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Kleinheinz D, D’Onofrio C, Carraher C, Bozdogan A, Ramach U, Schuster B, Geiß M, Valtiner M, Knoll W, Andersson J. Activity of Single Insect Olfactory Receptors Triggered by Airborne Compounds Recorded in Self-Assembled Tethered Lipid Bilayer Nanoarchitectures. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:46655-46667. [PMID: 37753951 PMCID: PMC10571041 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c09304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023]
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Membrane proteins are among the most difficult to study as they are embedded in the cellular membrane, a complex and fragile environment with limited experimental accessibility. To study membrane proteins outside of these environments, model systems are required that replicate the fundamental properties of the cellular membrane without its complexity. We show here a self-assembled lipid bilayer nanoarchitecture on a solid support that is stable for several days at room temperature and allows the measurement of insect olfactory receptors at the single-channel level. Using an odorant binding protein, we capture airborne ligands and transfer them to an olfactory receptor from Drosophila melanogaster (OR22a) complex embedded in the lipid membrane, reproducing the complete olfaction process in which a ligand is captured from air and transported across an aqueous reservoir by an odorant binding protein and finally triggers a ligand-gated ion channel embedded in a lipid bilayer, providing direct evidence for ligand capture and olfactory receptor triggering facilitated by odorant binding proteins. This model system presents a significantly more user-friendly and robust platform to exploit the extraordinary sensitivity of insect olfaction for biosensing. At the same time, the platform offers a new opportunity for label-free studies of the olfactory signaling pathways of insects, which still have many unanswered questions.
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- David Kleinheinz
- Austrian
Institute of Technology GmbH, Giefinggasse 4, Vienna 1210, Austria
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- Austrian
Institute of Technology GmbH, Giefinggasse 4, Vienna 1210, Austria
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- The
New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research, 120 Mount Albert Road, Sandringham, Auckland 1025, New Zealand
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- Austrian
Institute of Technology GmbH, Giefinggasse 4, Vienna 1210, Austria
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- Technische
Universität Wien, Wiedner Hauptstr. 8-10/134, Wien 1040, Austria
- CEST
Kompetenzzentrum für Oberflächentechnologie, Viktor Kaplan-Straße 2, Wiener Neustadt 2700, Austria
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- Department
of Bionanosciences, Institute of Synthetic Bioarchitectures, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
(BOKU), Muthgasse 11, Vienna 1190, Austria
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- Software
Competence Center Hagenberg GmbH, Softwarepark 32a, Hagenberg 4232, Austria
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- Technische
Universität Wien, Wiedner Hauptstr. 8-10/134, Wien 1040, Austria
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- Austrian
Institute of Technology GmbH, Giefinggasse 4, Vienna 1210, Austria
- Danube
Private University, Steiner
Landstraße 124, Krems an der Donau 3500, Austria
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- Austrian
Institute of Technology GmbH, Giefinggasse 4, Vienna 1210, Austria
- Technische
Universität Wien, Wiedner Hauptstr. 8-10/134, Wien 1040, Austria
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Gooran N, Tan SW, Yoon BK, Jackman JA. Unraveling Membrane-Disruptive Properties of Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate and Its Hydrolytic Products: A QCM-D and EIS Study. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24119283. [PMID: 37298235 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24119283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2023] [Revised: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 05/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
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Membrane-disrupting lactylates are an important class of surfactant molecules that are esterified adducts of fatty acid and lactic acid and possess industrially attractive properties, such as high antimicrobial potency and hydrophilicity. Compared with antimicrobial lipids such as free fatty acids and monoglycerides, the membrane-disruptive properties of lactylates have been scarcely investigated from a biophysical perspective, and addressing this gap is important to build a molecular-level understanding of how lactylates work. Herein, using the quartz crystal microbalance-dissipation (QCM-D) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) techniques, we investigated the real-time, membrane-disruptive interactions between sodium lauroyl lactylate (SLL)-a promising lactylate with a 12-carbon-long, saturated hydrocarbon chain-and supported lipid bilayer (SLB) and tethered bilayer lipid membrane (tBLM) platforms. For comparison, hydrolytic products of SLL that may be generated in biological environments, i.e., lauric acid (LA) and lactic acid (LacA), were also tested individually and as a mixture, along with a structurally related surfactant (sodium dodecyl sulfate, SDS). While SLL, LA, and SDS all had equivalent chain properties and critical micelle concentration (CMC) values, our findings reveal that SLL exhibits distinct membrane-disruptive properties that lie in between the rapid, complete solubilizing activity of SDS and the more modest disruptive properties of LA. Interestingly, the hydrolytic products of SLL, i.e., the LA + LacA mixture, induced a greater degree of transient, reversible membrane morphological changes but ultimately less permanent membrane disruption than SLL. These molecular-level insights support that careful tuning of antimicrobial lipid headgroup properties can modulate the spectrum of membrane-disruptive interactions, offering a pathway to design surfactants with tailored biodegradation profiles and reinforcing that SLL has attractive biophysical merits as a membrane-disrupting antimicrobial drug candidate.
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- Negin Gooran
- School of Chemical Engineering and Translational Nanobioscience Research Center, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Translational Nanobioscience Research Center, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- School of Healthcare and Biomedical Engineering, Chonnam National University, Yeosu 59626, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Translational Nanobioscience Research Center, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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Andersson J, Kleinheinz D, Ramach U, Kiesenhofer N, Ashenden A, Valtiner M, Holt S, Koeper I, Schmidpeter PAM, Knoll W. Native Function of the Bacterial Ion Channel SthK in a Sparsely Tethered Lipid Bilayer Membrane Architecture. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:3641-3650. [PMID: 37072125 PMCID: PMC10150356 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c07252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/20/2023]
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The plasma membrane protects the interiors of cells from their surroundings and also plays a critical role in communication, sensing, and nutrient import. As a result, the cell membrane and its constituents are among the most important drug targets. Studying the cell membrane and the processes it facilitates is therefore crucial, but it is a highly complex environment that is difficult to access experimentally. Various model membrane systems have been developed to provide an environment in which membrane proteins can be studied in isolation. Among them, tethered bilayer lipid membranes (tBLMs) are a promising model system providing a solvent-free membrane environment which can be prepared by self-assembly, is resistant to mechanical disturbances and has a high electrical resistance. tBLMs are therefore uniquely suitable to study ion channels and charge transport processes. However, ion channels are often large, complex, multimeric structures and their function requires a particular lipid environment. In this paper, we show that SthK, a bacterial cyclic nucleotide gated (CNG) ion channel that is strongly dependent on the surrounding lipid composition, functions normally when embedded into a sparsely tethered lipid bilayer. As SthK has been very well characterized in terms of structure and function, it is well-suited to demonstrate the utility of tethered membrane systems. A model membrane system suitable for studying CNG ion channels would be useful, as this type of ion channel performs a wide range of physiological functions in bacteria, plants, and mammals and is therefore of fundamental scientific interest as well as being highly relevant to medicine.
