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Pandia S, Mahapatra A, Chakraborty H. A Coronin 1-Derived Peptide Inhibits Membrane Fusion by Modulating Membrane Organization and Dynamics. J Phys Chem B 2024; 128:4986-4995. [PMID: 38739415 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.4c00295] [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: 05/14/2024]
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Membrane fusion is considered the first step in the entry of enveloped viruses into the host cell. Several targeted strategies have been implemented to block viral entry by limiting the fusion protein to form a six-helix bundle, which is a prerequisite for fusion. Nonetheless, the development of broad-spectrum fusion inhibitors is essential to combat emerging and re-emerging viral infections. TG-23, a coronin 1, a tryptophan-aspartate-rich phagosomal protein-derived peptide, demonstrated inhibition of fusion between small unilamellar vesicles (SUVs) by modulating the membrane's physical properties. However, its inhibitory efficacy reduces with an increasing concentration of membrane cholesterol. The present work aims to develop a fusion inhibitor whose efficacy would be unaltered in the presence of membrane cholesterol. A stretch of the tryptophan-aspartic acid-containing peptide with a similar secondary structure and hydrophobicity profile of TG-23 from coronin 1 was synthesized, and its ability to inhibit SUV-SUV fusion with varying concentrations of membrane cholesterol was evaluated. Our results demonstrate that the GG-21 peptide inhibits fusion irrespective of the cholesterol content of the membrane. We have further evaluated the peptide-induced change in the membrane organization and dynamics utilizing arrays of steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence measurements and correlated these results with their effect on fusion. Interestingly, GG-21 displays inhibitory efficacy in a wide variety of lipid compositions despite having a secondary structure and physical properties similar to those of TG-23. Overall, our results advocate that the secondary structure and physical properties of the peptide may not be sufficient to predict its inhibitory efficacy.
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- Swaratmika Pandia
- School of Chemistry, Sambalpur University, Jyoti Vihar, Burla 768 019, Odisha, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Jatni, Khurda, Bhubaneswar 752050, Odisha, India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai 400094, India
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- School of Chemistry, Sambalpur University, Jyoti Vihar, Burla 768 019, Odisha, India
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Joardar A, Pattnaik GP, Chakraborty H. Mechanism of Membrane Fusion: Interplay of Lipid and Peptide. J Membr Biol 2022; 255:211-224. [PMID: 35435451 PMCID: PMC9014786 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-022-00233-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2022] [Accepted: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Membrane fusion is an essential process for the survival of eukaryotes and the entry of enveloped viruses into host cells. A proper understanding of the mechanism of membrane fusion would provide us a handle to manipulate several biological pathways, and design efficient vaccines against emerging and re-emerging viral infections. Although fusion proteins take the central stage in catalyzing the process, role of lipid composition is also of paramount importance. Lipid composition modulates membrane organization and dynamics and impacts the lipid–protein (peptide) interaction. Moreover, the intrinsic curvature of lipids has strong impact on the formation of stalk and hemifusion diaphragm. Detection of transiently stable intermediates remains the bottleneck in the understanding of fusion mechanism. In order to circumvent this challenge, analytical methods can be employed to determine the kinetic parameters from ensemble average measurements of observables, such as lipid mixing, content mixing, and content leakage. The current review aims to present an analytical method that would aid our understanding of the fusion mechanism, provides a better insight into the role of lipid shape, and discusses the interplay of lipid and peptide in membrane fusion.
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- Ankita Joardar
- School of Chemistry, Sambalpur University, Jyoti Vihar, Burla, Odisha, 768019, India
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- School of Chemistry, Sambalpur University, Jyoti Vihar, Burla, Odisha, 768019, India.
