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Buta A, Nazaruk E, Dziubak D, Szewczyk A, Bilewicz R. Properties of electrode-supported lipid cubic mesophase films with embedded gramicidin A: structure and ion-transport studies. Bioelectrochemistry 2022; 144:108042. [PMID: 34942573 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2021.108042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2021] [Revised: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
The lipid cubic phase (LCP) is a nanomaterial composed of water channels surrounded by lipid bilayers. LCPs are stable at room temperature and are biocompatible. These features make the lipid cubic phases similar to biological membranes, and hence, are favorable for embedding membrane proteins. We show that the monoolein cubic phase deposited on the electrode forms a 3D lipid bilayer film convenient for electrochemical investigations of membrane proteins. In this research, we studied the effect of embedding an ionophoric peptide, gramicidin A (gA), on the structure and properties of the LCP film. The phase identity and structural parameters of the gramicidin-doped phase were characterized by small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). The potassium ion transport through the film were studied by electroanalytical methods: alternating current voltammetry (ACV), chronoamperometry (CA) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). Increased values for the current of the gramicidin-doped cubic phase compared to the empty cubic phase and changes of the EIS parameters confirmed that the peptide remained in the film in its active dimeric form. Our results show that the LCP can be considered a suitable 3D biomimetic film for the investigation of ion channels and other transporting membrane proteins, and for their application in electrochemical sensors.
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Affiliation(s)
- Aleksandra Buta
- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland; Laboratory of Intracellular Ion Channels, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology Polish Academy of Sciences, Pasteura 3, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, University of Warsaw, Żwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Intracellular Ion Channels, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology Polish Academy of Sciences, Pasteura 3, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland.
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Ozcelik A, Pereira-Cameselle R, von Weber A, Paszkiewicz M, Carlotti M, Paintner T, Zhang L, Lin T, Zhang YQ, Barth JV, van den Nobelen T, Chiechi RC, Jakob M, Heiz U, Chiussi S, Kartouzian A, Klappenberger F, Alonso-Gómez JL. Device-Compatible Chiroptical Surfaces through Self-Assembly of Enantiopure Allenes. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:4548-4553. [PMID: 29551068 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b00305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
Chiroptical methods have been proven to be superior compared to their achiral counterparts for the structural elucidation of many compounds. To expand the use of chiroptical systems to everyday applications, the development of functional materials exhibiting intense chiroptical responses is essential. Particularly, tailored and robust interfaces compatible with standard device operation conditions are required. Herein, we present the design and synthesis of chiral allenes and their use for the functionalization of gold surfaces. The self-assembly results in a monolayer-thin room-temperature-stable upstanding chiral architecture as ascertained by ellipsometry, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure. Moreover, these nanostructures anchored to device-compatible substrates feature intense chiroptical second harmonic generation. Both straightforward preparation of the device-compatible interfaces along with their chiroptical nature provide major prospects for everyday applications.
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Catalysis Research Center , Technische Universität München , Lichtenbergstr. 4 , Garching 85748 , Germany
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- Physik-Department E20 , Technische Universität München , James-Franck-Str. 1 , Garching 85748 , Germany
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- Stratingh Institute for Chemistry & Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials , University of Groningen , Nijenborgh 4 , Groningen 9747 AG , The Netherlands
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- Physik-Department E20 , Technische Universität München , James-Franck-Str. 1 , Garching 85748 , Germany
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- Physik-Department E20 , Technische Universität München , James-Franck-Str. 1 , Garching 85748 , Germany
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- Physik-Department E20 , Technische Universität München , James-Franck-Str. 1 , Garching 85748 , Germany
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- Physik-Department E20 , Technische Universität München , James-Franck-Str. 1 , Garching 85748 , Germany
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- Physik-Department E20 , Technische Universität München , James-Franck-Str. 1 , Garching 85748 , Germany
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- Stratingh Institute for Chemistry & Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials , University of Groningen , Nijenborgh 4 , Groningen 9747 AG , The Netherlands
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Catalysis Research Center , Technische Universität München , Lichtenbergstr. 4 , Garching 85748 , Germany
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Catalysis Research Center , Technische Universität München , Lichtenbergstr. 4 , Garching 85748 , Germany
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Catalysis Research Center , Technische Universität München , Lichtenbergstr. 4 , Garching 85748 , Germany
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- Physik-Department E20 , Technische Universität München , James-Franck-Str. 1 , Garching 85748 , Germany
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Matsunaga S, Shimizu H, Yamada T, Kobayashi T, Kawai M. In Situ STM and Vibrational Study of Nanometer-Scale Reorganization of a Phospholipid Monolayer Accompanied by Potential-Driven Headgroup Digestion. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:13157-13167. [PMID: 28763231 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b01912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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In situ dynamic observation of model biological cell membranes, formed on a water/gold substrate interface, has been performed by the combination of electrochemical scanning tunneling microscopy and reflection infrared absorption vibrational spectroscopy. Monolayers of 1,2-dihexanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DHPC) were formed on alkanethiol-modified gold surfaces in a buffer solution, and the microscopic phase transitions driven by electrochemical potential control were observed more in detail than our previous study on the same system [Electrochem. Commun. 2007, 9, 645-650]. This time the transitions were associated with the chemistry of DHPC by the aid of vibrational spectroscopy and the utilization of deuterium-labeled DHPC molecules. A negative potential shift solidifies the fluidic lipid layers into static striped or grainy features without notable chemical reactions. The first positive potential shift over the virginal DHPC monolayer breaks DHPC into choline and the corresponding phosphatidic acid (DHPA). This is the first case of a phospholipid electrochemical reaction microscopically detected at the solid surface.