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- Jakob Andersson
- Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Giefinggasse 4, 1210 Vienna, Austria
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- Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Giefinggasse 4, 1210 Vienna, Austria
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- Technische Universität Wien, Wiedner Hauptstr. 8-10/134, 1040 Wien, Austria
- CEST Kompetenzzentrum für Oberflächentechnologie, Viktor Kaplan-Straße 2, 2700 Wiener Neustadt, Austria
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- Flinders University of South Australia, Bedford Park SA, 5042 Adelaide, Australia
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- Technische Universität Wien, Wiedner Hauptstr. 8-10/134, 1040 Wien, Austria
- CEST Kompetenzzentrum für Oberflächentechnologie, Viktor Kaplan-Straße 2, 2700 Wiener Neustadt, Austria
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- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization, New Illawarra Rd, Lucas Heights, NSW 2234, Australia
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- Flinders University of South Australia, Bedford Park SA, 5042 Adelaide, Australia
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- Weill Cornell Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States
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- Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Giefinggasse 4, 1210 Vienna, Austria
- Danube Private University, Steiner Landstraße 124, 3500 Krems an der Donau, Austria
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Mechanistic Evaluation of Antimicrobial Lipid Interactions with Tethered Lipid Bilayers by Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy. SENSORS 2022; 22:s22103712. [PMID: 35632121 PMCID: PMC9148023 DOI: 10.3390/s22103712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2022] [Revised: 05/10/2022] [Accepted: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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There is extensive interest in developing real-time biosensing strategies to characterize the membrane-disruptive properties of antimicrobial lipids and surfactants. Currently used biosensing strategies mainly focus on tracking membrane morphological changes such as budding and tubule formation, while there is an outstanding need to develop a label-free biosensing strategy to directly evaluate the molecular-level mechanistic details by which antimicrobial lipids and surfactants disrupt lipid membranes. Herein, using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), we conducted label-free biosensing measurements to track the real-time interactions between three representative compounds—glycerol monolaurate (GML), lauric acid (LA), and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)—and a tethered bilayer lipid membrane (tBLM) platform. The EIS measurements verified that all three compounds are mainly active above their respective critical micelle concentration (CMC) values, while also revealing that GML induces irreversible membrane damage whereas the membrane-disruptive effects of LA are largely reversible. In addition, SDS micelles caused membrane solubilization, while SDS monomers still caused membrane defect formation, shedding light on how antimicrobial lipids and surfactants can be active in, not only micellar form, but also as monomers in some cases. These findings expand our mechanistic knowledge of how antimicrobial lipids and surfactants disrupt lipid membranes and demonstrate the analytical merits of utilizing the EIS sensing approach to comparatively evaluate membrane-disruptive antimicrobial compounds.
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Functional incorporation of the insect odorant receptor coreceptor in tethered lipid bilayer nanoarchitectures. Biosens Bioelectron 2022; 203:114024. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2022.114024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2021] [Revised: 01/06/2022] [Accepted: 01/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Guidelli R, Becucci L. Functional activity of peptide ion channels in tethered bilayer lipid membranes: Review. ELECTROCHEMICAL SCIENCE ADVANCES 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/elsa.202100180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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- Rolando Guidelli
- Department of Chemistry University of Florence Sesto Fiorentino Firenze Italy
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- Ministero dell'Istruzione Scuola Media “Guglielmo Marconi” San Giovanni Valdarno Arezzo Italy
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The Impact of an Anchoring Layer on the Formation of Tethered Bilayer Lipid Membranes on Silver Substrates. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26226878. [PMID: 34833969 PMCID: PMC8624891 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26226878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2021] [Revised: 11/11/2021] [Accepted: 11/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Tethered bilayer lipid membranes (tBLMs) have been known as stable and versatile experimental platforms for protein–membrane interaction studies. In this work, the assembly of functional tBLMs on silver substrates and the effect of the molecular chain-length of backfiller molecules on their properties were investigated. The following backfillers 3-mercapto-1-propanol (3M1P), 4-mercapto-1-butanol (4M1B), 6-mercapto-1-hexanol (6M1H), and 9-mercapto-1-nonanol (9M1N) mixed with the molecular anchor WC14 (20-tetradecyloxy-3,6,9,12,15,18,22 heptaoxahexatricontane-1-thiol) were used to form self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on silver, which influenced a fusion of multilamellar vesicles and the formation of tBLMs. Spectroscopic analysis by SERS and RAIRS has shown that by using different-length backfiller molecules, it is possible to control WC14 anchor molecules orientation on the surface. An introduction of increasingly longer surface backfillers in the mixed SAM may be related to the increasing SAMs molecular order and more vertical orientation of WC14 at both the hydrophilic ethylenoxide segment and the hydrophobic lipid bilayer anchoring alkane chains. Since no clustering of WC14 alkane chains, which is deleterious for tBLM integrity, was observed on dry samples, the suitability of mixed-component SAMs for subsequent tBLM formation was further interrogated by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). EIS showed the arrangement of well-insulating tBLMs if 3M1P was used as a backfiller. An increase in the length of the backfiller led to increased defectiveness of tBLMs. Despite variable defectiveness, all tBLMs responded to the pore-forming cholesterol-dependent cytolysin, vaginolysin in a manner consistent with the functional reconstitution of the toxin into phospholipid bilayer. This experiment demonstrates the biological relevance of tBLMs assembled on silver surfaces and indicates their utility as biosensing elements for the detection of pore-forming toxins in liquid samples.
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Andersson J, Fuller M, Ashenden A, Holt SA, Köper I. Increasing Antibiotic Susceptibility: The Use of Cationic Gold Nanoparticles in Gram-Negative Bacterial Membrane Models. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:9735-9743. [PMID: 34347499 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c01150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Antibiotic resistance will be one of the most prominent challenges to health-care systems in the coming decades, with the OECD predicting that up to 2.4 million deaths will be caused between 2015 and 2050 by drug-resistant bacterial infections in first-world countries alone, with infections costing health-care systems billions of dollars each year. Developing new methods to increase bacterial susceptibility toward drugs is an important step in treating resistant infections. Here, the synergistic effects of gold nanoparticles and the antibiotic drug colistin sulfate have been examined. A tethered lipid bilayer membrane was used to mimic a Gram-negative bacterial cell membrane. Exposing the membrane to gold nanoparticles prior to adding the antibiotic significantly increased the effect of the antibiotic on the membrane. Cationic gold nanoparticles could thus be used to enhance bacterial susceptibility to antibiotics, leading to a more potent treatment.
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- Jakob Andersson
- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Flinders University, Bedford Park 5042, South Australia
- Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering, Australian Nuclear Science Technology Institute, Lucas Heights 2234, New South Wales, Australia
- Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Giefinggase 4, 1210 Vienna, Austria
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Flinders University, Bedford Park 5042, South Australia
- Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering, Australian Nuclear Science Technology Institute, Lucas Heights 2234, New South Wales, Australia
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Flinders University, Bedford Park 5042, South Australia
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- Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering, Australian Nuclear Science Technology Institute, Lucas Heights 2234, New South Wales, Australia
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Flinders University, Bedford Park 5042, South Australia
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Bompard J, Maniti O, Aboukhachfe R, Ausserre D, Girard-Egrot A. BALM: Watching the Formation of Tethered Bilayer Lipid Membranes with Submicron Lateral Resolution. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:9457-9471. [PMID: 34324820 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c01184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Tethered bilayer lipid membranes (tBLMs) are artificial membranes largely used for the in situ study of biological membranes and membrane-associated proteins. To date, the formation of these membranes was essentially monitored by surface averaging techniques like surface plasmon resonance (SPR) and quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D), which cannot provide both local and real-time information in a single approach. Here, we report an original application of backside absorbing layer microscopy (BALM), a novel white-light wide-field optical microscopy, to study tBLMs. Thanks to the combination of sensitivity and resolution, BALM not only allowed the real-time quantitative monitoring of tBLM formation but also enabled the high-resolution visualization of local fluxes and matter exchanges taking place at each step of the process. Quantitative BALM measurements of the final layer thickness, reproduced in parallel with SPR, were consistent with the achievement of a continuous lipid bilayer. This finding was confirmed by BALM imaging, which additionally revealed the heterogeneity of the bilayer during its formation. While established real-time techniques, like SPR or QCM-D, view the surface as homogeneous, BALM showed the presence of surface patterns appearing in the first step of the tBLM formation process and governing subsequent matter adsorption or desorption steps. Finally, matter fluxes persisting even after rinsing at the end of the tBLM formation demonstrated the lasting presence of dispersed vesicular pockets with laterally fluctuating positions over the final single and continuous lipid bilayer. These new mechanistic insights into the tBLM formation process demonstrate the great potential of BALM in the study of complex biological systems.
