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Peters J, Oliva R, Caliò A, Oger P, Winter R. Effects of Crowding and Cosolutes on Biomolecular Function at Extreme Environmental Conditions. Chem Rev 2023; 123:13441-13488. [PMID: 37943516 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
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The extent of the effect of cellular crowding and cosolutes on the functioning of proteins and cells is manifold and includes the stabilization of the biomolecular systems, the excluded volume effect, and the modulation of molecular dynamics. Simultaneously, it is becoming increasingly clear how important it is to take the environment into account if we are to shed light on biological function under various external conditions. Many biosystems thrive under extreme conditions, including the deep sea and subseafloor crust, and can take advantage of some of the effects of crowding. These relationships have been studied in recent years using various biophysical techniques, including neutron and X-ray scattering, calorimetry, FTIR, UV-vis and fluorescence spectroscopies. Combining knowledge of the structure and conformational dynamics of biomolecules under extreme conditions, such as temperature, high hydrostatic pressure, and high salinity, we highlight the importance of considering all results in the context of the environment. Here we discuss crowding and cosolute effects on proteins, nucleic acids, membranes, and live cells and explain how it is possible to experimentally separate crowding-induced effects from other influences. Such findings will contribute to a better understanding of the homeoviscous adaptation of organisms and the limits of life in general.
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- Judith Peters
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LiPhy, 140 rue de la physique, 38400 St Martin d'Hères, France
- Institut Laue Langevin, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
- Institut Universitaire de France, 75005 Paris, France
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cintia 4, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- INSA Lyon, Universite Claude Bernard Lyon1, CNRS, UMR5240, 69621 Villeurbanne, France
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Biophysical Chemistry, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Str. 4a, D-44227 Dortmund, Germany
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Carré L, Gonzalez D, Girard É, Franzetti B. Effects of chaotropic salts on global proteome stability in halophilic archaea: Implications for life signatures on Mars. Environ Microbiol 2023; 25:2216-2230. [PMID: 37349893 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.16451] [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: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 05/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023]
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Halophilic archaea thriving in hypersaline environments, such as salt lakes, offer models for putative life in extraterrestrial brines such as those found on Mars. However, little is known about the effect of the chaotropic salts that could be found in such brines, such as MgCl2 , CaCl2 and (per)chlorate salts, on complex biological samples like cell lysates which could be expected to be more representative of biomarkers left behind putative extraterrestrial life forms. We used intrinsic fluorescence to study the salt dependence of proteomes extracted from five halophilic strains: Haloarcula marismortui, Halobacterium salinarum, Haloferax mediterranei, Halorubrum sodomense and Haloferax volcanii. These strains were isolated from Earth environments with different salt compositions. Among the five strains that were analysed, H. mediterranei stood out as a results of its high dependency on NaCl for its proteome stabilization. Interestingly, the results showed contrasting denaturation responses of the proteomes to chaotropic salts. In particular, the proteomes of strains that are most dependent or tolerant on MgCl2 for growth exhibited higher tolerance towards chaotropic salts that are abundant in terrestrial and Martian brines. These experiments bridge together global protein properties and environmental adaptation and help guide the search for protein-like biomarkers in extraterrestrial briny environments.
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- Lorenzo Carré
- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, IBS, Grenoble, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, IBS, Grenoble, France
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Proteome-wide 3D structure prediction provides insights into the ancestral metabolism of ancient archaea and bacteria. Nat Commun 2022; 13:7861. [PMID: 36543797 PMCID: PMC9772386 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-35523-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Ancestral metabolism has remained controversial due to a lack of evidence beyond sequence-based reconstructions. Although prebiotic chemists have provided hints that metabolism might originate from non-enzymatic protometabolic pathways, gaps between ancestral reconstruction and prebiotic processes mean there is much that is still unknown. Here, we apply proteome-wide 3D structure predictions and comparisons to investigate ancestorial metabolism of ancient bacteria and archaea, to provide information beyond sequence as a bridge to the prebiotic processes. We compare representative bacterial and archaeal strains, which reveal surprisingly similar physiological and metabolic characteristics via microbiological and biophysical experiments. Pairwise comparison of protein structures identify the conserved metabolic modules in bacteria and archaea, despite interference from overly variable sequences. The conserved modules (for example, middle of glycolysis, partial TCA, proton/sulfur respiration, building block biosynthesis) constitute the basic functions that possibly existed in the archaeal-bacterial common ancestor, which are remarkably consistent with the experimentally confirmed protometabolic pathways. These structure-based findings provide a new perspective to reconstructing the ancestral metabolism and understanding its origin, which suggests high-throughput protein 3D structure prediction is a promising approach, deserving broader application in future ancestral exploration.
