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Kondrashov OV, Rokitskaya TI, Batishchev OV, Kotova EA, Antonenko YN, Akimov SA. Peptide-induced membrane elastic deformations decelerate gramicidin dimer-monomer equilibration. Biophys J 2021; 120:5309-5321. [PMID: 34715080 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2021.10.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2021] [Revised: 09/23/2021] [Accepted: 10/22/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Gramicidin A (gA) is a hydrophobic pentadecapeptide readily incorporating into a planar bilayer lipid membrane (BLM), thereby inducing a large macroscopic current across the BLM. This current results from ion-channel formation due to head-to-head transbilayer dimerization of gA monomers with rapidly established monomer-dimer equilibrium. Any disturbance of the equilibrium, e.g., by sensitized photoinactivation of a portion of gA monomers, causes relaxation toward a new equilibrium state. According to previous studies, the characteristic relaxation time of the gA-mediated electric current decreases as the current increases upon elevating the gA concentration in the membrane. Here, we report data on the current relaxation kinetics for gA analogs with N-terminal valine replaced by glycine or tyrosine. Surprisingly, the relaxation time increased rather than decreased upon elevation of the total membrane conductance induced by these gA analogs, thus contradicting the classical kinetic scheme. We developed a general theoretical model that accounts for lateral interaction of monomers and dimers mediated by membrane elastic deformations. The modified kinetic scheme of the gramicidin dimerization predicts the reverse dependence of the relaxation time on membrane conductance for gA analogs, with a decreased dimerization constant that is in a good agreement with our experimental data. The equilibration process may be also modulated by incorporation of other peptides ("impurities") into the lipid membrane.
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- Oleg V Kondrashov
- Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.
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- Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
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Foreman-Ortiz IU, Liang D, Laudadio ED, Calderin JD, Wu M, Keshri P, Zhang X, Schwartz MP, Hamers RJ, Rotello VM, Murphy CJ, Cui Q, Pedersen JA. Anionic nanoparticle-induced perturbation to phospholipid membranes affects ion channel function. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:27854-27861. [PMID: 33106430 PMCID: PMC7668003 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2004736117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Understanding the mechanisms of nanoparticle interaction with cell membranes is essential for designing materials for applications such as bioimaging and drug delivery, as well as for assessing engineered nanomaterial safety. Much attention has focused on nanoparticles that bind strongly to biological membranes or induce membrane damage, leading to adverse impacts on cells. More subtle effects on membrane function mediated via changes in biophysical properties of the phospholipid bilayer have received little study. Here, we combine electrophysiology measurements, infrared spectroscopy, and molecular dynamics simulations to obtain insight into a mode of nanoparticle-mediated modulation of membrane protein function that was previously only hinted at in prior work. Electrophysiology measurements on gramicidin A (gA) ion channels embedded in planar suspended lipid bilayers demonstrate that anionic gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) reduce channel activity and extend channel lifetimes without disrupting membrane integrity, in a manner consistent with changes in membrane mechanical properties. Vibrational spectroscopy indicates that AuNP interaction with the bilayer does not perturb the conformation of membrane-embedded gA. Molecular dynamics simulations reinforce the experimental findings, showing that anionic AuNPs do not directly interact with embedded gA channels but perturb the local properties of lipid bilayers. Our results are most consistent with a mechanism in which anionic AuNPs disrupt ion channel function in an indirect manner by altering the mechanical properties of the surrounding bilayer. Alteration of membrane mechanical properties represents a potentially important mechanism by which nanoparticles induce biological effects, as the function of many embedded membrane proteins depends on phospholipid bilayer biophysical properties.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215
- Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706;
- Department of Soil Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
