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Sahu AK, Reddy UC, Kannoth Manheri M, Mishra AK. Exploring the Physical Properties of Lipid Membranes with Polyhydroxy Oxanorbornane Head Group Using NBD-Conjugated and DPH Fluorescent Probes. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2024; 40:5106-5120. [PMID: 38427698 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c02941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/03/2024]
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The present study focuses on exploring the physical properties of lipid membranes based on the polyhydroxy oxanorbornane (PH-ONB) headgroup, designed as synthetic analogues of naturally occurring archaeal lipid membranes. Specifically, we study two variants of PH-ONB headgroup-based lipids differing in the number of hydroxy groups present in the headgroup, with one having two hydroxy groups (ONB-2OH) and the other having three (ONB-3OH). These lipids form stable bilayer membranes. The study begins with a comprehensive analysis of the fluorescence characteristics of nitrobenzoxadiazole (NBD)-tagged ONB-based lipids in different solvent environments and within a model lipid membrane 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DMPC). Subsequently, the physical properties of the ONB-based membranes were examined by using an NBD-tagged ONB-based probe and a commonly used extrinsic 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene (DPH) fluorescent probe. The steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence properties of the NBD-tagged ONB-based probe and DPH were used to compare the physical properties of the ONB-based membranes, including polarity, fluidity, phase transition, order, hydration, location, heterogeneity, and rotational diffusion. The solid gel to liquid crystalline phase transition temperatures of ONB-2OH and ONB-3OH lipid membranes are found to be (68 ± 1) °C and (74 ± 1) °C, respectively. The variation in organization (size), fluidity, and phase transition temperature of ONB-based lipid membranes is explained by the extent of hydrogen bonding interactions between lipid head groups. ONB-based membranes exhibit characteristics similar to those of phospholipid membranes and possess a notably high phase transition temperature. These properties make them a promising and cost-effective synthetic alternative to archaeal lipid membranes with a wide range of potential applications.
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- Anand Kumar Sahu
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India
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Prokopiuk V, Onishchenko A, Tryfonyuk L, Posokhov Y, Gorbach T, Kot Y, Kot K, Maksimchuk P, Nakonechna O, Tkachenko A. Marine Polysaccharides Carrageenans Enhance Eryptosis and Alter Lipid Order of Cell Membranes in Erythrocytes. Cell Biochem Biophys 2024:10.1007/s12013-024-01225-9. [PMID: 38334853 DOI: 10.1007/s12013-024-01225-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 02/10/2024]
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Aim In the current study, hemocompatibility of three major commercially available types of carrageenans (ι, κ and λ) was investigated focusing on eryptosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Carrageenans of ι-, κ- and λ-types were incubated with washed erythrocytes (hematocrit 0.4%) at 0-1-5-10 g/L for either 24 h or 48 h. Incubation was followed by flow cytometry-based quantitative analysis of eryptosis parameters, including cell volume, cell membrane scrambling and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, lipid peroxidation markers and confocal microscopy-based evaluation of intracellular Ca2+ levels, assessment of lipid order in cell membranes and the glutathione antioxidant system. Confocal microscopy was used to assess carrageenan cellular internalization using rhodamine B isothiocyanate-conjugated carrageenans. RESULTS All three types of carrageenans were found to trigger eryptosis. Pro-eryptotic properties were type-dependent and λ-carrageenan had the strongest impact inducing phosphatidylserine membrane asymmetry, changes in cell volume, Ca2+ signaling and oxidative stress characterized by ROS overproduction, activation of lipid peroxidation and severe glutathione system depletion. Eryptosis induction by carrageenans does not require their uptake by erythrocytes. Changes in physicochemical properties of cell membrane were also type-dependent. No carrageenan-induced generation of superoxide and hydroxyl radicals was observed in cell-free milieu. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that ι-, κ- and λ-types trigger eryptosis in a type-dependent manner and indicate that carrageenans can be further investigated as potential eryptosis-regulating therapeutic agents.
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- Volodymyr Prokopiuk
- Research Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Kharkiv National Medical University, 4 Nauky ave, 61022, Kharkiv, Ukraine
- Department of Cryobiochemistry, Institute for Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkiv, 61015, Ukraine
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- Research Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Kharkiv National Medical University, 4 Nauky ave, 61022, Kharkiv, Ukraine
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- Institute of Health, National University of Water and Environmental Engineering, 11 Soborna st, 33000, Rivne, Ukraine
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- Research Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Kharkiv National Medical University, 4 Nauky ave, 61022, Kharkiv, Ukraine
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Paints and Coatings, The National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute", 2 Kyrpychova st, 61000, Kharkiv, Ukraine
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kharkiv National Medical University, 4 Nauky ave., 61022, Kharkiv, Ukraine
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- Department of Biochemistry, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, 4 Svobody sq., 61022, Kharkiv, Ukraine
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- Department of Biochemistry, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, 4 Svobody sq., 61022, Kharkiv, Ukraine
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- Institute for Scintillation Materials, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 60 Nauky ave, 61072, Kharkiv, Ukraine
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kharkiv National Medical University, 4 Nauky ave., 61022, Kharkiv, Ukraine
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- Research Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Kharkiv National Medical University, 4 Nauky ave, 61022, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
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Starosta R, Santos TC, Dinis de Sousa AF, Santos MS, Corvo ML, Tomaz AI, de Almeida RFM. Assessing the role of membrane lipids in the action of ruthenium(III) anticancer compounds. Front Mol Biosci 2023; 9:1059116. [PMID: 36660430 PMCID: PMC9845782 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.1059116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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This work addresses the possible role of the cell membrane in the molecular mechanism of action of two salan-type ruthenium complexes that were previously shown to be active against human tumor cells, namely [Ru(III)(L1)(PPh3)Cl] and [Ru(III)(L2)(PPh3)Cl] (where L1 is 6,6'-(1R,2R)-cyclohexane-1,2-diylbis(azanediyl)bis(methylene)bis(3-methoxyphenol); and L2 is 2,2'-(1R,2R)-cyclohexane-1,2-diylbis(azanediyl)bis(methylene)bis(4-methoxyphenol)). One-component membrane models were first used, a disordered fluid bilayer of dioleoylphosphatodylcholine (DOPC), and an ordered rigid gel bilayer of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine. In addition, two quaternary mixtures of phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, sphingomyelin and cholesterol were used to mimic the lipid composition either of mammalian plasma membrane (1:1:1:1 mol ratio) or of a cancer cell line membrane (36.2:23.6:6.8:33.4 mol ratio). The results show that both salan ligands L1 and L2 bind relatively strongly to DOPC bilayers, but without significantly affecting their structure. The ruthenium complexes have moderate affinity for DOPC. However, their impact on the membranes was notable, leading to a significant increase in the permeability of the lipid vesicles. None of the compounds compromised liposome integrity, as revealed by dynamic light scattering. Fluorescence spectroscopy studies revealed changes in the biophysical properties of all membrane models analyzed in the presence of the two complexes, which promoted an increased fluidity and water penetration into the lipid bilayer in the one-component systems. In the quaternary mixtures, one of the complexes had an analogous effect (increasing water penetration), whereas the other complex reorganized the liquid ordered and liquid disordered domains. Thus, small structural differences in the metal ligands may lead to different outcomes. To better understand the effect of these complexes in cancer cells, the membrane dipole potential was also measured. For both Ru complexes, an increase in the dipole potential was observed for the cancer cell membrane model, while no alteration was detected on the non-cancer plasma membrane model. Our results show that the action of the Ru(III) complexes tested involves changes in the biophysical properties of the plasma membrane, and that it also depends on membrane lipid composition, which is frequently altered in cancer cells when compared to their normal counterparts.