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Exploring the Limits of Biological Complexity Amenable to Studies by Incoherent Neutron Spectroscopy. LIFE (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 12:life12081219. [PMID: 36013398 PMCID: PMC9410259 DOI: 10.3390/life12081219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2022] [Revised: 08/06/2022] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The wavelengths of neutrons available at neutron scattering facilities are comparable with intra- and inter-molecular distances, while their energies are comparable with molecular vibrational energies, making such neutrons highly suitable for studies of molecular-level dynamics. The unmistakable trend in neutron spectroscopy has been towards measurements of systems of greater complexity. Several decades of studies of dynamics using neutron scattering have witnessed a progression from measurements of solids to liquids to protein complexes and biomembranes, which may exhibit properties characteristic of both solids and liquids. Over the last two decades, the frontier of complexity amenable to neutron spectroscopy studies has reached the level of cells. Considering this a baseline for neutron spectroscopy of systems of the utmost biological complexity, we briefly review what has been learned to date from neutron scattering studies at the cellular level and then discuss in more detail the recent strides into neutron spectroscopy of tissues and whole multicellular organisms.
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Martel A, Gabel F. Time-resolved small-angle neutron scattering (TR-SANS) for structural biology of dynamic systems: Principles, recent developments, and practical guidelines. Methods Enzymol 2022; 677:263-290. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2022.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Zaccai G, Madern D, Franzetti B. Intracellular molecular dynamics studied by neutron scattering. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2022. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202227201009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Incoherent neutron scattering experiments have produced important insights into intracellular molecular dynamics in vivo. Selected results highlight the role of water dynamics in cancer and brain cells, as well as cellular adaptation through the evolution of appropriate molecular dynamics, in order to respond to environmental challenges.
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Molecular dynamics in cells: A neutron view. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2020; 1864:129475. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2019.129475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2019] [Revised: 11/01/2019] [Accepted: 11/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Surviving salt fluctuations: stress and recovery in Halobacterium salinarum, an extreme halophilic Archaeon. Sci Rep 2020; 10:3298. [PMID: 32094390 PMCID: PMC7040004 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-59681-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2019] [Accepted: 12/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Halophilic proteins subjected to below about 15% salt in vitro denature through misfolding, aggregation and/or precipitation. Halobacteria, however, have been detected in environments of fluctuating salinity such as coastal salterns and even around fresh water springs in the depths of the Dead Sea. In order to identify the underlying mechanisms of low salt survival, we explored the reactivation capacity of Halobacterium (Hbt) salinarum sub-populations after incubation in low salt media and recovery in physiological salt. Respiratory oxygen consumption was assessed in stressed cells and cell viability was estimated by Live/Dead staining and flow cytometry. In vivo neutron scattering experiments showed that the recovery of Hbt salinarum sub-populations exposed to severe low salt conditions is related to a rapid retrieval of functional molecular dynamics in the proteome. In the hypothesis that the observations on Hbt salinarum have wider relevance, they could be of key ecological significance for the dispersion of extremophiles when environmental fluctuations become severe.
