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Schnitzler LG, Baumgartner K, Kolb A, Braun B, Westerhausen C. Acetylcholinesterase Activity Influenced by Lipid Membrane Area and Surface Acoustic Waves. MICROMACHINES 2022; 13:mi13020287. [PMID: 35208411 PMCID: PMC8877910 DOI: 10.3390/mi13020287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2021] [Revised: 02/03/2022] [Accepted: 02/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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According to the current model of nerve propagation, the function of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is to terminate synaptic transmission of nerve signals by hydrolyzing the neurotransmitter acetylcholine (ACh) in the synaptic cleft to acetic acid (acetate) and choline. However, extra-synaptic roles, which are known as ‘non-classical’ roles, have not been fully elucidated. Here, we measured AChE activity with the enzyme bound to lipid membranes of varying area per enzyme in vitro using the Ellman assay. We found that the activity was not affected by density fluctuations in a supported lipid bilayer (SLB) induced by standing surface acoustic waves. Nevertheless, we found twice as high activity in the presence of small unilamellar vesicles (SUV) compared to lipid-free samples. We also showed that the increase in activity scaled with the available membrane area per enzyme.
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- Lukas G. Schnitzler
- Experimental Physics I, Institute of Physics, University of Augsburg, 86159 Augsburg, Germany; (L.G.S.); (K.B.); (A.K.); (B.B.)
- Center for NanoScience (CeNS), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, 80799 Munich, Germany
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- Experimental Physics I, Institute of Physics, University of Augsburg, 86159 Augsburg, Germany; (L.G.S.); (K.B.); (A.K.); (B.B.)
- Center for NanoScience (CeNS), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, 80799 Munich, Germany
- Physiology, Institute of Theoretical Medicine, University of Augsburg, 86159 Augsburg, Germany
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- Experimental Physics I, Institute of Physics, University of Augsburg, 86159 Augsburg, Germany; (L.G.S.); (K.B.); (A.K.); (B.B.)
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- Experimental Physics I, Institute of Physics, University of Augsburg, 86159 Augsburg, Germany; (L.G.S.); (K.B.); (A.K.); (B.B.)
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- Center for NanoScience (CeNS), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, 80799 Munich, Germany
- Physiology, Institute of Theoretical Medicine, University of Augsburg, 86159 Augsburg, Germany
- Augsburg Center for Innovative Technologies (ACIT), 86159 Augsburg, Germany
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Lee D, Jung WH, Lee S, Yu ES, Lee T, Kim JH, Song HS, Lee KH, Lee S, Han SK, Choi MC, Ahn DJ, Ryu YS, Kim C. Ionic contrast across a lipid membrane for Debye length extension: towards an ultimate bioelectronic transducer. Nat Commun 2021; 12:3741. [PMID: 34145296 PMCID: PMC8213817 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24122-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Despite technological advances in biomolecule detections, evaluation of molecular interactions via potentiometric devices under ion-enriched solutions has remained a long-standing problem. To avoid severe performance degradation of bioelectronics by ionic screening effects, we cover probe surfaces of field effect transistors with a single film of the supported lipid bilayer, and realize respectable potentiometric signals from receptor-ligand bindings irrespective of ionic strength of bulky solutions by placing an ion-free water layer underneath the supported lipid bilayer. High-energy X-ray reflectometry together with the circuit analysis and molecular dynamics simulation discovered biochemical findings that effective electrical signals dominantly originated from the sub-nanoscale conformational change of lipids in the course of receptor-ligand bindings. Beyond thorough analysis on the underlying mechanism at the molecular level, the proposed supported lipid bilayer-field effect transistor platform ensures the world-record level of sensitivity in molecular detection with excellent reproducibility regardless of molecular charges and environmental ionic conditions.
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- Donggeun Lee
- Sensor System Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Sensor System Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Sensor System Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Sensor System Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Sensor System Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Biomaterials, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Sensor System Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea. .,KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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- Sensor System Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Republic of Korea. .,KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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- Sensor System Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Mass-sensitive particle tracking to elucidate the membrane-associated MinDE reaction cycle. Nat Methods 2021; 18:1239-1246. [PMID: 34608318 PMCID: PMC8490154 DOI: 10.1038/s41592-021-01260-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 08/03/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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In spite of their great importance in biology, methods providing access to spontaneous molecular interactions with and on biological membranes have been sparse. The recent advent of mass photometry to quantify mass distributions of unlabeled biomolecules landing on surfaces raised hopes that this approach could be transferred to membranes. Here, by introducing a new interferometric scattering (iSCAT) image processing and analysis strategy adapted to diffusing particles, we enable mass-sensitive particle tracking (MSPT) of single unlabeled biomolecules on a supported lipid bilayer. We applied this approach to the highly nonlinear reaction cycles underlying MinDE protein self-organization. MSPT allowed us to determine the stoichiometry and turnover of individual membrane-bound MinD/MinDE protein complexes and to quantify their size-dependent diffusion. This study demonstrates the potential of MSPT to enhance our quantitative understanding of membrane-associated biological systems.