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Joardar A, Pattnaik GP, Chakraborty H. Effect of Phosphatidylethanolamine and Oleic Acid on Membrane Fusion: Phosphatidylethanolamine Circumvents the Classical Stalk Model. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:13192-13202. [PMID: 34839659 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c08044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Membrane fusion is one of the most important processes for the survival of eukaryotic cells and entry of enveloped viruses to the host cells. Lipid composition plays a crucial role in the process by modulating the organization and dynamics of the membrane, as well as the structure and conformation of membrane proteins. Phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), a lipid molecule with intrinsic negative curvature, promotes membrane fusion by stabilizing the non-lamellar intermediate structures in the fusion process. Conversely, oleic acid (OA), with intrinsic positive curvature, inhibits membrane fusion. The current study aimed to investigate polyethylene glycol-mediated lipid mixing, content mixing, content leakage, and depth-dependent membrane organization and dynamics, using arrays of steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence techniques, to determine the causative role of PE and OA in membrane fusion. The results demonstrated that the presence of 30 mol % PE in the membrane promotes membrane fusion through a mechanism that circumvents the classical stalk model. On the contrary, membranes containing OA showed reduced rate and extent of fusion, despite following the same mechanism. Collectively, our findings in terms of membrane organization and dynamics indicated a plausible role of PE and OA in membrane fusion.
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- Ankita Joardar
- School of Chemistry, Sambalpur University, Jyoti Vihar, Burla, Odisha 768 019, India
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- School of Chemistry, Sambalpur University, Jyoti Vihar, Burla, Odisha 768 019, India
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Tiwari R, Sethiya NK, Gulbake AS, Mehra NK, Murty USN, Gulbake A. A review on albumin as a biomaterial for ocular drug delivery. Int J Biol Macromol 2021; 191:591-599. [PMID: 34562538 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.09.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2021] [Revised: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 09/17/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Development of ocular drug delivery system is one of the most technically challenging tasks, when compared with other routes of drug delivery. Eye (an intricate organ) is highly sophisticated and sensitive organ due to presence of various structurally differed anatomical layers, which many times limits the drug delivery approaches. Despite several limitations, many advancements have been made as evidence from various recent studies involving improvement of both residence time and permeation of the drug at the ocular region. In the last few decades, albumin(s) based ophthalmic products have been gained most attention to solve the major challenges associated with conventional ocular drug delivery systems. Interestingly, an albumin-based micro, nano, conjugates, and genetically fused target specific to ligand(s) formulation being exploited through many studies for successful ocular delivery of bioactives (mostly repurposed drugs). Past and current studies suggested that albumin(s) based ocular drug delivery system is multifunctional in nature and capable of extending both drug residence time and sustaining the release of drugs to deliver desired pharmacological outcomes. Despite wide applications, still complete progress made in albumin based ocular drug delivery is limited in literature and missing in market. So, herein we presented an overview to explore the key concepts of albumin-based nanocarrier(s) including strategies involved in the treatment of ocular disease, that have yet to be explored.
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- Rahul Tiwari
- Faculty of Pharmacy, DIT University, Mussoorie Diversion Road, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248009, India
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, DIT University, Mussoorie Diversion Road, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248009, India
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, DIT University, Mussoorie Diversion Road, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248009, India
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- Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER), Hyderabad, Telangana 500037, India
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- National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER), Guwahati, Assam 781101, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER), Guwahati, Assam 781101, India.
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Pattnaik GP, Chakraborty H. Fusogenic Effect of Cholesterol Prevails over the Inhibitory Effect of a Peptide-Based Membrane Fusion Inhibitor. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:3477-3489. [PMID: 33689373 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c00319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Membrane fusion is the primary step in the entry of enveloped viruses into the host cell. Membrane composition modulates the membrane fusion by changing the organization dynamics of the fusion proteins, peptides, and membranes. The asymmetric lipid compositions of the viral envelope and the host cell influence the membrane fusion. Cholesterol is an important constituent of mammalian cells and plays a vital role in the entry of several viruses. In our pursuit of developing peptide-based general fusion inhibitors, we have previously shown that a coronin 1-derived peptide, TG-23, inhibited polyethylene glycol-induced fusion between symmetric membranes without cholesterol. In this work, we have studied the effect of TG-23 on the polyethylene glycol-mediated fusion between 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DOPC), 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine (DOPE), and 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-(1'-rac-glycerol) (DOPG) (60/30/10 mol %) and DOPC/DOPE/DOPG/CH (50/30/10/10 mol %) membranes and between DOPC/DOPE/DOPG (60/30/10 mol %) and DOPC/DOPE/DOPG/CH (40/30/10/20 mol %) membranes. Our results demonstrate that the TG-23 peptide inhibited the fusion between membranes containing 0 and 10 mol % cholesterol though the efficacy is less than that of symmetric fusion between membranes devoid of cholesterol, and the inhibitory efficacy becomes negligible in the fusion between membranes containing 0 and 20 mol % cholesterol. Several steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopic techniques have been successfully utilized to evaluate the organization, dynamics, and membrane penetration of the TG-23 peptide. Taken together, our results demonstrate that the reduction of the inhibitory effect of TG-23 in asymmetric membrane fusion containing cholesterol of varying concentrations is not due to the altered peptide structure, organization, and dynamics, rather owing to the intrinsic negative curvature-inducing property of cholesterol. Therefore, the membrane composition is an added complexity in the journey of developing peptide-based membrane fusion inhibitors.