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- J Bompard
- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires, ICBMS, UMR 5246, GEMBAS Team, Lederer building, 1 rue Victor Grignard, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires, ICBMS, UMR 5246, GEMBAS Team, Lederer building, 1 rue Victor Grignard, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- Lebanese University, Faculty of Technology, Hisbe Street, Saida, Lebanon
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- Institut Molecules & Matériaux du Mans, IMMM CNRS UMR 6283, Le Mans Université, Avenue Olivier Messiaen, 72085 Le Mans, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires, ICBMS, UMR 5246, GEMBAS Team, Lederer building, 1 rue Victor Grignard, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
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Köhler S, Fragneto G, Alcaraz JP, Nelson A, Martin DK, Maccarini M. Nanostructural Characterization of Cardiolipin-Containing Tethered Lipid Bilayers Adsorbed on Gold and Silicon Substrates for Protein Incorporation. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:8908-8923. [PMID: 34286589 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c00119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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A key to the development of lipid membrane-based devices is a fundamental understanding of how the molecular structure of the lipid bilayer membrane is influenced by the type of lipids used to build the membrane. This is particularly important when membrane proteins are included in these devices since the precise lipid environment affects the ability to incorporate membrane proteins and their functionality. Here, we used neutron reflectometry to investigate the structure of tethered bilayer lipid membranes and to characterize the incorporation of the NhaA sodium proton exchanger in the bilayer. The lipid membranes were composed of two lipids, dioleoyl phosphatidylcholine and cardiolipin, and were adsorbed on gold and silicon substrates using two different tethering architectures based on functionalized oligoethylene glycol molecules of different lengths. In all of the investigated samples, the addition of cardiolipin caused distinct structural rearrangement including crowding of ethylene glycol groups of the tethering molecules in the inner head region and a thinning of the lipid tail region. The incorporation of NhaA in the tethered bilayers following two different protocols is quantified, and the way protein incorporation modulates the structural properties of these membranes is detailed.
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- Sebastian Köhler
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, UMR 5525, VetAgro Sup, Grenoble INP, TIMC/SyNaBi, 38000 Grenoble, France
- Institut Laue-Langevin, 38042 Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, UMR 5525, VetAgro Sup, Grenoble INP, TIMC/SyNaBi, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- ANSTO-Sydney, New Illawarra Road, Lucas Heights, NSW 2234, Australia
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, UMR 5525, VetAgro Sup, Grenoble INP, TIMC/SyNaBi, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, UMR 5525, VetAgro Sup, Grenoble INP, TIMC/SyNaBi, 38000 Grenoble, France
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Dziubak D, Sek S. Physicochemical Characterization of Sparsely Tethered Bilayer Lipid Membranes: Structure of Submembrane Water and Nanomechanical Properties. ChemElectroChem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.202100721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Damian Dziubak
- Faculty of Chemistry, Biological & Chemical Research Centre University of Warsaw Zwirki i Wigury 101 02-089 Warsaw Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Biological & Chemical Research Centre University of Warsaw Zwirki i Wigury 101 02-089 Warsaw Poland
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Why Do Tethered-Bilayer Lipid Membranes Suit for Functional Membrane Protein Reincorporation? APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/app11114876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Membrane proteins (MPs) are essential for cellular functions. Understanding the functions of MPs is crucial as they constitute an important class of drug targets. However, MPs are a challenging class of biomolecules to analyze because they cannot be studied outside their native environment. Their structure, function and activity are highly dependent on the local lipid environment, and these properties are compromised when the protein does not reside in the cell membrane. Mammalian cell membranes are complex and composed of different lipid species. Model membranes have been developed to provide an adequate environment to envisage MP reconstitution. Among them, tethered-Bilayer Lipid Membranes (tBLMs) appear as the best model because they allow the lipid bilayer to be decoupled from the support. Thus, they provide a sufficient aqueous space to envisage the proper accommodation of large extra-membranous domains of MPs, extending outside. Additionally, as the bilayer remains attached to tethers covalently fixed to the solid support, they can be investigated by a wide variety of surface-sensitive analytical techniques. This review provides an overview of the different approaches developed over the last two decades to achieve sophisticated tBLMs, with a more and more complex lipid composition and adapted for functional MP reconstitution.
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Gabriunaite I, Valiūnienė A, Sabirovas T, Valincius G. Mixed Silane‐based Self‐assembled Monolayers Deposited on Fluorine Doped Tin Oxide as Model System for Development of Biosensors for Toxin Detection. ELECTROANAL 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/elan.202060578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- Inga Gabriunaite
- Department of Physical Chemistry Faculty of Chemistry and Geosciences Vilnius University Naugarduko 24 Vilnius, LT 03225 Lithuania
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- Department of Physical Chemistry Faculty of Chemistry and Geosciences Vilnius University Naugarduko 24 Vilnius, LT 03225 Lithuania
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- Institute of Biochemistry Life Sciences Centre Vilnius University Sauletekio ave. 7 Vilnius, LT 10257 Lithuania
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- Institute of Biochemistry Life Sciences Centre Vilnius University Sauletekio ave. 7 Vilnius, LT 10257 Lithuania
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Andersson J, Bilotto P, Mears LLE, Fossati S, Ramach U, Köper I, Valtiner M, Knoll W. Solid-supported lipid bilayers - A versatile tool for the structural and functional characterization of membrane proteins. Methods 2020; 180:56-68. [PMID: 32920130 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2020.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2020] [Revised: 09/07/2020] [Accepted: 09/08/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The cellular membrane is central to the development of single-and multicellular life, as it separates the delicate cellular interior from the hostile environment. It exerts tight control over entry and exit of substances, is responsible for signaling with other cells in multicellular organisms and prevents pathogens from entering the cell. In the case of bacteria and viruses, the cellular membrane also hosts the proteins enabling invasion of the host organism. In a very real sense therefore, the cellular membrane is central to all life. The study of the cell membrane and membrane proteins in particular has therefore attracted significant attention. Due to the enormous variety of tasks performed by the membrane, it is a highly complex and challenging structure to study. Ideally, membrane components would be studied in isolation from this environment, but unlike water soluble proteins, the amphiphilic environment provided by the cellular membrane is key to the structure and function of the cell membrane. Therefore, model membranes have been developed to provide an environment in which a membrane protein can be studied. This review presents a set of tools that enable the comprehensive characterization of membrane proteins: electrochemical tools, surface plasmon resonance, neutron scattering, the surface forces apparatus and atomic force microscopy are discussed, with a particular focus on experimental technique and data evaluation.
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- Institute of Applied Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna 1040, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna 1040, Austria
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- AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, 1210 Vienna, Austria; Institute of Applied Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna 1040, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna 1040, Austria; CEST Kompetenzzentrum für elektrochemische Oberflächentechnologie, Wiener Neustadt 2700, Austria
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Institute of Applied Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna 1040, Austria; CEST Kompetenzzentrum für elektrochemische Oberflächentechnologie, Wiener Neustadt 2700, Austria
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- AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, 1210 Vienna, Austria; CEST Kompetenzzentrum für elektrochemische Oberflächentechnologie, Wiener Neustadt 2700, Austria
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Electrochemical Biosensors Based on Membrane-Bound Enzymes in Biomimetic Configurations. SENSORS 2020; 20:s20123393. [PMID: 32560121 PMCID: PMC7349357 DOI: 10.3390/s20123393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2020] [Revised: 06/12/2020] [Accepted: 06/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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In nature, many enzymes are attached or inserted into the cell membrane, having hydrophobic subunits or lipid chains for this purpose. Their reconstitution on electrodes maintaining their natural structural characteristics allows for optimizing their electrocatalytic properties and stability. Different biomimetic strategies have been developed for modifying electrodes surfaces to accommodate membrane-bound enzymes, including the formation of self-assembled monolayers of hydrophobic compounds, lipid bilayers, or liposomes deposition. An overview of the different strategies used for the formation of biomimetic membranes, the reconstitution of membrane enzymes on electrodes, and their applications as biosensors is presented.
