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Malajczuk CJ, Mancera RL. An atomistic characterization of high-density lipoproteins and the conserved "LN" region of apoA-I. Biophys J 2024; 123:1116-1128. [PMID: 38555508 PMCID: PMC11079945 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2024.03.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2023] [Revised: 03/19/2024] [Accepted: 03/27/2024] [Indexed: 04/02/2024] Open
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The physicochemical characteristics of the various subpopulations of high-density lipoproteins (HDLs) and, in particular, their surface properties determine their ability to scavenge lipids and interact with specific receptors and peptides. Five representative spheroidal HDL subpopulation models were mapped from a previously reported equilibrated coarse-grained (CG) description to an atomistic representation for subsequent molecular dynamics simulation. For each HDL model a range of finer-level analyses was undertaken, including the component-wise characterization of HDL surfaces, the average size and composition of hydrophobic surface patches, dynamic protein secondary structure monitoring, and the proclivity for solvent exposure of the proposed β-amyloid (Aβ) binding region of apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I), "LN." This study reveals that previously characterized ellipsoidal HDL3a and HDL2a models revert to a more spherical geometry in an atomistic representation due to the enhanced conformational flexibility afforded to the apoA-I protein secondary structure, allowing for enhanced surface lipid packing and lower overall surface hydrophobicity. Indeed, the proportional surface hydrophobicity and apoA-I exposure reduced with increasing HDL size, consistent with previous characterizations. Furthermore, solvent exposure of the "LN" region of apoA-I was exclusively limited to the smallest HDL3c model within the timescale of the simulations, and typically corresponded to a distinct loss in secondary structure across the "LN" region to form part of a significant contiguous hydrophobic patch on the HDL surface. Taken together, these findings provide preliminary evidence for a subpopulation-specific interaction between HDL3c particles and circulating hydrophobic species such as Aβ via the exposed "LN" region of apoA-I.
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- Chris J Malajczuk
- Curtin Medical School, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute and Curtin Institute for Data Science, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Curtin Medical School, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute and Curtin Institute for Data Science, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia.
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Human lipoproteins comprise at least 12 different classes that are lognormally distributed. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0275066. [DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 09/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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This study presents the results of HPLC, a gentler and rapid separation method in comparison with the conventional ultracentrifugation, for 55 human serum samples. The elution patterns were analysed parametrically, and the attribute of each class was confirmed biochemically. Human samples contained 12 classes of lipoproteins, each of which may consist primarily of proteins. There are three classes of VLDLs. The level of each class was distributed lognormally, and the standard amount and the 95% range were estimated. Some lipoprotein classes with a narrow range could become ideal indicators of specific diseases. This lognormal character suggests that the levels are controlled by the synergy of multiple factors; multiple undesirable lifestyle habits may drastically increase the levels of specific lipoprotein classes. Lipoproteins in medical samples have been measured by enzymatic methods that coincide with conventional ultracentrifugation; however, the high gravity and time required for ultracentrifugation can cause sample degradation. Actually, the enzymatic methods measured the levels of several mixed classes. The targets of enzymatic methods have to be revised.
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HDL Structure. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2022; 1377:1-11. [DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-1592-5_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Rohatgi A, Westerterp M, von Eckardstein A, Remaley A, Rye KA. HDL in the 21st Century: A Multifunctional Roadmap for Future HDL Research. Circulation 2021; 143:2293-2309. [PMID: 34097448 PMCID: PMC8189312 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.120.044221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 43.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) characterizes an atherogenic dyslipidemia that reflects adverse lifestyle choices, impaired metabolism, and increased cardiovascular risk. Low HDL-C is also associated with increased risk of inflammatory disorders, malignancy, diabetes, and other diseases. This epidemiologic evidence has not translated to raising HDL-C as a viable therapeutic target, partly because HDL-C does not reflect high-density lipoprotein (HDL) function. Mendelian randomization analyses that have found no evidence of a causal relationship between HDL-C levels and cardiovascular risk have decreased interest in increasing HDL-C levels as a therapeutic target. HDLs comprise distinct subpopulations of particles of varying size, charge, and composition that have several dynamic and context-dependent functions, especially with respect to acute and chronic inflammatory states. These functions include reverse cholesterol transport, inhibition of inflammation and oxidation, and antidiabetic properties. HDLs can be anti-inflammatory (which may protect against atherosclerosis and diabetes) and proinflammatory (which may help clear pathogens in sepsis). The molecular regulation of HDLs is complex, as evidenced by their association with multiple proteins, as well as bioactive lipids and noncoding RNAs. Clinical investigations of HDL biomarkers (HDL-C, HDL particle number, and apolipoprotein A through I) have revealed nonlinear relationships with cardiovascular outcomes, differential relationships by sex and ethnicity, and differential patterns with coronary versus noncoronary events. Novel HDL markers may also have relevance for heart failure, cancer, and diabetes. HDL function markers (namely, cholesterol efflux capacity) are associated with coronary disease, but they remain research tools. Therapeutics that manipulate aspects of HDL metabolism remain the holy grail. None has proven to be successful, but most have targeted HDL-C, not metrics of HDL function. Future therapeutic strategies should focus on optimizing HDL function in the right patients at the optimal time in their disease course. We provide a framework to help the research and clinical communities, as well as funding agencies and stakeholders, obtain insights into current thinking on these topics, and what we predict will be an exciting future for research and development on HDLs.
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- Anand Rohatgi
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section Molecular Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Section Chief of Lipoprotein Metabolism Laboratory, Translational Vascular Medicine Branch; National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health; Bethesda, MD
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- School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia, 2052
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Malajczuk CJ, Gandhi NS, Mancera RL. Structure and intermolecular interactions in spheroidal high-density lipoprotein subpopulations. JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY-X 2020; 5:100042. [PMID: 33437963 PMCID: PMC7788233 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjsbx.2020.100042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2020] [Revised: 12/04/2020] [Accepted: 12/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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High-density lipoprotein subpopulations have unique surface profiles and dynamics. Relative hydrophobic surface area decreases with increasing lipoprotein size. Core lipid exposure at the lipoprotein surface decreases with increasing size. Cholesterol molecules localise near apolipoprotein A-I central helices. Lipid and protein interactions stabilise multifoil models of apolipoprotein A-I.
Human serum high-density lipoproteins (HDLs) are a population of small, dense protein-lipid aggregates that are crucial for intravascular lipid trafficking and are protective against cardiovascular disease. The spheroidal HDL subfraction can be separated by size and density into five major subpopulations with distinct molecular compositions and unique biological functionalities: HDL3c, HDL3b, HDL3a, HDL2a and HDL2b. Representative molecular models of these five subpopulations were developed and characterised for the first time in the presence of multiple copies of its primary protein component apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) using coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations. Each HDL model exhibited size, morphological and compositional profiles consistent with experimental observables. With increasing particle size the separation of core and surface molecules became progressively more defined, resulting in enhanced core lipid mixing, reduced core lipid exposure at the surface, and the formation of an interstitial region between core and surface molecules in HDL2b. Cholesterol molecules tended to localise around the central helix-5 of apoA-I, whilst triglyceride molecules predominantly interacted with aromatic, hydrophobic residues located within the terminal helix-10 across all subpopulation models. The three intermediate HDL models exhibited similar surface profiles despite having distinct molecular compositions. ApoA-I in trefoil, quatrefoil and pentafoil arrangements across the surface of HDL particles exhibited significant warping and twisting, but largely retained intermolecular contacts between adjacent apoA-I chains. Representative HDL subpopulations differed in particle size, morphology, intermolecular interaction profiles and lipid and protein dynamics. These findings reveal how different HDL subpopulations might exhibit distinct functional associations depending on particle size, form and composition.
