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Kokuszi LTF, Paes YM, Faria ALS, Alvarado-Huayhuaz J, Balboni MDC, Dos Santos MC, Dos Santos SC, de Menezes Vicenti JR, Parize AL, Werhli AV, Dos Santos Machado K, de Lima VR. Benzohydroxamate and nitrobenzohydroxamate affect membrane order: Correlations between spectroscopic and molecular dynamics to approach tuberculosis. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. BIOMEMBRANES 2024; 1866:184378. [PMID: 39163923 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2024.184378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2024] [Revised: 07/17/2024] [Accepted: 08/14/2024] [Indexed: 08/22/2024]
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This work correlates the effects of benzohydroxamate (BH) and nitrobenzohydroxamate (NBH) anions in two membrane models which may be used for anti-tuberculosis (anti-TB) spectroscopic studies and/or computational studies. Firstly, the BH and NBH influence in the physico-chemical properties of soy asolectin (ASO)-based large multilamellar vesicles (MLVs) were evaluated by spectroscopic and calorimetric studies. In parallel, the BH and NBH interaction with a Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) inner membrane model, composed of phosphatidyl-myo-inositol-dimannoside (PIM2), was investigated by molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Spectroscopic data showed a localization of BH close to the lipid phosphate group, while NBH was found close to the choline region. The BH ordered the ASO choline, phosphate and carbonyl regions and disrupted the acyl methylenes, reducing the membrane packing of the lipid hydrophobic region. On the other hand, NBH showed an ordering effect in all the lipid groups (polar, interface and hydrophobic ones). By MD studies, it was found that NBH enhanced the stability of the PIM2 membrane more than BH, while also being positioned closer to its mannosyl oxygens. As in ASO MLVs, BH was localized close to the PIM2 phosphate group and disrupted its acyl chains. However, higher values of lateral diffusion were observed for NBH than BH. Despite this, BH and NBH increased the membrane thickness by 35 %, which suggests a global ordering effect of both drugs. Findings of this work reinforce the accordance and complementarity between MLVs based on ASO and the PIM2 MD model results to study the drug effects in Mtb membrane properties.
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- Lucas Thadeu Felipe Kokuszi
- Grupo de Investigação em Interações Moleculares em Membranas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química Tecnológica e Ambiental (PPGQTA), Escola de Química e Alimentos (EQA), 96203-900 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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- COMBI-Lab, Grupo de Biologia Computacional, Centro de Ciências Computacionais, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Av. Itália, km 8, Campus Carreiros, 96203-900 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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- Grupo de Investigação em Interações Moleculares em Membranas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química Tecnológica e Ambiental (PPGQTA), Escola de Química e Alimentos (EQA), 96203-900 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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- COMBI-Lab, Grupo de Biologia Computacional, Centro de Ciências Computacionais, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Av. Itália, km 8, Campus Carreiros, 96203-900 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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- COMBI-Lab, Grupo de Biologia Computacional, Centro de Ciências Computacionais, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Av. Itália, km 8, Campus Carreiros, 96203-900 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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- Grupo de Investigação em Interações Moleculares em Membranas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química Tecnológica e Ambiental (PPGQTA), Escola de Química e Alimentos (EQA), 96203-900 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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- Grupo de Investigação em Interações Moleculares em Membranas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química Tecnológica e Ambiental (PPGQTA), Escola de Química e Alimentos (EQA), 96203-900 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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- Grupo de Investigação em Interações Moleculares em Membranas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química Tecnológica e Ambiental (PPGQTA), Escola de Química e Alimentos (EQA), 96203-900 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química-PPGQ, Departamento de Química, Centro de Ciências Físicas e Matemáticas-CFM, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina-UFSC, Campus Universitário Trindade, Caixa Postal 476, Florianópolis, SC 88040-900, Brazil
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- COMBI-Lab, Grupo de Biologia Computacional, Centro de Ciências Computacionais, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Av. Itália, km 8, Campus Carreiros, 96203-900 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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- COMBI-Lab, Grupo de Biologia Computacional, Centro de Ciências Computacionais, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Av. Itália, km 8, Campus Carreiros, 96203-900 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
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- Grupo de Investigação em Interações Moleculares em Membranas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química Tecnológica e Ambiental (PPGQTA), Escola de Química e Alimentos (EQA), 96203-900 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
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Dahley C, Garessus EDG, Ebert A, Goss KU. Impact of cholesterol and sphingomyelin on intrinsic membrane permeability. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. BIOMEMBRANES 2022; 1864:183953. [PMID: 35526600 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2022.183953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2022] [Revised: 04/14/2022] [Accepted: 04/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Transwell experiments with Caco-2 or MDCK cells are the gold standard for determining the intestinal permeability of chemicals. The intrinsic membrane permeability (P0), that can be extracted from these experiments, might be comparable to P0 measured in black lipid membrane (BLM) experiments and P0 predicted by the solubility-diffusion model. Unfortunately, the overlap between experimental P0,Caco-2/MDCK and P0,BLM data is very small. So far, differences between both approaches have been attributed to the cholesterol and sphingomyelin content of cell membranes, but the database is too sparse to thoroughly test this theory. To create a diverse dataset, we measured P0,BLM of ten chemicals in BLM experiments using DPhPC and DPhPC/cholesterol/sphingomyelin membranes. The results were compared to predicted BLM data and experimental Caco-2/MDCK data obtained from literature. While P0,BLM of all chemicals was well predicted by the solubility-diffusion model, P0,Caco-2/MDCK was only predictable for rather hydrophilic compounds with logarithmic hexadecane/water partition coefficients below -0.5. The effect of cholesterol and sphingomyelin on P0,BLM was negligibly small.
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- Carolin Dahley
- Department of Analytical Environmental Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany.
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- Department of Analytical Environmental Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Analytical Environmental Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany.
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- Department of Analytical Environmental Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany; Institute of Chemistry, University of Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes-Straße 2, 06120 Halle, Germany.
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Blackholly LR, Harris NJ, Findlay HE, Booth PJ. Cell-Free Expression to Probe Co-Translational Insertion of an Alpha Helical Membrane Protein. Front Mol Biosci 2022; 9:795212. [PMID: 35187078 PMCID: PMC8847741 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.795212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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The majority of alpha helical membrane proteins fold co-translationally during their synthesis on the ribosome. In contrast, most mechanistic folding studies address refolding of full-length proteins from artificially induced denatured states that are far removed from the natural co-translational process. Cell-free translation of membrane proteins is emerging as a useful tool to address folding during translation by a ribosome. We summarise the benefits of this approach and show how it can be successfully extended to a membrane protein with a complex topology. The bacterial leucine transporter, LeuT can be synthesised and inserted into lipid membranes using a variety of in vitro transcription translation systems. Unlike major facilitator superfamily transporters, where changes in lipids can optimise the amount of correctly inserted protein, LeuT insertion yields are much less dependent on the lipid composition. The presence of a bacterial translocon either in native membrane extracts or in reconstituted membranes also has little influence on the yield of LeuT incorporated into the lipid membrane, except at high reconstitution concentrations. LeuT is considered a paradigm for neurotransmitter transporters and possesses a knotted structure that is characteristic of this transporter family. This work provides a method in which to probe the formation of a protein as the polypeptide chain is being synthesised on a ribosome and inserting into lipids. We show that in comparison with the simpler major facilitator transporter structures, LeuT inserts less efficiently into membranes when synthesised cell-free, suggesting that more of the protein aggregates, likely as a result of the challenging formation of the knotted topology in the membrane.
