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The enhancement of fluorescence emission from the tryptophan residue of glucagon, the quenching of that emission with acrylamide and with 5-doxyl and 16-doxyl stearic acid, circular dichroism spectra, the release of 6-carboxyfluorescein, and polarized infrared attenuated total reflection (IR-ATR) spectra were used to study the interaction of glucagon with intact lipid vesicles and flat bilayers. Dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine bound the peptide only below the main transition temperature, thus confirming earlier results of Epand et al. (1977). However, the peptide is also bound by vesicles of unsaturated lipids above their transition temperature, suggesting an influence of lipid area on the binding process. Circular dichroism showed that binding to such vesicles also increases the helix content of glucagon. The IR-ATR study and a comparison with dynorphin-A-(1-13)-tridecapeptide revealed profound differences in orientation of the two peptides. The dichroic ratios and the derived order parameters indicated an isotropic orientation of the helical segments of glucagon, but did not exclude a principal orientation of the molecules lying flat on the membrane surface. In contrast, the axis of the dynorphin helix is clearly oriented normal to the interface. The two peptides also differ in their rates of 6-carboxyfluorescein release, suggesting a deeper penetration of the primary amphiphilic helix of dynorphin A-(1-13) than of the secondary amphiphilic helix of glucagon.
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- S Kimura
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich
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Favilla R, Stecconi G, Cavatorta P, Sartor G, Mazzini A. The interaction of DAPI with phospholipid vesicles and micelles. Biophys Chem 1993; 46:217-26. [PMID: 8343569 DOI: 10.1016/0301-4622(93)80015-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The interactions of the dye 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) with phospholipids ordered in single bilayer vesicles of dioleylphosphatidylserine (DOPS) or dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) or micelles of monomyristoylphosphatidylcholine (MPC) have been investigated. Somewhat unexpectedly, the binding of this dye to such ordered structures is not affected by the ionic strength of the external medium, which suggests an embedding of DAPI into the hydrocarbon phase. The fluorescence enhancement of DAPI bound can be accomodated within a model previously proposed for the behaviour of DAPI bound to proteins (Mazzini et al., Biophys. Chem. 42 (1992) 101). From both static and dynamic anisotropy measurements, bound DAPI results severely restricted in its rotational freedom but insensitive to the temperature dependent phase transition of the saturated DMPC vesicles. The considerable tightness and specificity of the interactions between DAPI and ordered phospholipids are also deduced from preliminary fluorescence quenching studies (reduced accessibility of iodide ions towards DAPI bound and quenching effects by the chaotrop Nonidet P-40).
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- R Favilla
- Department of Physics, University of Parma, Italy
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Tallett A, Seabrook RN, Irons LI, Robinson A, Van Heyningen S, Atkinson T. Localisation of a receptor-recognition domain on the S3 subunit of pertussis toxin by peptide mapping. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1993; 211:743-8. [PMID: 7679639 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1993.tb17604.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Overlapping 10-amino-acid peptides, which consecutively span the amino acid sequence of the S3 subunit of pertussis toxin, were synthesised on polyethylene pins and screened for their ability to bind the glycoprotein fetuin. Fetuin binding was localised to a single peptide comprising amino acids 46-55. A free peptide, (E)S3c, of longer sequence (S3 amino acids 44-58) was also found to bind alpha-1-acid glycoprotein, mixed brain gangliosides and fetuin. (E)S3c also recognised asialofetuin but with a lower apparent affinity relative to fetuin. The single tryptophan residue of the peptide yielded a fluorescence-emission maximum of 355 nm. In the presence of either ganglioside or the phospholipid L-alpha-lysolecithin, but not N-acetylneuramin-lactose or lactosylceramide, the emission intensity of (E)S3c was enhanced and the emission maximum blue-shifted to 340 nm by ganglioside, or to 345 nm by L-alpha-lysolecithin. Monosialogangliosides, disialogangliosides, and trisialogangliosides, when fluorescence-titrated, were each found to bind the peptide with a similar dissociation constant of 4.4 +/- 2.8 microM. These findings demonstrate that region 44-58 of the pertussis-toxin S3 subunit is likely to be involved in the recognition of both glycosylated and phospholipid constituents of target-cell membranes.