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Krywko-Cendrowska A, di Leone S, Bina M, Yorulmaz-Avsar S, Palivan CG, Meier W. Recent Advances in Hybrid Biomimetic Polymer-Based Films: from Assembly to Applications. Polymers (Basel) 2020; 12:E1003. [PMID: 32357541 PMCID: PMC7285097 DOI: 10.3390/polym12051003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2020] [Revised: 04/15/2020] [Accepted: 04/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Biological membranes, in addition to being a cell boundary, can host a variety of proteins that are involved in different biological functions, including selective nutrient transport, signal transduction, inter- and intra-cellular communication, and cell-cell recognition. Due to their extreme complexity, there has been an increasing interest in developing model membrane systems of controlled properties based on combinations of polymers and different biomacromolecules, i.e., polymer-based hybrid films. In this review, we have highlighted recent advances in the development and applications of hybrid biomimetic planar systems based on different polymeric species. We have focused in particular on hybrid films based on (i) polyelectrolytes, (ii) polymer brushes, as well as (iii) tethers and cushions formed from synthetic polymers, and (iv) block copolymers and their combinations with biomacromolecules, such as lipids, proteins, enzymes, biopolymers, and chosen nanoparticles. In this respect, multiple approaches to the synthesis, characterization, and processing of such hybrid films have been presented. The review has further exemplified their bioengineering, biomedical, and environmental applications, in dependence on the composition and properties of the respective hybrids. We believed that this comprehensive review would be of interest to both the specialists in the field of biomimicry as well as persons entering the field.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 24a, BPR 1096, 4058 Basel, Switzerland; (A.K.-C.); (S.d.L.); (M.B.); (S.Y.-A.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 24a, BPR 1096, 4058 Basel, Switzerland; (A.K.-C.); (S.d.L.); (M.B.); (S.Y.-A.)
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Bilotto P, Lengauer M, Andersson J, Ramach U, Mears LLE, Valtiner M. Interaction Profiles and Stability of Rigid and Polymer-Tethered Lipid Bilayer Models at Highly Charged and Highly Adhesive Contacts. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:15552-15563. [PMID: 31475831 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b01942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Understanding interaction force versus distance profiles of supported lipid bilayers (SLBs) is relevant to a number of areas, which rely on these model systems, including, e.g., characterization of ligand/receptor interactions or bacterial adhesion. Here, the stability of 4 different SLB architectures was compared using the surface forces apparatus (SFA) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). Specifically, the outer envelope of the bilayer systems remained constant as 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC). The inner layer was varied between DPPC and 1,2-dipalmitoyl-3-trimethylammonium-propane (DPTAP) both on mica, and self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of hexadecanethiol and the polymer-tethered diphytanylglycerol-tetraethylene glycol-lipoid acid (DPhyTL) on smooth gold surfaces. In that same order these gave an increasing strength of interaction between the inner layer and the supporting substrate and hence improved stability under highly adhesive conditions. Detachment profiles from highly charged and highly adhesive contacts were characterized, and approach characteristics were fitted to DLVO models. We find increasing stability under highly adhesive loads, approaching the hydrophobic limit of the adhesive energy between the inner and outer layers for the SAM-based systems. For all four SLBs we further compare AFM surface topographies, which strongly depend on preparation conditions, and the DLVO fitting of the SFA approach curves finds a strong charge regulation behavior during interaction, dependent on the particular model system. In addition, we find undulation characteristics during approach and separation. The increased stability of the complex architectures on a gold support makes these model systems an ideal starting point for studying more complex strongly adhesive/interacting systems, including, for example, ligand/receptor interactions, biosensing interactions, or cell/surface interactions.
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- Pierluigi Bilotto
- Institute of Applied Physics , Vienna University of Technology , Vienna 1040 , Austria
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- Institute of Applied Physics , Vienna University of Technology , Vienna 1040 , Austria
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- Institute of Applied Physics , Vienna University of Technology , Vienna 1040 , Austria
- CEST Kompetenzzentrum für elektrochemische Oberflächentechnologie , Wiener Neustadt 2700 , Austria
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- Institute of Applied Physics , Vienna University of Technology , Vienna 1040 , Austria
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- Institute of Applied Physics , Vienna University of Technology , Vienna 1040 , Austria
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Alharbi ARM, Andersson JM, Köper I, Andersson GG. Investigating the Structure of Self-Assembled Monolayers Related to Biological Cell Membranes. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:14213-14221. [PMID: 31596586 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b02553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Tethered bilayer lipid membranes are solid supported lipid membranes, where the inner leaflet is covalently linked to the solid supported substrate through anchorlipids. These anchorlipids form a self-assembled monolayer, which serves as the basis of the membrane and also provides submembrane space. The molecular structure and composition of this monolayer has thus significant influence on the membrane structural and functional properties. The density of the self-assembled monolayer can be tailored by adding small molecules to the monolayer. Here, the structure of fully tethered and sparsely tethered monolayers, where the anchorlipid has been diluted with a small surface-active thiol, has been analyzed using neutral impact collision ion scattering spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and metastable induced electron spectroscopy. Combination of these three techniques allowed description of the self-assembly process in detail. The monolayers have been characterized in terms of layer thickness and orientation of the lipids.
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- Biosensor Technologies , Austrian Institute of Technology , 1210 Vienna , Austria
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Squillace O, Esnault C, Pilard JF, Brotons G. Electrodes for Membrane Surface Science. Bilayer Lipid Membranes Tethered by Commercial Surfactants on Electrochemical Sensors. ACS Sens 2019; 4:1337-1345. [PMID: 30977639 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.9b00267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Commercial surfactants, which are inexpensive and abundant, were covalently grafted to flat and transparent electrodes, and it appears to be a simple functionalization route to design biomembrane sensors at large-scale production. Sparsely tethered bilayer lipid membranes (stBLM) were stabilized using such molecular coatings composed of diluted anchor-harpoon surfactants that grab the membrane with an alkyl chain out of a PEGylated-hydrogel layer, which acts as a soft hydration cushion. The goal of avoiding the synthesis of complex organic molecules to scale up sensors was achieved here by grafting nonionic diblock oligomers (Brij58 = C xH2 x+1(OCH2CH2) nOH with x = 16 and n = 23) and PEO short chains ((OCH2CH2) nOH with n = 9 and n = 23) from their hydroxyl (-OH) end-moiety to a monolayer of -Ar-SO2Cl groups, which are easy to form on electrodes (metals, semiconducting materials, ...) from aryl-diazonium salt reduction. A hybrid molecular coating on gold, with scarce Ar-SO2-Brij58 and PEO oligomers, was used to monitor immobilization and fusion kinetics of DOPC small unilamellar vesicles (SUV) by both quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) and surface plasmon resonance (SPR) techniques. Using flat and transparent thin chromium film electrodes, we designed biosensors to couple surface sensitive techniques for membranes, including X-ray reflectivity (XRR), atomic force microscopy (AFM) with subnanometer resolution, and optical microscopy, such as fluorescence recovery after photobleaching measurements (FRAP), in addition to electrochemistry techniques (cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS)). The advantages of this biomembrane-sensing platform are discussed for research and applications.
