisting of a lipid monolayer adsorbed onto a polylactic acid (PLA) polymer core as function of lipid composition and compare the behavior of the lipid coated NPs (LNPs) with that of liposomes assembled from identical lipid mixtures. The LNPs were generated by nanoprecipitation of the polymer in aqueous solutions containing two types of lipid mixtures: (i) cholesterol, dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC), and the ganglioside GM3, as well as (ii) dioleoylphosphatidylcholine (DOPC), DPPC and GM3. LNPs were found to exhibit more distinct and narrower phase transitions than corresponding liposomes and to retain detectable phase transitions even for cholesterol or DOPC concentrations that yielded no detectable transitions in liposomes. These findings together with higher GP values in the case of the LNPs for temperatures above the phase transition temperature indicate a stabilization of the membrane through the polymer core. LNP binding studies to GM3-recognizing cells indicate that differences in the membrane fluidity affect binding avidity in the investigated model system.
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- Yuanqing Gu
- Department of Chemistry and The Photonics Center, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and The Photonics Center, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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Bacalum M, Radu M, Osella S, Knippenberg S, Ameloot M. Generalized polarization and time-resolved fluorescence provide evidence for different populations of Laurdan in lipid vesicles. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY. B, BIOLOGY 2024; 250:112833. [PMID: 38141326 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2023.112833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Revised: 11/29/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 12/25/2023]
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The solvatochromic dye Laurdan is widely used in sensing the lipid packing of both model and biological membranes. The fluorescence emission maximum shifts from about 440 nm (blue channel) in condensed membranes (So) to about 490 nm (green channel) in the liquid-crystalline phase (Lα). Although the fluorescence intensity based generalized polarization (GP) is widely used to characterize lipid membranes, the fluorescence lifetime of Laurdan, in the blue and the green channel, is less used for that purpose. Here we explore the correlation between GP and fluorescence lifetimes by spectroscopic measurements on the So and Lα phases of large unilamellar vesicles of DMPC and DPPC. A positive correlation between GP and the lifetimes is observed in each of the optical channels for the two lipid phases. Microfluorimetric determinations on giant unilamellar vesicles of DPPC and DOPC at room temperature are performed under linearly polarized two-photon excitation to disentangle possible subpopulations of Laurdan at a scale below the optical resolution. Fluorescence intensities, GP and fluorescence lifetimes depend on the angle between the orientation of the linear polarization of the excitation light and the local normal to the membrane of the optical cross-section. This angular variation depends on the lipid phase and the emission channel. GP and fluorescence intensities in the blue and green channel in So and in the blue channel in Lα exhibit a minimum near 90o. Surprisingly, the intensity in the green channel in Lα reaches a maximum near 90o. The fluorescence lifetimes in the two optical channels also reach a pronounced minimum near 90o in So and Lα, apart from the lifetime in the blue channel in Lα where the lifetime is short with minimal angular variation. To our knowledge, these experimental observations are the first to demonstrate the existence of a bent conformation of Laurdan in lipid membranes, as previously suggested by molecular dynamics calculations.
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- Mihaela Bacalum
- Department of Life and Environmental Physics, Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Reactorului, 30, Măgurele 077125, Romania
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- Department of Life and Environmental Physics, Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Reactorului, 30, Măgurele 077125, Romania
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- Chemical and Biological Systems Simulation Lab, Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, Banacha 2C, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland
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- Biomedical Research Institute, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Bldg. C, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium; Theory Lab, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Bldg. D, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Biomedical Research Institute, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Bldg. C, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium.