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- Radoslaw Starosta
- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland,Centro de Química Estrutural, Institute of Molecular Sciences, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Centro de Química Estrutural, Institute of Molecular Sciences, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Centro de Química Estrutural, Institute of Molecular Sciences, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Centro de Química Estrutural, Institute of Molecular Sciences, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Centro de Química Estrutural, Institute of Molecular Sciences, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal,*Correspondence: Rodrigo F. M. de Almeida, ; Ana Isabel Tomaz,
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- Centro de Química Estrutural, Institute of Molecular Sciences, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal,*Correspondence: Rodrigo F. M. de Almeida, ; Ana Isabel Tomaz,
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Kumar S, Fischer M, Kaur N, Scheidt HA, Mithu VS. Impact of Lipid Ratio on the Permeability of Mixed Phosphatidylcholine/Phosphatidylglycerol Membranes in the Presence of 1-Dodecyl-3-methylimidazolium Bromide Ionic Liquid. J Phys Chem B 2021; 126:174-183. [PMID: 34965130 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c06796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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We have studied the impact of the lipid ratio on the membrane permeability of mixed phosphatidylcholine (POPC)/phosphatidylglycerol (POPG) membranes induced by 1-dodecyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide ([C12MIM]+Br-) ionic liquid by evaluating the role of affinity and architecture of the phospholipid bilayer. Nine different model membranes composed of negatively charged POPG and zwitterionic POPC lipids mixed in molar ratios of 9:1, 8:2, 7:3, 6:4, 5:5, 4:6, 3:7, 2:8, and 1:9 have been studied. The membrane permeability of each composition has been evaluated using fluorescence-based dye leakage assays. Despite having the highest membrane affinity, POPG-rich membranes doped with 10 and 20 mol % POPC are found to be the least permeable. 31P- and 2H-based solid-state NMR investigations reveal that the minor POPC component is homogeneously dispersed in the PG/PC (8:2) membrane. In contrast, the lipids seem to be segregated into POPG- and POPC-rich domains in the complementary PG/PC (2:8) composition. Although [C12MIM]+ cations have a stronger interaction with the POPG component in the mixed membranes, their insertion has a limited impact on the overall structure and dynamics of the PG/PC (8:2) composition.
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- Sandeep Kumar
- Department of Chemistry, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143005, India
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- Institut für Medizinische Physik und Biophysik, Leipzig University, Leipzig 04109, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143005, India
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- Institut für Medizinische Physik und Biophysik, Leipzig University, Leipzig 04109, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143005, India
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Pogozhykh D, Posokhov Y, Myasoedov V, Gubina-Vakulyck G, Chumachenko T, Knigavko O, Polikarpova H, Kalashnyk-Vakulenko Y, Sharashydze K, Nakonechna O, Prokopyuk V, Onishchenko A, Tkachenko A. Experimental Evaluation of Food-Grade Semi-Refined Carrageenan Toxicity. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:11178. [PMID: 34681837 PMCID: PMC8539956 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222011178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2021] [Revised: 10/11/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The safety of food additives E407 and E407a has raised concerns in the scientific community. Thus, this study aims to assess the local and systemic toxic effects of the common food additive E407a in rats orally exposed to it for two weeks. Complex evaluations of the effects of semi-refined carrageenan (E407a) on rats upon oral exposure were performed. Local effects of E407a on the intestine were analyzed using routine histological stains and CD68 immunostaining. Furthermore, circulating levels of inflammatory markers were assessed. A fluorescent probe O1O (2- (2'-OH-phenyl)-5-phenyl-1,3-oxazole) was used for evaluating the state of leukocyte cell membranes. Cell death modes of leukocytes were analyzed by flow cytometry using Annexin V and 7-aminoactinomycin D staining. Oral administration of the common food additive E407a was found to be associated with altered small and large intestinal morphology, infiltration of the lamina propria in the small intestine with macrophages (CD68+ cells), high systemic levels of inflammation markers, and changes in the lipid order of the phospholipid bilayer in the cell membranes of leukocytes, alongside the activation of their apoptosis. Our findings suggest that oral exposure to E407a through rats results in the development of intestinal inflammation.
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- Denys Pogozhykh
- Clinic for Hematology, Hemostaseology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Research Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Kharkiv National Medical University, 6 Trinklera st, 61022 Kharkiv, Ukraine; (Y.P.); (V.P.); (A.O.)
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Paints and Coatings, The National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute”, 2 Kyrpychova st, 61000 Kharkiv, Ukraine
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- Department of Medical Biology, Kharkiv National Medical University, 4 Nauky ave, 61022 Kharkiv, Ukraine;
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- Department of Pathological Anatomy, Kharkiv National Medical University, 4 Nauky ave, 61022 Kharkiv, Ukraine;
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- Department of Epidemiology, Kharkiv National Medical University, 12 Trinklera st, 61022 Kharkiv, Ukraine;
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- Department of Urology, Nephrology and Andrology, Kharkiv National Medical University, 195 Moskovsky ave, 61002 Kharkiv, Ukraine;
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kharkiv National Medical University, 4 Nauky ave, 61022 Kharkiv, Ukraine; (H.P.); (O.N.)
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Kharkiv National Medical University, 4 Nauky ave, 61022 Kharkiv, Ukraine;
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kharkiv National Medical University, 4 Malinovskogo st, 61052 Kharkiv, Ukraine;
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kharkiv National Medical University, 4 Nauky ave, 61022 Kharkiv, Ukraine; (H.P.); (O.N.)
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- Research Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Kharkiv National Medical University, 6 Trinklera st, 61022 Kharkiv, Ukraine; (Y.P.); (V.P.); (A.O.)
- Department of Cryobiology of the Reproductive System, Institute for Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 23 Pereyaslavskaya st, 61015 Kharkiv, Ukraine
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- Research Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Kharkiv National Medical University, 6 Trinklera st, 61022 Kharkiv, Ukraine; (Y.P.); (V.P.); (A.O.)
- Department of Biochemistry, Kharkiv National Medical University, 4 Nauky ave, 61022 Kharkiv, Ukraine; (H.P.); (O.N.)
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- Research Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Kharkiv National Medical University, 6 Trinklera st, 61022 Kharkiv, Ukraine; (Y.P.); (V.P.); (A.O.)
- Department of Biochemistry, Kharkiv National Medical University, 4 Nauky ave, 61022 Kharkiv, Ukraine; (H.P.); (O.N.)
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Malik S, Debnath A. Dehydration induced dynamical heterogeneity and ordering mechanism of lipid bilayers. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:174904. [PMID: 34241050 DOI: 10.1063/5.0044614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Understanding the influence of dehydration on the membrane structure is crucial to control membrane functionality related to domain formation and cell fusion under anhydrobiosis conditions. To this end, we perform all-atom molecular dynamic simulations of 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine lipid membranes at different hydration levels at 308 K. As dehydration increases, the lipid area per head group decreases with an increase in bilayer thickness and lipid order parameters indicating bilayer ordering. Concurrently, translational and rotational dynamics of interfacial water (IW) molecules near membranes slow down. On the onset of bilayer ordering, the IW molecules exhibit prominent features of dynamical heterogeneity evident from non-Gaussian parameters and one-dimensional van Hove correlation functions. At a fully hydrated state, diffusion constants (D) of the IW follow a scaling relation, D∼τα -1, where the α relaxation time (τα) is obtained from self-intermediate scattering functions. However, upon dehydration, the relation breaks and the D of the IW follows a power law behavior as D∼τα -0.57, showing the signature of glass dynamics. τα and hydrogen bond lifetime calculated from intermittent hydrogen bond auto-correlation functions undergo a similar crossover in association with bilayer ordering on dehydration. The bilayer ordering is accompanied with an increase in fraction of caged lipids spanned over the bilayer surface and a decrease in fraction of mobile lipids due to the non-diffusive dynamics. Our analyses reveal that the microscopic mechanism of lipid ordering by dehydration is governed by dynamical heterogeneity. The fundamental understanding from this study can be applied to complex bio-membranes to trap functionally relevant gel-like domains at room temperature.