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- Soichiro Matsunaga
- Department of Advanced Materials Science, The University of Tokyo , 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8561, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Materials Science, The University of Tokyo , 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8561, Japan
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- RIKEN , 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN , 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- UMR 7213 CNRS, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Strasbourg , 74 route du Rhin, 67401 Illkirch, France
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- Department of Advanced Materials Science, The University of Tokyo , 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8561, Japan
- RIKEN , 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Ogieglo W, Wormeester H, Eichhorn KJ, Wessling M, Benes NE. In situ ellipsometry studies on swelling of thin polymer films: A review. Prog Polym Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2014.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Douliez JP, Navailles L, Dufourc EJ, Nallet F. Fully deuterated magnetically oriented system based on fatty acid direct hexagonal phases. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2014; 30:5075-5081. [PMID: 24758608 DOI: 10.1021/la500808q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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There is strong demand in the field of NMR for simple oriented lipid supramolecular assemblies, the constituents of which can be fully deuterated, for specifically studying the structure of host protonated molecules (e.g., peptides, proteins...) in a lipid environment. Also, small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) in fully deuterated oriented systems is powerful for gaining information on protonated host molecules in a lipid environment by using the contrast proton/deuterium method. Here we report on a very simple system made of fatty acids (dodecanoic and tetradecanoic) and ethanolamine in water. All components of this system can be obtained commercially as perdeuterated. Depending on the molar ratio and the concentration, the system self-assembles at room temperature into a direct hexagonal phase that is oriented by moderate magnetic fields of a few tesla. The orientation occurs within the magnetic field upon cooling the system from its higher-temperature isotropic phase: the lipid cylinders of the hexagonal phase become oriented parallel to the field. This is shown by solid-state NMR using either perdeuterated fatty acids or ethanolamine. This system bears strong interest for studying host protonated molecules but also in materials chemistry for building oriented solid materials.
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- Jean-Paul Douliez
- UMR 1332, Biologie et Pathologie du Fruit, INRA, Centre de Bordeaux, 33883 Villenave d'Ornon, France
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Han WB, Kim Y, An HH, Kim HS, Yoon CS. Stabilization of solid-supported phospholipid multilayer against water by gramicidin addition. J Phys Chem B 2014; 118:3035-40. [PMID: 24552259 DOI: 10.1021/jp408649b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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It was demonstrated that hydrophobicity of solid supported planar dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine (DPPC) phospholipid multilayer can be greatly increased by incorporating a transmembrane protein, gramicidin, into the DPPC membrane. The contact angle of deionized water droplet on the gramicidin-modified DPPC membrane increased from 0° (complete wetting) without gramicidin to 55° after adding 15 mol % gramicidin. The increased hydrophobicity of the gramicidin-modified DPPC membrane allowed the membrane to remain stable at the air/water interface as well as underwater. The Au nanoparticles deposited on the gramicidin-modified DPPC membrane reproduced the characteristic surface plasmon resonance peak after being kept underwater or in phosphate-buffered saline solution for 5 days, attesting to the membrane stability in an aqueous environment. The enhanced underwater stability of the lipid multilayer substantially broadens the potential application of the lipid multilayer which includes biosensing, enzymatic fuel cell, surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy substrate.
