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Cisse A, Desfosses A, Stainer S, Kandiah E, Traore DAK, Bezault A, Schachner-Nedherer AL, Leitinger G, Hoerl G, Hinterdorfer P, Gutsche I, Prassl R, Peters J, Kornmueller K. Targeting structural flexibility in low density lipoprotein by integrating cryo-electron microscopy and high-speed atomic force microscopy. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 252:126345. [PMID: 37619685 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.126345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2023] [Revised: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 08/13/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023]
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Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) plays a crucial role in cholesterol metabolism. Responsible for cholesterol transport from the liver to the organs, LDL accumulation in the arteries is a primary cause of cardiovascular diseases, such as atherosclerosis. This work focuses on the fundamental question of the LDL molecular structure, as well as the topology and molecular motions of apolipoprotein B-100 (apo B-100), which is addressed by single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) and high-speed atomic force microscopy (HS-AFM). Our results suggest a revised model of the LDL core organization with respect to the cholesterol ester (CE) arrangement. In addition, a high-density region close to the flattened poles could be identified, likely enriched in free cholesterol. The most remarkable new details are two protrusions on the LDL surface, attributed to the protein apo B-100. HS-AFM adds the dimension of time and reveals for the first time a highly dynamic direct description of LDL, where we could follow large domain fluctuations of the protrusions in real time. To tackle the inherent flexibility and heterogeneity of LDL, the cryo-EM maps are further assessed by 3D variability analysis. Our study gives a detailed explanation how to approach the intrinsic flexibility of a complex system comprising lipids and protein.
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- Aline Cisse
- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LiPhy, Grenoble, France; Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IBS, Grenoble, France
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- Department of Experimental Applied Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria
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- Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France; Faculté de Pharmacie, Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako (USTTB), Bamako, Mali; Faculty of Natural Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Keele University, Staffordshire, UK
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- Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, UAR3033/US001, Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, INSERM 2, Pessac, France; Structural Image Analysis Unit, Department of Structural Biology and Chemistry, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR3528, Paris, France
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- Gottfried Schatz Research Center for Cell Signaling, Metabolism and Aging, Medical Physics and Biophysics Division, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Gottfried Schatz Research Center for Cell Signaling, Metabolism and Aging, Division of Cell Biology, Histology and Embryology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Otto Loewi Research Center, Physiological Chemistry, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Experimental Applied Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IBS, Grenoble, France
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- Gottfried Schatz Research Center for Cell Signaling, Metabolism and Aging, Medical Physics and Biophysics Division, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LiPhy, Grenoble, France; Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France; Institut Universitaire de France, France.
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- Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France; Gottfried Schatz Research Center for Cell Signaling, Metabolism and Aging, Medical Physics and Biophysics Division, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
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Jakubauskas D, Jansen M, Lyngsø J, Cheng Y, Pedersen JS, Cárdenas M. Toward reliable low-density lipoprotein ultrastructure prediction in clinical conditions: A small-angle X-ray scattering study on individuals with normal and high triglyceride serum levels. NANOMEDICINE-NANOTECHNOLOGY BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2020; 31:102318. [PMID: 33091569 DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2020.102318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Revised: 08/23/2020] [Accepted: 10/05/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Atherosclerosis is the main killer in the west and therefore a major health challenge today. Total serum cholesterol and lipoprotein concentrations, used as clinical markers, fail to predict the majority of cases, especially between the risk scale extremes, due to the high complexity in lipoprotein structure and composition. In particular, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) plays a key role in atherosclerosis development, with LDL size being a parameter considered for determining the risk for cardiovascular diseases. Determining LDL size and structural parameters is challenging to address experimentally under physiological-like conditions. This article describes the biochemistry and ultrastructure of normolipidemic and hypertriglyceridemic LDL fractions and subfractions using small-angle X-ray scattering. Our results conclude that LDL particles of hypertriglyceridemic compared to healthy individuals 1) have lower LDL core melting temperature, 2) have lower cholesteryl ester ordering in their core, 3) are smaller, rounder and more spherical below melting temperature, and 4) their protein-containing shell is thinner above melting temperature.
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- Dainius Jakubauskas
- Biofilms - Research center for Biointerfaces, Dept. of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Health and Society, Malmo University, Malmo, Sweden.
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Medical Centre, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry and Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
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- Department of Materials Science and Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Technology and Society, Malmo University, Malmo, Sweden.