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Structure, Formation, and Biological Interactions of Supported Lipid Bilayers (SLB) Incorporating Lipopolysaccharide. COATINGS 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/coatings10100981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Biomimetic membrane systems play a crucial role in the field of biosensor engineering. Over the years, significant progress has been achieved creating artificial membranes by various strategies from vesicle fusion to Langmuir transfer approaches to meet an ever-growing demand for supported lipid bilayers on various substrates such as glass, mica, gold, polymer cushions, and many more. This paper reviews the diversity seen in the preparation of biologically relevant model lipid membranes which includes monolayers and bilayers of phospholipid and other crucial components such as proteins, characterization techniques, changes in the physical properties of the membranes during molecular interactions and the dynamics of the lipid membrane with biologically active molecules with special emphasis on lipopolysaccharides (LPS).
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Birchenough HL, Swann MJ, Zindy E, Day AJ, Jowitt TA. Enhanced avidin binding to lipid bilayers using PDP-PE lipids with PEG-biotin linkers. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2020; 2:1625-1633. [PMID: 36132312 PMCID: PMC9417969 DOI: 10.1039/d0na00060d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2020] [Accepted: 03/07/2020] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Two of the most important aspects of lipid bilayers that have increased their popularity in the field of nanotechnology and biosensors are their fluid nature, which is highly beneficial in ensuring the spatial organization of attached molecules, and the relative ease in which they can be manipulated to change the surface chemistry. Here we have used two different types of functionalized lipids to study the interaction of avidin, which is a common approach to attach further ligands for study. We have tested the commonly used Biotinyl-Cap-PE lipids at different molar percentages and reveal that avidin is not evenly distributed, but forms what looks like clusters even at low percentage occupancy which hampers the level of avidin that can be associated with the surface. We have then successfully employed the novel strategy of using PDP-PE lipids which contain a reducible disulphide to which we added maleamide-PEG-biotin spacers of different lengths. There is a more even distribution of avidin on these layers and thereby increasing the amount and efficiency of avidin association. The reduced levels of avidin that was being associated with the Biotinyl-Cap-PE layers as compared to the PDP-PE lipids could be analysed with QCM-D and interferometry approaches, but it was only with SEEC microscopy that the reason for the reduced occupancy was resolved.
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- Swann Scientific Consulting Ltd 110 Sandy Lane Lymm WA13 9HR UK
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research UK
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Quan LM, Mechler AI, Barnard PJ. A luminescent lipid mimetic iridium(III) N-heterocyclic carbene complex for membrane labelling. J Inorg Biochem 2020; 206:111047. [PMID: 32151874 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2020.111047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2019] [Revised: 02/17/2020] [Accepted: 02/19/2020] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Labelling phospholipid membranes with luminophores without altering the biophysical characteristics of the system is particularly challenging due to the small size of the phospholipid molecules and the sensitivity of membrane properties to the presence of fused heterocyclic molecules. Here the design and synthesis of a luminescent lipid mimetic Ir(III) N-heterocyclic carbene complex of the form [Ir(ppy)2(C^N)] (where ppy = 2-(phenyl)-pyridine and C^N is a N-heterocyclic carbene ligand) conjugated to stearic acid is described. This complex was synthesised by the reaction of an acetate functionalised Ir(III) precursor complex with tert-butyl N-(2-aminoethyl)carbamate (mono-BOC protected ethylene diamine) and after deprotection of the amine group this complex was coupled to stearic acid using the peptide coupling reagent 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide (EDC). The photophysical properties of the synthesised complexes were evaluated and they showed blue-green luminescence in the range of 514-520 nm. Fluorescence microscopy studies showed that the lipid mimetic complex successfully incorporated into liposomes composed of 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DMPC), while dynamic light scattering (DLS) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) studies showed that the complex had negligible influence on the biophysical properties of the liposomes.
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- Linh M Quan
- Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Victoria 3086, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Victoria 3086, Australia.
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- Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Victoria 3086, Australia.
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Wang M, Mihut AM, Rieloff E, Dabkowska AP, Månsson LK, Immink JN, Sparr E, Crassous JJ. Assembling responsive microgels at responsive lipid membranes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:5442-5450. [PMID: 30824593 PMCID: PMC6431181 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1807790116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Directed colloidal self-assembly at fluid interfaces can have a large impact in the fields of nanotechnology, materials, and biomedical sciences. The ability to control interfacial self-assembly relies on the fine interplay between bulk and surface interactions. Here, we investigate the interfacial assembly of thermoresponsive microgels and lipogels at the surface of giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) consisting of phospholipids bilayers with different compositions. By altering the properties of the lipid membrane and the microgel particles, it is possible to control the adsorption/desorption processes as well as the organization and dynamics of the colloids at the vesicle surface. No translocation of the microgels and lipogels through the membrane was observed for any of the membrane compositions and temperatures investigated. The lipid membranes with fluid chains provide highly dynamic interfaces that can host and mediate long-range ordering into 2D hexagonal crystals. This is in clear contrast to the conditions when the membranes are composed of lipids with solid chains, where there is no crystalline arrangement, and most of the particles desorb from the membrane. Likewise, we show that in segregated membranes, the soft microgel colloids form closely packed 2D crystals on the fluid bilayer domains, while hardly any particles adhere to the more solid bilayer domains. These findings thus present an approach for selective and controlled colloidal assembly at lipid membranes, opening routes toward the development of tunable soft materials.