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Xie M, Koch EHW, van Walree CA, Sobota A, Sonnen AFP, Breukink E, Killian JA, Lorent JH. Two separate mechanisms are involved in membrane permeabilization during lipid oxidation. Biophys J 2023; 122:4503-4517. [PMID: 37905401 PMCID: PMC10719051 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2023.10.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2023] [Revised: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/02/2023] Open
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Lipid oxidation is a universal degradative process of cell membrane lipids that is induced by oxidative stress and reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (RONS) in multiple pathophysiological situations. It has been shown that certain oxidized lipids alter membrane properties, leading to a loss of membrane function. Alteration of membrane properties is thought to depend on the initial membrane lipid composition, such as the number of acyl chain unsaturations. However, it is unclear how oxidative damage is related to biophysical properties of membranes. We therefore set out to quantify lipid oxidation through various analytical methods and determine key biophysical membrane parameters using model membranes containing lipids with different degrees of lipid unsaturation. As source for RONS, we used cold plasma, which is currently developed as treatment for infections and cancer. Our data revealed complex lipid oxidation that can lead to two main permeabilization mechanisms. The first one appears upon direct contact of membranes with RONS and depends on the formation of truncated oxidized phospholipids. These lipids seem to be partly released from the bilayer, implying that they are likely to interact with other membranes and potentially act as signaling molecules. This mechanism is independent of lipid unsaturation, does not rely on large variations in lipid packing, and is most probably mediated via short-living RONS. The second mechanism takes over after longer incubation periods and probably depends on the continued formation of lipid oxygen adducts such as lipid hydroperoxides or ketones. This mechanism depends on lipid unsaturation and involves large variations in lipid packing. This study indicates that polyunsaturated lipids, which are present in mammalian membranes rather than in bacteria, do not sensitize membranes to instant permeabilization by RONS but could promote long-term damage.
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- Min Xie
- Membrane Biochemistry & Biophysics, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Department of Chemistry, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Membrane Biochemistry & Biophysics, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Department of Chemistry, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Membrane Biochemistry & Biophysics, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Department of Chemistry, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands; University College Utrecht, Campusplein 1, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Atmospheric Pressure Non-Thermal Plasmas and Their Interaction with Targets, Applied Physics Department, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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- Membrane Biochemistry & Biophysics, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Department of Chemistry, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Pathology Department, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Membrane Biochemistry & Biophysics, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Department of Chemistry, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Membrane Biochemistry & Biophysics, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Department of Chemistry, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Membrane Biochemistry & Biophysics, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Department of Chemistry, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Translational Research from Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology to Treatment Optimization, Louvain Drug Research Institute, UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium.
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Trusova VM, Gorbenko GP. Membrane interactions of fibrillar lysozyme: Effect of lipid bilayer composition. J Mol Liq 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2018.10.103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Belosludtsev KN, Belosludtseva NV, Tenkov KS, Penkov NV, Agafonov AV, Pavlik LL, Yashin VA, Samartsev VN, Dubinin MV. Study of the mechanism of permeabilization of lecithin liposomes and rat liver mitochondria by the antimicrobial drug triclosan. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2018; 1860:264-271. [PMID: 28939382 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2017.09.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2017] [Revised: 08/30/2017] [Accepted: 09/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Sameni S, Malacrida L, Tan Z, Digman MA. Alteration in Fluidity of Cell Plasma Membrane in Huntington Disease Revealed by Spectral Phasor Analysis. Sci Rep 2018; 8:734. [PMID: 29335600 PMCID: PMC5768877 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-19160-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2017] [Accepted: 12/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Huntington disease (HD) is a late-onset genetic neurodegenerative disorder caused by expansion of cytosine-adenine-guanine (CAG) trinucleotide in the exon 1 of the gene encoding the polyglutamine (polyQ). It has been shown that protein degradation and lipid metabolism is altered in HD. In many neurodegenerative disorders, impaired lipid homeostasis is one of the early events in the disease onset. Yet, little is known about how mutant huntingtin may affect phospholipids membrane fluidity. Here, we investigated how membrane fluidity in the living cells (differentiated PC12 and HEK293 cell lines) are affected using a hyperspectral imaging of widely used probes, LAURDAN. Using phasor approach, we characterized the fluorescence of LAURDAN that is sensitive to the polarity of the immediate environment. LAURDAN is affected by the physical order of phospholipids (lipid order) and reports the membrane fluidity. We also validated our results using a different fluorescent membrane probe, Nile Red (NR). The plasma membrane in the cells expressing expanded polyQ shows a shift toward increased membrane fluidity revealed by both LAURDAN and NR spectral phasors. This finding brings a new perspective in the understanding of the early stages of HD that can be used as a target for drug screening.