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- Won Bae Han
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Hanyang University , Seoul, 133-791, Korea
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Laredo T, Dutcher JR, Lipkowski J. Electric field driven changes of a gramicidin containing lipid bilayer supported on a Au(111) surface. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2011; 27:10072-10087. [PMID: 21707110 DOI: 10.1021/la201625c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Langmuir-Blodgett and Langmuir-Schaeffer methods were employed to deposit a mixed bilayer consisting of 90% of 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DMPC) and 10% of gramicidin (GD), a short 15 residue ion channel forming peptide, onto a Au(111) electrode surface. This architecture allowed us to investigate the effect of the electrostatic potential applied to the electrode on the orientation and conformation of DMPC molecules in the bilayer containing the ion channel. The charge density data were determined from chronocoulometry experiments. The electric field and the potential across the membrane were determined through the use of charge density curves. The magnitudes of potentials across the gold-supported biomimetic membrane were comparable to the transmembrane potential acting on a natural membrane. The information regarding the orientation and conformation of DMPC and GD molecules in the bilayer was obtained from photon polarization modulation infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy (PMIRRAS) measurements. The results show that the bilayer is adsorbed, in direct contact with the metal surface, when the potential across the interface is more positive than -0.4 V and is lifted from the gold surface when the potential across the interface is more negative than -0.4 V. This change in the state of the bilayer has a significant impact on the orientation and conformation of the phospholipid and gramicidin molecules. The potential induced changes in the membrane containing peptide were compared to the changes in the structure of the pure DMPC bilayer determined in earlier studies.
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- Thamara Laredo
- Department of Chemistry, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
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Mao X, Liu Z, Ma J, Pang H, Zhang F. Characterization of a novel β-helix antifreeze protein from the desert beetle Anatolica polita. Cryobiology 2011; 62:91-9. [PMID: 21232534 DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2011.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2010] [Revised: 10/09/2010] [Accepted: 01/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Many ectotherms organisms produce antifreeze proteins (AFPs) which inhibit the growth of ice by binding to the surface of ice crystals. In this study, a novel antifreeze protein gene from the desert beetle Anatolica polita (named as Apafp752) was expressed in a high level in Escherichia coli strain BL21 (DE3). An approximately 30kDa fusion protein thioredoxin (Trx)-ApAFP752 was purified through Ni-NTA affinity chromatography and gel filtration chromatography. The activity of the purified fusion protein Trx-ApAFP752 was analyzed by thermal hysteresis activity (THA) and cryoprotection assay. The results suggested that Trx-ApAFP752 conferred freeze resistance on bacterium in a concentration- and time-dependent manner and the cryoprotective effect increased under alkaline conditions. Circular Dichroism (CD) spectrum analysis showed that the recombinant protein of ApAFP752 possessing β-sheet as the main structure was stable under a wide range of pH from 2.0 to 11.0 and thermal stability below 50°C. The predicted 3D structure showed that Trx-ApAFP752 could form a β-helix structure on the antifreeze protein part, which placed most of the Thr in a regular array on one side of the protein to form a putative ice-binding surface.
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- Xinfang Mao
- Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, China.
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Douliez JP. A novel oriented system made of fatty acid hexagonal phases with tuneable orientation. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2010; 206:171-176. [PMID: 20598599 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2010.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2010] [Revised: 06/08/2010] [Accepted: 06/08/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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There is a strong demand in the field of solid state NMR for oriented lipid supramolecular assemblies. This is mainly devoted to biophysical structural studies or materials chemistry because the NMR signal depends on the orientation. Here we report a novel system made of a fatty acid hexagonal phase which self orient in the magnetic field. The orientation occurs within the magnetic field upon cooling the system from its isotropic phase. The cylinders of the hexagonal phase are then oriented parallel to the field. We take advantage that the hexagonal phase is a gel, i.e., the orientation is maintained fixed within the sample tube to investigate the orientational dependence of the deuterium solid state NMR signal using deuterated fatty acids and D(2)O by manually rotating the sample tube within the coil probe. As expected, the oriented signal follows the low |3cos(2)theta-1| where theta is the angle between the long cylindrical axis and the field. We expect this system to be of interest in materials chemistry and structural biology.
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- Jean-Paul Douliez
- UR 1268, Biopolymères Interactions Assemblages INRA, équipe ISD, Rue de la Géraudière, 44316 Nantes, France.
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