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- Sheeba Malik
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Karwad, Rajasthan, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Karwad, Rajasthan, India
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Baryiames CP, Teel M, Baiz CR. Interfacial H-Bond Dynamics in Reverse Micelles: The Role of Surfactant Heterogeneity. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:11463-11470. [PMID: 31407910 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b01693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Characterizing the hydrogen bond structure and dynamics at surfactant interfaces is essential for understanding how microscopic interactions translate to bulk microemulsion properties. Heterogeneous blends containing tens or hundreds of surfactants are common in the industry, but the most fundamental studies have been carried out on micelles composed of a single surfactant species. Therefore, the effect of surfactant heterogeneity on the interfacial structure and dynamics remains poorly understood. Here, we use ultrafast two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulations to characterize sub-picosecond solvation dynamics as a function of the surfactant composition in ∼120 nm water-in-oil reverse micelles. We probe the ester carbonyl vibrations of nonionic sorbitan surfactants, which are located precisely at the interface between the polar and nonpolar regions, and as such, report on the interfacial water dynamics. We show a 7% increase in hydrogen bond populations together with a 37% slowdown of interfacial hydrogen bond dynamics in heterogeneous mixtures containing hundreds of species, compared to more uniform compositions. Simulations, which are in semiquantitative agreement with experiments, indicate that structural diversity leads to decreased packing efficiency, which in turn drives water further into the otherwise hydrophobic region. Interestingly, this increase in hydration is accompanied by a slowdown of dynamics, indicating that water molecules solvating surfactants are conformationally constrained. These studies demonstrate that the composition and heterogeneity are key factors in determining interfacial properties.
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- University of Texas at Austin , Austin 78712 , Texas , United States
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- University of Texas at Austin , Austin 78712 , Texas , United States
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Moradi S, Nowroozi A, Shahlaei M. Shedding light on the structural properties of lipid bilayers using molecular dynamics simulation: a review study. RSC Adv 2019; 9:4644-4658. [PMID: 35520151 PMCID: PMC9060685 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra08441f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2018] [Revised: 03/12/2019] [Accepted: 01/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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This review gives an overview about the some of the most important possible analyzes, technical challenges, and existing protocols that can be performed on the biological membrane by the molecular dynamics simulation.
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- Sajad Moradi
- Nano Drug Delivery Research Center
- Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
- Kermanshah
- Iran
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center
- Faculty of Pharmacy
- Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
- Kermanshah
- Iran
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- Medical Biology Research Center
- Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
- Kermanshah
- Iran
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Mallikarjunaiah KJ, Kinnun JJ, Petrache HI, Brown MF. Flexible lipid nanomaterials studied by NMR spectroscopy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:18422-18457. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp06179c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Advances in solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy inform the emergence of material properties from atomistic-level interactions in membrane lipid nanostructures.
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- K. J. Mallikarjunaiah
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of Arizona
- Tucson
- USA
- Department of Physics
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- Department of Physics
- Indiana University-Purdue University
- Indianapolis
- USA
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- Department of Physics
- Indiana University-Purdue University
- Indianapolis
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of Arizona
- Tucson
- USA
- Department of Physics
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de Granada-Flor A, Sousa C, Filipe HAL, Santos MSCS, de Almeida RFM. Quercetin dual interaction at the membrane level. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:1750-1753. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cc09656b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The (de)regulatory effect of quercetin in cholesterol-enriched membrane domains, beyond its antioxidant activity, emerges as an important mode of action.
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- António de Granada-Flor
- Centro de Química e Bioquímica
- Centro de Química Estrutural
- Departamento de Química e Bioquímica
- Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa
- 1749-016 Lisboa
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- Centro de Química e Bioquímica
- Centro de Química Estrutural
- Departamento de Química e Bioquímica
- Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa
- 1749-016 Lisboa
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- Coimbra Chemistry Center
- University of Coimbra
- P-3004-535 Coimbra
- Portugal
- CNC – Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology
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- Centro de Química e Bioquímica
- Centro de Química Estrutural
- Departamento de Química e Bioquímica
- Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa
- 1749-016 Lisboa
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- Centro de Química e Bioquímica
- Centro de Química Estrutural
- Departamento de Química e Bioquímica
- Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa
- 1749-016 Lisboa
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Charkhesht A, Regmi CK, Mitchell-Koch KR, Cheng S, Vinh NQ. High-Precision Megahertz-to-Terahertz Dielectric Spectroscopy of Protein Collective Motions and Hydration Dynamics. J Phys Chem B 2018; 122:6341-6350. [PMID: 29791154 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b02872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The low-frequency collective vibrational modes in proteins as well as the protein-water interface have been suggested as dominant factors controlling the efficiency of biochemical reactions and biological energy transport. It is thus crucial to uncover the mystery of the hydration structure and dynamics as well as their coupling to collective motions of proteins in aqueous solutions. Here, we report dielectric properties of aqueous bovine serum albumin protein solutions as a model system using an extremely sensitive dielectric spectrometer with frequencies spanning from megahertz to terahertz. The dielectric relaxation spectra reveal several polarization mechanisms at the molecular level with different time constants and dielectric strengths, reflecting the complexity of protein-water interactions. Combining the effective-medium approximation and molecular dynamics simulations, we have determined collective vibrational modes at terahertz frequencies and the number of water molecules in the tightly bound and loosely bound hydration layers. High-precision measurements of the number of hydration water molecules indicate that the dynamical influence of proteins extends beyond the first solvation layer, to around 7 Å distance from the protein surface, with the largest slowdown arising from water molecules directly hydrogen-bonded to the protein. Our results reveal critical information of protein dynamics and protein-water interfaces, which determine biochemical functions and reactivity of proteins.
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- Department of Chemistry , Wichita State University , Wichita , Kansas 67260 , United States
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Pal S, Samanta N, Das Mahanta D, Mitra RK, Chattopadhyay A. Effect of Phospholipid Headgroup Charge on the Structure and Dynamics of Water at the Membrane Interface: A Terahertz Spectroscopic Study. J Phys Chem B 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b01633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Sreetama Pal
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, India
- CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500 007, India
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- S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Block JD, Sector III, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700 106, India
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- S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Block JD, Sector III, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700 106, India
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- S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Block JD, Sector III, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700 106, India
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- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500 007, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, India
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Derivatives of 2,5-Diaryl-1,3-Oxazole and 2,5-Diaryl-1,3,4-Oxadiazole as Environment-Sensitive Fluorescent Probes for Studies of Biological Membranes. REVIEWS IN FLUORESCENCE 2017 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-01569-5_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Evans KO, Compton DL. Phosphatidyl-hydroxytyrosol and phosphatidyl-tyrosol bilayer properties. Chem Phys Lipids 2016; 202:69-76. [PMID: 27986474 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2016.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2016] [Revised: 11/20/2016] [Accepted: 11/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Hydroxytyrosol and tyrosol phospholipids were enzymatically synthesized and investigated for their bilayer properties. Dynamic light scattering demonstrated that hand extrusion at 100nm consistently resulted in liposomes of nearly 85nm diameter for both phosphatidyl-hydroxytyrosol (DOPHT) and phosphatidyl-tyrosol (DOPT). Transmission electron microscopy showed DOPT and DOPHT liposomes extruded at 100-nm to be spherical and non-distinctive from one another. Zeta potential measurements resulted in surface charges<-25mV, demonstrating both DOPT and DOPHT form highly stable liposomes. Quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring measurements demonstrated that liposomal adsorption was dependent on a combination of DOPT (or DOPHT) mole-percent and calcium ions concentration. Fluorescence anisotropy measurements indicated that melting temperatures of DOPT and DOPHT were below 4°C, suggesting that adsorption behavior and liposome formation was limited by electrostatic interactions and not gel-state formation.
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- Kervin O Evans
- Renewable Products Research Unit, USDA, Agriculture Research Service, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research Center, 1815N. University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA.
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- Renewable Products Research Unit, USDA, Agriculture Research Service, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research Center, 1815N. University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA
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Posokhov Y. Fluorescent probes sensitive to changes in the cholesterol-to-phospholipids molar ratio in human platelet membranes during atherosclerosis. Methods Appl Fluoresc 2016; 4:034013. [PMID: 28355159 DOI: 10.1088/2050-6120/4/3/034013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Environment-sensitive fluorescent probes were used for the spectroscopic visualization of pathological changes in human platelet membranes during cerebral atherosclerosis. It has been estimated that the ratiometric probes 2-(2'-hydroxyphenyl)-5-phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole and 2-phenyl-phenanthr[9,10]oxazole can detect changes in the cholesterol-to-phospholipids molar ratio in human platelet membranes during the disease.
