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Struts AV, Barmasov AV, Fried SDE, Hewage KSK, Perera SMDC, Brown MF. Osmotic stress studies of G-protein-coupled receptor rhodopsin activation. Biophys Chem 2024; 304:107112. [PMID: 37952496 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2023.107112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2023] [Revised: 09/22/2023] [Accepted: 09/24/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023]
Abstract
We summarize and critically review osmotic stress studies of the G-protein-coupled receptor rhodopsin. Although small amounts of structural water are present in these receptors, the effect of bulk water on their function remains uncertain. Studies of the influences of osmotic stress on the GPCR archetype rhodopsin have given insights into the functional role of water in receptor activation. Experimental work has discovered that osmolytes shift the metarhodopsin equilibrium after photoactivation, either to the active or inactive conformations according to their molar mass. At least 80 water molecules are found to enter rhodopsin in the transition to the photoreceptor active state. We infer that this movement of water is both necessary and sufficient for receptor activation. If the water influx is prevented, e.g., by large polymer osmolytes or by dehydration, then the receptor functional transition is back shifted. These findings imply a new paradigm in which rhodopsin becomes solvent swollen in the activation mechanism. Water thus acts as an allosteric modulator of function for rhodopsin-like receptors in lipid membranes.
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- Andrey V Struts
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA; Laboratory of Biomolecular NMR, St.-Petersburg State University, 199034 St.-Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Biophysics, St.-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, 194100 St.-Petersburg, Russia; Department of Physics, St.-Petersburg State University, 199034 St.-Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA; Department of Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
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Has C, Das SL. The Functionality of Membrane-Inserting Proteins and Peptides: Curvature Sensing, Generation, and Pore Formation. J Membr Biol 2023; 256:343-372. [PMID: 37650909 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-023-00289-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Proteins and peptides with hydrophobic and amphiphilic segments are responsible for many biological functions. The sensing and generation of membrane curvature are the functions of several protein domains or motifs. While some specific membrane proteins play an essential role in controlling the curvature of distinct intracellular membranes, others participate in various cellular processes such as clathrin-mediated endocytosis, where several proteins sort themselves at the neck of the membrane bud. A few membrane-inserting proteins form nanopores that permeate selective ions and water to cross the membrane. In addition, many natural and synthetic small peptides and protein toxins disrupt the membrane by inducing nonspecific pores in the membrane. The pore formation causes cell death through the uncontrolled exchange between interior and exterior cellular contents. In this article, we discuss the insertion depth and orientation of protein/peptide helices, and their role as a sensor and inducer of membrane curvature as well as a pore former in the membrane. We anticipate that this extensive review will assist biophysicists to gain insight into curvature sensing, generation, and pore formation by membrane insertion.
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- Chandra Has
- Department of Chemical Engineering, GSFC University, Vadodara, 391750, Gujarat, India.
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- Physical and Chemical Biology Laboratory and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Palakkad, 678623, Kerala, India
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Renne MF, Ernst R. Membrane homeostasis beyond fluidity: control of membrane compressibility. Trends Biochem Sci 2023; 48:963-977. [PMID: 37652754 PMCID: PMC10580326 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2023.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Revised: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 08/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Biomembranes are complex materials composed of lipids and proteins that compartmentalize biochemistry. They are actively remodeled in response to physical and metabolic cues, as well as during cell differentiation and stress. The concept of homeoviscous adaptation has become a textbook example of membrane responsiveness. Here, we discuss limitations and common misconceptions revolving around it. By highlighting key moments in the life cycle of a transmembrane protein, we illustrate that membrane thickness and a finely regulated membrane compressibility are crucial to facilitate proper membrane protein insertion, function, sorting, and inheritance. We propose that the unfolded protein response (UPR) provides a mechanism for endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane homeostasis by sensing aberrant transverse membrane stiffening and triggering adaptive responses that re-establish membrane compressibility.
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- Mike F Renne
- Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical Faculty, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany; PZMS, Center for Molecular Signaling, Medical Faculty, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany.
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- Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical Faculty, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany; PZMS, Center for Molecular Signaling, Medical Faculty, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany.
