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Karal MAS, Sultana S, Billah MM, Moniruzzaman M, Wadud MA, Gosh RC. Effects of polyethylene glycol-grafted phospholipid on the anionic magnetite nanoparticles-induced deformation and poration in giant lipid vesicles. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0289087. [PMID: 37523403 PMCID: PMC10389724 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0289087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2023] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/02/2023] Open
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The hydrophilic polymer polyethylene glycol-grafted phospholipid has been used extensively in the study of artificial vesicles, nanomedicine, and antimicrobial peptides/proteins. In this research, the effects of 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine-N- [methoxy (polyethylene glycol)-2000] (abbreviated PEG-DOPE) on the deformation and poration of giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs)-induced by anionic magnetite nanoparticles (NPs) have been investigated. For this, the size of the NPs used was 18 nm, and their concentration in the physiological solution was 2.00 μg/mL. GUVs were prepared using the natural swelling method comprising 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DOPC) and PEG-DOPE. The mole% of PEG-DOPE in the membranes were 0, 2, and 5%. The degree of deformation of the GUVs was quantified by the parameter compactness (Com), which is 1.0 for the spherical-shaped GUVs. The value of Com increases with time during the interactions of NPs with GUVs for any concentration of PEG-DOPE, but the rate of increase is significantly influenced by the PEG-DOPE concentration in the membranes. The average compactness increases with the increase of PEG-DOPE%, and after 60 min of NPs interaction, the values of average compactness for 0, 2, and 5% PEG-DOPE were 1.19 ± 0.02, 1.26 ± 0.03 and 1.35 ± 0.05, respectively. The fraction of deformation (Frd) also increased with the increase of PEG-DOPE%, and at 60 min, the values of Frd for 0 and 5% PEG-DOPE were 0.47 ± 0.02 and 0.63 ± 0.02, respectively. The fraction of poration (Frp) increased with the increase of PEG-DOPE, and at 60 min, the values of Frp for 0 and 5% PEG-DOPE were 0.25 ± 0.02 and 0.48 ± 0.02, respectively. Hence, the presence of PEG-grafted phospholipid in the membranes greatly enhances the anionic magnetite NPs-induced deformation and poration of giant vesicles.
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- Department of Physics, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Mesarec L, Góźdź W, Kralj-Iglič V, Kralj S, Iglič A. Coupling of nematic in-plane orientational ordering and equilibrium shapes of closed flexible nematic shells. Sci Rep 2023; 13:10663. [PMID: 37393271 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-37664-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2023] [Accepted: 06/25/2023] [Indexed: 07/03/2023] Open
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The impact of the intrinsic curvature of in-plane orientationally ordered curved flexible nematic molecules attached to closed 3D flexible shells was studied numerically. A Helfrich-Landau-de Gennes-type mesoscopic approach was adopted where the flexible shell's curvature field and in-plane nematic field are coupled and concomitantly determined in the process of free energy minimisation. We demonstrate that this coupling has the potential to generate a rich diversity of qualitatively new shapes of closed 3D nematic shells and the corresponding specific in-plane orientational ordering textures, which strongly depend on the shell's volume-to-surface area ratio, so far not predicted in mesoscopic-type numerical studies of 3D shapes of closed flexible nematic shells.
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- Luka Mesarec
- Laboratory of Physics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Tržaška Cesta 25, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Clinical Biophysics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Zdravstvena 5, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Maribor, Koroška Cesta 160, 2000, Maribor, Slovenia
- Condensed Matter Physics Department, Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Laboratory of Physics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Tržaška Cesta 25, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Akter S, Karal MAS, Hasan S, Ahamed MK, Ahmed M, Ahammed S. Effects of cholesterol on the anionic magnetite nanoparticle-induced deformation and poration of giant lipid vesicles. RSC Adv 2022; 12:28283-28294. [PMID: 36320506 PMCID: PMC9531538 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra03199j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023] Open
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We have investigated the effects of cholesterol on the deformation and poration of giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) induced by anionic magnetite nanoparticles (NPs). Negatively charged lipid, neutral lipid, and cholesterol were used to prepare the charged GUVs (surface charge density of membranes - 0.16 C m-2), while only neutral lipid and cholesterol were used to prepare the neutral GUVs. Cholesterol content varied from 0 to 40 mole% for preparing the biologically relevant membranes. The degree of deformation has been characterized by compactness, the value of which remains at 1.0 for spherical GUVs. The value of compactness increases with time for both membranes, but this increase depends on cholesterol content. The average compactness decreases with cholesterol content, and at 60 min, the values are 1.280 ± 0.002 and 1.131 ± 0.010 for 0 and 40 mole% cholesterol containing charged GUVs. The average compactness is relatively lower for neutral GUVs for the corresponding cholesterol. Membrane poration has been investigated by the leakage of calcein, which indicates a two-state transition model. The fraction of deformation is higher for charged GUVs than for neutral ones, while the fraction of poration shows the opposite result. Both the fractions decrease with cholesterol content.
