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Pérez-Guillén I, Domènech Ò, Botet-Carreras A, Merlos A, Sierra JM, Albericio F, de la Torre BG, Montero MT, Viñas M, Borrell JH. Studying Lipid Membrane Interactions of a Super-Cationic Peptide in Model Membranes and Living Bacteria. Pharmaceutics 2022; 14:pharmaceutics14102191. [PMID: 36297628 PMCID: PMC9611851 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14102191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Revised: 10/04/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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The super-cationic peptide dendrimers (SCPD) family is a valuable class of antimicrobial peptide candidates for the future development of antibacterial agents against multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria. The deep knowledge of their mechanism of action is a major challenge in research, since it may be the basis for future modifications/optimizations. In this work we have explored the interaction between SCPD and membranes through biophysical and microbiological approaches in the case of the G1OLO-L2OL2 peptide. Results support the idea that the peptide is not only adsorbed or close to the surface of the membrane but associated/absorbed to some extent to the hydrophobic-hydrophilic region of the phospholipids. The presence of low concentrations of the peptide at the surface level is concomitant with destabilization of the cell integrity and this may contribute to osmotic stress, although other mechanisms of action cannot be ruled out.
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Affiliation(s)
- Isabel Pérez-Guillén
- Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology & Antimicrobials, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Barcelona, 08907 Barcelona, Spain
- Physical Chemistry Section, Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Physical Chemistry Section, Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN2UB), University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- Correspondence: (Ò.D.); (J.M.S.)
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- Physical Chemistry Section, Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN2UB), University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology & Antimicrobials, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Barcelona, 08907 Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology & Antimicrobials, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Barcelona, 08907 Barcelona, Spain
- Correspondence: (Ò.D.); (J.M.S.)
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- Peptide Sciences Laboratory, School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, University Road, Westville, Durban 4001, South Africa
- CIBER-BBN, Networking Centre on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- KRISP, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville, Durban 4001, South Africa
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- Physical Chemistry Section, Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN2UB), University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology & Antimicrobials, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Barcelona, 08907 Barcelona, Spain
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- Physical Chemistry Section, Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN2UB), University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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Fonseka NM, Arce FT, Christie HS, Aspinwall CA, Saavedra SS. Nanomechanical Properties of Artificial Lipid Bilayers Composed of Fluid and Polymerizable Lipids. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:100-111. [PMID: 34968052 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c02098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Polymerization enhances the stability of a planar supported lipid bilayer (PSLB) but it also changes its chemical and mechanical properties, attenuates lipid diffusion, and may affect the activity of integral membrane proteins. Mixed bilayers composed of fluid lipids and poly(lipids) may provide an appropriate combination of polymeric stability coupled with the fluidity and elasticity needed to maintain the bioactivity of reconstituted receptors. Previously (Langmuir, 2019, 35, 12483-12491) we showed that binary mixtures of the polymerizable lipid bis-SorbPC and the fluid lipid DPhPC form phase-segregated PSLBs composed of nanoscale fluid and poly(lipid) domains. Here we used atomic force microscopy (AFM) to compare the nanoscale mechanical properties of these binary PSLBs with single-component PSLBs. The elastic (Young's) modulus, area compressibility modulus, and bending modulus of bis-SorbPC PSLBs increased upon polymerization. Before polymerization, breakthrough events at forces below 5 nN were observed, but after polymerization, the AFM tip could not penetrate the PSLB up to an applied force of 20 nN. These results are attributed to the polymeric network in poly(bis-SorbPC), which increases the bilayer stiffness and resists compression and bending. In binary DPhPC/poly(bis-SorbPC) PSLBs, the DPhPC domains are less stiff, more compressible, and are less resistant to rupture and bending compared to pure DPhPC bilayers. These differences are attributed to bis-SorbPC monomers and oligomers present in DPhPC domains that disrupt the packing of DPhPC molecules. In contrast, the poly(bis-SorbPC) domains are stiffer and less compressible relative to pure PSLBs; this difference is attributed to DPhPC filling the nm-scale pores in the polymerized domains that are created during bis-SorbPC polymerization. Thus, incomplete phase segregation increases the stability of poly(bis-SorbPC) but has the opposite, detrimental effect for DPhPC. Overall, these results provide guidance for the design of partially polymerized bilayers for technological uses.
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- N Malithi Fonseka
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States
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- Department of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States
- BIO5 Institute and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States
- BIO5 Institute and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States
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Lipid Self-Assemblies under the Atomic Force Microscope. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms221810085. [PMID: 34576248 PMCID: PMC8467407 DOI: 10.3390/ijms221810085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2021] [Revised: 08/26/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Lipid model membranes are important tools in the study of biophysical processes such as lipid self-assembly and lipid–lipid interactions in cell membranes. The use of model systems to adequate and modulate complexity helps in the understanding of many events that occur in cellular membranes, that exhibit a wide variety of components, including lipids of different subfamilies (e.g., phospholipids, sphingolipids, sterols…), in addition to proteins and sugars. The capacity of lipids to segregate by themselves into different phases at the nanoscale (nanodomains) is an intriguing feature that is yet to be fully characterized in vivo due to the proposed transient nature of these domains in living systems. Model lipid membranes, instead, have the advantage of (usually) greater phase stability, together with the possibility of fully controlling the system lipid composition. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a powerful tool to detect the presence of meso- and nanodomains in a lipid membrane. It also allows the direct quantification of nanomechanical resistance in each phase present. In this review, we explore the main kinds of lipid assemblies used as model membranes and describe AFM experiments on model membranes. In addition, we discuss how these assemblies have extended our knowledge of membrane biophysics over the last two decades, particularly in issues related to the variability of different model membranes and the impact of supports/cytoskeleton on lipid behavior, such as segregated domain size or bilayer leaflet uncoupling.