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- Department of Chemistry, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
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Segan D, Stanley G, Messina P, Swiecicki J, Ngo K, Vivier V, Buriez O, Labbé E. Interaction of Redox Probes and Ferrocene‐labelled Peptides with Lipid Bilayers Observed at Lipid Bilayer‐Modified Electrodes. ChemElectroChem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.202100501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Dejan Segan
- PASTEUR Département de chimie École Normale Supérieure PSL University Sorbonne Université CNRS 75005 Paris France
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- Laboratoire des biomolécules (LBM) Département de chimie École Normale supérieure PSL University Sorbonne Université CNRS 75005 Paris France
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- PASTEUR Département de chimie École Normale Supérieure PSL University Sorbonne Université CNRS 75005 Paris France
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- Laboratoire des biomolécules (LBM) Département de chimie École Normale supérieure PSL University Sorbonne Université CNRS 75005 Paris France
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- Laboratoire Interfaces et Systèmes Électrochimiques (LISE) Sorbonne Université CNRS 75005 Paris France
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- Laboratoire Interfaces et Systèmes Électrochimiques (LISE) Sorbonne Université CNRS 75005 Paris France
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- PASTEUR Département de chimie École Normale Supérieure PSL University Sorbonne Université CNRS 75005 Paris France
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- PASTEUR Département de chimie École Normale Supérieure PSL University Sorbonne Université CNRS 75005 Paris France
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Protein Transport Studied by a Model Asymmetric Membrane Army Arranged in a Dimple Chip. Methods Mol Biol 2020. [PMID: 32918740 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0806-7_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Reconstituted model membrane systems are powerful platforms to tackle interesting problems existing in membrane biology. One of the barriers to efficient drug delivery, as therapeutics to disease, is the physical membrane barrier of the cell. Small molecule can typically diffuse through the membrane; however, biomolecules such as proteins or nucleic acids cannot passively diffuse the bilayer and thus much research has been geared to engineering protein and/or nucleic acids delivery methods. One delivery method uses cell penetrating peptides (CPPs). In this chapter, we introduce the model "membrane army" arranged in dimple chip to study the delivery of β-galactosidase by a CPP known as Pep-1. This method uses droplet interface bilayer technology (DIB). It accelerates the speed to screen through the working conditions in CPP-assisted protein translocations because each chip provides dimples that can accommodate 36 pairs of droplets or 18 model bilayers. We will use one of the successful translocation conditions of β-galactosidase delivery as the example to illustrate how the model "membrane army" is built and utilized.
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Salvador-Castell M, Demé B, Oger P, Peters J. Structural Characterization of an Archaeal Lipid Bilayer as a Function of Hydration and Temperature. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21051816. [PMID: 32155764 PMCID: PMC7084678 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21051816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2019] [Revised: 03/02/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Archaea, the most extremophilic domain of life, contain ether and branched lipids which provide extraordinary bilayer properties. We determined the structural characteristics of diether archaeal-like phospholipids as functions of hydration and temperature by neutron diffraction. Hydration and temperature are both crucial parameters for the self-assembly and physicochemical properties of lipid bilayers. In this study, we detected non-lamellar phases of archaeal-like lipids at low hydration levels, and lamellar phases at levels of 90% relative humidity or more exclusively. Moreover, at 90% relative humidity, a phase transition between two lamellar phases was discernible. At full hydration, lamellar phases were present up to 70ᵒC and no phase transition was observed within the temperature range studied (from 25 °C to 70 °C). In addition, we determined the neutron scattering length density and the bilayer's structural parameters from different hydration and temperature conditions. At the highest levels of hydration, the system exhibited rearrangements on its corresponding hydrophobic region. Furthermore, the water uptake of the lipids examined was remarkably high. We discuss the effect of ether linkages and branched lipids on the exceptional characteristics of archaeal phospholipids.
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- Institut Laue Langevin, 38000 Grenoble, France;
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- Université de Lyon, INSA de Lyon, CNRS, UMR 5240, 69211 Villeurbanne, France;
- Correspondence: (P.O.); (J.P.)
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- Institut Laue Langevin, 38000 Grenoble, France;
- Université Grenoble Alpes, LiPhy, CNRS, 38000 Grenoble, France
- Correspondence: (P.O.); (J.P.)
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Reiter R, Zaitseva E, Baaken G, Halimeh I, Behrends JC, Zumbuehl A. Activity of the Gramicidin A Ion Channel in a Lipid Membrane with Switchable Physical Properties. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:14959-14966. [PMID: 31645105 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b02752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Lipid bilayer membranes formed from the artificial 1,3-diamidophospholipid Pad-PC-Pad have the remarkable property that their hydrophobic thickness can be modified in situ: the particular arrangement of the fatty acid chains in Pad-PC-Pad allows them to fully interdigitate below 37 °C, substantially thinning the membrane with respect to the noninterdigitated state. Two stimuli, traversing the main phase transition temperature of the lipid or addition of cholesterol, have previously been shown to disable the interdigitated state. Both manipulations cause an increase in hydrophobic thickness of about 25 Å due to enhanced conformational entropy of the lipids. Here, we characterize the interdigitated state using electrophysiological recordings from free-standing lipid-membranes formed on micro structured electrode cavity arrays. Compared to standard membranes made from 1,2-diphytanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholin (DPhPC), pure Pad-PC-Pad membranes at room temperature had lowered electroporation threshold and higher capacitance. Ion channel formation by the peptide Gramicidin A was clearly facilitated in pure Pad-PC-Pad membranes at room temperature, with activity occurring at significantly lower peptide concentrations and channel dwell times increased by 2 orders of magnitude with respect to DPhPC-membranes. Both elevation of temperature beyond the phase transition and addition of cholesterol reduced channel dwell times, as expected if the reduced membrane thickness stabilized channel formation due to decreased hydrophobic mismatch.
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- Renate Reiter
- Institute of Physics , University of Freiburg , Hermann-Herder-Strasse 3 , 79104 , Freiburg , Germany
- Freiburg Centre for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies (FIT) , 79110 , Freiburg , Germany
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- Laboratory for Membrane Physiology and Technology, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Freiburg , Hermann-Herder-Strasse 7 , 79104 , Freiburg , Germany
- Ionera Technologies GmbH , Hermann-Herder-Strasse 7 , 79104 , Freiburg , Germany
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- Ionera Technologies GmbH , Hermann-Herder-Strasse 7 , 79104 , Freiburg , Germany
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- Laboratory for Membrane Physiology and Technology, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Freiburg , Hermann-Herder-Strasse 7 , 79104 , Freiburg , Germany
- Ionera Technologies GmbH , Hermann-Herder-Strasse 7 , 79104 , Freiburg , Germany
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- Freiburg Centre for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies (FIT) , 79110 , Freiburg , Germany
- Laboratory for Membrane Physiology and Technology, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Freiburg , Hermann-Herder-Strasse 7 , 79104 , Freiburg , Germany
- Freiburg Centre for Materials Research , (FMF) Stefan Meier Strasse 21 , 79104 , Freiburg , Germany
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- National Center of Competence in Research in Chemical Biology , Geneva CH-1211 , Switzerland
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Aminipour Z, Khorshid M, Keshvari H, Bonakdar S, Wagner P, Van der Bruggen B. Passive permeability assay of doxorubicin through model cell membranes under cancerous and normal membrane potential conditions. Eur J Pharm Biopharm 2019; 146:133-142. [PMID: 31698041 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2019.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2019] [Revised: 10/17/2019] [Accepted: 10/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Doxorubicin is an anti-cancer drug that is important for breast cancer therapy. In this study, the effects of the membrane potential of breast cancer cells (-30 mV) and normal breast epithelial cells (-60 mV) on doxorubicin (DOX) permeability was studied. To achieve this goal, black lipid membranes (BLMs) as a model cell membrane were formed with DPhPC phospholipids in a single aperture of a Teflon sheet by the Montal and Mueller method. The presence of the BLM was characterized by capacitive measurements. The measured specific capacitance of 0.6 µF/cm2 after applying the Montal and Mueller method, confirming the presence of a BLM in the aperture. In addition, the very low current leakage of the BLM (9-24 pA) and ClyA-protein channel insertion in the BLM indicate the compactness, high quality, and thickness of 3-5 nm of the BLM. Afterwards, the permeability of doxorubicin through the BLM was studied at defined cell conditions (37 °C and pH 7.4), as well as cancerous and healthy epithelial-cell membrane potentials (-30 mV and -60 mV, respectively). The results show a slow DOX penetration within the first few hours, which increases rapidly with time. The initial slow penetration can be attributed to an electrostatic interaction between doxorubicin and DPhPC molecules in the model cell membrane. Furthermore, a MTT assay on MCF-10A and MCF-7 under different concentrations of doxorubicin confirmed that the cancerous MCF-7 cell line is more resistant to doxorubicin in comparison with the non-cancerous MCF-10A. Such studies highlight important strategies for designing and tuning the interaction efficacy of novel pharmaceuticals at molecular level.
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- Zahra Aminipour
- Biomedical Engineering Faculty, Amirkabir University of Technology, 424 Hafez Ave, Tehran, Iran; Process Engineering for Sustainable Systems, Department of Chemical Engineering, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 F, 3001 Leuven, Belgium; Laboratory for Soft Matter and Biophysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 D, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Soft Matter and Biophysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 D, 3001 Leuven, Belgium.
