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Tatulian SA. Analysis of protein-protein and protein-membrane interactions by isotope-edited infrared spectroscopy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:21930-21953. [PMID: 39108200 DOI: 10.1039/d4cp01136h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/23/2024]
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The objective of this work is to highlight the power of isotope-edited Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy in resolving important problems encountered in biochemistry, biophysics, and biomedical research, focusing on protein-protein and protein membrane interactions that play key roles in practically all life processes. An overview of the effects of isotope substitutions in (bio)molecules on spectral frequencies and intensities is given. Data are presented demonstrating how isotope-labeled proteins and/or lipids can be used to elucidate enzymatic mechanisms, the mode of membrane binding of peripheral proteins, regulation of membrane protein function, protein aggregation, and local and global structural changes in proteins during functional transitions. The use of polarized attenuated total reflection FTIR spectroscopy to identify the spatial orientation and the secondary structure of a membrane-bound interfacial enzyme and the mode of lipid hydrolysis is described. Methods of production of site-directed, segmental, and domain-specific labeling of proteins by the synthetic, semisynthetic, and recombinant strategies, including advanced protein engineering technologies such as nonsense suppression and frameshift quadruplet codons are overviewed.
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- Suren A Tatulian
- Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA.
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Krompers M, Heerklotz H. A Guide to Your Desired Lipid-Asymmetric Vesicles. MEMBRANES 2023; 13:267. [PMID: 36984654 PMCID: PMC10054703 DOI: 10.3390/membranes13030267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Revised: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 02/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Liposomes are prevalent model systems for studies on biological membranes. Recently, increasing attention has been paid to models also representing the lipid asymmetry of biological membranes. Here, we review in-vitro methods that have been established to prepare free-floating vesicles containing different compositions of the classic two-chain glycero- or sphingolipids in their outer and inner leaflet. In total, 72 reports are listed and assigned to four general strategies that are (A) enzymatic conversion of outer leaflet lipids, (B) re-sorting of lipids between leaflets, (C) assembly from different monolayers and (D) exchange of outer leaflet lipids. To guide the reader through this broad field of available techniques, we attempt to draw a road map that leads to the lipid-asymmetric vesicles that suit a given purpose. Of each method, we discuss advantages and limitations. In addition, various verification strategies of asymmetry as well as the role of cholesterol are briefly discussed. The ability to specifically induce lipid asymmetry in model membranes offers insights into the biological functions of asymmetry and may also benefit the technical applications of liposomes.
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- Mona Krompers
- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy, Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy, Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
- Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3M2, Canada
- Signalling Research Centers BIOSS and CIBSS, University of Freiburg, 79085 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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Interplay between size and concentration in unidirectional lipid transfer between zwitterionic vesicles under non-equilibrium conditions. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.118875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- Ping Wei
- Department of Orthopedics, Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, Tongji University, 301 Middle Yanchang Road, Shanghai 200072, China
- Department of Polymeric Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 4800 Caoan Road, Shanghai 201804, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, Tongji University, 301 Middle Yanchang Road, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, Tongji University, 301 Middle Yanchang Road, Shanghai 200072, China
- Department of Polymeric Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 4800 Caoan Road, Shanghai 201804, China
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Danial JSH, Cronin B, Mallik C, Wallace MI. On demand modulation of lipid composition in an individual bilayer. SOFT MATTER 2017; 13:1788-1793. [PMID: 28165095 DOI: 10.1039/c6sm01774f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Changes in local lipid composition are thought to play a key role in regulating many complex cellular processes. By studying lipid organization in artificial lipid bilayers the physical principles underlying these process can be studied in detail. However, such in vitro measurements are often hindered by heterogeneities in the lipid composition of individual bilayers prepared by current bulk methods. Here, the lipid composition of an individual droplet interface bilayer is varied by lipid titration into the bilayer from the oil phase in a microfluidic device. Control of lipid composition allows the reversible switching between single- and two-phase regions and sampling of specific lipid compositions in an individual bilayer. This method enables controlled modulation of composition-sensitive processes in a single lipid membrane.
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- John S H Danial
- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Chemistry Research Laboratory, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Chemistry Research Laboratory, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Chemistry Research Laboratory, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK
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Herzog B, Hüglin D, Luther H. Liposomogenic UV Absorbers are Water-Resistant on Pig Skin—A Model Study With Relevance for Sunscreens. J Pharm Sci 2017; 106:495-501. [DOI: 10.1016/j.xphs.2016.09.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2016] [Revised: 09/05/2016] [Accepted: 09/21/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Xia Y, Li M, Charubin K, Liu Y, Heberle FA, Katsaras J, Jing B, Zhu Y, Nieh MP. Effects of Nanoparticle Morphology and Acyl Chain Length on Spontaneous Lipid Transfer Rates. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2015; 31:12920-8. [PMID: 26540211 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b03291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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We report on studies of lipid transfer rates between different morphology nanoparticles and lipids with different length acyl chains. The lipid transfer rate of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (di-C14, DMPC) in discoidal "bicelles" (0.156 h(-1)) is 2 orders of magnitude greater than that of DMPC vesicles (ULVs) (1.1 × 10(-3) h(-1)). For both bicellar and ULV morphologies, increasing the acyl chain length by two carbons [going from di-C14 DMPC to di-C16, dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC)] causes lipid transfer rates to decrease by more than 2 orders of magnitude. Results from small angle neutron scattering (SANS), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) are in good agreement. The present studies highlight the importance of lipid dynamic processes taking place in different morphology biomimetic membranes.