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- A Tallett
- Division of Biologics and Biotechnology, Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Porton Down, Salisbury, England
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Cavatorta P, Sartor G, Neyroz P, Farruggia G, Franzoni L, Szabo AG, Spisni A. Fluorescence and CD studies on the conformation of the gastrin releasing peptide in solution and in the presence of model membranes. Biopolymers 1991; 31:653-61. [PMID: 1932564 DOI: 10.1002/bip.360310610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The conformation of the heptacosapeptide hormone, gastrin releasing peptide, has been studied in buffer and in the presence of lipids, using static and dynamic fluorescence and CD. The results obtained show that, in buffer, the hormone exists in a collection of flexible, random coil type conformers, characterized by a beta-turn between residues 14-19. On the other hand, organic solvents can induce some degree of ordered secondary structure in the peptide chain. The marked changes, observed in CD and fluorescence spectra upon addition of lysolecitin micelles and dimyristoylphosphatidylserine vesicles, clearly show that the peptide interacts with lipids, assuming a lipid specific configuration. Interestingly, no significative spectroscopic changes are produced by exposure to dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine vesicles both in the gel and liquid-chrystalline phases, suggesting a requirement for negatively charged lipids during the process of hormone-membrane interaction.
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- P Cavatorta
- Department of Physics Section of Biophysics, University of Parma, Italy
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Cavatorta P, Spisni A, Szabo AG, Farruggia G, Franzoni L, Masotti L. Conformation of bombesin in buffer and in the presence of lysolecithin micelles: NMR, CD, and fluorescence studies. Biopolymers 1989; 28:441-63. [PMID: 2720119 DOI: 10.1002/bip.360280140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The conformation of the tetradecapeptide hormone bombesin has been studied in buffer and in the presence of lysolecithin micelles, using static and dynamic fluorescence, CD, and one- and two-dimensional nmr. The results obtained show that in buffer bombesin is present in an extended flexible chain, with no evidence for any ordered secondary structure. A marked change in the CD spectrum is observed changing from buffer to the lipid suspension. Concomitantly, the 1H-nmr spectrum of bombesin, in a D2O lipid dispersion, shows the persistence of resonances due to exchangeable protons and in similar conditions the fluorescence intensity increases. We think therefore that these results strongly support the hypothesis that bombesin interacts with the lipid phase, assuming ordered secondary structure. Finally, the marked dependence of tryptophan fluorescence quantum efficiency and order parameter from the hormone concentration in the presence of lysolecithin but not in buffer leads to the conclusion that bombesin can associate into the lipid matrix.
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Vincent M, Brochon JC, Merola F, Jordi W, Gallay J. Nanosecond dynamics of horse heart apocytochrome c in aqueous solution as studied by time-resolved fluorescence of the single tryptophan residue (Trp-59). Biochemistry 1988; 27:8752-61. [PMID: 2853969 DOI: 10.1021/bi00424a010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The time-resolved fluorescence emission characteristics of the single tryptophan residue (Trp-59) of horse heart apocytochrome c--the precursor of the intramitochondrial cytochrome c--were studied in aqueous solution. The total fluorescence intensity decay measured over the whole emission spectrum was analyzed as a sum of three or four exponentials by the nonlinear least-squares method, the last model always providing a slight but significant decrease in the chi 2 values. Maximum entropy analysis, recently developed for time-resolved fluorometry (Livesey et al., 1987; Livesey & Brochon, 1987), strongly suggests the existence of a distribution including at least four separate classes of lifetimes. The center values were around 0.1-0.2, 1, 3, and 5 ns, in agreement with the lifetime values obtained by nonlinear least-squares regression analysis. As a function of the emission wavelength, these values remained constant within the experimental error, whereas a redistribution of the fractional amplitudes was observed: the contributions of the short components increased in the blue edge region of the emission spectrum. Temperature increase led essentially to a redistribution of the fractional amplitudes, affecting mostly that of the 5-ns component, which almost totally disappeared at high temperature (35-40 degrees C). The lifetime values were not significantly affected except for the 3-ns component, which decreased by about 15% in the temperature range studied. Such observations strongly suggest that the protein exists under different conformational substates in thermal equilibrium. Time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy measurements evidenced the existence of fast internal rotation of the Trp residue. An average maximum restricted angle of rotation of around 55 degrees was calculated. A second internal motion, slower by 1 order of magnitude, corresponding likely to a local motion of the peptide chain involving the Trp-59 residue, was detected on the anisotropy decay curve. Finally, the longest correlation time (5 ns) should correspond to the average rotation of the overall protein. Its value doubled as a function of the protein concentration, revealing an association process leading most likely to a dimer in the concentration range studied (2-139 microM). The flexibility of the peptide chain was more restrained in the associated than in the monomeric form, but the fast internal rotation of the Trp residue was not.