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- Biomedical Engineering Faculty, Amirkabir University of Technology, 424 Hafez Ave, Tehran, Iran
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- National Cell Bank, Pasteur Institute of Iran, 69 12th Farwardin Ave, Tehran, Iran
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- Laboratory for Soft Matter and Biophysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 D, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Process Engineering for Sustainable Systems, Department of Chemical Engineering, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 F, 3001 Leuven, Belgium; Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria 0001, South Africa
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Yamagami M, Tsuchikawa H, Cui J, Umegawa Y, Miyazaki Y, Seo S, Shinoda W, Murata M. Average Conformation of Branched Chain Lipid PGP-Me That Accounts for the Thermal Stability and High-Salinity Resistance of Archaeal Membranes. Biochemistry 2019; 58:3869-3879. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.9b00469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Masaki Yamagami
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
- JST ERATO, Lipid Active Structure Project, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
- JST ERATO, Lipid Active Structure Project, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
- JST ERATO, Lipid Active Structure Project, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Materials Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Materials Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Materials Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
- JST ERATO, Lipid Active Structure Project, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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Balleza D, Mescola A, Marín-Medina N, Ragazzini G, Pieruccini M, Facci P, Alessandrini A. Complex Phase Behavior of GUVs Containing Different Sphingomyelins. Biophys J 2019; 116:503-517. [PMID: 30665697 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2018.12.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2018] [Revised: 11/28/2018] [Accepted: 12/20/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Understanding the lateral organization of biological membranes plays a key role on the road to fully appreciate the physiological functions of this fundamental barrier between the inside and outside regions of a cell. Ternary lipid bilayers composed of a high and a low melting temperature lipid and cholesterol represent a model system that mimics some of the important thermodynamical features of much more complex lipid mixtures such as those found in mammal membranes. The phase diagram of these ternary mixtures can be studied exploiting fluorescence microscopy in giant unilamellar vesicles, and it is typically expected to give rise, for specific combinations of composition and temperature, to regions of two-phase coexistence and a region with three-phase coexistence, namely, the liquid-ordered, liquid-disordered, and solid phases. Whereas the observation of two-phase coexistence is routinely possible using fluorescence microscopy, the three-phase region is more elusive to study. In this article, we show that particular lipid mixtures containing diphytanoyl-phosphatidylcholine and cholesterol plus different types of sphingomyelin (SM) are prone to produce bilayer regions with more than two levels of fluorescence intensity. We found that these intensity levels occur at low temperature and are linked to the copresence of long and asymmetric chains in SMs and diphytanoyl-phosphatidylcholine in the lipid mixtures. We discuss the possible interpretations for this observation in terms of bilayer phase organization in the presence of sphingolipids. Additionally, we also show that in some cases, liposomes in the three-phase coexistence state exhibit extreme sensitivity to lateral tension. We hypothesize that the appearance of the different phases is related to the asymmetric structure of SMs and to interdigitation effects.
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- Istituto Nanoscienze CNR, S3, Modena, Italy; Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Informatiche, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Istituto Nanoscienze CNR, S3, Modena, Italy; Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Informatiche, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
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Startek JB, Talavera K, Voets T, Alpizar YA. Differential interactions of bacterial lipopolysaccharides with lipid membranes: implications for TRPA1-mediated chemosensation. Sci Rep 2018; 8:12010. [PMID: 30104600 PMCID: PMC6089920 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-30534-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2017] [Accepted: 07/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS) activate the TRPA1 cation channels in sensory neurons, leading to acute pain and inflammation in mice and to aversive behaviors in fruit flies. However, the precise mechanisms underlying this effect remain elusive. Here we assessed the hypothesis that TRPA1 is activated by mechanical perturbations induced upon LPS insertion in the plasma membrane. We asked whether the effects of different LPS on TRPA1 relate to their ability to induce mechanical alterations in artificial and cellular membranes. We found that LPS from E. coli, but not from S. minnesota, activates TRPA1. We then assessed the effects of these LPS on lipid membranes using dyes whose fluorescence properties change upon alteration of the local lipid environment. E. coli LPS was more effective than S. minnesota LPS in shifting Laurdan’s emission spectrum towards lower wavelengths, increasing the fluorescence anisotropy of diphenylhexatriene and reducing the fluorescence intensity of merocyanine 540. These data indicate that E. coli LPS induces stronger changes in the local lipid environment than S. minnesota LPS, paralleling its distinct ability to activate TRPA1. Our findings indicate that LPS activate TRPA1 by producing mechanical perturbations in the plasma membrane and suggest that TRPA1-mediated chemosensation may result from primary mechanosensory mechanisms.
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- Justyna B Startek
- Laboratory of Ion Channel Research, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. KU Leuven; VIB Center for Brain & Disease Research, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Ion Channel Research, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. KU Leuven; VIB Center for Brain & Disease Research, Leuven, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of Ion Channel Research, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. KU Leuven; VIB Center for Brain & Disease Research, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Ion Channel Research, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. KU Leuven; VIB Center for Brain & Disease Research, Leuven, Belgium
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Kara S, Afonin S, Babii O, Tkachenko AN, Komarov IV, Ulrich AS. Diphytanoyl lipids as model systems for studying membrane-active peptides. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2017; 1859:1828-1837. [PMID: 28587828 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2017.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2017] [Revised: 06/01/2017] [Accepted: 06/02/2017] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The branched chains in diphytanoyl lipids provide membranes with unique properties, such as high chemical/physical stability, low water permeability, and no gel-to-fluid phase transition at ambient temperature. Synthetic diphytanoyl phospholipids are often used as model membranes for electrophysiological experiments. To evaluate whether these sturdy lipids are also suitable for solid-state NMR, we have examined their interactions with a typical amphiphilic peptide in comparison with straight-chain lipids. First, their phase properties were monitored using 31P NMR, and the structural behaviour of the antimicrobial peptide PGLa was studied by 19F NMR and circular dichroism in oriented membrane samples. Only lipids with choline headgroups (DPhPC) were found to form stable lipid bilayers in oriented samples, while DPhPG, DPhPE and DPhPS display non-lamellar structures. Hence, the experimental temperature and hydration are crucial factors when using supported diphytanoyl lipids, as both parameters must be maintained in an appropriate range to avoid the formation of non-bilayer structures. For the same reason, a high content of other diphytanoyl lipids besides DPhPC in mixed lipid systems is not favourable. Unlike the situation in straight-chain membranes, we found that the α-helical PGLa was not able to insert into the tightly packed fluid bilayer of DPhPC but remained in a surface-bound state even at very high peptide concentration. This behaviour can be explained by the high cohesivity and the negative spontaneous curvature of the diphytanoyl lipids. These characteristic features must therefore be taken into consideration, both, in electrophysiological studies, and when interpreting the structural behaviour of membrane-active peptides in such lipid environment.
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- Sezgin Kara
- Institute of Organic Chemistry (IOC), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Fritz-Haber-Weg 6, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Biological Interfaces (IBG-2), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, P.O.B. 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry (IOC), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Fritz-Haber-Weg 6, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany; Institute of Biology and Medicine (IBM), Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, vul. Volodymyrska 60, 01601 Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry (IOC), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Fritz-Haber-Weg 6, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany; Institute of Biology and Medicine (IBM), Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, vul. Volodymyrska 60, 01601 Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Enamine Ltd., vul. Chervonotkatska 78, 02094 Kyiv, Ukraine; Institute of High Technologies (IHT), Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, vul. Volodymyrska 60, 01601 Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry (IOC), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Fritz-Haber-Weg 6, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany; Institute of Biological Interfaces (IBG-2), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, P.O.B. 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany.
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Hsieh MH, Shiau YS, Liou HH, Jeng US, Lee MT, Lou KL. Measurement of Hanatoxin-Induced Membrane Thinning with Lamellar X-ray Diffraction. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:2885-2889. [PMID: 28260386 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Membrane perturbation induced by cysteine-rich peptides is a crucial biological phenomenon but scarcely investigated, in particular with effective biophysical-chemical methodologies. Hanatoxin (HaTx), a 35-residue polypeptide from spider venom, works as an inhibitor of drk1 (Kv2.1) channels, most likely by interacting with the voltage-sensor. However, how this water-soluble peptide modifies the gating remains poorly understood, as the voltage sensor was proposed to be deeply embedded within the bilayer. To see how HaTx interacts with phospholipid bilayers, we observe the toxin-induced perturbation on POPC/DOPG-membranes through measurements of the change in membrane thickness. Lamellar X-ray diffraction (LXD) was applied on stacked planar bilayers in the near-fully hydrated state. The results provide quantitative evidence for the membrane thinning in a concentration-dependent manner, leading to novel and direct combinatory approaches by discovering how to investigate such a biologically relevant interaction between gating-modifier toxins and phospholipid bilayers.