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- Meina Wang
- Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden;
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- Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden;
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- Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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Uhl E, Donati A, Reviakine I. Platelet Immobilization on Supported Phospholipid Bilayers for Single Platelet Studies. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2016; 32:8516-8524. [PMID: 27438059 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b01852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The worldwide cardiovascular disease (CVD) epidemic is of grave concern. A major role in the etiology of CVDs is played by the platelets (thrombocytes). Platelets are anuclear cell fragments circulating in the blood. Their primary function is to catalyze clot formation, limiting traumatic blood loss in the case of injury. The same process leads to thrombosis in the case of CVDs, which are commonly managed with antiplatelet therapy. Platelets also have other, nonhemostatic functions in wound healing, inflammation, and tissue regeneration. They play a role in the early stages of atherosclerosis and the spread of cancer through metastases. Much remains to be learned about the regulation of these diverse platelet functions under physiological and pathological conditions. Breakthroughs in this regard are expected to come from single platelet studies and systems approaches. The immobilization of platelets at surfaces is advantageous for developing such approaches, but platelets are activated when they come in contact with foreign surfaces. In this work, we develop and validate a protocol for immobilizing platelets on supported lipid bilayers without activation due to immobilization. Our protocol can therefore be used for studying platelets with a wide variety of surface-sensitive techniques.
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- Eva Uhl
- Institute of Functional Interfaces (IFG), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) , Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute of Functional Interfaces (IFG), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) , Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute of Functional Interfaces (IFG), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) , Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington 98105, United States
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Dabkowska AP, Piret G, Niman CS, Lard M, Linke H, Nylander T, Prinz CN. Surface nanostructures for fluorescence probing of supported lipid bilayers on reflective substrates. NANOSCALE 2015; 7:18020-18024. [PMID: 26482860 DOI: 10.1039/c5nr05427c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The fluorescence interference contrast (FLIC) effect prevents the use of fluorescence techniques to probe the continuity and fluidity of supported lipid bilayers on reflective materials due to a lack of detectable fluorescence. Here we show that adding nanostructures onto reflective surfaces to locally confer a certain distance between the deposited fluorophores and the reflecting surface enables fluorescence detection on the nanostuctures. The nanostructures consist of either deposited nanoparticles or epitaxial nanowires directly grown on the substrate and are designed such that they can support a lipid bilayer. This simple method increases the fluorescence signal sufficiently to enable bilayer fluorescence detection and to observe the recovery of fluorescence after photobleaching in order to assess lipid bilayer formation on any reflective surface.
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- Aleksandra P Dabkowska
- Division of Physical Chemistry, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden. and NanoLund, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden.
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- NanoLund, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden. and Division of Solid State Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden
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- NanoLund, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden. and Division of Solid State Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden
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- NanoLund, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden. and Division of Solid State Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden
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- NanoLund, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden. and Division of Solid State Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Physical Chemistry, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden. and NanoLund, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden.
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- NanoLund, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden. and Division of Solid State Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden
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Dabkowska AP, Michanek A, Jaeger L, Rabe M, Chworos A, Höök F, Nylander T, Sparr E. Assembly of RNA nanostructures on supported lipid bilayers. NANOSCALE 2015; 7:583-96. [PMID: 25417592 PMCID: PMC4274363 DOI: 10.1039/c4nr05968a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The assembly of nucleic acid nanostructures with controlled size and shape has large impact in the fields of nanotechnology, nanomedicine and synthetic biology. The directed arrangement of nano-structures at interfaces is important for many applications. In spite of this, the use of laterally mobile lipid bilayers to control RNA three-dimensional nanostructure formation on surfaces remains largely unexplored. Here, we direct the self-assembly of RNA building blocks into three-dimensional structures of RNA on fluid lipid bilayers composed of cationic 1,2-dioleoyl-3-trimethylammonium-propane (DOTAP) or mixtures of zwitterionic 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylcholine (DOPC) and cationic sphingosine. We demonstrate the stepwise supramolecular assembly of discrete building blocks through specific and selective RNA-RNA interactions, based on results from quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D), ellipsometry, fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) and total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (TIRF) experiments. The assembly can be controlled to give a densely packed single layer of RNA polyhedrons at the fluid lipid bilayer surface. We show that assembly of the 3D structure can be modulated by sequence specific interactions, surface charge and changes in the salt composition and concentration. In addition, the tertiary structure of the RNA polyhedron can be controllably switched from an extended structure to one that is dense and compact. The versatile approach to building up three-dimensional structures of RNA does not require modification of the surface or the RNA molecules, and can be used as a bottom-up means of nanofabrication of functionalized bio-mimicking surfaces.
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- Aleksandra P Dabkowska
- Division of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, 22100 Lund, Sweden.
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Richter AG, Kuzmenko I. Using in situ X-ray reflectivity to study protein adsorption on hydrophilic and hydrophobic surfaces: benefits and limitations. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2013; 29:5167-5180. [PMID: 23586436 DOI: 10.1021/la3049532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We have employed in situ X-ray reflectivity (IXRR) to study the adsorption of a variety of proteins (lysozyme, cytochrome c, myoglobin, hemoglobin, serum albumin, and immunoglobulin G) on model hydrophilic (silicon oxide) and hydrophobic surfaces (octadecyltrichlorosilane self-assembled monolayers), evaluating this recently developed technique for its applicability in the area of biomolecular studies. We report herein the highest resolution depiction of adsorbed protein films, greatly improving on the precision of previous neutron reflectivity (NR) results and previous IXRR studies. We were able to perform complete scans in 5 min or less with the maximum momentum transfer of at least 0.52 Å(-1), allowing for some time-resolved information about the evolution of the protein film structure. The three smallest proteins (lysozyme, cytochrome c, and myoglobin) were seen to deposit as fully hydrated, nondenatured molecules onto hydrophilic surfaces, with indications of particular preferential orientations. Time evolution was observed for both lysozyme and myoglobin films. The larger proteins were not observed to deposit on the hydrophilic substrates, perhaps because of contrast limitations. On hydrophobic surfaces, all proteins were seen to denature extensively in a qualitatively similar way but with a rough trend that the larger proteins resulted in lower coverage. We have generated high-resolution electron density profiles of these denatured films, including capturing the growth of a lysozyme film. Because the solution interface of these denatured films is diffuse, IXRR cannot unambiguously determine the film extent and coverage, a drawback compared to NR. X-ray radiation damage was systematically evaluated, including the controlled exposure of protein films to high-intensity X-rays and exposure of the hydrophobic surface to X-rays before adsorption. Our analysis showed that standard measuring procedures used for XRR studies may lead to altered protein films; therefore, we used modified procedures to limit the influence of X-ray damage.