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- M Vincent
- Laboratoire pour l'Utilisation du Rayonnement Electromagnétique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris Sud, Orsay, France
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Gallay J, Vincent M, Nicot C, Waks M. Conformational aspects and rotational dynamics of synthetic adrenocorticotropin-(1-24) and glucagon in reverse micelles. Biochemistry 1987; 26:5738-47. [PMID: 3676284 DOI: 10.1021/bi00392a024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The tryptophan (Trp) rotational dynamics and the secondary structure of the peptide hormones adrenocorticotropin-(1-24) [ACTH(1-24)]--the fully active N-terminal fragment of adrenocorticotropin-(1-39)--and glucagon were studied in aqueous solutions and in reverse micelles of sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate (AOT)/water/isooctane, a system selected to mimic the membrane-water interface. In aqueous solutions, the total fluorescence intensity decays of their single Trp residue [Trp-9 and Trp-25 for ACTH(1-24) and glucagon, respectively] are multiexponential. This is also the case for ACTH(5-10), a fragment of the adrenocorticotropin "message" region. Time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy data evidence a high degree of rotational freedom of the single Trp residue. Transfer of these peptides from water to the aqueous core of reverse micelles induces severe restrictions of the Trp internal motion and of its local environment. The results indicate that the Trp-9 residue in ACTH(1-24 is maintained in the close neighborhood of the water-AOT molecular interface where the water molecules are strongly immobilized. By contrast, the Trp residues in ACTH(5-10) and glucagon are likely to be located closer to the center of the micellar aqueous core where the water molecules are in a more mobile state. Furthermore, the above location of Trp can be extended to the peptide chains themselves as evidenced by the overall correlation time values of the peptide-containing micelles. Nevertheless, in all peptides, the indole ring remains susceptible to oxidation by N-bromosuccinimide. Circular dichroism measurements evidence the induction in glucagon of alpha-helices remaining unaffected by the micellar water content. Conversely, beta-sheet structures are favored in ACTH(1-24) at low water-to-surfactant molar ratios (w0) but are disrupted by subsequent additions of water. These results are discussed in terms of the possible role of the micellar interfaces in selecting the preferred peptide dynamical conformation(s)
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- J Gallay
- Laboratoire pour l'Utilisation du Rayonnement Electromagnétique du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris Sud, Orsay, France
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Physical properties of fatty acyl-CoA. Critical micelle concentrations and micellar size and shape. J Biol Chem 1985. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)39646-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Yang VC, Turcotte JG, Steim JM. Biophysical properties of cytidine diphosphate diacylglycerol in solution. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1985; 834:364-75. [PMID: 3995072 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2760(85)90010-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The physical properties of CDP diacylglycerol derived from egg phosphatidylcholine are very different from those of the common glycerophospholipids, such as phosphatidylcholine. Gently dispersed in buffer (5 mM phosphate, 0.15 M NaCl, pH 7.4), the liponucleotide initially forms an opalescent suspension of spherical vesicles, up to 50 micron in diameter, which appear to be unilamellar. These large vesicles are unstable