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- Meng-Hsuan Hsieh
- Institute of Biotechnology, National Taiwan University , Taipei 10672, Taiwan
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- Membrane Protein Research Core, Center for Biotechnology, National Taiwan University , Taipei 10672, Taiwan
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- Division of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital , Taipei 10002, Taiwan
- Institute of Pharmacology, National Taiwan University , Taipei 10051, Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center , Hsinchu 30076, Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center , Hsinchu 30076, Taiwan
- Department of Physics, National Central University , Jhongli 32001, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biotechnology, National Taiwan University , Taipei 10672, Taiwan
- Membrane Protein Research Core, Center for Biotechnology, National Taiwan University , Taipei 10672, Taiwan
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Williams JK, Tietze D, Lee M, Wang J, Hong M. Solid-State NMR Investigation of the Conformation, Proton Conduction, and Hydration of the Influenza B Virus M2 Transmembrane Proton Channel. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:8143-55. [PMID: 27286559 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b03142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Together with the influenza A virus, influenza B virus causes seasonal flu epidemics. The M2 protein of influenza B (BM2) forms a tetrameric proton-conducting channel that is important for the virus lifecycle. BM2 shares little sequence homology with AM2, except for a conserved HxxxW motif in the transmembrane (TM) domain. Unlike AM2, no antiviral drugs have been developed to block the BM2 channel. To elucidate the proton-conduction mechanism of BM2 and to facilitate the development of BM2 inhibitors, we have employed solid-state NMR spectroscopy to investigate the conformation, dynamics, and hydration of the BM2 TM domain in lipid bilayers. BM2 adopts an α-helical conformation in lipid membranes. At physiological temperature and low pH, the proton-selective residue, His19, shows relatively narrow (15)N chemical exchange peaks for the imidazole nitrogens, indicating fast proton shuttling that interconverts cationic and neutral histidines. Importantly, pH-dependent (15)N chemical shifts indicate that His19 retains the neutral population to much lower pH than His37 in AM2, indicating larger acid-dissociation constants or lower pKa's. We attribute these dynamical and equilibrium differences to the presence of a second titratable histidine, His27, which may increase the proton-dissociation rate of His19. Two-dimensional (1)H-(13)C correlation spectra probing water (1)H polarization transfer to the peptide indicates that the BM2 channel becomes much more hydrated at low pH than at high pH, particularly at Ser12, indicating that the pore-facing serine residues in BM2 mediate proton relay to the proton-selective histidine.
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- Jonathan K Williams
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, The University of Arizona , Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Rost U, Xu Y, Salditt T, Diederichsen U. Heavy-Atom Labeled Transmembrane β-Peptides: Synthesis, CD-Spectroscopy, and X-ray Diffraction Studies in Model Lipid Multilayer. Chemphyschem 2016; 17:2525-34. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201600289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Ulrike Rost
- Institute for Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry; Georg-August-University Göttingen; Tammannstr. 2 37077 Göttingen Germany
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- Institute for X-ray Physics; Georg-August-University Göttingen; Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1 37077 Göttingen Germany
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- Institute for X-ray Physics; Georg-August-University Göttingen; Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1 37077 Göttingen Germany
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- Institute for Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry; Georg-August-University Göttingen; Tammannstr. 2 37077 Göttingen Germany
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Milianta PJ, Muzzio M, Denver J, Cawley G, Lee S. Water Permeability across Symmetric and Asymmetric Droplet Interface Bilayers: Interaction of Cholesterol Sulfate with DPhPC. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2015; 31:12187-12196. [PMID: 26492572 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b02748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Cellular membranes employ a variety of strategies for controlling the flow of small molecules into the cytoplasmic space, including incorporation of sterols for modulation of permeability and maintenance of lipid asymmetry to provide both sides of the membrane with differing biophysical properties. The specific case of cholesterol asymmetry, especially, is known to have profound effects in neurological cellular systems. Synthetic membrane models that can readily determine valuable physical parameters, such as water transport rates, for sterol-containing membranes of defined lipid composition remain in demand. We report the use of the droplet interface bilayer (DIB), composed of adherent aqueous droplets surrounded by a lipid monolayer and immersed in a hydrophobic medium, for measurement of water permeability across the membrane, with rapid visualization and ease of experimental setup. We studied droplet bilayer membranes composed of the prototypical synthetic membrane lipid (i.e., the archaeal lipid DPhPC) as well as of symmetric and asymmetric DIBs formed by DPhPC and sodium cholesterol sulfate (S-Chol). The presence of S-Chol in DPhPC in symmetric DIB reduced the passive water permeability rate (P(f)) at all concentrations and increased the activation energy (E(a)) to 17-18 kcal/mol. When only one side of the DIB contains S-Chol (asymmetric DIB), an E(a) of 14-15 kcal/mol was obtained, a value intermediate that of pure lipid and symmetrical DIB containing lipid and S-Chol. Our data are consistent with a capability for regulation of water transport by one leaflet independent of the other. The engineering of our various systems is believed to have implications for garnering detailed knowledge regarding the transport of small moieties across bilayers in a wide variety of lipid systems.
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- Peter J Milianta
- Department of Chemistry, Iona College , 715 North Avenue, New Rochelle, New York 10801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Iona College , 715 North Avenue, New Rochelle, New York 10801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Iona College , 715 North Avenue, New Rochelle, New York 10801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Iona College , 715 North Avenue, New Rochelle, New York 10801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Iona College , 715 North Avenue, New Rochelle, New York 10801, United States
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Protein transport across membranes: Comparison between lysine and guanidinium-rich carriers. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2015; 1848:2980-4. [PMID: 26342679 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2015.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2015] [Revised: 08/17/2015] [Accepted: 09/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The mechanism(s) by which certain small peptides and peptide mimics carry large cargoes across membranes through exclusively non-covalent interactions has been difficult to resolve. Here, we use the droplet-interface bilayer as a platform to characterize distinct mechanistic differences between two such carriers: Pep-1 and a guanidinium-rich peptide mimic we call D9. While both Pep-1 and D9 can carry an enzyme, horseradish peroxidase (HRP) across a lipid bilayer, we found that they do so by different mechanisms. Specifically, Pep-1 requires voltage or membrane asymmetry while D9 does not. In addition, D9 can facilitate HRP transport without pre-forming a complex with HRP. By contrast, complex formation is required by Pep-1. Both carriers are capable of forming pores in membranes but our data hints that these pores are not responsible for cargo transport. Overall, D9 appears to be a more potent and versatile transporter when compared with Pep-1 because D9 does not require an applied voltage or other forces to drive transport. Thus, D9 might be used to deliver cargo across membranes under conditions where Pep-1 would be ineffective.
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Mruetusatorn P, Polizos G, Datskos PG, Taylor G, Sarles SA, Boreyko JB, Hayes DG, Collier CP. Control of membrane permeability in air-stable droplet interface bilayers. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2015; 31:4224-4231. [PMID: 25790280 DOI: 10.1021/la504712g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Air-stable droplet interface bilayers (airDIBs) on oil-infused surfaces are versatile model membranes for synthetic biology applications, including biosensing of airborne species. However, airDIBs are subject to evaporation, which can, over time, destabilize them and reduce their useful lifetime compared to traditional DIBs that are fully submerged in oil. Here, we show that the lifetimes of airDIBs can be extended by as much as an order of magnitude by maintaining the temperature just above the dew point. We find that raising the temperature from near the dew point (which was 7 °C at 38.5% relative humidity and 22 °C air temperature) to 20 °C results in the loss of hydrated water molecules from the polar headgroups of the lipid bilayer membrane due to evaporation, resulting in a phase transition with increased disorder. This dehydration transition primarily affects the bilayer electrical resistance by increasing the permeability through an increasingly disordered polar headgroup region of the bilayer. Temperature and relative humidity are conveniently tunable parameters for controlling the stability and composition of airDIB membranes while still allowing for operation in ambient environments.
