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Han C, Zhang C, Wang H, Zhao L. Exosome-mediated communication between tumor cells and tumor-associated macrophages: implications for tumor microenvironment. Oncoimmunology 2021; 10:1887552. [PMID: 33680573 PMCID: PMC7901554 DOI: 10.1080/2162402x.2021.1887552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Exosomes are extracellular vesicles released from numerous types of cells that are involved in multiple tumors development. Exosomes contribute to the modulation of tumor microenvironment (TME) through intercellular communication. As essential immune stromal cells in the TME, tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) participate in tumor development by mediating angiogenesis, metastasis, chemoresistance, and immune escape. Due to communication with multiple cells in the TME, they exhibit plasticity and heterogeneity during the progress of polarization from monocytes to macrophages. Previous studies suggest that targeting TAMs is a promising therapeutic strategy; however, the detailed mechanism by which TAMs regulate tumor development still remains unclear. In this review, we provide an overview of the roles of exosomes as messengers in the communication between tumor cells and polarization of TAMs; we also describe the effects of their interaction on tumor development. Finally, we comprehensively discussed the potential application of exosomes as the promising tumor immunotherapy strategy.
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- Chen Han
- Research Center, the Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.,Institute of Basic Medicine, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China
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- Research Center, the Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Institute of Basic Medicine, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China
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- Research Center, the Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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Harroun TA, Balai-Mood K, Hauß T, Otomo T, Bradshaw JP. Neutron diffraction with an excess-water cell. J Biol Phys 2013; 31:207-18. [PMID: 23345892 DOI: 10.1007/s10867-005-2097-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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As part of a study of the molecular basis of membrane fusion by enveloped viruses, we have used neutron diffraction to study the lamellar (L(α)) to inverse hexagonal (H(II)) phase transition in the phospholipid N-methylated dioleoylphosphatidylethanolamine. This lipid was chosen because its phase transitions are particularly sensitive to the presence of agents that have been demonstrated to promote or inhibit membrane fusion. Two different geometries of neutron diffraction were used: small angle scattering (SANS) and a membrane diffractometer. The SANS measurements were carried out on the SWAN instrument at KEK, Japan, using dispersions of multilamellar vesicles (MLVs). The diffractometer measurements used the V1 instrument at BeNSC-HMI, Germany, with a specially-constructed cell that holds a stack of lipid bilayers in an excess-water state. The two approaches are compared and discussed. Although the diffractometer takes considerably longer to collect the data, it records much higher resolution than the SANS instrument. The samples recorded in the excess-water cell were shown to be well aligned, despite the lipids being fully hydrated, allowing for the production of high-resolution data. Trial measurements performed have demonstrated that sample alignment is preserved throughout the L(α) to H(II) phase transition, thereby opening up possibilities for obtaining high-resolution data from non-lamellar phases.
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- Thad A Harroun
- Preclinical Veterinary Sciences, R.(D.)S.V.S., University of Edinburgh, Summerhall, Edinburgh EH9 1QH UK ; National Research Council, Neutron Program for Materials Research, Chalk River Laboratories, Chalk River, Ontario K0J 1J0 Canada
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Lamazière A, Maniti O, Wolf C, Lambert O, Chassaing G, Trugnan G, Ayala-Sanmartin J. Lipid domain separation, bilayer thickening and pearling induced by the cell penetrating peptide penetratin. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2010; 1798:2223-30. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2009.12.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2009] [Revised: 12/04/2009] [Accepted: 12/22/2009] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Ušaj M, Trontelj K, Miklavčič D, Kandušer M. Cell–Cell Electrofusion: Optimization of Electric Field Amplitude and Hypotonic Treatment for Mouse Melanoma (B16-F1) and Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) Cells. J Membr Biol 2010; 236:107-16. [DOI: 10.1007/s00232-010-9272-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2009] [Accepted: 06/11/2010] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Beck A, Tsamaloukas AD, Jurcevic P, Heerklotz H. Additive action of two or more solutes on lipid membranes. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2008; 24:8833-8840. [PMID: 18646725 DOI: 10.1021/la800682q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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A wide variety of biological processes, pharmaceutical applications, and technical procedures is based on the combined action of two or more soluble compounds to perturb, permeabilize, or lyse biological membranes. Here we present a general model describing the additive action of solutes on the properties of membranes or micelles. The onset and completion of membrane solubilization induced by two surfactants (lauryl maltoside, with nonyl maltoside, octyl glucoside, or CHAPS, respectively) are very well described by our model on the basis of their individual partition coefficients, cmc's, and critical mole ratios R e sat and R e sol as detected by isothermal titration calorimetry. This suggests that the thermodynamic phase transition is governed by a single parameter (e.g., spontaneous curvature) in spite of the complexity of structural changes. Such surfactant mixtures show unique features such as nonlinear solubilization boundaries and concentration-dependent effective partition coefficients. Other phenomena such as membrane leakage are predicted to obey additive action if the solutes act via the same mechanism (e.g., toroidal pore formation) but deviate from the model in the case of independent, synergistic, or antagonistic action.