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- Yevgen Posokhov
- Institute of Chemistry, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv 61022, Ukraine
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Tarafdar PK, Chakraborty H, Bruno MJ, Lentz BR. Phosphatidylserine-Dependent Catalysis of Stalk and Pore Formation by Synaptobrevin JMR-TMD Peptide. Biophys J 2016; 109:1863-72. [PMID: 26536263 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.08.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2014] [Revised: 08/16/2015] [Accepted: 08/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Although the importance of a SNARE complex in neurotransmitter release is widely accepted, there exist different views on how the complex promotes fusion. One hypothesis is that the SNARE complex's ability to bring membranes into contact is sufficient for fusion, another points to possible roles of juxtamembrane regions (JMRs) and transmembrane domains (TMDs) in catalyzing lipid rearrangement, and another notes the complex's presumed ability to bend membranes near the point of contact. Here, we performed experiments with highly curved vesicles brought into contact using low concentrations of polyethylene glycol (PEG) to investigate the influence of the synaptobrevin (SB) TMD with an attached JMR (SB-JMR-TMD) on the rates of stalk and pore formation during vesicle fusion. SB-JMR-TMD enhanced the rates of stalk and fusion pore (FP) formation in a sharply sigmoidal fashion. We observed an optimal influence at an average of three peptides per vesicle, but only with phosphatidylserine (PS)-containing vesicles. Approximately three SB-JMR-TMDs per vesicle optimally ordered the bilayer interior and excluded water in a similar sigmoidal fashion. The catalytic influences of hexadecane and SB-JMR-TMD on fusion kinetics showed little in common, suggesting different mechanisms. Both kinetic and membrane structure measurements support the hypotheses that SB-JMR-TMD 1) catalyzes initial intermediate formation as a result of its basic JMR disrupting ordered interbilayer water and permitting closer interbilayer approach, and 2) catalyzes pore formation by forming a membrane-spanning complex that increases curvature stress at the circumference of the hemifused diaphragm of the prepore intermediate state.
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- Pradip K Tarafdar
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Molecular and Cellular Biophysics Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Molecular and Cellular Biophysics Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Molecular and Cellular Biophysics Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Molecular and Cellular Biophysics Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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Wang M, Chen J, Lian T, Zhan W. Mimicking Photosynthesis with Supercomplexed Lipid Nanoassemblies: Design, Performance, and Enhancement Role of Cholesterol. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2016; 32:7326-7338. [PMID: 27352779 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b01608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We report here a new approach to mimicking photosynthesis that relies on supercomplexed lipid nanoassemblies to organize small organic species for coordinated light harvesting, energy/electron transfer, and photo-to-electrochemical energy conversion. Specifically, we demonstrate efficient photoinduced electron transfer (PeT) between rhodamine and fullerene assembled together via electrostatically bound liposome and lipid bilayer hosts. The remarkable impact of the lipid matrix on the photoconversion efficiency is further revealed by cholesterol, whose addition is found to modify the distribution and organization of the coassembled rhodamine dyes and thus their photodynamics. This significantly expedites the energy transfer (ET) among rhodamine dyes, as well as the PeT between rhodamines and fullerenes. A respectable 14% photon-to-electron conversion efficiency was achieved for this supercomplexed system containing 5% rhodamines, 5% fullerenes, and 30% cholesterol. The morphology, photodynamics, and photoelectrochemical behavior of these lipid supercomplexes were thoroughly characterized using atomic force microscopy (AFM), fluorescence microscopy, steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy, and transient absorption (TA) and photoaction spectroscopy. A detailed discussion on enhancement mechanisms of cholesterol in this lipid-complexed photosynthesis-mimicking system is provided at the end.
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- Mingming Wang
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Auburn University , Auburn, Alabama 36849, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University , Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University , Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Auburn University , Auburn, Alabama 36849, United States
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Majumdar A, Sarkar M. Small Mismatches in Fatty Acyl Tail Lengths Can Effect Non Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Induced Membrane Fusion. J Phys Chem B 2016; 120:4791-802. [PMID: 27153337 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b03583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Anupa Majumdar
- Chemical Sciences Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF,
Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF,
Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
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Borah R, Mamidi N, Panda S, Gorai S, Pathak SK, Manna D. Elucidating the interaction of γ-hydroxymethyl-γ-butyrolactone substituents with model membranes and protein kinase C-C1 domains. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2015; 11:1389-99. [PMID: 25820877 DOI: 10.1039/c5mb00100e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The protein kinase C (PKC) family of proteins is an attractive drug target. Dysregulation of PKC-dependent signalling pathways is related to several human diseases like cancer, immunological and other diseases. We approached the problem of altering PKC activities by developing C1 domain-based PKC ligands. In this report γ-hydroxymethyl-γ-butyrolactone (HGL) substituents were investigated in an effort to develop small molecule-based PKC regulators with higher specificity for C1 domain than the endogenous diacylglycerols (DAGs). Extensive analysis of membrane-ligands interaction measurements revealed that the membrane-active compounds strongly interact with the lipid bilayers and the hydrophilic parts of compounds localize at the bilayer/water interface. The pharmacophores like hydroxymethyl, carbonyl groups and acyl-chain length of the compounds are crucial for their interaction with the C1 domain proteins. The potent compounds showed more than 17-fold stronger binding affinity for the C1 domains than DAG under similar experimental conditions. Nonradioactive kinase assay confirmed that these potent compounds have similar or better PKC dependent phosphorylation capabilities than DAG under similar experimental conditions. Hence, our findings reveal that these HGL analogues represent an attractive group of structurally simple C1 domain ligands that can be further structurally altered to improve their potencies.
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- Rituparna Borah
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam 781039, India.
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Sengupta T, Chakraborty H, Lentz BR. The transmembrane domain peptide of vesicular stomatitis virus promotes both intermediate and pore formation during PEG-mediated vesicle fusion. Biophys J 2015; 107:1318-26. [PMID: 25229140 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.03.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2013] [Revised: 01/08/2014] [Accepted: 03/06/2014] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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We propose mechanisms by which the transmembrane domain of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV-TMD) promotes both initiation of fusion and formation of a fusion pore. Time courses of polyethyleneglycol (PEG)-mediated fusion of 25 nm small unilamellar vesicles composed of dioleoylphosphatidylcholine, dioleoylphosphatidylethanolamine (DOPE), bovine brain sphingomyelin, and cholesterol (35:30:15:20 molar ratio) were recorded at pH 7.4 at five different temperatures (from 17°C to 37°C) and compared with time courses obtained with the same vesicles containing the fusion-active TMD of the G protein of VSV. Multiple time courses were fitted globally to a one-intermediate ensemble kinetic model to estimate the rate constants for conversion of the aggregated state to an intermediate hemifused state (k1, stalk, or I1) that rapidly transits to an unstable intermediate (I2 state) that converts to a final fusion pore state with a combined rate k3. The probabilities of lipid mixing, contents mixing, and contents leakage in the three states were also obtained from this analysis. The activation thermodynamics for each step were consistent with previously published models of lipid rearrangements during intermediate and pore formation. The influences of VSV-TMD, hexadecane, and VSV-TMD + hexadecane on the kinetics, activation thermodynamics, and membrane structure support the hypothesis that these two agents do not catalyze fusion by a common mechanism, except possibly at the lowest temperatures examined. VSV-TMD primarily catalyzed initial intermediate formation, although it substantially increased the probability of contents mixing in the intermediate state. Our results support the hypothesis that the catalytic influence of VSV-TMD on the initial-intermediate- and pore-forming steps of PEG-mediated fusion derives from its ability to impose a positive intrinsic curvature and thereby stress small unilamellar vesicle outer leaflets as well as the periphery of intermediate microstructures.
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- Tanusree Sengupta
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Program in Molecular and Cellular Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Program in Molecular and Cellular Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Program in Molecular and Cellular Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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Demchenko AP, Duportail G, Oncul S, Klymchenko AS, Mély Y. Introduction to fluorescence probing of biological membranes. Methods Mol Biol 2015; 1232:19-43. [PMID: 25331125 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1752-5_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Fluorescence is one of the most powerful and commonly used tools in biophysical studies of biomembrane structure and dynamics that can be applied on different levels, from lipid monolayers and bilayers to living cells, tissues, and whole animals. Successful application of this method relies on proper design of fluorescence probes with optimized photophysical properties. These probes are efficient for studying the microscopic analogs of viscosity, polarity, and hydration, as well as the molecular order, environment relaxation, and electrostatic potentials at the sites of their location. Being smaller than the membrane width they can sense the gradients of these parameters across the membrane. We present examples of novel dyes that achieve increased spatial resolution and information content of the probe responses. In this respect, multiparametric environment-sensitive probes feature considerable promise.
