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Sarkar P, Chattopadhyay A. Membrane Dipole Potential: An Emerging Approach to Explore Membrane Organization and Function. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:4415-4430. [PMID: 35696090 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c02476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Biological membranes are complex organized molecular assemblies of lipids and proteins that provide cells and membrane-bound intracellular organelles their individual identities by morphological compartmentalization. Membrane dipole potential originates from the electrostatic potential difference within the membrane due to the nonrandom arrangement (orientation) of amphiphile and solvent (water) dipoles at the membrane interface. In this Feature Article, we will focus on the measurement of dipole potential using electrochromic fluorescent probes and highlight interesting applications. In addition, we will focus on ratiometric fluorescence microscopic imaging technique to measure dipole potential in cellular membranes, a technique that can be used to address novel problems in cell biology which are otherwise difficult to address using available approaches. We envision that membrane dipole potential could turn out to be a convenient tool in exploring the complex interplay between membrane lipids and proteins and could provide novel insights in membrane organization and function.
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- Parijat Sarkar
- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500 007, India
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Sánchez-López E, Esteruelas G, Ortiz A, Espina M, Prat J, Muñoz M, Cano A, Calpena AC, Ettcheto M, Camins A, Alsafi Z, Souto EB, García ML, Pujol M. Dexibuprofen Biodegradable Nanoparticles: One Step Closer towards a Better Ocular Interaction Study. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 10:E720. [PMID: 32290252 PMCID: PMC7221783 DOI: 10.3390/nano10040720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2020] [Revised: 03/30/2020] [Accepted: 04/04/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Ocular inflammation is one of the most prevalent diseases in ophthalmology, which can affect various parts of the eye or the surrounding tissues. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen, are commonly used to treat ocular inflammation in the form of eye-drops. However, their bioavailability in ocular tissues is very low (less than 5%). Therefore, drug delivery systems such as biodegradable polymeric PLGA nanoparticles constitute a suitable alternative to topical eye administration, as they can improve ocular bioavailability and simultaneously reduce drug induced side effects. Moreover, their prolonged drug release can enhance patient treatment adherence as they require fewer administrations. Therefore, several formulations of PLGA based nanoparticles encapsulating dexibuprofen (active enantiomer of Ibuprofen) were prepared using the solvent displacement method employing different surfactants. The formulations have been characterized and their interactions with a customized lipid corneal membrane model were studied. Ex vivo permeation through ocular tissues and in vivo anti-inflammatory efficacy have also been studied.
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- Elena Sánchez-López
- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology and Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; (G.E.); (A.O.); (M.E.); (J.P.); (M.M.); (A.C.); (A.C.C.); (M.L.G.); (M.P.)
- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN2UB), Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases Network (CIBERNED), Carlos III Health Institute, 28031 Madrid, Spain; (M.E.); (A.C.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology and Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; (G.E.); (A.O.); (M.E.); (J.P.); (M.M.); (A.C.); (A.C.C.); (M.L.G.); (M.P.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology and Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; (G.E.); (A.O.); (M.E.); (J.P.); (M.M.); (A.C.); (A.C.C.); (M.L.G.); (M.P.)
- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN2UB), Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology and Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; (G.E.); (A.O.); (M.E.); (J.P.); (M.M.); (A.C.); (A.C.C.); (M.L.G.); (M.P.)
- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN2UB), Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology and Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; (G.E.); (A.O.); (M.E.); (J.P.); (M.M.); (A.C.); (A.C.C.); (M.L.G.); (M.P.)
- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN2UB), Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology and Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; (G.E.); (A.O.); (M.E.); (J.P.); (M.M.); (A.C.); (A.C.C.); (M.L.G.); (M.P.)
- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN2UB), Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology and Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; (G.E.); (A.O.); (M.E.); (J.P.); (M.M.); (A.C.); (A.C.C.); (M.L.G.); (M.P.)
- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN2UB), Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases Network (CIBERNED), Carlos III Health Institute, 28031 Madrid, Spain; (M.E.); (A.C.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology and Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; (G.E.); (A.O.); (M.E.); (J.P.); (M.M.); (A.C.); (A.C.C.); (M.L.G.); (M.P.)
- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN2UB), Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases Network (CIBERNED), Carlos III Health Institute, 28031 Madrid, Spain; (M.E.); (A.C.)
- Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases Network (CIBERNED), Carlos III Health Institute, 28031 Madrid, Spain; (M.E.); (A.C.)
- Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Glaucoma and Retinal Neurodegeneration Research Visual Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, Bath Street, London EC1V 9EL, UK;
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, Pólo das Ciências da Saúde, Azinhaga de Santa Comba, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal;
- CEB—Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology and Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; (G.E.); (A.O.); (M.E.); (J.P.); (M.M.); (A.C.); (A.C.C.); (M.L.G.); (M.P.)
- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN2UB), Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases Network (CIBERNED), Carlos III Health Institute, 28031 Madrid, Spain; (M.E.); (A.C.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology and Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; (G.E.); (A.O.); (M.E.); (J.P.); (M.M.); (A.C.); (A.C.C.); (M.L.G.); (M.P.)
- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN2UB), Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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Hirano Y, Gao YG, Stephenson DJ, Vu NT, Malinina L, Simanshu DK, Chalfant CE, Patel DJ, Brown RE. Structural basis of phosphatidylcholine recognition by the C2-domain of cytosolic phospholipase A 2α. eLife 2019; 8:e44760. [PMID: 31050338 PMCID: PMC6550875 DOI: 10.7554/elife.44760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2018] [Accepted: 05/03/2019] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Ca2+-stimulated translocation of cytosolic phospholipase A2α (cPLA2α) to the Golgi induces arachidonic acid production, the rate-limiting step in pro-inflammatory eicosanoid synthesis. Structural insights into the cPLA2α preference for phosphatidylcholine (PC)-enriched membranes have remained elusive. Here, we report the structure of the cPLA2α C2-domain (at 2.2 Å resolution), which contains bound 1,2-dihexanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DHPC) and Ca2+ ions. Two Ca2+ are complexed at previously reported locations in the lipid-free C2-domain. One of these Ca2+ions, along with a third Ca2+, bridges the C2-domain to the DHPC phosphate group, which also interacts with Asn65. Tyr96 plays a key role in lipid headgroup recognition via cation-π interaction with the PC trimethylammonium group. Mutagenesis analyses confirm that Tyr96 and Asn65 function in PC binding selectivity by the C2-domain and in the regulation of cPLA2α activity. The DHPC-binding mode of the cPLA2α C2-domain, which differs from phosphatidylserine or phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate binding by other C2-domains, expands and deepens knowledge of the lipid-binding mechanisms mediated by C2-domains.
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- Yoshinori Hirano
- Structural Biology ProgramMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterNew YorkUnited States
- Graduate School of Biological SciencesNara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST)TakayamaJapan
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- Hormel InstituteUniversity of MinnesotaAustinUnited States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyVirginia Commonwealth University Medical CenterRichmondUnited States
- Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular BiologyUniversity of South FloridaTampaUnited States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyVirginia Commonwealth University Medical CenterRichmondUnited States
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- Hormel InstituteUniversity of MinnesotaAustinUnited States
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- Structural Biology ProgramMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterNew YorkUnited States
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- Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular BiologyUniversity of South FloridaTampaUnited States
- Research ServiceJames A. Haley Veterans HospitalTampaUnited States
- The Moffitt Cancer CenterTampaUnited States
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- Structural Biology ProgramMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterNew YorkUnited States
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The relationship between bilayer stability and lipid head group orientation is reported. In this work, molecular-dynamics simulations are performed to analyze the structure-property relationship of lipid biomembranes, taking into account coarse-grained model lipid interactions. The work explains the molecular scale mechanism of the phase behavior of lipid systems due to ion-lipid or anesthetic-lipid interactions, where reorientations of dipoles play a key role in modifying lipid phases and thereby alter biomembrane function. Our study demonstrates that simple dipolar reorientation is indeed sufficient in tuning a bilayer to a randomly flipped nonbilayer lamellar phase. This study may be used to assess the impact of changes in lipid phase characteristics on biomembrane structure due to the presence of anesthetics and ions.