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- Department of Chemistry and Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
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- Biofilms - Research center for Biointerfaces, Dept. of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Health and Society, Malmo University, Malmo, Sweden.
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Starich MR, Tang J, Remaley AT, Tjandra N. Squeezing lipids: NMR characterization of lipoprotein particles under pressure. Chem Phys Lipids 2020; 228:104874. [PMID: 31978380 PMCID: PMC7232691 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2020.104874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Revised: 01/10/2020] [Accepted: 01/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Determining the particle size and number of lipoprotein components found in blood plasma (HDL, LDL and VLDL) has become an important clinical tool in diagnosing risk of cardiovascular disease. Proton (1H) NMR spectroscopy methods to quantify lipoprotein particle subclasses have been advancing since NMR lineshape analysis of plasma samples was first proposed in the 1990's. NMR methods, including a more recent DOSY-based diffusion spectroscopy test, provide the foundation for the advanced lipoprotein tests, including Lipoprotein® and Liposcale® analyses available for clinical use to determine particle size and number. At the time of this submission, no NMR studies exist which explore physical parameters of individual lipoprotein fractions when they are deformed by pressure. This study reports 1H NMR frequency shifts and T2* measurements for the broad methyl peak attributed to terminal methyls (cholesteryl positions 26, 27 and terminal acyl methyl groups) in three primary lipoprotein fractions as a function of hydraulic pressure. This terminal CH3 resonance shifted linearly upfield as a function of pressure for HDL and VLDL (observed slopes of -0.014 Hz/bar). The LDL terminal CH3 resonance shows segmented behavior, with a shallow slope between 0-900 bar (-0.008 hz/bar) and a slope similar to HDL and VDL across the range from 1000 to 2400 bar (slope -0.016 Hz/bar). 1H T2* values measured for VLDL and HDL dropped linearly with increasing pressure. 1H T2* values for LDL demonstrated segmented behavior as a function of pressure. The unique behavior observed for LDL terminal CH3 frequency and 1H T2* trends suggests an approximate pressure at which phase transition occurs.
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- Mary R Starich
- Biochemistry and Biophysics Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Lipoprotein Metabolism Laboratory, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Lipoprotein Metabolism Laboratory, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Biochemistry and Biophysics Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Lipid droplets are cytoplasmic microscale organelles involved in energy homeostasis and handling of cellular lipids and proteins. The core structure is mainly composed of two kinds of neutral lipids, triglycerides and cholesteryl esters, which are coated by a phospholipid monolayer and proteins. Despite the liquid crystalline nature of cholesteryl esters, the connection between the lipid composition and physical states is poorly understood. Here, we present a universal intracellular phase diagram of lipid droplets, semiquantitatively consistent with the in vitro phase diagram, and reveal that cholesterol esters cause the liquid-liquid crystal phase transition under near-physiological conditions. We moreover combine in vivo and in vitro studies, together with the theory of confined liquid crystals, to suggest that the radial molecular alignments in the liquid crystallized lipid droplets are caused by an anchoring force at the droplet surface. Our findings on the phase transition of lipid droplets and resulting molecular organization contribute to a better understanding of their biological functions and diseases.
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Baumstark D, Kremer W, Boettcher A, Schreier C, Sander P, Schmitz G, Kirchhoefer R, Huber F, Kalbitzer HR. 1H NMR spectroscopy quantifies visibility of lipoproteins, subclasses, and lipids at varied temperatures and pressures. J Lipid Res 2019; 60:1516-1534. [PMID: 31239285 PMCID: PMC6718440 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m092643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2019] [Revised: 06/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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NMR-based quantification of human lipoprotein (sub)classes is a powerful high-throughput method for medical diagnostics. We evaluated select proton NMR signals of serum lipoproteins for elucidating the physicochemical features and the absolute NMR visibility of their lipids. We separated human lipoproteins of different subclasses by ultracentrifugation and analyzed them by 1H NMR spectroscopy at different temperatures (283-323 K) and pressures (0.1-200 MPa). In parallel, we determined the total lipid content by extraction with chloroform/methanol. The visibility of different lipids in the 1H NMR spectra strongly depends on temperature and pressure: it increases with increasing temperatures but decreases with increasing pressures. Even at 313 K, only part of the lipoprotein is detected quantitatively. In LDL and in HDL subclasses HDL2 and HDL3, only 39%, 62%, and 90% of the total cholesterol and only 73%, 70%, and 87% of the FAs are detected, respectively. The choline head groups show visibilities of 43%, 75%, and 87% for LDL, HDL2, and HDL3, respectively. The description of the NMR visibility of lipid signals requires a minimum model of three different compartments, A, B, and C. The thermodynamic analysis of compartment B leads to melting temperatures between 282 K and 308 K and to enthalpy differences that vary for the different lipoproteins as well as for the reporter groups selected. In summary, we describe differences in NMR visibility of lipoproteins and variations in biophysical responses of functional groups that are crucial for the accuracy of absolute NMR quantification.