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- #Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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Balleza D, Garcia-Arribas AB, Sot J, Ruiz-Mirazo K, Goñi FM. Ether- versus ester-linked phospholipid bilayers containing either linear or branched apolar chains. Biophys J 2015; 107:1364-74. [PMID: 25229144 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.07.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2014] [Revised: 07/03/2014] [Accepted: 07/15/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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We studied the properties of bilayers formed by ether-and ester-containing phospholipids, whose hydrocarbon chains can be either linear or branched, using sn-1,2 dipalmitoyl, dihexadecyl, diphytanoyl, and diphytanyl phosphatidylcholines (DPPC, DHPC, DPhoPC, and DPhPC, respectively) either pure or in binary mixtures. Differential scanning calorimetry and confocal fluorescence microscopy of giant unilamellar vesicles concurred in showing that equimolar mixtures of linear and branched lipids gave rise to gel/fluid phase coexistence at room temperature. Mixtures containing DHPC evolved in time (0.5 h) from initial reticulated domains to extended solid ones when an equilibrium was achieved. The nanomechanical properties of supported planar bilayers formed by each of the four lipids studied by atomic force microscopy revealed average breakdown forces Fb decreasing in the order DHPC ≥ DPPC > DPhoPC >> DPhPC. Moreover, except for DPPC, two different Fb values were found for each lipid. Atomic force microscopy imaging of DHPC was peculiar in showing two coexisting phases of different heights, probably corresponding to an interdigitated gel phase that gradually transformed, over a period of 0.5 h, into a regular tilted gel phase. Permeability to nonelectrolytes showed that linear-chain phospholipids allowed a higher rate of solute + water diffusion than branched-chain phospholipids, yet the former supported a smaller extent of swelling of the corresponding vesicles. Ether or ester bonds appeared to have only a minor effect on permeability.
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- Daniel Balleza
- Unidad de Biofísica CSIC, UPV/EHU, Universidad del País Vasco, Leioa, Spain; Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad del País Vasco, Leioa, Spain
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- Unidad de Biofísica CSIC, UPV/EHU, Universidad del País Vasco, Leioa, Spain; Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad del País Vasco, Leioa, Spain
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- Unidad de Biofísica CSIC, UPV/EHU, Universidad del País Vasco, Leioa, Spain; Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad del País Vasco, Leioa, Spain
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- Unidad de Biofísica CSIC, UPV/EHU, Universidad del País Vasco, Leioa, Spain; Departamento de Lógica y Filosofía de la Ciencia, UPV/EHU, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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- Unidad de Biofísica CSIC, UPV/EHU, Universidad del País Vasco, Leioa, Spain; Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad del País Vasco, Leioa, Spain.
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Poger D, Caron B, Mark AE. Effect of Methyl-Branched Fatty Acids on the Structure of Lipid Bilayers. J Phys Chem B 2014; 118:13838-48. [DOI: 10.1021/jp503910r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- David Poger
- School of Chemistry and Molecular
Biosciences and ‡Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular
Biosciences and ‡Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular
Biosciences and ‡Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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Kozlov MM, Campelo F, Liska N, Chernomordik LV, Marrink SJ, McMahon HT. Mechanisms shaping cell membranes. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2014; 29:53-60. [PMID: 24747171 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2014.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2014] [Revised: 03/18/2014] [Accepted: 03/19/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Membranes of intracellular organelles are characterized by large curvatures with radii of the order of 10-30nm. While, generally, membrane curvature can be a consequence of any asymmetry between the membrane monolayers, generation of large curvatures requires the action of mechanisms based on specialized proteins. Here we discuss the three most relevant classes of such mechanisms with emphasis on the physical requirements for proteins to be effective in generation of membrane curvature. We provide new quantitative estimates of membrane bending by shallow hydrophobic insertions and compare the efficiency of the insertion mechanism with those of the protein scaffolding and crowding mechanisms.
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- Michael M Kozlov
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, 69978 Tel Aviv, Israel.
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- Cell and Developmental Biology Programme, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), 08003 Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), 08003 Barcelona, Spain
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK
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- Section on Membrane Biology, Program of Physical Biology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States
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- Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute and Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK.
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Messina P, Lemaître F, Huet F, Ngo KA, Vivier V, Labbé E, Buriez O, Amatore C. Monitoring and Quantifying the Passive Transport of Molecules Through Patch-Clamp Suspended Real and Model Cell Membranes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201308990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Messina P, Lemaître F, Huet F, Ngo KA, Vivier V, Labbé E, Buriez O, Amatore C. Monitoring and quantifying the passive transport of molecules through patch-clamp suspended real and model cell membranes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014; 53:3192-6. [PMID: 24519879 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201308990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2013] [Revised: 12/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Transport of active molecules across biological membranes is a central issue for the success of many pharmaceutical strategies. Herein, we combine the patch-clamp principle with amperometric detection for monitoring fluxes of redox-tagged molecular species across a suspended membrane patched from a macrophage. Solvent- and protein-free lipid bilayers (DPhPC, DOPC, DOPG) patched from single-wall GUV have been thoroughly investigated and the corresponding fluxes measurements quantified. The quality of the patches and their proper sealing were successfully characterized by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. This procedure appears versatile and perfectly adequate to allow the investigation of transport and quantification of the transport properties through direct measurement of the coefficients of partition and diffusion of the compound in the membrane, thus offering insight on such important biological and pharmacological issues.
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- Pierluca Messina
- Ecole Normale Supérieure, Département de Chimie, UMR CNRS-ENS-UPMC 8640 "PASTEUR", 24 rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France)
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Wang S, Larson RG. Water channel formation and ion transport in linear and branched lipid bilayers. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:7251-62. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cp55116d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The lipid bilayer stability and water channel morphologies are affected by the presence of methyl branches on lipid tails.
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- Shihu Wang
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- University of Michigan
- Ann Arbor, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering
- University of Michigan
- Ann Arbor, USA
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Xu J, Vanderlick TK, Beales PA. Lytic and non-lytic permeabilization of cardiolipin-containing lipid bilayers induced by cytochrome C. PLoS One 2013; 8:e69492. [PMID: 23894494 PMCID: PMC3718682 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2013] [Accepted: 06/10/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The release of cytochrome c (cyt c) from mitochondria is an important early step during cellular apoptosis, however the precise mechanism by which the outer mitochondrial membrane becomes permeable to these proteins is as yet unclear. Inspired by our previous observation of cyt c crossing the membrane barrier of giant unilamellar vesicle model systems, we investigate the interaction of cyt c with cardiolipin (CL)-containing membranes using the innovative droplet bilayer system that permits electrochemical measurements with simultaneous microscopy observation. We find that cyt c can permeabilize CL-containing membranes by induction of lipid pores in a dose-dependent manner, with membrane lysis eventually observed at relatively high (µM) cyt c concentrations due to widespread pore formation in the membrane destabilizing its bilayer structure. Surprisingly, as cyt c concentration is further increased, we find a regime with exceptionally high permeability where a stable membrane barrier is still maintained between droplet compartments. This unusual non-lytic state has a long lifetime (>20 h) and can be reversibly formed by mechanically separating the droplets before reforming the contact area between them. The transitions between behavioural regimes are electrostatically driven, demonstrated by their suppression with increasing ionic concentrations and their dependence on CL composition. While membrane permeability could also be induced by cationic PAMAM dendrimers, the non-lytic, highly permeable membrane state could not be reproduced using these synthetic polymers, indicating that details in the structure of cyt c beyond simply possessing a cationic net charge are important for the emergence of this unconventional membrane state. These unexpected findings may hold significance for the mechanism by which cyt c escapes into the cytosol of cells during apoptosis.
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- Jian Xu
- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Centre for Molecular Nanoscience, School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Eibauer M, Hoffmann C, Plitzko JM, Baumeister W, Nickell S, Engelhardt H. Unraveling the structure of membrane proteins in situ by transfer function corrected cryo-electron tomography. J Struct Biol 2012; 180:488-96. [PMID: 23000705 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2012.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2012] [Revised: 08/30/2012] [Accepted: 09/03/2012] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Cryo-electron tomography in combination with subtomogram averaging allows to investigate the structure of protein assemblies in their natural environment in a close to live state. To make full use of the structural information contained in tomograms it is necessary to analyze the contrast transfer function (CTF) of projections and to restore the phases of higher spatial frequencies. CTF correction is however hampered by the difficulty of determining the actual defocus values from tilt series data, which is due to the low signal-to-noise ratio of electron micrographs. In this study, an extended acquisition scheme is introduced that enables an independent CTF determination. Two high-dose images are recorded along the tilt axis on both sides of each projection, which allow an accurate determination of the defocus values of these images. These values are used to calculate the CTF for each image of the tilt series. We applied this scheme to the mycobacterial outer membrane protein MspA reconstituted in lipid vesicles and tested several variants of CTF estimation in combination with subtomogram averaging and correction of the modulation transfer function (MTF). The 3D electron density map of MspA was compared with a structure previously determined by X-ray crystallography. We were able to demonstrate that structural information up to a resolution of 16.8Å can be recovered using our CTF correction approach, whereas the uncorrected 3D map had a resolution of only 26.2Å.