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- Salma Akter
- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Dhaka 1000 Bangladesh +880-2-58613046 +880-2-9665613
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Dhaka 1000 Bangladesh +880-2-58613046 +880-2-9665613
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Dhaka 1000 Bangladesh +880-2-58613046 +880-2-9665613
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Dhaka 1000 Bangladesh +880-2-58613046 +880-2-9665613
- Radiation, Transport and Waste Safety Division, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority Agargaon Dhaka 1207 Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Dhaka 1000 Bangladesh +880-2-58613046 +880-2-9665613
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Dhaka 1000 Bangladesh +880-2-58613046 +880-2-9665613
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Hasan S, Karal MAS, Akter S, Ahmed M, Ahamed MK, Ahammed S. Influence of sugar concentration on the vesicle compactness, deformation and membrane poration induced by anionic nanoparticles. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0275478. [PMID: 36174090 PMCID: PMC9521927 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Sugar plays a vital role in the structural and functional characteristics of cells. Hence, the interaction of NPs with cell membranes in the presence of sugar concentrations is important for medicinal and pharmacological innovations. This study integrated three tools: giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs), anionic magnetite nanoparticles (NPs), and sugar concentrations, to understand a simplified mechanism for interactions between the vesicle membranes and NPs under various sugar concentrations. We focused on changing the sugar concentration in aqueous solution; more precisely, sucrose inside the GUVs and glucose outside with equal osmolarity. 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-(1′-rac-glycerol) (sodium salt) (DOPG) and 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DOPC) were used to prepare the charged membranes of 40mole%DOPG/60mole%DOPC-GUVs, whereas only DOPC was used to prepare the neutral membranes. Phase contrast fluorescence microscopy shows that the adherence of 18 nm magnetite NPs with anionic charge depends on the sugar concentration. The alterations of GUVs induced by the NPs are characterized in terms of i) vesicle compactness, ii) deformation, and iii) membrane poration. The presence of sugar provides additional structural stability to the GUVs and reduces the effects of the NPs with respect to these parameters; more precisely, the higher the sugar concentration, the smaller the alteration induced by the NPs. The differences in NPs effects are explained by the change in the type of interaction between sugar molecules and lipid membranes, namely enthalpy and entropy-driven interaction, respectively. In addition, such alterations are influenced by the surface charge density of the lipid bilayer. The surface pressure of membranes due to the adsorption of NPs is responsible for inducing the poration in membranes. The differences in deformation and poration in charged and neutral GUVs under various sugar concentrations are discussed based on the structure of the head of lipid molecules.
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- Sharif Hasan
- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Radiation, Transport and Waste Safety Division, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Membrane bending is a ubiquitous cellular process that is required for membrane traffic, cell motility, organelle biogenesis, and cell division. Proteins that bind to membranes using specific structural features, such as wedge-like amphipathic helices and crescent-shaped scaffolds, are thought to be the primary drivers of membrane bending. However, many membrane-binding proteins have substantial regions of intrinsic disorder which lack a stable three-dimensional structure. Interestingly, many of these disordered domains have recently been found to form networks stabilized by weak, multivalent contacts, leading to assembly of protein liquid phases on membrane surfaces. Here we ask how membrane-associated protein liquids impact membrane curvature. We find that protein phase separation on the surfaces of synthetic and cell-derived membrane vesicles creates a substantial compressive stress in the plane of the membrane. This stress drives the membrane to bend inward, creating protein-lined membrane tubules. A simple mechanical model of this process accurately predicts the experimentally measured relationship between the rigidity of the membrane and the diameter of the membrane tubules. Discovery of this mechanism, which may be relevant to a broad range of cellular protrusions, illustrates that membrane remodeling is not exclusive to structured scaffolds but can also be driven by the rapidly emerging class of liquid-like protein networks that assemble at membranes.