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Townsend JA, Marty MT. What's the defect? Using mass defects to study oligomerization of membrane proteins and peptides in nanodiscs with native mass spectrometry. Methods 2023; 218:1-13. [PMID: 37482149 PMCID: PMC10529358 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2023.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2023] [Revised: 06/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023] Open
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Many membrane proteins form functional complexes that are either homo- or hetero-oligomeric. However, it is challenging to characterize membrane protein oligomerization in intact lipid bilayers, especially for polydisperse mixtures. Native mass spectrometry of membrane proteins and peptides inserted in lipid nanodiscs provides a unique method to study the oligomeric state distribution and lipid preferences of oligomeric assemblies. To interpret these complex spectra, we developed novel data analysis methods using macromolecular mass defect analysis. Here, we provide an overview of how mass defect analysis can be used to study oligomerization in nanodiscs, discuss potential limitations in interpretation, and explore strategies to resolve these ambiguities. Finally, we review recent work applying this technique to studying formation of antimicrobial peptide, amyloid protein, and viroporin complexes with lipid membranes.
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- Julia A Townsend
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Bio5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Bio5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
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Poudel B, Rajeshwar T R, Vanegas JM. Membrane mediated mechanical stimuli produces distinct active-like states in the AT1 receptor. Nat Commun 2023; 14:4690. [PMID: 37542033 PMCID: PMC10403497 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40433-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/06/2023] Open
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The Angiotensin II Type 1 (AT1) receptor is one of the most widely studied GPCRs within the context of biased signaling. While the AT1 receptor is activated by agonists such as the peptide AngII, it can also be activated by mechanical stimuli such as membrane stretch or shear in the absence of a ligand. Despite the importance of mechanical activation of the AT1 receptor in biological processes such as vasoconstriction, little is known about the structural changes induced by external physical stimuli mediated by the surrounding lipid membrane. Here, we present a systematic simulation study that characterizes the activation of the AT1 receptor under various membrane environments and mechanical stimuli. We show that stability of the active state is highly sensitive to membrane thickness and tension. Structural comparison of membrane-mediated vs. agonist-induced activation shows that the AT1 receptor has distinct active conformations. This is supported by multi-microsecond free energy calculations that show unique landscapes for the inactive and various active states. Our modeling results provide structural insights into the mechanical activation of the AT1 receptor and how it may produce different functional outcomes within the framework of biased agonism.
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- Bharat Poudel
- Materials Science Graduate Program, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 05405, USA
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- Department of Physics, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 05405, USA
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- Materials Science Graduate Program, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 05405, USA.
- Department of Physics, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 05405, USA.
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97330, USA.
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Soubias O, Sodt AJ, Teague WE, Hines KG, Gawrisch K. Physiological changes in bilayer thickness induced by cholesterol control GPCR rhodopsin function. Biophys J 2023; 122:973-983. [PMID: 36419350 PMCID: PMC10111215 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2022.11.2937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Revised: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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We monitored the effect on function of the G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) rhodopsin from small, stepwise changes in bilayer thickness induced by cholesterol. Over a range of phosphatidylcholine bilayers with hydrophobic thickness from ≈21 Å to 38 Å, the metarhodopsin-I (MI)/metarhodopsin-II (MII) equilibrium was monitored with UV-visible spectroscopy while ordering of hydrocarbon chains was probed by 2H-NMR. Addition of cholesterol shifted equilibrium toward MII for bilayers thinner than the average length of hydrophobic transmembrane helices (27 Å) and to MI for thicker bilayers, while small bilayer thickness changes within the range of the protein hydrophobic thickness drastically up- or downregulated MII formation. The cholesterol-induced shifts toward MII for thinner membranes correlated with the cholesterol-induced increase of bilayer hydrophobic thickness measured by NMR, consistent with continuum elastic modeling. The energetic penalty of adding cholesterol to thick bilayers caused rhodopsin oligomerization and a shift toward MI. In membranes of physiological thickness, changes in bilayer mechanical properties induced by cholesterol potentiated the interplay between bilayer and protein thickness resulting in large swings of the MI-MII equilibrium. In membrane containing cholesterol, elastic deformations near the protein are a dominant energetic contribution to the functional equilibrium of the model GPCR rhodopsin.