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- Andreas Beck
- Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Biozentrum of the University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Amatore C, Arbault S, Bouret Y, Guille M, Lemaître F, Verchier Y. Regulation of exocytosis in chromaffin cells by trans-insertion of lysophosphatidylcholine and arachidonic acid into the outer leaflet of the cell membrane. Chembiochem 2007; 7:1998-2003. [PMID: 17086558 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200600194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Vesicular exocytosis is an important complex process in the communication between cells in organisms. It controls the release of chemical and biochemical messengers stored in an emitting cell. In this report, exocytosis is studied amperometrically (at carbon fiber ultramicroelectrodes) at adrenal chromaffin cells, which release catecholamines after appropriate stimulation, while testing the effects due to trans-insertion of two exogenous compounds (lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) and arachidonic acid (AA)) on the kinetics of exocytotic events. Amperometric analyses showed that, under the present conditions (short incubation times and micromolar LPC or AA solutions), LPC favors catecholamine release (rate, event frequency, charge released) while AA disfavors the exocytotic processes. The observed kinetic features are rationalized quantitatively by considering a stalk model, for the fusion pore formation, and the physical constraints applied to the cell membrane by the presence of small fractions of LPC and AA diluted in its external leaflet (trans-insertion). We also observed that the detected amount of neurotransmitters in the presence of LPC was larger than under control conditions, while the opposite trend is observed with AA.
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- Christian Amatore
- Ecole Normale Supérieure, Département de Chimie, UMR CNRS-ENS-UPMC 8640 PASTEUR, 24 rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France.
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Lamazière A, Burlina F, Wolf C, Chassaing G, Trugnan G, Ayala-Sanmartin J. Non-metabolic membrane tubulation and permeability induced by bioactive peptides. PLoS One 2007; 2:e201. [PMID: 17299584 PMCID: PMC1790702 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2006] [Accepted: 01/18/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background Basic cell-penetrating peptides are potential vectors for therapeutic molecules and display antimicrobial activity. The peptide-membrane contact is the first step of the sequential processes leading to peptide internalization and cell activity. However, the molecular mechanisms involved in peptide-membrane interaction are not well understood and are frequently controversial. Herein, we compared the membrane activities of six basic peptides with different size, charge density and amphipaticity: Two cell-penetrating peptides (penetratin and R9), three amphipathic peptides and the neuromodulator substance P. Methodology/Principal Findings Experiments of X ray diffraction, video-microscopy of giant vesicles, fluorescence spectroscopy, turbidimetry and calcein leakage from large vesicles are reported. Permeability and toxicity experiments were performed on cultured cells. The peptides showed differences in bilayer thickness perturbations, vesicles aggregation and local bending properties which form lipidic tubular structures. These structures invade the vesicle lumen in the absence of exogenous energy. Conclusions/Significance We showed that the degree of membrane permeabilization with amphipathic peptides is dependent on both peptide size and hydrophobic nature of the residues. We propose a model for peptide-induced membrane perturbations that explains the differences in peptide membrane activities and suggests the existence of a facilitated “physical endocytosis,” which represents a new pathway for peptide cellular internalization.
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- Antonin Lamazière
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), UMR 538, CHU Saint Antoine, Paris, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, CHU Saint Antoine, Paris, France
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- UMR Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 7613, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), UMR 538, CHU Saint Antoine, Paris, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, CHU Saint Antoine, Paris, France
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- UMR Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 7613, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), UMR 538, CHU Saint Antoine, Paris, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, CHU Saint Antoine, Paris, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), UMR 538, CHU Saint Antoine, Paris, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, CHU Saint Antoine, Paris, France
- * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Balkina AS, Selischeva AA, Sorokoumova GM, Larionova NI. Interaction of native Bowman-Birk soybean protease inhibitor and its hydrophobized derivative with multilamellar vesicles of soybean phospholipids. BIOCHEMISTRY. BIOKHIMIIA 2006; 71:84-9. [PMID: 16457624 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297906010135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The interaction of native Bowman-Birk soybean protease inhibitor (BBI) and its hydrophobized derivative with multilamellar vesicles of various soybean phospholipids was investigated. Decrease in pH and introduction of negatively charged components to the lipid mixture increased BBI content in the protein-lipid complex. This suggests a contribution of electrostatic forces in the protein-lipid interaction. Protein hydrophobization insignificantly influenced BBI binding to lipids. In the complex with lipids, both proteins (BBI and its hydrophobized derivative) retained high anti-chymotrypsin activity (75-100%), which was not influenced by the presence of the ionic detergent sodium deoxycholate.
