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Billah MM, Ahmed M, Islam MZ, Yamazaki M. Processes and mechanisms underlying burst of giant unilamellar vesicles induced by antimicrobial peptides and compounds. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. BIOMEMBRANES 2024; 1866:184330. [PMID: 38679311 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2024.184330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2023] [Revised: 04/05/2024] [Accepted: 04/23/2024] [Indexed: 05/01/2024]
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To clarify the damage of lipid bilayer region in bacterial cell membrane caused by antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) and antimicrobial compounds (AMCs), their interactions with giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) of various lipid compositions have been examined. The findings revealed two main causes for the leakage: nanopore formation in the membrane and burst of GUVs. Although GUV burst has been explained previously based on the carpet model, the supporting evidence is limited. In this review, to better clarify the mechanism of GUV burst by AMPs, AMCs, and other membrane-active peptides, we described current knowledge of the conditions, characteristics, and detailed processes of GUV burst and the changes in the shape of the GUVs during burst. We identified several physical factors that affect GUV burst, such as membrane tension, electrostatic interaction, structural changes of GUV membrane such as membrane folding, and oil in the membrane. We also clarified one of the physical mechanisms underlying the instability of lipid bilayers that are associated with leakage in the carpet model. Based on these results, we propose a mechanism underlying some types of GUV burst induced by these substances: the growth of a nanopore to a micropore, resulting in GUV burst.
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- Md Masum Billah
- Integrated Bioscience Section, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan; Department of Physics, Jashore University and Science and Technology, Jashore 7408, Bangladesh
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- Integrated Bioscience Section, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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- Nanomaterials Research Division, Research Institute of Electronics, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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- Integrated Bioscience Section, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan; Nanomaterials Research Division, Research Institute of Electronics, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan; Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan.
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Ahmed M, Islam MZ, Billah MM, Yamazaki M. Effect of Phosphatidylethanolamine on Pore Formation Induced by the Antimicrobial Peptide PGLa. J Phys Chem B 2024; 128:2684-2696. [PMID: 38450565 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c08098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
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Most antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) induce pore formation and a burst of lipid bilayers and plasma membranes. This causes severe leakage of the internal contents and cell death. The AMP PGLa forms nanopores in giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) comprising dioleoylphosphatidylcholine (DOPC) and dioleoylphosphatidylglycerol (DOPG). We here elucidated the effect of the line tension of a prepore rim on PGLa-induced nanopore formation by investigating the interaction of PGLa with single GUVs comprising dioleoylphosphatidylethanolamine (DOPE)/DOPG (6:4) in buffer using the single GUV method. We found that PGLa forms nanopores in the GUV membrane, which evolved into a local burst and burst of GUVs. The rate of pore formation in DOPE/DOPG-GUVs was smaller than that in DOPC/DOPG-GUVs. PGLa is located only in the outer leaflet of a GUV bilayer just before a fluorescent probe AF647 leakage from the inside, indicating that this asymmetric distribution induces nanopore formation. PGLa-induced local burst and burst of GUVs were observed at 10 ms-time resolution. After nanopore formation started, dense particles and small vesicles appeared in the GUVs, followed by a decrease in the GUV diameter. The GUV was finally converted into smaller GUV or lipid membrane aggregates. We discuss the mechanisms of PGLa-induced nanopore formation and its direct evolution to a GUV burst.
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- Marzuk Ahmed
- Integrated Bioscience Section, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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- Nanomaterials Research Division, Research Institute of Electronics, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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- Integrated Bioscience Section, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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- Integrated Bioscience Section, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
- Nanomaterials Research Division, Research Institute of Electronics, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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Billah MM, Or Rashid MM, Ahmed M, Yamazaki M. Antimicrobial peptide magainin 2-induced rupture of single giant unilamellar vesicles comprising E. coli polar lipids. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. BIOMEMBRANES 2023; 1865:184112. [PMID: 36567034 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2022.184112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2022] [Revised: 12/05/2022] [Accepted: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Most antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) damage the cell membrane of bacterial cells and induce rapid leakage of the internal cell contents, which is a main cause of their bactericidal activity. One of the AMPs, magainin 2 (Mag), forms nanopores in giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) comprising phosphatidylcholine (PC) and phosphatidylglycerol (PG), inducing leakage of fluorescent probes. In this study, to elucidate the Mag-induced pore formation in lipid bilayer region in E. coli cell membrane, we examined the interaction of Mag with single GUVs comprising E. coli polar lipids (E. coli-lipid-GUVs). First, we investigated the Mag-induced leakage of a fluorescent probe AF488 from single E. coli-lipid-GUVs, and found that Mag caused rupture of GUVs, inducing rapid AF488 leakage. The rate constant of Mag-induced GUV rupture increased with the Mag concentration. Using fluorescence microscopy with a time resolution of 5 ms, we revealed the GUV rupture process: first, a small micropore was observed in the GUV membrane, then the pore radius increased within 50 ms without changing the GUV diameter, the thickness of the membrane at the pore rim concomitantly increased, and eventually membrane aggregates were formed. Mag bound to only the outer monolayer of the GUV before GUV rupture, which increased the area of the GUV bilayer. We also examined the physical properties of E. coli-lipid-GUVs themselves. We found that the rate constant of the constant tension-induced rupture of E. coli-lipid-GUVs was higher than that of PG/PC-GUVs. Based on these results, we discussed the Mag-induced rupture of E. coli-lipid-GUVs and its mechanism.
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- Md Masum Billah
- Integrated Bioscience Section, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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- Integrated Bioscience Section, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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- Integrated Bioscience Section, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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- Integrated Bioscience Section, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan; Nanomaterials Research Division, Research Institute of Electronics, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan; Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan.
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Elzenaty O, Luciani P, Aleandri S. A lipidic mesophase with tunable release properties for the local delivery of macromolecules: the apoferritin nanocage, a case study. J Mater Chem B 2022; 10:3876-3885. [PMID: 35470843 DOI: 10.1039/d2tb00403h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Lipid mesophases are able to incorporate and release a plethora of molecules, spanning from hydrophobic drugs to small hydrophilic proteins and therefore they have been widely used as drug delivery systems. However, their 3-5 nm water channels do not allow the release of large hydrophilic molecules such as monoclonal antibodies and therapeutic proteins. To overcome this major geometrical constraint, we designed a gel by mixing monoacylglycerol lipids, generally recognized as safe for human and/or animal use by FDA, and phospholipids, to obtain a material with swollen water channels suitable to host and further release macromolecules. Apoferritin, a 12 nm nanocage protein with intrinsic tumor-targeting properties able to incorporate several molecules, was selected here as the hydrophilic model protein to be embedded in the biocompatible gel. When immersed completely in the release media, mesophases with a swollen water channel of 22 nm, composed of monoolein and doped with 5 mole% of DOPS and 10 mole% of Chol allowed us to achieve a protein release of 60%, which is 120 times higher with respect to that obtained by employing non swollen-LMPs composed only of monoolein. Thus, the formulation can be administered locally to the rectal or vaginal mucosa, reducing the drawbacks often associated with the parenteral administration of bio-therapeutics. This approach would pave the way for the local application of other biomacromolecules (including human ferritin, monoclonal antibodies and antibody drug-conjugates) in those diseases easily reachable by a local application such as rectal or vaginal cancer.