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- School of Chemistry, Sambalpur University, Jyoti Vihar, Burla, Odisha 768 019, India
- Centre of Excellence in Natural Products and Therapeutics, Sambalpur University, Jyoti Vihar, Burla, Odisha 768 019, India
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Zakharova AA, Efimova SS, Yuskovets VN, Yakovlev IP, Sarkisyan ZM, Ostroumova OS. 1,3-Thiazine, 1,2,3,4-Dithiadiazole, and Thiohydrazide Derivatives Affect Lipid Bilayer Properties and Ion-Permeable Pores Induced by Antifungals. Front Cell Dev Biol 2020; 8:535. [PMID: 32695784 PMCID: PMC7339130 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.00535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Over the past decade, thiazines, thiadiazoles, and thiohydrazides have attracted increasing attention due to their sedative, antimicrobial, antiviral, antifungal, and antitumor activities. The clinical efficacy of such drugs, as well as the possibility of developing resistance to antimicrobials, will depend on addressing a number of fundamental problems, including the role of membrane lipids during their interaction with plasma membranes. The effects of the eight 1,3- thiazine-, 1,2,3,4- dithiadiazole-, and thiohydrazide-related compounds on the physical properties of model lipid membranes and the effects on reconstituted ion channels induced by the polyene macrolide antimycotic nystatin and antifungal cyclic lipopeptides syringomycin E and fengycin were observed. We found that among the tested agents, the fluorine-containing compound N′-(3,5-difluorophenyl)-benzenecarbothiohydrazide (C6) was the most effective at increasing the electric barrier for anion permeation into the hydrophobic region of the membrane and reducing the conductance of anion-permeable syringomycin pores. A decrease in the membrane boundary potential with C6 adsorption also facilitated the immersion of positively charged syringomycin molecules into the lipid bilayer and increases the pore-forming ability of the lipopeptide. Using differential scanning microcalorimetry, we showed that C6 led to disordering of membrane lipids, possibly by potentiating positive curvature stress. Therefore, we used C6 as an agonist of antifungals forming the pores that are sensitive to membrane curvature stress and lipid packing, i.e., nystatin and fengycin. The dramatic increase in transmembrane current induced by syringomycin E, nystatin, and fengycin upon C6 treatment suggests its potential in combination therapy for treating invasive fungal infections.