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- Daniela Baumstark
- Institute of Biophysics and Physical BiochemistryUniversity of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany; Centre of Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry and Biomedicine University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysics and Physical BiochemistryUniversity of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany; Centre of Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry and Biomedicine University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine University Hospital Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysics and Physical BiochemistryUniversity of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany; Centre of Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry and Biomedicine University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany; numares AG, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysics and Physical BiochemistryUniversity of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany; Centre of Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry and Biomedicine University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine University Hospital Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysics and Physical BiochemistryUniversity of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany; Centre of Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry and Biomedicine University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany.
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Lehofer B, Golub M, Kornmueller K, Kriechbaum M, Martinez N, Nagy G, Kohlbrecher J, Amenitsch H, Peters J, Prassl R. High Hydrostatic Pressure Induces a Lipid Phase Transition and Molecular Rearrangements in Low-Density Lipoprotein Nanoparticles. PARTICLE & PARTICLE SYSTEMS CHARACTERIZATION : MEASUREMENT AND DESCRIPTION OF PARTICLE PROPERTIES AND BEHAVIOR IN POWDERS AND OTHER DISPERSE SYSTEMS 2018; 35:1800149. [PMID: 30283212 PMCID: PMC6166783 DOI: 10.1002/ppsc.201800149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Low-density lipoproteins (LDL) are natural lipid transporter in human plasma whose chemically modified forms contribute to the progression of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases accounting for a vast majority of deaths in westernized civilizations. For the development of new treatment strategies, it is important to have a detailed picture of LDL nanoparticles on a molecular basis. Through the combination of X-ray and neutron small-angle scattering (SAS) techniques with high hydrostatic pressure (HHP) this study describes structural features of normolipidemic, triglyceride-rich and oxidized forms of LDL. Due to the different scattering contrasts for X-rays and neutrons, information on the effects of HHP on the internal structure determined by lipid rearrangements and changes in particle shape becomes accessible. Independent pressure and temperature variations provoke a phase transition in the lipid core domain. With increasing pressure an inter-related anisotropic deformation and flattening of the particle are induced. All LDL nanoparticles maintain their structural integrity even at 3000 bar and show a reversible response toward pressure variations. The present work depicts the complementarity of pressure and temperature as independent thermodynamic parameters and introduces HHP as a tool to study molecular assembling and interaction processes in distinct lipoprotein particles in a nondestructive manner.
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- Bernhard Lehofer
- Gottfried Schatz Research Center for Cell Signaling, Metabolism and Aging Biophysics, Medical University of Graz, Neue Stiftingtalstraße 6/IV, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institut Laue-Langevin, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38044 Grenoble, France; Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS + CEA, IBS, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Gottfried Schatz Research Center for Cell Signaling, Metabolism and Aging Biophysics, Medical University of Graz, Neue Stiftingtalstraße 6/IV, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institut Laue-Langevin, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38044 Grenoble, France; Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS + CEA, IBS, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland; Wigner Research Centre for Physics, 1121 Budapest, Hungary; European Spallation Source ERIC, 22363 Lund, Sweden
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institut Laue-Langevin, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38044 Grenoble, France; Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LiPhy, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Gottfried Schatz Research Center for Cell Signaling, Metabolism and Aging Biophysics, Medical University of Graz, Neue Stiftingtalstraße 6/IV, 8010 Graz, Austria
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Peters J, Martinez N, Lehofer B, Prassl R. Low-density lipoproteins investigated under high hydrostatic pressure by elastic incoherent neutron scattering. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. E, SOFT MATTER 2017; 40:68. [PMID: 28733727 PMCID: PMC5589066 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2017-11558-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2017] [Accepted: 07/11/2017] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Human low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is a highly complex nano-particle built up of various lipid classes and a single large protein moiety (apoB-100) owning essential physiological functions in the human body. Besides its vital role as a supplier of cholesterol and fat for peripheral tissues and cells, it is also a known key player in the formation of atherosclerosis. Due to these important roles in physiology and pathology the elucidation of structural and dynamical details is of great interest. In the current study we drew a broader picture of LDL dynamics using elastic incoherent neutron scattering (EINS) as a function of specified temperature and pressure points. We not only investigated a normolipidemic LDL sample, but also a triglyceride-rich and an oxidized one to mimic pathologic conditions as found under hyperlipidemic conditions or in atherosclerotic plaques, respectively. We could show that pressure has a significant effect on atomic motions in modified forms of LDL, whereas the normolipidemic sample seems to cope much better with high-pressure conditions irrespective of temperature. These findings might be explained by the altered lipid composition, which is either caused through elevated triglyceride content or modifications through lipid peroxidation.