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- Chris J Malajczuk
- School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute and Curtin Institute for Computation, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
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- School of Mathematical Sciences and Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute and Curtin Institute for Computation, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
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Protein Backbone and Average Particle Dynamics in Reconstituted Discoidal and Spherical HDL Probed by Hydrogen Deuterium Exchange and Elastic Incoherent Neutron Scattering. Biomolecules 2020; 10:biom10010121. [PMID: 31936876 PMCID: PMC7022587 DOI: 10.3390/biom10010121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2019] [Revised: 12/29/2019] [Accepted: 01/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Lipoproteins are supramolecular assemblies of proteins and lipids with dynamic characteristics critically linked to their biological functions as plasma lipid transporters and lipid exchangers. Among them, spherical high-density lipoproteins are the most abundant forms of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) in human plasma, active participants in reverse cholesterol transport, and associated with reduced development of atherosclerosis. Here, we employed elastic incoherent neutron scattering (EINS) and hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry (HDX-MS) to determine the average particle dynamics and protein backbone local mobility of physiologically competent discoidal and spherical HDL particles reconstituted with human apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I). Our EINS measurements indicated that discoidal HDL was more dynamic than spherical HDL at ambient temperatures, in agreement with their lipid-protein composition. Combining small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) with contrast variation and MS cross-linking, we showed earlier that the most likely organization of the three apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) chains in spherical HDL is a combination of a hairpin monomer and a helical antiparallel dimer. Here, we corroborated those findings with kinetic studies, employing hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry (HDX-MS). Many overlapping apoA-I digested peptides exhibited bimodal HDX kinetics behavior, suggesting that apoA-I regions with the same amino acid composition located on different apoA-I chains had different conformations and/or interaction environments.
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Kornmueller K, Vidakovic I, Prassl R. Artificial High Density Lipoprotein Nanoparticles in Cardiovascular Research. Molecules 2019; 24:E2829. [PMID: 31382521 PMCID: PMC6695986 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24152829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2019] [Revised: 07/31/2019] [Accepted: 08/01/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Lipoproteins are endogenous nanoparticles which are the major transporter of fats and cholesterol in the human body. They play a key role in the regulatory mechanisms of cardiovascular events. Lipoproteins can be modified and manipulated to act as drug delivery systems or nanocarriers for contrast agents. In particular, high density lipoproteins (HDL), which are the smallest class of lipoproteins, can be synthetically engineered either as nascent HDL nanodiscs or spherical HDL nanoparticles. Reconstituted HDL (rHDL) particles are formed by self-assembly of various lipids and apolipoprotein AI (apo-AI). A variety of substances including drugs, nucleic acids, signal emitting molecules, or dyes can be loaded, making them efficient nanocarriers for therapeutic applications or medical diagnostics. This review provides an overview about synthesis techniques, physicochemical properties of rHDL nanoparticles, and structural determinants for rHDL function. We discuss recent developments utilizing either apo-AI or apo-AI mimetic peptides for the design of pharmaceutical rHDL formulations. Advantages, limitations, challenges, and prospects for clinical translation are evaluated with a special focus on promising strategies for the treatment and diagnosis of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases.
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- Karin Kornmueller
- 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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- 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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- 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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Maric S, Lind TK, Raida MR, Bengtsson E, Fredrikson GN, Rogers S, Moulin M, Haertlein M, Forsyth VT, Wenk MR, Pomorski TG, Arnebrant T, Lund R, Cárdenas M. Time-resolved small-angle neutron scattering as a probe for the dynamics of lipid exchange between human lipoproteins and naturally derived membranes. Sci Rep 2019; 9:7591. [PMID: 31110185 PMCID: PMC6527577 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-43713-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2019] [Accepted: 04/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Atherosclerosis is the main killer in the western world. Today’s clinical markers include the total level of cholesterol and high-/low-density lipoproteins, which often fails to accurately predict the disease. The relationship between the lipid exchange capacity and lipoprotein structure should explain the extent by which they release or accept lipid cargo and should relate to the risk for developing atherosclerosis. Here, small-angle neutron scattering and tailored deuteration have been used to follow the molecular lipid exchange between human lipoprotein particles and cellular membrane mimics made of natural, “neutron invisible” phosphatidylcholines. We show that lipid exchange occurs via two different processes that include lipid transfer via collision and upon direct particle tethering to the membrane, and that high-density lipoprotein excels at exchanging the human-like unsaturated phosphatidylcholine. By mapping the specific lipid content and level of glycation/oxidation, the mode of action of specific lipoproteins can now be deciphered. This information can prove important for the development of improved diagnostic tools and in the treatment of atherosclerosis.
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- Selma Maric
- Dept. of Biomedical Science, Malmö University, Per Albin Hanssons väg 35, 205 02, Malmö, Sweden.
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- Dept. of Biomedical Science, Malmö University, Per Albin Hanssons väg 35, 205 02, Malmö, Sweden
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- Singapore Lipidomics Incubator (SLING), Life Sciences Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Dept. of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Jan Waldenströms gata 35, CRC, Box 50332, 212 13, Malmö, Sweden
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- Dept. of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Jan Waldenströms gata 35, CRC, Box 50332, 212 13, Malmö, Sweden
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- ISIS Science and Technology Facilities Council, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Life Science Group, Institut Laue Langevin, 6, rue Jules Horowitz, BP 156, F-38042, Grenoble, Cedex 9, France
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- Life Science Group, Institut Laue Langevin, 6, rue Jules Horowitz, BP 156, F-38042, Grenoble, Cedex 9, France
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- Life Science Group, Institut Laue Langevin, 6, rue Jules Horowitz, BP 156, F-38042, Grenoble, Cedex 9, France.,Faculty of Natural Science and Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, United Kingdom
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- Singapore Lipidomics Incubator (SLING), Life Sciences Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Dept. of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871, Frederiksberg C, Denmark.,Dept. of Molecular Biochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 44780, Bochum, Germany
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- Dept. of Biomedical Science, Malmö University, Per Albin Hanssons väg 35, 205 02, Malmö, Sweden
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- Dept. of Chemistry, University of Oslo, Blindern, 0315, Oslo, Norway
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- Dept. of Biomedical Science, Malmö University, Per Albin Hanssons väg 35, 205 02, Malmö, Sweden.
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Ho YT, Azman N‘A, Loh FWY, Ong GKT, Engudar G, Kriz SA, Kah JCY. Protein Corona Formed from Different Blood Plasma Proteins Affects the Colloidal Stability of Nanoparticles Differently. Bioconjug Chem 2018; 29:3923-3934. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.8b00743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Yan Teck Ho
- NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Centre for Life Sciences (CeLS), 28 Medical Drive, #05-01, Singapore 117456
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 3, Engineering Block 4, #04-08, Singapore 117583
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 3, Engineering Block 4, #04-08, Singapore 117583
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 3, Engineering Block 4, #04-08, Singapore 117583
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 3, Engineering Block 4, #04-08, Singapore 117583
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Building 203, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, Michigan 49931, United States
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- NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Centre for Life Sciences (CeLS), 28 Medical Drive, #05-01, Singapore 117456
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 3, Engineering Block 4, #04-08, Singapore 117583
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Konishi T, Takahashi Y. Lipoproteins comprise at least 10 different classes in rats, each of which contains a unique set of proteins as the primary component. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0192955. [PMID: 29462161 PMCID: PMC5819787 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0192955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2017] [Accepted: 02/01/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Although lipoproteins are conventionally separated into a few classes using density gradient centrifugation, there may be a much higher number of physical classes that differ in origin or phase. Comprehensive knowledge of the classes of lipoproteins is rather limited, which hinders both the study of their functions and the identification of the primary causes of related diseases. This study aims to determine the number of classes of lipoproteins that can be practically distinguishable and identify the differences between them. We separated rat serum samples by gel filtration. The elution was continuously monitored for triglyceride (TG), cholesterol, and protein, and fractionated for further SDS–PAGE and immunological detection of apoprotein A-I (ApoA1) and apoprotein B (ApoB). The elution patterns were analyzed using a parsimonious method, i.e., the estimation of the least number of classes. Ten classes were recognized that contained different amounts of TG and cholesterol, as well as a unique protein content. Each of the classes contained much more protein than that observed previously, especially in low-density lipoproteins (LDL) classes. In particular, two major antiproteases formed complexes with specific classes of LDL; because these classes exclusively carry cholesterol and antiproteases, they may lead to the progression of atheroma by supplying materials that enlarge fatty streaks and protecting thrombi from enzymatic digestion. The separated classes may have specific biological functions. The attribution of protein species to certain classes will help understand the functions. A distinction among lipoprotein classes may provide important information in the field of vascular pathology.