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- Tanay Paul
- Department of Physics, University of Calcutta,92, A. P. C. Road, Kolkata 700009, India
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- Department of Physics, University of Calcutta,92, A. P. C. Road, Kolkata 700009, India
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Shrestha R, Anderson CM, Cardenas AE, Elber R, Webb LJ. Direct Measurement of the Effect of Cholesterol and 6-Ketocholestanol on the Membrane Dipole Electric Field Using Vibrational Stark Effect Spectroscopy Coupled with Molecular Dynamics Simulations. J Phys Chem B 2017; 121:3424-3436. [PMID: 28071910 PMCID: PMC5398937 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b09007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Biological membranes are heterogeneous structures with complex electrostatic profiles arising from lipids, sterols, membrane proteins, and water molecules. We investigated the effect of cholesterol and its derivative 6-ketocholestanol (6-kc) on membrane electrostatics by directly measuring the dipole electric field (F⃗d) within lipid bilayers containing cholesterol or 6-kc at concentrations of 0-40 mol% through the vibrational Stark effect (VSE). We found that adding low concentrations of cholesterol, up to ∼10 mol %, increases F⃗d, while adding more cholesterol up to 40 mol% lowers F⃗d. In contrast, we measured a monotonic increase in F⃗d as 6-kc concentration increased. We propose that this membrane electric field is affected by multiple factors: the polarity of the sterol molecules, the reorientation of the phospholipid dipole due to sterol, and the impact of the sterol on hydrogen bonding with surface water. We used molecular dynamics simulations to examine the distribution of phospholipids, sterol, and helix in bilayers containing these sterols. At low concentrations, we observed clustering of sterols near the vibrational probe whereas at high concentrations, we observed spatial correlation between the positions of the sterol molecules. This work demonstrates how a one-atom difference in a sterol changes the physicochemical and electric field properties of the bilayer.
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- Rebika Shrestha
- Department of Chemistry, ‡Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, §Center for Nano- and Molecular Science and Technology, and ∥Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, §Center for Nano- and Molecular Science and Technology, and ∥Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, §Center for Nano- and Molecular Science and Technology, and ∥Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, §Center for Nano- and Molecular Science and Technology, and ∥Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, §Center for Nano- and Molecular Science and Technology, and ∥Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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Baîram D, Aissa I, Louati H, Othman H, Abdelkafi-Koubaa Z, Krayem N, El Ayeb M, Srairi-Abid N, Marrakchi N, Gargouri Y. Biochemical and monolayer characterization of Tunisian snake venom phospholipases. Int J Biol Macromol 2016; 89:640-6. [PMID: 27164498 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2016.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2015] [Revised: 05/03/2016] [Accepted: 05/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The present study investigated the kinetic and interfacial properties of two secreted phospholipases isolated from Tunisian vipers'venoms: Cerastes cerastes (CC-PLA2) and Macrovipera lebetina transmediterranea (MVL-PLA2). Results show that these enzymes have great different abilities to bind and hydrolyse phospholipids. Using egg-yolk emulsions as substrate at pH 8, we found that MVL-PLA2 has a specific activity of 1473U/mg at 37°C in presence of 1mM CaCl2. Furthermore the interfacial kinetic and binding data indicate that MVL-PLA2 has a preference to the zwitterionic phosphatidylcholine monolayers (PC). Conversely, CC-PLA2 was found to be able to hydrolyse preferentially negatively charged head group phospholipids (PG and PS) and exhibits a specific activity 9 times more important (13333U/mg at 60°C in presence of 3mM CaCl2). Molecular models of both CC-PLA2 and MVL-PLA2 3D structures have been built and their electrostatic potentials surfaces have been calculated. A marked anisotropy of the overall electrostatic charge distribution leads to a significantly difference in the dipole moment intensity between the two enzymes explaining the great differences in catalytic and binding properties, which seems to be governed by the electrostatic and hydrophobic forces operative at the surface of the two phospholipases.