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Lin J, Szymanski J, Searson PC, Hristova K. Electrically addressable, biologically relevant surface-supported bilayers. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2010; 26:12054-12059. [PMID: 20446710 DOI: 10.1021/la101084b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The assembly of electrically addressable, planar supported bilayers composed of biologically relevant lipids, such as those used in vesicular systems, will greatly enhance the experimental capabilities in membrane and membrane protein research. Here we assess the electrical properties of bilayers composed of a wide range of physiologically relevant lipids and lipid combinations. We demonstrate that robust, biologically relevant, planar supported bilayers with high resistance composed of 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC) and 25 mol % cholesterol can be constructed with high reproducibility. Furthermore, to enable studies of pore-forming peptides, which are commonly cationic, we demonstrate the construction of bilayers with biologically relevant outer leaflets incorporating up to 10 mol % negatively charged lipids. Unique features of the platform are that (1) the substrate is commercially available, atomically smooth, single-crystal silicon, (2) the polymer cushion allows for the natural incorporation of membrane proteins, and (3) the platform is highly reproducible.
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- Janice Lin
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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Maglia G, Heron AJ, Stoddart D, Japrung D, Bayley H. Analysis of single nucleic acid molecules with protein nanopores. Methods Enzymol 2010; 475:591-623. [PMID: 20627172 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(10)75022-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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We describe the methods used in our laboratory for the analysis of single nucleic acid molecules with protein nanopores. The technical section is preceded by a review of the variety of experiments that can be done with protein nanopores. The end goal of much of this work is single-molecule DNA sequencing, although sequencing is not discussed explicitly here. The technical section covers the equipment required for nucleic acid analysis, the preparation and storage of the necessary materials, and aspects of signal processing and data analysis.
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- Giovanni Maglia
- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Huang HW. Free energies of molecular bound states in lipid bilayers: lethal concentrations of antimicrobial peptides. Biophys J 2009; 96:3263-72. [PMID: 19383470 PMCID: PMC2718316 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.01.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2008] [Revised: 01/16/2009] [Accepted: 01/23/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The lipid matrix, or the lipid bilayer, of cell membranes is a natural binding site for amphipathic molecules, including antimicrobial peptides, pore-forming proteins, and many drugs. The unique property of pore-forming antimicrobial peptides is that they exhibit a threshold concentration (called the lethal concentration or the minimum inhibitory concentration) for activity, below which no effect is seen. Without this property, antimicrobial peptides would not be effective self-defense weapons, because they would have harmed all cells at any concentration. The question is what gives rise to this unique property? This study provides a free energy description for the origin of a threshold concentration. The same free energy applied differently also explains the binding of drugs that shows no threshold concentrations. The idea is compared with theories of micellar solutions that require a large oligomer size (n 15) to achieve a threshold concentration. The elasticity of lipid bilayers makes the phenomena in membranes different. The majority of antimicrobial peptides have a large negative binding energy to the bilayer interface, but the binding causes an expansion in the membrane area, or equivalently a thinning in the membrane thickness. This elastic energy of membrane thinning elevates the energy level of interfacial binding with the peptide concentration, hence gives rise to a threshold concentration for forming pores containing as few as four peptides.
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- Huey W. Huang
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251
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Sun Y, Hung WC, Chen FY, Lee CC, Huang HW. Interaction of tea catechin (-)-epigallocatechin gallate with lipid bilayers. Biophys J 2009; 96:1026-35. [PMID: 19186140 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2008.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2008] [Accepted: 11/03/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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A major component of green tea extracts, catechin (-)-Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCg), has been reported to be biologically active and interacting with membranes. A recent study reported drastic effects of EGCg on giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs). In particular, EGCg above 30 microM caused GUVs to burst. Here we investigated the effect of EGCg on single GUVs at lower concentrations, believing that its molecular mechanism would be more clearly revealed. We used the micropipette aspiration method, by which the changes of surface area and volume of a GUV could be measured as a result of interaction with EGCg. We also used x-ray diffraction to measure the membrane thinning effect by EGCg. To understand the property of EGCg, we compared its effect with other membrane-active molecules, including pore-forming peptide magainin, the turmeric (curry) extract curcumin, and detergent Triton X100. We found the effect of EGCg somewhat unique. Although EGCg readily binds to lipid bilayers, its membrane area expansion effect is one order of magnitude smaller than curcumin. EGCg also solubilizes lipid molecules from lipid bilayers without forming pores, but its effect is different from that of Triton X100.
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- Yen Sun
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251, USA
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Rossi F, Ristori S, Rustici M, Marchettini N, Tiezzi E. Dynamics of pattern formation in biomimetic systems. J Theor Biol 2008; 255:404-12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.08.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2008] [Revised: 08/22/2008] [Accepted: 08/22/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Qian S, Wang W, Yang L, Huang HW. Structure of the alamethicin pore reconstructed by x-ray diffraction analysis. Biophys J 2008; 94:3512-22. [PMID: 18199659 PMCID: PMC2292392 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.126474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2007] [Accepted: 12/14/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We reconstructed the electron density profile of the alamethicin-induced transmembrane pore by x-ray diffraction. We prepared fully hydrated multiple bilayers of alamethicin-lipid mixtures in a condition where pores were present, as established previously by neutron in-plane scattering in correlation with oriented circular dichroism. At dehydrated conditions, the interbilayer distance shortened and the interactions between bilayers caused the membrane pores to become long-ranged correlated and form a periodically ordered lattice of rhombohedral symmetry. To resolve the phase problem of diffraction, we used a brominated lipid and performed multiwavelength anomalous diffraction at the bromine K edge. The result unambiguously shows that the alamethicin pore is of the barrel-stave type consisting of eight alamethicin helices. This pore structure corresponds to the stable pores detected by neutron in-plane scattering in fully hydrated fluid bilayers at high peptide/lipid ratios, which are the conditions at which alamethicin was tested for its antibacterial activity.
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- Shuo Qian
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251, USA
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Interaction of curcumin with lipid bilayers is not well understood. A recent experiment showed that curcumin significantly affected the single-channel lifetime of gramicidin in a 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DOPC) bilayer without affecting its single-channel conductance. We performed two experiments to understand this result. By isothermal titration calorimetry, we measured the partition coefficient of curcumin binding to DOPC bilayers. By x-ray lamellar diffraction, we measured the thickness change of DOPC bilayers as a function of the curcumin/lipid ratio. A nonlinear membrane-thinning effect by curcumin was discovered. The gramicidin data were qualitatively interpreted by the combination of isothermal titration calorimetry and x-ray results. We show that not only does curcumin thin the lipid bilayer, it might also weaken its elasticity moduli. The result implies that curcumin may affect the function of membrane proteins by modifying the properties of the host membrane.
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Henriques ST, Quintas A, Bagatolli LA, Homblé F, Castanho MARB. Energy-independent translocation of cell-penetrating peptides occurs without formation of pores. A biophysical study with pep-1. Mol Membr Biol 2007; 24:282-93. [PMID: 17520484 DOI: 10.1080/09687860601142936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Pep-1 is a cell-penetrating peptide (CPP) with the ability to translocate across biological membranes and introduce active proteins inside cells. The uptake mechanism used by this CPP is, as yet, unknown in detail. Previous results show that such a mechanism is endocytosis-independent and suggests that physical-chemical interactions between the peptide and lipid bilayers govern the translocation mechanism. Formation of a transmembrane pore has been proposed but this issue has always remained controversial. In this work the secondary structure of pep-1 in the absence/presence of lipidic bilayers was determined by CD and ATR-FTIR spectroscopies and the occurrence of pore formation was evaluated through electrophysiological measurements with planar lipid membranes and by confocal microscopy using giant unilamellar vesicles. Despite pep-1 hydrophobic domain tendency for amphipathic alpha-helix conformation in the presence of lipidic bilayers, there was no evidence for membrane pores in the presence of pep-1. Furthermore, alterations in membrane permeability only occurred for high peptide/lipid ratios, which induced the complete membrane disintegration. Such observations indicate that electrostatic interactions are of first importance in the pep-1-membrane interactions and show that pores are not formed. A peptide-lipid structure is probably formed during peptide partition, which favours peptide translocation.
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- Sónia Troeira Henriques
- Centro de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, Lisboa, Portugal
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Valincius G, McGillivray DJ, Febo-Ayala W, Vanderah DJ, Kasianowicz JJ, Lösche M. Enzyme activity to augment the characterization of tethered bilayer membranes. J Phys Chem B 2007; 110:10213-6. [PMID: 16722717 DOI: 10.1021/jp0616516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The rate of Ca2+ -triggered phospholipase A2 (PLA2) degradation of tethered bilayer membranes (tBLMs), composed of a synthetic lipid, beta-mercaptoethanol, and palmitoyloleoylphosphatidylcholine (POPC), is approximately 80 times greater than for those prepared with diphytanoylphosphatidylcholine (DPhyPC). Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and neutron reflectivity (NR) data indicate complete, water-free tBLMs that exhibit near ideal capacitive behavior and the presence of a water reservoir in the bilayer subspace proximal to the substrate (Au) surface for both tBLMs. Together these data indicate that the POPC and the DPhyPC tBLMs are structurally similar along the surface normal but markedly different at the outer leaflet/solution interface and that PLA2 is a sensitive probe of short length scale structural differences not revealed by EIS and NR.