and, independently of initial concentration, unstirred suspensions are no longer turbid after being incubated for about 1 h at room temperature. The passage of samples through Sepharose and Sephadex at increasing time intervals after the first hour reveals a continuing but slow diminution in size until, at about two days, a final peak is obtained which remains invariant for longer times. Chromatography of these ultimate stable micelles on Sephadex G-200 gives a Stokes radius of 4.2 nm. Their sedimentation coefficient extrapolated to zero concentration is 6.1 S. These numbers, combined with a partial specific volume of 0.835 ml X g-1, give an anhydrous mass of 155 000 Da and an aggregation number of 158. Although the data suggest the particles to be spherical, other compact forms cannot be excluded. Proton NMR at 220 MHz shows time-dependent spectral changes which are consistent with the slow structural transformation observed by gel-filtration chromatography, and indicate that the sugar and cytosine groups in the ultimate micelles apparently are motionally restricted. The critical micelle concentration is near 6 microM, but micelle-free molecule equilibration requires at least 7 days at a total concentration of 89 microM. Sonication considerably decreases the time required for the vesicle-micelle transformation and the micelle-free molecule equilibration. Some implications for enzymology are discussed.
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Kramp W, Pieroni G, Pinckard RN, Hanahan DJ. Observations on the critical micellar concentration of 1-O-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine and a series of its homologs and analogs. Chem Phys Lipids 1984; 35:49-62. [PMID: 6744496 DOI: 10.1016/0009-3084(84)90032-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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In a study designed to explore the physical chemical characteristics of platelet activating factor (PAF), or 1-O-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, the critical micellar concentration of this compound, as well as the propionyl, butyryl and hexanoyl homologs was determined. In addition, an analogous series of compounds, in which the 1-O-alkyl was replaced by a 1-O-hexadecanoyl or a 1-O-octadecanoyl group, were examined for their critical micellar concentration. A variety of analytical techniques including NMR, gas liquid chromatography, infra-red spectrometry, thin layer chromatography, phosphorus, choline, glyceryl ether and fatty acid analyses were used to confirm the high purity of the individual derivatives. A dye binding assay and a surface tension technique were compared as to their suitability for determination of the critical micellar concentration of these compounds. Whereas the dye binding method proved highly variable, the surface tension procedure proved to be a facile, reproducible technique and was the assay of choice. The critical micellar concentration of the 1-O-alkyl and the 1-O-acyl derivatives showed comparable values for each short chain substituent at carbon 2, with values, in microM, ranging from 1.3 +/- 0.03 for 1-O-hexadecanoyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine and 1.1 +/- 0.10 for 1-O-hexadecyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine to 0.22 +/- 0.01 for 1-O-hexadecanoyl-2-hexanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine and 0.18 +/- 0.03 for 1-O-hexadecyl-2-hexanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine. The data show that at the molar concentration usually employed in biological studies with these compounds, i.e., 1 X 10(-7) to 10(-11) M, one can assume that they will be present as monomolecular species. Thus, it seems unlikely that the widely diverse biological activities of these compounds can be explained by this physical parameter.