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Chistyulin DK, Rokitskaya TI, Kovalchuk SI, Sorochkina AI, Firsov AM, Kotova EA, Antonenko YN. pH-Dependent properties of ion channels formed by N-terminally glutamate substituted gramicidin A in planar lipid bilayers. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2017; 1859:896-902. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2017.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2016] [Revised: 01/13/2017] [Accepted: 02/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Antonenko YN, Gluhov GS, Firsov AM, Pogozheva ID, Kovalchuk SI, Pechnikova EV, Kotova EA, Sokolova OS. Gramicidin A disassembles large conductive clusters of its lysine-substituted derivatives in lipid membranes. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 17:17461-70. [PMID: 26077982 DOI: 10.1039/c5cp02047f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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N-terminally substituted lysine derivatives of gramicidin A (gA), [Lys1]gA and [Lys3]gA, but not glutamate- or aspartate-substituted peptides have been previously shown to cause the leakage of carboxyfluorescein from liposomes. Here, the leakage induction was also observed for [Arg1]gA and [Arg3]gA, while [His1]gA and [His3]gA were inactive at neutral pH. The Lys3-containing analogue with all tryptophans replaced by isoleucines did not induce liposome leakage, similar to gA. This suggests that the presence of both tryptophans and N-terminal cationic residues is critical for pore formation. Remarkably, the addition of gA blocked the leakage induced by [Lys3]gA. By examining with fluorescence correlation spectroscopy the peptide-induced leakage of fluorescent markers from liposomes, we estimated the diameter of pores responsible for the leakage to be about 1.6 nm. Transmission electron cryo-microscopy imaging of liposomes with [Lys3]gA showed that the liposomal membranes contained high electron density particles with a size of about 40 Å, suggesting the formation of peptide clusters. No such clusterization was observed in liposomes incorporating gA or a mixture of gA with [Lys3]gA. Three-dimensional reconstruction of the clusters was compatible with their pentameric arrangement. Based on experimental data and computational modeling, we suggest that the large pore formed by [Lys3]gA represents a barrel-stave oligomeric cluster formed by antiparallel double-stranded helical dimers (DH). In a tentative model, the pentamer of dimers may be stabilized by aromatic Trp-Trp and cation-π Trp-Lys interactions between the neighboring DHs. The inhibiting effect of gA on the [Lys3]gA-induced leakage can be attributed to breaking of cation-π interactions, which prevents peptide clusterization and pore formation.
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- Yuri N Antonenko
- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia.
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Rokitskaya TI, Sorochkina AI, Kovalchuk SI, Egorova NS, Kotova EA, Sychev SV, Antonenko YN. The pH-dependent induction of lipid membrane ionic permeability by N-terminally lysine-substituted analogs of gramicidin A. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 2011; 41:129-38. [DOI: 10.1007/s00249-011-0764-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2011] [Revised: 09/30/2011] [Accepted: 10/11/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Rokitskaya TI, Macrae MX, Blake S, Egorova NS, Kotova EA, Yang J, Antonenko YN. Mechanistic insight into gramicidin-based detection of protein-ligand interactions via sensitized photoinactivation. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2010; 22:454118. [PMID: 21339605 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/22/45/454118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Among the many challenges for the development of ion channel-based sensors is the poor understanding of how to engineer modified transmembrane pores with tailored functionality that can respond to external stimuli. Here, we use the method of sensitized photoinactivation of gramicidin A (gA) channels in planar bilayer lipid membranes to help elucidate the underlying mechanistic details for changes in macroscopic transmembrane ionic current observed upon interaction of C-terminally attached gA ligands with specific proteins in solution. Three different systems were studied: (i) carbonic anhydrase (CA) and gA-sulfonamide, (ii) PSD-95 protein (belonging to the 'PDZ domain-containing protein') and a gA analog carrying the KGGHRRSARYLESSV peptide sequence at the C-terminus, and (iii) an anti-biotin antibody and gA-biotin. The results challenge a previously proposed mechanistic hypothesis suggesting that protein-induced current suppression is due to steric blockage of the ion passage through gA channels, while they reveal new insight for consideration in alternative mechanistic models. Additionally, we demonstrate that the length of a linker between the ligand and the gA channel may be less important for gramicidin-based detection of monovalent compared to multivalent protein-ligand interactions. These studies collectively shed new light on the mechanism of protein-induced current alterations in bilayer recordings of gA derivatives, which may be important in the design of new gramicidin-based sensors.