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- Sara Sameni
- Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
- Departamento de Fisiopatología, Hospital de Clinicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders, University of California Irvine, Irvine, USA
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- Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
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Ayee MAA, LeMaster E, Shentu TP, Singh DK, Barbera N, Soni D, Tiruppathi C, Subbaiah PV, Berdyshev E, Bronova I, Cho M, Akpa BS, Levitan I. Molecular-Scale Biophysical Modulation of an Endothelial Membrane by Oxidized Phospholipids. Biophys J 2017; 112:325-338. [PMID: 28122218 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2016] [Revised: 11/29/2016] [Accepted: 12/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The influence of two bioactive oxidized phospholipids on model bilayer properties, membrane packing, and endothelial cell biomechanics was investigated computationally and experimentally. The truncated tail phospholipids, 1-palmitoyl-2-(5-oxovaleroyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POVPC) and 1-palmitoyl-2-glutaroyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (PGPC), are two major oxidation products of the unsaturated phospholipid 1-palmitoyl-2-arachidonoyl-sn-glycero-phosphocholine. A combination of coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations, Laurdan multiphoton imaging, and atomic force microscopy microindentation experiments was used to determine the impact of POVPC and PGPC on the structure of a multicomponent phospholipid bilayer and to assess the consequences of their incorporation on membrane packing and endothelial cell stiffness. Molecular simulations predicted differential bilayer perturbation effects of the two oxidized phospholipids based on the chemical identities of their truncated tails, including decreased bilayer packing, decreased bilayer bending modulus, and increased water penetration. Disruption of lipid order was consistent with Laurdan imaging results indicating that POVPC and PGPC decrease the lipid packing of both ordered and disordered membrane domains. Computational predictions of a larger membrane perturbation effect by PGPC correspond to greater stiffness of PGPC-treated endothelial cells observed by measuring cellular elastic moduli using atomic force microscopy. Our results suggest that disruptions in membrane structure by oxidized phospholipids play a role in the regulation of overall endothelial cell stiffness.
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- Manuela A A Ayee
- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
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Effect of local anesthetics on serotonin1A receptor function. Chem Phys Lipids 2016; 201:41-49. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2016.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2016] [Revised: 10/27/2016] [Accepted: 11/01/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Reddy ST, Shrivastava S, Mallesham K, Chattopadhyay A. Cholesterol-dependent thermotropic behavior and organization of neuronal membranes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2016; 1858:2611-2616. [PMID: 27453199 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2016.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2016] [Revised: 07/15/2016] [Accepted: 07/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The composition of neuronal membranes is unique with diverse lipid composition due to evolutionary requirement. The organization and dynamics of neuronal membranes are crucial for efficient functioning of neuronal receptors. We have previously established hippocampal membranes as a convenient natural source for exploring lipid-protein interactions, and organization of neuronal receptors. Keeping in mind the pathophysiological role of neuronal cholesterol, in this work, we used differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) to explore thermotropic phase behavior and organization (thickness) of hippocampal membranes under conditions of varying cholesterol content. Our results show that the apparent phase transition temperature of hippocampal membranes displays characteristic linear dependence on membrane cholesterol content. These results are in contrast to earlier results with binary lipid mixtures containing cholesterol where phase transition temperature was found to be not significantly dependent on cholesterol concentration. Interestingly, SAXS data showed that hippocampal membrane thickness remained more or less invariant, irrespective of cholesterol content. We believe that these results constitute one of the early reports on the thermotropic phase behavior and organizational characterization of hippocampal membranes under varying cholesterol content. These results could have implications in the functioning of neuronal receptors in healthy and diseased states.