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Lee TH, Hofferek V, Sani MA, Separovic F, Reid GE, Aguilar MI. The impact of antibacterial peptides on bacterial lipid membranes depends on stage of growth. Faraday Discuss 2021; 232:399-418. [DOI: 10.1039/d0fd00052c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Impact of maculatin 1.1 on supported lipid bilayers (SLBs) derived from early growth phase (EGP) or stationary growth phase (SGP) E. coli lipid extracts, monitored by atomic force microscopy which images bilayer morphology in real time.
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- Tzong-Hsien Lee
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
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Effect of cholesterol on monolayer structure of different acyl chained phospholipids. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2019; 174:374-383. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2018.11.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2018] [Revised: 11/01/2018] [Accepted: 11/19/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Sosa L, Clares B, Alvarado HL, Bozal N, Domenech O, Calpena AC. Amphotericin B releasing topical nanoemulsion for the treatment of candidiasis and aspergillosis. NANOMEDICINE-NANOTECHNOLOGY BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2017; 13:2303-2312. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2017.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2017] [Revised: 06/22/2017] [Accepted: 06/28/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Konarzewska D, Juhaniewicz J, Güzeloğlu A, Sęk S. Characterization of planar biomimetic lipid films composed of phosphatidylethanolamines and phosphatidylglycerols from Escherichia coli. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2017; 1859:475-483. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2017.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2016] [Revised: 01/03/2017] [Accepted: 01/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Lateral Distribution of Membrane Components and Transient Lipid-Protein Structures. MEMBRANE PROTEIN – LIPID INTERACTIONS: PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY IN THE BILAYER 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-30277-5_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Borrell JH, Montero MT, Morros A, Domènech Ò. Unspecific membrane protein-lipid recognition: combination of AFM imaging, force spectroscopy, DSC and FRET measurements. J Mol Recognit 2015; 28:679-86. [DOI: 10.1002/jmr.2483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2015] [Revised: 03/31/2015] [Accepted: 04/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jordi H. Borrell
- Departament de Fisicoquímica; Facultat de Farmàcia and Institut de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia IN UB; Barcelona Catalonia 08028 Spain
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- Departament de Fisicoquímica; Facultat de Farmàcia and Institut de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia IN UB; Barcelona Catalonia 08028 Spain
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- Unitat de Biofísica; Departament de Bioquímica i Biología Molecular, Facultat de Medicina UAB; Bellaterra (Barcelona) 08193 Spain
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- Departament de Fisicoquímica; Facultat de Farmàcia and Institut de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia IN UB; Barcelona Catalonia 08028 Spain
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García-Arribas AB, Busto JV, Alonso A, Goñi FM. Atomic force microscopy characterization of palmitoylceramide and cholesterol effects on phospholipid bilayers: a topographic and nanomechanical study. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2015; 31:3135-3145. [PMID: 25693914 DOI: 10.1021/la504047n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Supported planar bilayers (SPBs) on mica substrates have been studied at 23 °C under atomic force microscopy (AFM)-based surface topography and force spectroscopy with two main objectives: (i) to characterize palmitoylceramide (pCer)-induced gel (Lβ) domains in binary mixtures with either its sphingolipid relative palmitoylsphingomyelin (pSM) or the glycerophospholipid dipalmitoylphosphorylcholine (DPPC) and (ii) to evaluate effects of incorporating cholesterol (Chol) into the previous mixtures in terms of Cer and Chol cooperation for the generation of lamellar gel (Lβ) phases of ternary composition. Binary phospholipid/pCer mixtures at XpCer < 0.33 promote the generation of laterally segregated micron-sized pCer-rich domains. Their analysis at different phospholipid/pCer ratios, by means of domain thickness, roughness, and mechanical resistance to tip piercing, reveals unvarying AFM-derived features over increasing pCer concentrations. These results suggest that the domains grow in size with increasing pCer concentrations while keeping a constant phospholipid/pCer stoichiometry. Moreover, the data show important differences between pCer interactions with pSM or DPPC. Gel domains generated in pSM/pCer bilayers are thinner than the pSM-rich surrounding phase, while the opposite is observed in DPPC/pCer mixtures. Furthermore, a higher breakthrough force is observed for pSM/pCer as compared to DPPC/pCer domains, which can be associated with the preferential pCer interaction with its sphingolipid relative pSM. Cholesterol incorporation into both binary mixtures at a high Chol and pCer ratio abolishes any phospholipid/pCer binary domains. Bilayers with properties different from any of the pure or binary samples are observed instead. The data support no displacement of Chol by pCer or vice versa under these conditions, but rather a preferential interaction between the two hydrophobic lipids.
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- Aritz B García-Arribas
- Unidad de Biofísica (CSIC, UPV/EHU) and Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad del País Vasco, P.O. Box 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Unidad de Biofísica (CSIC, UPV/EHU) and Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad del País Vasco, P.O. Box 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Unidad de Biofísica (CSIC, UPV/EHU) and Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad del País Vasco, P.O. Box 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Unidad de Biofísica (CSIC, UPV/EHU) and Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad del País Vasco, P.O. Box 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
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Suárez-Germà C, Morros A, Montero M, Hernández-Borrell J, Domènech Ò. Combined force spectroscopy, AFM and calorimetric studies to reveal the nanostructural organization of biomimetic membranes. Chem Phys Lipids 2014; 183:208-17. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2014.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2014] [Revised: 07/14/2014] [Accepted: 07/28/2014] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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