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- Yan Xia
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut , Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
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- Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut , Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut , Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut , Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831 United States
- Joint Institute for Neutron Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831 United States
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee , Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Joint Institute for Neutron Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame , Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame , Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Wayne State University , Detroit, Michigan 48202 United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut , Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
- Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut , Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut , Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
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Matthews JR, Payne CM, Hafner JH. Analysis of Phospholipid Bilayers on Gold Nanorods by Plasmon Resonance Sensing and Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2015; 31:9893-9900. [PMID: 26302310 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b01203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and localized surface plasmon resonance sensing (LSPR) have been applied for a detailed analysis of lipid bilayers at the surface of gold nanorods. The spatial dependence of surface enhancement and the optical effects of the lipid phase transition confirm the presence of a bilayer membrane structure. Deuterated lipids exchanged rapidly between the nanorod surface and lipid vesicles in solution, suggesting a loosely bound, natural membrane structure. However, at a low solution concentration of lipid vesicles, the lipids on the gold nanorod surface convert to a nonbilayer structure, which could impact biological applications of these nanomaterials.
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- James R Matthews
- Department of Physics and Astronomy and ‡Department of Chemistry, Rice University , 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and ‡Department of Chemistry, Rice University , 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and ‡Department of Chemistry, Rice University , 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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Drazenovic J, Ahmed S, Tuzinkiewicz NM, Wunder SL. Lipid exchange and transfer on nanoparticle supported lipid bilayers: effect of defects, ionic strength, and size. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2015; 31:721-31. [PMID: 25425021 DOI: 10.1021/la503967m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Lipid exchange/transfer has been compared for zwitterionic 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DMPC) and 1,2-dimyristoyl-d54-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DMPC) small unilamellar vesicles (SUVs) and for the same lipids on silica (SiO2) nanoparticle supported lipid bilayers (NP-SLBs) as a function of ionic strength, temperature, temperature cycling, and NP size, above the main gel-to-liquid crystal phase transition temperature, Tm, using d- and h-DMPC and DPPC. Increasing ionic strength decreases the exchange kinetics for the SUVs, but more so for the NP-SLBs, due to better packing of the lipids and increased attraction between the lipid and support. When the NP-SLBs (or SUVs) are cycled above and below Tm, the exchange rate increases compared with exchange at the same temperature without cycling, for similar total times, suggesting that defects provide sites for more facile removal and thus exchange of lipids. Defects can occur: (i) at the phase boundaries between coexisting gel and fluid phases at Tm; (ii) in bare regions of exposed SiO2 that form during NP-SLB formation due to mismatched surface areas of lipid and NPs; and (iii) during cycling as the result of changes in area of the lipids at Tm and mismatched thermal expansion coefficient between the lipids and SiO2 support. Exchange rates are faster for NP-SLBs prepared with the nominal amount of lipid required to form a NP-SLB compared with NP-SLBs that have been prepared with excess lipids to minimize SiO2 patches. Nanosystems prepared with equimolar mixtures of NP-SLBs composed of d-DMPC (d(DMPC)-NP-SLB) and SUVs composed of h-DMPC (h(DMPC)-SUV) show that the calorimetric transition of the "donor" h(DMPC)-SUV decreases in intensity without an initial shift in Tm, indicating that the "acceptor" d(DMPC)-NP-SLB can accommodate more lipids, through either further fusion or insertion of lipids into the distal monolayer. Exchange for d/h(DMPC)-NP-SLB is in the order 100 nm SiO2 > 45 nm SiO2 > 5 nm SiO2.
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- Jelena Drazenovic
- Department of Chemistry, Temple University , Philadephia, Pennsylvania 19122, United States
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Dutta D, Pulsipher A, Luo W, Yousaf MN. PI3 kinase enzymology on fluid lipid bilayers. Analyst 2014; 139:5127-33. [PMID: 25133271 DOI: 10.1039/c4an00998c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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We report the use of fluid lipid bilayer membrane as a model platform to study the influence of the bilayer microenvironment and composition on the enzymology in membrane. As a model system we determined the enzyme kinetics on membranes for the transformation of bilayers containing phosphoinositol(4,5)-bisphosphate (PI(4,5)P2) to phosphoinositol(3,4,5)-trisphosphate (PI(3,4,5)P3) by the enzyme phosphoinositol-3-kinase (PI3K) using radiolabeled ATP. The activity of the enzyme was monitored as a function of the radioactivity incorporated within the bilayer. The transformation of PI(4,5)P2 to PI(3,4,5)P3 was determined using a mass strip assay. The fluidity of the bilayer was confirmed by Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching (FRAP) experiments. Kinetic simulations were performed based on Langmuir adsorption and Michaelis-Menton kinetics equations to generate the rate constants for the enzymatic reaction. The effect of cholesterol on the enzyme kinetics was studied by doping the bilayer with 1% cholesterol. This leads to significant reduction in reaction rate due to change in membrane microenvironment. This strategy provides a method to study the enzymology of various kinases and phosphatases occurring at the membrane and also how these reactions are affected by the membrane composition and surface microenvironment.