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- Ophélie Squillace
- IMMM, Institut des Molécules et Matériaux du Mans, Le Mans Université—UFR Sciences et Techniques, Avenue Olivier Messiaen, 72085 Le Mans, France
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- IMMM, Institut des Molécules et Matériaux du Mans, Le Mans Université—UFR Sciences et Techniques, Avenue Olivier Messiaen, 72085 Le Mans, France
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- IMMM, Institut des Molécules et Matériaux du Mans, Le Mans Université—UFR Sciences et Techniques, Avenue Olivier Messiaen, 72085 Le Mans, France
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- IMMM, Institut des Molécules et Matériaux du Mans, Le Mans Université—UFR Sciences et Techniques, Avenue Olivier Messiaen, 72085 Le Mans, France
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Priske G, Su Z, Abbasi F, Lipkowski J, Auzanneau FI. Synthesis and electrochemical characterization of 4-thio pseudo-glycolipids as candidate tethers for lipid bilayer models. Electrochim Acta 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2018.12.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Penkauskas T, Preta G. Biological applications of tethered bilayer lipid membranes. Biochimie 2019; 157:131-141. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2018.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2018] [Accepted: 11/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Clifton LA, Hall SCL, Mahmoudi N, Knowles TJ, Heinrich F, Lakey JH. Structural Investigations of Protein-Lipid Complexes Using Neutron Scattering. Methods Mol Biol 2019; 2003:201-251. [PMID: 31218621 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9512-7_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Neutron scattering has significant benefits for examining the structure of protein-lipid complexes. Cold (slow) neutrons are nondamaging and predominantly interact with the atomic nucleus, meaning that neutron beams can penetrate deeply into samples, which allows for flexibility in the design of samples studied. Most importantly, there is a strong difference in neutron scattering length (i.e., scattering power) between protium ([Formula: see text], 99.98% natural abundance) and deuterium ([Formula: see text] or D, 0.015%). Through the mixing of H2O and D2O in the samples and in some cases the deuterium labeling of the biomolecules, components within a complex can be hidden or enhanced in the scattering signal. This enables both the overall structure and the relative distribution of components within a complex to be resolved. Lipid-protein complexes are most commonly studied using neutron reflectometry (NR) and small angle neutron scattering (SANS). In this review the methodologies to produce and examine a variety of model biological membrane systems using SANS and NR are detailed. These systems include supported lipid bilayers derived from vesicle dispersions or Langmuir-Blodgett deposition, tethered bilayer systems, membrane protein-lipid complexes and polymer wrapped lipid nanodiscs. The three key stages of any SANS/NR study on model membrane systems-sample preparation, data collection, and analysis-are described together with some background on the techniques themselves.
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- Luke A Clifton
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK.
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- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK
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- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- National Institute of Standards and Technology Centre for Neutron Research, Gaithersburg, MD, USA
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- Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
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Andersson J, Fuller MA, Wood K, Holt SA, Köper I. A tethered bilayer lipid membrane that mimics microbial membranes. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:12958-12969. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp01346b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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This work presents a self-assembled lipid bilayer architecture mimicking the outer membrane of Gram negative bacteria.
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- Jakob Andersson
- Flinders Centre for Nanoscale Science and Technology and College of Science and Engineering
- Flinders University
- Adelaide
- Australia
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- Flinders Centre for Nanoscale Science and Technology and College of Science and Engineering
- Flinders University
- Adelaide
- Australia
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- Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
- Kirrawee DC
- Australia
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- Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
- Kirrawee DC
- Australia
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- Flinders Centre for Nanoscale Science and Technology and College of Science and Engineering
- Flinders University
- Adelaide
- Australia
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Interaction of a synthetic antimicrobial peptide with a model bilayer platform mimicking bacterial membranes. Biointerphases 2017; 12:04E404. [PMID: 28859483 DOI: 10.1116/1.5001020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Tethered bimolecular lipid membranes are solid supported membrane systems, which provide a versatile model platform for the study of many membrane related processes. Here, such an architecture has been used to study the interaction of the small synthetic antimicrobial peptide, V4, with membranes of various mixed lipid compositions, including membranes containing bacterial lipids. By investigating the binding of the peptide using a range of surface analytical techniques such as surface plasmon resonance and surface plasmon field-enhanced fluorescence spectroscopy as well as electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, a clear preference of the peptide for negatively charged membranes over zwitterionic ones has been shown. Additionally, the interactions seemed to indicate a cooperative behavior for the peptide binding to a membrane.
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Andersson J, Knobloch JJ, Perkins MV, Holt SA, Köper I. Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Anchorlipids for Tethered Bilayer Lipid Membranes. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:4444-4451. [PMID: 28387116 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Tethered bilayer lipid membranes are versatile solid-supported model membrane systems. Core to these systems is an anchorlipid that covalently links a lipid bilayer to a support. The molecular structure of these lipids can have a significant impact on the properties of the resulting bilayer. Here, the synthesis of anchorlipids containing ester groups in the tethering part is described. The lipids are used to form bilayer membranes, and the resulting structures are compared with membranes formed using conventional anchorlipids or sparsely tethered membranes. All membranes showed good electrical sealing properties; the disulphide-terminated anchorlipids could be used in a sparsely tethered system without significantly reducing the sealing properties of the lipid bilayers. The sparsely tethered systems also allowed for higher ion transport across the membrane, which is in good correlation with higher hydration of the spacer region as seen by neutron scattering.
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- Jakob Andersson
- Flinders Centre for Nanoscalce Science and Technology and School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University , Adelaide 5042, Australia
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- Flinders Centre for Nanoscalce Science and Technology and School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University , Adelaide 5042, Australia
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- Flinders Centre for Nanoscalce Science and Technology and School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University , Adelaide 5042, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation , Locked Bag 2001, Kirrawee DC, New South Wales 2234, Australia
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- Flinders Centre for Nanoscalce Science and Technology and School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University , Adelaide 5042, Australia
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Zhou W, Burke PJ. Versatile Bottom-Up Synthesis of Tethered Bilayer Lipid Membranes on Nanoelectronic Biosensor Devices. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:14618-14632. [PMID: 28387499 PMCID: PMC6373873 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b00268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Interfacing nanoelectronic devices with cell membranes can enable multiplexed detection of fundamental biological processes (such as signal transduction, electrophysiology, and import/export control) even down to the single ion channel level, which can lead to a variety of applications in pharmacology and clinical diagnosis. Therefore, it is necessary to understand and control the chemical and electrical interface between the device and the lipid bilayer membrane. Here, we develop a simple bottom-up approach to assemble tethered bilayer lipid membranes (tBLMs) on silicon wafers and glass slides, using a covalent tether attachment chemistry based on silane functionalization, followed by step-by-step stacking of two other functional molecular building blocks (oligo-poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and lipid). A standard vesicle fusion process was used to complete the bilayer formation. The monolayer synthetic scheme includes three well-established chemical reactions: self-assembly, epoxy-amine reaction, and EDC/NHS cross-linking reaction. All three reactions are facile and simple and can be easily implemented in many research labs, on the basis of common, commercially available precursors using mild reaction conditions. The oligo-PEG acts as the hydrophilic spacer, a key role in the formation of a homogeneous bilayer membrane. To explore the broad applicability of this approach, we have further demonstrated the formation of tBLMs on three common classes of (nano)electronic biosensor devices: indium-tin oxide-coated glass, silicon nanoribbon devices, and high-density single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) networks on glass. More importantly, we incorporated alemethicin into tBLMs and realized the real-time recording of single ion channel activity with high sensitivity and high temporal resolution using the tBLMs/SWNT network transistor hybrid platform. This approach can provide a covalently bonded lipid coating on the oxide layer of nanoelectronic devices, which will enable a variety of applications in the emerging field of nanoelectronic interfaces to electrophysiology.