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- A S Balkina
- Faculty of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.
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Chattopadhyay S, Sun P, Wang P, Abonyo B, Cross NL, Liu L. Fusion of lamellar body with plasma membrane is driven by the dual action of annexin II tetramer and arachidonic acid. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:39675-83. [PMID: 12902340 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m212594200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Annexin II has been implicated in membrane fusion during the exocytosis of lamellar bodies from alveolar epithelial type II cells. Most previous studies were based on the fusion assays by using model membranes. In the present study, we investigated annexin II-mediated membrane fusion by using isolated lamellar bodies and plasma membrane as determined by the relief of octadecyl rhodamine B (R18) self-quenching. Immunodepletion of annexin II from type II cell cytosol reduced its fusion activity. Purified annexin II tetramer (AIIt) induced the fusion of lamellar bodies with the plasma membrane in a dose-dependent manner. This fusion is Ca2+-dependent and is highly specific to AIIt because other annexins (I and II monomer, III, IV, V, and VI) were unable to induce the fusion. Modification of the different functional residues of AIIt by N-ethylmaleimide, nitric oxide, or peroxynitrite abolished AIIt-mediated fusion. Arachidonic acid enhanced AIIt-mediated fusion and reduced its Ca2+ requirement to an intracellularly achievable level. This effect is due to membrane-bound arachidonic acid, not free arachidonic acid. Other fatty acids including linolenic acid, palmitoleic acid, myristoleic acid, stearic acid, palmitic acid, and myristic acid had little effect. AIIt-mediated fusion was suppressed by the removal of arachidonic acid from lamellar body and plasma membrane using bovine serum albumin. The addition of arachidonic acid back to the arachidonic acid-depleted membranes restored its fusion activity. Our results suggest that the fusion between lamellar bodies with the plasma membrane is driven by the synergistic action of AIIt and arachidonic acid.
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- Sandip Chattopadhyay
- Department of Physiological Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078, USA
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Carattino MD, Hill WG, Kleyman TR. Arachidonic acid regulates surface expression of epithelial sodium channels. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:36202-13. [PMID: 12837767 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m300312200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Epithelial Na+ channels (ENaCs) are regulated by the phospholipase A2 (PLA2) product arachidonic acid. Pharmacological inhibition of PLA2 with aristolochic acid induced a significant increase in amiloride-sensitive currents in Xenopus oocytes expressing ENaC. Arachidonic acid or 5,8,11,14-eicosatetraynoic acid (ETYA), a non-metabolized analog of arachidonic acid, induced a time-dependent inhibition of Na+ transport. These effects were also observed by co-expression of a calcium-independent or a calcium-dependent PLA2. Channels with a truncated alpha, beta,or gamma C terminus were not inhibited by arachidonic acid or ETYA. Furthermore, mutation of Tyr618 in the PY motif of the beta subunit abrogated the inhibitory effect of ETYA, suggesting that intact PY motifs participate in arachidonic acid-mediated ENaC inhibition. Analyses of channels expressing a series of beta subunit C-terminal truncations revealed a second region N-terminal to the PY motif (spanning residues betaVal580-betaGly599) that allowed for ETYA-mediated ENaC inhibition. Analyses of both ENaC surface expression and ENaC trafficking with mutants that either gate channels open or closed in response to [(2-(trimethylammonium) ethyl] methanethiosulfonate bromide, or with brefeldin A, suggest that ETYA reduces channel surface expression by inhibiting ENaC exocytosis and increasing ENaC endocytosis.
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- Marcelo D Carattino
- Renal-Electrolyte Division, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
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The anti-parallel, extended or splayed-chain conformation of amphiphilic lipids. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0927-7765(02)00034-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Koulov AV, Vares L, Jain M, Smith BD. Cationic triple-chain amphiphiles facilitate vesicle fusion compared to double-chain or single-chain analogues. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2002; 1564:459-65. [PMID: 12175929 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2736(02)00496-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Cationic, triple-chain amphiphiles promote vesicle fusion more than structurally related double-chain or single-chain analogues. Two types of vesicle fusion experiments were conducted, mixing of oppositely charged vesicles and acid-triggered self-fusion of vesicles composed of cationic amphiphile and anionic cholesteryl hemisuccinate (CHEMS). Vesicle fusion was monitored by standard fluorescence assays for intermembrane lipid mixing, aqueous contents mixing and leakage. Differential scanning calorimetry was used to show that triple-chain amphiphiles lower the lamellar-inverse hexagonal (L(alpha)-H(II)) phase transition temperature for dipalmitoleoylphosphatidylethanolamine. The triple-chain amphiphiles may enhance vesicle fusion because they can stabilize the inversely curved membrane surfaces of the fusion intermediates, however, other factors such as extended conformation, packing defects, chain motion, or surface dehydration may also contribute. From the perspective of drug delivery, the results suggest that vesicles containing cationic, triple-chain amphiphiles (and cationic, cone-shaped amphiphiles in general) may be effective as fusogenic delivery capsules.