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Raval J, Gongadze E, Benčina M, Junkar I, Rawat N, Mesarec L, Kralj-Iglič V, Góźdź W, Iglič A. Mechanical and Electrical Interaction of Biological Membranes with Nanoparticles and Nanostructured Surfaces. MEMBRANES 2021; 11:membranes11070533. [PMID: 34357183 PMCID: PMC8307671 DOI: 10.3390/membranes11070533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2021] [Revised: 07/05/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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In this review paper, we theoretically explain the origin of electrostatic interactions between lipid bilayers and charged solid surfaces using a statistical mechanics approach, where the orientational degree of freedom of lipid head groups and the orientational ordering of the water dipoles are considered. Within the modified Langevin Poisson–Boltzmann model of an electric double layer, we derived an analytical expression for the osmotic pressure between the planar zwitterionic lipid bilayer and charged solid planar surface. We also show that the electrostatic interaction between the zwitterionic lipid head groups of the proximal leaflet and the negatively charged solid surface is accompanied with a more perpendicular average orientation of the lipid head-groups. We further highlight the important role of the surfaces’ nanostructured topography in their interactions with biological material. As an example of nanostructured surfaces, we describe the synthesis of TiO2 nanotubular and octahedral surfaces by using the electrochemical anodization method and hydrothermal method, respectively. The physical and chemical properties of these nanostructured surfaces are described in order to elucidate the influence of the surface topography and other physical properties on the behavior of human cells adhered to TiO2 nanostructured surfaces. In the last part of the paper, we theoretically explain the interplay of elastic and adhesive contributions to the adsorption of lipid vesicles on the solid surfaces. We show the numerically predicted shapes of adhered lipid vesicles corresponding to the minimum of the membrane free energy to describe the influence of the vesicle size, bending modulus, and adhesion strength on the adhesion of lipid vesicles on solid charged surfaces.
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- Jeel Raval
- Group of Physical Chemistry of Complex Systems, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland; (J.R.); (W.G.)
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- Laboratory of Physics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (E.G.); (N.R.); (L.M.)
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- Department of Surface Engineering and Optoelectronics, Jožef Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (M.B.); (I.J.)
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- Department of Surface Engineering and Optoelectronics, Jožef Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (M.B.); (I.J.)
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- Laboratory of Physics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (E.G.); (N.R.); (L.M.)
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- Laboratory of Physics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (E.G.); (N.R.); (L.M.)
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- Laboratory of Clinical Biophysics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia;
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- Group of Physical Chemistry of Complex Systems, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland; (J.R.); (W.G.)
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- Laboratory of Physics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (E.G.); (N.R.); (L.M.)
- Laboratory of Clinical Biophysics, Chair of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +386-1-4768-825
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Alimohamadi H, Bell MK, Halpain S, Rangamani P. Mechanical Principles Governing the Shapes of Dendritic Spines. Front Physiol 2021; 12:657074. [PMID: 34220531 PMCID: PMC8242199 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.657074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2021] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Dendritic spines are small, bulbous protrusions along the dendrites of neurons and are sites of excitatory postsynaptic activity. The morphology of spines has been implicated in their function in synaptic plasticity and their shapes have been well-characterized, but the potential mechanics underlying their shape development and maintenance have not yet been fully understood. In this work, we explore the mechanical principles that could underlie specific shapes using a minimal biophysical model of membrane-actin interactions. Using this model, we first identify the possible force regimes that give rise to the classic spine shapes-stubby, filopodia, thin, and mushroom-shaped spines. We also use this model to investigate how the spine neck might be stabilized using periodic rings of actin or associated proteins. Finally, we use this model to predict that the cooperation between force generation and ring structures can regulate the energy landscape of spine shapes across a wide range of tensions. Thus, our study provides insights into how mechanical aspects of actin-mediated force generation and tension can play critical roles in spine shape maintenance.