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- S Thirupathi Reddy
- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500007, India
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- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500007, India
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- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500007, India
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Saxena R, Shrivastava S, Chattopadhyay A. Cholesterol-induced changes in hippocampal membranes utilizing a phase-sensitive fluorescence probe. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2015; 1848:1699-705. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2015.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2015] [Revised: 04/20/2015] [Accepted: 05/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Sasmal DK, Ghosh S, Das AK, Bhattacharyya K. Solvation dynamics of biological water in a single live cell under a confocal microscope. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2013; 29:2289-98. [PMID: 23336846 DOI: 10.1021/la3043473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Time-resolved confocal microscopy has been applied to study the cytoplasm and nucleus region of a single live Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell. To select the cytoplasm and the nucleus region, two different fluorescent probes are used. A hydrophobic fluorescent dye, DCM, localizes preferentially in the cytoplasm region of a CHO cell. A DNA binding dye, DAPI, is found to be inside the nucleus of the cell. The locations of the probes are clearly seen in the image. Emission maxima of the dyes (DCM in cytoplasm and DAPI in the nucleus) are compared to those of the same dyes in different solvents. From this, it is concluded that the polarity (dielectric constant, ε) of the microenvironment of DCM in the cytoplasm is ~15. The nucleus is found to be much more polar with ε ≈ 60 (as reported by DAPI). The diffusion coefficient (and hence viscosity) in the cytoplasm and the nucleus was determined using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS). The diffusion coefficient (D(t)) of the dye (DCM) in the cytoplasm is 2 μm(2) s(-1) and is ~150 times slower than that in bulk water (buffer). D(t) of DAPI in the nucleus (15 μm(2) s(-1)) is 30 times slower than that in bulk water (buffer). The extremely slow diffusion inside the cell has been ascribed to higher viscosity and also to the binding of the probes (DCM and DAPI) to large biological macromolecules. The solvation dynamics of water in the cytoplasm (monitored by DCM) exhibits an average relaxation time [τ(sol)] of 1250 ± 50 ps, which is about 1000 times slower than in bulk water (1 ps). The solvation dynamics inside the nucleus (studied using DAPI) is about 2-fold faster, [τ(sol)] ≈ 775 ps. The higher polarity, faster diffusion, and faster solvation dynamics in the nucleus indicates that it is less crowded and less restricted than the cytoplasm.
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- Dibyendu Kumar Sasmal
- Department of Physical Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata, India
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Effects of surfactin on membrane models displaying lipid phase separation. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2013; 1828:801-15. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2012.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2012] [Revised: 10/19/2012] [Accepted: 11/05/2012] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Singh P, Haldar S, Chattopadhyay A. Differential effect of sterols on dipole potential in hippocampal membranes: implications for receptor function. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2012. [PMID: 23201544 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2012.11.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Dipole potential is the potential difference within the membrane bilayer, which originates due to the nonrandom arrangement of lipid dipoles and water molecules at the membrane interface. In this work, we have explored the possible correlation between functional modulation of a G protein-coupled receptor (the serotonin(1A) receptor) and membrane dipole potential, under conditions of altered membrane sterol composition. We have previously shown that the ligand binding activity of the hippocampal serotonin(1A) receptor is reduced upon cholesterol depletion and could be restored upon replenishment with cholesterol. Interestingly, when the replenishment was carried out with an immediate biosynthetic precursor of cholesterol (7-DHC), differing with cholesterol merely in a double bond, the ligand binding activity of the receptor was not restored. In order to understand the mechanistic framework of receptor-cholesterol interaction, we carried out dipole potential measurements of hippocampal membranes under these conditions, by the dual wavelength ratiometric approach using an electrochromic probe (di-8-ANEPPS). We show here that dipole potential of hippocampal membranes is reduced upon progressive depletion of cholesterol and is restored upon replenishment with cholesterol, but not with 7-DHC. Our results show that the recovery of ligand binding activity of the serotonin(1A) receptor upon replenishment with cholesterol (but not with 7-DHC) could be related to the differential ability of these closely related sterols to modulate membrane dipole potential. We conclude that subtle changes in membrane dipole potential could be crucial in understanding the complex interplay between membrane lipids and proteins in the cellular milieu.