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- Oumar Elzenaty
- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
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Saha SK, Alam Shibly SU, Yamazaki M. Membrane Tension in Negatively Charged Lipid Bilayers in a Buffer under Osmotic Pressure. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:5588-5599. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c03681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Samiron Kumar Saha
- Integrated Bioscience Section, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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- Integrated Bioscience Section, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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- Integrated Bioscience Section, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
- Nanomaterials Research Division, Research Institute of Electronics, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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Understanding the assembly of amphiphilic additives in bulk and dispersed non-lamellar lipid-based matrices: Phosphorylation, H-bonding and ionisation. J Colloid Interface Sci 2020; 562:502-510. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2019.11.087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2019] [Revised: 11/19/2019] [Accepted: 11/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Hasan M, Moghal MMR, Saha SK, Yamazaki M. The role of membrane tension in the action of antimicrobial peptides and cell-penetrating peptides in biomembranes. Biophys Rev 2019; 11:431-448. [PMID: 31093936 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-019-00542-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Accepted: 04/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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For antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) with antimicrobial and bactericidal activities and cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) with activity to permeate through plasma membrane, their interactions with lipid bilayer region in plasma membrane play important roles in these functions. However, the elementary processes and mechanisms of their functions have not been clear. The single giant unilamellar vesicle (GUV) method has revealed the details of elementary processes of interaction of some AMPs and CPPs with lipid vesicles. In this review, we summarize the mode of action of AMPs such as magainin 2 (Mag) and CPPs such as transportan 10 (TP10), revealed by the single GUV methods, and especially we focus on the role of membrane tension in actions of Mag and TP10 and the mechanisms of their actions. First, we explain the characteristics of the single GUV method briefly. Next, we summarize the recent view on the effect of tension on physical properties of lipid bilayers and describe the role of tension in actions of Mag and TP10. Some experimental results indicate that Mag-induced pore is a stretch-activated pore. The effect of packing of transbilayer asymmetric lipid on Mag-induced pore formation is described. On the other hand, entry of fluorescent dye, carboxyfluorescein (CF)-labeled TP10 (i.e., CF-TP10), into single GUVs without pore formation is affected by tension and high concentration of cholesterol. Pre-pore model for translocation of CF-TP10 across lipid bilayer is described. The experimental methods and their analysis described here are useful for investigation of functions of the other types of AMPs, CPPs, and proteins.
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- Moynul Hasan
- Integrated Bioscience Section, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan.,Department of Pharmacy, Jagannath University, Dhaka, 1100, Bangladesh
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- Integrated Bioscience Section, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan
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- Integrated Bioscience Section, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan
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- Integrated Bioscience Section, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan. .,Nanomaterials Research Division, Research Institute of Electronics, Shizuoka University, 836 Oya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan. .,Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan.
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Kim JA, Park D, Kim JC. pH-sensitive self-assembling property of poly(ethyleneimine)/cinnamic acid mixture and its effect on pH-dependent release of monoolein cubic phase. INT J POLYM MATER PO 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/00914037.2017.1342250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Jin Ah Kim
- Department of Medical Biomaterials Engineering, College of Biomedical Science and Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Kangwon National University, Chunchon, Kangwon-do, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Medical Biomaterials Engineering, College of Biomedical Science and Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Kangwon National University, Chunchon, Kangwon-do, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Medical Biomaterials Engineering, College of Biomedical Science and Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Kangwon National University, Chunchon, Kangwon-do, Republic of Korea
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Islam MZ, Sharmin S, Moniruzzaman M, Yamazaki M. Elementary processes for the entry of cell-penetrating peptides into lipid bilayer vesicles and bacterial cells. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-8889-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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van 't Hag L, Gras SL, Conn CE, Drummond CJ. Lyotropic liquid crystal engineering moving beyond binary compositional space - ordered nanostructured amphiphile self-assembly materials by design. Chem Soc Rev 2018; 46:2705-2731. [PMID: 28280815 DOI: 10.1039/c6cs00663a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Ordered amphiphile self-assembly materials with a tunable three-dimensional (3D) nanostructure are of fundamental interest, and crucial for progressing several biological and biomedical applications, including in meso membrane protein crystallization, as drug and medical contrast agent delivery vehicles, and as biosensors and biofuel cells. In binary systems consisting of an amphiphile and a solvent, the ability to tune the 3D cubic phase nanostructure, lipid bilayer properties and the lipid mesophase is limited. A move beyond the binary compositional space is therefore required for efficient engineering of the required material properties. In this critical review, the phase transitions upon encapsulation of more than 130 amphiphilic and soluble additives into the bicontinuous lipidic cubic phase under excess hydration are summarized. The data are interpreted using geometric considerations, interfacial curvature, electrostatic interactions, partition coefficients and miscibility of the alkyl chains. The obtained lyotropic liquid crystal engineering design rules can be used to enhance the formulation of self-assembly materials and provides a large library of these materials for use in biomedical applications (242 references).
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- Leonie van 't Hag
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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Oka T, Hasan M, Islam MZ, Moniruzzaman M, Yamazaki M. Low-pH-Induced Lamellar to Bicontinuous Primitive Cubic Phase Transition in Dioleoylphosphatidylserine/Monoolein Membranes. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:12487-12496. [PMID: 28967756 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b02512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Electrostatic interactions (EIs) play important roles in the structure and stability of inverse bicontinuous cubic (QII) phases of lipid membranes. We examined the effect of pH on the phase of dioleoylphosphatidylserine (DOPS)/monoolein (MO) membranes at low ionic strengths using small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). We found that the phase transitions from lamellar liquid-crystalline (Lα) to primitive cubic (QIIP) phases in DOPS/MO (2/8 molar ratio) membranes occurred in buffers containing 50 mM NaCl at and below the final pH of 2.75 as the pH of the membrane suspension was decreased from a neutral value. The kinetic pathway of this transition was revealed using time-resolved SAXS with a stopped-flow apparatus. The first step is a rapid transition from the Lα phase to the hexagonal II (HII) phase, and the second step is a slow transition from the HII phase to the QIIP phase. We determined the rate constants of the first step, k1, and of the second step, k2, by analyzing the time course of SAXS intensities quantitatively. The k1 value increased with temperature. The analysis of this result provided the values of its apparent activation energy, which were constant over temperature but increased with pH. This can be explained by an EI effect on the free energy of the transition state. In contrast, the k2 value decreased with temperature, indicating that the true activation energy increased with temperature. These experimental results were analyzed using the theory of the activation energy of phase transitions of lipid membranes when the free energy of the transition state depends on temperature. On the basis of these results, we discussed the mechanism of this phase transition.
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- Toshihiko Oka
- Nanomaterials Research Division, Research Institute of Electronics, ‡Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, and §Integrated Bioscience Section, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University , Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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- Nanomaterials Research Division, Research Institute of Electronics, ‡Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, and §Integrated Bioscience Section, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University , Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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- Nanomaterials Research Division, Research Institute of Electronics, ‡Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, and §Integrated Bioscience Section, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University , Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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- Nanomaterials Research Division, Research Institute of Electronics, ‡Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, and §Integrated Bioscience Section, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University , Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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- Nanomaterials Research Division, Research Institute of Electronics, ‡Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, and §Integrated Bioscience Section, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University , Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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Nguyễn CH, Putaux JL, Santoni G, Tfaili S, Fourmentin S, Coty JB, Choisnard L, Gèze A, Wouessidjewe D, Barratt G, Lesieur S, Legrand FX. New nanoparticles obtained by co-assembly of amphiphilic cyclodextrins and nonlamellar single-chain lipids: Preparation and characterization. Int J Pharm 2017; 531:444-456. [PMID: 28698068 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2017.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2017] [Revised: 06/30/2017] [Accepted: 07/02/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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This work aimed at preparing new nanoscale assemblies based on an amphiphilic bio-esterified β-cyclodextrin (β-CD), substituted at the secondary face with n-decanoic fatty acid chains (β-CD-C10), and monoolein (MO) as new carriers for parenteral drug delivery. Stable binary (β-CD-C10/MO) and ternary (β-CD-C10/MO/stabilizer) nanoscale assemblies close to 100nm in size were successfully prepared in water by the solvent displacement method. The generated nanoparticles were fully characterized by dynamic light scattering, transmission electron microscopy, small-angle X-ray scattering, residual solvent analysis, complement activation and the contribution of each formulation parameter was determined by principal component analysis. The β-CD-C10 units were shown to self-organize into nanoparticles with a hexagonal supramolecular packing that was significantly modulated by the molar ratio of the constituents and the presence of a steric or electrostatic stabilizer (DOPE-PEG2000 or DOPA/POPA, respectively). Indeed, nanoparticles differing in morphology and in hexagonal lattice parameters were obtained while the co-existence of multiple mesophases was observed in some formulations, in particular for the β-CD-C10/MO/DOPA and β-CD-C10/MO/POPA systems. The mixed β-CD-C10/MO/DOPE-PEG2000 nanoparticles (49:49:2 in mol%) appeared to be the most suitable for use as a drug delivery system since they contained a very low amount of residual solvent and showed a low level of complement C3 activation.
