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Kim SY, Kang J, Fawaz MV, Yu M, Xia Z, Morin EE, Mei L, Olsen K, Li XA, Schwendeman A. Phospholipids impact the protective effects of HDL-mimetic nanodiscs against lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation. Nanomedicine (Lond) 2023; 18:2127-2142. [PMID: 38197376 PMCID: PMC10918510 DOI: 10.2217/nnm-2023-0222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 01/11/2024] Open
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Aim: The impacts of synthetic high-density lipoprotein (sHDL) phospholipid components on anti-sepsis effects were investigated. Methods: sHDL composed with ApoA-I mimetic peptide (22A) and different phosphatidylcholines were prepared and characterized. Anti-inflammatory effects were investigated in vitro and in vivo on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced inflammation models. Results: sHDLs composed with 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (22A-DMPC) most effectively neutralizes LPS, inhibits toll-like receptor 4 recruitment into lipid rafts, suppresses nuclear factor κB signaling and promotes activating transcription factor 3 activating. The lethal endotoxemia animal model showed the protective effects of 22A-DMPC. Conclusion: Phospholipid components affect the stability and fluidity of nanodiscs, impacting the anti-septic efficacy of sHDLs. 22A-DMPC presents the strongest LPS binding and anti-inflammatory effects in vitro and in vivo, suggesting a potential sepsis treatment.
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- Sang Yeop Kim
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
- Biointerfaces Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
- Biointerfaces Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
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- Biointerfaces Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
- Biointerfaces Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
- Biointerfaces Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
- Biointerfaces Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
- Biointerfaces Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Saha Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
- Biointerfaces Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
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de la Arada I, González-Ramírez EJ, Alonso A, Goñi FM, Arrondo JLR. Exploring polar headgroup interactions between sphingomyelin and ceramide with infrared spectroscopy. Sci Rep 2020; 10:17606. [PMID: 33077787 PMCID: PMC7573612 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-74781-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2020] [Accepted: 09/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Ceramide is a major actor in the sphingolipid signaling pathway elicited by various kinds of cell stress. Under those conditions ceramide (Cer) is produced in the plasma membrane as a product of sphingomyelin (SM) hydrolysis, and this may lead to apoptosis. Thus, SM and Cer coexist in the membrane for some time, and they are known to separate laterally from the (more abundant) glycerolipids, giving rise to highly rigid domains or platforms. The properties of these domains/platforms are rather well understood, but the underlying SM:Cer molecular interactions have not been explored in detail. Infrared (IR) spectroscopy is a powerful analytical technique that provides information on all the chemical groupings in a molecule, and that can be applied to membranes and lipid bilayers in aqueous media. IR spectra can be conveniently retrieved as a function of temperature, thus revealing the thermotropic transitions of SM and its mixtures with Cer. Four regions of the IR spectrum of these sphingolipids have been examined, two of them dominated by the hydrophobic regions in the molecules, namely the C–H stretching vibrations (2800–3000 cm−1), and the CH2 scissoring vibrations (1455–1485 cm−1), and two others arising from chemical groups at the lipid-water interface, the sphingolipid amide I band (1600–1680 cm−1), and the phosphate vibrations in the 1000–1110 cm−1 region. The latter two regions have been rarely studied in the past. The IR data from the hydrophobic components show a gel (or ripple)-fluid transition of SM at 40 °C, that is shifted up to about 70 °C when Cer is added to the bilayers, in agreement with previous studies using a variety of techniques. IR information concerning the polar parts is more interesting. The amide I (carbonyl) band of pure SM exhibits a maximum at 1638 cm−1 at room temperature, and its position is shifted by about 10 cm−1 in the presence of Cer. Cer causes also a change in the overall band shape, but no signs of band splitting are seen, suggesting that SM and Cer carbonyl groups are interacting tightly, presumably through H-bonds. The 1086 cm−1 band, corresponding to PO2− vibrations, appears more stable in SM than in DPPC, and it is further stabilized by Cer, again suggesting an important role of H-bonds in the formation of SM:Cer clusters. Thus, SM and Cer can interact through their polar headgroups, in a way that is not accessible to other lipid classes.
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- Igor de la Arada
- Instituto Biofisika (CSIC, UPV/EHU), and Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad del País Vasco, 48940, Leioa, Spain
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- Instituto Biofisika (CSIC, UPV/EHU), and Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad del País Vasco, 48940, Leioa, Spain
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- Instituto Biofisika (CSIC, UPV/EHU), and Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad del País Vasco, 48940, Leioa, Spain
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- Instituto Biofisika (CSIC, UPV/EHU), and Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad del País Vasco, 48940, Leioa, Spain.