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- Douja Baîram
- Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Laboratoire des Venins et Biomolécules Thérapeutiques LR11IPT08, 13, Place Pasteur, BP 74, 1002 Tunis-Belvédère, Tunisia; Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
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- Laboratoire de Biochimie et de Génie Enzymatique des Lipases, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax (ENIS), Route de Soukra, BP 1173, 3038 Sfax, Tunisia; Université de Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratoire de Biochimie et de Génie Enzymatique des Lipases, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax (ENIS), Route de Soukra, BP 1173, 3038 Sfax, Tunisia; Université de Sfax, Tunisia
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- Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Laboratoire des Venins et Biomolécules Thérapeutiques LR11IPT08, 13, Place Pasteur, BP 74, 1002 Tunis-Belvédère, Tunisia; Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
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- Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Laboratoire des Venins et Biomolécules Thérapeutiques LR11IPT08, 13, Place Pasteur, BP 74, 1002 Tunis-Belvédère, Tunisia; Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
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- Laboratoire de Biochimie et de Génie Enzymatique des Lipases, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax (ENIS), Route de Soukra, BP 1173, 3038 Sfax, Tunisia; Université de Sfax, Tunisia
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- Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Laboratoire des Venins et Biomolécules Thérapeutiques LR11IPT08, 13, Place Pasteur, BP 74, 1002 Tunis-Belvédère, Tunisia; Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
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- Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Laboratoire des Venins et Biomolécules Thérapeutiques LR11IPT08, 13, Place Pasteur, BP 74, 1002 Tunis-Belvédère, Tunisia; Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
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- Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Laboratoire des Venins et Biomolécules Thérapeutiques LR11IPT08, 13, Place Pasteur, BP 74, 1002 Tunis-Belvédère, Tunisia; Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
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- Laboratoire de Biochimie et de Génie Enzymatique des Lipases, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax (ENIS), Route de Soukra, BP 1173, 3038 Sfax, Tunisia; Université de Sfax, Tunisia.
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Hidaka Y, Asami K. Measurement of dipole potential in bilayer lipid membranes by dielectric spectroscopy. J Membr Biol 2014; 247:721-7. [PMID: 24935731 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-014-9697-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2014] [Accepted: 05/29/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Planar bilayer lipid membranes formed from egg phosphatidylcholine in aqueous media containing the lipophilic anion, dipicrylamine (DPA), were studied by dielectric spectroscopy over a frequency range of 10 Hz-10 MHz. The membranes showed dielectric relaxation due to the translocation of DPA between the membrane interfaces. Incorporating either cholesterol or 6-ketocholestanol into the membranes increased the characteristic frequency of the relaxation, which is proportional to the translocation rate constant of DPA. The results suggested that the sterol dipoles induced positive potential changes within the membrane interior. The changes of the dipole potential were 70 mV for cholesterol and 150 mV for 6-ketocholestanol when the sterol mole fraction was 0.67. The opposite effect was caused by phloretin added to the aqueous media, and the maximum dipole potential change was -90 mV at 100 μM.
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- Yuta Hidaka
- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, 611-0011, Japan
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Ritchie AW, Webb LJ. Optimizing Electrostatic Field Calculations with the Adaptive Poisson–Boltzmann Solver to Predict Electric Fields at Protein–Protein Interfaces. I. Sampling and Focusing. J Phys Chem B 2013; 117:11473-89. [DOI: 10.1021/jp404582w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Andrew W. Ritchie
- Department
of Chemistry,
Center for Nano- and Molecular Science and Technology, and Institute
for Cell and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, 1
University Station, A5300, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry,
Center for Nano- and Molecular Science and Technology, and Institute
for Cell and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, 1
University Station, A5300, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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Ostroumova OS, Efimova SS, Schagina LV. Changes of dipole potential of phospholipid membranes resulted from flavonoid adsorption. Biophysics (Nagoya-shi) 2013. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006350913030123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Efimova SS, Ostroumova OS. Effect of dipole modifiers on the magnitude of the dipole potential of sterol-containing bilayers. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2012; 28:9908-14. [PMID: 22702338 DOI: 10.1021/la301653s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The effects of various subclasses of flavonoids, Rose Bengal, and different styrylpyridinium dyes on the magnitude of the dipole potential of membranes composed of pure phospholipids and sterol-containing bilayers were investigated. Changes in the steady-state membrane conductance induced by cation-ionophore complexes were measured to examine the changes in the dipole potential of lipid bilayers. The characteristic parameters of the Langmuir adsorption isotherm for different flavonoids and Rose Bengal and the slope of the linear dependence of the dipole potential change on the aqueous concentrations of RH dyes were estimated. Chalcones (phloretin and phloridzin) and flavonols (quercetin and myricetin) strictly decrease the dipole potential of phospholipid- and sterol-containing membranes; the unsaturation of the C-ring and the hydrophobicity of the molecule contribute to the ability of the flavonoid to reduce the bilayer dipole potential. Rose Bengal decreases the magnitude of the bilayer dipole potential to a similar extent, but its affinity for membrane lipids is higher; the effects of RH dyes, chalcones, and phloroglucinol are determined by sterol concentration and type.