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- Debjit Dutta
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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Hardy GJ, Nayak R, Zauscher S. Model cell membranes: Techniques to form complex biomimetic supported lipid bilayers via vesicle fusion. Curr Opin Colloid Interface Sci 2013; 18:448-458. [PMID: 24031164 DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2013.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Vesicle fusion has long provided an easy and reliable method to form supported lipid bilayers (SLBs) from simple, zwitterionic vesicles on siliceous substrates. However, for complex compositions, such as vesicles with high cholesterol content and multiple lipid types, the energy barrier for the vesicle-to-bilayer transition is increased or the required vesicle-vesicle and vesicle-substrate interactions are insufficient for vesicle fusion. Thus, for vesicle compositions that more accurately mimic native membranes, vesicle fusion often fails to form SLBs. In this paper, we review three approaches to overcome these barriers to form complex, biomimetic SLBs via vesicle fusion: (i) optimization of experimental conditions (e.g., temperature, buffer ionic strength, osmotic stress, cation valency, and buffer pH), (ii) α-helical (AH) peptide-induced vesicle fusion, and (iii) bilayer edge-induced vesicle fusion. AH peptide-induced vesicle fusion can form complex SLBs on multiple substrate types without the use of additional equipment. Bilayer edge-induced vesicle fusion uses microfluidics to form SLBs from vesicles with complex composition, including vesicles derived from native cell membranes. Collectively, this review introduces vesicle fusion techniques that can be generalized for many biomimetic vesicle compositions and many substrate types, and thus will aid efforts to reliably create complex SLB platforms on a range of substrates.
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- Gregory J Hardy
- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, 144 Hudson Hall Box 90300, Durham, NC 27708, USA. ; Tel: +1 (919) 660-5360
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Salvador-Morales C, Valencia PM, Gao W, Karnik R, Farokhzad OC. Spontaneous formation of heterogeneous patches on polymer-lipid core-shell particle surfaces during self-assembly. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2013; 9:511-7. [PMID: 23109494 PMCID: PMC4157734 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201201499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2012] [Revised: 08/29/2012] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Spontaneous formation of heterogeneous patches on the surface of lipid-based nanoparticles (NPs) and microparticles (MPs) due to the segregation of two different functional groups. Patch formation is observed when tracing the functional groups with quantum dots, gold nanoparticles, and fluorescent dyes. This discovery could have important implications for the future design of self-assembled NPs and MPs for different biomedical applications.
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- Carolina Salvador-Morales
- Laboratory of Nanomedicine and Biomaterials, Department of Anesthesiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital-Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Laboratory of Nanomedicine and Biomaterials, Department of Anesthesiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital-Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Laboratory of Nanomedicine and Biomaterials, Department of Anesthesiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital-Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Powell HV, O’Connell MA, Zhang M, Mackenzie SR, Unwin PR. Evanescent Wave Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy: A Platform for the Study of Supported Lipid Bilayers. Anal Chem 2012; 84:2585-91. [DOI: 10.1021/ac203493p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Hayley V. Powell
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry
CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry
CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry
CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford OX1 3QZ,
United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry
CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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Liu KW, Biswal SL. Probing Insertion and Solubilization Effects of Lysolipids on Supported Lipid Bilayers Using Microcantilevers. Anal Chem 2011; 83:4794-801. [DOI: 10.1021/ac200401n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Kai-Wei Liu
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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Carton I, Lucy Malinina, Richter RP. Dynamic modulation of the glycosphingolipid content in supported lipid bilayers by glycolipid transfer protein. Biophys J 2010; 99:2947-56. [PMID: 21044592 PMCID: PMC2966009 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2010] [Revised: 09/05/2010] [Accepted: 09/08/2010] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Supported lipid bilayers (SLBs) are popular models of cell membranes. Owing to the importance of glycosphingolipids (GSLs) in modulating structure and function of membranes and membrane proteins, methods to tune the GSL content in SLBs would be desirable. Glycolipid transfer protein (GLTP) can selectively transfer GSLs between membrane compartments. Using the ganglioside GM1 as a model GSL, and two mass-sensitive and label-free characterization techniques-quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring and ellipsometry-we demonstrate that GLTP is an efficient and robust biochemical tool to dynamically modulate the GSL content of SLBs up to 10 mol % GM1, and to quantitatively control the GSL content in the bulk-facing SLB leaflet. By exploiting what we believe to be a novel tool, we provide evidence that GM1 distributes highly asymmetrically in silica-supported lipid bilayers, with ∼85% of the ganglioside being present in the bulk-facing membrane leaflet. We report also that the pentameric B-subunit of cholera toxin binds with close-to-maximal stoichiometry to GM1 in SLBs over a large range of GM1 concentrations. Furthermore, we quantify the liganding affinity of GLTP for GM1 in an SLB context to be 1.5 μM.