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- Tomokazu Konishi
- Graduate School of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University, Akita, Japan
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- Division of Food Function Research, Food Research Institute, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Zannis VI, Su S, Fotakis P. Role of apolipoproteins, ABCA1 and LCAT in the biogenesis of normal and aberrant high density lipoproteins. J Biomed Res 2017; 31:471. [PMID: 29109329 PMCID: PMC6307667 DOI: 10.7555/jbr.31.20160082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2016] [Accepted: 08/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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In this review, we focus on the pathway of biogenesis of HDL, the essential role of apoA-I, ATP binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1), and lecithin: cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) in the formation of plasma HDL; the generation of aberrant forms of HDL containing mutant apoA-I forms and the role of apoA-IV and apoE in the formation of distinct HDL subpopulations. The biogenesis of HDL requires functional interactions of the ABCA1 with apoA-I (and to a lesser extent with apoE and apoA-IV) and subsequent interactions of the nascent HDL species thus formed with LCAT. Mutations in apoA-I, ABCA1 and LCAT either prevent or impair the formation of HDL and may also affect the functionality of the HDL species formed. Emphasis is placed on three categories of apoA-I mutations. The first category describes a unique bio-engineered apoA-I mutation that disrupts interactions between apoA-I and ABCA1 and generates aberrant preβ HDL subpopulations that cannot be converted efficiently to α subpopulations by LCAT. The second category describes natural and bio-engineered apoA-I mutations that generate preβ and small size α4 HDL subpopulations, and are associated with low plasma HDL levels. These phenotypes can be corrected by excess LCAT. The third category describes bio-engineered apoA-I mutations that induce hypertriglyceridemia that can be corrected by excess lipoprotein lipase and also have defective maturation of HDL. The HDL phenotypes described here may serve in the future for diagnosis, prognoses and potential treatment of abnormalities that affect the biogenesis and functionality of HDL.
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- Vassilis I. Zannis
- . Molecular Genetics, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
- . Department University of Crete, School of Medicine, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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- . Molecular Genetics, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- . Molecular Genetics, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
- . Department University of Crete, School of Medicine, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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Maric S, Lind TK, Lyngsø J, Cárdenas M, Pedersen JS. Modeling Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Data for Low-Density Lipoproteins: Insights into the Fatty Core Packing and Phase Transition. ACS NANO 2017; 11:1080-1090. [PMID: 28048943 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b08089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
Atherosclerosis and its clinical consequences are the leading cause of death in the western hemisphere. While many studies throughout the last decades have aimed at understanding the disease, the clinical markers in use today still fail to accurately predict the risks. The role of the current main clinical indicator, low density lipoprotein (LDL), in depositing fat to the vessel wall is believed to be the onset of the process. However, many subfractions of the LDL, which differ both in structure and composition, are present in the blood and among different individuals. Understanding the relationship between LDL structure and composition is key to unravel the specific role of various LDL components in the development and/or prevention of atherosclerosis. Here, we describe a model for analyzing small-angle X-ray scattering data for rapid and robust structure determination for the LDL. The model not only gives the overall structure but also the particular internal layering of the fats inside the LDL core. Thus, the melting of the LDL can be followed in situ as a function of temperature for samples extracted from healthy human patients and purified using a double protocol based on ultracentrifugation and size-exclusion chromatography. The model provides information on: (i) the particle-specific melting temperature of the core lipids, (ii) the structural organization of the core fats inside the LDL, (iii) the overall shape of the particle, and (iv) the flexibility and overall conformation of the outer protein/hydrophilic layer at a given temperature as governed by the organization of the core. The advantage of this method over other techniques such as cryo-TEM is the possibility of in situ experiments under near-physiological conditions which can be performed relatively fast (minutes at home source, seconds at synchrotron). This approach now allows the monitoring of structural changes in the LDL upon different stresses from the environment, such as changes in temperature, oxidation, or external agents used or currently in development against atherosclerotic plaque build-up and which are targeting the LDL.
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- Selma Maric
- Biofilms- Research Center for Biointerfaces, Dept. of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University , Malmö 20506, Sweden
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- Biofilms- Research Center for Biointerfaces, Dept. of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University , Malmö 20506, Sweden
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University , 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
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- Biofilms- Research Center for Biointerfaces, Dept. of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University , Malmö 20506, Sweden
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University , 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
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Lai CT, Sun W, Palekar RU, Thaxton CS, Schatz GC. Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Experimental Studies of Gold Nanoparticle Templated HDL-like Nanoparticles for Cholesterol Metabolism Therapeutics. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:1247-1254. [PMID: 28001031 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b12249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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High-density lipoprotein (HDL) plays an important role in the transport and metabolism of cholesterol. Mimics of HDL are being explored as potentially powerful therapeutic agents for removing excess cholesterol from arterial plaques. Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) functionalized with apolipoprotein A-I and with the lipids 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine and 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine-N-[3-(2-pyridyldithio)propionate] have been demonstrated to be robust acceptors of cellular cholesterol. However, detailed structural information about this functionalized HDL AuNP is still lacking. In this study, we have used X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and lecithin/cholesterol acyltransferase activation experiments together with coarse-grained and all-atom molecular dynamics simulations to model the structure and cholesterol uptake properties of the HDL AuNP construct. By simulating different apolipoprotein-loaded AuNPs, we find that lipids are oriented differently in regions with and without apoA-I. We also show that in this functionalized HDL AuNP, the distribution of cholesteryl ester maintains a reverse concentration gradient that is similar to the gradient found in native HDL.
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- Cheng-Tsung Lai
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Urology, Northwestern University , Chicago, Illinois 60611, United States
- Simpson Querrey Institute for Bionanotechnology , 303 East Superior, Chicago, Illinois 60611, United States
- International Institute for Nanotechnology, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Urology, Northwestern University , Chicago, Illinois 60611, United States
- Simpson Querrey Institute for Bionanotechnology , 303 East Superior, Chicago, Illinois 60611, United States
- International Institute for Nanotechnology, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Urology, Northwestern University , Chicago, Illinois 60611, United States
- Simpson Querrey Institute for Bionanotechnology , 303 East Superior, Chicago, Illinois 60611, United States
- International Institute for Nanotechnology, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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Biological Structures. NEUTRON SCATTERING - APPLICATIONS IN BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, AND MATERIALS SCIENCE 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-805324-9.00001-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Chistiakov DA, Orekhov AN, Bobryshev YV. ApoA1 and ApoA1-specific self-antibodies in cardiovascular disease. J Transl Med 2016; 96:708-18. [PMID: 27183204 DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.2016.56] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2016] [Revised: 03/21/2016] [Accepted: 04/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Apolipoprotein A1 (ApoA1) is a main protein moiety in high-density lipoprotein (HDL) particles. Generally, ApoA1 and HDL are considered as atheroprotective. In prooxidant and inflammatory microenvironment in the vicinity to the atherosclerotic lesion, ApoA1/HDL are subjected to modification. The chemical modifications such as oxidation, nitration, etc result in altering native architecture of ApoA1 toward dysfunctionality and abnormality. Neutrophil myeloperoxidase has a prominent role in this mechanism. Neo-epitopes could be formed and then exposed that makes them immunogenic. Indeed, these epitopes may be recognized by immune cells and induce production of proatherogenic ApoA1-specific IgG antibodies. These antibodies are biologically relevant because they are able to react with Toll-like receptor (TLR)-2 and TLR4 in target cells and induce a variety of pro-inflammatory responses. Epidemiological and functional studies underline a prognostic value of ApoA1 self-antibodies for several cardiovascular diseases, including myocardial infarction, acute coronary syndrome, and severe carotid stenosis.