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- Pushpendra Singh
- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Hyderabad, India
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Kastorna A, Trusova V, Gorbenko G, Kinnunen P. Membrane effects of lysozyme amyloid fibrils. Chem Phys Lipids 2012; 165:331-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2012.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2012] [Revised: 02/06/2012] [Accepted: 02/07/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Singh P, Tarafdar PK, Swamy MJ, Chattopadhyay A. Organization and Dynamics of Hippocampal Membranes in a Depth-Dependent Manner: An Electron Spin Resonance Study. J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:2999-3006. [DOI: 10.1021/jp211485a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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- Pushpendra Singh
- Centre for Cellular and Molecular
Biology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500 007, India
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- School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500 046, India
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- Centre for Cellular and Molecular
Biology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500 007, India
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Turina AV, Schreier S, Perillo MA. Coupling between GABA(A)-R ligand-binding activity and membrane organization in β-cyclodextrin-treated synaptosomal membranes from bovine brain cortex: new insights from EPR experiments. Cell Biochem Biophys 2012; 63:17-33. [PMID: 22311134 DOI: 10.1007/s12013-012-9338-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Correlations between GABA(A) receptor (GABA(A)-R) activity and molecular organization of synaptosomal membranes (SM) were studied along the protocol for cholesterol (Cho) extraction with β-cyclodextrin (β-CD). The mere pre-incubation (PI) at 37°C accompanying the β-CD treatment was an underlying source of perturbations increasing [(3)H]-FNZ maximal binding (70%) and K (d) (38%), plus a stiffening of SMs' hydrocarbon core region. The latter was inferred from an increased compressibility modulus (K) of SM-derived Langmuir films, a blue-shifted DPH fluorescence emission spectrum and the hysteresis in DPH fluorescence anisotropy (A (DPH)) in SMs submitted to a heating-cooling cycle (4-37-4°C) with A (DPH,heating) < A (DPH,cooling). Compared with PI samples, the β-CD treatment reduced B (max) by 5% which correlated with a 45%-decrement in the relative Cho content of SM, a decrease in K and in the order parameter in the EPR spectrum of a lipid spin probe labeled at C5 (5-SASL), and significantly increased A (TMA-DPH). PI, but not β-CD treatment, could affect the binding affinity. EPR spectra of 5-SASL complexes with β-CD-, SM-partitioned, and free in solution showed that, contrary to what is usually assumed, β-CD is not completely eliminated from the system through centrifugation washings. It was concluded that β-CD treatment involves effects of at least three different types of events affecting membrane organization: (a) effect of PI on membrane annealing, (b) effect of residual β-CD on SM organization, and (c) Cho depletion. Consequently, molecular stiffness increases within the membrane core and decreases near the polar head groups, leading to a net increase in GABA(A)-R density, relative to untreated samples.
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- Anahí V Turina
- IIBYT, CONICET - Biofísica-Química, Departamento de Química, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.
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Bastos AE, Scolari S, Stöckl M, de Almeida RF. Applications of Fluorescence Lifetime Spectroscopy and Imaging to Lipid Domains In Vivo. Methods Enzymol 2012; 504:57-81. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-391857-4.00003-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Wesołowska O, Michalak K, Hendrich AB. Direct visualization of phase separation induced by phenothiazine-type antipsychotic drugs in model lipid membranes. Mol Membr Biol 2010; 28:103-14. [PMID: 21190429 DOI: 10.3109/09687688.2010.533706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Lipid rafts constitute dynamic assemblies within a bilayer, engaged in, e.g., signal transduction, membrane trafficking and cell polarization. Despite wide interest in the process of domain formation in binary or ternary lipid model systems, only a limited number of papers are devoted to the influence of different additives on this process. In particular, works devoted to the role of drugs in raft formation are missing. In the present study, the influence of trifluoperazine, thioridazine and chlorpromazine on domain organization in raft-mimicking model membranes was investigated. Using giant unilamellar vesicles formed from an equimolar DOPC:sphingomyelin:cholesterol mixture, we found that phenothiazines elevated the number of domains, decreased their area and markedly increased the total length of the domain border. The impact of studied drugs on phase separation in the raft lipid mixture was also confirmed by Laurdan generalized polarization measurements. Alteration of domain organization induced by antipsychotic drugs was very likely to arise from selective accumulation of phenothiazines in interfacial regions between liquid ordered and liquid disordered domains. Interpretation of the results allowed us to demonstrate new aspects underlaying mechanisms of action of phenothiazine-type antipsychotic drugs. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report demonstrating the influence of drugs on domain morphology directly visualized in giant unilamellar vesicles.