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- Haleh Alimohamadi
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
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- Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, La Jolla, CA, United States
- Section of Neurobiology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
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Bibissidis N, Betlem K, Cordoyiannis G, Bonhorst FPV, Goole J, Raval J, Daniel M, Góźdź W, Iglič A, Losada-Pérez P. Correlation between adhesion strength and phase behaviour in solid-supported lipid membranes. J Mol Liq 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.114492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Drab M, Stopar D, Kralj-Iglič V, Iglič A. Inception Mechanisms of Tunneling Nanotubes. Cells 2019; 8:cells8060626. [PMID: 31234435 PMCID: PMC6627088 DOI: 10.3390/cells8060626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2019] [Revised: 06/18/2019] [Accepted: 06/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) are thin membranous tubes that interconnect cells, representing a novel route of cell-to-cell communication and spreading of pathogens. TNTs form between many cell types, yet their inception mechanisms remain elusive. We review in this study general concepts related to the formation and stability of membranous tubular structures with a focus on a deviatoric elasticity model of membrane nanodomains. We review experimental evidence that tubular structures initiate from local membrane bending facilitated by laterally distributed proteins or anisotropic membrane nanodomains. We further discuss the numerical results of several theoretical and simulation models of nanodomain segregation suggesting the mechanisms of TNT inception and stability. We discuss the coupling of nanodomain segregation with the action of protruding cytoskeletal forces, which are mostly provided in eukaryotic cells by the polymerization of f-actin, and review recent inception mechanisms of TNTs in relation to motor proteins.
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- Mitja Drab
- Laboratory of Physics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana,1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
- Laboratory of Clinical Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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- Laboratory of Clinical Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
- Laboratory of Clinical Biophysics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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- Laboratory of Physics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana,1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
- Laboratory of Clinical Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Mesarec L, Góźdź W, Kralj S, Fošnarič M, Penič S, Kralj-Iglič V, Iglič A. On the role of external force of actin filaments in the formation of tubular protrusions of closed membrane shapes with anisotropic membrane components. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 2017; 46:705-718. [PMID: 28488019 DOI: 10.1007/s00249-017-1212-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2016] [Revised: 04/06/2017] [Accepted: 04/13/2017] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Biological membranes are composed of different components and there is no a priori reason to assume that all components are isotropic. It was previously shown that the anisotropic properties of membrane components may explain the stability of membrane tubular protrusions even without the application of external force. Our theoretical study focuses on the role of anisotropic membrane components in the stability of membrane tubular structures generated or stabilized by actin filaments. We show that the growth of the actin cytoskeleton inside the vesicle can induce the partial lateral segregation of different membrane components. The entropy of mixing of membrane components hinders the total lateral segregation of the anisotropic and isotropic membrane components. Self-assembled aggregates formed by anisotropic membrane components facilitate the growth of long membrane tubular protrusions. Protrusive force generated by actin filaments favors strong segregation of membrane components by diminishing the opposing effect of mixing entropy.
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- Luka Mesarec
- Laboratory of Biophysics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Tržaška 25, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Maribor, Koroška cesta 160, 2000, Maribor, Slovenia.,Jožef Stefan Institute, PO Box 3000, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Laboratory of Biophysics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Tržaška 25, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Laboratory of Biophysics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Tržaška 25, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Laboratory of Clinical Biophysics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Zdravstvena 5, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.,Laboratory of Clinical Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Zaloška 9, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Laboratory of Biophysics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Tržaška 25, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.,Laboratory of Clinical Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Zaloška 9, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Mellander LJ, Kurczy ME, Najafinobar N, Dunevall J, Ewing AG, Cans AS. Two modes of exocytosis in an artificial cell. Sci Rep 2014; 4:3847. [PMID: 24457949 PMCID: PMC3900996 DOI: 10.1038/srep03847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2013] [Accepted: 12/31/2013] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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The details of exocytosis, the vital cell process of neuronal communication, are still under debate with two generally accepted scenarios. The first mode of release involves secretory vesicles distending into the cell membrane to release the complete vesicle contents. The second involves partial release of the vesicle content through an intermittent fusion pore, or an opened or partially distended fusion pore. Here we show that both full and partial release can be mimicked with a single large-scale cell model for exocytosis composed of material from blebbing cell plasma membrane. The apparent switching mechanism for determining the mode of release is demonstrated to be related to membrane tension that can be differentially induced during artificial exocytosis. These results suggest that the partial distension mode might correspond to an extended kiss-and-run mechanism of release from secretory cells, which has been proposed as a major pathway of exocytosis in neurons and neuroendocrine cells.