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- Atanas V Koulov
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and the Walther Cancer Research Center, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556-5670, USA
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Darkes MJM, Harroun TA, Davies SMA, Bradshaw JP. The effect of fusion inhibitors on the phase behaviour of N-methylated dioleoylphosphatidylethanolamine. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2002; 1561:119-28. [PMID: 11988186 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2736(01)00464-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The effects of two fusion inhibitors on the lipid polymorphism of N-methylated dioleoylphosphatidylethanolamine were studied using temperature-resolved, small-angle X-ray diffraction. The inhibitory role of the tri-peptide carbobenzoxy-D-phenylalanine-L-phenylalanine-glycine and the lipid 1-lauroyl-2-hydroxy-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine in the fusion pathway was studied, using the non-lamellar phase behaviour of the lipid as a model. We used p15EK, the N-terminal region of gp41 from feline leukaemia virus as promoter of membrane fusion, and measured the structural parameters of each observed lipid phase as a function of temperature. The fusion inhibitors were found to impede the expression of negative curvature of lipid monolayers even in the presence of fusion peptide. The results of this study are interpreted in relation to models of the membrane fusion mechanism.
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- Malcolm J M Darkes
- Department of Preclinical Veterinary Sciences, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Summerhall, EH9 1QH, UK
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Pécheur EI, Martin I, Bienvenüe A, Ruysschaert JM, Hoekstra D. Protein-induced fusion can be modulated by target membrane lipids through a structural switch at the level of the fusion peptide. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:3936-42. [PMID: 10660547 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.6.3936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Regulatory features of protein-induced membrane fusion are largely unclear, particularly at the level of the fusion peptide. Fusion peptides being part of larger protein complexes, such investigations are met with technical limitations. Here, we show that the fusion activity of influenza virus or Golgi membranes is strongly inhibited by minor amounts of (lyso)lipids when present in the target membrane but not when inserted into the viral or Golgi membrane itself. To investigate the underlying mechanism, we employ a membrane-anchored peptide system and show that fusion is similarly regulated by these lipids when inserted into the target but not when present in the peptide-containing membrane. Peptide-induced fusion is regulated by a reversible switch of secondary structure from a fusion-permissive alpha-helix to a nonfusogenic beta-sheet. The "on/off" activation of this switch is governed by minor amounts of (lyso)-phospholipids in targets, causing a drop in alpha-helix and a dramatic increase in beta-sheet contents. Concomitantly, fusion is inhibited, due to impaired peptide insertion into the target membrane. Our observations in biological fusion systems together with the model studies suggest that distinct lipids in target membranes provide a means for regulating membrane fusion by causing a reversible secondary structure switch of the fusion peptides.
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- E I Pécheur
- Department of Physiological Chemistry, University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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Chanturiya A, Leikina E, Zimmerberg J, Chernomordik LV. Short-chain alcohols promote an early stage of membrane hemifusion. Biophys J 1999; 77:2035-45. [PMID: 10512823 PMCID: PMC1300484 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(99)77044-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Hemifusion, the linkage of contacting lipid monolayers of two membranes before the opening of a fusion pore, is hypothesized to proceed through the formation of a stalk intermediate, a local and strongly bent connection between membranes. When the monolayers' propensity to bend does not support the stalk (e.g., as it is when lysophosphatidylcholine is added), hemifusion is inhibited. In contrast, short-chain alcohols, reported to affect monolayer bending in a manner similar to that of lysophosphatidylcholine, were here found to promote hemifusion between fluorescently labeled liposomes and planar lipid bilayers. Single hemifusion events were detected by fluorescence microscopy. Methanol or ethanol (1.2-1.6 w/w %) added to the same compartment of the planar bilayer chamber as liposomes caused a 5-50 times increase in the number of hemifusion events. Alcohol-induced hemifusion was inhibited by lysophosphatidylcholine. Promotion of membrane hemifusion by short-chain alcohol was also observed for cell-cell fusion mediated by influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA). Alcohol promoted a fusion stage subsequent to the low pH-dependent activation of HA. We propose that binding of short-chain alcohol to the surface of membranes promotes hemifusion by facilitating the transient breakage of the continuity of each of the contacting monolayers, which is required for their subsequent merger in the stalk intermediate.
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- A Chanturiya
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biophysics, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 USA
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