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- Cảnh Hưng Nguyễn
- Institut Galien Paris-Sud, CNRS UMR 8612, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 5 rue Jean-Baptiste Clément, F-92290 Châtenay-Malabry, France
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- Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules Végétales, CNRS UPR 5301, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, BP 53, F-38401 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 71 avenue des Martyrs, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Lip(Sys)², EA 7357, Chimie Analytique Pharmaceutique, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 5 rue Jean-Baptiste Clément, F-92290 Châtenay-Malabry, France
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- Unité de Chimie Environnementale et Interactions sur le Vivant, EA 4492, SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, Université Littoral Côte d'Opale, 145 avenue Maurice Schumann, F-59140 Dunkerque, France
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- Institut Galien Paris-Sud, CNRS UMR 8612, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 5 rue Jean-Baptiste Clément, F-92290 Châtenay-Malabry, France
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- Département de Pharmacochimie Moléculaire, CNRS UMR 5063, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Département de Pharmacochimie Moléculaire, CNRS UMR 5063, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Département de Pharmacochimie Moléculaire, CNRS UMR 5063, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Institut Galien Paris-Sud, CNRS UMR 8612, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 5 rue Jean-Baptiste Clément, F-92290 Châtenay-Malabry, France
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- Institut Galien Paris-Sud, CNRS UMR 8612, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 5 rue Jean-Baptiste Clément, F-92290 Châtenay-Malabry, France
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- Institut Galien Paris-Sud, CNRS UMR 8612, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 5 rue Jean-Baptiste Clément, F-92290 Châtenay-Malabry, France.
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Karal MAS, Levadnyy V, Yamazaki M. Analysis of constant tension-induced rupture of lipid membranes using activation energy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 18:13487-95. [PMID: 27125194 DOI: 10.1039/c6cp01184e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The stretching of biomembranes and lipid membranes plays important roles in various physiological and physicochemical phenomena. Here we analyzed the rate constant kp of constant tension-induced rupture of giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) as a function of tension σ using their activation energy Ua. To determine the values of kp, we applied constant tension to a GUV membrane using the micropipette aspiration method and observed the rupture of GUVs, and then analyzed these data statistically. First, we investigated the temperature dependence of kp for GUVs of charged lipid membranes composed of negatively charged dioleoylphosphatidylglycerol (DOPG) and electrically neutral dioleoylphosphatidylcholine (DOPC). By analyzing this result, the values of Ua of tension-induced rupture of DOPG/DOPC-GUVs were obtained. Ua decreased with an increase in σ, supporting the classical theory of tension-induced pore formation. The analysis of the relationship between Ua and σ using the theory on the electrostatic interaction effects on the tension-induced rupture of GUVs provided the equation of Ua including electrostatic interaction effects, which well fits the experimental data of the tension dependence of Ua. A constant which does not depend on tension, U0, was also found to contribute significantly to Ua. The Arrhenius equations for kp using the equation of Ua and the parameters determined by the above analysis fit well to the experimental data of the tension dependence of kp for DOPG/DOPC-GUVs as well as for DOPC-GUVs. On the basis of these results, we discussed the possible elementary processes underlying the tension-induced rupture of GUVs of lipid membranes. These results indicate that the Arrhenius equation using the experimentally determined Ua is useful in the analysis of tension-induced rupture of GUVs.
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- Mohammad Abu Sayem Karal
- Integrated Bioscience Section, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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- Theoretical Problem Center of Physico-Chemical Pharmacology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kosugina, 4, 117977, Moscow, Russia
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- Integrated Bioscience Section, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan and Nanomaterials Research Division, Research Institute of Electronics, Shizuoka University, 836 Oya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan. and Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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Rodrigues L, Kyriakos K, Schneider F, Dietz H, Winter G, Papadakis CM, Hubert M. Characterization of Lipid-Based Hexosomes as Versatile Vaccine Carriers. Mol Pharm 2016; 13:3945-3954. [PMID: 27607892 DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.6b00716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Subunit vaccines typically show insufficient immunogenicity. To address this issue, we developed a novel self-adjuvanting particulate carrier system based upon the lipids phytantriol (Phy) and mannide monooleate (MaMo). Phy is a lipid known to form nonlamellar phases in fully hydrated systems, whereas MaMo has been found to promote immune responses in emulsion form. A bulk phase composition of Phy/MaMo (14 wt %) showed hexagonal (HII) phase behavior over a practical temperature range (including room and body temperature), and was therefore used for particle development. Hexosomes stabilized with different concentrations of either poloxamer 407, Myrj 59, or Pluronic F108 were successfully prepared. To demonstrate the versatile nature of these systems, the particles were further modified with either positively or negatively charged lipids and loaded with model antigens, while maintaining the HII structure. These hexosomes are structurally robust and amenable to customization, rendering them suitable as antigen delivery carriers.
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- Letícia Rodrigues
- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München , Butenandtstraße 5-13, DE-81377 Munich, Germany
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- Physics Department, Soft Matter Physics Group, Technische Universität München , James-Franck-Straße 1, DE-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Physics Department and Institute for Advanced Study, Walter Schottky Institute, Technische Universität München , Am Coulombwall 4a, DE-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Physics Department and Institute for Advanced Study, Walter Schottky Institute, Technische Universität München , Am Coulombwall 4a, DE-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München , Butenandtstraße 5-13, DE-81377 Munich, Germany
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- Physics Department, Soft Matter Physics Group, Technische Universität München , James-Franck-Straße 1, DE-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München , Butenandtstraße 5-13, DE-81377 Munich, Germany
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Suga K, Kondo D, Otsuka Y, Okamoto Y, Umakoshi H. Characterization of Aqueous Oleic Acid/Oleate Dispersions by Fluorescent Probes and Raman Spectroscopy. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2016; 32:7606-7612. [PMID: 27404017 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b02257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Oleic acid (OA) and oleates form self-assembled structures dispersible in aqueous media. Herein, the physicochemical properties of OA/oleate assemblies were characterized using fluorescent probes and Raman spectroscopy, under relatively high dilution (<100 mM of total amphiphile) at 25 °C. Anisotropy analysis using 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene showed that the microviscosity of the OA/oleate assembly was highest at pH 7.5 (the pH range of 6.9-10.6 was investigated). The fluorescence spectra of 6-lauroyl-2-dimethylaminonaphthalene revealed the dehydrated environments on membrane surfaces at pH < 7.7. The pH-dependent Raman peak intensity ratios, chain torsion (S = I1124/I1096) and chain packing (R = I2850/I2930), showed local maxima, indicating the occurrence of metastable phases, such as dispersed cubic phase (pH = 7.5), vesicle (pH = 8.5), and dispersed cylindrical micelle (pH = 9.7). These results suggest that large-scale OA/oleate assemblies could possess particular membrane properties in a narrow pH region, e.g., at pH 7.5, and 9.7.
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- Keishi Suga
- Division of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University 1-3 Machikaneyamacho, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Division of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University 1-3 Machikaneyamacho, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Division of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University 1-3 Machikaneyamacho, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Division of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University 1-3 Machikaneyamacho, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Division of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University 1-3 Machikaneyamacho, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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Oka T, Saiki T, Alam JM, Yamazaki M. Activation Energy of the Low-pH-Induced Lamellar to Bicontinuous Cubic Phase Transition in Dioleoylphosphatidylserine/Monoolein. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2016; 32:1327-1337. [PMID: 26766583 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b03785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Electrostatic interaction is an important factor for phase transitions between lamellar liquid-crystalline (Lα) and inverse bicontinuous cubic (QII) phases. We investigated the effect of temperature on the low-pH-induced Lα to double-diamond cubic (QII(D)) phase transition in dioleoylphosphatidylserine (DOPS)/monoolein (MO) using time-resolved small-angle X-ray scattering with a stopped-flow apparatus. Under all conditions of temperature and pH, the Lα phase was directly transformed into an intermediate inverse hexagonal (HII) phase, and subsequently the HII phase slowly converted to the QII(D) phase. We obtained the rate constants of the initial step (i.e., the Lα to HII phase transition) and of the second step (i.e., the HII to QII(D) phase transition) using the non-negative matrix factorization method. The rate constant of the initial step increased with temperature. By analyzing this result, we obtained the values of its apparent activation energy, Ea (Lα → HII), which did not change with temperature but increased with an increase in pH. In contrast, the rate constant of the second step decreased with temperature at pH 2.6, although it increased with temperature at pH 2.7 and 2.8. These results indicate that the value of Ea (HII → QII(D)) at pH 2.6 increased with temperature, but the values of Ea (HII → QII(D)) at pH 2.7 and 2.8 were constant with temperature. The values of Ea (HII → QII(D)) were smaller than those of Ea (Lα → HII) at the same pH. We analyzed these results using a modified quantitative theory on the activation energy of phase transitions of lipid membranes proposed initially by Squires et al. (Squires, A. M.; Conn, C. E.; Seddon, J. M.; Templer, R. H. Soft Matter 2009, 5, 4773). On the basis of these results, we discuss the mechanism of this phase transition.