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Braun W, Wider G, Lee KH, Wüthrich K. Conformation of glucagon in a lipid-water interphase by 1H nuclear magnetic resonance. J Mol Biol 1983; 169:921-48. [PMID: 6631957 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2836(83)80143-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 230] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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A determination of the spatial structure of the polypeptide hormone glucagon bound to perdeuterated dodecylphosphocholine micelles is described. A map of distance constraints between individually assigned hydrogen atoms of the polypeptide chain was obtained from two-dimensional nuclear Overhauser enhancement spectroscopy. These data were used as the input for a distance geometry algorithm for computing conformations that would be compatible with the experiments. In the region from residues 5 to 29 the mobility of the polypeptide backbone and most of the amino acid side-chains was found to be essentially restricted to the overall rotational tumbling of the micelles. The secondary structure in this region includes three turns of irregular alpha-helix in the segment of residues 17 to 29 near the C terminus, a stretch of extended polypeptide chain from residues 14 to 17, an alpha-helix-like turn formed by the residues 10 to 14 and another extended region from residues 5 to 10. In the N-terminal tetrapeptide H-His-Ser-Gln-Gly- the two terminal residues are highly mobile, indicating that they extend into the aqueous phase, and the mobility of the residues Gln3 and Gly4 appears to be only partially restricted by the binding to the micelle. The absence of long range nuclear Overhauser effects between the peptide segments 5-9 and 11-29, and between 5-16 and 19-29 shows that the polypeptide chain does not fold back on itself and hence that micelle-bound glucagon does not adopt a globular tertiary structure. Previously it was shown that the polypeptide backbone of glucagon is located close to and runs roughly parallel to the micelle surface. Combination of these observations suggests that the overall spatial arrangement of the glucagon polypeptide chain in a lipid-water interphase is largely determined by the topology of the lipid support, in the present case the curvature of the dodecylphosphocholine micelles. The tertiary structure is further characterized by the formation of two hydrophobic patches by the side-chains of Phe6, Tyr10 and Leu14, and the side-chains of Ala19, Phe22, Val23, Trp25 and Leu26, respectively.
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Carrey EA, Epand RM. Conformational and biological properties of glucagon fragments containing residues 1-17 and 19-29. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE AND PROTEIN RESEARCH 1983; 22:362-70. [PMID: 6313539 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3011.1983.tb02103.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The 29 amino acid polypeptide hormone glucagon was cleaved into two large fragments by the enzyme clostripain. The conformational properties of these two fragments were monitored by circular dichroism at pH 2 and 12 in both the presence and absence of sodium dodecyl sulfate. Both glucagon (1-17) and glucagon (19-29) have reduced abilities to fold in aqueous solution. However, both fragments can take on structure of higher apparent helical content in acidic solution in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate but only the glucagon (19-29) retains this conformation at high pH. Neither of the two fragments react with dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine as the intact peptide does. Only the carboxyl terminal fragment was capable of reacting with an antibody specific for glucagon. The glucagon (1-17) has markedly reduced affinity for binding to the glucagon receptor as well as markedly reduced ability to stimulate adenylate cyclase activity which is not affected by the presence of glucagon (19-29). It is proposed that the intact sequence provides specific groups required for activity as well as the potential for forming a stable amphipathic helix, both of which are necessary for full biological activity at low peptide concentrations.
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Ernandes JR, Epand RM, Schreier S. Studies on the complex formed between glucagon and dicaprylphosphatidylcholine. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1983; 733:75-86. [PMID: 6882757 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(83)90092-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Yang VC, Turcotte JG, Steim JM. Physical properties of arabinofuranosylcytosine diphosphate diacylglycerol, an antitumor liponucleotide. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1982; 689:375-84. [PMID: 7115716 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(82)90272-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Dispersed from a dry film into buffer (5 mM phosphate, 0.15 M NaCl, pH 7.4), the liponucleotide 1-beta-D-arabinofuranosylcytosine 5'-diphosphate L-1,2-diacylglycerol (ara-CDPdiacylglycerol) spontaneously forms vesicles which are several microns in diameter and probably unilamellar. Their average size immediately begins to decrease, and after 2 h none can be seen in the light microscope. During 1-2 days in unstirred solutions at 25 degrees C, the vesicles are transformed to spherical or nearly spherical micelles having an apparent partial specific volume of 0.835 ml . g-1, a maximum possible aggregation number of about 150, and an anhydrous radius of about 37 A. The critical micelle concentration (CMC) is about 10 microM in buffer and 20 microM in distilled water, but micelle-monomer equilibration requires at least 1 week at a total concentration of 66 microM. This exceedingly slow equilibration is unique among reported detergents. The standard enthalpy and entropy of micellization are - 13 kJ . mol-1 and 87 J . mol-1 . K-1, respectively. These values are within the range reported for other detergents. Sonication accelerates the vesicle-micelle transformation to 30 min.