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- Andrew G Richter
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana 46383, USA.
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Höfling F, Franosch T. Anomalous transport in the crowded world of biological cells. REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS. PHYSICAL SOCIETY (GREAT BRITAIN) 2013; 76:046602. [PMID: 23481518 DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/76/4/046602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 580] [Impact Index Per Article: 52.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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A ubiquitous observation in cell biology is that the diffusive motion of macromolecules and organelles is anomalous, and a description simply based on the conventional diffusion equation with diffusion constants measured in dilute solution fails. This is commonly attributed to macromolecular crowding in the interior of cells and in cellular membranes, summarizing their densely packed and heterogeneous structures. The most familiar phenomenon is a sublinear, power-law increase of the mean-square displacement (MSD) as a function of the lag time, but there are other manifestations like strongly reduced and time-dependent diffusion coefficients, persistent correlations in time, non-Gaussian distributions of spatial displacements, heterogeneous diffusion and a fraction of immobile particles. After a general introduction to the statistical description of slow, anomalous transport, we summarize some widely used theoretical models: Gaussian models like fractional Brownian motion and Langevin equations for visco-elastic media, the continuous-time random walk model, and the Lorentz model describing obstructed transport in a heterogeneous environment. Particular emphasis is put on the spatio-temporal properties of the transport in terms of two-point correlation functions, dynamic scaling behaviour, and how the models are distinguished by their propagators even if the MSDs are identical. Then, we review the theory underlying commonly applied experimental techniques in the presence of anomalous transport like single-particle tracking, fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) and fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP). We report on the large body of recent experimental evidence for anomalous transport in crowded biological media: in cyto- and nucleoplasm as well as in cellular membranes, complemented by in vitro experiments where a variety of model systems mimic physiological crowding conditions. Finally, computer simulations are discussed which play an important role in testing the theoretical models and corroborating the experimental findings. The review is completed by a synthesis of the theoretical and experimental progress identifying open questions for future investigation.
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- Felix Höfling
- Max-Planck-Institut für Intelligente Systeme, Heisenbergstraße 3, 70569 Stuttgart, and Institut für Theoretische Physik IV, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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Ghosh SK, Salgin B, Pontoni D, Reusch T, Keil P, Vogel D, Rohwerder M, Reichert H, Salditt T. Structure and Volta potential of lipid multilayers: effect of X-ray irradiation. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2013; 29:815-824. [PMID: 23231362 DOI: 10.1021/la304139w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The effect of hard X-ray radiation on the structure and electrostatics of solid-supported lipid multilayer membranes is investigated using a scanning Kelvin probe (SKP) integrated with a high-energy synchrotron beamline to enable in situ measurements of the membranes' local Volta potential (V(p)) during X-ray structural characterization. The undulator radiation employed does not induce any detectable structural damage, but the V(p) of both bare and lipid-modified substrates is found to undergo strong radiation-induced shifts, almost immediately after X-ray exposure. Sample regions that are macroscopically distant (~cm) from the irradiated region experience an exponential V(p) growth with a characteristic time constant of several minutes. The V(p) variations occurring upon periodic on/off X-ray beam switching are fully or partially reversible depending on the location and time-scale of the SKP measurement. The general relevance of these findings for synchrotron-based characterization of biomolecular thin films is critically reviewed.
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- S K Ghosh
- Institute for X-ray Physics, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
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Hsu CJ, Hsieh WT, Waldman A, Clarke F, Huseby ES, Burkhardt JK, Baumgart T. Ligand mobility modulates immunological synapse formation and T cell activation. PLoS One 2012; 7:e32398. [PMID: 22384241 PMCID: PMC3284572 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2012] [Accepted: 01/30/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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T cell receptor (TCR) engagement induces clustering and recruitment to the plasma membrane of many signaling molecules, including the protein tyrosine kinase zeta-chain associated protein of 70 kDa (ZAP70) and the adaptor SH2 domain-containing leukocyte protein of 76 kDa (SLP76). This molecular rearrangement results in formation of the immunological synapse (IS), a dynamic protein array that modulates T cell activation. The current study investigates the effects of apparent long-range ligand mobility on T cell signaling activity and IS formation. We formed stimulatory lipid bilayers on glass surfaces from binary lipid mixtures with varied composition, and characterized these surfaces with respect to diffusion coefficient and fluid connectivity. Stimulatory ligands coupled to these surfaces with similar density and orientation showed differences in their ability to activate T cells. On less mobile membranes, central supramolecular activation cluster (cSMAC) formation was delayed and the overall accumulation of CD3ζ at the IS was reduced. Analysis of signaling microcluster (MC) dynamics showed that ZAP70 MCs exhibited faster track velocity and longer trajectories as a function of increased ligand mobility, whereas movement of SLP76 MCs was relatively insensitive to this parameter. Actin retrograde flow was observed on all surfaces, but cell spreading and subsequent cytoskeletal contraction were more pronounced on mobile membranes. Finally, increased tyrosine phosphorylation and persistent elevation of intracellular Ca2+ were observed in cells stimulated on fluid membranes. These results point to ligand mobility as an important parameter in modulating T cell responses.