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- Toshihiko Oka
- Nanomaterials Research Division, Research Institute of Electronics, ‡Dept. Physics, Graduate School of Science, §Integrated Bioscience Section, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University , Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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- Nanomaterials Research Division, Research Institute of Electronics, ‡Dept. Physics, Graduate School of Science, §Integrated Bioscience Section, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University , Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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- Nanomaterials Research Division, Research Institute of Electronics, ‡Dept. Physics, Graduate School of Science, §Integrated Bioscience Section, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University , Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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- Nanomaterials Research Division, Research Institute of Electronics, ‡Dept. Physics, Graduate School of Science, §Integrated Bioscience Section, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University , Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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Karami Z, Hamidi M. Cubosomes: remarkable drug delivery potential. Drug Discov Today 2016; 21:789-801. [PMID: 26780385 DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2016.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2015] [Revised: 12/14/2015] [Accepted: 01/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Cubosomes are nanostructured liquid crystalline particles, made of certain amphiphilic lipids in definite proportions, known as biocompatible carriers in drug delivery. Cubosomes comprise curved bicontinuous lipid bilayers that are organized in three dimensions as honeycombed structures and divided into two internal aqueous channels that can be exploited by various bioactive ingredients, such as chemical drugs, peptides and proteins. Owing to unique properties such as thermodynamic stability, bioadhesion, the ability of encapsulating hydrophilic, hydrophobic and amphiphilic substances, and the potential for controlled release through functionalization, cubosomes are regarded as promising vehicles for different routes of administration. Based on the most recent reports, this review introduces cubosomes focusing on their structure, preparation methods, mechanism of release and potential routes of administration.
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- Zahra Karami
- Zanjan Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology Research Center (ZPNRC), Department of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, 45139-56184 Zanjan, Iran
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- Zanjan Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology Research Center (ZPNRC), Department of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, 45139-56184 Zanjan, Iran.
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Luo YH, Wu ZW, Tsai HT, Lin SY, Lin P. Endotoxin Nanovesicles: Hydrophilic Gold Nanodots Control Supramolecular Lipopolysaccharide Assembly for Modulating Immunological Responses. NANO LETTERS 2015; 15:6446-6453. [PMID: 26339979 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b01809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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In this study, we sought to control the assembly of an endotoxin known as the biologically supramolecular lipopolysaccharide (LPS, which consists of three portions: an O antigen, a core carbohydrate, and a lipid A molecule) in order to modulate immunological responses in a manner that has the potential for utilization in vaccine development. Changing the structures of LPS aggregates from lamellas to specific nonlamellas (i.e., cubosomes and hexosomes) can dramatically enhance the strength of LPS in causing inflammatory responses, leading to highly active responses. In order to control the formation of cubosome-free and hexosome-free nonlamellas, we designed a simple strategy based on the use of hydrophilic gold nanodots (AuNDs) to control LPS assembly to facilitate the formation of stable endotoxin nanovesicles, which are stable precursors of cubosomes and hexosomes with specific immunological effects. Structurally, the wall thicknesses of these nanovesicles are exactly twice the lengths of a single LPS molecule, indicating that the LPS molecules adopt a tail-to-tail arrangement (with the lipid A portions acting as the tail domain). The involvement of the hydrophilic AuNDs to laterally link polar domains of LPS can result in the progressive extension of an endotoxically active zone of lipid A assembly, leading to the eventual formation of large-size nanovesicles. Our results showed that endotoxin nanovesicles with such dense lipid A units can elicit the stronger inflammatory gene expressions, including interleukin 6 (IL-6), IL-1A, TNF-α, C-X-C chemokine ligand (CXCL) 1, 2, and 11, which have characteristics of T-helper 1 adjuvants. These findings provide evidence that the concept of manipulating the surface hydrophilicity of AuNDs to control LPS assembly in order to avoid the formation of highly active cubosomes and hexosomes, and thereby modulate immunological responses appropriately, could prove useful in vaccine development.
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- Yueh-Hsia Luo
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and ‡Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Nanomedicine, National Health Research Institutes , Zhunan, Taiwan
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- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and ‡Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Nanomedicine, National Health Research Institutes , Zhunan, Taiwan
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- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and ‡Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Nanomedicine, National Health Research Institutes , Zhunan, Taiwan
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- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and ‡Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Nanomedicine, National Health Research Institutes , Zhunan, Taiwan
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- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and ‡Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Nanomedicine, National Health Research Institutes , Zhunan, Taiwan
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Tyler AII, Barriga HMG, Parsons ES, McCarthy NLC, Ces O, Law RV, Seddon JM, Brooks NJ. Electrostatic swelling of bicontinuous cubic lipid phases. SOFT MATTER 2015; 11:3279-86. [PMID: 25790335 DOI: 10.1039/c5sm00311c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Lipid bicontinuous cubic phases have attracted enormous interest as bio-compatible scaffolds for use in a wide range of applications including membrane protein crystallisation, drug delivery and biosensing. One of the major bottlenecks that has hindered exploitation of these structures is an inability to create targeted highly swollen bicontinuous cubic structures with large and tunable pore sizes. In contrast, cubic structures found in vivo have periodicities approaching the micron scale. We have been able to engineer and control highly swollen bicontinuous cubic phases of spacegroup Im3m containing only lipids by (a) increasing the bilayer stiffness by adding cholesterol and (b) inducing electrostatic repulsion across the water channels by addition of anionic lipids to monoolein. By controlling the composition of the ternary mixtures we have been able to achieve lattice parameters up to 470 Å, which is 5 times that observed in pure monoolein and nearly twice the size of any lipidic cubic phase reported previously. These lattice parameters significantly exceed the predicted maximum swelling for bicontinuous cubic lipid structures, which suggest that thermal fluctuations should destroy such phases for lattice parameters larger than 300 Å.
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- Arwen I I Tyler
- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
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Oka T. Transformation between inverse bicontinuous cubic phases of a lipid from diamond to primitive. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2015; 31:3180-3185. [PMID: 25719417 DOI: 10.1021/la504295v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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I studied the transformation between inverse bicontinuous cubic phases (QII) from diamond (QII(D)) to primitive (QII(P)) in a single-crystal region of monoolein. X-ray diffraction data reveal that the crystallographic orientation of QII(P) rotates 55° around the [01̅1] axis from QII(D). This indicates that one direction of the four-branched water channels in the QII(D) phase is preserved in the six-branched water channels of the QII(P) phase. I therefore built a transformation model that would keep the direction of the water channels fixed in both phases and cause the water channels along other direction in QII(D) to shrink and disappear.