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- Ixaskun Carton
- Biosurfaces Unit, Cooperative Research Center in Biomaterials (CIC biomaGUNE), San Sebastian, Spain
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- Structural Biology Unit, Cooperative Research Center in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE), Derio, Spain
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- Biosurfaces Unit, Cooperative Research Center in Biomaterials (CIC biomaGUNE), San Sebastian, Spain
- Max-Planck-Institute for Metals Research, Stuttgart, Germany
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Bucak S, Wang C, Laibinis PE, Hatton TA. Dynamics of supported lipid bilayer deposition from vesicle suspensions. J Colloid Interface Sci 2010; 348:608-14. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2010.04.087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2010] [Revised: 04/28/2010] [Accepted: 04/29/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Bürgel SC, Guillaume-Gentil O, Zheng L, Vörös J, Bally M. Zirconium ion mediated formation of liposome multilayers. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2010; 26:10995-11002. [PMID: 20507172 DOI: 10.1021/la9047566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Phospholipid vesicles have attracted considerable interest as a platform for a variety of biomolecular binding assays, especially in the area of membrane protein sensing. The development of liposome-based biosensors widely relies on the availability of simple and efficient protocols for their surface immobilization. We present a novel approach toward the creation of three-dimensional phospholipid vesicle constructs using multivalent zirconium ions as linkers between the liposomes. Such three-dimensional sensing platforms are likely to play a key role in the development of biosensing devices with increased loading capacity and sensitivity. After demonstrating the affinity of Zr(4+) toward the phospholipids, we formed vesicle multilayers by sequential injections of solutions containing either liposomes or ZrOCl(2). In situ adlayer characterization was carried out by optical waveguide lightmode spectroscopy (OWLS) and quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D) measurements while imaging was performed by atomic force microscopy (AFM) and fluorescence microscopy. Multilayers were successfully constructed, and as demonstrated in a model fluorescence-based biomolecular binding assay, the sensor's loading capacity was increased. Furthermore, we observed that lipid exchange between the vesicles is promoted in the presence of Zr(4+) and that addition of a phosphate-containing buffer leads to adlayer loosening and creation of lipidic tubular structures. The approach presented here could be applied to the study of membrane proteins in a highly sensitive manner due to the increased surface area or to produce functional coatings for controlled drug release and host response.
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- Sebastian C Bürgel
- Laboratory of Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Institute for Biomedical Engineering, ETH and University Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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Mulligan K, Brownholland D, Carnini A, Thompson DH, Johnston LJ. AFM investigations of phase separation in supported membranes of binary mixtures of POPC and an eicosanyl-based bisphosphocholine bolalipid. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2010; 26:8525-8533. [PMID: 20099816 PMCID: PMC2876224 DOI: 10.1021/la904532s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Supported membranes prepared from binary mixtures of DOPC and the bolalipid C(20)BAS have been examined by atomic force microscopy (AFM). The supported membranes are phase separated to give a thicker DOPC-rich phase and a thinner bolalipid-rich phase for a range of lipid compositions. These results confirm an earlier prediction from mean field theory that phase separation is the thermodynamically stable state for membranes containing approximately equimolar C(20)BAS and double chain monopolar lipids with chain lengths exceeding 15 carbons. Hydrophobic mismatch between the monopolar lipid hydrocarbon chains and the membrane spanning bolalipid chains was suggested to provide the driving force for phase separation. The AFM results also show that the morphology of the mixed POPC:C(20)BAS supported membranes varies significantly with the conditions used to prepare the vesicles and supported membrane samples. The complex membrane morphologies observed are attributed to the interplay of several factors, including a compositionally heterogeneous vesicle population, exchange of lipid between the vesicle solution and solid substrate during formation of the supported membrane, and slow equilibration of domains due to pinning of the lipids to the solid support.
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- Kirk Mulligan
- Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON Canada K1A 0R6
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- Department of Chemistry, 560 Oval Drive, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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- Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON Canada K1A 0R6
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- Department of Chemistry, 560 Oval Drive, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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- Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON Canada K1A 0R6
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Kundu J, Levin CS, Halas NJ. Real-time monitoring of lipid transfer between vesicles and hybrid bilayers on Au nanoshells using surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). NANOSCALE 2009; 1:114-117. [PMID: 20644868 DOI: 10.1039/b9nr00063a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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To investigate the dynamics of exchange/transfer of lipids between membranes, we have studied the interaction of donor-deuterated DMPC vesicles with DMPC hybrid bilayers on Au nanoshells using SERS. Experimental data confirm partial lipid exchange/transfer in the outer leaflet of the hybrid bilayer. The kinetics of the exchange/transfer process follows a first order process with a rate constant of 1.3 x 10(-4) s(-1). Changes in lipid phase behavior caused by the exchange/transfer process were characterized using generalized polarization measurements. In situ lipid transfer can potentially be utilized for preparation of asymmetric supported lipid bilayers and for incorporation of reporter lipids in biological membranes.