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- Chih-Jung Hsu
- Department of Chemistry, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- * E-mail: (TB); (JKB)
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- Department of Chemistry, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- * E-mail: (TB); (JKB)
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- Francisco Zaera
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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Phase separation of phospholipid multilayers incorporated with cell penetrating peptides. Biointerphases 2011; 6:73-8. [PMID: 21721842 DOI: 10.1116/1.3602087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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We used X-ray reflectivity to investigate the structures of phospholipid multilayers with transcription-activating-factor-derived peptide (TDP) as a function of the membrane charge density. Mixed phospholipid multilayers of 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC) and 1,2-dipalmitoyl -sn-glycero-3-phosphoserine (DPPS) with different mixing ratios (C:S) were used to elucidate the various charge densities in a plasma membrane. We fixed the peptide/lipid molar ratio (P/L) and varied the DPPC/DPPS molar ratio in the mixed multilayer. In the pure DPPC multilayer, the incorporation of TDP had nearly no effect on the bilayer thickness of the mixed lipid multilayer. However, in the mixed DPPC/DPPS multilayer, the incorporation of TDP decreased the bilayer thickness, suggesting that the TDP peptide had a stronger interaction with DPPS than with DPPC and caused disorder in the lamellar structure. Combining this with the refined X-ray reflectivity (XR) data, we concluded that the TDP existed more in the headgroup region of the TDP-induced segregated DPPS in the mixed multilayer and caused significant membrane thinning.
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Shindel MM, Mumm DR, Wang SW. Manipulating energy landscapes to tune ordering in biotemplated nanoparticle arrays. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2011; 27:7768-7775. [PMID: 21608977 DOI: 10.1021/la201088p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Two-dimensional non-close-packed crystals of the protein streptavidin, grown on phospholipid membranes, can serve as nanoscale templates capable of directing the formation of ordered nanoparticle arrays through site-specific electrostatic adsorption. Here we examine the effects of both interparticle and nanoparticle/lipid membrane electrostatic interactions on the degree of structural order exhibited by the templated nanoparticle array. Interparticle electrostatic repulsion is shown to have only marginal influence on nanoparticle ordering. In contrast, the degree of order exhibited by the templated array can be tuned by controlling the charge on the lipid membrane. Analysis of the local and global structure of arrays generated with negatively charged gold nanoparticles (∼6 nm) indicate improved long-range order when the lipid membrane supporting the protein crystal is derived from cationic lipid molecules as opposed to zwitterionic phospholipids. Furthermore, as nanoparticle size is reduced (∼3 nm), the presence of a charged lipid membrane is found to be essential, as smaller particles do not adhere to streptavidin crystals grown on zwitterionic membranes. These findings demonstrate that the composition of the lipid support can influence the efficacy of directed-assembly processes which utilize protein templates and are important results toward enhancing control over bottom-up nanofabrication applications.
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- Matthew M Shindel
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-2575, USA
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Berti D, Caminati G, Baglioni P. Functional liposomes and supported lipid bilayers: towards the complexity of biological archetypes. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2011; 13:8769-82. [DOI: 10.1039/c0cp02400g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Huth M, Hertrich S, Mezo G, Madarasz E, Nickel B. Neural Stem Cell Spreading on Lipid Based Artificial Cell Surfaces, Characterized by Combined X-ray and Neutron Reflectometry. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2010; 3:4994-5006. [PMID: 28883366 PMCID: PMC5445775 DOI: 10.3390/ma3114994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2010] [Accepted: 11/09/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We developed a bioadhesive coating based on a synthetic peptide-conjugate (AK-cyclo[RGDfC]) which contains multiples of the arginyl-glycyl-aspartic acid (RGD) amino acid sequence. Biotinylated AK-cyclo[RGDfC] is bound to a supported lipid bilayer via a streptavidin interlayer. Layering, hydration and packing of the coating is quantified by X-ray and neutron reflectometry experiments. AK-cyclo[RGDfC] binds to the streptavidin interlayer in a stretched-out on edge configuration. The highly packed configuration with only 12% water content maximizes the number of accessible adhesion sites. Enhanced cell spreading of neural stem cells was observed for AK-cyclo[RGDfC] functionalized bilayers. Due to the large variety of surfaces which can be coated by physisorption of lipid bilayers, this approach is of general interest for the fabrication of biocompatible surfaces.
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- Martin Huth
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Department für Physik and CeNS, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 Munich, Germany.
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Department für Physik and CeNS, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 Munich, Germany.
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- Research Group of Peptide Chemistry, Hungarian Academy of Science, Eötvös L. University, Pazmany P. stny. 1/A, 1117 Budapest, Hungary.
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine of Hungarian Academy of Science, Szigony u. 43, Budapest, H-1083, Hungary.