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- Alexander P Demchenko
- Palladin Institute of Biochemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 9 Leontovicha Street, Kiev, 01030, Ukraine,
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Kinnun JJ, Mallikarjunaiah KJ, Petrache HI, Brown MF. Elastic deformation and area per lipid of membranes: atomistic view from solid-state deuterium NMR spectroscopy. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2014; 1848:246-59. [PMID: 24946141 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2014.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2014] [Accepted: 06/06/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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This article reviews the application of solid-state ²H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy for investigating the deformation of lipid bilayers at the atomistic level. For liquid-crystalline membranes, the average structure is manifested by the segmental order parameters (SCD) of the lipids. Solid-state ²H NMR yields observables directly related to the stress field of the lipid bilayer. The extent to which lipid bilayers are deformed by osmotic pressure is integral to how lipid-protein interactions affect membrane functions. Calculations of the average area per lipid and related structural properties are pertinent to bilayer remodeling and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of membranes. To establish structural quantities, such as area per lipid and volumetric bilayer thickness, a mean-torque analysis of ²H NMR order parameters is applied. Osmotic stress is introduced by adding polymer solutions or by gravimetric dehydration, which are thermodynamically equivalent. Solid-state NMR studies of lipids under osmotic stress probe membrane interactions involving collective bilayer undulations, order-director fluctuations, and lipid molecular protrusions. Removal of water yields a reduction of the mean area per lipid, with a corresponding increase in volumetric bilayer thickness, by up to 20% in the liquid-crystalline state. Hydrophobic mismatch can shift protein states involving mechanosensation, transport, and molecular recognition by G-protein-coupled receptors. Measurements of the order parameters versus osmotic pressure yield the elastic area compressibility modulus and the corresponding bilayer thickness at an atomistic level. Solid-state ²H NMR thus reveals how membrane deformation can affect protein conformational changes within the stress field of the lipid bilayer.
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- Jacob J Kinnun
- Department of Physics, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; Department of Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
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Guixà-González R, Ramírez-Anguita JM, Kaczor AA, Selent J. Simulating G protein-coupled receptors in native-like membranes: from monomers to oligomers. Methods Cell Biol 2014; 117:63-90. [PMID: 24143972 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-408143-7.00004-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/17/2023]
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G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are one of the most relevant superfamilies of transmembrane proteins as they participate in an important variety of biological events. Recently, the scientific community is witnessing an advent of a GPCR crystallization age along with impressive improvements achieved in the field of computer simulations during the last two decades. Computer simulation techniques such as molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are now frequent tools to study the dynamic behavior of GPCRs and, more importantly, to model the complex membrane environment where these proteins spend their lifetime. Thanks to these tools, GPCRs can be simulated not only longer but also in a more "physiological" fashion. In this scenario, scientists are taking advantage of such advances to approach certain phenomena such as GPCR oligomerization occurring only at timescales not reachable until now. Thus, despite current MD simulations having important limitations today, they have become an essential tool to study key biophysical properties of GPCRs and GPCR oligomers.
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- Ramon Guixà-González
- Research Programme on Biomedical Informatics (GRIB), Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra/IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Dr. Aiguader, Barcelona, Spain
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Hatty CR, Le Brun AP, Lake V, Clifton LA, Liu GJ, James M, Banati RB. Investigating the interactions of the 18kDa translocator protein and its ligand PK11195 in planar lipid bilayers. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2013; 1838:1019-30. [PMID: 24374318 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2013.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2013] [Revised: 12/16/2013] [Accepted: 12/18/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The functional effects of a drug ligand may be due not only to an interaction with its membrane protein target, but also with the surrounding lipid membrane. We have investigated the interaction of a drug ligand, PK11195, with its primary protein target, the integral membrane 18kDa translocator protein (TSPO), and model membranes using Langmuir monolayers, quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D) and neutron reflectometry (NR). We found that PK11195 is incorporated into lipid monolayers and lipid bilayers, causing a decrease in lipid area/molecule and an increase in lipid bilayer rigidity. NR revealed that PK11195 is incorporated into the lipid chain region at a volume fraction of ~10%. We reconstituted isolated mouse TSPO into a lipid bilayer and studied its interaction with PK11195 using QCM-D, which revealed a larger than expected frequency response and indicated a possible conformational change of the protein. NR measurements revealed a TSPO surface coverage of 23% when immobilised to a modified surface via its polyhistidine tag, and a thickness of 51Å for the TSPO layer. These techniques allowed us to probe both the interaction of TSPO with PK11195, and PK11195 with model membranes. It is possible that previously reported TSPO-independent effects of PK11195 are due to incorporation into the lipid bilayer and alteration of its physical properties. There are also implications for the variable binding profiles observed for TSPO ligands, as drug-membrane interactions may contribute to the apparent affinity of TSPO ligands.
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- Claire R Hatty
- Medical Imaging & Radiation Sciences Faculty Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, c/o Brain & Mind Research Institute, 94 Mallett Street, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia
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- Bragg Institute, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, New Illawarra Road, Lucas Heights, NSW 2234, Australia
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- Bragg Institute, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, New Illawarra Road, Lucas Heights, NSW 2234, Australia
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- ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Source, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Didcot OX11 0QX, UK
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- Medical Imaging & Radiation Sciences Faculty Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, c/o Brain & Mind Research Institute, 94 Mallett Street, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia; Life Sciences, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, New Illawarra Road, Lucas Heights, NSW 2234, Australia
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- Bragg Institute, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, New Illawarra Road, Lucas Heights, NSW 2234, Australia; School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Kensington NSW 2052, Australia
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- Medical Imaging & Radiation Sciences Faculty Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, c/o Brain & Mind Research Institute, 94 Mallett Street, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia; Life Sciences, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, New Illawarra Road, Lucas Heights, NSW 2234, Australia.
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Huang D, Zhao T, Xu W, Yang T, Cremer PS. Sensing small molecule interactions with lipid membranes by local pH modulation. Anal Chem 2013; 85:10240-8. [PMID: 24152205 DOI: 10.1021/ac401955t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Herein, we utilized a label-free sensing platform based on pH modulation to detect the interactions between tetracaine, a positively charged small molecule used as a local anesthetic, and planar supported lipid bilayers (SLBs). The SLBs were patterned inside a flow cell, allowing for various concentrations of tetracaine to be introduced over the surface in a buffer solution. Studies with membranes containing POPC (1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine) yielded an equilibrium dissociation constant value of Kd = 180 ± 47 μm for this small molecule-membrane interaction. Adding cholesterol to the SLBs decreased the affinity between tetracaine and the bilayers, while this interaction tightened when POPE (1-hexadecanoyl-2-(9-Z-octadecenoyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine) was added. Studies were also conducted with three negatively charged membrane lipids, POPG (1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-(1'-rac-glycerol) (sodium salt)), POPS (1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-l-serine (sodium salt)), and ganglioside GM1. All three measurements gave rise to a similar tightening of the apparent Kd value compared with pure POPC membranes. The lack of chemical specificity with the identity of the negatively charged lipid indicated that the tightening was largely electrostatic. Through a direct comparison with ITC measurements, it was found that the pH modulation sensor platform offers a facile, inexpensive, highly sensitive, and rapid method for the detection of interactions between putative drug candidates and lipid bilayers. As such, this technique may potentially be exploited as a screen for drug development and analysis.