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- Olivier Soubias
- Macromolecular NMR Section, Center for Structural Biology, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, NIH, Frederick, Maryland.
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- Unit on Membrane Chemical Physics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Section of NMR, Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, NIAAA, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Section of NMR, Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, NIAAA, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Section of NMR, Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, NIAAA, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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Hofmann KP, Lamb TD. Rhodopsin, light-sensor of vision. Prog Retin Eye Res 2023; 93:101116. [PMID: 36273969 DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2022.101116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2022] [Revised: 08/20/2022] [Accepted: 08/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The light sensor of vertebrate scotopic (low-light) vision, rhodopsin, is a G-protein-coupled receptor comprising a polypeptide chain with bound chromophore, 11-cis-retinal, that exhibits remarkable physicochemical properties. This photopigment is extremely stable in the dark, yet its chromophore isomerises upon photon absorption with 70% efficiency, enabling the activation of its G-protein, transducin, with high efficiency. Rhodopsin's photochemical and biochemical activities occur over very different time-scales: the energy of retinaldehyde's excited state is stored in <1 ps in retinal-protein interactions, but it takes milliseconds for the catalytically active state to form, and many tens of minutes for the resting state to be restored. In this review, we describe the properties of rhodopsin and its role in rod phototransduction. We first introduce rhodopsin's gross structural features, its evolution, and the basic mechanisms of its activation. We then discuss light absorption and spectral sensitivity, photoreceptor electrical responses that result from the activity of individual rhodopsin molecules, and recovery of rhodopsin and the visual system from intense bleaching exposures. We then provide a detailed examination of rhodopsin's molecular structure and function, first in its dark state, and then in the active Meta states that govern its interactions with transducin, rhodopsin kinase and arrestin. While it is clear that rhodopsin's molecular properties are exquisitely honed for phototransduction, from starlight to dawn/dusk intensity levels, our understanding of how its molecular interactions determine the properties of scotopic vision remains incomplete. We describe potential future directions of research, and outline several major problems that remain to be solved.
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- Klaus Peter Hofmann
- Institut für Medizinische Physik und Biophysik (CC2), Charité, and, Zentrum für Biophysik und Bioinformatik, Humboldt-Unversität zu Berlin, Berlin, 10117, Germany.
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- Eccles Institute of Neuroscience, John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia.
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Bryl K. Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) as a Spectroscopic Ruler for the Investigation of Protein Induced Lipid Membrane Curvature: Bacteriorhodopsin and Bacteriorhodopsin Analogs in Model Lipid Membranes. APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY 2023; 77:187-199. [PMID: 36229916 DOI: 10.1177/00037028221135645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Bacteriorhodopsin (bR) is a light-driven proton pump existing in the purple membranes (PM) of Halobacterium salinarum. The effects associated with changes in proton distribution (proton gradient, membrane electric potential) play a key role in ATPase stimulation. However, how the bioenergetic modulus (bR-PM-ATPase) functions remains unclear. One can find indications that hydrophobic matching and the curvature of the lipid membrane may form a functional link between bR and ATPase. To verify whether an interaction between bR and lipids can lead to curvature of the lipid membrane, a spectroscopic ruler, that is, a fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) tool, was used. The distances from fluorescent lipid probes [octadecyl rhodamine B chloride (RhB), 1,1'-dioctadecyl-3,3,3',3'-tetramethylindocarbocyanine perchlorate (DiI), 16-(9-anthroyloxy) palmitic acid (16AP), and hydrophobic probe 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene (DPH), to the retinal chromophore of bR incorporated into phospholipid vesicles, were measured. The incorporation of retinal analogues with changed shape and/or altered electronic properties into the binding site of a bR or bR mutant were used to strengthen the feedback between the protein surrounding and chromophore. The experiments were performed with wild-type and D96N-mutated bR carrying retinal or 14-(12-,10-, 13,14-bi-) fluororetinal. As far as it is known, this is the first time that results obtained by the FRET method show that bR can induce a change in lipid structure interpreted as hydrophobically induced curving of the lipid membrane. Evidence was provided that the chromophore contributed to this effect. The extent of contribution was dependent on the chromophore structure in close vicinity to the place of its link with opsin. The implications of these findings for bR-PM-ATPase module functioning are also discussed.