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- Janardan Kundu
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, Texas 77251-1892, USA
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Seeger HM, Marino G, Alessandrini A, Facci P. Effect of physical parameters on the main phase transition of supported lipid bilayers. Biophys J 2009; 97:1067-76. [PMID: 19686654 PMCID: PMC2726303 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.03.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2008] [Revised: 03/17/2009] [Accepted: 03/18/2009] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Supported lipid bilayers composed of 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-phosphatidylethanolamine (POPE) and 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-phosphatidylglycerol (POPG) were assembled by the vesicle fusion technique on mica and studied by temperature-controlled atomic force microscopy. The role of different physical parameters on the main phase transition was elucidated. Both mixed (POPE/POPG 3:1) and pure POPE bilayers were studied. By increasing the ionic strength of the solution and the incubation temperature, a shift from a decoupled phase transition of the two leaflets, to a coupled transition, with domains in register, was obtained. The observed behavior points to a modulation of the substrate/bilayer and interleaflet coupling induced by the environment and preparation conditions of supported lipid bilayers. The results are discussed in view of the role of different interactions in the system. The influence of the substrate on the lipid bilayers, in terms of interleaflet coupling, can also help us in understanding the possible effect that submembrane elements like the cytoskeleton might have on the structure and dynamics of biomembranes.
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- H M Seeger
- CNR-INFM-S3 National Center on Nanostructure and BioSystems at Surfaces, Modena, Italy
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Liu J, Jiang X, Ashley C, Brinker CJ. Electrostatically mediated liposome fusion and lipid exchange with a nanoparticle-supported bilayer for control of surface charge, drug containment, and delivery. J Am Chem Soc 2009; 131:7567-9. [PMID: 19445508 DOI: 10.1021/ja902039y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 198] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The loading and containment of cargo within nanoparticles and their efficient delivery to cells represent a primary challenge in nanomedicine. We report lipid exchange between free and mesoporous silica nanoparticle-supported lipid bilayers as an effective means of containing cargo, controlling charge, and directing delivery to mammalian cells. The delivery of a membrane-impermeable dye (calcein) and a chemotherapeutic drug (doxorubicin) are demonstrated. Exchanged lipid bilayers minimized premature drug release, and an overall positive charge on the supported lipid bilayer effected enhanced delivery.
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- Juewen Liu
- Center for Micro-Engineered Materials, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106, USA
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Kunze A, Sjövall P, Kasemo B, Svedhem S. In situ preparation and modification of supported lipid layers by lipid transfer from vesicles studied by QCM-D and TOF-SIMS. J Am Chem Soc 2009; 131:2450-1. [PMID: 19178275 DOI: 10.1021/ja809608n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The study of lipid transfer between lipid membranes is of great interest for the fundamental understanding of this complex and important process and, furthermore, for providing a new avenue for the in situ modification of supported lipid bilayers (SLBs). SLBs are conveniently formed by vesicle spreading onto a solid support, but this method is limited to conditions (i.e., combination of vesicle lipid composition, surface chemical properties, and buffer) such that the vesicles break spontaneously upon adsorption to the surface. Many SLB compositions are not accessible by this approach. In the present study, we give an example of how lipid transfer can be made use of to form lipid layers with striking new features, notably with respect to stability. After lipid transfer between negatively charged POPS small unilamellar vesicles and a positively charged POEPC SLB on TiO2, an SLB is obtained, which, upon exposure to SDS, leaves behind a lipid monolayer. It is shown how this monolayer can be used for creating new SLBs. The several step procedure, bilayer formation, lipid transfer, removal of a lipid monolayer and the reassembly of a bilayer, is monitored in real time by the quartz crystal microbalance with a dissipation (QCM-D) technique, and the lipid composition is analyzed for each step in postpreparation spectroscopic analyses using time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS). Comparison of the measured signal ratios with those of the reference samples containing known fractions of D31-POPS directly shows that the relative concentration of D31-POPS is approximately 50% in the SLB after D31-POPS exchange, significantly higher in the monolayer prepared in situ by SDS rinse, and approximately 20-25% after reassembly of the SLB using POEPC vesicles. The results thus provide unambiguous evidence for extensive lipid transfer between the initial POEPC SLB and D31-POPS vesicles in solution. We suggest that the reassembled SLB has a significant asymmetry between the two leaflets, and we propose that the described method is promising for the in situ preparation of asymmetric SLBs.
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- Angelika Kunze
- Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden.
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Kunze A, Svedhem S, Kasemo B. Lipid transfer between charged supported lipid bilayers and oppositely charged vesicles. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2009; 25:5146-58. [PMID: 19326873 DOI: 10.1021/la802758h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The bidirectional transfer of phospholipids between a charged, supported lipid bilayer (SLB) on SiO(2) and oppositely charged, unilamellar vesicles was studied by means of quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D) and optical reflectometry techniques. SLBs and vesicles were prepared from binary mixtures of 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC) mixed with different fractions of either 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-[phospho-l-serine] (POPS) (negatively charged) or 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-ethylphosphocholine (POEPC) (positively charged). The interaction process consists of an attachment-transfer-detachment (ATD) sequence, where added vesicles first attach to and interact with the SLB, after which they detach, leaving behind a compositionally modified SLB and ditto vesicles. When the process is complete, there is no net addition or reduction of total lipid mass in the SLB, but lipid exchange has occurred. The time scale of the process varies from a few to many tens of minutes depending on the type of charged lipid molecule and the relative concentration of charged lipids in the two membranes. Electrostatically symmetric cases, where only the charge sign (but not the fraction of charged lipid) was reversed between the SLB and the vesicles, produce qualitatively similar but quantitatively different kinetics. The time scale of the interaction varies significantly between the two cases, which is attributed to a combination of the differences in the molecular structure of the lipid headgroup for the positively and the negatively charged lipids used, and to nonsymmetric distribution of charged lipids in the lipid membranes. The maximum amounts of attached vesicles during the ATD process were estimated to be 25-40% of a full monolayer of vesicles, with the precise amount depending on the actual charge fractions in the vesicles and the SLB. Interrupted vesicle exposure experiments, and experiments where the bulk concentration of vesicles was varied, show that vesicles in some cases may be trapped irreversibly on the SLB, when only partial transfer of lipid molecules has occurred. Additional supply of vesicles and further transfer induces detachment, when a sufficient amount of oppositely charged lipids has been transferred to the SLB, so that the latter becomes repulsive to the attached vesicles. Possible mechanistic scenarios, including monomer insertion and hemifusion models, are discussed. The observed phenomena and the actual SLB preparation process form a platform both for studies of various intermembrane molecular transfer processes and for modifying the composition of SLBs in a controlled way, for example, for biosensor and cell culture applications.