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Department für Physik and CeNS, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 Munich, Germany.
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Neumann J, Hennig M, Wixforth A, Manus S, Rädler JO, Schneider MF. Transport, separation, and accumulation of proteins on supported lipid bilayers. NANO LETTERS 2010; 10:2903-8. [PMID: 20698603 DOI: 10.1021/nl100993r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Transport, separation, and accumulation of proteins in their natural environment are central goals in protein biotechnology. Miniaturized assays of supported lipid bilayers (SLBs) have been proposed as promising candidates to realize such technology on a chip, but a modular system for the controlled transport of membrane proteins does not exist. In this letter, we demonstrate that standing surface acoustic waves drive the in-plane redistribution of proteins on planar SLBs over macroscopic distances (3.5 mm). Accumulation of proteins in periodic patterns of about 10-fold protein concentration difference is accomplished and shown to relax into the homogeneous state by diffusion. Different proteins separate in individual fractions from a homogeneous distribution and are transported and accumulated into clusters using beats. The modular planar setup has the potential of integrating other lab-on-a-chip tools, for monitoring the membrane-protein integrity or adding microfluidic features for blood screening or DNA analysis.
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- J Neumann
- Center for NanoScience CeNS, Universität Augsburg, Institut für Physik Universitätsstrasse 1, D-86159 Augsburg, Germany
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Dieluweit S, Csiszár A, Rubner W, Fleischhauer J, Houben S, Merkel R. Mechanical properties of bare and protein-coated giant unilamellar phospholipid vesicles. A comparative study of micropipet aspiration and atomic force microscopy. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2010; 26:11041-11049. [PMID: 20355933 DOI: 10.1021/la1005242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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In this study, protein-coated giant phospholipid vesicles were used to model cell plasma membranes coated by surface protein layers that increase membrane stiffness under mechanical or osmotic stress. These changed mechanical properties like bending stiffness, membrane area compressibility modulus, and effective Young's modulus were determined by micropipet aspiration, while bending stiffness, effective Young's modulus, and effective spring constant of vesicles were analyzed by AFM. The experimental setups, the applied models, and the results using both methods were compared here. As demonstrated before, we found that bare vesicles were best probed by micropipet aspiration due to its high sensitivity. The mechanical properties of vesicles with protein surface layers were, however, better determined by AFM because it enables very local deformations of the membrane with barely any structural damage to the protein layer. Mechanical properties of different species of coating proteins, here streptavidin and avidin, could be clearly distinguished using this technique.
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- Sabine Dieluweit
- Institute of Bio- and Nanosystems, Biomechanics (IBN-4), Research Centre Juelich, Germany
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Kataoka-Hamai C, Miyahara Y. Field-effect detection using phospholipid membranes. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF ADVANCED MATERIALS 2010; 11:033001. [PMID: 27877335 PMCID: PMC5074296 DOI: 10.1088/1468-6996/11/3/033001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2010] [Revised: 07/15/2010] [Accepted: 06/20/2010] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The application of field-effect devices to biosensors has become an area of intense research interest. An attractive feature of field-effect sensing is that the binding or reaction of biomolecules can be directly detected from a change in electrical signals. The integration of such field-effect devices into cell membrane mimics may lead to the development of biosensors useful in clinical and biotechnological applications. This review summarizes recent studies on the fabrication and characterization of field-effect devices incorporating model membranes. The incorporation of black lipid membranes and supported lipid monolayers and bilayers into semiconductor devices is described.
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- Chiho Kataoka-Hamai
- Biomaterials Center and International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
- CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan
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- Biomaterials Center and International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
- CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan
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Pabst G, Kucerka N, Nieh MP, Rheinstädter MC, Katsaras J. Applications of neutron and X-ray scattering to the study of biologically relevant model membranes. Chem Phys Lipids 2010; 163:460-79. [PMID: 20361949 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2010.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2010] [Revised: 03/23/2010] [Accepted: 03/24/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Scattering techniques, in particular electron, neutron and X-ray scattering have played a major role in elucidating the static and dynamic structure of biologically relevant membranes. Importantly, neutron and X-ray scattering have evolved to address new sample preparations that better mimic biological membranes. In this review, we will report on some of the latest model membrane results, and the neutron and X-ray techniques that were used to obtain them.