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- Dimitry A Chistiakov
- Department of Molecular Genetic Diagnostics and Cell Biology, Division of Laboratory Medicine, Institute of Pediatrics, Research Center for Children's Health, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.,Faculty of Biology, Department of Biophysics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.,Faculty of Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Campbelltown, NSW, Australia
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Midtgaard SR, Pedersen MC, Arleth L. Small-angle X-ray scattering of the cholesterol incorporation into human ApoA1-POPC discoidal particles. Biophys J 2016. [PMID: 26200866 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.06.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Structural and functional aspects of high-density lipoproteins have been studied for over half a century. Due to the plasticity of this highly complex system, new aspects continue to be discovered. Here, we present a structural study of the human Apolipoprotein A1 (ApoA1) and investigate the role of its N-terminal domain, the so-called globular domain of ApoA1, in discoidal complexes with phospholipids and increasing amounts of cholesterol. Using a combination of solution-based small-angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) and molecular constrained data modeling, we show that the ApoA1-1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC)-based particles are disk shaped with an elliptical cross section and composed by a central lipid bilayer surrounded by two stabilizing ApoA1 proteins. This structure is very similar to the particles formed in the so-called nanodisc system, which is based on N-terminal truncated ApoA1 protein. Although it is commonly agreed that the nanodisc is plain disk shaped, several more advanced structures have been proposed for the full-length ApoA1 in combination with POPC and cholesterol. This prompted us to make a detailed comparative study of the ApoA1 and nanodisc systems upon cholesterol uptake. Based on the presented SAXS analysis it is found that the N-terminal domains of ApoA1-POPC-cholesterol particles are not globular but instead an integrated part of the protein belt stabilizing the particles. Upon incorporation of increasing amounts of cholesterol, the presence of the N-terminal domain allows the bilayer thickness to increase while maintaining an overall flat bilayer structure. This is contrasted by the energetically more strained and less favorable lens shape required to fit the SAXS data from the N-terminal truncated nanodisc system upon cholesterol incorporation. This suggests that the N-terminal domain of ApoA1 actively participates in the stabilization of the ApoA1-POPC-cholesterol discoidal particle and allows for a more optimal lipid packing upon cholesterol uptake.
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- Søren Roi Midtgaard
- X-Ray and Neutron Science, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- X-Ray and Neutron Science, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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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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Gu X, Wu Z, Huang Y, Wagner MA, Baleanu-Gogonea C, Mehl RA, Buffa JA, DiDonato AJ, Hazen LB, Fox PL, Gogonea V, Parks JS, DiDonato JA, Hazen SL. A Systematic Investigation of Structure/Function Requirements for the Apolipoprotein A-I/Lecithin Cholesterol Acyltransferase Interaction Loop of High-density Lipoprotein. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:6386-95. [PMID: 26797122 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.696088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The interaction of lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) with apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) plays a critical role in high-density lipoprotein (HDL) maturation. We previously identified a highly solvent-exposed apoA-I loop domain (Leu(159)-Leu(170)) in nascent HDL, the so-called "solar flare" (SF) region, and proposed that it serves as an LCAT docking site (Wu, Z., Wagner, M. A., Zheng, L., Parks, J. S., Shy, J. M., 3rd, Smith, J. D., Gogonea, V., and Hazen, S. L. (2007) Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. 14, 861-868). The stability and role of the SF domain of apoA-I in supporting HDL binding and activation of LCAT are debated. Here we show by site-directed mutagenesis that multiple residues within the SF region (Pro(165), Tyr(166), Ser(167), and Asp(168)) of apoA-I are critical for both LCAT binding to HDL and LCAT catalytic efficiency. The critical role for possible hydrogen bond interaction at apoA-I Tyr(166) was further supported using reconstituted HDL generated from apoA-I mutants (Tyr(166) → Glu or Asn), which showed preservation in both LCAT binding affinity and catalytic efficiency. Moreover, the in vivo functional significance of NO2-Tyr(166)-apoA-I, a specific post-translational modification on apoA-I that is abundant within human atherosclerotic plaque, was further investigated by using the recombinant protein generated from E. coli containing a mutated orthogonal tRNA synthetase/tRNACUA pair enabling site-specific insertion of the unnatural amino acid into apoA-I. NO2-Tyr(166)-apoA-I, after subcutaneous injection into hLCAT(Tg/Tg), apoA-I(-/-) mice, showed impaired LCAT activation in vivo, with significant reduction in HDL cholesteryl ester formation. The present results thus identify multiple structural features within the solvent-exposed SF region of apoA-I of nascent HDL essential for optimal LCAT binding and catalytic efficiency.
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- Xiaodong Gu
- From the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute, and
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- From the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute, and
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- From the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute, and
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- From the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute, and
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- the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, and
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- From the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute, and
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- From the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute, and
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- From the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute, and
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- From the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute, and
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- From the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute, and the Department of Chemistry, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio 44115
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- the Sections on Molecular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157
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- From the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute, and
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- From the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute, and the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195,
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Gogonea V. Structural Insights into High Density Lipoprotein: Old Models and New Facts. Front Pharmacol 2016; 6:318. [PMID: 26793109 PMCID: PMC4709926 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2015.00318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2015] [Accepted: 12/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The physiological link between circulating high density lipoprotein (HDL) levels and cardiovascular disease is well-documented, albeit its intricacies are not well-understood. An improved appreciation of HDL function and overall role in vascular health and disease requires at its foundation a better understanding of the lipoprotein's molecular structure, its formation, and its process of maturation through interactions with various plasma enzymes and cell receptors that intervene along the pathway of reverse cholesterol transport. This review focuses on summarizing recent developments in the field of lipid free apoA-I and HDL structure, with emphasis on new insights revealed by newly published nascent and spherical HDL models constructed by combining low resolution structures obtained from small angle neutron scattering (SANS) with contrast variation and geometrical constraints derived from hydrogen-deuterium exchange (HDX), crosslinking mass spectrometry, electron microscopy, Förster resonance energy transfer, and electron spin resonance. Recently published low resolution structures of nascent and spherical HDL obtained from SANS with contrast variation and isotopic labeling of apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) will be critically reviewed and discussed in terms of how they accommodate existing biophysical structural data from alternative approaches. The new low resolution structures revealed and also provided some answers to long standing questions concerning lipid organization and particle maturation of lipoproteins. The review will discuss the merits of newly proposed SANS based all atom models for nascent and spherical HDL, and compare them with accepted models. Finally, naturally occurring and bioengineered mutations in apoA-I, and their impact on HDL phenotype, are reviewed and discuss together with new therapeutics employed for restoring HDL function.