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- Toshihiko Oka
- Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, and Nanomaterials Research Division, Research Institute of Electronics, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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Chong K, Tan OLL, Almsherqi ZA, Lin Q, Kohlwein SD, Deng Y. Isolation of mitochondria with cubic membrane morphology reveals specific ionic requirements for the preservation of membrane structure. PROTOPLASMA 2015; 252:689-696. [PMID: 25226828 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-014-0698-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2014] [Accepted: 09/01/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Biological membranes with cubic symmetry are a hallmark of virus-infected or diseased cells. The mechanisms of formation and specific cellular functions of cubic membranes, however, are unclear. The best-documented cubic membrane formation occurs in the free-living giant amoeba Chaos carolinense. In that system, mitochondrial inner membranes undergo a reversible structural change from tubular to cubic membrane organization upon starvation of the organism. As a prerequisite to further analyze the structural and functional features of cubic membranes, we adapted protocols for the isolation of mitochondria from starved amoeba and have identified buffer conditions that preserve cubic membrane morphology in vitro. The requirement for high concentration of ion-chelating agents in the isolation media supports the importance of a balanced ion milieu in establishing and maintaining cubic membranes in vivo.
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- Ketpin Chong
- Cubic Membrane Laboratory, Department of Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117597, Singapore
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Barriga HMG, Tyler AII, McCarthy NLC, Parsons ES, Ces O, Law RV, Seddon JM, Brooks NJ. Temperature and pressure tuneable swollen bicontinuous cubic phases approaching nature's length scales. SOFT MATTER 2015; 11:600-607. [PMID: 25430049 DOI: 10.1039/c4sm02343a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Bicontinuous cubic structures offer enormous potential in applications ranging from protein crystallisation to drug delivery systems and have been observed in cellular membrane structures. One of the current bottlenecks in understanding and exploiting these structures is that cubic scaffolds produced in vitro are considerably smaller in size than those observed in biological systems, differing by almost an order of magnitude in some cases. We have addressed this technological bottleneck and developed a methodology capable of manufacturing highly swollen bicontinuous cubic membranes with length scales approaching those seen in vivo. Crucially, these cubic systems do not require the presence of proteins. We have generated highly swollen Im3m symmetry bicontinuous cubic phases with lattice parameters of up to 480 Å, composed of ternary mixtures of monoolein, cholesterol and negatively charged lipid (DOPS or DOPG) and we have been able to tune their lattice parameters. The swollen cubic phases are highly sensitive to both temperature and pressure; these structural changes are likely to be controlled by a fine balance between lipid headgroup repulsions and lateral pressure in the hydrocarbon chain region.
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- H M G Barriga
- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
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Oka T, Tsuboi TA, Saiki T, Takahashi T, Alam JM, Yamazaki M. Initial step of pH-jump-induced lamellar to bicontinuous cubic phase transition in dioleoylphosphatidylserine/monoolein. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2014; 30:8131-8140. [PMID: 24949525 DOI: 10.1021/la5021719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Electrostatic interactions (EI) are an important factor for phase transitions between lamellar liquid-crystalline (L(α)) and inverse bicontinuous cubic (Q(II)) phases. We investigated the low pH-induced L(α) to double-diamond cubic (Q(II)(D)) phase transition in dioleoylphosphatidylserine (DOPS)/monoolein (MO) using time-resolved small-angle X-ray scattering. Using a stopped-flow apparatus, a suspension of liposomes (multilamellar vesicles (MLVs) or large unilamellar vesicles (LUVs)) of 20%-DOPS/80%-MO membrane at neutral pH was rapidly mixed with a low pH buffer, and then the structural change of the membranes in the resultant suspension was observed as a function of time (i.e., pH-jump experiment). At the initial step, the L(α) phase was directly transformed into the hexagonal II (H(II)) phase, and subsequently, the H(II) phase slowly converted into the Q(II)(D) phase. We obtained the rate constants of the initial step (i.e., the L(α) to H(II) phase transition) and of the second step (i.e., the H(II) to Q(II)(D) phase transition) using the non-negative matrix factorization method. The rate constant of the initial step was independent of the MLV concentration, indicating that single MLVs can convert into the HII phase without any interaction with other MLVs. On the other hand, the rate constant of the initial step increased with a decrease in pH, 0.041 s(-1) at pH 2.6 and 0.013 s(-1) at pH 2.8, and also exhibited a size dependence; for smaller vesicles such as LUVs and smaller MLVs with diameters of ~1 μm, the rate constant was smaller. They were reasonably explained by the classical nucleation theory. These results provide the first experimental evidence of the total kinetics of EI-induced L(α)/Q(II) phase transitions.
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- Toshihiko Oka
- Nanomaterials Research Division, Research Institute of Electronics, ‡Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, and §Integrated Bioscience Section, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University , Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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Islam MZ, Alam JM, Tamba Y, Karal MAS, Yamazaki M. The single GUV method for revealing the functions of antimicrobial, pore-forming toxin, and cell-penetrating peptides or proteins. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:15752-67. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cp00717d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The single GUV method provides detailed information on the elementary processes of peptide/protein-induced pore formation in lipid membranes and the entry of peptides into a GUV; specifically, the GUV method provides the rate constants of these processes.
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- Md. Zahidul Islam
- Integrated Bioscience Section
- Graduate School of Science and Technology
- Shizuoka University
- Shizuoka, Japan
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- Nanomaterials Research Division
- Research Institute of Electronics
- Shizuoka University
- Shizuoka, Japan
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- Integrated Bioscience Section
- Graduate School of Science and Technology
- Shizuoka University
- Shizuoka, Japan
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- Integrated Bioscience Section
- Graduate School of Science and Technology
- Shizuoka University
- Shizuoka, Japan
- Nanomaterials Research Division
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Mapping Ion-Induced Mesophasic Transformation in Lyotropic In Situ Gelling System and its Correlation with Pharmaceutical Performance. Pharm Res 2013; 30:1906-14. [DOI: 10.1007/s11095-013-1033-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2013] [Accepted: 03/20/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Levadny V, Tsuboi TA, Belaya M, Yamazaki M. Rate constant of tension-induced pore formation in lipid membranes. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2013; 29:3848-3852. [PMID: 23472875 DOI: 10.1021/la304662p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We investigated the effects of tension induced by micropipet aspiration on giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) composed of dioleoylphosphatidylglycerol (DOPG) and dioleoylphosphatidylcholine (DOPC). We analyzed the time course of the fraction of intact GUVs among all of the GUVs under constant tension σ and obtained the rate constants of pore formation kp(σ). To determine kp, we developed an approach using the mean first passage time. The fitting of the theoretical curves of kp versus σ to the experimental data determined the line tension of a prepore, Γ. The value of Γ of a DOPG/DOPC bilayer was smaller than that of a DOPC bilayer.
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- Victor Levadny
- Integrated Bioscience Section, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, Japan
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Li SJ, Masum SM, Yamashita Y, Tamba Y, Yamazaki M. Effect of electrostatic interactions on phase stability of cubic phases of biomembranes. J Biol Phys 2013; 28:253-66. [PMID: 23345773 DOI: 10.1023/a:1019927614681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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We investigated effect of electrostatic interactions due to surfacecharges on structures and stability of cubic phases of monoolein (MO)membrane using the small-angle X-ray scattering method. Firstly, wechanged the surface charge density of the membrane by usingdioleoylphosphatidic acid (DOPA). As increasing DOPA concentration in themembrane at 30 wt % lipid concentration, a Q(224) to Q(229) phasetransition occurred at 0.6 mol % DOPA, and at and above 25 mol %, DOPA/MOmembranes were in the L(α) phase. NaCl in the bulk phase reduced theeffect of DOPA. These results indicate that as the electrostaticinteractions increase, the most stable phase changes as follows: Q(224)⇒ Q(229) ⇒ L(α). The increase in DOPAconcentration reduced the absolute value of spontaneous curvature of themembrane, | H(0) |. Secondly, we changed the surface charge of themembrane by adding a de novo designed peptide, which has netpositive charges and a binding site on the electrically neutral membraneinterface. The peptide-1 (WLFLLKKK) induced a Q(224) to Q(229)phase transition in the MO membrane at low peptide concentration. As NaClconcentration increases, the MO/peptide-1 membrane changed from Q(229)to Q(224) phase. The increase in peptide-1 concentration reduced |H(0) |. Based on these results, the stability of the cubic phases and themechanism of phase transition between cubic phase and L(α) phase arediscussed.