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- Instituto Biofisika (CSIC, UPV/EHU), and Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad del País Vasco, 48940, Leioa, Spain
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Ceramide Domains in Health and Disease: A Biophysical Perspective. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2019; 1159:79-108. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-21162-2_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Vázquez RF, Daza Millone MA, Pavinatto FJ, Fanani ML, Oliveira ON, Vela ME, Maté SM. Impact of sphingomyelin acyl chain (16:0 vs 24:1) on the interfacial properties of Langmuir monolayers: A PM-IRRAS study. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2019; 173:549-556. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2018.10.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2018] [Revised: 09/28/2018] [Accepted: 10/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Bieberich E. Sphingolipids and lipid rafts: Novel concepts and methods of analysis. Chem Phys Lipids 2018; 216:114-131. [PMID: 30194926 PMCID: PMC6196108 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2018.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2018] [Revised: 08/20/2018] [Accepted: 08/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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About twenty years ago, the functional lipid raft model of the plasma membrane was published. It took into account decades of research showing that cellular membranes are not just homogenous mixtures of lipids and proteins. Lateral anisotropy leads to assembly of membrane domains with specific lipid and protein composition regulating vesicular traffic, cell polarity, and cell signaling pathways in a plethora of biological processes. However, what appeared to be a clearly defined entity of clustered raft lipids and proteins became increasingly fluid over the years, and many of the fundamental questions about biogenesis and structure of lipid rafts remained unanswered. Experimental obstacles in visualizing lipids and their interactions hampered progress in understanding just how big rafts are, where and when they are formed, and with which proteins raft lipids interact. In recent years, we have begun to answer some of these questions and sphingolipids may take center stage in re-defining the meaning and functional significance of lipid rafts. In addition to the archetypical cholesterol-sphingomyelin raft with liquid ordered (Lo) phase and the liquid-disordered (Ld) non-raft regions of cellular membranes, a third type of microdomains termed ceramide-rich platforms (CRPs) with gel-like structure has been identified. CRPs are "ceramide rafts" that may offer some fresh view on the membrane mesostructure and answer several critical questions for our understanding of lipid rafts.
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- Erhard Bieberich
- Department of Physiology at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States.
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Ceramides are sphingolipids containing a sphingosine or a related base, to which a fatty acid is linked through an amide bond. When incorporated into a lipid bilayer, ceramides exhibit a number of properties not shared by almost any other membrane lipid: Ceramides ( a) are extremely hydrophobic and thus cannot exist in suspension in aqueous media; ( b) increase the molecular order (rigidity) of phospholipids in membranes; ( c) give rise to lateral phase separation and domain formation in phospholipid bilayers; ( d) possess a marked intrinsic negative curvature that facilitates formation of inverted hexagonal phases; ( e) make bilayers and cell membranes permeable to small and large (i.e., protein-size) solutes; and ( f) promote transmembrane (flip-flop) lipid motion. Unfortunately, there is hardly any link between the physical studies reviewed here and the mass of biological and clinical studies on the effects of ceramides in health and disease.
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- Alicia Alonso
- Instituto Biofisika [University of the Basque Country and Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)], 48940 Leioa, Spain
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, Spain;,
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- Instituto Biofisika [University of the Basque Country and Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)], 48940 Leioa, Spain
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, Spain;,
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Exploring the biophysical properties of phytosterols in the plasma membrane for novel cancer prevention strategies. Biochimie 2018; 153:150-161. [PMID: 29730298 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2018.04.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2018] [Accepted: 04/30/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Cancer is a global problem with no sign that incidences are reducing. The great costs associated with curing cancer, through developing novel treatments and applying patented therapies, is an increasing burden to developed and developing nations alike. These financial and societal problems will be alleviated by research efforts into prevention, or treatments that utilise off-patent or repurposed agents. Phytosterols are natural components of the diet found in an array of seeds, nuts and vegetables and have been added to several consumer food products for the management of cardio-vascular disease through their ability to lower LDL-cholesterol levels. In this review, we provide a connected view between the fields of structural biophysics and cellular and molecular biology to evaluate the growing evidence that phytosterols impair oncogenic pathways in a range of cancer types. The current state of understanding of how phytosterols alter the biophysical properties of plasma membrane is described, and the potential for phytosterols to be repurposed from cardio-vascular to oncology therapeutics. Through an overview of the types of biophysical and molecular biology experiments that have been performed to date, this review informs the reader of the molecular and biophysical mechanisms through which phytosterols could have anti-cancer properties via their interactions with the plasma cell membrane. We also outline emerging and under-explored areas such as computational modelling, improved biomimetic membranes and ex vivo tissue evaluation. Focus of future research in these areas should improve understanding, not just of phytosterols in cancer cell biology but also to give insights into the interaction between the plasma membrane and the genome. These fields are increasingly providing meaningful biological and clinical data but iterative experiments between molecular biology assays, biosynthetic membrane studies and computational membrane modelling improve and refine our understanding of the role of different sterol components of the plasma membrane.