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- Valentin Gogonea
- Department of Chemistry, Cleveland State UniversityCleveland, OH, USA; Departments of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and the Center for Cardiovascular Diagnostics and Prevention, Cleveland ClinicCleveland, OH, USA
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Karilainen T, Vuorela T, Vattulainen I. How Well Does BODIPY-Cholesteryl Ester Mimic Unlabeled Cholesteryl Esters in High Density Lipoprotein Particles? J Phys Chem B 2015; 119:15848-56. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b10188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Topi Karilainen
- Department
of Physics, Tampere University of Technology, P.O. Box 692, FI-33101 Tampere, Finland
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- Department
of Physics, Tampere University of Technology, P.O. Box 692, FI-33101 Tampere, Finland
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- Department
of Physics, Tampere University of Technology, P.O. Box 692, FI-33101 Tampere, Finland
- MEMPHYS-Center
for Biomembrane Physics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Department
of Physics, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 43, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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Ho YT, Poinard B, Yeo ELL, Kah JCY. An instantaneous colorimetric protein assay based on spontaneous formation of a protein corona on gold nanoparticles. Analyst 2015; 140:1026-36. [PMID: 25501998 DOI: 10.1039/c4an01819b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Commercial protein assays used ubiquitously in laboratories typically require long incubation times due to the inherently slow protein-reagent reactions. In this study, we report a novel facile technique for the instantaneous measurement of total protein concentration by exploiting the rapid aggregation dynamics of gold nanoparticles (NPs). By adsorbing different amounts of proteins on their surface to form a protein corona, these NPs can be sterically stabilized to different degrees by aggregation, thus exhibiting a spectrum of color change which can be quantitatively characterized by UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy. We evaluated this technique on four model proteins with different structures: bovine serum albumin (BSA), normal mouse immunoglobulin G (IgG), fibrinogen (FBG) and apolipoprotein A-I (Apo-A1) using two approaches, sequential and simultaneous. We obtained an approach-dependent linear concentration range up to 80 μg mL(-1) and 400 μg mL(-1) for sequential and simultaneous approaches, respectively. This linear working range was wider than that of the commercial Bradford assay and comparable to the Micro BCA assay. The simultaneous approach was also able to produce a linear working range of 200 to 1000 μg mL(-1) (R(2) = 0.995) in human urine, while the sequential approach was non-functional in urine. Similar to Micro BCA, the NP-based protein assay was able to elicit a linear response (R(2) > 0.87) for all four proteins with different structures. However, unlike Micro BCA which requires up to 120 min of incubation, we were able to obtain the read-out almost instantaneously without the need for incubation. The NP-based technique using the simultaneous approach can thus be exploited as a novel assay for instantaneous protein quantification to increase the productivity of laboratory processes.
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- Yan Teck Ho
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
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Zhang X, Lei D, Zhang L, Rames M, Zhang S. A model of lipid-free apolipoprotein A-I revealed by iterative molecular dynamics simulation. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0120233. [PMID: 25793886 PMCID: PMC4368682 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2014] [Accepted: 01/29/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Apolipoprotein A-I (apo A-I), the major protein component of high-density lipoprotein, has been proven inversely correlated to cardiovascular risk in past decades. The lipid-free state of apo A-I is the initial stage which binds to lipids forming high-density lipoprotein. Molecular models of lipid-free apo A-I have been reported by methods like X-ray crystallography and chemical cross-linking/mass spectrometry (CCL/MS). Through structural analysis we found that those current models had limited consistency with other experimental results, such as those from hydrogen exchange with mass spectrometry. Through molecular dynamics simulations, we also found those models could not reach a stable equilibrium state. Therefore, by integrating various experimental results, we proposed a new structural model for lipid-free apo A-I, which contains a bundled four-helix N-terminal domain (1–192) that forms a variable hydrophobic groove and a mobile short hairpin C-terminal domain (193–243). This model exhibits an equilibrium state through molecular dynamics simulation and is consistent with most of the experimental results known from CCL/MS on lysine pairs, fluorescence resonance energy transfer and hydrogen exchange. This solution-state lipid-free apo A-I model may elucidate the possible conformational transitions of apo A-I binding with lipids in high-density lipoprotein formation.
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- Xing Zhang
- Department of Applied Physics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
- Molecular Foundry, Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Department of Applied Physics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
- Molecular Foundry, Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Molecular Foundry, Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Molecular Foundry, Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Department of Applied Physics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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Kontush A, Lindahl M, Lhomme M, Calabresi L, Chapman MJ, Davidson WS. Structure of HDL: particle subclasses and molecular components. Handb Exp Pharmacol 2015; 224:3-51. [PMID: 25522985 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-09665-0_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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A molecular understanding of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) will allow a more complete grasp of its interactions with key plasma remodelling factors and with cell-surface proteins that mediate HDL assembly and clearance. However, these particles are notoriously heterogeneous in terms of almost every physical, chemical and biological property. Furthermore, HDL particles have not lent themselves to high-resolution structural study through mainstream techniques like nuclear magnetic resonance and X-ray crystallography; investigators have therefore had to use a series of lower resolution methods to derive a general structural understanding of these enigmatic particles. This chapter reviews current knowledge of the composition, structure and heterogeneity of human plasma HDL. The multifaceted composition of the HDL proteome, the multiple major protein isoforms involving translational and posttranslational modifications, the rapidly expanding knowledge of the HDL lipidome, the highly complex world of HDL subclasses and putative models of HDL particle structure are extensively discussed. A brief history of structural studies of both plasma-derived and recombinant forms of HDL is presented with a focus on detailed structural models that have been derived from a range of techniques spanning mass spectrometry to molecular dynamics.
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- Anatol Kontush
- National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM), UMR-ICAN 1166, Paris, France,
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Zannis VI, Fotakis P, Koukos G, Kardassis D, Ehnholm C, Jauhiainen M, Chroni A. HDL biogenesis, remodeling, and catabolism. Handb Exp Pharmacol 2015; 224:53-111. [PMID: 25522986 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-09665-0_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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In this chapter, we review how HDL is generated, remodeled, and catabolized in plasma. We describe key features of the proteins that participate in these processes, emphasizing how mutations in apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) and the other proteins affect HDL metabolism. The biogenesis of HDL initially requires functional interaction of apoA-I with the ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) and subsequently interactions of the lipidated apoA-I forms with lecithin/cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT). Mutations in these proteins either prevent or impair the formation and possibly the functionality of HDL. Remodeling and catabolism of HDL is the result of interactions of HDL with cell receptors and other membrane and plasma proteins including hepatic lipase (HL), endothelial lipase (EL), phospholipid transfer protein (PLTP), cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP), apolipoprotein M (apoM), scavenger receptor class B type I (SR-BI), ATP-binding cassette transporter G1 (ABCG1), the F1 subunit of ATPase (Ecto F1-ATPase), and the cubulin/megalin receptor. Similarly to apoA-I, apolipoprotein E and apolipoprotein A-IV were shown to form discrete HDL particles containing these apolipoproteins which may have important but still unexplored functions. Furthermore, several plasma proteins were found associated with HDL and may modulate its biological functions. The effect of these proteins on the functionality of HDL is the topic of ongoing research.
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- Vassilis I Zannis
- Molecular Genetics, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA,
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Huang Y, DiDonato JA, Levison BS, Schmitt D, Li L, Wu Y, Buffa J, Kim T, Gerstenecker G, Gu X, Kadiyala C, Wang Z, Culley MK, Hazen JE, DiDonato AJ, Fu X, Berisha S, Peng D, Nguyen T, Liang S, Chuang CC, Cho L, Plow EF, Fox PL, Gogonea V, Tang WW, Parks JS, Fisher EA, Smith JD, Hazen SL. An abundant dysfunctional apolipoprotein A1 in human atheroma. Nat Med 2014; 20:193-203. [PMID: 24464187 PMCID: PMC3923163 DOI: 10.1038/nm.3459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 296] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2013] [Accepted: 12/23/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Recent studies have indicated that high-density lipoproteins (HDLs) and their major structural protein, apolipoprotein A1 (apoA1), recovered from human atheroma are dysfunctional and are extensively oxidized by myeloperoxidase (MPO). In vitro oxidation of either apoA1 or HDL particles by MPO impairs their cholesterol acceptor function. Here, using phage display affinity maturation, we developed a high-affinity monoclonal antibody that specifically recognizes both apoA1 and HDL that have been modified by the MPO-H2O2-Cl(-) system. An oxindolyl alanine (2-OH-Trp) moiety at Trp72 of apoA1 is the immunogenic epitope. Mutagenesis studies confirmed a critical role for apoA1 Trp72 in MPO-mediated inhibition of the ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1)-dependent cholesterol acceptor activity of apoA1 in vitro and in vivo. ApoA1 containing a 2-OH-Trp72 group (oxTrp72-apoA1) is in low abundance within the circulation but accounts for 20% of the apoA1 in atherosclerosis-laden arteries. OxTrp72-apoA1 recovered from human atheroma or plasma is lipid poor, virtually devoid of cholesterol acceptor activity and demonstrated both a potent proinflammatory activity on endothelial cells and an impaired HDL biogenesis activity in vivo. Elevated oxTrp72-apoA1 levels in subjects presenting to a cardiology clinic (n = 627) were associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk. Circulating oxTrp72-apoA1 levels may serve as a way to monitor a proatherogenic process in the artery wall.