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- Da Huang
- Department of Chemistry and §Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State University , University Park, PA 16802
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In Vitro Assessment of NSAIDs-Membrane Interactions: Significance for Pharmacological Actions. Pharm Res 2013; 30:2097-107. [DOI: 10.1007/s11095-013-1066-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2013] [Accepted: 04/19/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Kamo T, Handa T, Nakano M. Lateral pressure change on phase transitions of phosphatidylcholine/diolein mixed membranes. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2013; 104:128-32. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2012.11.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2012] [Accepted: 11/26/2012] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Klapper Y, Vrânceanu M, Ishitsuka Y, Evans D, Scheider D, Nienhaus GU, Leneweit G. Surface energy of phospholipid bilayers and the correlation to their hydration. J Colloid Interface Sci 2013; 390:267-74. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2012.09.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2012] [Revised: 09/04/2012] [Accepted: 09/12/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Takechi Y, Mizuguchi C, Tanaka M, Kawakami T, Aimoto S, Okamura E, Saito H. Physicochemical Mechanism for the Lipid Membrane Binding of Polyarginine: The Favorable Enthalpy Change with Structural Transition from Random Coil to α-Helix. CHEM LETT 2012. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.2012.1374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Yuki Takechi
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Himeji Dokkyo University
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- Institute of Health Biosciences and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokushima
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- Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Himeji Dokkyo University
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- Institute of Health Biosciences and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokushima
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Quantifying interactions of β-synuclein and γ-synuclein with model membranes. J Mol Biol 2012; 423:528-39. [PMID: 22922472 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2012.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2012] [Revised: 08/14/2012] [Accepted: 08/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The synucleins are a family of proteins involved in numerous neurodegenerative pathologies [α-synuclein and β-synuclein (βS)], as well as in various types of cancers [γ-synuclein (γS)]. While the connection between α-synuclein and Parkinson's disease is well established, recent evidence links point mutants of βS to dementia with Lewy bodies. Overexpression of γS has been associated with enhanced metastasis and cancer drug resistance. Despite their prevalence in such a variety of diseases, the native functions of the synucleins remain unclear. They have a lipid-binding motif in their N-terminal region, which suggests interactions with biological membranes in vivo. In this study, we used fluorescence correlation spectroscopy to monitor the binding properties of βS and γS to model membranes and to determine the free energy of the interactions. Our results show that the interactions are most strongly affected by the presence of both anionic lipids and bilayer curvature, while membrane fluidity plays a very minor role. Quantifying the lipid-binding properties of βS and γS provides additional insights into the underlying factors governing the protein-membrane interactions. Such insights not only are relevant to the native functions of these proteins but also highlight their contributions to pathological conditions that are either mediated or characterized by perturbations of these interactions.
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Minnes R, Weitman H, Ehrenberg B. The effect of lipid composition, bilayer phase and temperature on the uptake of hematoporphyrin by liposomal membranes. J PORPHYR PHTHALOCYA 2012. [DOI: 10.1142/s1088424607000679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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In this study we investigated, spectroscopically, the binding of hematoporphyrin (HP) to non-charged lipid vesicles as a function of temperature and the molecular structure of the phospholipid. The temperature dependence of partitioning was employed to evaluate the thermodynamic parameters of the process. We studied the binding of HP to liposomes composed of different phospholipids: natural lecithin and three chemically defined phosphatidylcholines: dimiristoyl-phosphatidylcholine (DMPC), 1-palmitoyl-2-myristoyl-phosphatidylcholine (PMPC) and 1-stearoyl-2-myristoyl-phosphatidylcholine (SMPC), at different temperatures. The last three lipids differ only in the length of the fatty acid on 1 position of the glycerol backbone. Consequently, they have different phase transition temperatures and different order parameters. For SMPC, PMPC and DMPC, we checked the effect of temperatures above and below the phase transition while for lecithin, whose phase transition temperature is well below 0 °C, only temperatures above the phase transition could be tested. A very distinct effect of the phase transition on the binding constant was observed. Below this temperature a dramatic decrease in the binding was observed as the temperature was increased. Above the phase transition, the effect of temperature declined and the changes were minor compared to the changes observed when the bilayers undergo the solid-gel phase transition. Differences in HP binding to the various bilayers were attributed to the differences in the order parameters of DMPC, PMPC, SMPC and lecithin bilayers.
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- Refael Minnes
- Department of Physics and Nano Medicine Research Center, Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel
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- Department of Physics and Nano Medicine Research Center, Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel
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- Department of Physics and Nano Medicine Research Center, Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel
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Klymchenko AS, Duportail G, Mély Y. 3-Hydroxychromone Probes Precisely Located and Oriented in Lipid Bilayers: A Toolkit for Biomembrane Research. SPRINGER SERIES ON FLUORESCENCE 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/4243_2012_44] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Takechi Y, Tanaka H, Kitayama H, Yoshii H, Tanaka M, Saito H. Comparative study on the interaction of cell-penetrating polycationic polymers with lipid membranes. Chem Phys Lipids 2011; 165:51-8. [PMID: 22108318 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2011.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2011] [Revised: 11/02/2011] [Accepted: 11/04/2011] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Cell-penetrating peptides are arginine- and lysine-rich cationic peptides that can readily enter cells not only by themselves but also carrying other macromolecular cargos. In fact, we have reported that polycationic polymer such as poly-l-lysine (PLL) and poly-l-arginine (PLA) translocate through negatively charged phospholipid liposome membranes. In this work, we made a comparative study of the interaction of PLL or PLA with lipid membranes consisting of negatively charged phospholipids to understand the role of basic amino acid residue (i.e. arginine and lysine) in the membrane-penetrating activity of polypeptides. PLA and PLL translocated into giant unilamellar vesicle composed of soybean phospholipids. ζ-potential and turbidity measurements demonstrated the electrostatic binding of PLL and PLA to large unilamellar vesicle (LUV). Fluorescence studies using membrane probes revealed that the binding of PLA and PLL to LUV affects the hydration and packing of the membrane interface region, in which the membrane insertion of PLA appeared to be greater than PLL. Differential scanning calorimetry showed that the enthalpy of the gel to liquid-crystalline phase transition for dipalmitoyl phosphatidylglycerol vesicle was greatly reduced by binding of PLL and PLA, in which the reduction is much larger in PLA than in PLL. Circular dichroism measurements in 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol/water mixture or in the presence of LUV indicated that the propensity of PLA to form α-helical structure is greater than PLL. Consistently, attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy revealed that there is greater α-helical structure in PLA bound to LUV compared to PLL, which has much less ordered structure. Furthermore, isothermal titration calorimetry measurements demonstrated that the contribution of enthalpy to the energetics of binding to LUV is two-fold larger in PLA than in PLL. These results suggest that the stronger interaction of arginine residue with negatively charged phospholipid membranes compared to lysine residue appears to facilitate the conformational change in cationic polypeptide and its insertion into lipid membrane interior.
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- Yuki Takechi
- Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1-78-1 Shomachi, Tokushima 770-8505, Japan
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Relationship between the mobility of phosphocholine headgroups of liposomes and the hydrophobicity at the membrane interface: A characterization with spectrophotometric measurements. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2011; 88:221-30. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2011.06.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2011] [Revised: 06/21/2011] [Accepted: 06/24/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Eicosapentaenoic acid plays a role in stabilizing dynamic membrane structure in the deep-sea piezophile Shewanella violacea: a study employing high-pressure time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy measurement. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2011; 1818:574-83. [PMID: 22037146 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2011.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2011] [Revised: 09/29/2011] [Accepted: 10/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Shewanella violacea DSS12 is a psychrophilic piezophile that optimally grows at 30MPa. It contains a substantial amount of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) in the membrane. Despite evidence linking increased fatty acid unsaturation and bacterial growth under high pressure, little is known of how the physicochemical properties of the membrane are modulated by unsaturated fatty acids in vivo. By means of the newly developed system performing time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy measurement under high pressure (HP-TRFAM), we demonstrate that the membrane of S. violacea is highly ordered at 0.1MPa and 10°C with the order parameter S of 0.9, and the rotational diffusion coefficient D(w) of 5.4μs(-1) for 1-[4-(trimethylamino)pheny]-6-phenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene in the membrane. Deletion of pfaA encoding the omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid synthase caused disorder of the membrane and enhanced the rotational motion of acyl chains, in concert with a 2-fold increase in the palmitoleic acid level. While the wild-type membrane was unperturbed over a wide range of pressures with respect to relatively small effects of pressure on S and D(w), the ΔpfaA membrane was disturbed judging from the degree of increased S and decreased D(w). These results suggest that EPA prevents the membrane from becoming hyperfluid and maintains membrane stability against significant changes in pressure. Our results counter the generally accepted concept that greater fluidity is a membrane characteristic of microorganisms that inhabit cold, high-pressure environments. We suggest that retaining a certain level of membrane physical properties under high pressure is more important than conferring membrane fluidity alone.
