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Santhosh PB, Tenev T, Šturm L, Ulrih NP, Genova J. Effects of Hydrophobic Gold Nanoparticles on Structure and Fluidity of SOPC Lipid Membranes. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:10226. [PMID: 37373371 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241210226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Revised: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 06/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are promising candidates in various biomedical applications such as sensors, imaging, and cancer therapy. Understanding the influence of AuNPs on lipid membranes is important to assure their safety in the biological environment and to improve their scope in nanomedicine. In this regard, the present study aimed to analyze the effects of different concentrations (0.5, 1, and 2 wt.%) of dodecanethiol functionalized hydrophobic AuNPs on the structure and fluidity of zwitterionic 1-stearoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphocholine (SOPC) lipid bilayer membranes using Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and fluorescent spectroscopy. The size of AuNPs was found to be 2.2 ± 1.1 nm using transmission electron microscopy. FTIR results have shown that the AuNPs induced a slight shift in methylene stretching bands, while the band positions of carbonyl and phosphate group stretching were unaffected. Temperature-dependent fluorescent anisotropy measurements showed that the incorporation of AuNPs up to 2 wt.% did not affect the lipid order in membranes. Overall, these results indicate that the hydrophobic AuNPs in the studied concentration did not cause any significant alterations in the structure and membrane fluidity, which suggests the suitability of these particles to form liposome-AuNP hybrids for diverse biomedical applications including drug delivery and therapy.
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- Poornima Budime Santhosh
- Institute of Solid State Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Tzarigradsko Chaussee 72, 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Institute of Solid State Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Tzarigradsko Chaussee 72, 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Institute of Solid State Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Tzarigradsko Chaussee 72, 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Rawat N, Singla-Pareek SL, Pareek A. Membrane dynamics during individual and combined abiotic stresses in plants and tools to study the same. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2021; 171:653-676. [PMID: 32949408 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Revised: 08/25/2020] [Accepted: 09/13/2020] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
Abstract
The plasma membrane (PM) is possibly the most diverse biological membrane of plant cells; it separates and guards the cell against its external environment. It has an extremely complex structure comprising a mosaic of lipids and proteins. The PM lipids are responsible for maintaining fluidity, permeability and integrity of the membrane and also influence the functioning of membrane proteins. However, the PM is the primary target of environmental stress, which affects its composition, conformation and properties, thereby disturbing the cellular homeostasis. Maintenance of integrity and fluidity of the PM is a prerequisite for ensuring the survival of plants during adverse environmental conditions. The ability of plants to remodel membrane lipid and protein composition plays a crucial role in adaptation towards varying abiotic environmental cues, including high or low temperature, drought, salinity and heavy metals stress. The dynamic changes in lipid composition affect the functioning of membrane transporters and ultimately regulate the physical properties of the membrane. Plant membrane-transport systems play a significant role in stress adaptation by cooperating with the membrane lipidome to maintain the membrane integrity under stressful conditions. The present review provides a holistic view of stress responses and adaptations in plants, especially the changes in the lipidome and proteome of PM under individual or combined abiotic stresses, which cause alterations in the activity of membrane transporters and modifies the fluidity of the PM. The tools to study the varying lipidome and proteome of the PM are also discussed.
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- Nishtha Rawat
- Stress Physiology and Molecular Biology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- Plant Stress Biology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Road, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- Stress Physiology and Molecular Biology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India
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Real time monitoring of interactions of gold nanoparticles with supported phospholipid lipid layers. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2020.114302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Ferrihydrite nanoparticles interaction with model lipid membranes. Chem Phys Lipids 2019; 226:104851. [PMID: 31836519 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2019.104851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2019] [Revised: 10/25/2019] [Accepted: 12/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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In recent years was observed an increased interest towards the use of metal nanoparticles for various biomedical applications, such as therapeutics, delivery systems or imaging. As biological membranes are the first structures with which the nanoparticles interact, it is necessary to understand better the mechanisms governing these interactions. In the present paper we aim to characterize the effect of three different ferrihydrite nanoparticles (simple or doped with cooper or cobalt) on the fluidity of model lipid membranes. First we evaluated the physicochemical properties of the nanoparticles: size and composition. Secondly, their effect on lipid membranes was also evaluated using Laurdan, TMA-DPH and DPH fluorescence. Our results can help better understand the mechanisms involved in nanoparticles and membrane interactions.
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Zhang H, Wei X, Liu L, Zhang Q, Jiang W. The role of positively charged sites in the interaction between model cell membranes and γ-Fe 2O 3 NPs. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 673:414-423. [PMID: 30991331 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2019] [Revised: 04/04/2019] [Accepted: 04/06/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The various applications of iron oxide nanoparticles (NPs) in clinical care and wastewater treatment are rapidly developing, thus their biological safety is worth attention. The electrostatic interaction between cell membranes and NPs is the key mechanism behind membrane damage and membrane penetration. Cell membranes are generally negatively charged with a few positively charged domains. The role of the positively charged sites in the NP-membrane interaction needs further investigation. In this study, the ratio of the positively charged sites was adjusted in two model cell membranes: giant and small unilamellar vesicles (GUVs and SUVs). After exposure to negatively charged γ-Fe2O3 NPs, the adhesion of NPs on the membranes and the induced membrane disruption were studied by microscopic observation and quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) monitoring. γ-Fe2O3 NPs adhered to and disrupted the membranes containing even few positively charged sites, although the whole membrane exhibited a negative zeta potential and hence electrostatically repels the NPs. The number of adhered γ-Fe2O3 NPs increased remarkably on membranes with overall positive zeta potential, but more serious disruption happened to membranes with higher ratios of positively charged sites. Therefore, the membrane rupture was more correlated to the number of positively charged sites than to the zeta potential of the whole membrane. In addition, exposure to γ-Fe2O3 NPs decreased the order of the lipid molecules and hence increased the fluidity of the membrane phase, and the most significant phase change occurred in the negatively charged membrane with the highest ratio of positively charged sites. Infrared spectra indicated that γ-Fe2O3 NPs probably interact with the membranes via the phosphodiester and trimethylamine groups in the lipid head groups. Our research furthers our knowledge of the electrostatic interaction between NPs and cell membranes, which should help to predict the biological effects of γ-Fe2O3 NPs.