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- G Pabst
- Institute of Biophysics and Nanosystems Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, A-8042 Graz, Austria
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Controlled solvent-exchange deposition of phospholipid membranes onto solid surfaces. Biointerphases 2010; 5:1-8. [DOI: 10.1116/1.3319326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Csiszár A, Hersch N, Dieluweit S, Biehl R, Merkel R, Hoffmann B. Novel Fusogenic Liposomes for Fluorescent Cell Labeling and Membrane Modification. Bioconjug Chem 2010; 21:537-43. [DOI: 10.1021/bc900470y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Agnes Csiszár
- Institute of Bio- and Nanosystems, IBN-4, Biomechanics, and Institute of Solid State Research, IFF-5, Neutron Scattering, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Bio- and Nanosystems, IBN-4, Biomechanics, and Institute of Solid State Research, IFF-5, Neutron Scattering, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Bio- and Nanosystems, IBN-4, Biomechanics, and Institute of Solid State Research, IFF-5, Neutron Scattering, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Bio- and Nanosystems, IBN-4, Biomechanics, and Institute of Solid State Research, IFF-5, Neutron Scattering, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Bio- and Nanosystems, IBN-4, Biomechanics, and Institute of Solid State Research, IFF-5, Neutron Scattering, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Bio- and Nanosystems, IBN-4, Biomechanics, and Institute of Solid State Research, IFF-5, Neutron Scattering, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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Daillant J. Recent developments and applications of grazing incidence scattering. Curr Opin Colloid Interface Sci 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2009.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Johannsmann D, Reviakine I, Richter RP. Dissipation in Films of Adsorbed Nanospheres Studied by Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM). Anal Chem 2009; 81:8167-76. [DOI: 10.1021/ac901381z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Diethelm Johannsmann
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Clausthal University of Technology, D-38678 Clausthal−Zellerfeld, Germany, Biosurfaces Unit, CIC biomaGUNE, 20009 Donostia, San Sebastian, Spain, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, Spain, and Department of New Materials and Biosystems, Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Clausthal University of Technology, D-38678 Clausthal−Zellerfeld, Germany, Biosurfaces Unit, CIC biomaGUNE, 20009 Donostia, San Sebastian, Spain, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, Spain, and Department of New Materials and Biosystems, Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Clausthal University of Technology, D-38678 Clausthal−Zellerfeld, Germany, Biosurfaces Unit, CIC biomaGUNE, 20009 Donostia, San Sebastian, Spain, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, Spain, and Department of New Materials and Biosystems, Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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Fenz SF, Merkel R, Sengupta K. Diffusion and intermembrane distance: case study of avidin and E-cadherin mediated adhesion. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2009; 25:1074-85. [PMID: 19072315 DOI: 10.1021/la803227s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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We present a biomimetic model system for cell-cell adhesion consisting of a giant unilamellar vesicle (GUV) adhering via specific ligand-receptor interactions to a supported lipid bilayer (SLB). The modification of in-plane diffusion of tracer lipids and receptors in the SLB membrane due to adhesion to the GUV is reported. Adhesion was mediated by either biotin-neutravidin (an avidin analogue) or the extracellular domains of the cell adhesion molecule E-cadherin (Ecad). In the strong interaction (biotin-avidin) case, binding of soluble receptors to the SLB alone led to reduced diffusion of tracer lipids. From theoretical considerations, this could be attributed partially to introduction of obstacles and partially to viscous effects. Further specific binding of a GUV membrane caused additional slowing down of tracers (up to 15%) and immobilization of receptors, and led to accumulation of receptors in the adhesion zone until full coverage was achieved. The intermembrane distance was measured to be 7 nm from microinterferometry (RICM). We show that a crowding effect due to the accumulated receptors alone is not sufficient to account for the slowing downan additional friction from the membrane also plays a role. In the weak binding case (Ecad), the intermembrane distance was about 50 nm, corresponding to partial overlap of the Ecad domains. No significant change in diffusion of tracer lipids was observed upon either protein binding or subsequent vesicle binding. The former was probably due to very small effective size of the obstacles introduced into the bilayer by Ecad binding, whereas the latter was due to the fact that, with such high intermembrane distance, the resulting friction is negligible. We conclude that the effect of intermembrane adhesion on diffusion depends strongly on the choice of the receptors.
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- Susanne F Fenz
- Institute of Bio- and Nanosystems (IBN), Research Centre Julich, 52425 Julich, Germany
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Shindel MM, Mohraz A, Mumm DR, Wang SW. Modulating colloidal adsorption on a two-dimensional protein crystal. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2009; 25:1038-1046. [PMID: 19099535 DOI: 10.1021/la802911p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The geometric and physicochemical properties of the protein streptavidin make it a useful building block in the construction and manipulation of nanoscale structures and devices. However, one requirement in exploiting streptavidin for "bottom-up" assembly is the capability to modulate protein-nanoparticle interactions. This work examines the effects of pH and the biotin-streptavidin interaction on the adsorption of colloidal gold onto a two-dimensional streptavidin crystal. Particle deposition was carried out below (pH 6), at (pH 7), and above (pH 8) the protein's isoelectric point with both biotinylated and nonbiotinylated nanoparticles. Particle surface coverage depends on deposition time and pH, and increases by 1.4-10 times when biotin is incorporated onto the particle surface. This coverage is highest for both particle types at pH 6 and decreases monotonically with increasing pH. Calculations of interparticle potentials based on Derjaguin-Landau-Verwey-Overbeek (DLVO) theory demonstrate that this trend in surface coverage is most likely due to alterations in particle-surface electrostatic interactions and not a result of changes in interparticle electrostatic repulsion. Furthermore, post-adsorption alterations in pH demonstrate that electrostatically adsorbed particles can be selectively desorbed from the surface. Evaluation of the nonspecifically adsorbed fraction of biotinylated particles indicates that the receptor-ligand adsorption mechanism gives a higher rate of attachment to the substrate than nonspecific, electrostatic adsorption. This results in faster adsorption kinetics and higher coverages for biotinylated particles relative to the nonbiotinylated case.