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- J Peters
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, LiPhy, F-38044, Grenoble, France
- Institut Laue Langevin, F-38000, Grenoble, France
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- Institut Laue Langevin, F-38000, Grenoble, France
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, IBS, F-38000, Grenoble, France
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- Institute of Biophysics, Medical University of Graz, A-8010, Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Biophysics, Medical University of Graz, A-8010, Graz, Austria.
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Pan L, Segrest JP. Computational studies of plasma lipoprotein lipids. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2016; 1858:2401-2420. [PMID: 26969087 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2016.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2016] [Revised: 03/03/2016] [Accepted: 03/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Plasma lipoproteins are macromolecular assemblies of proteins and lipids found in the blood. The lipid components of lipoproteins are amphipathic lipids such as phospholipids (PLs), and unesterified cholesterols (UCs) and hydrophobic lipids such as cholesteryl esters (CEs) and triglycerides (TGs). Since lipoproteins are soft matter supramolecular assemblies easily deformable by thermal fluctuations and they also exist in varying densities and protein/lipid components, a detailed understanding of their structure/function is experimentally difficult. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation has emerged as a particularly promising way to explore the structure and dynamics of lipoproteins. The purpose of this review is to survey the current status of computational studies of the lipid components of the lipoproteins. Computational studies aim to explore three levels of complexity for the 3-dimensional structural dynamics of lipoproteins at various metabolic stages: (i) lipoprotein particles consist of protein with minimal lipid; (ii) lipoprotein particles consist of PL-rich discoidal bilayer-like lipid particles; (iii) mature circulating lipoprotein particles consist of CE-rich or TG-rich spheroidal lipid-droplet-like particles. Due to energy barriers involved in conversion between these species, other biomolecules also participate in lipoprotein biological assembly. For example: (i) lipid-poor apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) interacts with ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) to produce nascent discoidal high density lipoprotein (dHDL) particles; (ii) lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) mediates the conversion of UC to CE in dHDL, driving spheroidal HDL (sHDL) formation; (iii) transfer proteins, cholesterol ester transfer protein (CETP) and phospholipid transfer protein (PLTP), transfer both CE and TG and PL, respectively, between lipoprotein particles. Computational studies have the potential to explore different lipoprotein particles at each metabolic stage in atomistic detail. This review discusses the current status of computational methods including all-atom MD (AAMD), coarse-grain MD (CGMD), and MD-simulated annealing (MDSA) and their applications in lipoprotein structural dynamics and biological assemblies. Results from MD simulations are discussed and compared across studies in order to identify key findings, controversies, issues and future directions. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Biosimulations edited by Ilpo Vattulainen and Tomasz Róg.
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- Lurong Pan
- Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, & Palliative Care, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States
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- Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, & Palliative Care, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States.