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- Krzysztof Bryl
- Department of Physics and Biophysics, 49674University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland
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Alas CD, Haselwandter CA. Dependence of protein-induced lipid bilayer deformations on protein shape. Phys Rev E 2023; 107:024403. [PMID: 36932542 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.107.024403] [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: 08/09/2022] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Membrane proteins typically deform the surrounding lipid bilayer membrane, which can play an important role in the function, regulation, and organization of membrane proteins. Membrane elasticity theory provides a beautiful description of protein-induced lipid bilayer deformations, in which all physical parameters can be directly determined from experiments. While analytic solutions of protein-induced elastic bilayer deformations are most easily developed for proteins with approximately circular cross sections, structural biology has shown that membrane proteins come in a variety of distinct shapes, with often considerable deviations from a circular cross section. We develop here a boundary value method (BVM) that permits the construction of analytic solutions of protein-induced elastic bilayer deformations for protein shapes with arbitrarily large deviations from a circular cross section, for constant as well as variable boundary conditions along the bilayer-protein interface. We apply this BVM to protein-induced lipid bilayer thickness deformations. Our BVM reproduces available analytic solutions for proteins with circular cross section and yields, for proteins with noncircular cross section, excellent agreement with numerical, finite element solutions. On this basis, we formulate a simple analytic approximation of the bilayer thickness deformation energy associated with general protein shapes and show that, for modest deviations from rotational symmetry, this analytic approximation is in good agreement with BVM solutions. Using the BVM, we survey the dependence of protein-induced elastic bilayer thickness deformations on protein shape, and thus explore how the coupling of protein shape and bilayer thickness deformations affects protein oligomerization and transitions in protein conformational state.
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- Carlos D Alas
- Department of Physics and Astronomy and Department of Quantitative and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and Department of Quantitative and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA
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Levental I, Lyman E. Regulation of membrane protein structure and function by their lipid nano-environment. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2023; 24:107-122. [PMID: 36056103 PMCID: PMC9892264 DOI: 10.1038/s41580-022-00524-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 139.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/19/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Abstract
Transmembrane proteins comprise ~30% of the mammalian proteome, mediating metabolism, signalling, transport and many other functions required for cellular life. The microenvironment of integral membrane proteins (IMPs) is intrinsically different from that of cytoplasmic proteins, with IMPs solvated by a compositionally and biophysically complex lipid matrix. These solvating lipids affect protein structure and function in a variety of ways, from stereospecific, high-affinity protein-lipid interactions to modulation by bulk membrane properties. Specific examples of functional modulation of IMPs by their solvating membranes have been reported for various transporters, channels and signal receptors; however, generalizable mechanistic principles governing IMP regulation by lipid environments are neither widely appreciated nor completely understood. Here, we review recent insights into the inter-relationships between complex lipidomes of mammalian membranes, the membrane physicochemical properties resulting from such lipid collectives, and the regulation of IMPs by either or both. The recent proliferation of high-resolution methods to study such lipid-protein interactions has led to generalizable insights, which we synthesize into a general framework termed the 'functional paralipidome' to understand the mutual regulation between membrane proteins and their surrounding lipid microenvironments.
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- Ilya Levental
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, Center for Molecular and Cell Physiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.
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Pirhadi E, Vanegas JM, Farin M, Schertzer JW, Yong X. Effect of Local Stress on Accurate Modeling of Bacterial Outer Membranes Using All-Atom Molecular Dynamics. J Chem Theory Comput 2023; 19:363-372. [PMID: 36579901 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.2c01026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Biological membranes are fundamental components of living organisms that play an undeniable role in their survival. Molecular dynamics (MD) serves as an essential computational tool for studying biomembranes on molecular and atomistic scales. The status quo of MD simulations of biomembranes studies a nanometer-sized membrane patch periodically extended under periodic boundary conditions (PBCs). In nature, membranes are usually composed of different lipids in their two layers (referred to as leaflets). This compositional asymmetry imposes a fixed ratio of lipid numbers between the two leaflets in a periodically constrained membrane, which needs to be set appropriately. The widely adopted methods of defining a leaflet lipid ratio suffer from the lack of control over the mechanical tension of each leaflet, which could significantly influence research findings. In this study, we investigate the role of membrane-building protocol and the resulting initial stress state on the interaction between small molecules and asymmetric membranes. We model the outer membrane of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria using two different building protocols and probe their interactions with the Pseudomonas quinolone signal (PQS). Our results show that differential stress could shift the position of free energy minimum for the PQS molecule between the two leaflets of the asymmetric membrane. This work provides critical insights into the relationship between the initial per-leaflet tension and the spontaneous intercalation of PQS.