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- Ying Huang
- Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- Department of Mathematics, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH 44115
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- Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
- Department of Chemistry, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH 44115
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- Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- Departments of Pathology-Section on Lipid Sciences and Biochemistry, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157
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- Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
- Department of Molecular Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
- Department of Chemistry, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH 44115
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- Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- Departments of Pathology-Section on Lipid Sciences and Biochemistry, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016
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- Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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Walker RG, Deng X, Melchior JT, Morris J, Tso P, Jones MK, Segrest JP, Thompson TB, Davidson WS. The structure of human apolipoprotein A-IV as revealed by stable isotope-assisted cross-linking, molecular dynamics, and small angle x-ray scattering. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:5596-608. [PMID: 24425874 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.541037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Apolipoprotein (apo)A-IV plays important roles in dietary lipid and glucose metabolism, and knowledge of its structure is required to fully understand the molecular basis of these functions. However, typical of the entire class of exchangeable apolipoproteins, its dynamic nature and affinity for lipid has posed challenges to traditional high resolution structural approaches. We previously reported an x-ray crystal structure of a dimeric truncation mutant of apoA-IV, which showed a unique helix-swapping molecular interface. Unfortunately, the structures of the N and C termini that are important for lipid binding were not visualized. To build a more complete model, we used chemical cross-linking to derive distance constraints across the full-length protein. The approach was enhanced with stable isotope labeling to overcome ambiguities in determining molecular span of the cross-links given the remarkable similarities in the monomeric and dimeric apoA-IV structures. Using 51 distance constraints, we created a starting model for full-length monomeric apoA-IV and then subjected it to two modeling approaches: (i) molecular dynamics simulations and (ii) fitting to small angle x-ray scattering data. This resulted in the most detailed models yet for lipid-free monomeric or dimeric apoA-IV. Importantly, these models were of sufficient detail to direct the experimental identification of new functional residues that participate in a "clasp" mechanism to modulate apoA-IV lipid affinity. The isotope-assisted cross-linking approach should prove useful for further study of this family of apolipoproteins in both the lipid-free and -bound states.
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- Ryan G Walker
- From the Departments of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology and
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Gulshan K, Brubaker G, Wang S, Hazen SL, Smith JD. Sphingomyelin depletion impairs anionic phospholipid inward translocation and induces cholesterol efflux. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:37166-79. [PMID: 24220029 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.512244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The phosphatidylserine (PS) floppase activity (outward translocation) of ABCA1 leads to plasma membrane remodeling that plays a role in lipid efflux to apolipoprotein A-I (apoAI) generating nascent high density lipoprotein. The Tangier disease W590S ABCA1 mutation has defective PS floppase activity and diminished cholesterol efflux activity. Here, we report that depletion of sphingomyelin by inhibitors or sphingomyelinase caused plasma membrane remodeling, leading to defective flip (inward translocation) of PS, higher PS exposure, and higher cholesterol efflux from cells by both ABCA1-dependent and ABCA1-independent mechanisms. Mechanistically, sphingomyelin was connected to PS translocation in cell-free liposome studies that showed that sphingomyelin increased the rate of spontaneous PS flipping. Depletion of sphingomyelin in stably transfected HEK293 cells expressing the Tangier disease W590S mutant ABCA1 isoform rescued the defect in PS exposure and restored cholesterol efflux to apoAI. Liposome studies showed that PS directly increased cholesterol accessibility to extraction by cyclodextrin, providing the mechanistic link between cell surface PS and cholesterol efflux. We conclude that altered plasma membrane environment conferred by depleting sphingomyelin impairs PS flip and promotes cholesterol efflux in ABCA1-dependent and -independent manners.
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Leman LJ, Maryanoff BE, Ghadiri MR. Molecules that mimic apolipoprotein A-I: potential agents for treating atherosclerosis. J Med Chem 2013; 57:2169-96. [PMID: 24168751 DOI: 10.1021/jm4005847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Certain amphipathic α-helical peptides can functionally mimic many of the properties of full-length apolipoproteins, thereby offering an approach to modulate high-density lipoprotein (HDL) for combating atherosclerosis. In this Perspective, we summarize the key findings and advances over the past 25 years in the development of peptides that mimic apolipoproteins, especially apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I). This assemblage of information provides a reasonably clear picture of the state of the art in the apolipoprotein mimetic field, an appreciation of the potential for such agents in pharmacotherapy, and a sense of the opportunities for optimizing the functional properties of HDL.
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- Luke J Leman
- Department of Chemistry and The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute , 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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Lu J, Mazer NA, Hübner K. Mathematical models of lipoprotein metabolism and kinetics: current status and future perspective. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.2217/clp.13.52] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Huang Y, Wu Z, Riwanto M, Gao S, Levison BS, Gu X, Fu X, Wagner MA, Besler C, Gerstenecker G, Zhang R, Li XM, DiDonato AJ, Gogonea V, Tang WHW, Smith JD, Plow EF, Fox PL, Shih DM, Lusis AJ, Fisher EA, DiDonato JA, Landmesser U, Hazen SL. Myeloperoxidase, paraoxonase-1, and HDL form a functional ternary complex. J Clin Invest 2013; 123:3815-28. [PMID: 23908111 DOI: 10.1172/jci67478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 195] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2012] [Accepted: 05/23/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Myeloperoxidase (MPO) and paraoxonase 1 (PON1) are high-density lipoprotein-associated (HDL-associated) proteins mechanistically linked to inflammation, oxidant stress, and atherosclerosis. MPO is a source of ROS during inflammation and can oxidize apolipoprotein A1 (APOA1) of HDL, impairing its atheroprotective functions. In contrast, PON1 fosters systemic antioxidant effects and promotes some of the atheroprotective properties attributed to HDL. Here, we demonstrate that MPO, PON1, and HDL bind to one another, forming a ternary complex, wherein PON1 partially inhibits MPO activity, while MPO inactivates PON1. MPO oxidizes PON1 on tyrosine 71 (Tyr71), a modified residue found in human atheroma that is critical for HDL binding and PON1 function. Acute inflammation model studies with transgenic and knockout mice for either PON1 or MPO confirmed that MPO and PON1 reciprocally modulate each other's function in vivo. Further structure and function studies identified critical contact sites between APOA1 within HDL, PON1, and MPO, and proteomics studies of HDL recovered from acute coronary syndrome (ACS) subjects revealed enhanced chlorotyrosine content, site-specific PON1 methionine oxidation, and reduced PON1 activity. HDL thus serves as a scaffold upon which MPO and PON1 interact during inflammation, whereupon PON1 binding partially inhibits MPO activity, and MPO promotes site-specific oxidative modification and impairment of PON1 and APOA1 function.