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Murthy AVR, Guyomarc'h F, Lopez C. Palmitoyl ceramide promotes milk sphingomyelin gel phase domains formation and affects the mechanical properties of the fluid phase in milk-SM/DOPC supported membranes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2018; 1860:635-644. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2017.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2017] [Revised: 12/06/2017] [Accepted: 12/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Zacheo A, Quarta A, Zizzari A, Monteduro AG, Maruccio G, Arima V, Gigli G. One step preparation of quantum dot-embedded lipid nanovesicles by a microfluidic device. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra18862h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Synthetic carriers that mimic “natural lipid-based vesicles” (micro/nanovesicles, exosomes) have found broad application in biomedicine for the delivery of biomolecules and drugs. Here, an innovative approach for their production is presented.
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- A. Zacheo
- Department of Mathematics and Physics “Ennio De Giorgi”
- Università del Salento
- 73100 Lecce
- Italy
- CNR–Istituto di Nanotecnologia (NANOTEC)
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- CNR–Istituto di Nanotecnologia (NANOTEC)
- 73100 Lecce
- Italy
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- Department of Mathematics and Physics “Ennio De Giorgi”
- Università del Salento
- 73100 Lecce
- Italy
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- Department of Mathematics and Physics “Ennio De Giorgi”
- Università del Salento
- 73100 Lecce
- Italy
- CNR–Istituto di Nanotecnologia (NANOTEC)
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- Department of Mathematics and Physics “Ennio De Giorgi”
- Università del Salento
- 73100 Lecce
- Italy
- CNR–Istituto di Nanotecnologia (NANOTEC)
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- CNR–Istituto di Nanotecnologia (NANOTEC)
- 73100 Lecce
- Italy
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- Department of Mathematics and Physics “Ennio De Giorgi”
- Università del Salento
- 73100 Lecce
- Italy
- CNR–Istituto di Nanotecnologia (NANOTEC)
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Dutagaci B, Becker-Baldus J, Faraldo-Gómez JD, Glaubitz C. Ceramide-lipid interactions studied by MD simulations and solid-state NMR. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2014; 1838:2511-9. [PMID: 24882733 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2014.05.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2014] [Revised: 05/20/2014] [Accepted: 05/21/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Ceramides play a key modulatory role in many cellular processes, which results from their effect on the structure and dynamics of biological membranes. In this study, we investigate the influence of C16-ceramide (C16) on the biophysical properties of DMPC lipid bilayers using solid-state NMR and atomistic molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. MD simulations and NMR measurements were carried out for a pure DMPC bilayer and for a 20% DMPC-C16 mixture. Calculated key structural properties, namely area per lipid, chain order parameters, and mass density profiles, indicate that C16 has an ordering effect on the DMPC bilayer. Furthermore, the simulations predict that specific hydrogen-bonds form between DMPC and C16 molecules. Multi-nuclear solid-state NMR was used to verify these theoretical predictions. Chain order parameters extracted from (13)C(1)H dipole couplings were measured for both lipid and ceramide and follow the trend suggested by the MD simulations. Furthermore, (1)H-MAS NMR experiments showed a direct contact between ceramide and lipids.
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- Bercem Dutagaci
- Institute of Biophysical Chemistry, J.W. Goethe-University, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysical Chemistry, J.W. Goethe-University, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Theoretical Molecular Biophysics Section, National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Institute of Biophysical Chemistry, J.W. Goethe-University, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany.