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- Anastasiia A Zakharova
- Laboratory of Membrane and Ion Channel Modeling, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Laboratory of Membrane and Ion Channel Modeling, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Saint-Petersburg State Chemical Pharmaceutical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Saint-Petersburg State Chemical Pharmaceutical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of General and Medical Chemistry, Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Laboratory of Membrane and Ion Channel Modeling, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Cholesterol alters the inhibitory efficiency of peptide-based membrane fusion inhibitor. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2019; 1861:183056. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2019.183056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2019] [Revised: 07/31/2019] [Accepted: 08/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Sharma VK, Nagao M, Rai DK, Mamontov E. Membrane softening by nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs investigated by neutron spin echo. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:20211-20218. [PMID: 31486459 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp03767e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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In spite of their well-known side effects, the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are one of the most commonly prescribed medications for their antipyretic and anti-inflammatory actions. Interaction of NSAIDs with the plasma membrane plays a vital role in their therapeutic actions and defines many of their side effects. In the present study, we investigate the effects of three NSAIDs, aspirin, ibuprofen, and indomethacin, on the structure and dynamics of a model plasma membrane using a combination of small angle neutron scattering (SANS) and neutron spin echo (NSE) techniques. The SANS and NSE measurements were carried out on a 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DMPC) membrane, with and without NSAIDs, at two different temperatures, 11 °C and 37 °C, where the DMPC membrane is in the gel and fluid phase, respectively. SANS data analysis shows that incorporation of NSAIDs leads to bilayer thinning of the membrane in both the phases. The dynamic properties of the membrane are represented by the intermediate scattering functions for NSE data, which are successfully described by the Zilman and Granek model. NSE data analysis shows that in both gel and fluid phases, addition of NSAIDs results in a decrease in the bending rigidity and compressibility modulus of the membrane, which is more prominent when the membrane is in the gel phase. The magnitude of the effect of NSAIDs on the bending rigidity and compressibility modulus of the membrane in the gel phase follows an order of ibuprofen > aspirin > indomethacin, whereas in the fluid phase, it is in the order of aspirin > ibuprofen > indomethacin. We find that the interaction between NSAIDs and phospholipid membranes is strongly dependent on the chemical structure of the drugs and physical state of the membrane. Mechanical properties of the membrane can be quantified by the membrane's bending rigidity. Hence, the present study reveals that incorporation of NSAIDs modulates the mechanical properties of the membrane, which may affect several physiological processes, particularly those linked to the membrane curvature.
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- V K Sharma
- Solid State Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India.
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Nguyen TT, Cramb DT. Elucidation of the mechanism and energy barrier for anesthetic triggered membrane fusion in model membranes. CAN J CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1139/cjc-2018-0405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Membrane fusion is vital for cellular function and is generally mediated via fusogenic proteins and peptides. The mechanistic details and subsequently the transition state dynamics of membrane fusion will be dependent on the type of the fusogenic agent. We have previously established the potential of general anesthetics as a new class of fusion triggering agents in model membranes. We employed two-photon excitation fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy (TPE-FCCS) to report on vesicle association kinetics and steady-state fluorescence dequenching assays to monitor lipid mixing kinetics. Using halothane to trigger fusion in 110 nm diameter dioleoylphosphatidylcholine (DOPC) liposomes, we found that lipid rearrangement towards the formation of the fusion stalk was rate limiting. The activation barrier for halothane induced membrane fusion in 110 nm vesicles was found to be ∼40 kJ mol−1. We calculated the enthalpy and entropy of the transition state to be ∼40 kJ mol−1and ∼180 J mol−1K−1, respectively. We have found that the addition of halothane effectively lowers the energy barrier for membrane fusion in less curved vesicles largely due to entropic advantages.
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- Trinh T. Nguyen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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Pattnaik GP, Chakraborty H. Coronin 1 derived tryptophan-aspartic acid containing peptides inhibit membrane fusion. Chem Phys Lipids 2018; 217:35-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2018.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2018] [Revised: 10/26/2018] [Accepted: 10/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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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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Majumdar A, Kundu D, Sarkar M. Differential Effect of Oxicam Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs on Membranes and Their Consequence on Membrane Fusion. J Phys Chem B 2015; 119:9627-39. [PMID: 26147344 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b03918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are the most commonly used analgesics and antipyretics, which form an interesting drug group because of their new and alternate functions. The ability of the NSAIDs belonging to the oxicam chemical group to induce membrane fusion at low physiologically relevant concentrations is a new function that has drawn considerable attention. Membrane fusion is dependent on the interplay of physicochemical properties of both drugs and membranes. Here, we have elucidated the effects of different oxicam drugs, Meloxicam, Piroxicam, Tenoxicam, Lornoxicam, and Isoxicam, on an identical membrane-mimetic system. This highlights only the differential effects of the drugs on drug-membrane interactions, which in turn modulate their role as membrane fusogens. The partitioning behavior and the location of the drugs in dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine vesicles have been studied using second-derivative absorption spectroscopy, fluorescence quenching, steady-state fluorescence anisotropy, and time-resolved fluorescence lifetime measurements. Fusion kinetics has been monitored by fluorescence assays and dynamic light scattering was used to provide a snapshot of the vesicle diameter distribution at different time points. The differential perturbing effect of the drugs on the membrane is dependent both on their partitioning and location. Although partitioning governs the extent of fusion, the location modulates the rates of each step.