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- Hanqiong Zhang
- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266021, China
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- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China.
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Chan H, Král P. Nanoparticles Self-Assembly within Lipid Bilayers. ACS OMEGA 2018; 3:10631-10637. [PMID: 30320248 PMCID: PMC6173477 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b01445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2018] [Accepted: 08/23/2018] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations are used to model the self-assembly of small hydrophobic nanoparticles (NPs) within the interior of lipid bilayers. The simulation results reveal the conditions under which NPs form clusters and lattices within lipid bilayers of planar and spherical shapes, depending on the NP-lipid coupling strengths. The formation of nanopores within spherical bilayers with self-assembled planar NPs is also described. These observations can provide guidance in the preparation of functional bio-inorganic systems.
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- Henry Chan
- Department
of Chemistry and Department of Physics, University of Illinois
at Chicago, 845 W Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United
States
- E-mail: (H.C.)
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- Department
of Chemistry and Department of Physics, University of Illinois
at Chicago, 845 W Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United
States
- Department
of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, University
of Illinois at Chicago, 833 S Wood Street, Chicago, Illinois 60612, United
States
- E-mail: (P.K.)
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Preiss MR, Hart A, Kitchens C, Bothun GD. Hydrophobic Nanoparticles Modify the Thermal Release Behavior of Liposomes. J Phys Chem B 2017; 121:5040-5047. [PMID: 28441023 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b01702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Understanding the effect of embedded nanoparticles on the characteristics and behavior of lipid bilayers is critical to the development of lipid-nanoparticle assemblies (LNAs) for biomedical applications. In this work we investigate the effect of hydrophobic nanoparticle size and concentration on liposomal thermal release behavior. Decorated LNAs (D-LNAs) were formed by embedding 2 nm (GNP2) and 4 nm (GNP4) dodecanethiol-capped gold nanoparticles into DPPC liposomes at lipid to nanoparticle ratios (L:N) of 25,000:1, 10,000:1, and 5,000:1. D-LNA structure was investigated by cryogenic transmission electron microscopy, and lipid bilayer permeability and phase behavior were investigated based on the leakage of a model drug, carboxyfluorescein, and by differential scanning calorimetry, respectively. The presence of bilayer nanoparticles caused changes in the lipid bilayer release and phase behavior compared to pure lipid controls at very low nanoparticle to bilayer volume fractions (0.3%-4.6%). Arrhenius plots of the thermal leakage show that GNP2 led to greater increases in the leakage energy barrier compared to GNP4, consistent with GNP4 causing greater bilayer disruption due to their size relative to the bilayer thickness. Embedding hydrophobic nanoparticles as permeability modifiers is a unique approach to controlling liposomal leakage based on nanoparticle size and concentration.
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- Matthew Ryan Preiss
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Rhode Island , 51 Lower College Road, Kingston, Rhode Island 02881, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Clemson University , 130 Earle Hall, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Clemson University , 130 Earle Hall, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Rhode Island , 51 Lower College Road, Kingston, Rhode Island 02881, United States
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Morphological changes of the red blood cells treated with metal oxide nanoparticles. Toxicol In Vitro 2016; 37:34-40. [PMID: 27592198 DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2016.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Revised: 07/01/2016] [Accepted: 08/30/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The toxic effect of Al2O3, SiО2 and ZrО2 nanoparticles on red blood cells of Wistar rats was studied in vitro using the atomic force microscopy and the fluorescence analysis. Transformation of discocytes into echinocytes and spherocytes caused by the metal oxide nanoparticles was revealed. It was shown that only extremely high concentration of the nanoparticles (2mg/ml) allows correct estimating of their effect on the cell morphology. Besides, it was found out that the microviscosity changes of red blood cell membranes treated with nanoparticles began long before morphological modifications of the cells. On the contrary, the negatively charged ZrO2 and SiO2 nanoparticles did not affect ghost microviscosity up to concentrations of 1μg/ml and 0.1mg/ml, correspondingly. In its turn, the positively charged Al2O3 nanoparticles induced structural changes in the lipid bilayer of the red blood cells already at a concentration of 0.05μg/ml. A decrease in microviscosity of the erythrocyte ghosts treated with Al2O3 and SiO2 nanoparticles was shown. It was detected that the interaction of ZrO2 nanoparticles with the cells led to an increase in the membrane microviscosity and cracking of swollen erythrocytes.
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Santhosh PB, Kiryakova SI, Genova JL, Ulrih NP. Influence of iron oxide nanoparticles on bending elasticity and bilayer fluidity of phosphotidylcholine liposomal membranes. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2014.02.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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