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- Lisa J Mellander
- University of Gothenburg, Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, 412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, 412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, 412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, 412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- 1] University of Gothenburg, Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, 412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden [2] Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, 412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, 412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Mechanical stability of membrane nanotubular protrusions influenced by attachment of flexible rod-like proteins. J Biomech 2010; 43:1612-7. [PMID: 20185134 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.12.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2009] [Revised: 11/12/2009] [Accepted: 12/28/2009] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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It is indicated that nonhomogeneous lateral distribution of membrane attached and flexible rod-like proteins (MRPs) may stabilize nanotubular membrane protrusions. We have shown that curvature induced accumulation of MRPs in the nanotubular membrane protrusion and the corresponding reduction of the membrane free energy are possible if the decrease of the deviatoric free energy of MRPs in the nanotubular protrusions is large enough to overcome the increase of the free energy due to decrease of configurational entropy in the process of lateral sorting of MRPs. The decrease of isotropic curvature energy of MRPs in the region of membrane protrusion is usually not sufficient for substantial MRPs sorting and consequent stabilization of the nanotubular membrane protrusions.
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Lobovkina T, Dommersnes P, Joanny JF, Orwar O. Formation and release of circular lipidnanotubes. SOFT MATTER 2008; 4:467-470. [PMID: 32907206 DOI: 10.1039/b715771a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A method for formation of circular lipid nanotubes based on manipulation of nanotube-vesicle networks is presented.
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- Tatsiana Lobovkina
- Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, and Microtechnology Centre at Chalmers, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden.
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- MSC, Université Paris Diderot, 10 rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, F-75205 Paris, France
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, and Microtechnology Centre at Chalmers, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden.
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Attachment of beta 2-glycoprotein I to negatively charged liposomes may prevent the release of daughter vesicles from the parent membrane. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 2008; 37:1085-95. [PMID: 18188552 DOI: 10.1007/s00249-007-0252-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2007] [Revised: 11/27/2007] [Accepted: 12/13/2007] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The temperature-induced budding of POPC-cardiolipin-cholesterol, POPC-POPS-cholesterol and POPC-POPG-cholesterol giant lipid vesicles in the presence of beta 2-glycoprotein I (beta 2-GPI) in the outer solution was studied experimentally and theoretically. The observed budding transition of vesicles was continuous which can be explained by taking into account the orientational ordering and direct interactions between oriented lipids. The attachment of positively charged beta 2-GPI to the negatively charged outer surface of POPC-cardiolipin-cholesterol, POPC-POPS-cholesterol and POPC-POPG-cholesterol giant vesicles caused coalescence of the spheroidal membrane bud with the parent vesicle before the bud could detach from the parent vesicle, i.e. vesiculate. Theoretically, the protein-mediated attraction between the membrane of a bud and the parent membrane was described as an interaction between two electric double layers. It was shown that the specific spatial distribution of charge within beta 2-GPI molecules attached to the negatively charged membrane surface may explain the observed attraction between like-charged membrane surfaces.
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Yamazaki M. Chapter 5 The Single Guv Method to Reveal Elementary Processes of Leakage of Internal Contents from Liposomes Induced by Antimicrobial Substances. ADVANCES IN PLANAR LIPID BILAYERS AND LIPOSOMES 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/s1554-4516(08)00005-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Iglic A, Slivnik T, Kralj-Iglic V. Elastic properties of biological membranes influenced by attached proteins. J Biomech 2007; 40:2492-500. [PMID: 17198707 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2006.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2006] [Accepted: 11/08/2006] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Positively charged proteins can attach themselves to the negatively charged outer surface of biological cell membranes and liposomes. In this work, the influence of the intrinsic shape of the membrane-attached proteins on the elastic properties of the membrane is considered theoretically. It is shown that attachment of anisotropic proteins to the outer surface of biological membranes may induce tubulation of the membrane. The attachment of semi-flexible rod-like proteins increases the local bending constant, while the attachment of semi-flexible plate-like anisotropic proteins may also reduce the local bending constant of the membrane. The role of the hydrophobic protrusion of the attached protein which is embedded in the outer membrane layer is also discussed.