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- Weiwei Zhou
- Integrated Nanosystems Research Facility, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Integrated Nanosystems Research Facility, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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Seenath R, Leitch JJ, Su Z, Faragher RJ, Schwan AL, Lipkowski J. Measurements of surface concentration and charge number per adsorbed molecule for a thiolipid monolayer tethered to the Au(111) surface by a long hydrophilic chain. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2016.12.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Ragaliauskas T, Mickevicius M, Rakovska B, Penkauskas T, Vanderah DJ, Heinrich F, Valincius G. Fast formation of low-defect-density tethered bilayers by fusion of multilamellar vesicles. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2017; 1859:669-678. [PMID: 28088448 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2017.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2016] [Revised: 12/19/2016] [Accepted: 01/10/2017] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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A facile and reproducible preparation of surface-supported lipid bilayers is essential for fundamental membrane research and biotechnological applications. We demonstrate that multilamellar vesicles fuse to molecular-anchor-grafted surfaces yielding low-defect-density, tethered bilayer membranes. Continuous bilayers are formed within 10min, while the electrically insulating bilayers with <0.1μm-2 defect density can be accomplished within 60min. Surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy indicates that an amount of lipid material transferred from vesicles to a surface is inversely proportional to the density of an anchor, while the total amount of lipid that includes tethered and transferred lipid remains constant within 5% standard error. This attests for the formation of intact bilayers independent of the tethering agent density. Neutron reflectometry (NR) revealed the atomic level structural details of the tethered bilayer showing, among other things, that the total thickness of the hydrophobic slab of the construct was 3.2nm and that the molar fraction of cholesterol in lipid content is essentially the same as the molar fraction of cholesterol in the multilamellar liposomes. NR also indicated the formation of an overlayer with an effective thickness of 1.9nm. These overlayers may be easily removed by a single rinse of the tethered construct with 30% ethanol solution. Fast assembly and low residual defect density achievable within an hour of fusion makes our tethered bilayer methodology an attractive platform for biosensing of membrane damaging agents, such as pore forming toxins.
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- Tadas Ragaliauskas
- Institute of Biochemistry, Vilnius University, Sauletekio 7, Vilnius LT-10257 , Lithuania
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Vilnius University, Sauletekio 7, Vilnius LT-10257 , Lithuania
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Vilnius University, Sauletekio 7, Vilnius LT-10257 , Lithuania
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Vilnius University, Sauletekio 7, Vilnius LT-10257 , Lithuania
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- Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA; Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Vilnius University, Sauletekio 7, Vilnius LT-10257 , Lithuania.
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Andersson J, Köper I. Tethered and Polymer Supported Bilayer Lipid Membranes: Structure and Function. MEMBRANES 2016; 6:E30. [PMID: 27249006 PMCID: PMC4931525 DOI: 10.3390/membranes6020030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2016] [Revised: 05/24/2016] [Accepted: 05/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Solid supported bilayer lipid membranes are model systems to mimic natural cell membranes in order to understand structural and functional properties of such systems. The use of a model system allows for the use of a wide variety of analytical tools including atomic force microscopy, impedance spectroscopy, neutron reflectometry, and surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy. Among the large number of different types of model membranes polymer-supported and tethered lipid bilayers have been shown to be versatile and useful systems. Both systems consist of a lipid bilayer, which is de-coupled from an underlying support by a spacer cushion. Both systems will be reviewed, with an emphasis on the effect that the spacer moiety has on the bilayer properties.
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- Jakob Andersson
- Flinders Centre for Nanoscale Science and Technology, School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia.
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- Flinders Centre for Nanoscale Science and Technology, School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia.
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Analysis of biosurfaces by neutron reflectometry: from simple to complex interfaces. Biointerphases 2015; 10:019014. [PMID: 25779088 DOI: 10.1116/1.4914948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Because of its high sensitivity for light elements and the scattering contrast manipulation via isotopic substitutions, neutron reflectometry (NR) is an excellent tool for studying the structure of soft-condensed material. These materials include model biophysical systems as well as in situ living tissue at the solid-liquid interface. The penetrability of neutrons makes NR suitable for probing thin films with thicknesses of 5-5000 Å at various buried, for example, solid-liquid, interfaces [J. Daillant and A. Gibaud, Lect. Notes Phys. 770, 133 (2009); G. Fragneto-Cusani, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 13, 4973 (2001); J. Penfold, Curr. Opin. Colloid Interface Sci. 7, 139 (2002)]. Over the past two decades, NR has evolved to become a key tool in the characterization of biological and biomimetic thin films. In the current report, the authors would like to highlight some of our recent accomplishments in utilizing NR to study highly complex systems, including in-situ experiments. Such studies will result in a much better understanding of complex biological problems, have significant medical impact by suggesting innovative treatment, and advance the development of highly functionalized biomimetic materials.
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Valincius G, Mickevicius M. Tethered Phospholipid Bilayer Membranes. ADVANCES IN PLANAR LIPID BILAYERS AND LIPOSOMES 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.adplan.2015.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Wallin M, Choi JH, Kim SO, Cho NJ, Andersson M. Peptide-induced formation of a tethered lipid bilayer membrane on mesoporous silica. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 2014; 44:27-36. [DOI: 10.1007/s00249-014-0998-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2014] [Revised: 10/20/2014] [Accepted: 10/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Marquês JT, Viana AS, de Almeida RFM. A biomimetic platform to study the interactions of bioelectroactive molecules with lipid nanodomains. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2014; 30:12627-12637. [PMID: 25267380 DOI: 10.1021/la503086a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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In this work, we developed a biomimetic platform where the study of membrane associated redox processes and high-resolution imaging of lipid nanodomains can be both performed, based on a new functional gold modification, l-cysteine self-assembled monolayer. This monolayer proved to be ideal for the preparation of defect-free planar supported lipid bilayers (SLBs) where nanodomains with height difference of ∼1.5 nm are clearly resolved by atomic force microscopy. Single and multicomponent lipid compositions were used, leading to the formation of different phases and domains mimicking the lateral organization of cellular membranes, and in all cases stable and continuous bilayers were obtained. These platforms were tested toward the interaction with bioelectroactive molecules, the antioxidant quercetin, and the hormone epinephrine. Despite the weak interaction detected between epinephrine and lipid bilayers, our biomimetic interface was able to sense the redox process of membrane-bound epinephrine, obtain its surface concentration (9.36 × 10(-11) mol/cm(2) for a fluid bilayer), and estimate a mole fraction membrane/water partition coefficient (Kp) from cyclic voltammetric measurements (1.13 × 10(4) for a fluid phase membrane). This Kp could be used to quantitatively describe the minute changes observed in the photophysical properties of epinephrine intrinsic fluorescence upon its interaction with liposome suspensions. Moreover, we showed that the lipid membrane stabilizes epinephrine structure, preventing its oxidation, which occurs in neutral aqueous solution, and that epinephrine partition and mobility in membranes depends on lipid phase, expanding our knowledge on hormone membrane interactions.