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Cal-Sabater P, Caro I, Castro MJ, Cao MJ, Mateo J, Quinto EJ. Flow Cytometry to Assess the Counts and Physiological State of Cronobacter sakazakii Cells after Heat Exposure. Foods 2019; 8:foods8120688. [PMID: 31888256 PMCID: PMC6963341 DOI: 10.3390/foods8120688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2019] [Revised: 12/06/2019] [Accepted: 12/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Cronobacter sakazakii is an opportunistic pathogen that is associated with outbreaks of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis, septicaemia, and meningitis. Reconstituted powdered infant formulae is the most common vehicle of infection. The aim of the present study is to gain insight into the physiological states of C. sakazakii cells using flow cytometry to detect the compromised cells, which are viable but non-culturable using plate-based methods, and to evaluate the impact of milk heat treatments on those populations. Dead-cell suspensions as well as heat-treated and non-heat-treated cell suspensions were used. After 60 or 65 °C treatments, the number of compromised cells increased as a result of cells with compromised membranes shifting from the heat-treated suspension. These temperatures were not effective at killing all bacteria but were effective at compromising their membranes. Thus, mild heat treatments are not enough to guarantee the safety of powered infant formulae. Flow cytometry was capable of detecting C. sakazakii’s compromised cells that cannot be detected with classical plate count methods; thus, it could be used as a screening test to decrease the risk derived from the presence of pathogenic viable but non-culturable cells in this food that is intended for newborns’ nutrition.
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- Paloma Cal-Sabater
- Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valladolid, 47005 Valladolid, Spain; (P.C.-S.); (I.C.)
- Department of Nursery, Faculty of Nursery, University of Valladolid, 47005 Valladolid, Spain; (M.J.C.); (M.J.C.)
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valladolid, 47005 Valladolid, Spain; (P.C.-S.); (I.C.)
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- Department of Nursery, Faculty of Nursery, University of Valladolid, 47005 Valladolid, Spain; (M.J.C.); (M.J.C.)
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- Department of Nursery, Faculty of Nursery, University of Valladolid, 47005 Valladolid, Spain; (M.J.C.); (M.J.C.)
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- Department of Hygiene and Food Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of León, 24071 León, Spain;
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valladolid, 47005 Valladolid, Spain; (P.C.-S.); (I.C.)
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Salvador-Castell M, Golub M, Martinez N, Ollivier J, Peters J, Oger P. The first study on the impact of osmolytes in whole cells of high temperature-adapted microorganisms. SOFT MATTER 2019; 15:8381-8391. [PMID: 31613294 DOI: 10.1039/c9sm01196j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The hyperthermophilic piezophile, Thermococcus barophilus displays a strong stress response characterized by the accumulation of the organic osmolyte, mannosylglycerate during growth under sub-optimal pressure conditions (0.1 MPa). Taking advantage of this known effect, the impact of osmolytes in piezophiles in an otherwise identical cellular context was investigated, by comparing T. barophilus cells grown under low or optimal pressures (40 MPa). Using neutron scattering techniques, we studied the molecular dynamics of live cells of T. barophilus at different pressures and temperatures. We show that in the presence of osmolytes, cells present a higher diffusion coefficient of hydration water and an increase of bulk water motions at a high temperature. In the absence of osmolytes, the T. barophilus cellular dynamics is more responsive to high temperature and high hydrostatic pressure. These results therefore give clear evidence for a protecting effect of osmolytes on proteins.
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Mamontov E, Osti NC, Tyagi M. Temperature dependence of nanoscale dynamic processes measured in living millipedes by high resolution inelastic and elastic neutron scattering. Sci Rep 2019; 9:11646. [PMID: 31406234 PMCID: PMC6691110 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-48270-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2019] [Accepted: 08/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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We have used high energy-resolution neutron scattering to probe nanoscale dynamic processes in living millipedes (Narceus americanus). We have measured the temperature dependence of the intensity of scattered neutrons that do not exchange energy with the living samples on the 1.5 ns time scale, thereby excluding the signal from the highly mobile intra- and extra-cellular bulk-like aqueous constituents in the sample. This measured “elastic” scattering intensity exhibits a non-monotonic temperature dependence, with a noticeable systematic decrease detected between 295 and 303 K on warming up from 283 to 310 K. This decrease demonstrates an excellent inverse correlation with the non-monotonic, as a function of temperature, increase in the slow diffusivity previously observed in planarian flatworms and housefly larvae. This correlation suggests the existence of a biological mechanism, possibly common between different classes (Insects and Myriapods) and even phyla (Arthropods and Platyhelminthes), that dampens the slow nanoscopic dynamics in ectothermic organisms in response to the temperature of the environment exceeding the physiologically optimal range.