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Hruby VJ. Structure-conformation-activity studies of glucagon and semi-synthetic glucagon analogs. Mol Cell Biochem 1982; 44:49-64. [PMID: 6283336 DOI: 10.1007/bf00573846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Examination of glucagon structure-activity relationships and their use for the development of glucagon antagonists (inhibitors) have been hampered until recently by the lack of high purity of semisynthetic glucagon analogs and inadequate study of full dose-response curves for these analogs in sensitive bioassay systems. Recently a number of highly purified glucagon fragments and semi-synthetic analogs have been prepared and their full dose-response activities examined over a wide concentration range using the hepatic membrane adenylate cyclase assay, the hepatic membrane receptor binding assay, and glycogenolytic activity in isolated rat hepatocytes. The results of these studies have enabled us to identify and dissociate the structural (and in some cases conformational) features of glucagon important for binding from those most responsible for biological activity (transduction). Key findings in these studies were the observation that: (1) the C-terminal region of glucagon is primarily of importance for hormone binding to receptors; (2) glucagon 1-21 and glucagon 1-6 have low potency, but are essentially fully active glucagon derivatives; and (3) highly purified glucagon 2-29 ([1-des-histidine]-glucagon), [1-N alpha-carbamoylhistidine]-glucagon and [1-N alpha-carbamoylhistidine, 12-N alpha-carbamoyllysine]-glucagon are all partial agonists. These and other findings led us to synthesize several semisynthetic analogs of glucagon which were found to possess no intrinsic biological activity in the hepatic adenylate cyclase assay system, but which could block the effect of glucagon (competitive inhibitors) in activating adenylate cyclase in this system. Two of these highly purified analogs [1-des-histidine][2-N alpha-trinitrophenylserine, 12-homoarginine]-glucagon and [1-N alpha-trinitrophenylhistidine, 12-homoarginine]-glucagon were quite potent glucagon antagonists (inhibitors) with pA2 values of 7.41 and 8.16 respectively. The latter compound has also been demonstrated to decrease dramatically blood glucose levels of diabetic animals in vivo. These results demonstrate that glucagon is a major contributor to the hyperglycemia of diabetic animals. Examination of the known and calculated conformational properties of glucagon provide insight into the structural and conformational properties of glucagon and its analogs most responsible for its biological activity. Consideration of these features and the mechanism of glucagon action at the membrane receptor level provide a framework for further developing glucagon analogs for theoretical and therapeutic applications.
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Blundell TL, Pitts JE, Wood SP. The conformation and molecular biology of pancreatic hormones and homologous growth factors. CRC CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOCHEMISTRY 1982; 13:141-213. [PMID: 6295698 DOI: 10.3109/10409238209108712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Gavilanes JG, Lizarbe MA, Municio AM, Oñaderra M. Fluorescence studies on the lipoprotein complex of the fatty acid synthetase from the insect Ceratitis capitata. Biochemistry 1981; 20:5689-94. [PMID: 6895316 DOI: 10.1021/bi00523a008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The fatty acid synthetase complex from the insect Ceratitis capitata forms a stable lipoprotein complex. The intrinsic fluorescence of the complex was studied by observing the emission spectra with different excitation wavelengths, both in the native complex and after temperature with sodium cholate and sodium dodecyl sulfate. The excitation spectrum of the native form also was recorded. The fluorescence behavior of the native enzyme showed two families of tryptophan residues. Cholate influenced the fluorescence, suggesting that phospholipids are the conformational support at this level. The two families of fluorescing tryptophan residues were similarly accessible to quenching by acrylamide. Thermal changes in the fluorescence characteristics were observed; warming caused a decrease in the quantum yield as well as a red shift in the emission maximum. The high fluorescence remaining after the thermal transition suggested that the lipid-protein interaction was affected but maintained shielding of the fluorophore by the lipids. Fluorescent probe molecules 1,6-diphenyl-hexa-1,3,5-triene (DPH) and dansylphosphatidylethanolamine (DPE) also were used. DPH uptake was temperature dependent, with a middle point consistent with the thermal conformation transition, indicating that internal lipids are nonrandomly distributed within the complex. DPE uptake did not reach the saturation of the complex, suggesting that its solubilization sites would be located on the lipoprotein surface.