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- Ales Iglic
- Laboratory of Physics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Fosnaric M, Bohinc K, Gauger DR, Iglic A, Kralj-Iglic V, May S. The influence of anisotropic membrane inclusions on curvature elastic properties of lipid membranes. J Chem Inf Model 2006; 45:1652-61. [PMID: 16309269 DOI: 10.1021/ci050171t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A membrane inclusion can be defined as a complex of protein or peptide and the surrounding significantly distorted lipids. We suggest a theoretical model that allows for the estimation of the influence of membrane inclusions on the curvature elastic properties of lipid membranes. Our treatment includes anisotropic inclusions whose energetics depends on their in-plane orientation within the membrane. On the basis of continuum elasticity theory, we calculate the inclusion-membrane interaction energy that reflects the protein or peptide-induced short-ranged elastic deformation of a bent lipid layer. A numerical estimate of the corresponding interaction constants indicates the ability of inclusions to sense membrane bending and to accumulate at regions of favorable curvature, matching the effective shape of the inclusions. Strongly anisotropic inclusions interact favorably with lipid layers that adopt saddlelike curvature; such structures may be stabilized energetically. We explore this possibility for the case of vesicle budding where we consider a shape sequence of closed, axisymmetric vesicles that form a (saddle-curvature adopting) membrane neck. It appears that not only isotropic but also strongly anisotropic inclusions can significantly contribute to the budding energetics, a finding that we discuss in terms of recent experiments.
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- Miha Fosnaric
- Laboratory of Physics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, TrZaska 25, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Iglic A, Babnik B, Bohinc K, Fosnaric M, Hägerstrand H, Kralj-Iglic V. On the role of anisotropy of membrane constituents in formation of a membrane neck during budding of a multicomponent membrane. J Biomech 2006; 40:579-85. [PMID: 16584736 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2006.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2005] [Accepted: 02/09/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The expression for the isotropic membrane bending energy was generalized for the case of a multicomponent membrane where the membrane constituents (single molecules or small complexes of molecules-membrane inclusions) were assumed to be anisotropic. Using this generalized expression for the membrane energy it was shown that the change of intrinsic shape of membrane components may induce first-order-like shape transitions leading to the formation of a membrane neck. The predicted discontinuous membrane shape transition and the concomitant lateral segregation of membrane components were applied to study membrane budding. Based on the results presented we conclude that the budding process might be driven by accumulation of anisotropic membrane components in the necks connecting the bud and the parent membrane, and by accumulation of isotropic (conical) membrane components on the bud. Both processes may strongly depend on the intrinsic shape of membrane components and on the direct interactions between them.
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- Ales Iglic
- Laboratory of Physics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Iglič A, Babnik B, Gimsa U, Kralj-Iglič V. On the role of membrane anisotropy in the beading transition of undulated tubular membrane structures. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/38/40/004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Foo JJ, Chan V, Liu KK. Coupling bending and shear effects on liposome deformation. J Biomech 2005; 39:2338-43. [PMID: 16153651 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2004] [Accepted: 07/16/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Cell membrane deformation induced by external mechanical stimuli has been studied extensively over the past three decades. The present study focuses on the coupling of in-plane shear H and out-of-plane bending B of liposome membrane and its influences on the deformation of a single vesicle subjected to (i) external compressive load via two parallel platens and (ii) contact forces caused by a rigid substrate. Our results show that the increase of membrane resultant stress in both loading configurations causes the liposome to become more rigid and the degree of vesicle deformation decreases when the in-plane shearing effect is dominant. A theoretical approach is developed to facilitate cell membrane characterization under different biomechanical stimuli.
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- Ji-Jinn Foo
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG), Pfotenhauerstrasse 108, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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Kralj-Iglic V, Hägerstrand H, Veranic P, Jezernik K, Babnik B, Gauger DR, Iglic A. Amphiphile-induced tubular budding of the bilayer membrane. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 2005; 34:1066-70. [PMID: 15997398 DOI: 10.1007/s00249-005-0481-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2005] [Accepted: 02/28/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Amphiphile-induced tubular budding of the erythrocyte membrane was studied using transmission electron microscopy. No chiral patterns of the intramembraneous particles were found, either on the cylindrical buds, or on the tubular nanoexovesicles. In agreement with these observations, the tubular budding may be explained by in-plane ordering of anisotropic membrane inclusions in the buds where the difference between the principal membrane curvatures is very large. In contrast to previously reported theories, no direct external mechanical force is needed to explain tubular budding of the bilayer membrane.