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- Svetlana S Efimova
- Institute of Cytology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg 194064, Russia
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There are three kinds of membrane potentials: the surface potentials, resulting from the accumulation of charges at the membrane surfaces; the transmembrane potential, determined by imbalance of charge in the aqueous solutions; and the dipole potential, a membrane-internal potential from the dipolar components of the phospholipids and interface water. The absolute value of the dipole potential has been very difficult to measure, although its value has been estimated to be in the range of 200-1,000 mV from ion translocation rates (determined by the planar lipid bilayer method), the surface potential of lipid monolayers (determined by the lipid monolayer method), molecular-dynamics calculations, and electron scattering using cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM). Spectroscopy methods have also been used to monitor the dipole potential changes on the basis of the observed fluorescence changes of voltage-sensitive probes. The dipole potential accounts for the much larger permeability of a bare phospholipid membrane to anions than cations and affects the conformation and function of membrane proteins.
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- Liguo Wang
- Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.
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Przybylo M, Borowik T, Langner M. Fluorescence Techniques for Determination of the Membrane Potentials in High Throughput Screening. J Fluoresc 2010; 20:1139-57. [DOI: 10.1007/s10895-010-0665-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2010] [Accepted: 04/05/2010] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Laine J, Lokajová J, Parshintsev J, Holopainen JM, Wiedmer SK. Interaction of a commercial lipid dispersion and local anesthetics in human plasma: implications for drug trapping by “lipid-sinks”. Anal Bioanal Chem 2010; 396:2599-607. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-009-3435-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2009] [Revised: 12/23/2009] [Accepted: 12/28/2009] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Santos A, Rodrigues AM, Sobral AJFN, Monsanto PV, Vaz WLC, Moreno MJ. Early Events in Photodynamic Therapy: Chemical and Physical Changes in a POPC:Cholesterol Bilayer due to Hematoporphyrin IX-mediated Photosensitization. Photochem Photobiol 2009; 85:1409-17. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2009.00606.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Alakoskela JM, Vitovic P, Kinnunen PKJ. Screening for the drug-phospholipid interaction: correlation to phospholipidosis. ChemMedChem 2009; 4:1224-51. [PMID: 19551800 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.200900052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Phospholipid bilayers represent a complex, anisotropic environment fundamentally different from bulk oil or octanol, for instance. Even "simple" drug association to phospholipid bilayers can only be fully understood if the slab-of-hydrocarbon approach is abandoned and the complex, anisotropic properties of lipid bilayers reflecting the chemical structures and organization of the constituent phospholipids are considered. The interactions of drugs with phospholipids are important in various processes, such as drug absorption, tissue distribution, and subcellular distribution. In addition, drug-lipid interactions may lead to changes in lipid-dependent protein activities, and further, to functional and morphological changes in cells, a prominent example being the phospholipidosis (PLD) induced by cationic amphiphilic drugs. Herein we briefly review drug-lipid interactions in general and the significance of these interactions in PLD in particular. We also focus on a potential causal connection between drug-induced PLD and steatohepatitis, which is induced by some cationic amphiphilic drugs.