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- Anupa Majumdar
- †Chemical Sciences Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
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- ‡Department of Biochemistry, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700019, India
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- †Chemical Sciences Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
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Nguyen T, Tekrony A, Yaehne K, Cramb DT. Designing a better theranostic nanocarrier for cancer applications. Nanomedicine (Lond) 2015; 9:2371-86. [PMID: 25413855 DOI: 10.2217/nnm.14.110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Nanocarriers show incredible potential in theranostic applications as they offer diagnostic capabilities along with the ability to encapsulate and protect drugs from degradation, be functionalized with targeting moieties and be designed with controlled release mechanisms. Most clinically approved nanocarrier drugs are liposomal formulations. As such, considerable research has been directed towards designing liposomal carriers that can release their payloads via exogenous or endogenous triggers. For triggered release to effectively increase drug bioavailability, nanocarriers must first accumulate at the tumor site via the enhanced retention and permeability effect. It has been demonstrated in the chicken embryo chorioallantoic membrane and murine xenografted models that nanoparticle surface charge and geometry, with respect to vascular endothelium fenestration size, drive this accumulation in angiogenic tissue.
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- Trinh Nguyen
- University of Calgary, Department of Chemistry, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada
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Rozenfeld JH, Duarte EL, Ruysschaert JM, Lonez C, Lamy MT. Structural characterization of novel cationic diC16-amidine bilayers: Evidence for partial interdigitation. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2015; 1848:127-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2014.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2014] [Revised: 09/25/2014] [Accepted: 10/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Majumdar A, Chakraborty S, Sarkar M. Modulation of non steroidal anti-inflammatory drug induced membrane fusion by copper coordination of these drugs: anchoring effect. J Phys Chem B 2014; 118:13785-99. [PMID: 25380501 DOI: 10.1021/jp5086087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Membrane fusion, an integral event in several biological processes, is characterized by several intermediate steps guided by specific energy barriers. Hence, it requires the aid of fusogens to complete the process. Common fusogens, such as proteins/peptides, have the ability to overcome theses barriers by their conformational reorganization, an advantage not shared by small drug molecules. Hence, drug induced fusion at physiologically relevant drug concentrations is rare and occurs only in the case of the oxicam group of non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). To use drugs to induce and control membrane fusion in various biochemical processes requires the understanding of how different parameters modulate fusion. Also, fusion efficacy needs to be enhanced. Here we have synthesized and used Cu(II) complexes of fusogenic oxicam NSAIDs, Meloxicam and Piroxicam, to induce fusion in model membranes monitored by using DSC, TEM, steady-state, and time-resolved spectroscopy. The ability of the complexes to anchor apposing model membranes to initiate/facilitate fusion has been demonstrated. This results in better fusion efficacy compared to the bare drugs. These complexes can take the fusion to its final step. Unlike other designed membrane anchors, the role of molecular recognition and strength of interaction between molecular partners is obliterated for these preformed Cu(II)-NSAIDs.
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- Anupa Majumdar
- Chemical Sciences Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics , 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata-700064, India
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Shireen T, Basu A, Sarkar M, Mukhopadhyay K. Lipid composition is an important determinant of antimicrobial activity of alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone. Biophys Chem 2014; 196:33-9. [PMID: 25282663 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2014.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2014] [Revised: 09/12/2014] [Accepted: 09/12/2014] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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We have reported strong antimicrobial activity of cationic neuropeptide α-MSH against Staphylococcus aureus. Clinical S. aureus isolates non-susceptible to the peptide had higher amount of cationic phospholipid. To elucidate the molecular basis of lipid selectivity and antimicrobial activity of α-MSH, studies were carried out on SUVs having different combinations of neutral DMPC and anionic lipids DMPG to mimic mammalian and bacterial membrane. The peptide interacted with the DMPG containing vesicles only, as evident from the changes in Trp fluorescence. CD spectroscopy revealed that despite interaction, the peptide retained its native random coil structure. The perturbation of the vesicles caused by peptide interaction is strongly dependent on peptide concentration as seen both by DLS and Tb(3+)/DPA based fluorescence leakage assay. Our data clearly demonstrate the preference of α-MSH to interact with anionic DMPG containing vesicles leading to significant permeabilization which is the molecular basis behind the selectivity of α-MSH for bacterial systems.