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Rasmiena AA, Barlow CK, Ng TW, Tull D, Meikle PJ. High density lipoprotein efficiently accepts surface but not internal oxidised lipids from oxidised low density lipoprotein. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2015; 1861:69-77. [PMID: 26569052 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2015.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2015] [Revised: 10/17/2015] [Accepted: 11/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Oxidised low density lipoprotein (oxLDL) contributes to atherosclerosis, whereas high density lipoprotein (HDL) is known to be atheroprotective due, at least in part, to its ability to remove oxidised lipids from oxLDL. The molecular details of the lipid transfer process are not fully understood. We aimed to identify major oxidised lipid species of oxLDL and investigate their transfer upon co-incubation with HDL with varying levels of oxidation. APPROACH AND RESULTS A total of 14 major species of oxidised phosphatidylcholine and oxidised cholesteryl ester from oxLDL were identified using an untargeted mass spectrometry approach. HDL obtained from pooled plasma of normolipidemic subjects (N=5) was oxidised under mild and heavy oxidative conditions. Non-oxidised (native) HDL and oxidised HDL were co-incubated with oxLDL, re-isolated and lipidomic analysis was performed. Lipoprotein surface lipids, oxidised phosphatidylcholines and oxidised cholesterols (7-ketocholesterol and 7β-hydroxycholesterol), but not internal oxidised cholesteryl esters, were effectively transferred to native HDL. Saturated and monounsaturated lyso-phosphatidylcholines were also transferred from the oxLDL to native HDL. These processes were attenuated when HDL was oxidised under mild and heavy oxidative conditions. The impaired capacities were accompanied by an increase in a ratio of sphingomyelin to phosphatidylcholine and a reduction in phosphatidylserine content in oxidised HDL, both of which are potentially important regulators of the oxidised lipid transfer capacity of HDL. CONCLUSIONS Our study has revealed the differential transfer efficiency of surface and internal oxidised lipids from oxLDL and their acceptance onto HDL. These capacities were modulated when HDL was itself oxidised.
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- Aliki A Rasmiena
- Metabolomics Laboratory, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Metabolomics Laboratory, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Metabolomics Laboratory, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Metabolic Research Centre, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, The University of Western Australia, Western Australia, Australia
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- Metabolomics Australia, Bio21 Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Metabolomics Laboratory, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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Robinson MD, Cistola DP. Nanofluidity of fatty acid hydrocarbon chains as monitored by benchtop time-domain nuclear magnetic resonance. Biochemistry 2014; 53:7515-22. [PMID: 25409529 DOI: 10.1021/bi5011859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The functional properties of lipid-rich assemblies such as serum lipoproteins, cell membranes, and intracellular lipid droplets are modulated by the fluidity of the hydrocarbon chain environment. Existing methods for monitoring hydrocarbon chain fluidity include fluorescence, electron spin resonance, and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy; each possesses advantages and limitations. Here we introduce a new approach based on benchtop time-domain (1)H NMR relaxometry (TD-NMR). Unlike conventional NMR spectroscopy, TD-NMR does not rely on the chemical shift resolution made possible by homogeneous, high-field magnets and Fourier transforms. Rather, it focuses on a multiexponential analysis of the time decay signal. In this study, we investigated a series of single-phase fatty acid oils, which allowed us to correlate (1)H spin-spin relaxation time constants (T2) with experimental measures of sample fluidity, as obtained using a viscometer. Remarkably, benchtop TD-NMR at 40 MHz was able to resolve two to four T2 components in biologically relevant fatty acids, assigned to nanometer-scale domains in different segments of the hydrocarbon chain. The T2 values for each domain were exquisitely sensitive to hydrocarbon chain structure; the largest values were observed for pure fatty acids or mixtures with the highest cis-double bond content. Moreover, the T2 values for each domain exhibited positive linear correlations with fluidity. The TD-NMR T2 and fluidity measurements appear to be monitoring the same underlying phenomenon: variations in hydrocarbon chain packing. The results from this study validate the use of benchtop TD-NMR T2 as a nanofluidity meter and demonstrate its potential for probing nanofluidity in other systems of biological interest.
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- Michelle D Robinson
- Nanoparticle Diagnostics Research Laboratory, Division of Research & Innovation, and Department of Integrative Physiology, University of North Texas Health Science Center , Fort Worth, Texas 76107, United States
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Lancaster JL, Antonijevic T, Starobin JM. Ordering and stability in lipid droplets with applications to low-density lipoproteins. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2014; 89:062708. [PMID: 25019815 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.89.062708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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In this article, we present a framework for investigating the order-disorder transition in lipid droplets using the standard Ising model. While a single lipid droplet is itself a complex system whose constituent cholesteryl esters each possesses many degrees of freedom, we present justification for using this effective approach to isolate the underlying physics. It is argued that the behavior of the esters confined within lipid droplets is significantly different from that of a bulk system of similar esters, which is adequately described by continuum mean-field theory in the thermodynamic limit. When the droplet's shell is modeled as an elastic membrane, a simple picture emerges for a transition between two ordered phases within the core which is tuned by the strength of interactions between the esters. Triglyceride concentration is proposed as a variable which strongly influences the strength of interactions between cholesteryl esters within droplets. The possible relevance of this mechanism to the well known atherogenic nature of small low-density lipoprotein particles is discussed in detail.