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Chaiyasit W, Stanley CB, Strey HH, McClements DJ, Decker EA. Impact of Surface Active Compounds on Iron Catalyzed Oxidation of Methyl Linolenate in AOT–Water–Hexadecane Systems. FOOD BIOPHYS 2007. [DOI: 10.1007/s11483-007-9031-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Dorvel BR, Keizer HM, Fine D, Vuorinen J, Dodabalapur A, Duran RS. Formation of tethered bilayer lipid membranes on gold surfaces: QCM-Z and AFM study. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2007; 23:7344-55. [PMID: 17503853 DOI: 10.1021/la0610396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Recently, tethered bilayer lipid membranes (tBLMs) have shown high potential as biomimetic systems due to their high stability and electrical properties, and have been used in applications ranging from membrane protein incorporation to biosensors. However, the kinetics of their formation remains largely uninvestigated. By using quartz crystal microbalance with impedance analysis (QCM-Z), we were able to monitor both the kinetics and viscoelastic properties of tether adsorption and vesicle fusion. Formation of the tether monolayer was shown to follow pseudo-first-order Langmuir kinetics with association and dissociation rate constants of 21.7 M-1 s(-1) and 7.43 x 10-6 s(-1), respectively. Moreover, the QCM-Z results indicate a rigid layer at the height of deposition, which then undergoes swelling as indicated by AFM. The deposition of vesicles to the tether layer also followed pseudo-first-order Langmuir kinetics with observed rate constants of 5.58 x 10(-2) and 2.41 x 10-2 s(-1) in water and buffer, respectively. Differential analysis of the QCM-Z data indicated deposition to be the fast kinetic step, with the rate-limiting steps being water release and fusion. Atomic force microscopy pictures taken complement the QCM-Z data, showing the major stages of tether adsorption and vesicle fusion, while providing a road map to successful tBLM formation.
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- Brian R Dorvel
- George and Josephine Butler Polymer Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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The condensing effect of cholesterol on phospholipid bilayers was systematically investigated for saturated and unsaturated chains, as a function of cholesterol concentration. X-ray lamellar diffraction was used to measure the phosphate-to-phosphate distances, PtP, across the bilayers. The measured PtP increases nonlinearly with the cholesterol concentration until it reaches a maximum. With further increase of cholesterol concentration, the PtP remains at the maximum level until the cholesterol content reaches the solubility limit. The data in all cases can be quantitatively explained with a simple model that cholesterol forms complexes with phospholipids in the bilayers. The phospholipid molecules complexed with cholesterol are lengthened and this lengthening effect extends into the uncomplexed phospholipids surrounding the cholesterol complexes. This long-range thickening effect is similar to the effect of gramicidin on the thickness of lipid bilayers due to hydrophobic matching.
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- Wei-Chin Hung
- Department of Physics, Chinese Military Academy, Fengshan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Wang W, Yang L, Huang HW. Evidence of cholesterol accumulated in high curvature regions: implication to the curvature elastic energy for lipid mixtures. Biophys J 2007; 92:2819-30. [PMID: 17259270 PMCID: PMC1831681 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.097923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Recent experiments suggested that cholesterol and other lipid components of high negative spontaneous curvature facilitate membrane fusion. This is taken as evidence supporting the stalk-pore model of membrane fusion in which the lipid bilayers go through intermediate structures of high curvature. How do the high-curvature lipid components lower the free energy of the curved structure? Do the high-curvature lipid components modify the average spontaneous curvature of the relevant monolayer, thereby facilitate its bending, or do the lipid components redistribute in the curved structure so as to lower the free energy? This question is fundamental to the curvature elastic energy for lipid mixtures. Here we investigate the lipid distribution in a monolayer of a binary lipid mixture before and after bending, or more precisely in the lamellar, hexagonal, and distorted hexagonal phases. The lipid mixture is composed of 2:1 ratio of brominated di18:0PC and cholesterol. Using a newly developed procedure for the multiwavelength anomalous diffraction method, we are able to isolate the bromine distribution and reconstruct the electron density distribution of the lipid mixture in the three phases. We found that the lipid distribution is homogenous and uniform in the lamellar and hexagonal phases. But in the distorted hexagonal phase, the lipid monolayer has nonuniform curvature, and cholesterol almost entirely concentrates in the high curvature region. This finding demonstrates that the association energies between lipid molecules vary with the curvature of membrane. Thus, lipid components in a mixture may redistribute under conditions of nonuniform curvature, such as in the stalk structure. In such cases, the spontaneous curvature depends on the local lipid composition and the free energy minimum is determined by lipid distribution as well as curvature.
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- Wangchen Wang
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA
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Sobko AA, Kotova EA, Antonenko YN, Zakharov SD, Cramer WA. Lipid Dependence of the Channel Properties of a Colicin E1-Lipid Toroidal Pore. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:14408-16. [PMID: 16556601 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m513634200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Colicin E1 belongs to a group of bacteriocins whose cytotoxicity toward Escherichia coli is exerted through formation of ion channels that depolarize the cytoplasmic membrane. The lipid dependence of colicin single-channel conductance demonstrated intimate involvement of lipid in the structure of this channel. The colicin formed "small" conductance 60-picosiemens (pS) channels, with properties similar to those previously characterized, in 1,2-dieicosenoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (C20) or thinner membranes, whereas it formed a novel "large" conductance 600-pS state in thicker 1,2-dierucoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (C22) bilayers. Both channel states were anion-selective and voltage-gated and displayed a requirement for acidic pH. Lipids having negative spontaneous curvature inhibited the formation of both channels but increased the ratio of open 600 pS to 60 pS conductance states. Different diameters of small and large channels, 12 and 16 A, were determined from the dependence of single-channel conductance on the size of nonelectrolyte solute probes. Colicin-induced lipid "flip-flop" and the decrease in anion selectivity of the channel in the presence of negatively charged lipids implied a significant contribution of lipid to the structure of the channel, most readily described as toroidal organization of lipid and protein to form the channel pore.
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- Alexander A Sobko
- A. N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, 119992 Moscow, Russia
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Lee MT, Hung WC, Chen FY, Huang HW. Many-body effect of antimicrobial peptides: on the correlation between lipid's spontaneous curvature and pore formation. Biophys J 2005; 89:4006-16. [PMID: 16150963 PMCID: PMC1366966 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.068080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2005] [Accepted: 08/24/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Recently we have shown that the free energy for pore formation induced by antimicrobial peptides contains a term representing peptide-peptide interactions mediated by membrane thinning. This many-body effect gives rise to the cooperative concentration dependence of peptide activities. Here we performed oriented circular dichroism and x-ray diffraction experiments to study the lipid dependence of this many-body effect. In particular we studied the correlation between lipid's spontaneous curvature and peptide's threshold concentration for pore formation by adding phosphatidylethanolamine and lysophosphocholine to phosphocholine bilayers. Previously it was argued that this correlation exhibited by magainin and melittin supported the toroidal model for the pores. Here we found similar correlations exhibited by melittin and alamethicin. We found that the main effect of varying the spontaneous curvature of lipid is to change the degree of membrane thinning, which in turn influences the threshold concentration for pore formation. We discuss how to interpret the lipid dependence of membrane thinning.
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- Ming-Tao Lee
- Department of Physics, National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan
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Dave PC, Billington E, Pan YL, Straus SK. Interaction of alamethicin with ether-linked phospholipid bilayers: oriented circular dichroism, 31P solid-state NMR, and differential scanning calorimetry studies. Biophys J 2005; 89:2434-42. [PMID: 16055546 PMCID: PMC1366743 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.067678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2005] [Accepted: 07/18/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The arrangement of the antimicrobial peptide alamethicin was studied by oriented circular dichroism, 31P solid-state NMR, and differential scanning calorimetry in ether-linked phospholipid bilayers composed of 1,2-O-dihexadecyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DHPC). The measurements were performed as a function of alamethicin concentration relative to the lipid concentration, and results were compared to those reported in the literature for ester-linked phospholipid bilayers. At ambient temperature, alamethicin incorporates into the hydrophobic core of DHPC bilayers but results in more lipid disorder than observed for ester-linked 1-palmitoyl, 2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylcholine (POPC) lipid bilayers. This orientational disorder appears to depend on lipid properties such as bilayer thickness. Moreover, the results suggest that alamethicin inserts into the hydrophobic core of the bilayers (at high peptide concentration) for both ether- and ester-linked lipids but using a different mechanism, namely toroidal for DHPC and barrel-stave for POPC.