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- Tatyana I Rokitskaya
- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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Blake S, Capone R, Mayer M, Yang J. Chemically Reactive Derivatives of Gramicidin A for Developing Ion Channel-Based Nanoprobes. Bioconjug Chem 2008; 19:1614-24. [DOI: 10.1021/bc800180z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Steven Blake
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0358, La Jolla, California 92093-0358, and Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, 1101 Beal Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0358, La Jolla, California 92093-0358, and Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, 1101 Beal Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0358, La Jolla, California 92093-0358, and Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, 1101 Beal Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0358, La Jolla, California 92093-0358, and Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, 1101 Beal Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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Dutseva EA, Antonenko YN, Kotova EA, Pfeifer JR, Koert U. Sensitized photoinactivation of minigramicidin channels in bilayer lipid membranes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2007; 1768:1230-7. [PMID: 17306219 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2007.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2006] [Revised: 12/26/2006] [Accepted: 01/10/2007] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The method of sensitized photoinactivation based on the photosensitized damage of gramicidin A (gA) molecules was applied here to study ionic channels formed by minigramicidin (the 11-residue analogue of gramicidin A) in a planar bilayer lipid membrane (BLM) of different thickness. Irradiation of BLM with a single flash of visible light in the presence of a photosensitizer (aluminum phthalocyanine or Rose Bengal) generating singlet oxygen provoked a decrease in the minigramicidin-induced electric current across BLM, the kinetics of which had the characteristic time of several seconds, as observed with gA. For gA, there is good correlation between the characteristic time of photoinactivation and the single-channel lifetime. In contrast to the covalent dimer of gA characterized by extremely long single-channel lifetime and the absence of current relaxation upon flash excitation, the covalent head-to-head dimer of minigramicidin displayed the flash-induced current decrease with the kinetics being strongly dependent on the membrane thickness. The current decrease became slower both upon increasing the concentration of the minigramicidin covalent dimer and upon including cholesterol in the membrane composition. These data in combination with the quadratic dependence of the current on the peptide concentration can be rationalized by hypothesizing that the macroscopic current across BLM measured at high concentrations of the peptide is provided by dimers of minigramicidin covalent dimers in the double beta(5.7)-helical conformation having the lifetime of about 0.4 s, while single channels with the lifetime of 0.01 s, observed at a very low peptide concentration, correspond to the single-stranded beta(6.3)-helical conformation. Alternatively the results can be explained by clustering of channels at high concentrations of the minigramicidin covalent dimer.
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- Elena A Dutseva
- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia
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Pashkovskaya AA, Lukashev EP, Antonov PE, Finogenova OA, Ermakov YA, Melik-Nubarov NS, Antonenko YN. Grafting of polylysine with polyethylenoxide prevents demixing of O-pyromellitylgramicidin in lipid membranes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2006; 1758:1685-95. [PMID: 16901462 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2006.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2006] [Revised: 05/19/2006] [Accepted: 06/06/2006] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Both natural and synthetic polycations can induce demixing of negatively charged components in artificial and possibly in natural membranes. This process can result in formation of clusters (binding of several components to a polycation chain) and/or domains (aggregation of clusters and formation of a separate phase enriched in some particular component). In order to distinguish between these two phenomena, a model lipid membrane system containing ion channels, formed by a negatively charged peptide, O-pyromellitylgramicidin, and polycations of different structures was used. Microelectrophoresis of liposomes, changes in boundary potential of planar bilayers, the shape of compression curves and potentials of lipid and lipid/peptide monolayers were used to monitor the electrostatic factors in polymer adsorption to the membrane and peptide-polymer interactions. The synthesized PEO-grafted polylysine, PLL-PEO20000, did not induce peptide demixing monitored by stabilization of the gramicidin channels, in contrast to parent polylysine (PLL). Both polymers were shown to bind effectively to negatively charged liposomes and lipid monolayers, suggesting that the ineffectiveness of PLL-PEO20000 was not due to reduction of its binding. It was hypothesized that PLL-PEO20000 could not induce domain formation due to steric hindrance of long PEO chains preventing lateral fusion of clusters. Another copolymer, PLL-PEO4000, having four PEO chains of 4000 Da, exhibited intermediate effect between PLL and PLL-PEO20000, which shows the importance of the copolymer architecture for the effect on the lateral distribution of OPg channels. The model system can be relevant to regulation of lateral organization of ion channels and other components in natural membrane systems.
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- A A Pashkovskaya
- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russian Federation
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Antonenko YN, Stoilova TB, Kovalchuk SI, Egorova NS, Pashkovskaya AA, Sobko AA, Kotova EA, Surovoy AY. Redox-regulated ion channel activity of a cysteine-containing gramicidin A analogue. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2006; 1758:493-8. [PMID: 16624254 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2006.02.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2005] [Revised: 01/16/2006] [Accepted: 02/20/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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According to recent data, gramicidin A analogues having positively charged amino acid sequences at the C-termini exhibit two types of channel activity in lipid membranes: classical cation-selective channels and large unselective pores. The induction of unselective pores was shown here to strongly depend on the redox state of the membrane-bathing solution, if the gramicidin analogue contained a cysteine residue in the sequence GSGPKKKRKVC attached to the C-terminus. In particular, the addition of H2O2 led to an increase in the transmembrane current and the loss of cationic selectivity on planar bilayer lipid membranes and an increase in the carboxyfluorescein leakage of liposomes. The effect was observed at high concentration of the peptide while was absent at the single-channel level. It was concluded that oxidation led to possible formation of dimers of the peptide, which promoted the formation of large unselective pores.