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- Tahsina Shireen
- School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India
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- 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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- School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India.
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Pereira-Leite C, Nunes C, Reis S. Interaction of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs with membranes: in vitro assessment and relevance for their biological actions. Prog Lipid Res 2013; 52:571-84. [PMID: 23981364 DOI: 10.1016/j.plipres.2013.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2013] [Revised: 08/01/2013] [Accepted: 08/16/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are among the most commonly used drugs in the world due to their anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic properties. Nevertheless, the consumption of these drugs is still associated with the occurrence of a wide spectrum of adverse effects. Regarding the major role of membranes in cellular events, the hypothesis that the biological actions of NSAIDs may be related to their effect at the membrane level has triggered the in vitro assessment of NSAIDs-membrane interactions. The use of membrane mimetic models, cell cultures, a wide range of experimental techniques and molecular dynamics simulations has been providing significant information about drugs partition and location within membranes and also about their effect on diverse membrane properties. These studies have indeed been providing evidences that the effect of NSAIDs at membrane level may be an additional mechanism of action and toxicity of NSAIDs. In fact, the pharmacokinetic properties of NSAIDs are closely related to the ability of these drugs to interact and overcome biological membranes. Moreover, the therapeutic actions of NSAIDs may also result from the indirect inhibition of cyclooxygenase due to the disturbing effect of NSAIDs on membrane properties. Furthermore, increasing evidences suggest that the disordering effects of these drugs on membranes may be in the basis of the NSAIDs-induced toxicity in diverse organ systems. Overall, the study of NSAIDs-membrane interactions has proved to be not only important for the better understanding of their pharmacological actions, but also for the rational development of new approaches to overcome NSAIDs adverse effects.
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- Catarina Pereira-Leite
- REQUIMTE, Laboratório de Química Aplicada, Departamento de Ciências Químicas, Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
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Oliveira TR, Duarte EL, Lamy MT, Vandenbranden M, Ruysschaert JM, Lonez C. Temperature-dependence of cationic lipid bilayer intermixing: possible role of interdigitation. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2012; 28:4640-4647. [PMID: 22332736 DOI: 10.1021/la3001569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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In this work, we investigated the properties of a fusogenic cationic lipid, diC14-amidine, and show that this lipid possesses per se the capacity to adopt either an interdigitated structure (below and around its transition temperature) or a lamellar structure (above the transition temperature). To provide experimental evidence of this lipid bilayer organization, phospholipids spin-labeled at different positions of the hydrocarbon chain were incorporated into the membrane and their electron spin resonance (ESR) spectra were recorded at different temperatures. For comparison, similar experiments were performed with dimyristoyl phosphatidylcholine, a zwitterionic lipid (DMPC) which adopts a bilayer organization over a broad temperature range. Lipid mixing between diC14-amidine and asolectin liposomes was more efficient below (10-15 °C) than above the transition temperature (above 25 °C). This temperature-dependent "fusogenic" activity of diC14-amidine liposomes is opposite to what has been observed so far for peptides or virus-induced fusion. Altogether, our data suggest that interdigitation is a highly fusogenic state and that interdigitation-mediated fusion occurs via an unusual temperature-dependent mechanism that remains to be deciphered.