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- Ying Huang
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Center for Cardiovascular Diagnostics and Prevention, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA
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Segrest JP, Jones MK, Catte A. MD simulations suggest important surface differences between reconstituted and circulating spherical HDL. J Lipid Res 2013; 54:2718-32. [PMID: 23856070 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m039206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Since spheroidal HDL particles (sHDL) are highly dynamic, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are useful for obtaining structural models. Here we use MD to simulate sHDL with stoichiometries of reconstituted and circulating particles. The hydrophobic effect during simulations rapidly remodels discoidal HDL containing mixed lipids to sHDL containing a cholesteryl ester/triglyceride (CE/TG) core. We compare the results of simulations of previously characterized reconstituted sHDL particles containing two or three apoA-I created in the absence of phospholipid transfer protein (PLTP) with simulations of circulating human HDL containing two or three apoA-I without apoA-II. We find that circulating sHDL compared with reconstituted sHDL with the same number of apoA-I per particle contain approximately equal volumes of core lipid but significantly less surface lipid monolayers. We conclude that in vitro reconstituted sHDL particles contain kinetically trapped excess phospholipid and are less than ideal models for circulating sHDL particles. In the circulation, phospholipid transfer via PLTP decreases the ratio of phospholipid to apolipoprotein for all sHDL particles. Further, sHDL containing two or three apoA-I adapt to changes in surface area by condensation of common conformational motifs. These results represent an important step toward resolving the complicated issue of the protein and lipid stoichiometry of circulating HDL.
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- Jere P Segrest
- Department of Medicine and Center for Computational and Structural Dynamics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294
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Breyton C, Gabel F, Lethier M, Flayhan A, Durand G, Jault JM, Juillan-Binard C, Imbert L, Moulin M, Ravaud S, Härtlein M, Ebel C. Small angle neutron scattering for the study of solubilised membrane proteins. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. E, SOFT MATTER 2013; 36:71. [PMID: 23852580 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2013-13071-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2012] [Revised: 04/22/2013] [Accepted: 05/16/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Small angle neutron scattering (SANS) is a powerful technique for investigating association states and conformational changes of biological macromolecules in solution. SANS is of particular interest for the study of the multi-component systems, as membrane protein complexes, for which in vitro characterisation and structure determination are often difficult. This article details the important physical properties of surfactants in view of small angle neutron scattering studies and the interest to deuterate membrane proteins for contrast variation studies. We present strategies for the production of deuterated membrane proteins and methods for quality control. We then review some studies on membrane proteins, and focus on the strategies to overcome the intrinsic difficulty to eliminate homogeneously the detergent or surfactant signal for solubilised membrane proteins, or that of lipids for membrane proteins inserted in liposomes.
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- Cécile Breyton
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS), F-38027, Grenoble, France
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Chetty PS, Nguyen D, Nickel M, Lund-Katz S, Mayne L, Englander SW, Phillips MC. Comparison of apoA-I helical structure and stability in discoidal and spherical HDL particles by HX and mass spectrometry. J Lipid Res 2013; 54:1589-1597. [PMID: 23580759 PMCID: PMC3646460 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m034785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Elucidation of apoA-I secondary structure in spherical plasma HDL particles is essential for understanding HDL structure and function at the molecular level. To provide this information, we have applied hydrogen exchange (HX) and mass spectrometry methods to compare apoA-I secondary structure in discoidal (two apoA-I molecules/particle) and spherical (five apoA-I molecules/particle) HDL particles. The HX kinetics indicate that the locations of helical segments within the apoA-I molecules are the same in both discoidal and spherical HDL particles (approximately 10 nm hydrodynamic diameter). Helix stabilities in both types of particles are 3–5 kcal/mol, consistent with the apoA-I molecules being in a highly dynamic state with helical segments unfolding and refolding in seconds. For the spherical HDL, apoA-I fragments corresponding to residues 115–158 exhibit bimodal HX kinetics consistent with this segment adopting an inter-converting (on the timescale of tens of minutes) helix-loop configuration. The segment adopting this configuration in the 10 nm disc is shorter because the surface area available to each apoA-I molecule is apparently larger. Loop formation in the central region of the apoA-I molecule contributes to the ability of the protein to adapt to changes in available space on the HDL particle surface. Overall, apoA-I secondary structure is largely unaffected by a change in HDL particle shape from disc to sphere.
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- Palaniappan Sevugan Chetty
- Lipid Research Group, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Division, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4318; and
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- Lipid Research Group, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Division, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4318; and
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- Lipid Research Group, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Division, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4318; and
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- Lipid Research Group, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Division, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4318; and
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- The Johnson Research Foundation, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4318
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- The Johnson Research Foundation, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4318
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- Lipid Research Group, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Division, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4318; and.
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Bao H, Dalal K, Wang V, Rouiller I, Duong F. The maltose ABC transporter: action of membrane lipids on the transporter stability, coupling and ATPase activity. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2013; 1828:1723-30. [PMID: 23562402 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2013.03.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2012] [Revised: 03/13/2013] [Accepted: 03/25/2013] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The coupling between ATP hydrolysis and substrate transport remains a key question in the understanding of ABC-mediated transport. We show using the MalFGK2 complex reconstituted into nanodiscs, that membrane lipids participate directly to the coupling reaction by stabilizing the transporter in a low energy conformation. When surrounded by short acyl chain phospholipids, the transporter is unstable and hydrolyzes large amounts of ATP without inducing maltose. The presence of long acyl chain phospholipids stabilizes the conformational dynamics of the transporter, reduces its ATPase activity and restores dependence on maltose. Membrane lipids therefore play an essential allosteric function, they restrict the transporter ATPase activity to increase coupling to the substrate. In support to the notion, we show that increasing the conformational dynamics of MalFGK2 with mutations in MalF increases the transporter ATPase activity but decreases the maltose transport efficiency.
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- Huan Bao
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Spagnuolo MS, Di Stasi R, De Rosa L, Maresca B, Cigliano L, D'Andrea LD. Analysis of the haptoglobin binding region on the apolipoprotein A-I-derived P2a peptide. J Pept Sci 2013; 19:220-6. [PMID: 23420675 DOI: 10.1002/psc.2487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2012] [Revised: 01/08/2013] [Accepted: 01/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Apolipoprotein A-I (ApoA-I) is the main protein component of the high density lipoproteins and it plays an important role in the reverse cholesterol transport. In particular, it stimulates cholesterol efflux from peripheral cells toward liver and activates the enzyme lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT). Haptoglobin (Hpt), a plasma α2-glycoprotein belonging to the family of acute-phase proteins, binds to ApoA-I inhibiting the stimulation of the enzyme LCAT. Previously, we reported that a synthetic peptide, P2a, binds to and displaces Hpt from ApoA-I restoring the LCAT cholesterol esterification activity in the presence of Hpt. Here, we investigate the molecular determinants underlining the interaction between Hpt and P2a peptide. Analysis of truncated P2a analogs showed that P2a sequence can only be slight reduced in length at the N-terminal to preserve the ability of binding to Hpt. Binding assays showed that charged residues are not involved in Hpt recognition; actually, E146A and D157A substitutions increase the binding affinity to Hpt. Biological characterization of the corresponding P2a peptide analogs, Apo146 and Apo157, showed that the two peptides interfere with Hpt binding to HDL and are more effective than P2a peptide in rescue LCAT activity from Hpt inhibition. This result suggests novel hints to design peptides with anti-atherogenic activity.
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New therapies that challenge existing paradigms are needed for the treatment of cancer. We report a nanoparticle-enabled therapeutic approach to B-cell lymphoma using synthetic high density lipoprotein nanoparticles (HDL-NPs). HDL-NPs are synthesized using a gold nanoparticle template to control conjugate size and ensure a spherical shape. Like natural HDLs, biomimetic HDL-NPs target scavenger receptor type B-1, a high-affinity HDL receptor expressed by lymphoma cells. Functionally, compared with natural HDL, the gold NP template enables differential manipulation of cellular cholesterol flux in lymphoma cells, promoting cellular cholesterol efflux and limiting cholesterol delivery. This combination of scavenger receptor type B-1 binding and relative cholesterol starvation selectively induces apoptosis. HDL-NP treatment of mice bearing B-cell lymphoma xenografts selectively inhibits B-cell lymphoma growth. As such, HDL-NPs are biofunctional therapeutic agents, whose mechanism of action is enabled by the presence of a synthetic nanotemplate. HDL-NPs are active in B-cell lymphomas and potentially, other malignancies or diseases of pathologic cholesterol accumulation.