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- Veronika Kralj-Iglic
- Institute of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Lipiceva 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Yin Y, Chen Y, Ni D, Shi H, Fan Q. Shape equations and curvature bifurcations induced by inhomogeneous rigidities in cell membranes. J Biomech 2005; 38:1433-40. [PMID: 15922754 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2004.06.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2003] [Accepted: 06/30/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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This article aims at two objectives: one is the shape equation for the equilibrium configurations of biomembranes with heterogeneous rigidities; another is the possible mechanism for curvature bifurcations in various biomembranes such as human red blood cells (RBC). The shape equation is established by treating the inhomogeneous biomembrane as a lipid bilayer vesicle containing inclusions or impurities. After careful investigation of the equation, the rigidity gradient is found to be an initial "driving force" that may destabilize the biomembrane and stimulate shape transitions, and the concept (or mechanism) termed "curvature bifurcations induced by rigidity gradients" is suggested. Various post-bifurcation modes recording the new equilibrium configurations are disclosed. A few post-bifurcation modes are found to coincide well with some practical shape transitions in cells such as the cup-like shape (stomatocyte) transition and spiculated shape (echinocyte) transition in RBC.
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- Yajun Yin
- Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, China.
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Tanaka T, Sano R, Yamashita Y, Yamazaki M. Shape changes and vesicle fission of giant unilamellar vesicles of liquid-ordered phase membrane induced by lysophosphatidylcholine. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2004; 20:9526-9534. [PMID: 15491182 DOI: 10.1021/la049481g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Liquid-ordered phase (lo phase) of lipid membranes has properties that are intermediate between those of liquid-crystalline phase and those of gel phase and has attracted much attention in both biological and biophysical aspects. Rafts in the lo phase in biomembranes play important roles in cell function of mammalian cells such as signal transduction. In this report, we have prepared giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) of lipid membranes in the lo phase and investigated their physical properties using phase-contrast microscopy and fluorescence microscopy. GUVs of dipalmitoyl-phosphatidylcholine (DPPC)/cholesterol membranes and also GUVs of sphingomyelin (SM)/cholesterol membranes in the lo phase in water were formed at 20-37 degrees C successfully, when these membranes contained >/=30 mol % cholesterol. The diameters of GUVs of DPPC/cholesterol and SM/cholesterol membranes did not change from 50 to 28 degrees C, supporting that the membranes of these GUVs were in the lo phase. To elucidate the interaction of a substance with a long hydrocarbon chain with the lo phase membrane, we investigated the interaction of low concentrations (less than critical micelle concentration) of lysophosphatidylcholine (lyso-PC) with DPPC/cholesterol GUVs and SM/cholesterol GUVs in the lo phase. We found that lyso-PC induced several shape changes and vesicle fission of these GUVs above their threshold concentrations in water. The analysis of these shape changes indicates that lyso-PC can be partitioned into the external monolayer in the lo phase of the GUV from the aqueous solution. Threshold concentrations of lyso-PC in water to induce the shape changes and vesicle fission increased greatly with a decrease in chain length of lyso-PC. Thermodynamic analysis of this result indicates that shape changes and vesicle fission occur at threshold concentrations of lyso-PC in the membrane. These new findings on GUVs of the lo phase membranes indicate that substances with a long hydrocarbon chain such as lyso-PC can enter into the lo phase membrane and also the raft in the cell membrane. We have also proposed a mechanism for the lyso-PC-induced vesicle fission of GUVs.
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- Tomoki Tanaka
- Materials Science, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan
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Babnik B, Miklavcic D, Kanduser M, Hägerstrand H, Kralj-Iglic V, Iglic A. Shape transformation and burst of giant POPC unilamellar liposomes modulated by non-ionic detergent C12E8. Chem Phys Lipids 2003; 125:123-38. [PMID: 14499471 DOI: 10.1016/s0009-3084(03)00084-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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We studied spontaneous shape transformations and burst of 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylcholine (POPC) vesicles with exogeneously added non-ionic detergent octaethylene-glycol dodecylether C(12)E(8). The addition of C(12)E(8) increased the speed of the vesicle shape transformation, so that we were able to study for the first time the complete sequence of POPC vesicle shapes starting from initial spherical vesicle with long thin tubular protrusion to final shape with invagination(s). The average mean curvature of the vesicle membrane continuously decreases during this process. The shape of the invaginations is usually spherical, however also non-spherical shapes of invaginations were observed. C(12)E(8) increases amplitudes of the fluctuations of the vesicle membrane. At higher concentrations in the membrane, C(12)E(8) induces the membrane leakage and burst of the vesicles.