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- Olga Wesołowska
- Department of Biophysics, Wrocław Medical University, Wrocław, Poland
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Mukherjee S, Kalipatnapu S, Pucadyil TJ, Chattopadhyay A. Monitoring the organization and dynamics of bovine hippocampal membranes utilizing differentially localized fluorescent membrane probes. Mol Membr Biol 2009; 23:430-41. [PMID: 17060160 DOI: 10.1080/09687860600803223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Previous work from our laboratory has established bovine hippocampal membranes as a convenient natural source for studying neuronal receptors such as the G-protein coupled serotonin1A receptor. In this paper, we have explored the organization and dynamics of bovine hippocampal membranes using environment-sensitive and differentially localized fluorescent probes NBD-PE and NBD-cholesterol, utilizing wavelength-selective and time-resolved fluorescence measurements. The NBD group in NBD-PE is localized at the membrane interface while in NBD-cholesterol it is localized deeper in the membrane. Our results show that native hippocampal membranes offer considerable motional restriction as evidenced from red edge excitation shift of NBD probes. However, this effect progressively decreases with increasing cholesterol depletion in the case of NBD-cholesterol, possibly indicating a reduction in membrane heterogeneity. In contrast, REES of NBD-PE in hippocampal membranes does not show any significant change upon cholesterol depletion indicating relative lack of sensitivity of the membrane interface to cholesterol depletion. These observations are supported by changes in fluorescence polarization with cholesterol depletion. Taken together, these results imply that the deeper hydrocarbon region of the hippocampal membrane is more sensitive to changes in membrane organization and dynamics due to cholesterol depletion than the interfacial region. The motional restriction in native membranes is maintained even in the absence of proteins. The fluorescence lifetimes of both the NBD probes show slight reduction upon cholesterol depletion indicating a change in micro-environmental polarity possibly due to water penetration. These results are relevant in understanding the complex organization of hippocampal membranes and could have possible functional implications.
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Membrane lipid domains and rafts: current applications of fluorescence lifetime spectroscopy and imaging. Chem Phys Lipids 2009; 157:61-77. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2008.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2008] [Accepted: 07/24/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Roche Y, Gerbeau-Pissot P, Buhot B, Thomas D, Bonneau L, Gresti J, Mongrand S, Perrier-Cornet JM, Simon-Plas F. Depletion of phytosterols from the plant plasma membrane provides evidence for disruption of lipid rafts. FASEB J 2008; 22:3980-91. [PMID: 18676403 DOI: 10.1096/fj.08-111070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Involvement of sterols in membrane structural properties has been extensively studied in model systems but rarely assessed in natural membranes and never investigated for the plant plasma membrane (PM). Here, we address the question of the role of phytosterols in the organization of the plant PM. The sterol composition of tobacco BY-2 cell PM was determined by gas chromatography. The cyclic oligosaccharide methyl-beta-cyclodextrin, commonly used in animal cells to decrease cholesterol levels, caused a drastic reduction (50%) in the PM total free sterol content of the plant material, without modification in amounts of steryl-conjugates. Fluorescence spectroscopy experiments using DPH, TMA-DPH, Laurdan, and di-4-ANEPPDHQ indicated that such a depletion in sterol content increased lipid acyl chain disorder and reduced the overall liquid-phase heterogeneity in correlation with the disruption of phytosterol-rich domains. Methyl-beta-cyclodextrin also prevented isolation of a PM fraction resistant to solubilization by nonionic detergents, previously characterized in tobacco, and induced redistribution of the proteic marker of this fraction, NtrbohD, within the membrane. Altogether, our results support the role of phytosterols in the lateral structuring of the PM of higher plant cells and suggest that they are key compounds for the formation of plant PM microdomains.