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- Shu Jie Li
- Materials Science, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Shizuoka University, 836 Oya, Shizuoka, 422-8529 Japan
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Muir BW, Zhen G, Gunatillake P, Hartley PG. Salt Induced Lamellar to Bicontinuous Cubic Phase Transitions in Cationic Nanoparticles. J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:3551-6. [DOI: 10.1021/jp300239g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [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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- Benjamin W. Muir
- CSIRO Materials
Science and Engineering, Bayview Avenue,
Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia
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- CSIRO Materials
Science and Engineering, Bayview Avenue,
Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia
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- CSIRO Materials
Science and Engineering, Bayview Avenue,
Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia
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- CSIRO Materials
Science and Engineering, Bayview Avenue,
Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia
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Alam MM, Oka T, Ohta N, Yamazaki M. Kinetics of low pH-induced lamellar to bicontinuous cubic phase transition in dioleoylphosphatidylserine∕monoolein. J Chem Phys 2011; 134:145102. [PMID: 21495771 DOI: 10.1063/1.3575240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Recently, it has been well recognized that the modulation of electrostatic interactions due to surface charges can induce transitions between lamellar liquid-crystalline (L(α)) and inverse bicontinuous double-diamond cubic (Q(II)(D)) phases in biological lipids. To reveal their kinetic pathway and mechanism, we investigated the low pH-induced L(α) to Q(II)(D) phase transitions in 20%-dioleoylphosphatidylserine (DOPS)/80%-monoolein (MO) using time-resolved small-angle x-ray scattering and a rapid mixing method. At a final pH of 2.6-2.9, the L(α) phase was transformed completely into the hexagonal II (H(II)) phase within 2-10 s after mixing a low pH buffer with a suspension of multilamellar vesicles of 20%-DOPS∕80%-MO (the initial step). Subsequently, the H(II) phase slowly converted into the Q(II)(D) phase and completely disappeared within 15-30 min (the second step). The rate constants of the second step were obtained using the singular value decomposition analysis. On the basis of these data, we discuss the underlying mechanism of the kinetic pathway of the low pH-induced L(α) to Q(II)(D) phase transitions.
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- Mahay Md Alam
- Integrated Bioscience Section, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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Kulkarni CV, Wachter W, Iglesias-Salto G, Engelskirchen S, Ahualli S. Monoolein: a magic lipid? Phys Chem Chem Phys 2011; 13:3004-21. [DOI: 10.1039/c0cp01539c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 295] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Biomembranes are traditionally viewed as flat phospholipid-bilayer sheets delineating the cell boundaries and dividing the cell into multiple subcellular organelles with specialized functions. However, biological membranes may also fold up into three-dimensional nanoperiodic arrangements, termed cubic membranes. This type of geometry is mathematically well described and extensively studied in lipidic cubic phase systems. This chapter will (1) summarize similarities and dissimilarities between cubic membranes and cubic phases; (2) provide an update on the experimental data describing the role of lipids, proteins and electrostatic charges on the biogenesis of cubic membranes; and (3) discuss their potential function in intracellular macromolecular transport and as optical filters, as well as potential practical applications such as gene delivery vehicles.
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- Zakaria A Almsherqi
- Cubic Membrane Laboratory, Department of Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Cubic Membrane Laboratory, Department of Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Cubic Membrane Laboratory, Department of Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Efrat R, Abramov Z, Aserin A, Garti N. Nonionic−Anionic Mixed Surfactants Cubic Mesophases. Part I: Structural Chaotropic and Kosmotropic Effect. J Phys Chem B 2010; 114:10709-16. [DOI: 10.1021/jp103799a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Rivka Efrat
- Casali Institute of Applied Chemistry, The Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Casali Institute of Applied Chemistry, The Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Casali Institute of Applied Chemistry, The Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Casali Institute of Applied Chemistry, The Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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Przybylo M, Borowik T, Langner M. Fluorescence Techniques for Determination of the Membrane Potentials in High Throughput Screening. J Fluoresc 2010; 20:1139-57. [DOI: 10.1007/s10895-010-0665-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2010] [Accepted: 04/05/2010] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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In Cubo Crystallization of Membrane Proteins. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-381266-7.00009-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/08/2023]
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Tamba Y, Yamazaki M. Magainin 2-induced pore formation in the lipid membranes depends on its concentration in the membrane interface. J Phys Chem B 2009; 113:4846-52. [PMID: 19267489 DOI: 10.1021/jp8109622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Antimicrobial peptide magainin 2 forms pores in lipid membranes to induce leakage of internal contents of cells, which is a main cause of its bactericidal activity. However, the conditions and the mechanism of its pore formation remain unclear. In this report, to reveal the effect of the surface charge density of membranes on magainin 2-induced pore formation, we investigated the interaction of magainin 2 with giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) composed of a mixture of electrically neutral dioleoylphosphatidylcholine (DOPC) and negatively charged dioleoylphosphatidylglycerol (DOPG) in various ratios, using the single GUV method. We found that magainin 2 induced pores in the membranes of all kinds of single GUVs. For GUVs with the same charge density, the rate of the pore formation increased with magainin 2 concentration. The magainin 2 concentrations in a buffer required to induce the same rate of the pore formation greatly increased with a decrease in the surface charge density; e.g., the magainin 2 concentrations required for the pore formation in 30% DOPG/70% DOPC-GUVs were 50 times higher than those in 60% DOPG/40% DOPC-GUVs. However, after we converted the magainin 2 concentration in the buffer into that in the membrane interface, Xbmag, we found that Xbmag mainly determines the rate of the pore formation in various GUVs. These data support our model of two-state transition from the binding state to the pore state of the GUV for magainin 2-induced pore formation.
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- Yukihiro Tamba
- Integrated Bioscience Section, Graduate School of Science and Technology, and Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan
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Almsherqi ZA, Landh T, Kohlwein SD, Deng Y. Chapter 6: cubic membranes the missing dimension of cell membrane organization. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2009; 274:275-342. [PMID: 19349040 PMCID: PMC7105030 DOI: 10.1016/s1937-6448(08)02006-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Biological membranes are among the most fascinating assemblies of biomolecules: a bilayer less than 10 nm thick, composed of rather small lipid molecules that are held together simply by noncovalent forces, defines the cell and discriminates between “inside” and “outside”, survival, and death. Intracellular compartmentalization—governed by biomembranes as well—is a characteristic feature of eukaryotic cells, which allows them to fulfill multiple and highly specialized anabolic and catabolic functions in strictly controlled environments. Although cellular membranes are generally visualized as flat sheets or closely folded isolated objects, multiple observations also demonstrate that membranes may fold into “unusual”, highly organized structures with 2D or 3D periodicity. The obvious correlation of highly convoluted membrane organizations with pathological cellular states, for example, as a consequence of viral infection, deserves close consideration. However, knowledge about formation and function of these highly organized 3D periodic membrane structures is scarce, primarily due to the lack of appropriate techniques for their analysis in vivo. Currently, the only direct way to characterize cellular membrane architecture is by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). However, deciphering the spatial architecture solely based on two-dimensionally projected TEM images is a challenging task and prone to artifacts. In this review, we will provide an update on the current progress in identifying and analyzing 3D membrane architectures in biological systems, with a special focus on membranes with cubic symmetry, and their potential role in physiological and pathophysiological conditions. Proteomics and lipidomics approaches in defined experimental cell systems may prove instrumental to understand formation and function of 3D membrane morphologies.