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- Blaz Babnik
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Trzaska 25, SI-1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Effect of anisotropic properties of membrane constituents on stable shapes of membrane bilayer structure. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0927-5193(03)80028-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/08/2023]
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Tanaka T, Tamba Y, Masum SM, Yamashita Y, Yamazaki M. La(3+) and Gd(3+) induce shape change of giant unilamellar vesicles of phosphatidylcholine. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2002; 1564:173-82. [PMID: 12101010 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2736(02)00444-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Lanthanides such as La(3+) and Gd(3+) are well known to have large effects on the function of membrane proteins such as mechanosensitive ionic channels and voltage-gated sodium channels, and also on the structure of phospholipid membranes. In this report, we have investigated effects of La(3+) and Gd(3+) on the shape of giant unilamellar vesicle (GUV) of dioleoylphosphatidylcholine (DOPC-GUV) and GUV of DOPC/cholesterol by the phase-contrast microscopy. The addition of 10-100 microM La(3+) (or Gd(3+)) through a 10-microm diameter micropipette near the DOPC-GUV (or DOPC/cholesterol-GUV) triggered several kinds of shape changes. We have found that a very low concentration (10 microM) of La(3+) (or Gd(3+)) induced a shape change of GUV such as the discocyte via stomatocyte to inside budded shape transformation, the two-spheres connected by a neck to prolate transformation, and the pearl on a string to cylinder (or tube) transformation. To understand the effect of these lanthanides on the shape of the GUV, we have also investigated phase transitions of 30 microM dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine-multilamellar vesicle (DPPC-MLV) by the ultra-sensitive differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The chain-melting phase transition temperature and the L(beta') to P(beta') phase transition temperature of DPPC-MLV increased with an increase in La(3+) concentration. This result indicates that the lateral compression pressure of the membrane increases with an increase in La(3+) concentration. Thereby, the interaction of La(3+) (or Gd(3+)) on the external monolayer membrane of the GUV induces a decrease in its area (A(ex)), whereas the area of the internal monolayer membrane (A(in)) keeps constant. Therefore, the shape changes of the GUV induced by these lanthanides can be explained reasonably by the decrease in the area difference between two monolayers (DeltaA=A(ex)-A(in)).
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- Tomoki Tanaka
- Materials Science, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Shizuoka University, 422-8529 Japan
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Iglic A, Veranic P, Batista U, Kralj-Iglic V. Theoretical analysis of shape transformation of V-79 cells after treatment with cytochalasin B. J Biomech 2001; 34:765-72. [PMID: 11470114 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9290(01)00016-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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We observed that after treatment of V-79 fibroblasts with cytochalasin B the area of cell contact with the substrate is essentially reduced, the microtubules are organized into rodlike structures and the actin filaments are disintegrated. Remnants of the actin cortex become concentrated in the form of discrete patches under the plasma membrane. The described changes in the organization of the cytoskeleton and of the cortical shell are accompanied by the formation of a cell shape resembling the Greek letter phi. We calculated that the phi shape corresponds to the minimum of the stretching energy of the cortical shell at relevant geometrical constraints. In line with this result, if cytochalasin B treatment was followed by colchicine application which disrupted the microtubular rod, the characteristic phi shape completely disappeared. This study suggests that the effect of the microtubular rod on the cell shape can be theoretically well described by taking into account some basic conditions for the mechanical equilibrium of the cell cortical shell and the appropriate geometrical constraints.
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- A Iglic
- Laboratory of Applied Physics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Trazaska 25, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Kralj-Iglic V, Iglic A, Hägerstrand H, Peterlin P. Stable tubular microexovesicles of the erythrocyte membrane induced by dimeric amphiphiles. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL PHYSICS, PLASMAS, FLUIDS, AND RELATED INTERDISCIPLINARY TOPICS 2000; 61:4230-4. [PMID: 11088219 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.61.4230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/1999] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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It is experimentally observed that adding a dimeric cationic amphiphile to the erythrocyte suspension results in a release of stable tubular microexovesicles from the erythrocyte membrane. Theoretical description starts from the single-inclusion energy, which takes into account anisotropic shape of the dimeric amphiphile. It is shown explicitly that the tubular shape of the microexovesicle is the extremal to the functional yielding the maximum of the average curvature deviator. It is derived for which intrinsic shapes of the membrane inclusions created by the intercalated amphiphiles the maximum of the average curvature deviator coincides with the minimum of the membrane free energy-thereby determining the stable tubular shape.
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- V Kralj-Iglic
- Institute of Biophysics, Medical Faculty, Lipiceva 2, University of Ljubljana, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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