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Majumder R, Liang X, Quinn-Allen MA, Kane WH, Lentz BR. Modulation of prothrombinase assembly and activity by phosphatidylethanolamine. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:35535-35542. [PMID: 21859710 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.260141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Constituents of platelet membranes regulate the activity of the prothrombinase complex. We demonstrate that membranes containing phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) bind factor Va with high affinity (K(d) = ∼10 nm) in the absence of phosphatidylserine (PS). These membranes support formation of a 60-70% functional prothrombinase complex at saturating factor Va concentrations. Although reduced interfacial packing does contribute to factor Va binding in the absence of PS, it does not correlate with the enhanced activity of the Xa-Va complex assembled on PE-containing membranes. Instead, specific protein-PE interactions appear to contribute to the effects of PE. In support of this, soluble C6PE binds to recombinant factor Va(2) (K(d) = ∼6.5 μm) and to factor Xa (K(d) = ∼91 μm). C6PE and C6PS binding sites of factor Xa are specific, distinct, and linked, because binding of one lipid enhances the binding and activity effects of the other. C6PE triggers assembly (K(d)(app) = ∼40 nm) of a partially active prothrombinase complex between factor Xa and factor Va(2), compared with K(d)(app) for C6PS ∼2 nm. These findings provide new insights into the possible synergistic roles of platelet PE and PS in regulating thrombin formation, particularly when exposed membrane PS may be limiting.
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- Rinku Majumder
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7260.
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27702-3656
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27702-3656
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27702-3656.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7260.
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Takechi Y, Yoshii H, Tanaka M, Kawakami T, Aimoto S, Saito H. Physicochemical mechanism for the enhanced ability of lipid membrane penetration of polyarginine. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2011; 27:7099-7107. [PMID: 21526829 DOI: 10.1021/la200917y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Arginine-rich, cell-penetrating peptides (e.g., Tat-peptide, penetratin, and polyarginine) are used to carry therapeutic molecules such as oligonucleotides, DNA, peptides, and proteins across cell membranes. Two types of processes are being considered to cross the cell membranes: one is an endocytic pathway, and another is an energy-independent, nonendocytic pathway. However, the latter is still not known in detail. Here, we studied the effects of the chain length of polyarginine on its interaction with an anionic phospholipid large unilamellar vesicle (LUV) or a giant vesicle using poly-l-arginine composed of 69 (PLA69), 293 (PLA293), or 554 (PLA554) arginine residues, together with octaarginine (R8). ζ-potential measurements confirmed that polyarginine binds to LUV via electrostatic interactions. Circular dichroism analysis demonstrated that the transition from the random coil to the α-helix structure upon binding to LUV occurred for PLA293 and PLA554, whereas no structural change was observed for PLA69 and R8. Fluorescence studies using membrane probes revealed that the binding of polyarginine to LUV affects the hydration and packing of the membrane interface region, in which the degree of membrane insertion is greater for the longer polyarginine. Isothermal titration calorimetry measurements demonstrated that although the binding affinity (i.e., the Gibbs free energy of binding) per arginine residue is similar among all polyarginines the contribution of enthalpy to the energetics of binding of polyarginine increases with increasing polymer chain length. In addition, confocal laser scanning microscopy showed that all polyarginines penetrate across giant vesicle membranes, and the order of the amount of membrane penetration is R8 ≈ PLA69 < PLA293 ≈ PLA554. These results suggest that the formation of α-helical structure upon lipid binding drives the insertion of polyarginine into the membrane interior, which appears to enhance the membrane penetration of polyarginine.
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- Yuki Takechi
- Institute of Health Biosciences and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokushima, Tokushima 770-8505, Japan
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Sergelius C, Yamaguchi S, Yamamoto T, Slotte JP, Katsumura S. N-cholesteryl sphingomyelin—A synthetic sphingolipid with unique membrane properties. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2011; 1808:1054-62. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2010.12.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2010] [Revised: 12/02/2010] [Accepted: 12/03/2010] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Schneggenburger PE, Beerlink A, Weinhausen B, Salditt T, Diederichsen U. Peptide model helices in lipid membranes: insertion, positioning, and lipid response on aggregation studied by X-ray scattering. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL : EBJ 2011; 40:417-36. [PMID: 21181143 PMCID: PMC3070074 DOI: 10.1007/s00249-010-0645-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2010] [Revised: 11/08/2010] [Accepted: 11/12/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Studying membrane active peptides or protein fragments within the lipid bilayer environment is particularly challenging in the case of synthetically modified, labeled, artificial, or recently discovered native structures. For such samples the localization and orientation of the molecular species or probe within the lipid bilayer environment is the focus of research prior to an evaluation of their dynamic or mechanistic behavior. X-ray scattering is a powerful method to study peptide/lipid interactions in the fluid, fully hydrated state of a lipid bilayer. For one, the lipid response can be revealed by observing membrane thickening and thinning as well as packing in the membrane plane; at the same time, the distinct positions of peptide moieties within lipid membranes can be elucidated at resolutions of up to several angstroms by applying heavy-atom labeling techniques. In this study, we describe a generally applicable X-ray scattering approach that provides robust and quantitative information about peptide insertion and localization as well as peptide/lipid interaction within highly oriented, hydrated multilamellar membrane stacks. To this end, we have studied an artificial, designed β-helical peptide motif in its homodimeric and hairpin variants adopting different states of oligomerization. These peptide lipid complexes were analyzed by grazing incidence diffraction (GID) to monitor changes in the lateral lipid packing and ordering. In addition, we have applied anomalous reflectivity using synchrotron radiation as well as in-house X-ray reflectivity in combination with iodine-labeling in order to determine the electron density distribution ρ(z) along the membrane normal (z axis), and thereby reveal the hydrophobic mismatch situation as well as the position of certain amino acid side chains within the lipid bilayer. In the case of multiple labeling, the latter technique is not only applicable to demonstrate the peptide's reconstitution but also to generate evidence about the relative peptide orientation with respect to the lipid bilayer.
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- Philipp E. Schneggenburger
- Institut für Organische und Biomolekulare Chemie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Tammannstr. 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institut für Röntgenphysik, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institut für Röntgenphysik, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institut für Röntgenphysik, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institut für Organische und Biomolekulare Chemie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Tammannstr. 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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Gorbenko G, Trusova V. Effects of oligomeric lysozyme on structural state of model membranes. Biophys Chem 2011; 154:73-81. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2011.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2010] [Revised: 01/12/2011] [Accepted: 01/14/2011] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Sinkeldam RW, Greco NJ, Tor Y. Fluorescent analogs of biomolecular building blocks: design, properties, and applications. Chem Rev 2010; 110:2579-619. [PMID: 20205430 PMCID: PMC2868948 DOI: 10.1021/cr900301e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 658] [Impact Index Per Article: 47.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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- Renatus W. Sinkeldam
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0358
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0358
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Celli A, Gratton E. Dynamics of lipid domain formation: fluctuation analysis. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2009; 1798:1368-76. [PMID: 20025848 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2009.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2009] [Revised: 11/14/2009] [Accepted: 12/02/2009] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Scanning-fluctuation correlation spectroscopy was used to detect subresolution organizational fluctuations in the lipid liquid-crystalline phase for single lipid model systems. We used the fluorescent probe Laurdan which is sensitive to the amount of water in the membrane to show that there is a spatial heterogeneity on the scale of few pixels (the size of the pixel is 50 nm). We calculated the pixel variance of the GP function and we found that the variance has a peak at the phase transition for 3 different samples made of pure lipids. The pixel variance has an abrupt change at the phase transition of the membrane and then it slowly decreases at higher temperature. The relatively large variance of the GP indicates that the liquid phase of the membrane is quite heterogeneous even several degrees higher than the phase transition temperature. We interpreted this result as evidence of an underlying microscale structure of the membrane in which water is not uniformly distributed at the micron scale. Imaging of these microstructures shows that the pixels with different GP tend to concentrate in specific domains in the membrane. In the case of single lipid membrane, the statistical and fluctuation analysis of the GP data shows that even such simple lipid systems are capable of generating and maintaining stable structural and organizational heterogeneities.