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- Tiago R Oliveira
- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Mondal Roy S, Sarkar M. Effect of lipid molecule headgroup mismatch on non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs induced membrane fusion. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2011; 27:15054-15064. [PMID: 21999838 DOI: 10.1021/la2030186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Membrane fusion is an essential process guiding many important biological events, which most commonly requires the aid of proteins and peptides as fusogenic agents. Small drug induced fusion at low drug concentration is a rare event. Only three drugs, namely, meloxicam (Mx), piroxicam (Px), and tenoxicam (Tx), belonging to the oxicam group of non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have been shown by us to induce membrane fusion successfully at low drug concentration. A better elucidation of the mechanism and the effect of different parameters in modulating the fusion process will allow the use of these common drugs to induce and control membrane fusion in various biochemical processes. In this study, we monitor the effect of lipid headgroup size mismatch in the bilayer on oxicam NSAIDs induced membrane fusion, by introducing dimyristoylphosphatidylethanolamine (DMPE) in dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) small unilamellar vesicles (SUVs). Such headgroup mismatch affects various lipid parameters which includes inhibition of trans-bilayer motion, domain formation, decrease in curvature, etc. Changes in various lipidic parameters introduce defects in the membrane bilayer and thereby modulate membrane fusion. SUVs formed by DMPC with increasing DMPE content (10, 20, and 30 mol %) were used as simple model membranes. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) were used to characterize the DMPC-DMPE mixed vesicles. Fluorescence assays were used to probe the time dependence of lipid mixing, content mixing, and leakage and also used to determine the partitioning of the drugs in the membrane bilayer. How the inhibition of trans-bilayer motion, heterogeneous distribution of lipids, decrease in vesicle curvature, etc., arising due to headgroup mismatch affect the fusion process has been isolated and identified here. Mx amplifies these effects maximally followed by Px and Tx. This has been correlated to the enhanced partitioning of the hydrophobic Mx compared to the more hydrophilic Px and Tx in the mixed bilayer.
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- Sutapa Mondal Roy
- Chemical Sciences Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata-700064, India
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Franco-Pérez M, Moya-Hernández R, Rojas-Hernández A, Gutiérrez A, Gómez-Balderas R. Tautomeric Ratio and Prototropic Equilibrium Constants of Tenoxicam, a 1H and 13C NMR Theoretical and Experimental Study. J Phys Chem B 2011; 115:13593-8. [DOI: 10.1021/jp204902t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Marco Franco-Pérez
- Laboratorio de Fisicoquímica Analítica, Unidad de Investigación Multidisciplinaria, FES Cuautitlán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuautitlán Izcalli, Estado de México, 54714, México
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- Laboratorio de Fisicoquímica Analítica, Unidad de Investigación Multidisciplinaria, FES Cuautitlán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuautitlán Izcalli, Estado de México, 54714, México
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- Departamento de Química, Área de Química Analítica, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Apartado Postal 55-534, 09340 México, D.F., México
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- Departamento de Química, Área de Química Analítica, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Apartado Postal 55-534, 09340 México, D.F., México
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- Laboratorio de Fisicoquímica Analítica, Unidad de Investigación Multidisciplinaria, FES Cuautitlán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuautitlán Izcalli, Estado de México, 54714, México
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Mondal Roy S, Sarkar M. Membrane fusion induced by small molecules and ions. J Lipids 2011; 2011:528784. [PMID: 21660306 PMCID: PMC3108104 DOI: 10.1155/2011/528784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2010] [Revised: 01/28/2011] [Accepted: 02/25/2011] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Membrane fusion is a key event in many biological processes. These processes are controlled by various fusogenic agents of which proteins and peptides from the principal group. The fusion process is characterized by three major steps, namely, inter membrane contact, lipid mixing forming the intermediate step, pore opening and finally mixing of inner contents of the cells/vesicles. These steps are governed by energy barriers, which need to be overcome to complete fusion. Structural reorganization of big molecules like proteins/peptides, supplies the required driving force to overcome the energy barrier of the different intermediate steps. Small molecules/ions do not share this advantage. Hence fusion induced by small molecules/ions is expected to be different from that induced by proteins/peptides. Although several reviews exist on membrane fusion, no recent review is devoted solely to small moleculs/ions induced membrane fusion. Here we intend to present, how a variety of small molecules/ions act as independent fusogens. The detailed mechanism of some are well understood but for many it is still an unanswered question. Clearer understanding of how a particular small molecule can control fusion will open up a vista to use these moleucles instead of proteins/peptides to induce fusion both in vivo and in vitro fusion processes.
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- Sutapa Mondal Roy
- Chemical Sciences Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Sector 1, Block AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Sector 1, Block AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
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Changes in PLA2 activity after interacting with anti-inflammatory drugs and model membranes: evidence for the involvement of tryptophan residues. Chem Phys Lipids 2011; 164:292-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2011.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2010] [Revised: 03/09/2011] [Accepted: 03/11/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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