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- Matthew M Shindel
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-2575, USA
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Sekula S, Fuchs J, Weg-Remers S, Nagel P, Schuppler S, Fragala J, Theilacker N, Franzreb M, Wingren C, Ellmark P, Borrebaeck CAK, Mirkin CA, Fuchs H, Lenhert S. Multiplexed lipid dip-pen nanolithography on subcellular scales for the templating of functional proteins and cell culture. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2008; 4:1785-93. [PMID: 18814174 DOI: 10.1002/smll.200800949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Molecular patterning processes taking place in biological systems are challenging to study in vivo because of their dynamic behavior, subcellular size, and high degree of complexity. In vitro patterning of biomolecules using nanolithography allows simplification of the processes and detailed study of the dynamic interactions. Parallel dip-pen nanolithography (DPN) is uniquely capable of integrating functional biomolecules on subcellular length scales due to its constructive nature, high resolution, and high throughput. Phospholipids are particularly well suited as inks for DPN since a variety of different functional lipids can be readily patterned in parallel. Here DPN is used to spatially pattern multicomponent micro- and nanostructured supported lipid membranes and multilayers that are fluid and contain various amounts of biotin and/or nitrilotriacetic acid functional groups. The patterns are characterized by fluorescence microscopy and photoemission electron microscopy. Selective adsorption of functionalized or recombinant proteins based on streptavidin or histidine-tag coupling enables the semisynthetic fabrication of model peripheral membrane bound proteins. The biomimetic membrane patterns formed in this way are then used as substrates for cell culture, as demonstrated by the selective adhesion and activation of T-cells.
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- Sylwia Sekula
- Institut für NanoTechnologie, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH ,76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Nakayama K, Tachikawa T, Majima T. Spatial control of protein binding on lipid bimembrane using photoeliminative linker. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2008; 24:6425-6428. [PMID: 18507424 DOI: 10.1021/la801028m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Protein adsorption and dissociation on cell membrane surfaces is a topic of important study to reveal biological processes including signal transduction and protein trafficking. We demonstrated here the establishment of a mimic model system for the spatial control of protein adsorption/elimination on a lipid bimembrane using a photochemical technique. The novel photoeliminative linker that we synthesized here consists of three distinct components: a substrate (biotin), a photoeliminative group (4-(4-(1-hydroxyethyl)-2-methoxy-5-nitrophenoxy)butanoic acid), and a lipid bimembrane-adsorbent group (farnesyl). The photoeliminative linker was inserted on the entire surface of the lipid bimembrane and two-dimensionally eliminated by spatial UV irradiation onto the membrane to create a biotin pattern. A target protein, streptavidin was selectively immobilized on the patterned biotin, although it was almost not attached on the nonirradiated region. The streptavidin array was selectively dissociated by UV irradiation onto the entire membrane.
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- Koji Nakayama
- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Mihogaoka 8-1, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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Asymmetric structural features in single supported lipid bilayers containing cholesterol and GM1 resolved with synchrotron X-Ray reflectivity. Biophys J 2008; 95:657-68. [PMID: 18375517 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.113068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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The cell membrane comprises numerous protein and lipid molecules capable of asymmetric organization between leaflets and liquid-liquid phase separation. We use single supported lipid bilayers (SLBs) to model cell membranes, and study how cholesterol and asymmetrically oriented ganglioside receptor G(M1) affect membrane structure using synchrotron x-ray reflectivity. Using mixtures of cholesterol, sphingomyelin, and 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, we characterize the structure of liquid-ordered and liquid-disordered SLBs in terms of acyl-chain density, headgroup size, and leaflet thickness. SLBs modeling the liquid-ordered phase are 10 A thicker and have a higher acyl-chain electron density (rho(chain) = 0.33 e(-)/A(3)) compared to SLBs modeling the liquid-disordered phase, or pure phosphatidylcholine SLBs (rho(chain) = 0.28 e(-)/A(3)). Incorporating G(M1) into the distal bilayer leaflet results in membrane asymmetry and thickening of the leaflet of 4-9 A. The structural effect of G(M1) is more complex in SLBs of cholesterol/sphingomyelin/1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, where the distal chains show a high electron density (rho(chain) = 0.33 e(-)/A(3)) and the lipid diffusion constant is reduced by approximately 50%, as measured by fluorescence microscopy. These results give quantitative information about the leaflet asymmetry and electron density changes induced by receptor molecules that penetrate a single lipid bilayer.
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Jonsson MP, Jönsson P, Dahlin AB, Höök F. Supported lipid bilayer formation and lipid-membrane-mediated biorecognition reactions studied with a new nanoplasmonic sensor template. NANO LETTERS 2007; 7:3462-8. [PMID: 17902726 DOI: 10.1021/nl072006t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
Abstract
This paper presents the use of the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) sensor concept to probe the formation of macroscopic and laterally mobile supported lipid bilayers (SLBs) on SiOx-encapsulated nanohole-containing Au and Ag films. A comparison between Au- and Ag-based sensor templates demonstrates a higher sensitivity for Au-based templates with respect to both bulk and interfacial refractive index (RI) changes in aqueous solution. The lateral mobility of SLBs formed on the SiOx-encapsulated nanohole templates was analyzed using fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP), demonstrating essentially complete (>96%) recovery, but a reduction in diffusivity of about 35% compared with SLBs formed on flat SiOx substrates. Furthermore, upon SLB formation, the temporal variation in extinction peak position of the LSPR active templates display a characteristic shape, illustrating what, to the best of our knowledge, is the first example where the nanoplasmonic concept is shown capable of probing biomacromolecular structural changes without the introduction of labels. With a signal-to-noise ratio better than 5 x 10(2) upon protein binding to the cell-membrane mimics, the sensor concept is also proven competitive with state-of-the-art label-free sensors.
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Affiliation(s)
- Magnus P Jonsson
- Division of Solid State Physics, Lund University, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden
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