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- Yuri N Antonenko
- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, 119992 Moscow, Russia.
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Sensitized Photoinactivation of Gramicidin Channels: Technique and Applications. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s1554-4516(05)01005-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/11/2023]
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Melik-Nubarov N, Krylova O. The Control of Membrane Properties by Synthetic Polymers. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s1554-4516(05)02005-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/16/2023]
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Futaki S, Zhang Y, Kiwada T, Nakase I, Yagami T, Oiki S, Sugiura Y. Gramicidin-based channel systems for the detection of protein-ligand interaction. Bioorg Med Chem 2004; 12:1343-50. [PMID: 15018906 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2003.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2003] [Revised: 06/04/2003] [Accepted: 06/05/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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To detect protein-ligand interaction a gramicidin-based sensor was developed. Biotin was tagged to the C-terminus of gramicidin (Gram-bio 1). The biotin-moiety, which faces the electrolyte, gave little effect on single-channel conductance. Streptavidin added to the electrolyte was detected by Gram-bio 1 through the monitoring channel current using the planar bilayer system. The suppression of macroscopic currents and the acceleration of their decaying time course were observed in a concentration dependent manner. In the single-channel level, however, no significant effect on the single-channel conductance and the open dwell time was observed upon addition of streptavidin. Therefore, streptavidin neither blocked the open channel nor changed the stability of the conducting dimer. Insertion of a linker between gramicidin and biotin did not change the streptavidin-sensitivity of the current reduction. We conclude that the binding of streptavidin to the Gram-bio 1 shifted the distribution of the complex from the membrane to the electrolyte and, thus, reduced the formation of conducting dimer of Gram-bio 1 in the membrane. Interaction of biotin with an anti-biotin antibody was also observed using this system, indicating that this system is applicable for the detection of protein-ligand interaction having a binding constant of approximately 10(8-9) M(-1) or more. Both the adamantane-tagged gramicidin for detection of beta-cyclodextrin and the Strep Tag-II-tagged gramicidin for detection of streptavidin (binding constant: approximately 10(5) M(-1) or less) failed to respond. Thus, high-affinity ligands upon tagging to gramicidin render the gramicidin-based sensor able to execute as a real-time monitoring system for protein-ligand interaction.
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- Shiroh Futaki
- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.
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Partenskii MB, Miloshevsky GV, Jordan PC. Membrane inclusions as coupled harmonic oscillators: Effects due to anisotropic membrane slope relaxation. J Chem Phys 2004; 120:7183-93. [PMID: 15267626 DOI: 10.1063/1.1669373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Membrane-mediated interaction between membrane-spanning peptides or protein segments plays an important role in their function and stability. Our rigorous "coupled harmonic oscillators" representation is extended to account for the complex boundary conditions permitting anisotropic relaxation of the membrane slope along the contours of the inclusions. Using this representation and applying a highly efficient finite-difference algorithm, we have analyzed the membrane-mediated interaction triggered by deformation of the hydrophobic tails of lipid molecules to match the lipophilic exterior of the inserted peptide. We establish that anisotropic relaxation crucially affects the interaction energy, leading to a short-range attraction between two inclusions, while conventional isotropic boundary conditions result in their strong repulsion. In a multi-inclusion cluster, this attraction is further enhanced and modified due to nonpairwise interactions. The results for dimyristoyl phosphatidylcholine and glyceryl monooleate membranes are compared, and the effects of the inclusion radius are considered. The possible role of slope relaxation in the reported stabilization of linked gramicidin channels and in proteins' functional cooperativity is outlined.
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- Michael B Partenskii
- Department of Chemistry, MS-015, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454-9110, USA
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Partenskii MB, Miloshevsky GV, Jordan PC. Stabilization of ion channels due to membrane-mediated elastic interaction. J Chem Phys 2003. [DOI: 10.1063/1.1572460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The lipid bilayer concept: Experimental realization and current applications. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0927-5193(03)80025-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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