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- Joaquim T Marquês
- Centro de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa , Ed. C8, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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Becucci L, Faragher RJ, Schwan A. The effect of the hydrophilic spacer length on the functionality of a mercury-supported tethered bilayer lipid membrane. Bioelectrochemistry 2014; 101:92-6. [PMID: 25180906 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2014.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2014] [Revised: 08/08/2014] [Accepted: 08/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A biomimetic membrane consisting of a thiolipid monolayer tethered to a mercury electrode, with a dioleoylphosphatidylcholine (DOPC) monolayer on top of it, was fabricated. The thiolipid, referred to as DPOL, consisted of an octaethyleneoxy (OEO) chain terminated at one end with a lipoic acid residue and covalently linked at the other end to two phytanyl chains. The functionality of this biomimetic membrane, referred to as a tethered bilayer lipid membrane (tBLM), was tested by incorporating gramicidin and alamethicin and verifying their ion channel activity. Advantages and drawbacks with respect to a tBLM using a thiolipid, referred to as DPTL, with a tetraethyleneoxy (TEO) chain were examined by using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, potential-step chronocoulometry and cyclic voltammetry. The maximum charge surface density of potassium ions stored in the OEO spacer amounts to 70μCcm(-2), as compared to a charge surface density of 45μCcm(-2) in the TEO spacer. The lipid bilayer moiety of the DPOL/DOPC tBLM is somewhat leakier than that of the DPTL/DOPC tBLM at potentials negative of about -0.65V vs. the saturated calomel electrode. The estimated value of the surface dipole potential of the OEO spacer amounts to -0.180V and is, therefore, smaller than that, -0.230V, of the TEO spacer.
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- Lucia Becucci
- Institute for the Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds (ICCOM) of the National Research Council, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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Tethered bilayer lipid membranes (tBLMs): interest and applications for biological membrane investigations. Biochimie 2014; 107 Pt A:135-42. [PMID: 24998327 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2014.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2014] [Accepted: 06/25/2014] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Biological membranes play a central role in the biology of the cell. They are not only the hydrophobic barrier allowing separation between two water soluble compartments but also a supra-molecular entity that has vital structural functions. Notably, they are involved in many exchange processes between the outside and inside cellular spaces. Accounting for the complexity of cell membranes, reliable models are needed to acquire current knowledge of the molecular processes occurring in membranes. To simplify the investigation of lipid/protein interactions, the use of biomimetic membranes is an approach that allows manipulation of the lipid composition of specific domains and/or the protein composition, and the evaluation of the reciprocal effects. Since the middle of the 80's, lipid bilayer membranes have been constantly developed as models of biological membranes with the ultimate goal to reincorporate membrane proteins for their functional investigation. In this review, after a brief description of the planar lipid bilayers as biomimetic membrane models, we will focus on the construction of the tethered Bilayer Lipid Membranes, the most promising model for efficient membrane protein reconstitution and investigation of molecular processes occurring in cell membranes.
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Andersson G, Ridings C. Ion Scattering Studies of Molecular Structure at Liquid Surfaces with Applications in Industrial and Biological Systems. Chem Rev 2014; 114:8361-87. [DOI: 10.1021/cr400417f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Gunther Andersson
- Centre
for NanoScale Science
and Technology, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia
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- Centre
for NanoScale Science
and Technology, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia
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Lipid bilayers supported on bare and modified gold – Formation, characterization and relevance of lipid rafts. Electrochim Acta 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.07.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Becucci L, Guidelli R. Mercury-supported biomimetic membranes for the investigation of antimicrobial peptides. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2014; 7:136-68. [PMID: 24463343 PMCID: PMC3942690 DOI: 10.3390/ph7020136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2013] [Accepted: 01/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Tethered bilayer lipid membranes (tBLMs) consist of a lipid bilayer interposed between an aqueous solution and a hydrophilic "spacer" anchored to a gold or mercury electrode. There is great potential for application of these biomimetic membranes for the elucidation of structure-function relationships of membrane peptides and proteins. A drawback in the use of mercury-supported tBLMs with respect to gold-supported ones is represented by the difficulty in applying surface sensitive, spectroscopic and scanning probe microscopic techniques to gather information on the architecture of these biomimetic membranes. Nonetheless, mercury-supported tBLMs are definitely superior to gold-supported biomimetic membranes for the investigation of the function of membrane peptides and proteins, thanks to a fluidity and lipid lateral mobility comparable with those of bilayer lipid membranes interposed between two aqueous phases (BLMs), but with a much higher robustness and resistance to electric fields. The different features of mercury-supported tBLMs reconstituted with functionally active membrane proteins and peptides of bacteriological or pharmacological interest may be disclosed by a judicious choice of the most appropriate electrochemical techniques. We will describe the way in which electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, potential-step chronocoulometry, cyclic voltammetry and phase-sensitive AC voltammetry are conveniently employed to investigate the structure of mercury-supported tBLMs and the mode of interaction of antimicrobial peptides reconstituted into them.
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- Lucia Becucci
- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", Florence University, Via della Lastruccia 3, Sesto Fiorentino (Firenze) 50019, Italy.
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- Retired professor from Florence University, Firenze 50121, Italy.
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Budvytyte R, Valincius G, Niaura G, Voiciuk V, Mickevicius M, Stauffer H, Goh HZ, Shekhar P, Heinrich F, Shenoy S, Lösche M, Vanderah DJ. Structure and properties of tethered bilayer lipid membranes with unsaturated anchor molecules. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2013; 29:8645-56. [PMID: 23745652 PMCID: PMC3753044 DOI: 10.1021/la401132c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of new lipidic anchor molecule HC18 [Z-20-(Z-octadec-9-enyloxy)-3,6,9,12,15,18,22-heptaoxatetracont-31-ene-1-thiol] and mixed HC18/β-mercaptoethanol (βME) SAMs were studied by spectroscopic ellipsometry, contact angle measurements, reflection-absorption infrared spectroscopy, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and were evaluated in tethered bilayer lipid membranes (tBLMs). Our data indicate that HC18, containing a double bond in the alkyl segments, forms highly disordered SAMs up to anchor/βME molar fraction ratios of 80/20 and result in tBLMs that exhibit higher lipid diffusion coefficients relative to those of previous anchor compounds with saturated alkyl chains, as determined by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. EIS data shows the HC18 tBLMs, completed by rapid solvent exchange or vesicle fusion, form more easily than with saturated lipidic anchors, exhibit excellent electrical insulating properties indicating low defect densities, and readily incorporate the pore-forming toxin α-hemolysin. Neutron reflectivity measurements on HC18 tBLMs confirm the formation of complete tBLMs, even at low tether compositions and high ionic lipid compositions. Our data indicate that HC18 results in tBLMs with improved physical properties for the incorporation of integral membrane proteins (IMPs) and that 80% HC18 tBLMs appear to be optimal for practical applications such as biosensors where high electrical insulation and IMP/peptide reconstitution are imperative.
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- Rima Budvytyte
- Institute of Biochemistry, Vilnius University, Vilnius, LT-08662, Lithuania
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Vilnius University, Vilnius, LT-08662, Lithuania
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Vilnius University, Vilnius, LT-08662, Lithuania
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Vilnius University, Vilnius, LT-08662, Lithuania
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- Material Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899
- Hood College, Frederick, MD 21701
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- Physics Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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- Physics Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
- Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899
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- Physics Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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- Physics Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
- Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899
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- Material Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899
- Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, Rockville, MD 20850
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Liu C, Faller R. Conformational, dynamical. and tensional study of tethered bilayer lipid membranes in coarse-grained molecular simulations. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2012; 28:15907-15915. [PMID: 23092246 DOI: 10.1021/la303511p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Tethered bilayer lipid membranes (tBLMs) have attracted great interest recently due to their crucial roles in elucidating fundamental membrane characteristics and the implications in biochemical sensors and pharmaceutical drug carriers. Nevertheless, they have not yet been investigated computationally on the molecular scale. Here, we study tBLMs consisting of DOPCs (1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine) as free lipids and pegylated DOPCs (on phosphate group) as tethers in water by a variation of the MARTINI model. By varying grafting densities and tether lengths, distinct conformational changes from planar to undulated bilayers are observed. Lateral diffusivities and lateral pressure profiles show that the dynamical and tensional states are specific to the system configurations. These results suggest that the conformations, fluidity, and elasticity of the tBLMs can be tuned and manipulated to conform to various requirements in theoretical investigations and technological applications.