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- Eugene Mamontov
- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 37831, USA.
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 37831, USA
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- NIST Center for Neutron Research and University of Maryland, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, USA
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Dynamics Properties of Photosynthetic Microorganisms Probed by Incoherent Neutron Scattering. Biophys J 2019; 116:1759-1768. [PMID: 31003761 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2019.03.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2018] [Revised: 03/18/2019] [Accepted: 03/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Studies on the dynamical properties of photosynthetic membranes of land plants and purple bacteria have been previously performed by neutron spectroscopy, revealing a tight coupling between specific photochemical reactions and macromolecular dynamics. Here, we probed the intrinsic dynamics of biotechnologically useful mutants of the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii by incoherent neutron scattering coupled with prompt chlorophyll fluorescence experiments. We brought to light that single amino acid replacements in the plastoquinone (PQ)-binding niche of the photosystem II D1 protein impair electron transport (ET) efficiency between quinones and confer increased flexibility to the host membranes, expanding to the entire cells. Hence, a more flexible environment in the PQ-binding niche has been associated to a less efficient ET. A similar function/dynamics relationship was also demonstrated in Rhodobacter sphaeroides reaction centers having inhibited ET, indicating that flexibility at the quinones region plays a crucial role in evolutionarily distant organisms. Instead, a different functional/dynamical correlation was observed in algal mutants hosting a single amino acid replacement residing in a D1 domain far from the PQ-binding niche. Noteworthy, this mutant displayed the highest degree of flexibility, and besides having a nativelike ET efficiency in physiological conditions, it acquired novel, to our knowledge, phenotypic traits enabling it to preserve a high maximal quantum yield of photosystem II photochemistry in extreme habitats. Overall, in the nanosecond timescale, the degree of the observed flexibility is related to the mutation site; in the picosecond timescale, we highlighted the presence of a more pronounced dynamic heterogeneity in all mutants compared to the native cells, which could be related to a marked chemically heterogeneous environment.
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Dynamic neutron scattering directly probes motions in biological systems on femtosecond to microsecond timescales. When combined with molecular dynamics simulation and normal mode analysis, detailed descriptions of the forms and frequencies of motions can be derived. We examine vibrations in proteins, the temperature dependence of protein motions, and concepts describing the rich variety of motions detectable using neutrons in biological systems at physiological temperatures. New techniques for deriving information on collective motions using coherent scattering are also reviewed.
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- Jeremy C Smith
- UT/ORNL Center for Molecular Biophysics, Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6309, USA; .,Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy and Institute of Natural Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- UT/ORNL Center for Molecular Biophysics, Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6309, USA; .,Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy and Institute of Natural Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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Living planarian flatworms were probed using quasielastic neutron scattering to measure, on the pico-to-nanosecond time scale and nanometer length scale, microscopic diffusion of water and cell constituents in the planarians. Measurable microscopic diffusivities were surprisingly well defined in such a complex system as living animals. The overall variation in the microscopic diffusivity of cell constituents was found to be far lower than the variation in the microscopic diffusivity of water in planarians in a temperature range of 284.5 to 304.1 K.