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De Vendittis E, Palumbo G, Parlato G, Bocchini V. A fluorimetric method for the estimation of the critical micelle concentration of surfactants. Anal Biochem 1981; 115:278-86. [PMID: 7304960 DOI: 10.1016/0003-2697(81)90006-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 188] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Lipscomb WN. A survey of x-ray diffraction studies of enzyme-other molecule interactions as possible models for receptor sites. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1981; 367:326-39. [PMID: 6266318 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1981.tb50576.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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In the absence of a structure for a hormone-receptor complex, one may ask what systems of known structure are most likely to provide information about hormone interactions. Here, I discussed enzyme-substrate, enzyme-(protein) inhibitor, enzyme fragment (S peptide), and antibody-hapten (or antigen) interactions as possible models. Following a study of a fairly inflexible hormone (insulin) and of a flexible hormone (glucagon), I commented on probable binding regions. Finally, my conclusion was that, at present, allosteric enzymes have many of the characteristics thought to be present in those hormone-receptor interactions which activate enzymes. This model does not necessarily apply in detail to examples of hormone interactions that affect permeability of the cell wall or activate genetic processes.
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Epand RM, Epand R. The role of the phospholipid phase transition in the regulation of glucagon binding to lecithin. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1980; 602:600-9. [PMID: 7437423 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(80)90338-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Aloj S, Lee G, Consiglio E, Formisano S, Minton A, Kohn L. Dansylated thyrotropin as a probe of hormone-receptor interactions. J Biol Chem 1979. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)86805-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Bierbaum TJ, Bouma SR, Huestis WH. A mechanism of erythrocyte lysis by lysophosphatidylcholine. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1979; 555:102-10. [PMID: 476093 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(79)90075-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Lysophosphatidylcholine micelles liberate several cell surface polypeptides from erythrocyte membranes, inducing a sodium-selective permeability defect which leads to colloid osmotic lysis. Evidence is presented to support the hypothesis that at the lowest lytic lysophospholipid concentrations, selective disruption of membrane protein function, rather than gross structural reorganization of the membrane, is the primary lytic mechanism.
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Wirtz KW, Moonen P. Interaction of the phosphatidylcholine exchange protein with phospholipids. A fluorescence and circular dichroism study. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1977; 77:437-43. [PMID: 891543 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1977.tb11684.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The phosphatidylcholine exchange protein from bovine liver has a fluorescence emission maximum at 327 nm. Fluorescence was enhanced in the presence of vesicles containing phosphatidylcholine and various amounts of either phosphatidic acid or phosphatidylglycerol. From the increase in fluorescence it was derived that the apparent dissociation constant of the exchange protein-vesicle complex decreased with an increased vesicle content of acidic phospholipids. Fluorescence indicated that the exchange protein interacted with lysophosphatidylcholine micelles at pH 3.5, 5.9 and 8.5. The increase in fluorescence was most prominent at the acidic pH. Circular dichroism indicated that the alpha-helix content of the native protein was low between pH 3.6 and 8.0. Interaction with lysophosphatidylcholine micelles had a negligible effect on the secondary structure of the protein, except at pH 3.6 where distinct minima at 208 nm and 220 nm in the circular dichroic spectrum became apparent.