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Urbančič I, Ljubetič A, Arsov Z, Strancar J. Coexistence of probe conformations in lipid phases-a polarized fluorescence microspectroscopy study. Biophys J 2014; 105:919-27. [PMID: 23972844 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2013] [Revised: 07/04/2013] [Accepted: 07/08/2013] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Several well-established fluorescence methods depend on environment-sensitive probes that report about molecular properties of their local environment. For reliable interpretation of experiments, careful characterization of probes' behavior is required. In this study, bleaching-corrected polarized fluorescence microspectroscopy with nanometer spectral peak position resolution was applied to characterize conformations of two alkyl chain-labeled 7-nitro-2-1,3-benzoxadiazol-4-yl phospholipids in three model membranes, representing the three main lipid phases. The combination of polarized and spectral detection revealed two main probe conformations with their preferential fluorophore dipole orientations roughly parallel and perpendicular to membrane normal. Their peak positions were separated by 2-6 nm because of different local polarities and depended on lipid environment. The relative populations of conformations, estimated by a numerical model, indicated a specific sensitivity of the two probes to molecular packing with cholesterol. The coexistence of probe conformations could be further exploited to investigate membrane organization below microscopy spatial resolution, such as lipid rafts. With the addition of polarized excitation or detection to any environment-sensitive fluorescence imaging technique, the conformational analysis can be directly applied to explore local membrane complexity.
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- Iztok Urbančič
- Laboratory of Biophysics, Condensed Matter Physics Department, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Castro BM, Prieto M, Silva LC. Ceramide: a simple sphingolipid with unique biophysical properties. Prog Lipid Res 2014; 54:53-67. [PMID: 24513486 DOI: 10.1016/j.plipres.2014.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 266] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2013] [Revised: 01/29/2014] [Accepted: 01/29/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Ceramides are involved in a variety of cellular processes and in disease. Their biological functions are thought to depend on ceramides' unique biophysical properties, which promote strong alterations of cell membrane properties and consequent triggering of signaling events. Over the last decades, efforts were made to understand the impact of ceramide on membrane biophysical features. Several studies, performed in a multitude of membrane models, address ceramides' specific interactions, the effect of their acyl chain structure and the influence of membrane lipid composition and properties on ceramide biophysical outcome. In this review, a rationale for the multiple and complex changes promoted by ceramide is provided, highlighting, on a comprehensive and critical manner, the interactions between ceramides and specific lipids and/or lipid phases. Focus is also given to the interplay between ceramide and cholesterol, particularly in lipid raft-mimicking mixtures, an issue of intense debate due to the urgent need to understand the biophysical impact of ceramide formation in models resembling the cell membrane. The implications of ceramide-induced biophysical changes on lipid-protein interactions and cell signaling are also discussed, together with the emerging evidence for the existence of ceramide-gel like domains in cellular membranes.
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- Bruno M Castro
- Centro de Química-Física Molecular and Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Complexo I, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Química-Física Molecular and Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Complexo I, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
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- iMed.UL - Research Institute for Medicines and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Gama Pinto, 1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal.
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Artetxe I, Sergelius C, Kurita M, Yamaguchi S, Katsumura S, Slotte JP, Maula T. Effects of sphingomyelin headgroup size on interactions with ceramide. Biophys J 2013; 104:604-12. [PMID: 23442911 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.12.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2012] [Revised: 11/13/2012] [Accepted: 12/12/2012] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Sphingomyelins (SMs) and ceramides are known to interact favorably in bilayer membranes. Because ceramide lacks a headgroup that could shield its hydrophobic body from unfavorable interactions with water, accommodation of ceramide under the larger phosphocholine headgroup of SM could contribute to their favorable interactions. To elucidate the role of SM headgroup for SM/ceramide interactions, we explored the effects of reducing the size of the phosphocholine headgroup (removing one, two, or three methyls on the choline moiety, or the choline moiety itself). Using differential scanning calorimetry and fluorescence spectroscopy, we found that the size of the SM headgroup had no marked effect on the thermal stability of ordered domains formed by SM analog/palmitoyl ceramide (PCer) interactions. In more complex bilayers composed of a fluid glycerophospholipid, SM analog, and PCer, the thermal stability and molecular order of the laterally segregated gel domains were roughly identical despite variation in SM headgroup size. We suggest that that the association between PCer and SM analogs was stabilized by ceramide's aversion for disordered phospholipids, by interfacial hydrogen bonding between PCer and the SM analogs, and by attractive van der Waals' forces between saturated chains of PCer and SM analogs.