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- Paresh C Dave
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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Sobko AA, Kotova EA, Antonenko YN, Zakharov SD, Cramer WA. Effect of lipids with different spontaneous curvature on the channel activity of colicin E1: evidence in favor of a toroidal pore. FEBS Lett 2004; 576:205-10. [PMID: 15474038 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2004.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2004] [Revised: 09/06/2004] [Accepted: 09/09/2004] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The channel activity of colicin E1 was studied in planar lipid bilayers and liposomes. Colicin E1 pore-forming activity was found to depend on the curvature of the lipid bilayer, as judged by the effect on channel activity of curvature-modulating agents. In particular, the colicin-induced trans-membrane current was augmented by lysophosphatidylcholine and reduced by oleic acid, agents promoting positive and negative membrane curvature, respectively. The data obtained imply direct involvement of lipids in the formation of colicin E1-induced pore walls. It is inferred that the toroidal pore model previously validated for small antimicrobial peptides is applicable to colicin E1, a large protein that contains ten alpha-helices in its pore-forming domain.
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- Alexander A Sobko
- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia
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Kozlovsky Y, Efrat A, Siegel DP, Siegel DA, Kozlov MM. Stalk phase formation: effects of dehydration and saddle splay modulus. Biophys J 2004; 87:2508-21. [PMID: 15454446 PMCID: PMC1304670 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.103.038075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2003] [Accepted: 07/23/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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One of the earliest lipid intermediates forming in the course of membrane fusion is the lipid stalk. Although many aspects of the stalk hypothesis were elaborated theoretically and confirmed by experiments it remained unresolved whether stalk formation is always an energy consuming process or if there are conditions where the stalks are energetically favorable and form spontaneously resulting in an equilibrium stalk phase. Motivated by a recent breakthrough experiments we analyze the physical factors determining the spontaneous stalk formation. We show that this process can be driven by interplay between two factors: the elastic energy of lipid monolayers including a contribution of the saddle splay deformation and the energy of hydration repulsion acting between apposing membranes. We analyze the dependence of stalk formation on the saddle splay (Gaussian) modulus of the lipid monolayers and estimate the values of this modulus based on the experimentally established phase boundary between the lamellar and the stalk phases. We suggest that fusion proteins can induce stalk formation just by bringing the membranes into close contact, and accumulating, at least locally, a sufficiently large energy of the hydration repulsion.
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- Yonathan Kozlovsky
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Milhaud J. New insights into water–phospholipid model membrane interactions. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2004; 1663:19-51. [PMID: 15157606 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2004.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2003] [Revised: 01/22/2004] [Accepted: 02/04/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Modulating the relative humidity (RH) of the ambient gas phase of a phospholipid/water sample for modifying the activity of phospholipid-sorbed water [humidity-controlled osmotic stress methods, J. Chem. Phys. 92 (1990) 4519 and J. Phys. Chem. 96 (1992) 446] has opened a new field of research of paramount importance. New types of phase transitions, occurring at specific values of this activity, have been then disclosed. Hence, it is become recognized that this activity, like the temperature T, is an intensive parameter of the thermodynamical state of these samples. This state can be therefore changed (phase transition) either, by modulating T at a given water activity (a given hydration level), or, by modulating the water activity, at a given T. The underlying mechanisms of these two types of transition differ, especially when they appear as disorderings of fatty chains. In lyotropic transitions, this disordering follows from two thermodynamical laws. First, acting on the activity (the chemical potential) of water external to a phospholipid/water sample, a transbilayer gradient of water chemical potential is created, leading to a transbilayer flux of water (Fick's law). Second, water molecules present within the hydrocarbon region of this phospholipid bilayer interact with phospholipid molecules through their chemical potential (Gibbs-Duhem relation): the conformational state of fatty chains (the thermodynamical state of the phospholipid molecules) changes. This process is slow, as revealed by osmotic stress time-resolved experiments. In thermal chain-melting transitions, the first rapid step is the disordering of fatty chains of a fraction of phospholipid molecules. It occurs a few degrees before the main transition temperature, T(m), during the pretransition and the sub-main transition. The second step, less rapid, is the redistribution of water molecules between the different parts of the sample, as revealed by T-jump time-resolved experiments. Finally, in lyotropic and thermal transitions, hydration and conformation are linked but the order of anteriority of their change, in each case, is probably not the same. In this review, first, the interactions of phospholipid submolecular fragments and water molecules, in the interfacial and hydrocarbon regions of phospholipid/water multibilayer stacks, will be described. Second, the coupling of the conformational states of phospholipid and water molecules, during thermal and lyotropic transitions, will be demonstrated through examples.
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- Jeannine Milhaud
- Laboratoire de Physico-chimie Biomoléculaire et Cellulaire/Chimie et Spectroscopie Structurale Biomoléculaire (LPBC/CSSB), UMR CNRS 7033 (Box 138), Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 4 Place Jussieu 75252, Paris Cedex 05, France.
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Salditt T. Lipid-peptide interaction in oriented bilayers probed by interface-sensitive scattering methods. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2003; 13:467-78. [PMID: 12948776 DOI: 10.1016/s0959-440x(03)00113-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Oriented lipid membranes deposited on solid substrates offer unique experimental opportunities to study lipid bilayer structure and lipid-peptide interaction in suitable model systems. In particular, modern interface-sensitive X-ray and neutron scattering methods can be used to probe the short-range order and molecular conformations of peptides and lipids in the fluid state of the bilayer.
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- Tim Salditt
- Institüt für Röntgenphysik, Universität Göttingen, Geiststrasse 11, D-37037 Göttingen, Germany.
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Chen FY, Lee MT, Huang HW. Evidence for membrane thinning effect as the mechanism for peptide-induced pore formation. Biophys J 2003; 84:3751-8. [PMID: 12770881 PMCID: PMC1302957 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(03)75103-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 210] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2002] [Accepted: 02/06/2003] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Antimicrobial peptides have two binding states in a lipid bilayer, a surface state S and a pore-forming state I. The transition from the S state to the I state has a sigmoidal peptide-concentration dependence indicating cooperativity in the peptide-membrane interactions. In a previous paper, we reported the transition of alamethicin measured in three bilayer conditions. The data were explained by a free energy that took into account the membrane thinning effect induced by the peptides. In this paper, the full implications of the free energy were tested by including another type of peptide, melittin, that forms toroidal pores, instead of barrel-stave pores as in the case of alamethicin. The S-to-I transitions were measured by oriented circular dichroism. The membrane thinning effect was measured by x-ray diffraction. All data were in good agreement with the theory, indicating that the membrane thinning effect is a plausible mechanism for the peptide-induced pore formations.
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- Fang-Yu Chen
- Department of Physics, National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan 32054, ROC.
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We constructed the electron density distribution from the x-ray diffraction of a phase of phospholipid that exhibited rhombohedral symmetry. To determine the phases of the diffraction amplitudes, we first extended the well-known one-dimensional swelling method for planar bilayers to a three-dimensional method applicable to a layered system containing in-plane structures, such as rhombohedral structures. The complete phase determination was accomplished by a combination of the swelling method and Luzzati's pattern recognition method. The constructed electron density distribution showed that in each unit cell, two apposed monolayers merged across the water layer and developed into an hourglass structure consistent with a postulated membrane fusion intermediate state called a stalk. The observation of the stalk structure lends a strong support to the stalk hypothesis for membrane fusion and opens a way to measure the structural parameters in the fusion pathway.
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- Lin Yang
- National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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We report the observation of a phase of phospholipid that contains a structure similar to the commonly postulated interbilayer state that is crucial to membrane fusion. The widely accepted model for membrane fusion suggests that there is an intermediate state in which the two contacting monolayers become continuous via an hourglass-shaped structure called a stalk. Many efforts have been made to estimate the free energy for such a state in order to understand the functionality of membrane fusion proteins and to define key parameters in energy estimates. The observation of the stalk structure supports the stalk hypothesis for membrane fusion and enables the measurement of these parameters experimentally.
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- Lin Yang
- National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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Gauger DR, Binder H, Vogel A, Selle C, Pohle W. Comparative FTIR-spectroscopic studies of the hydration of diphytanoylphosphatidylcholine and -ethanolamine. J Mol Struct 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2860(02)00254-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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