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Epand RM, Jones AJ, Schreier S. Interaction of glucagon with dimyristoyl glycerophosphocholine. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1977; 491:296-304. [PMID: 557346 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2795(77)90065-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Glucagon can form amphipathic helices and can interact with dimyristoyl glycerophosphocholine at temperatures below the phase transition leading to a shift in the fluorescence emission maximum of tryptophan from 350 to 338 nm and a 3-fold enhancement of fluorescence intensity as well as a change in the polarization of fluorescence. The circular dichroism properties of the lipid-associated glucagon indicates that it has an increased content of alpha-helix. The phase transition temperature of the lipid as monitored by pyrene excimer fluorescence is not altered by interaction with glucagon although at higher glucagon/lipid ratios a decrease in excimer formation is noted at low temperature. Above the phase transition temperature, the addition of lipid has no effect on the fluorescence emission or circular dichroism of glucagon. Thus this hormone can interact with dimyristoyl glycerophosphocholine and this interaction is stronger below the phase transition temperature than above it.
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Blundell TL, Dockerill S, Sasaki K, Tickle IJ, Wood SP. The relation of structure to storage and receptor binding of glucagon. Metabolism 1976; 25:1331-6. [PMID: 185492 DOI: 10.1016/s0026-0495(76)80135-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Sasaki K, Dockerill S, Adamiak DA, Tickle IJ, Blundell T. X-ray analysis of glucagon and its relationship to receptor binding. Nature 1975; 257:751-7. [PMID: 171582 DOI: 10.1038/257751a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 200] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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X-ray analysis of the pancreatic hormone glucagon shows that in crystals the polypeptide adopts a mainly helical conformation, which is stabilised by hydrophobic interactions between molecules related by threefold symmetry. A model is presented in which the glucagon molecule exists in dilute solutions as an equilibrium population of conformers with little retention of conformers with little retention of structure, and in which the helical conformation is stablised by hydrophobic interactions either as an oligomer or as a complex with the receptor.
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Kamp HH, Wirtz KW, Van Deenen LL. Delipidation of the phosphatidylcholine exchange protein from beef liver by detergents. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1975; 398:401-14. [PMID: 809056 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2760(75)90191-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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1. A method is described to introduce [14C] phosphatidylcholine into the phosphatidylcholine exchange protein from beef liver. The effects of various detergents on this 14C-labelled phospholipid - protein complex are considered. 2. As shown by spectrophotometric and radioactivity analysis of polyacrylamide gels, sodium deoxycholate, Triton X-100, lysophosphatidylcholine and sodium dodecyl sulfate delipidate the exchange protein, while mixed phosphatidylcholine-detergents micelles are formed. 3. Protein delipidated by sodium deoxycholate, Triton X-100 and lysophosphatidylcholine retains its ability to catalyze the transfer of phosphatidylcholine between membranes. The immunological properties are similar to those of native protein as shown by double immunodiffusion in agar against an antiserum gamma-globulin fraction. 4. Sodium dodecyl sulfate and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide interact very strongly with the protein conferring their charge to the complex and destroying the antigenic determinants.
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Verdery RB, Nichols AV. Interaction of lysolecithin micelles and lecithin vesicles with apolipoprotein Gln I from serum high density lipoproteins. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1974; 57:1271-78. [PMID: 4364568 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(74)90833-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Portman OW, Illingworth DR. Lysolecithin binding to human and squirrel monkey plasma and tissue components. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1973; 326:34-42. [PMID: 4127872 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2760(73)90025-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Reporter M, Raveed D. Plasma membranes: isolation from naturally fused and lysolecithin-treated muscle cells. Science 1973; 181:863-5. [PMID: 4353302 DOI: 10.1126/science.181.4102.863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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A medium containing bicarbonate and calcium was used to isolate plasma membranes of cultured muscle cells. Membranes from differentiated myotubes, as well as the labile, largely unfused, lysolecithin-treated cells from the same culture could be isolated by identical manipulations. Adenylate cyclase of high specific activity was assayed in plasma membranes from both types of cells. Lysolecithin treatment apparently interferes with the metabolism and turnover of membrane phospholipids and thus prevents the natural fusion of muscle cells.
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Edelhoch H, Schneider AB. Conformational changes of protected glucagon fragments bound to lysolecithin. Arch Biochem Biophys 1973; 157:470-5. [PMID: 4738379 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(73)90664-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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