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- Juha-Matti Alakoskela
- Division of Biochemistry, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Helsinki, Haartmaninkatu 8, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
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The local electric field within phospholipid membranes modulates the charge transfer reactions in reaction centres. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2009; 1787:1039-49. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2009.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2009] [Revised: 03/03/2009] [Accepted: 03/05/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Starke-Peterkovic T, Clarke RJ. Effect of headgroup on the dipole potential of phospholipid vesicles. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 2009; 39:103-10. [PMID: 19132364 DOI: 10.1007/s00249-008-0392-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2008] [Revised: 12/01/2008] [Accepted: 12/08/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The dipole potentials, psi (d), of phospholipid vesicles composed of pure dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) or vesicles in which 50 mol% of the DMPC was substituted by dimyristoylphosphatidylserine (DMPS), dimyristoylphosphatidylglycerol (DMPG), dimyristoylethanolamine (DMPE), dimyristoylphosphatidic acid (DMPA) or monomyristoylphosphatidylcholine (MMPC) were measured via a fluorescent ratiometric method utilizing the probe di-8-ANEPPS. The PS and PG headgroups were found to cause only minor changes in psi (d). PE caused an increase in psi (d) of 51 mV. This could be explained by a decrease in the dielectric constant of the glycerol backbone region as well as a movement of the P(-)-N(+) dipole of the less bulky PE headgroup to a position more parallel to the membrane surface than in PC. The negatively charged PA headgroup increases psi (d) by 215 mV relative to PC alone. This indicates that the positive pole of the dipole predominantly responsible for the dipole potential is located at a position closer to the interior of the membrane than the phosphate group. The increase in the charge of the negative pole of the dipole by the phosphate group of PA increases the electrical potential drop across the lipid headgroup region. The incorporation of the single chain lipid MMPC into the membrane causes a decrease in psi (d) of 142 mV. This can be explained by a decrease in packing density within the membrane of carbonyl dipoles from the sn-2 chain of DMPC. The results presented should contribute to a better understanding of the electrical effect of lipid headgroups on the functioning of membrane proteins.
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Parry MJ, Alakoskela JMI, Khandelia H, Kumar SA, Jäättelä M, Mahalka AK, Kinnunen PKJ. High-affinity small molecule-phospholipid complex formation: binding of siramesine to phosphatidic acid. J Am Chem Soc 2008; 130:12953-60. [PMID: 18767848 DOI: 10.1021/ja800516w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Siramesine (SRM) is a sigma-2 receptor agonist which has been recently shown to inhibit growth of cancer cells. Fluorescence spectroscopy experiments revealed two distinct binding sites for this drug in phospholipid membranes. More specifically, acidic phospholipids retain siramesine on the bilayer surface due to a high-affinity interaction, reaching saturation at an apparent 1:1 drug-acidic phospholipid stoichiometry, where after the drug penetrates into the hydrocarbon core of the membrane. This behavior was confirmed using Langmuir films. Of the anionic phospholipids, the highest affinity, comparable to the affinities for the binding of small molecule ligands to proteins, was measured for phosphatidic acid (PA, mole fraction of X(PA) = 0.2 in phosphatidylcholine vesicles), yielding a molecular partition coefficient of 240 +/- 80 x 10(6). An MD simulation on the siramesine:PA interaction was in agreement with the above data. Taking into account the key role of PA as a signaling molecule promoting cell growth our results suggest a new paradigm for the development of anticancer drugs, viz. design of small molecules specifically scavenging phospholipids involved in the signaling cascades controlling cell behavior.
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- Mikko J Parry
- Helsinki Biophysics & Biomembrane Group, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Weis M, Kopáni M. Influence of vitamin C on alcohol binding to phospholipid monolayers. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL : EBJ 2008; 37:893-901. [PMID: 18365189 DOI: 10.1007/s00249-008-0303-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2007] [Revised: 02/22/2008] [Accepted: 03/07/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The simple model of the biological membrane is provided by well-controlled lipid monolayers at the air-water interface. The Maxwell displacement current technique (MDC) provides novel approach to conformation study of the membrane models. The effect of alcohols is interaction with membrane molecules, mainly with the lipid head group and consequent changes in physical-chemical properties of the membrane. The aim of study is to detect changes in structural, electrical and mechanical properties of dipalmitoyl-phosphatidylcholine (DPPC) monolayer on the subphase of methanol-water and ethanol-water mixtures before and after addition of antioxidant agent, vitamin C. Monolayers properties are investigated by a surface pressure analysis (including mechanical properties evaluation) and the Maxwell displacement current measurement, the dipole moment projection calculation. Surface pressure-area isotherms show similar behaviour of the DPPC monolayer on alcohol-water mixtures independently on presence of vitamin C. Binding/adsorption process induces change of electron density distribution across monolayer and thus the molecular dipole moment. We observe small or negligible binding of methanol molecules on oxygen bonds of DPPC. Thus the antioxidant, vitamin C, has no significant effect. For ethanol-water mixtures is observed recovery of electrical properties in presence of antioxidant agent. We suppose that vitamin C regulates DPPC-ethanol molecules interaction.