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- Chueh Liu
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California-Davis, Davis, California 95616, United States
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Wang X, Shindel MM, Wang SW, Ragan R. Elucidating driving forces for liposome rupture: external perturbations and chemical affinity. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2012; 28:7417-7427. [PMID: 22509939 DOI: 10.1021/la300127m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Atomic force microscopy (AFM) studies under aqueous buffer probed the role of chemical affinity between liposomes, consisting of large unilamellar vesicles, and substrate surfaces in driving vesicle rupture and tethered lipid bilayer membrane (tLBM) formation on Au surfaces. 1,2-Distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine-N-poly(ethylene glycol)-2000-N-[3-(2-pyridyldithio) propionate] (DSPE-PEG-PDP) was added to 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC) vesicles to promote interactions via Au-thiolate bond formation. Forces induced by an AFM tip leading to vesicle rupture on Au were quantified as a function of DSPE-PEG-PDP composition with and without osmotic pressure. The critical forces needed to initiate rupture of vesicles with 2.5, 5, and 10 mol % DSPE-PEG-PDP are approximately 1.1, 0.8, and 0.5 nN, respectively. The critical force needed for tLBM formation decreases from 1.1 nN (without osmotic pressure) to 0.6 nN (with an osmotic pressure due to 5 mM of CaCl(2)) for vesicles having 2.5 mol % DSPE-PEG-PDP. Forces as high as 5 nN did not lead to LBM formation from pure POPC vesicles on Au. DSPE-PEG-PDP appears to be important to anchor and deform vesicles on Au surfaces. This study demonstrates how functional lipids can be used to tune vesicle-surface interactions and elucidates the role of vesicle-substrate interactions in vesicle rupture.
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- Xi Wang
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-2575, USA
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Campos R, Kataky R. Electron Transport in Supported and Tethered Lipid Bilayers Modified with Bioelectroactive Molecules. J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:3909-17. [DOI: 10.1021/jp209772u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Rui Campos
- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
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Valincius G, Meškauskas T, Ivanauskas F. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy of tethered bilayer membranes. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2012; 28:977-90. [PMID: 22126190 DOI: 10.1021/la204054g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The electrochemical impedance spectra (EIS) of tethered bilayer membranes (tBLMs) were analyzed, and the analytical solution for the spectral response of membranes containing natural or artificially introduced defects was derived. The analysis carried out in this work shows that the EIS features of an individual membrane defect cannot be modeled by conventional electrical elements. The primary reason for this is the complex nature of impedance of the submembrane ionic reservoir separating the phospholipid layer and the solid support. We demonstrate that its EIS response, in the case of radially symmetric defects, is described by the Hankel functions of a complex variable. Therefore, neither the impedance of the submembrane reservoir nor the total impedance of tBLMs can be modeled using the conventional elements of the equivalent electrical circuits of interfaces. There are, however, some limiting cases in which the complexity of the EIS response of the submembrane space reduces. In the high frequency limit, the EIS response of a submembrane space that surrounds the defect transforms into a response of a constant phase element (CPE) with the exponent (α) value of 0.5. The onset of this transformation is, beside other parameters, dependent on the defect size. Large-sized defects push the frequency limit lower, therefore, the EIS spectra exhibiting CPE behavior with α ≈ 0.5, can serve as a diagnostic criterion for the presence of such defects. In the low frequency limit, the response is dependent on the density of the defects, and it transforms into the capacitive impedance if the area occupied by a defect is finite. The higher the defect density, the higher the frequency edge at which the onset of the capacitive behavior is observed. Consequently, the presented analysis provides practical tools to evaluate the defect density in tBLMs, which could be utilized in tBLM-based biosensor applications. Alternatively, if the parameters of the defects, e.g., ion channels, such as the diameter and the conductance are known, the EIS data analysis provides a possibility to estimate other physical parameters of the system, such as thickness of the submembrane reservoir and its conductance. Finally, current analysis demonstrates a possibility to discriminate between the situations, in which the membrane defects are evenly distributed or clustered on the surface of tBLMs. Such sensitivity of EIS could be used for elucidation of the mechanisms of interaction between the proteins and the membranes.
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- Gintaras Valincius
- Vilnius University Institute of Biochemistry, Mokslininku 12, LT-08662 Vilnius, Lithuania.
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Kycia AH, Wang J, Merrill AR, Lipkowski J. Atomic force microscopy studies of a floating-bilayer lipid membrane on a Au(111) surface modified with a hydrophilic monolayer. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2011; 27:10867-77. [PMID: 21766864 DOI: 10.1021/la2016269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The surface of a gold electrode was functionalized with a hydrophilic monolayer of 1-thio-β-D-glucose formed by spontaneous self-assembly. The Langmuir-Blodgett/Langmuir-Schaefer (LB/LS) method was then used to assemble a bilayer onto the modified Au(111) surface. The bilayer lipid membrane (BLM) was separated from the Au(111) electrode surface by incorporating the monosialoganglioside GM1 into the inner leaflet of a bilayer composed of 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DMPC) and cholesterol. To make the inner leaflet, monolayers of GM1/DMPC/cholesterol with mole ratios of 1:6:3, 2:5:3, and 3:4:3 were used. The outer leaflet was composed of a 7:3 mole ratio of DMPC/cholesterol. Because of the amphiphilic properties of GM1, the hydrophobic acyl chains were incorporated into the BLM, whereas the large hydrophilic carbohydrate headgroups were physically adsorbed to the Au(111) electrode surface, creating a "floating" BLM (fBLM). This model contained a water-rich reservoir between the BLM and the gold surface. In addition, because of the bilayer being physically adsorbed onto the support, the fluidity of the BLM was maintained. The compression isotherms were measured at the air/water interface to determine the phase behavior and optimal transfer conditions. The images acquired using atomic force microscopy (AFM) and the force-distance measurements showed that the structure of the fBLM evolved with increasing GM1 content from 10 to 30 mol %, undergoing a transition from a corrugated to a homogeneous phase. This change was associated with a significant increase in bilayer thickness (from ∼5.3 to 7.3 nm). The highest-quality fBLM was produced with 30 mol % GM1.
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- Annia H Kycia
- Department of Chemistry, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
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Junghans A, Champagne C, Cayot P, Loupiac C, Köper I. Probing protein-membrane interactions using solid supported membranes. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2011; 27:2709-2716. [PMID: 21319762 DOI: 10.1021/la103200k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Tethered bilayer lipid membranes have been used as a model system to mimic the interactions between the whey protein β-lactoglobulin and a lipid interface. The approach allowed for a detailed study of the lipid-protein interactions, the results being of possible importance in food and cosmetic applications. For such applications, lipid-protein interactions and the interfacial behavior are vital factors in controlling and manipulating process conditions such as emulsion stabilization and gelification. Lipid composition as well as the structural properties of the protein governed their interactions, which were probed by a combination of surface plasmon spectroscopy, neutron reflectivity, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Comparison of results obtained using native and a partially unfolded protein indicated that the protein preferentially forms loosely packed layers at the lipid interface.
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- Ann Junghans
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany
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Tethered bilayer lipid membranes can be used as model platforms to host membrane proteins or membrane-active peptides, which can act as transducers in sensing applications. Here we present the synthesis and characterization of a valinomycin derivative, a depsipeptide that has been functionalized to serve as a redox probe in a lipid bilayer. In addition, we discuss the influence of the molecular structure of the lipid bilayer on its ability to host proteins. By using electrical impedance techniques as well as neutron scattering experiments, a clear correlation between the packing density of the lipids forming the membrane and its ability to host membrane proteins could be shown.
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