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- Angelika Kunze
- Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Goteborg, Sweden
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Edvardsson M, Svedhem S, Wang G, Richter R, Rodahl M, Kasemo B. QCM-D and Reflectometry Instrument: Applications to Supported Lipid Structures and Their Biomolecular Interactions. Anal Chem 2008; 81:349-61. [DOI: 10.1021/ac801523w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Malin Edvardsson
- Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden, Q-Sense AB, Hängpilsgatan 7, SE-426 77 Västra Frölunda, Sweden, and Biosurfaces Unit, CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo Miramon 182, 20009 San Sebastian, Spain
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- Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden, Q-Sense AB, Hängpilsgatan 7, SE-426 77 Västra Frölunda, Sweden, and Biosurfaces Unit, CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo Miramon 182, 20009 San Sebastian, Spain
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- Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden, Q-Sense AB, Hängpilsgatan 7, SE-426 77 Västra Frölunda, Sweden, and Biosurfaces Unit, CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo Miramon 182, 20009 San Sebastian, Spain
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- Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden, Q-Sense AB, Hängpilsgatan 7, SE-426 77 Västra Frölunda, Sweden, and Biosurfaces Unit, CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo Miramon 182, 20009 San Sebastian, Spain
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- Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden, Q-Sense AB, Hängpilsgatan 7, SE-426 77 Västra Frölunda, Sweden, and Biosurfaces Unit, CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo Miramon 182, 20009 San Sebastian, Spain
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- Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden, Q-Sense AB, Hängpilsgatan 7, SE-426 77 Västra Frölunda, Sweden, and Biosurfaces Unit, CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo Miramon 182, 20009 San Sebastian, Spain
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Wikström A, Svedhem S, Sivignon M, Kasemo B. Real-Time QCM-D Monitoring of Electrostatically Driven Lipid Transfer between Two Lipid Bilayer Membranes. J Phys Chem B 2008; 112:14069-74. [DOI: 10.1021/jp803938v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Angelica Wikström
- Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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Wacklin HP, Thomas RK. Spontaneous formation of asymmetric lipid bilayers by adsorption of vesicles. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2007; 23:7644-51. [PMID: 17539662 DOI: 10.1021/la063476q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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We have investigated the adsorption of phospholipid mixtures using neutron reflection. Small sonicated unilamellar vesicles (SUV) composed of DOPC and d(62)-DPPC were incubated at 50 degrees C in contact with a silica surface using a method commonly employed to form supported model membranes. The composition of the mixed supported bilayer was found to be substantially different from that of the bulk vesicles in a direction indicating a higher affinity of DPPC for the silica surface. Formation of an asymmetric bilayer arrangement was also discovered in all the cases studied. DPPC tended to dominate the composition of the leaflet next to silica, while the outer leaflet was generally closer to the bulk composition. The supported bilayers also exhibited increasing interfacial roughness in the outer membrane leaflet in the region of the DOPC-DPPC gel-liquid immiscibility region. To our knowledge, this is the first time that both the structure and the absolute composition of a mixed-lipid supported bilayer have been resolved, and the results raise a number of questions regarding the adsorption of vesicles and the properties of supported bilayers, which are discussed in terms of the bulk phase diagram of DOPC and DPPC.
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- Hanna P Wacklin
- Oxford University, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, United Kingdom.
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Nakano M, Fukuda M, Kudo T, Endo H, Handa T. Determination of interbilayer and transbilayer lipid transfers by time-resolved small-angle neutron scattering. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2007; 98:238101. [PMID: 17677937 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.98.238101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2007] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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We applied a time-resolved small-angle neutron scattering technique to the vesicle system of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine for the first time to determine lipid kinetics. The observed kinetics could be explicitly represented by a simple model that includes two independent kinetic parameters, i.e., the rates of transbilayer and interbilayer exchange. This technique is perfectly suited for the determination of lipid exchange kinetics in equilibrium and applicable to evaluation of the activity of the factors relevant to lipid migration, such as translocase and lipid transfer proteins.