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- M Weis
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Ilkovicova 3, 81219, Bratislava, Slovakia
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Chen LY, Lin JJ, Lin MS, Chiu SM, Chang Y, Chen WY. Kinetics and morphology analysis for fabrication a mimetic bio-membrane on Brij-76 derived surface. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2006.09.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Vitha MF, Clarke RJ. Comparison of excitation and emission ratiometric fluorescence methods for quantifying the membrane dipole potential. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2007; 1768:107-14. [PMID: 16904627 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2006.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2006] [Revised: 06/28/2006] [Accepted: 06/29/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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We are interested in developing fluorescence methods for quantifying lateral variations in the dipole potential across cell surfaces. Previous work in this laboratory showed that the ratio of fluorescence intensities of the voltage-sensitive dye di-8-ANEPPS using excitation wavelengths at 420 and 520 nm correlates well with measurements of the dipole potential. In the present work we evaluate the use of di-8-ANEPPS and an emission ratiometric method for measuring dipole potentials, as Bullen and Saggau (Biophys. J. 65 (1999) 2272-2287) have done to follow changes in the membrane potential in the presence of an externally applied field. Emission ratiometric methods have distinct advantages over excitation methods when applied to fluorescence microscopy because only a single wavelength is needed for excitation. We found that unlike the excitation ratio, the emission ratio does not correlate with the dipole potential of vesicles made from different lipids. A difference in the behaviour of the emission ratio in saturated compared to unsaturated lipid vesicles was noted. Furthermore, the emission ratio did not respond in the same way as the excitation ratio when cholesterol, 6-ketocholestanol, 7-ketocholesterol, and phloretin were added to dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) vesicles. We attribute the lack of correlation between the emission ratio and the dipole potential to simultaneous changes in membrane fluidity caused by changes in membrane composition, which do not occur when the electric field is externally applied as in the work of Bullen and Saggau. Di-8-ANEPPS can, thus, only be used via an excitation ratiometric method to quantify the dipole potential.
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- Mark F Vitha
- Department of Chemistry, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa 50311, USA
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Alakoskela JM, Covey DF, Kinnunen PKJ. Lack of enantiomeric specificity in the effects of anesthetic steroids on lipid bilayers. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2006; 1768:131-45. [PMID: 16945324 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2006.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2006] [Revised: 07/13/2006] [Accepted: 07/19/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The most important target protein for many anesthetics, including volatile and steroid anesthetics, appears to be the type A gamma-amino butyric acid receptor (GABA(A)R), yet direct binding remains to be demonstrated. Hypotheses of lipid-mediated anesthesia suggest that lipid bilayer properties are changed by anesthetics and that this in turn affects the functions of proteins. While other data could equally well support direct or lipid-mediated action, enantiomeric specificity displayed by some anesthetics is not reflected in their interactions with lipids. In the present study, we studied the effects of two pairs of anesthetic steroid enantiomers on bilayers of several compositions, measuring potentially relevant physical properties. For one of the pairs, allopregnanolone and ent-allopregnanolone, the natural enantiomer is 300% more efficacious as an anesthetic, while for the other, pregnanolone and ent-pregnanolone, there is little difference in anesthetic potency. For each enantiomer pair, we could find no differences. This strongly favors the view that the effects of these anesthetics on lipid bilayers are not relevant for the main features of anesthesia. These steroids also provide tools to distinguish in general the direct binding of steroids to proteins from lipid-mediated effects.
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- Juha-Matti Alakoskela
- Helsinki Biophysics and Biomembrane Group, Institute of Biomedicine/Biochemistry, P.O. Box 63, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland.