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- Yann Roche
- Laboratoire Plantes-Microbe-Environnement, UMR INRA 1088/CNRS 5184/Université de Bourgogne, 17 rue Sully, BP 86510, 21065 Dijon cedex, France
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Saxena R, Shrivastava S, Chattopadhyay A. Exploring the Organization and Dynamics of Hippocampal Membranes Utilizing Pyrene Fluorescence. J Phys Chem B 2008; 112:12134-8. [DOI: 10.1021/jp804353m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Roopali Saxena
- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500 007, India
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- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500 007, India
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- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500 007, India
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Vallejo AA, Velázquez JB, Fernández MS. Lateral organization of mixed, two-phosphatidylcholine liposomes as investigated by GPS, the slope of Laurdan generalized polarization spectra. Arch Biochem Biophys 2007; 466:145-54. [PMID: 17679103 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2007.06.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2007] [Revised: 06/29/2007] [Accepted: 06/30/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The effect of the excitation or emission wavelengths on Laurdan generalized polarization (GP) can be evaluated by GPS, a quantitative, simplified determination of the GP spectrum slope, the thermotropic dependence of which allows the assessment of phospholipid lamellar membrane phase, as shown in a recent publication of our laboratory [J.B. Velázquez, M.S. Fernández, Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 455 (2006) 163-174]. In the present work, we applied Laurdan GPS to phase transition studies of mixed, two-phosphatidylcholine liposomes prepared from variable proportions of dimyristoyl- and dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC and DPPC, respectively). We have found that the GPS function reports a clear limit between the gel/liquid-crystalline phase coexistence region and the liquid-crystalline state, not only at a certain temperature T(c) for liposomes of constant composition submitted to temperature scans, but also at a defined mole fraction X(c), for two-component liposomes of variable composition at constant temperature. The T(c) or the X(c) values obtained from GPS vs. temperature or GPS vs. composition plots, respectively, allow the construction of a partial phase diagram for the DMPC-DPPC mixtures, showing the boundary between the two-phase coexisting region and the liquid-crystalline state. Likewise, at the onset of the transition region, i.e., the two-phase coexisting region as detected by GPS, it is possible to determine, although with less precision, a temperature T(o) or a mole fraction X(o) defining a boundary located below but near the limit between the gel and ripple phase, reported in the literature. These GPS results are consistent with the proposal by several authors that a fraction of L(alpha) phospholipids coexists with gel phospholipids in the rippled phase.
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- Alba A Vallejo
- Department of Biochemistry, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del I.P.N., P.O. Box 14.740, 07000 México D. F., Mexico
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Kalipatnapu S, Chattopadhyay A. Membrane Organization and Function of the Serotonin1A Receptor. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2007; 27:1097-116. [PMID: 17710529 DOI: 10.1007/s10571-007-9189-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2007] [Accepted: 07/27/2007] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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(1) The serotonin(1A) receptor is a G-protein coupled receptor involved in several cognitive, behavioral, and developmental functions. It binds the neurotransmitter serotonin and signals across the membrane through its interactions with heterotrimeric G-proteins. (2) Lipid-protein interactions in membranes play an important role in the assembly, stability, and function of membrane proteins. The role of membrane environment in serotonin(1A) receptor function is beginning to be addressed by exploring the consequences of lipid manipulations on the ligand binding and G-protein coupling of serotonin(1A) receptors, the ability to functionally solubilize the serotonin(1A) receptor, and the factors influencing the membrane organization of the serotonin(1A) receptor. (3) Recent developments involving the application of detergent-based and detergent-free approaches to understand the membrane organization of the serotonin(1A) receptor under conditions of ligand activation and modulation of membrane lipid content, with an emphasis on membrane cholesterol, are described.
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- Shanti Kalipatnapu
- Divisionof Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0377, USA
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Mukherjee S, Kombrabail M, Krishnamoorthy G, Chattopadhyay A. Dynamics and heterogeneity of bovine hippocampal membranes: role of cholesterol and proteins. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2007; 1768:2130-44. [PMID: 17618864 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2007.05.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2006] [Revised: 05/05/2007] [Accepted: 05/29/2007] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The structural and dynamic consequence of alterations in membrane lipid composition (specifically cholesterol) in neuronal membranes is poorly understood. Previous work from our laboratory has established bovine hippocampal membranes as a convenient natural source for studying neuronal receptors. In this paper, we have explored the role of cholesterol and proteins in the dynamics and heterogeneity of bovine hippocampal membranes using fluorescence lifetime distribution analysis of the environment-sensitive fluorescent probe Nile Red incorporated into such membranes by the maximum entropy method (MEM), and time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy measurements. The peak position and the width of the lifetime distribution of Nile Red show a progressive reduction with increasing cholesterol depletion from native hippocampal membranes indicating that the extent of heterogeneity decreases with decrease in membrane cholesterol content. This is accompanied by a concomitant decrease of the fluorescence anisotropy and rotational correlation time. Our results point out that the microenvironment experienced by Nile Red is relatively insensitive to the presence of proteins in hippocampal membranes. Interestingly, Nile Red lifetime distribution in liposomes of lipid extracts is similar to that of native membranes indicating that proteins do not contribute significantly to the high level of heterogeneity observed in native membranes. These results could be relevant in understanding the neuronal diseases characterized by defective membrane lipid metabolism.