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- Minoru Nakano
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
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Troutier AL, Ladavière C. An overview of lipid membrane supported by colloidal particles. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2007; 133:1-21. [PMID: 17397791 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2007.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2006] [Revised: 01/29/2007] [Accepted: 02/19/2007] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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In recent years, original hybrid assemblies composed of a particle core surrounded by a lipid shell emerged as promising entities for various biotechnological applications. Their broadened bio-potentialities, ranging from model membrane systems or biomolecule screening supports, to substance delivery reservoirs or therapeutic vectors, are furthered by their versatility of composition due to the possible wide variation in the particle nature and size, as well as in the lipid formulation. The synthesis, the characteristics, and the uses of these Lipid/Particle assemblies encountered in the literature so far are reviewed, and classified according to the spherical core size in order to highlight general trends. Moreover, several criteria are particularly discussed: i) the interactions involved between the particles and the lipids, and implicitly the assembly elaboration mechanism, ii) the most suited techniques for an accurate characterization of the entities from structural and physicochemical points of view, and iii) the remarkable properties of the solid-supported lipid membrane obtained.
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- Anne-Lise Troutier
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Inorganiques, UMR 6002-CNRS, Université Blaise Pascal, 24 avenue des Landais, 63177 Aubière Cedex, France
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Yaroslavov AA, Efimova AA, Lobyshev VI, Kabanov VA. Reversibility of structural rearrangements in the negative vesicular membrane upon electrostatic adsorption/desorption of the polycation. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2002; 1560:14-24. [PMID: 11958772 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2736(01)00453-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Interaction of small unilamellar vesicles (SUVs), composed of negative diphosphatidylglycerol (cardiolipin, CL(2-)) and neutral dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC), with poly(N-ethyl-4-vinylpyridinium bromide) (PEVP) was studied in water solution above and below the vesicular membrane melting point by means of differential scanning calorimetry, photon correlation spectroscopy, microelectrophoresis, conductometry, and fluorescence techniques. It has been found that CL(2-) species are homogeneously distributed within DPPC-CL(2-) SUV membrane leaflets and between them. Interaction of PEVP with DPPC-CL(2-) SUVs led to drastic structural rearrangements in the membrane if it was in the fluid state (liquid SUVs). Negative CL(2-) molecules migrated from the inner to the outer membrane leaflet and segregated in the vicinity of adsorbed PEVP chains. In addition, PEVP adsorption terminated completely the exchange of lipid molecules between the SUVs. At the same time, the integrity of liquid SUVs contacting PEVP remained unchanged. Since the interaction of PEVP with liquid SUVs was predominantly electrostatic in nature, the polycation could be completely removed from the vesicular membrane by addition of an excess of polyacrylic acid (PAA) polyanions forming a more stable electrostatic complex with PEVP. Removal of PEVP resulted in complete resumption of the original distribution of lipids in lateral and transmembrane directions as well as intervesicular lipid exchange. In contrast, PEVP interacting with DPPC-CL(2-) SUVs formed defects in the vesicular membrane if it was in the gel state (solid SUVs). Such interaction was contributed not only by electrostatic but most likely by hydrophobic interactions involving the defected membrane sites. PEVP kept contacting solid SUVs in the presence of an abundant amount of PAA. The established phenomena may be important for understanding the biological effects of polycations.
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- A A Yaroslavov
- School of Chemistry, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow Slate University, Leninskie Gory, 119899, Moscow, Russia.
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Tanhuanpää K, Cheng KH, Anttonen K, Virtanen JA, Somerharju P. Characteristics of pyrene phospholipid/gamma-cyclodextrin complex. Biophys J 2001; 81:1501-10. [PMID: 11509363 PMCID: PMC1301628 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(01)75804-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Recently, it was demonstrated that gamma-cyclodextrins (gamma-CDs) greatly accelerates transfer of hydrophobic pyrene-labeled and other fluorescent phospholipid derivatives from vesicles to cells in culture (). To understand better the characteristics of this process, we studied the interaction of gamma-CD with pyrene-labeled phosphatidylcholines (PyrPCs) using a variety of physical methods. Either one or both of the acyl chains of PC was labeled with a pyrene moiety (monoPyrPCs and diPyrPCs, respectively), and the length of the labeled chain(s) varied from 4 to 14 carbons. Fluorescent binding assays showed that the association constant decreases strongly with increasing acyl chain length. PyrPC/gamma-CD stoichiometry was 1:2 for the shorter chain species, but changed to 1:3 when the acyl chain length exceeded 8 (diPyrPCs) or 10 (monoPyrPCs) carbons. The activation energy for the formation of diPyr(10)PC/gamma-CD complex was high, i.e., +92 kJ/mol, indicating that the phospholipid molecule has to fully emerge from the bilayer before complex formation can take place. The free energy, enthalpy, and entropy of transfer of monoPyrPC from bilayer to gamma-CD complex were close to zero. The absorption, Fourier transform infrared, and fluorescence spectral measurements and lifetime analysis indicated that the pyrene moiety lies inside the CD cavity and is conformationally restricted, particularly when the labeled chain is short. The acyl chains of a PyrPC molecule seem to share a CD cavity rather than occupy different ones. The present data provide strong evidence that the ability of gamma-CD to enhance intermembrane transfer of pyrene-labeled phospholipids is based on the formation of stoichiometric complexes in the aqueous phase. This information should help in designing CD derivatives that are more efficient lipid carriers then those available at present.