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Gogonea V, Gerstenecker GS, Wu Z, Lee X, Topbas C, Wagner MA, Tallant TC, Smith JD, Callow P, Pipich V, Malet H, Schoehn G, DiDonato JA, Hazen SL. The low-resolution structure of nHDL reconstituted with DMPC with and without cholesterol reveals a mechanism for particle expansion. J Lipid Res 2013; 54:966-83. [PMID: 23349207 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m032763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) with contrast variation was used to obtain the low-resolution structure of nascent HDL (nHDL) reconstituted with dimyristoyl phosphatidylcholine (DMPC) in the absence and presence of cholesterol, [apoA1:DMPC (1:80, mol:mol) and apoA1:DMPC:cholesterol (1:86:9, mol:mol:mol)]. The overall shape of both particles is discoidal with the low-resolution structure of apoA1 visualized as an open, contorted, and out of plane conformation with three arms in nascent HDL/dimyristoyl phosphatidylcholine without cholesterol (nHDL(DMPC)) and two arms in nascent HDL/dimyristoyl phosphatidylcholine with cholesterol (nHDL(DMPC+Chol)). The low-resolution shape of the lipid phase in both nHDL(DMPC) and nHDL(DMPC+Chol) were oblate ellipsoids, and fit well within their respective protein shapes. Modeling studies indicate that apoA1 is folded onto itself in nHDL(DMPC), making a large hairpin, which was also confirmed independently by both cross-linking mass spectrometry and hydrogen-deuterium exchange (HDX) mass spectrometry analyses. In nHDL(DMPC+Chol), the lipid was expanded and no hairpin was visible. Importantly, despite the overall discoidal shape of the whole particle in both nHDL(DMPC) and nHDL(DMPC+Chol), an open conformation (i.e., not a closed belt) of apoA1 is observed. Collectively, these data show that full length apoA1 retains an open architecture that is dictated by its lipid cargo. The lipid is likely predominantly organized as a bilayer with a micelle domain between the open apoA1 arms. The apoA1 configuration observed suggests a mechanism for accommodating changing lipid cargo by quantized expansion of hairpin structures.
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- Valentin Gogonea
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
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Phillips MC. New insights into the determination of HDL structure by apolipoproteins: Thematic review series: high density lipoprotein structure, function, and metabolism. J Lipid Res 2012; 54:2034-2048. [PMID: 23230082 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.r034025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Apolipoprotein (apo)A-I is the principal protein component of HDL, and because of its conformational adaptability, it can stabilize all HDL subclasses. The amphipathic α-helix is the structural motif that enables apoA-I to achieve this functionality. In the lipid-free state, the helical segments unfold and refold in seconds and are located in the N-terminal two thirds of the molecule where they are loosely packed as a dynamic, four-helix bundle. The C-terminal third of the protein forms an intrinsically disordered domain that mediates initial binding to phospholipid surfaces, which occurs with coupled α-helix formation. The lipid affinity of apoA-I confers detergent-like properties; it can solubilize vesicular phospholipids to create discoidal HDL particles with diameters of approximately 10 nm. Such particles contain a segment of phospholipid bilayer and are stabilized by two apoA-I molecules that are arranged in an anti-parallel, double-belt conformation around the edge of the disc, shielding the hydrophobic phospholipid acyl chains from exposure to water. The apoA-I molecules are in a highly dynamic state, and they stabilize discoidal particles of different sizes by certain segments forming loops that detach reversibly from the particle surface. The flexible apoA-I molecule adapts to the surface of spherical HDL particles by bending and forming a stabilizing trefoil scaffold structure. The above characteristics of apoA-I enable it to partner with ABCA1 in mediating efflux of cellular phospholipid and cholesterol and formation of a heterogeneous population of nascent HDL particles. Novel insights into the structure-function relationships of apoA-I should help reveal mechanisms by which HDL subclass distribution can be manipulated.
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- Michael C Phillips
- Lipid Research Group, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.
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Sorci-Thomas MG, Owen JS, Fulp B, Bhat S, Zhu X, Parks JS, Shah D, Jerome WG, Gerelus M, Zabalawi M, Thomas MJ. Nascent high density lipoproteins formed by ABCA1 resemble lipid rafts and are structurally organized by three apoA-I monomers. J Lipid Res 2012; 53:1890-909. [PMID: 22750655 PMCID: PMC3413229 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m026674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2012] [Revised: 06/29/2012] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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This report details the lipid composition of nascent HDL (nHDL) particles formed by the action of the ATP binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) on apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I). nHDL particles of different size (average diameters of ∼ 12, 10, 7.5, and <6 nm) and composition were purified by size-exclusion chromatography. Electron microscopy suggested that the nHDL were mostly spheroidal. The proportions of the principal nHDL lipids, free cholesterol, glycerophosphocholine, and sphingomyelin were similar to that of lipid rafts, suggesting that the lipid originated from a raft-like region of the cell. Smaller amounts of glucosylceramides, cholesteryl esters, and other glycerophospholipid classes were also present. The largest particles, ∼ 12 nm and 10 nm diameter, contained ∼ 43% free cholesterol, 2-3% cholesteryl ester, and three apoA-I molecules. Using chemical cross-linking chemistry combined with mass spectrometry, we found that three molecules of apoA-I in the ∼ 9-14 nm nHDL adopted a belt-like conformation. The smaller (7.5 nm diameter) spheroidal nHDL particles carried 30% free cholesterol and two molecules of apoA-I in a twisted, antiparallel, double-belt conformation. Overall, these new data offer fresh insights into the biogenesis and structural constraints involved in forming nascent HDL from ABCA1.
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- Mary G Sorci-Thomas
- Department of Pathology, Section on Lipid Sciences, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.
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Kateifides AK, Gorshkova IN, Duka A, Chroni A, Kardassis D, Zannis VI. Alteration of negatively charged residues in the 89 to 99 domain of apoA-I affects lipid homeostasis and maturation of HDL. J Lipid Res 2011; 52:1363-72. [PMID: 21504968 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m012989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In this study, we investigated the role of positively and negatively charged amino acids within the 89-99 region of apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I), which are highly conserved in mammals, on plasma lipid homeostasis and the biogenesis of HDL. We previously showed that deletion of the 89-99 region of apoA-I increased plasma cholesterol and phospholipids, but it did not affect plasma triglycerides. Functional studies using adenovirus-mediated gene transfer of two apoA-I mutants in apoA-I-deficient mice showed that apoA-I[D89A/E91A/E92A] increased plasma cholesterol and caused severe hypertriglyceridemia. HDL levels were reduced, and approximately 40% of the apoA-I was distributed in VLDL/IDL. The HDL consisted of mostly spherical and a few discoidal particles and contained preβ1 and α4-HDL subpopulations. The lipid, lipoprotein, and HDL profiles generated by the apoA-I[K94A/K96A] mutant were similar to those of wild-type (WT) apoA-I. Coexpression of apoA-I[D89A/E91A/E92A] and human lipoprotein lipase abolished hypertriglyceridemia, restored in part the α1,2,3,4 HDL subpopulations, and redistributed apoA-I in the HDL2/HDL3 regions, but it did not prevent the formation of discoidal HDL particles. Physicochemical studies showed that the apoA-I[D89A/E91A/E92A] mutant had reduced α-helical content and effective enthalpy of thermal denaturation, increased exposure of hydrophobic surfaces, and increased affinity for triglyceride-rich emulsions. We conclude that residues D89, E91, and E92 of apoA-I are important for plasma cholesterol and triglyceride homeostasis as well as for the maturation of HDL.
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