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- Jarrett L Lancaster
- Department of Nanoscience, Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2907 E. Lee Street, Greensboro, North Carolina 27401, USA
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- Department of Nanoscience, Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2907 E. Lee Street, Greensboro, North Carolina 27401, USA
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- Department of Nanoscience, Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2907 E. Lee Street, Greensboro, North Carolina 27401, USA
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Koivuniemi A, Sysi-Aho M, Orešič M, Ollila S. Interfacial properties of high-density lipoprotein-like lipid droplets with different lipid and apolipoprotein A-I compositions. Biophys J 2013; 104:2193-201. [PMID: 23708359 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.02.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2012] [Revised: 02/06/2013] [Accepted: 02/14/2013] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The surface properties of high-density lipoproteins (HDLs) are important because different enzymes bind and carry out their functions at the surface of HDL particles during metabolic processes. However, the surface properties of HDL and other lipoproteins are poorly known because they cannot be directly measured for nanoscale particles with contemporary experimental methods. In this work, we carried out coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations to study the concentration of core lipids in the surface monolayer and the interfacial tension of droplets resembling HDL particles. We simulated lipid droplets composed of different amounts of phospholipids, cholesterol esters (CEs), triglycerides (TGs), and apolipoprotein A-Is. Our results reveal that the amount of TGs in the vicinity of water molecules in the phospholipid monolayer is 25-50% higher compared to the amount of CEs in a lipid droplet with a mixed core of an equal amount of TG and CE. In addition, the correlation time for the exchange of molecules between the core and the monolayer is significantly longer for TGs compared to CEs. This suggests that the chemical potential of TG is lower in the vicinity of aqueous phase but the free-energy barrier for the translocation between the monolayer and the core is higher compared to CEs. From the point of view of enzymatic modification, this indicates that TG molecules are more accessible from the aqueous phase. Further, our results point out that CE molecules decrease the interfacial tension of HDL-like lipid droplets whereas TG keeps it constant while the amount of phospholipids varies.
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Prassl R. Human low density lipoprotein: the mystery of core lipid packing. J Lipid Res 2010; 52:187-8. [PMID: 21131533 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.e013417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- Ruth Prassl
- Institute of Biophysics and Nanosystems Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz, Austria.
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Prassl R, Pregetter M, Amenitsch H, Kriechbaum M, Schwarzenbacher R, Chapman JM, Laggner P. Low density lipoproteins as circulating fast temperature sensors. PLoS One 2008; 3:e4079. [PMID: 19114995 PMCID: PMC2603587 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2008] [Accepted: 11/28/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background The potential physiological significance of the nanophase transition of neutral lipids in the core of low density lipoprotein (LDL) particles is dependent on whether the rate is fast enough to integrate small (±2°C) temperature changes in the blood circulation. Methodology/Principal Findings Using sub-second, time-resolved small-angle X-ray scattering technology with synchrotron radiation, we have monitored the dynamics of structural changes within LDL, which were triggered by temperature-jumps and -drops, respectively. Our findings reveal that the melting transition is complete within less than 10 milliseconds. The freezing transition proceeds slowly with a half-time of approximately two seconds. Thus, the time period over which LDL particles reside in cooler regions of the body readily facilitates structural reorientation of the apolar core lipids. Conclusions/Significance Low density lipoproteins, the biological nanoparticles responsible for the transport of cholesterol in blood, are shown to act as intrinsic nano-thermometers, which can follow the periodic temperature changes during blood circulation. Our results demonstrate that the lipid core in LDL changes from a liquid crystalline to an oily state within fractions of seconds. This may, through the coupling to the protein structure of LDL, have important repercussions on current theories of the role of LDL in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis.
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- Ruth Prassl
- Institute of Biophysics and Nanosystems Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz, Austria.