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- Soumi Mukherjee
- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500 007, India
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Esquembre R, Ferrer ML, Gutiérrez MC, Mallavia R, Mateo CR. Fluorescence Study of the Fluidity and Cooperativity of the Phase Transitions of Zwitterionic and Anionic Liposomes Confined in Sol−Gel Glasses. J Phys Chem B 2007; 111:3665-73. [PMID: 17388546 DOI: 10.1021/jp068685y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The current work makes use of different fluorescent reporter molecules and fluorescent spectroscopic techniques to characterize the thermotropic, physical, and dynamical properties of large unilamellar liposomes formed from either 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DMPC) or 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-[phospho-rac-glycerol] (DMPG) encapsulated in sol-gel matrixes. In particular, cooperativity of the phase transition is analyzed from steady-state fluorescence anisotropy of 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene (DPH), the interfacial properties are studied by measuring the spectral shift of Laurdan, and the structural organization (heterogeneity) of the lipid bilayer is determined from the fluorescence lifetime of trans-parinaric acid (t-PnA). In addition, information regarding order and dynamical properties in the bulk hydrophobic core is obtained from time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy of t-PnA and 3-(4-(6-phenyl)-1,3,5-hexatrienyl)-phenylpropionic acid (PA-DPH). The spectroscopic study reveals that upon encapsulation, the basic thermodynamic properties as well as the fluidity of the lipid bilayer practically remain intact for DMPG liposomes but not for DMPC liposomes, whose lipid bilayer exhibits large gel-fluid heterogeneity. On the basis of these experimental results, electrostatic interactions between phospholipid polar heads and the porous surface of the host matrix seem to play a capital role for the preservation of the structural integrity of encapsulated bilayer.
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- Rocío Esquembre
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular, Universidad Miguel HernAndez, 03202-Elche, Spain
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Velázquez JB, Fernández MS. GPS, the slope of laurdan generalized polarization spectra, in the study of phospholipid lateral organization and Escherichia coli lipid phases. Arch Biochem Biophys 2006; 455:163-74. [PMID: 17046709 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2006.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2006] [Revised: 09/03/2006] [Accepted: 09/05/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The dependence of Laurdan generalized polarization (GP) on the excitation or emission wavelengths has been employed, at a descriptive level, to estimate lipid membrane physical state, including the coexistence of phases. In this paper, we introduce GPS, a quantitative, simplified estimation of the GP spectrum slope, and present a novel approach to assessing phase states through a graphical representation of its temperature dependence. The thermotropic profile of GPS allows the detection of the main phase transition of liposomes from model phosphoglycerides and renders a clear identification of T(c), a temperature that is unique for each phospholipid studied, marking the apparent limit between coexistence of phases and liquid crystalline state. Since at this temperature GPS is equal to zero, the tenet that the absence of wavelength effect on generalized polarization always means pure gel phase, can be called into question. Interestingly, GPS allows the discrimination between the thermotropic behavior of vesicles of lipid extracts from Escherichia coli grown at 30, 37, 42 or 45 degrees C, consistent with the remodeling in phospholipid acyl chain composition induced by changes in culture temperature. Yet in all cases, GPS reports liquid crystalline state at a temperature equal to the growth temperature of the bacteria from which each extract was obtained.
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- Jesús B Velázquez
- Department of Biochemistry, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del I.P.N. (CINVESTAV), P.O. Box 14.740, 07000 México D.F., Mexico
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