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- K Tanhuanpää
- Institute of Biomedicine, Department of Biochemistry, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Puu G, Artursson E, Gustafson I, Lundström M, Jass J. Distribution and stability of membrane proteins in lipid membranes on solid supports. Biosens Bioelectron 2000; 15:31-41. [PMID: 10826641 DOI: 10.1016/s0956-5663(00)00050-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Bacteriorhodopsin and the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor were biotinylated and reconstituted in lipidic membranes on silicon supports by fusion with proteoliposomes. The presence and distribution of the proteins were studied by binding with streptavidin. Radio-labelled streptavidin was employed for quantifying the amounts of protein remaining in the supported membranes after storage in buffer. The proteins within the membranes remained bound to the surface for weeks. The biological activity of reconstituted unlabelled receptor upon storage showed stability in membranes formed on silicon supports and a reduced stability when formed onto lipid monolayer covered supports. Atomic force microscopy studies on preparations in liquid showed bilayer structures but also attached, partly fused liposomes and membrane particles. In air, the surface was smoother and contained less of liposomes and more of stacked lipid layers. Preparations labelled with streptavidin conjugated to colloidal gold and imaged in air showed the proteins individually distributed, with no protein-rich patches or protein aggregates.
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- G Puu
- Defence Research Establishment, Umeå, Sweden.
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Cremer PS, Yang T. Creating Spatially Addressed Arrays of Planar Supported Fluid Phospholipid Membranes. J Am Chem Soc 1999. [DOI: 10.1021/ja991453a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Paul S. Cremer
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, College Station, Texas 77842-3012
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, College Station, Texas 77842-3012
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Käsbauer M, Junglas M, Bayerl TM. Effect of cationic lipids in the formation of asymmetries in supported bilayers. Biophys J 1999; 76:2600-5. [PMID: 10233074 PMCID: PMC1300229 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(99)77412-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We have studied the formation of a supported bilayer containing both cationic and zwitterionic lipids by fusion of small unilamellar vesicles (SUV) onto the solid surface at low salt conditions using a combination of attenuated total reflection infrared (ATR-IR) and deuterium NMR spectroscopy with microcalorimetry. The data suggest that a significant cationic lipid asymmetry between the outer (distal) and the inner (proximal) monolayer of a supported bilayer results under conditions of prolonged incubation times of the solid support with the SUV coating solution. For a SUV composition of DPPC/DHDAB (4:1) we observed an enrichment of the cationic component in the proximal monolayer of up to 200% compared to the distal monolayer after 12 h incubation. It is suggested that the electrostatic potential arising from the solid surface is the driving force for the creation of this asymmetry by means of directed flip-flop between the monolayers and/or by temporary fusion between SUV from the bulk with the supported bilayer.
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- M Käsbauer
- Universität Würzburg, Physikalisches Institut EP-5, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany
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Puu G, Gustafson I. Planar lipid bilayers on solid supports from liposomes--factors of importance for kinetics and stability. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1997; 1327:149-61. [PMID: 9271257 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2736(97)00052-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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One method to create planar lipid bilayers on solid substrates involves the transfer of lipids from liposomes to the support. We have varied the composition of liposomes systematically using factorial experimental designs and analyzed the adsorption behaviour of lipids from these liposomes onto solid supports. The hydrophilic supports were either used plain or modified with a monolayer of a lipid mixture, exposing hydrophobic groups. The monolayer-covered supports were used to identify factors important for adhesion and stability. Lipid adsorption kinetics was primarily studied on plain silicon supports in an ellipsometric cell or on a silicon nitride surface in a resonant mirror system (IAsys), using the systematic approach. Saturated phospholipids were essential for the required stability. Mixtures of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine, dipalmitoylphosphatidylglycerol, dipalmitoylphosphatidylethanolamine and cholesterol in combination with proteins were investigated in further detail as regards kinetics. The propensity to form a supported planar bilayer could be manipulated by the presence of calcium ions.
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- G Puu
- Defence Research Establishment, Umeå, Sweden.
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Linseisen FM, Hetzer M, Brumm T, Bayerl TM. Differences in the physical properties of lipid monolayers and bilayers on a spherical solid support. Biophys J 1997; 72:1659-67. [PMID: 9083669 PMCID: PMC1184359 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(97)78811-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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A monolayer of 1,2-dipalmitoyl-d62-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC-d62) coated onto silanized silica beads (spherical supported monolayer: SSM) is studied by 2H-NMR and DSC. The results are compared with those obtained from a single bilayer on the same solid support (spherical supported vesicles: SSV) and from multilamellar vesicles (MLV). The phase transition temperature (Tm) of the SSMs is significantly higher than that of the bilayer systems and the extent of this difference depends on the lipid density in the monolayer that is determined during its preparation. 2H-NMR reveals a gel and fluid phase coexistence in the SSM transition region. A comparison of the 2H-NMR line shapes suggests the presence of highly curved structures for the fluid phase of the SSM samples. From a comparison of SSM and SSV transverse relaxation in the fluid phase we can conclude that the lateral diffusion coefficient D1 in supported monolayers is similar to that in bilayers.
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- F M Linseisen
- Department of Physics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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