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- Zakaria A Almsherqi
- Department of Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 117597 Singapore
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Silva JN, Oliveira MR, Coutinho P. Characterization of mixed DODAB/monoolein aggregates using Nile Red as a solvatochromic and anisotropy fluorescent probe. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2008.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Efrat R, Kesselman E, Aserin A, Garti N, Danino D. Solubilization of hydrophobic guest molecules in the monoolein discontinuous QL cubic mesophase and its soft nanoparticles. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2009; 25:1316-1326. [PMID: 18781793 DOI: 10.1021/la8016084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Hydrophobic bioactive guest molecules were solubilized in the discontinuous cubic mesophase (QL) of monoolein. Their effects on the mesophase structure and thermal behavior, and on the formation of soft nanoparticles upon dispersion of the bulk mesophase were studied. Four additives were analyzed. They were classified into two types based on their presumed location within the lipid bilayer and their influence on the phase behavior and structure. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), polarized light microscopy, cryogenic-transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM), and dynamic light scattering (DLS) were used for the analysis. We found that carbamazepine and cholesterol (type I molecules) likely localize in the hydrophobic domains, but close to the hydrophobic-hydrophilic region. They induce strong perturbation to the mesophase packing by influencing both the order of the lipid acyl chains and interactions between lipid headgroups. This results in significant reduction of the phase transition enthalpy, and phase separation into lamellar and cubic mesophases above the maximum loading capacity. The inclusion of type I molecules in the mesophase also prevents the formation of soft nanoparticles with long-range internal order upon dispersion. In their presence, only vesicles or sponge-like nanoparticles form. Phytosterols and coenzyme Q10 (type II molecules) present only moderate effects. These molecules reside in the hydrophobic domains, where they cannot alter the lipid curvature or transform the QL mesophase into another phase. Therefore, above maximum loading, excess solubilizate precipitates in crystal forms. Moreover, when type II-loaded QL is dispersed, nanoparticles with long-range order and cubic symmetry (i.e., cubosomes) do form. A model for the growth of the ordered nanoparticles was developed from a series of intermediate structures identified by cryo-TEM. It proposes the development of the internal structure by fusion events between bilayer segments.
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- Rivka Efrat
- Casali Institute of Applied Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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Yamazaki M. Chapter 7 Transformation Between Liposomes and Cubic Phases of Biological Lipid Membranes Induced by Modulation of Electrostatic Interactions. ADVANCES IN PLANAR LIPID BILAYERS AND LIPOSOMES 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s1554-4516(09)09007-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Efrat R, Aserin A, Garti N. On structural transitions in a discontinuous micellar cubic phase loaded with sodium diclofenac. J Colloid Interface Sci 2008; 321:166-76. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2008.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2007] [Revised: 01/03/2008] [Accepted: 01/04/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Yaghmur A, Laggner P, Sartori B, Rappolt M. Calcium triggered L alpha-H2 phase transition monitored by combined rapid mixing and time-resolved synchrotron SAXS. PLoS One 2008; 3:e2072. [PMID: 18446202 PMCID: PMC2320977 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2008] [Accepted: 03/20/2008] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Background Awad et al. [1] reported on the Ca2+-induced transitions of dioleoyl-phosphatidylglycerol (DOPG)/monoolein (MO) vesicles to bicontinuous cubic phases at equilibrium conditions. In the present study, the combination of rapid mixing and time-resolved synchrotron small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) was applied for the in-situ investigations of fast structural transitions of diluted DOPG/MO vesicles into well-ordered nanostructures by the addition of low concentrated Ca2+ solutions. Methodology/Principal Findings Under static conditions and the in absence of the divalent cations, the DOPG/MO system forms large vesicles composed of weakly correlated bilayers with a d-spacing of ∼140 Å (Lα-phase). The utilization of a stopped-flow apparatus allowed mixing these DOPG/MO vesicles with a solution of Ca2+ ions within 10 milliseconds (ms). In such a way the dynamics of negatively charged PG to divalent cation interactions, and the kinetics of the induced structural transitions were studied. Ca2+ ions have a very strong impact on the lipidic nanostructures. Intriguingly, already at low salt concentrations (DOPG/Ca2+>2), Ca2+ ions trigger the transformation from bilayers to monolayer nanotubes (inverted hexagonal phase, H2). Our results reveal that a binding ratio of 1 Ca2+ per 8 DOPG is sufficient for the formation of the H2 phase. At 50°C a direct transition from the vesicles to the H2 phase was observed, whereas at ambient temperature (20°C) a short lived intermediate phase (possibly the cubic Pn3m phase) coexisting with the H2 phase was detected. Conclusions/Significance The strong binding of the divalent cations to the negatively charged DOPG molecules enhances the negative spontaneous curvature of the monolayers and causes a rapid collapsing of the vesicles. The rapid loss of the bilayer stability and the reorganization of the lipid molecules within ms support the argument that the transition mechanism is based on a leaky fusion of the vesicles.
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- Anan Yaghmur
- Institute of Biophysics and Nanosystems Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz, Austria.
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Okamoto Y, Masum SM, Miyazawa H, Yamazaki M. Low-pH-induced transformation of bilayer membrane into bicontinuous cubic phase in dioleoylphosphatidylserine/monoolein membranes. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2008; 24:3400-3406. [PMID: 18302439 DOI: 10.1021/la7036795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Cubic biomembranes, nonbilayer membranes with connections in three-dimensional space that have a cubic symmetry, have been observed in various cells. Interconversion between the bilayer liquid-crystalline (L(alpha)) phase and cubic phases attracted much attention in terms of both biological and physicochemical aspects. Herein we report the pH effect on the phase and structure of dioleoylphosphatidylserine (DOPS)/monoolein (MO) membranes under a physiological ion concentration condition, which was revealed by small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) measurement. At neutral pH, DOPS/MO membranes containing high concentrations of DOPS were in the L(alpha) phase. First, the pH effect on the phase and structure of the multilamellar vesicles (MLVs) of the DOPS/MO membranes preformed at neutral pH was investigated by adding various low-pH buffers into the MLV suspension. For 20%-DOPS/80%-MO MLVs, at and below pH 2.9, a transition from the L(alpha) to cubic (Q(224)) phase occurred within 1 h. This phase transition was reversible; a subsequent increase in pH to a neutral one in the membrane suspension transformed the cubic phase into the original L(alpha) phase. Second, we found that a decrease in pH transformed large unilamellar vesicles of DOPS/MO membranes into the cubic phase under similar conditions. We have proposed the mechanism of the low-pH-induced phase transition and also made a quantitative analysis on the critical pH of the phase transition. This finding is the first demonstration that a change in pH can induce a reversible phase transition between the L(alpha) and cubic phases of lipid membranes within 1 h.
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- Yoshihide Okamoto
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, and Integrated Bioscience Section, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan
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Yaghmur A, Laggner P, Zhang S, Rappolt M. Tuning curvature and stability of monoolein bilayers by designer lipid-like peptide surfactants. PLoS One 2007; 2:e479. [PMID: 17534429 PMCID: PMC1868779 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2007] [Accepted: 05/03/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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This study reports the effect of loading four different charged designer lipid-like short anionic and cationic peptide surfactants on the fully hydrated monoolein (MO)-based Pn3m phase (Q(224)). The studied peptide surfactants comprise seven amino acid residues, namely A(6)D, DA(6), A(6)K, and KA(6). D (aspartic acid) bears two negative charges, K (lysine) bears one positive charge, and A (alanine) constitutes the hydrophobic tail. To elucidate the impact of these peptide surfactants, the ternary MO/peptide/water system has been investigated using small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), within a certain range of peptide concentrations (R
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- Anan Yaghmur
- Institute of Biophysics and Nanosystems Research (IBN), Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz, Austria.
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Tamba Y, Ohba S, Kubota M, Yoshioka H, Yoshioka H, Yamazaki M. Single GUV method reveals interaction of tea catechin (-)-epigallocatechin gallate with lipid membranes. Biophys J 2007; 92:3178-94. [PMID: 17293394 PMCID: PMC1852348 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.097105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Tea catechins, which are flavonoids and the main components of green tea extracts, are thought to have antibacterial and antioxidant activity. Several studies indicate that lipid membranes are one of the targets of the antibacterial activity of catechins. Studies using a suspension of large unilamellar vesicles (LUVs) indicate that catechin causes gradual leakage of internal contents from LUVs. However, the detailed characteristics of the interaction of catechins with lipid membranes remain unclear. In this study, we investigated the interaction of (-)-epigallocatechin gallate (EGCg), a major catechin in tea extract, with single giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) of egg phosphatidylcholine (egg PC) using phase-contrast fluorescence microscopy and the single GUV method. We prepared GUVs of lipid membranes of egg PC in a physiological ion concentration ( approximately 150 mM NaCl) using the polyethylene glycol-lipid method. Low concentrations of EGCg at and above 30 muM induced rapid leakage of a fluorescent probe, calcein, from the inside of single egg PC-GUVs; after the leakage, the GUVs changed into small lumps of lipid membranes. On the other hand, phase-contrast microscopic images revealed the detailed process of the EGCg-induced burst of GUVs, the decrease in their diameter, and their transformation into small lumps. The dependence of the fraction of burst GUVs on EGCg concentration was almost the same as that of the fraction of leaked GUV. This correlation strongly indicates that the leakage of calcein from the inside to the outside of the GUV occurred as a result of the burst of the GUV. The fraction of completely leaked GUV and the fraction of the burst GUV increased with time and also increased with increasing EGCg concentration. We compared the EGCg-induced leakage from single GUVs with EGCg-induced leakage from a LUV suspension. The analysis of the EGCg-induced shape changes shows that the binding of EGCg to the external monolayer of the GUV increases its membrane area, inducing an increase in its surface pressure. Small angle x-ray scattering experiments indicate that the intermembrane distance of multilamellar vesicles of PC membrane greatly decreased at EGCg concentrations above the threshold, suggesting that neighboring membranes came in close contact with each other. On the basis of these results, we discuss the mechanism of the EGCg-induced bursting of vesicles.