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- Ibai Artetxe
- Biochemistry, Department of Biosciences, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
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Coupling Membrane Elasticity and Structure to Protein Function. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-411515-6.00004-7] [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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There is growing evidence that cell membranes can contain domains with different lipid and protein compositions and with different physical properties. Furthermore, it is increasingly appreciated that sphingolipids play a crucial role in the formation and properties of ordered lipid domains (rafts) in cell membranes. This review describes recent advances in our understanding of ordered membrane domains in both cells and model membranes. In addition, how the structure of sphingolipids influences their ability to participate in the formation of ordered domains, as well as how sphingolipid structure alters ordered domain properties, is described. The diversity of sphingolipid structure is likely to play an important role in modulating the biologically relevant properties of "rafts" in cell membranes.
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Boulgaropoulos B, Rappolt M, Sartori B, Amenitsch H, Pabst G. Lipid sorting by ceramide and the consequences for membrane proteins. Biophys J 2012; 102:2031-8. [PMID: 22824266 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.03.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2012] [Revised: 03/08/2012] [Accepted: 03/23/2012] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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We mimicked the effect of sphingomyelinase activity on lipid mixtures of palmitoyl-oleoyl-phosphatidylcholine, sphingomyelin, ceramide, and 10 mol % cholesterol. Using x-ray diffraction experiments in combination with osmotic stress we found, in agreement with previous studies, that ceramide induces a coexistence of L(α) and L(β) domains. A detailed structural analysis of the coexisting domains demonstrated an increase of lipid packing density and membrane thickness in the L(α) domains upon increasing overall ceramide levels. This provides evidence for a ceramide-driven accumulation of cholesterol in the L(α) domains, in support of previous reports. We further determined the bending rigidities of the coexisting domains and found that the accumulation of cholesterol in the L(α) domains stabilizes their bending rigidity, which experiences a dramatic drop in the absence of cholesterol. Deriving experimental estimates for the spontaneous curvature and Gaussian modulus of curvature, we show, using a simple geometric model for ion channels, that in this way changes in the conformational equilibrium of membrane proteins can be kept small.
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- Beate Boulgaropoulos
- Institute of Biophysics and Nanosystems Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz, Austria
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Ibarguren M, Sot J, Montes LR, Vasil AI, Vasil ML, Goñi FM, Alonso A. Recruitment of a phospholipase C/sphingomyelinase into non-lamellar lipid droplets during hydrolysis of lipid bilayers. Chem Phys Lipids 2012; 166:12-7. [PMID: 23253877 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2012.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2012] [Revised: 11/30/2012] [Accepted: 12/01/2012] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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When giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) composed of sphingomyelin, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, and cholesterol are treated with PlcHR(2), a phospholipase C/sphingomyelinase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the initial stages of lipid hydrolysis do not cause large changes in vesicle morphology (Ibarguren et al., 2011). However, when hydrolysis progresses confocal fluorescence microscopy reveals the formation of lipid aggregates, whose morphology is not compatible with that of bilayers. Smaller vesicles or droplets can also be seen inside the GUV. Our studies indicate that these aggregates or droplets are enriched in the non-lamellar lipid ceramide, an end-product of PlcHR(2) reaction. Moreover, the aggregates/droplets appear enriched in the hydrolytic enzyme PlcHR(2). At a final stage GUVs containing the enzyme-enriched droplets disintegrate and vanish from the microscope field. The observed non-lamellar enzyme-rich structures may be related to intermediates in the process of aggregation and fusion although the experimental design prevents vesicle free diffusion in the aqueous medium, thus actual aggregation or fusion cannot be observed.
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- Maitane Ibarguren
- Unidad de Biofísica (Centro Mixto CSIS-UPV/EHU), Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad del País Vasco, Barrio Sarriena s/n, 48940 Bilbao, Spain
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Ale EC, Maggio B, Fanani ML. Ordered-disordered domain coexistence in ternary lipid monolayers activates sphingomyelinase by clearing ceramide from the active phase. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2012; 1818:2767-76. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2012.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2012] [Revised: 05/01/2012] [Accepted: 06/25/2012] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Use of X-ray scattering to aid the design and delivery of membrane-active drugs. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 2012; 41:915-29. [DOI: 10.1007/s00249-012-0821-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2012] [Revised: 04/30/2012] [Accepted: 05/05/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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