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Molecular structure of low density lipoprotein: current status and future challenges. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 2008; 38:145-58. [DOI: 10.1007/s00249-008-0368-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2008] [Accepted: 08/28/2008] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Czabany T, Wagner A, Zweytick D, Lohner K, Leitner E, Ingolic E, Daum G. Structural and Biochemical Properties of Lipid Particles from the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:17065-74. [DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m800401200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Gómez SL, Turchiello RF, Jurado MC, Boschcov P, Gidlund M, Figueiredo Neto AM. Thermal‐lens effect of low‐density lipoprotein lyotropic‐like aggregates investigated by using the Z‐scan technique. LIQUID CRYSTALS TODAY 2006. [DOI: 10.1080/14645180600912093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Coronado-Gray A, van Antwerpen R. Lipid composition influences the shape of human low density lipoprotein in vitreous ice. Lipids 2005; 40:495-500. [PMID: 16094859 PMCID: PMC1249495 DOI: 10.1007/s11745-005-1409-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Earlier cryo-electron microscopic studies have indicated that the normal low density lipoprotein (N-LDL) has a discoid shape when its core is in the liquid-crystalline state. In the present study, we investigated whether the shape of LDL depends on the physical state and/or the lipid composition of the lipoprotein core. Using a custom-built freezing device, we vitrified NLDL samples from either above or below the phase-transition temperature of the core (42 and 24 degrees C, respectively). Cryo-electron microscopy revealed no differences between these samples and indicated a discoid shape of the N-LDL particle. In contrast, TG-enriched LDL (T-LDL) did not have discoid features and appeared to be quasi-spherical in preparations that were vitrified from either 42 or 24 degrees C. These results suggest that the shape of NLDL is discoid, regardless of the physical state of its core, whereas T-LDL is more spherical. Aspects that may influence the shape of LDL are discussed.
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- * Address correspondence to: Rik van Antwerpen, Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Virginia Campus, Virginia Commonwealth University, P.O. Box 980614, Richmond, Virginia 23298, USA. Telephone: 804-828-3509; Fax: 804-828-1473; E-mail:
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Gómez SL, Turchiello RF, Jurado MC, Boschcov P, Gidlund M, Neto AMF. Characterization of native and oxidized human low-density lipoproteins by the Z-scan technique. Chem Phys Lipids 2005; 132:185-95. [PMID: 15555604 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2004.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2004] [Revised: 07/05/2004] [Accepted: 07/05/2004] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The nonlinear optical response of human normal and oxidized by Cu2+ low-density lipoproteins particles (LDL), were investigated by the Z-scan technique as a function of temperature and concentration of LDL particles. The Z-scan signals increase linearly with concentration of normal LDL particles, following the usual Beer-Lambert law in a broad range of concentrations. The oxidized LDL particles do not show nonlinear optical response. On the other hand, normal LDL increases its nonlinear optical response as a function of temperature. These behaviors can be attributed to an absorbing element that is modified by the oxidative process. Contrarily, changes in the physical state of the cores and conformation of the ApoB100 protein due to an increase in temperature seems to enhance their nonlinear optical properties. This tendency is not due to aggregation of particles. The main contribution to the nonlinear optical response of normal LDL particles comes from the phospholipid fraction of the particles.
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- S L Gómez
- Complex Fluids Group, Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, Caixa Postal 66318, 05315-970 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Sherman MB, Orlova EV, Decker GL, Chiu W, Pownall HJ. Structure of Triglyceride-Rich Human Low-Density Lipoproteins According to Cryoelectron Microscopy. Biochemistry 2003; 42:14988-93. [PMID: 14674775 DOI: 10.1021/bi0354738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) particles from normolipidemic individuals contain a cholesteryl ester-rich core that undergoes a thermal transition from a liquid crystalline to an isotropic liquid phase between 20 and 35 degrees C. LDL from hypertriglyceridemic patients or prepared in vitro by the exchange of very low-density lipoprotein for LDL cholesteryl esters is triglyceride-rich, does not have a thermal transition above 0 degrees C, and exhibits impaired binding to the LDL receptor on normal human skin fibroblasts. Cryoelectron microscopy of LDL quick-frozen from 10 (core-frozen) and 40 degrees C (core-melted) revealed ellipsoidal particles with internal striations and round particles devoid of striations, respectively. Cryoelectron microscopy of triglyceride-rich LDL prepared in vitro revealed particles similar to the core-melted normolipidemic LDL, i.e., round particles without striations. These data suggest that the LDL core in the liquid crystalline phase is characterized by the appearance of striations, whereas LDL with a core that is an isotropic liquid lacks striations. It is suggested that freezing the LDL core into a liquid crystalline phase imposes structural constraints that force LDL from a sphere without partitions to an ellipsoid with partitions. We further suggest that the striation-defined lamellae are a structural feature of a liquid crystalline neutral lipid core that is a determinant of normal binding to the LDL receptor and that conversion of the neutral lipid core of LDL to the isotropic liquid phase via an increase in the temperature or via the addition of triglyceride partially ablates the receptor binding determinants on the LDL surface. This effect is likely achieved through changes in the conformation of apo-B-100. These data suggest that the physical state of the LDL core determines particle shape, surface structure, and metabolic fate.