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Nickels JD, Chatterjee S, Stanley CB, Qian S, Cheng X, Myles DAA, Standaert RF, Elkins JG, Katsaras J. The in vivo structure of biological membranes and evidence for lipid domains. PLoS Biol 2017; 15:e2002214. [PMID: 28542493 PMCID: PMC5441578 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2002214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2017] [Accepted: 04/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Examining the fundamental structure and processes of living cells at the nanoscale poses a unique analytical challenge, as cells are dynamic, chemically diverse, and fragile. A case in point is the cell membrane, which is too small to be seen directly with optical microscopy and provides little observational contrast for other methods. As a consequence, nanoscale characterization of the membrane has been performed ex vivo or in the presence of exogenous labels used to enhance contrast and impart specificity. Here, we introduce an isotopic labeling strategy in the gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis to investigate the nanoscale structure and organization of its plasma membrane in vivo. Through genetic and chemical manipulation of the organism, we labeled the cell and its membrane independently with specific amounts of hydrogen (H) and deuterium (D). These isotopes have different neutron scattering properties without altering the chemical composition of the cells. From neutron scattering spectra, we confirmed that the B. subtilis cell membrane is lamellar and determined that its average hydrophobic thickness is 24.3 ± 0.9 Ångstroms (Å). Furthermore, by creating neutron contrast within the plane of the membrane using a mixture of H- and D-fatty acids, we detected lateral features smaller than 40 nm that are consistent with the notion of lipid rafts. These experiments-performed under biologically relevant conditions-answer long-standing questions in membrane biology and illustrate a fundamentally new approach for systematic in vivo investigations of cell membrane structure.
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- Jonathan D. Nickels
- Shull Wollan Center—A Joint Institute for Neutron Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America
- Biology and Soft Matter Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Biology and Soft Matter Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America
- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Biology and Soft Matter Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Biology and Soft Matter Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Center for Molecular Biophysics, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America
- Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Biology and Soft Matter Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Shull Wollan Center—A Joint Institute for Neutron Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America
- Biology and Soft Matter Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America
- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America
- Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
- * E-mail: (RFS); (JGE); (JK)
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America
- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
- * E-mail: (RFS); (JGE); (JK)
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- Shull Wollan Center—A Joint Institute for Neutron Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America
- Biology and Soft Matter Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
- * E-mail: (RFS); (JGE); (JK)
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Anunciado DB, Nyugen VP, Hurst GB, Doktycz MJ, Urban V, Langan P, Mamontov E, O'Neill H. In Vivo Protein Dynamics on the Nanometer Length Scale and Nanosecond Time Scale. J Phys Chem Lett 2017; 8:1899-1904. [PMID: 28388043 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b00399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Selectively labeled GroEL protein was produced in living deuterated bacterial cells to enhance its neutron scattering signal above that of the intracellular milieu. Quasi-elastic neutron scattering shows that the in-cell diffusion coefficient of GroEL was (4.7 ± 0.3) × 10-12 m2/s, a factor of 4 slower than its diffusion coefficient in buffer solution. Internal protein dynamics showed a relaxation time of (65 ± 6) ps, a factor of 2 slower compared to the protein in solution. Comparison to the literature suggests that the effective diffusivity of proteins depends on the length and time scale being probed. Retardation of in-cell diffusion compared to the buffer becomes more significant with the increasing probe length scale, suggesting that intracellular diffusion of biomolecules is nonuniform over the cellular volume. The approach outlined here enables investigation of protein dynamics within living cells to open up new lines of research using "in-cell neutron scattering" to study the dynamics of complex biomolecular systems.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee , Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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Zaccai G, Natali F, Peters J, Řihová M, Zimmerman E, Ollivier J, Combet J, Maurel MC, Bashan A, Yonath A. The fluctuating ribosome: thermal molecular dynamics characterized by neutron scattering. Sci Rep 2016; 6:37138. [PMID: 27849042 PMCID: PMC5111069 DOI: 10.1038/srep37138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2016] [Accepted: 10/25/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Conformational changes associated with ribosome function have been identified by X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy. These methods, however, inform poorly on timescales. Neutron scattering is well adapted for direct measurements of thermal molecular dynamics, the ‘lubricant’ for the conformational fluctuations required for biological activity. The method was applied to compare water dynamics and conformational fluctuations in the 30 S and 50 S ribosomal subunits from Haloarcula marismortui, under high salt, stable conditions. Similar free and hydration water diffusion parameters are found for both subunits. With respect to the 50 S subunit, the 30 S is characterized by a softer force constant and larger mean square displacements (MSD), which would facilitate conformational adjustments required for messenger and transfer RNA binding. It has been shown previously that systems from mesophiles and extremophiles are adapted to have similar MSD under their respective physiological conditions. This suggests that the results presented are not specific to halophiles in high salt but a general property of ribosome dynamics under corresponding, active conditions. The current study opens new perspectives for neutron scattering characterization of component functional molecular dynamics within the ribosome.