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Falck E, Hautala JT, Karttunen M, Kinnunen PKJ, Patra M, Saaren-Seppälä H, Vattulainen I, Wiedmer SK, Holopainen JM. Interaction of fusidic acid with lipid membranes: Implications to the mechanism of antibiotic activity. Biophys J 2006; 91:1787-99. [PMID: 16782792 PMCID: PMC1544291 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.084525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We have studied the effects of cholesterol and steroid-based antibiotic fusidic acid (FA) on the behavior of lipid bilayers using a variety of experimental techniques together with atomic-scale molecular dynamics simulations. Capillary electrophoretic measurements showed that FA was incorporated into fluid 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine membranes. Differential scanning calorimetry in turn showed that FA only slightly altered the thermodynamic properties of 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC) bilayers, whereas cholesterol abolished all endotherms when the mole fraction of cholesterol (X(chol)) was >0.20. Fluorescence spectroscopy was then used to further characterize the influence of these two steroids on DPPC large unilamellar vesicles. In the case of FA, our result strongly suggested that FA was organized into lateral microdomains with increased water penetration into the membrane. For cholesterol/DPPC mixtures, fluorescence spectroscopy results were compatible with the formation of the liquid-ordered phase. A comparison of FA and cholesterol-induced effects on DPPC bilayers through atomistic molecular dynamics simulations showed that both FA and cholesterol tend to order neighboring lipid chains. However, the ordering effect of FA was slightly weaker than that of cholesterol, and especially for deprotonated FA the difference was significant. Summarizing, our results show that FA is readily incorporated into the lipid bilayer where it is likely to be enriched into lateral microdomains. These domains could facilitate the association of elongation factor-G into lipid rafts in living bacteria, enhancing markedly the antibiotic efficacy of FA.
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- Emma Falck
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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Starke-Peterkovic T, Turner N, Vitha MF, Waller MP, Hibbs DE, Clarke RJ. Cholesterol effect on the dipole potential of lipid membranes. Biophys J 2006; 90:4060-70. [PMID: 16513788 PMCID: PMC1459515 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.074666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2005] [Accepted: 01/18/2006] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The effect of cholesterol removal by methyl-beta-cyclodextrin on the dipole potential, psi(d), of membrane vesicles composed of natural membrane lipids extracted from the kidney and brain of eight vertebrate species was investigated using the voltage-sensitive fluorescent probe di-8-ANEPPS. Cyclodextrin treatment reduced cholesterol levels by on average 80% and this was associated with an average reduction in psi(d) of 50 mV. Measurements of the effect of a range of cholesterol derivatives on the psi(d) of DMPC lipid vesicles showed that the magnitude of the effect correlated with the component of the sterol's dipole moment perpendicular to the membrane surface. The changes in psi(d) observed could not be accounted for solely by the electric field originating from the sterols' dipole moments. Additional factors must arise from sterol-induced changes in lipid packing, which changes the density of dipoles in the membrane, and changes in water penetration into the membrane, which changes the effective dielectric constant of the interfacial region. In DMPC membranes, the cholesterol-induced change in psi(d) was biphasic, i.e., a maximum in psi(d) was observed at approximately 35-45 mol %, after which psi(d) started to decrease. We suggest that this could be associated with a maximum in the strength of DMPC-cholesterol intermolecular forces at this composition.
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- Thomas Starke-Peterkovic
- School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2006, Australia; Department of Biomedical Science, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW 2522, Australia; and Department of Chemistry, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa 50311
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- School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2006, Australia; Department of Biomedical Science, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW 2522, Australia; and Department of Chemistry, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa 50311
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- School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2006, Australia; Department of Biomedical Science, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW 2522, Australia; and Department of Chemistry, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa 50311
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- School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2006, Australia; Department of Biomedical Science, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW 2522, Australia; and Department of Chemistry, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa 50311
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- School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2006, Australia; Department of Biomedical Science, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW 2522, Australia; and Department of Chemistry, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa 50311
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- School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2006, Australia; Department of Biomedical Science, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW 2522, Australia; and Department of Chemistry, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa 50311
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