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- Michael B Sherman
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Hammel M, Laggner P, Prassl R. Structural characterisation of nucleoside loaded low density lipoprotein as a main criterion for the applicability as drug delivery system. Chem Phys Lipids 2003; 123:193-207. [PMID: 12691852 DOI: 10.1016/s0009-3084(03)00002-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The potential role of human low density lipoprotein (LDL) particles as delivery system for lipophilic, cytotoxic drugs critically depends on their structural integrity. In the present study, LDL particles were loaded with antineoplastic prodrugs, i.e. monooleoyl (MOT)- and dioleoyl (DOT)- thymidine esters by different techniques. Using the reconstitution method MOT shows the highest incorporation efficiency with over 80% of the initial drug associated with LDL. In contrast, for the more lipophilic DOT the incorporation efficiency for reconstitution, dry film as well as dimethylsulfoxide method was extremely low. Structural changes upon drug loading were monitored by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). The results show that the influence of MOT and DOT is predominantly confined to the surface monolayer of LDL seen as a destabilisation of the protein moiety and a small increase in particle diameter. The core lipid region of the LDL-drug complexes remains essentially unaffected, as verified by undisturbed core lipid arrangement and core lipid melting behaviour.
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- Michal Hammel
- Institute of Biophysics and X-Ray Structure Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Schmiedlstrasse 6, A-8042, Graz, Austria
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Segrest JP, Jones MK, De Loof H, Dashti N. Structure of apolipoprotein B-100 in low density lipoproteins. J Lipid Res 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)30267-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 359] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Hevonoja T, Pentikäinen MO, Hyvönen MT, Kovanen PT, Ala-Korpela M. Structure of low density lipoprotein (LDL) particles: basis for understanding molecular changes in modified LDL. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2000; 1488:189-210. [PMID: 11082530 DOI: 10.1016/s1388-1981(00)00123-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 271] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Low density lipoprotein (LDL) particles are the major cholesterol carriers in circulation and their physiological function is to carry cholesterol to the cells. In the process of atherogenesis these particles are modified and they accumulate in the arterial wall. Although the composition and overall structure of the LDL particles is well known, the fundamental molecular interactions and their impact on the structure of LDL particles are not well understood. Here, the existing pieces of structural information on LDL particles are combined with computer models of the individual molecular components to give a detailed structural model and visualization of the particles. Strong evidence is presented in favor of interactions between LDL lipid constituents that lead to specific domain formation in the particles. A new three-layer model, which divides the LDL particle into outer surface, interfacial layer, and core, and which is capable of explaining some seemingly contradictory interpretations of molecular interactions in LDL particles, is also presented. A new molecular interaction model for the beta-sheet structure and phosphatidylcholine headgroups is introduced and an overall view of the tertiary structure of apolipoprotein B-100 in the LDL particles is presented. This structural information is also utilized to understand and explain the molecular characteristics and interactions of modified, atherogenic LDL particles.
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- T Hevonoja
- Wihuri Research Institute, Kalliolinnantie 4, FIN-00140 Helsinki, Finland
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Orlova EV, Sherman MB, Chiu W, Mowri H, Smith LC, Gotto AM. Three-dimensional structure of low density lipoproteins by electron cryomicroscopy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999; 96:8420-5. [PMID: 10411890 PMCID: PMC17531 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.15.8420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Human low density lipoproteins (LDL) are the major cholesterol carriers in the blood. Elevated concentration of LDL is a major risk factor for atherosclerotic disease. Purified LDL particles appear heterogeneous in images obtained with a 400-kV electron cryomicroscope. Using multivariate statistical and cluster analyses, an ensemble of randomly oriented particle images has been subdivided into homogeneous subpopulations, and the largest subset was used for three-dimensional reconstruction. In contrast to the general belief that below the lipid phase-transition temperature (30 degrees C) LDL are quasi-spherical microemulsion particles with a radially layered core-shell organization, our three-dimensional map shows that LDL have a well-defined and stable organization. Particles consist of a higher-density outer shell and lower-density inner lamellae-like layers that divide the core into compartments. The outer shell consists of apolipoprotein B-100, phospholipids, and some free cholesterol.
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- E V Orlova
- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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