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- Yukihiro Tamba
- Innovative Joint Research Center, Shizuoka University, Oya, Hamamatsu 432-8011, Japan
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Almsherqi ZA, Kohlwein SD, Deng Y. Cubic membranes: a legend beyond the Flatland* of cell membrane organization. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 173:839-44. [PMID: 16785319 PMCID: PMC2063909 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200603055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Cubic membranes represent highly curved, three-dimensional nanoperiodic structures that correspond to mathematically well defined triply periodic minimal surfaces. Although they have been observed in numerous cell types and under different conditions, particularly in stressed, diseased, or virally infected cells, knowledge about the formation and function of nonlamellar, cubic structures in biological systems is scarce, and research so far is restricted to the descriptive level. We show that the “organized smooth endoplasmic reticulum” (OSER; Snapp, E.L., R.S. Hegde, M. Francolini, F. Lombardo, S. Colombo, E. Pedrazzini, N. Borgese, and J. Lippincott-Schwartz. 2003. J. Cell Biol. 163:257–269), which is formed in response to elevated levels of specific membrane-resident proteins, is actually the two-dimensional representation of two subtypes of cubic membrane morphology. Controlled OSER induction may thus provide, for the first time, a valuable tool to study cubic membrane formation and function at the molecular level.
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- Zakaria A Almsherqi
- Cubic Membrane Laboratory, Department of Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597
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Awad TS, Okamoto Y, Masum SM, Yamazaki M. Formation of cubic phases from large unilamellar vesicles of dioleoylphosphatidylglycerol/monoolein membranes induced by low concentrations of Ca2+. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2005; 21:11556-61. [PMID: 16316079 DOI: 10.1021/la051782i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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We developed a new method for the transformation of large unilamellar vesicles (LUVs) into the cubic phase. We found that the addition of low concentrations of Ca(2+) to suspensions of multilamellar vesicles (MLVs) of membranes of monoolein (MO) and dioleoylphosphatidylglycerol (DOPG) mixtures (DOPG/MO) changed their L(alpha) phase to the cubic phases. For instance, the addition of 15-25 mM Ca(2+) to 30%-DOPG/70%-MO-MLVs induced the Q(229) phase, whereas the addition of > or =28 mM Ca(2+) induced the Q(224) phase. LUVs of DOPG/MO membranes containing > or =25 mol % DOPG were prepared easily. Low concentrations of Ca(2+) transformed these LUVs in excess buffer into the Q(224) or the Q(229) phase, depending on the Ca(2+) concentration. For example, 15 and 50 mM Ca(2+) induced the Q(224) and Q(229) phase in the 30%-DOPG/70%-MO-LUVs at 25 degrees C, respectively. This finding is the first demonstration of transformation of LUVs of lipid membranes into the cubic phase under excess water condition.
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- Tarek S Awad
- Materials Science, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Shizuoka University, Japan
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Masum SM, Li SJ, Awad TS, Yamazaki M. Effect of positively charged short peptides on stability of cubic phases of monoolein/dioleoylphosphatidic acid mixtures. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2005; 21:5290-7. [PMID: 15924452 DOI: 10.1021/la0469607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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To elucidate the stability and phase transition of cubic phases of biomembranes with infinite periodic minimal surface is indispensable from biological and physicochemical aspects. In this report, we investigated the effect of positively charged peptide-3K (LLKKK) and poly(L-lysine) on the phase stability of monoolein (MO) membranes containing negatively charged dioleoylphosphatidic acid (DOPA) (i.e., DOPA/MO membranes) using small-angle X-ray scattering. At first, the effect of peptide-3K on 10% DOPA/90% MO membrane in excess water, which is in the Q229 phase, was investigated. At 3.4 mM peptide-3K, a Q229 to Q230 phase transition occurred, and at >3.4 mM peptide-3K, the membrane was in the Q230 phase. Poly(L-lysine) (M(w) 1K-4K) also induced the Q230 phase, but peptide-2K (LLKK) could not induce it in the same membrane. We also investigated the effect of peptide-3K on the multilamellar vesicle (MLV) of 25% DOPA/75% MO membrane, which is in L(alpha) phase. In the absence of peptide, the spacing of MLV was very large (11.3 nm), but at > or = 8 mM peptide-3K, it greatly decreased to a constant value (5.2 nm), irrespective of the peptide concentration, indicating that peptide-3K and the membranes form an electrostatically stabilized aggregation with low water content. Poly(L-lysine) also decreased greatly the spacing of the 25% DOPA/75% MO MLV, indicating the formation of a similar aggregation. To compare the effects of peptide-3K and poly(L-lysine) with that of osmotic stress on stability of the cubic phase, we investigated the effect of poly(ethylene glycol) with molecular weight 7500 (PEG-6K) on the phase stability of 10% DOPA/90% MO membrane. With an increase in PEG-6K concentration, i.e., with an increase in osmotic stress, the most stable phase changed as follows; Q229 (Schwartz's P surface) --> Q224 (D) --> Q230 (G). On the basis of these results, we discuss the mechanism of the effects of the positively charged short peptides (peptide-3K) and poly(L-lysine) on the structure and phase stability of DOPA/MO membranes.
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- Shah Md Masum
- Materials Science, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Shizuoka University, 836 Oya, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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The Single GUV Method for Probing Biomembrane Structure and Function. E-JOURNAL OF SURFACE SCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY 2005. [DOI: 10.1380/ejssnt.2005.218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Zambonelli C, Roberts MF. Non-HKD Phospholipase D Enzymes: New Players in Phosphatidic Acid Signaling? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 79:133-81. [PMID: 16096028 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6603(04)79003-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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- Carlo Zambonelli
- Merkert Chemistry Center, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, USA
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Li SJ, Yamazaki M. Low concentration of dioleoylphosphatidic acid induces an inverted hexagonal (H II) phase transition in dipalmitoleoylphosphatidylethanolamine membranes. Biophys Chem 2004; 109:149-55. [PMID: 15059667 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2003.10.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2003] [Revised: 10/13/2003] [Accepted: 10/16/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
Abstract
We have investigated the effects of anionic dioleoylphosphatidic acid (DOPA) on the structure and phase behavior of dipalmitoleoylphosphatidylethanolamine (DPOPE) membranes by small-angle X-ray scattering. The results of X-ray diffraction experiments indicate that an L(alpha) to H(II) phase transition in DPOPE membranes occurred at 2.5 mol% DOPA, and above 4.0 mol% they were completely in the H(II) phase. And in the presence of 0.5 M KCl, the critical concentration of DOPA was decreased to 0.6 mol%. These results show that low concentrations of DOPA stabilize the H(II) phase rather than the L(alpha) phase in DPOPE membranes. The absolute spontaneous curvature of DPOPE membrane was gradually decreased with an increase in DOPA concentrations. On the basis of these results, the H(II) phase stability in DPOPE membranes due to low DOPA concentrations is discussed by the spontaneous curvature of monolayer membrane, the packing energy of alkyl chains of the membrane and lipid packing parameter.
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Affiliation(s)
- Shu Jie Li
- Department of Physics, Dalian University, Dalian Economic and Technical Development Zone, Dalian 116622, PR China.
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