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- Anna Celli
- Dermatology Department, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
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Abe F, Usui K, Hiraki T. Fluconazole modulates membrane rigidity, heterogeneity, and water penetration into the plasma membrane in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biochemistry 2009; 48:8494-504. [PMID: 19670905 DOI: 10.1021/bi900578y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Azole anitifungal drugs such as fluconazole inhibit 14alpha-demethylase. The mechanism of fluconazole action on the plasma membrane is assumed to be ergosterol depletion and accumulation of a toxic sterol, 14alpha-methyl-3,6-diol, that differs in C-6 hydroxylation, B-ring saturation, C-14 methylation, and side-chain modification. Nevertheless, little is known about how these sterol modifications mechanically influence membrane properties and hence fungal viability. Employing time-resolved measurement with a fluorescence anisotropy probe, 1-[4-(trimethylamino)phenyl]-6-phenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene (TMA-DPH), we demonstrated that fluconazole administration decreased the rigidity of the plasma membrane of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, leading to a dramatic reduction in the order parameter (S) from 0.965 to 0.907 and a 5-fold acceleration of the rotational lipid motion. This suggests that the altered sterol has a deleterious impact on membrane packing, resulting in increased fluidity. Deletion of ERG3 confers hyperresistance to fluconazole by circumventing the accumulation of 14alpha-methyl-3,6-diol and instead produces 14alpha-methylfecosterol lacking the 6-OH group. We found that ERG3 deletion mitigated the fluconazole-induced loss of membrane rigidity with S remaining at a higher value (=0.922), which could contribute to the fluconazole resistance in the erg3Delta mutant. The reduced ability of the 6-OH sterol to stiffen lipid bilayers was supported by the finding that 30 mol % of 6alpha-hydroxy-5alpha-cholestanol marginally increased the S value of 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine membranes, while cholesterol and dihydrocholesterol markedly increased it. The decay of the TMA-DPH fluorescence was bimodal in the wild-type strain. This heterogeneity could have arisen from varying degrees of water penetration into the plasma membrane. Fluconazole eliminated the heterogeneity of the dielectric characteristic of the membrane interfacial region, and concomitantly the TMA-DPH lifetime was shortened. Therefore, we conclude that 14alpha-methyl-3,6-diol is insufficient to pack the plasma membrane, allowing water penetration, which is consistent with membrane disorder after fluconazole administration. Our findings illustrate the role of ergosterol in maintaining membrane heterogeneity and preventing water penetration as well as maintaining the rigidity of the plasma membrane interfacial region.
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- Fumiyoshi Abe
- Molecular Evolution and Adaptation Research, Institute of Biogeosciences, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan.
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Frías MDLA, Disalvo EA. Configuration of carbonyl groups at the lipid interphases of different topological arrangements of lipid dispersions. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2009; 25:8187-8191. [PMID: 19438173 DOI: 10.1021/la900554h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The purpose of this work is to analyze the conformation of the carbonyl groups of acyl phospholipids at the hydrocarbon-water interphase in different topological ensembles and phase states, such as micelles and bilayers. The separation of the band components in lipids dispersed in D(2)O is compared with that of PCs in a low hydrated state. When hydrated, the differences in the frequencies of the band components corresponding to the carbonyl groups identified as low hydrated and hydrated populations increase when dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) bilayers go from the lamellar gel to the ripple corrugated phase at the pretransition temperature. Below the pretransition, at which the membrane in the gel state is planar, the two components overlap making the deconvolution unreliable. A further analysis shows that the frequency of the highly hydrated population increases more noticeable than that corresponding to the low hydrated one following the sequence: micelles, fluid phase, ripple gel phase, and lamellar gel phase. This is confirmed by the increase in the separation of the band components when the liposomes are subjected to an osmotic dehydration suggesting that the hydrated population loses water and the dehydrated one partially hydrates. It is concluded that this behavior is a feature conferred by hydration of the different topological arrangements. The relevance of these results on the interphase properties of lipid membranes is discussed.
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Demchenko AP, Mély Y, Duportail G, Klymchenko AS. Monitoring biophysical properties of lipid membranes by environment-sensitive fluorescent probes. Biophys J 2009; 96:3461-70. [PMID: 19413953 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 301] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2009] [Revised: 02/11/2009] [Accepted: 02/17/2009] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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We review the main trends in the development of fluorescence probes to obtain information about the structure, dynamics, and interactions in biomembranes. These probes are efficient for studying the microscopic analogs of viscosity, polarity, and hydration, as well as the molecular order, environment relaxation, and electrostatic potentials at the sites of their location. Progress is being made in increasing the information content and spatial resolution of the probe responses. Multichannel environment-sensitive probes that can distinguish between different membrane physicochemical properties through multiple spectroscopic parameters show considerable promise.
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Volkov VV, Takaoka Y, Righini R. What are the sites water occupies at the interface of a phospholipid membrane? J Phys Chem B 2009; 113:4119-24. [PMID: 19228033 DOI: 10.1021/jp806650c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We explore the two-dimensional infrared response of D(2)O and of OD impurity at the interface of phospholipid membrane fragments. The spectra of the two aqueous states are inhomogeneously broadened due to the absorption of water molecule associated with the membrane interface in different structural sites. The nonlinear spectra of the two species allow disentangling of the spectral contributions of the aqueous states of two types: where the stretching modes are under effective mixing and where the stretching modes are uncoupled. By reviewing the results of the experimental studies with the support of molecular dynamic simulation we identify the spectral signatures of the main structural motives responsible for the inhomogeneous distribution of resonances in the infrared OD stretching region. Our analysis provides a quantitative estimate of the statistical population of the different aqueous species at the polar interface of the bilayer.
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- Stefan Balaz
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58105, USA.
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Chen C, Tripp CP. An infrared spectroscopic based method to measure membrane permeance in liposomes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2008; 1778:2266-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2008.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2008] [Revised: 05/22/2008] [Accepted: 05/22/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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McCarney ER, Armstrong BD, Kausik R, Han S. Dynamic nuclear polarization enhanced nuclear magnetic resonance and electron spin resonance studies of hydration and local water dynamics in micelle and vesicle assemblies. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2008; 24:10062-10072. [PMID: 18700788 DOI: 10.1021/la800334k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
Abstract
We present a unique analysis tool for the selective detection of local water inside soft molecular assemblies (hydrophobic cores, vesicular bilayers, and micellar structures) suspended in bulk water. Through the use of dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP), the (1)H NMR signal of water is amplified, as it interacts with stable radicals that possess approximately 658 times higher spin polarization. We utilized stable nitroxide radicals covalently attached along the hydrophobic tail of stearic acid molecules that incorporate themselves into surfactant-based micelle or vesicle structures. Here, we present a study of local water content and fluid viscosity inside oleate micelles and vesicles and Triton X-100 micelles to serve as model systems for soft molecular assemblies. This approach is unique because the amplification of the NMR signal is performed in bulk solution and under ambient conditions with site-specific spin labels that only detect the water that is directly interacting with the localized spin labels. Continuous wave (cw) electron spin resonance (ESR) analysis provides rotational dynamics of the spin-labeled molecular chain segments and local polarity parameters that can be related to hydration properties, whereas we show that DNP-enhanced (1)H NMR analysis of fluid samples directly provides translational water dynamics and permeability of the local environment probed by the spin label. Our technique therefore has the potential to become a powerful analysis tool, complementary to cw ESR, to study hydration characteristics of surfactant assemblies, lipid bilayers, or protein aggregates, where water dynamics is a key parameter of their structure and function. In this study, we find that there is significant penetration of water inside the oleate micelles with a higher average local water viscosity (approximately 1.8 cP) than in bulk water, and Triton X-100 micelles and oleate vesicle bilayers mostly exclude water while allowing for considerable surfactant chain motion and measurable water permeation through the soft structure.
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Affiliation(s)
- Evan R McCarney
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California-Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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