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- Giuseppe Zaccai
- Institut Laue Langevin, F-38042 Grenoble, France.,Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS), Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, 38044 Grenoble, France
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- Institut Laue Langevin, F-38042 Grenoble, France.,CNR-IOM, OGG, F-38042 Grenoble, France
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- Institut Laue Langevin, F-38042 Grenoble, France.,Univ. Grenoble Alpes, LiPhy, F-38044 Grenoble, France
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- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB - UMR 7205- CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, EPHE UPMC, Sorbonne Universités, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 50, 75005 Paris, France.,Institute of Physics, Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, CZ-121 16 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Weizmann Institute, Department of Structural Biology, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- Institut Laue Langevin, F-38042 Grenoble, France
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- Institut Laue Langevin, F-38042 Grenoble, France.,Institut Charles Sadron, CNRS-UdS, 67034 Strasbourg Cedex 2, France
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- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB - UMR 7205- CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, EPHE UPMC, Sorbonne Universités, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 50, 75005 Paris, France
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- Weizmann Institute, Department of Structural Biology, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- Weizmann Institute, Department of Structural Biology, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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High protein flexibility and reduced hydration water dynamics are key pressure adaptive strategies in prokaryotes. Sci Rep 2016; 6:32816. [PMID: 27595789 PMCID: PMC5011708 DOI: 10.1038/srep32816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2016] [Accepted: 08/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Water and protein dynamics on a nanometer scale were measured by quasi-elastic neutron scattering in the piezophile archaeon Thermococcus barophilus and the closely related pressure-sensitive Thermococcus kodakarensis, at 0.1 and 40 MPa. We show that cells of the pressure sensitive organism exhibit higher intrinsic stability. Both the hydration water dynamics and the fast protein and lipid dynamics are reduced under pressure. In contrast, the proteome of T. barophilus is more pressure sensitive than that of T. kodakarensis. The diffusion coefficient of hydration water is reduced, while the fast protein and lipid dynamics are slightly enhanced with increasing pressure. These findings show that the coupling between hydration water and cellular constituents might not be simply a master-slave relationship. We propose that the high flexibility of the T. barophilus proteome associated with reduced hydration water may be the keys to the molecular adaptation of the cells to high hydrostatic pressure.
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Molecular adaptation and salt stress response of Halobacterium salinarum cells revealed by neutron spectroscopy. Extremophiles 2015; 19:1099-107. [PMID: 26376634 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-015-0782-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2015] [Accepted: 08/20/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Halobacterium salinarum is an extreme halophile archaeon with an absolute requirement for a multimolar salt environment. It accumulates molar concentrations of KCl in the cytosol to counterbalance the external osmotic pressure imposed by the molar NaCl. As a consequence, cytosolic proteins are permanently exposed to low water activity and highly ionic conditions. In non-adapted systems, such conditions would promote protein aggregation, precipitation, and denaturation. In contrast, in vitro studies showed that proteins from extreme halophilic cells are themselves obligate halophiles. In this paper, adaptation via dynamics to low-salt stress in H. salinarum cells was measured by neutron scattering experiments coupled with microbiological characterization. The molecular dynamic properties of a proteome represent a good indicator for environmental adaptation and the neutron/microbiology approach has been shown to be well tailored to characterize these modifications. In their natural setting, halophilic organisms often have to face important variations in environmental salt concentration. The results showed deleterious effects already occur in the H. salinarum proteome, even when the external salt concentration is still relatively high, suggesting the onset of survival mechanisms quite early when the environmental salt concentration decreases.
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Vauclare P, Madern D, Girard E, Gabel F, Zaccai G, Franzetti B. New insights into microbial adaptation to extreme saline environments. BIO WEB OF CONFERENCES 2014. [DOI: 10.1051/bioconf/20140202001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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