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- Emad Pirhadi
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York 13902-6000, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331-4003, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York 13902-6000, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York 13902-6000, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York 13902-6000, United States
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Kovacs T, Nagy P, Panyi G, Szente L, Varga Z, Zakany F. Cyclodextrins: Only Pharmaceutical Excipients or Full-Fledged Drug Candidates? Pharmaceutics 2022; 14:pharmaceutics14122559. [PMID: 36559052 PMCID: PMC9788615 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14122559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2022] [Revised: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 11/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Cyclodextrins, representing a versatile family of cyclic oligosaccharides, have extensive pharmaceutical applications due to their unique truncated cone-shaped structure with a hydrophilic outer surface and a hydrophobic cavity, which enables them to form non-covalent host-guest inclusion complexes in pharmaceutical formulations to enhance the solubility, stability and bioavailability of numerous drug molecules. As a result, cyclodextrins are mostly considered as inert carriers during their medical application, while their ability to interact not only with small molecules but also with lipids and proteins is largely neglected. By forming inclusion complexes with cholesterol, cyclodextrins deplete cholesterol from cellular membranes and thereby influence protein function indirectly through alterations in biophysical properties and lateral heterogeneity of bilayers. In this review, we summarize the general chemical principles of direct cyclodextrin-protein interactions and highlight, through relevant examples, how these interactions can modify protein functions in vivo, which, despite their huge potential, have been completely unexploited in therapy so far. Finally, we give a brief overview of disorders such as Niemann-Pick type C disease, atherosclerosis, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, in which cyclodextrins already have or could have the potential to be active therapeutic agents due to their cholesterol-complexing or direct protein-targeting properties.
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- Tamas Kovacs
- Department of Biophysics and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Biophysics and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Biophysics and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary
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- CycloLab Cyclodextrin R & D Laboratory Ltd., H-1097 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Biophysics and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Biophysics and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary
- Correspondence:
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McGuire H, Blunck R. Studying KcsA Channel Clustering Using Single Channel Voltage-Clamp Fluorescence Imaging*. Front Physiol 2022; 13:863375. [PMID: 35721536 PMCID: PMC9204084 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.863375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Accepted: 05/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Oligomerization and complex formation play a key role for many membrane proteins and has been described to influence ion channel function in both neurons and the heart. In this study, we observed clustering of single KcsA channels in planar lipid bilayer using single molecule fluorescence, while simultaneously measuring single channel currents. Clustering coincided with cooperative opening of KcsA. We demonstrate that clustering was not caused by direct protein-protein interactions or hydrophobic mismatch with the lipid environment, as suggested earlier, but was mediated via microdomains induced by the channel in the lipid matrix. We found that single channel activity of KcsA requires conically-shaped lipids in the lamellar liquid-crystalline (Lα) phase, and the need for a negative spontaneous curvature seem to lead to the deformations in the membrane that cause the clustering. The method introduced here will be applicable to follow oligomerization of a wide range of membrane proteins.
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- Hugo McGuire
- Department of Physics, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
- Interdisciplinary Research Center on Brain and Learning (CIRCA), Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
- *Correspondence: Rikard Blunck,
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Although G-protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) control vast physiological pathways, their activation remains chemically and physically enigmatic. Our osmotic stress studies of the visual receptor rhodopsin have redefined the standard model of GPCR signaling by revealing the essential role of bulk water. We show results consistent with a large number of water molecules flooding the rhodopsin interior during activation to stabilize the effector binding conformation. These results suggest a model of GPCR activation in which the receptor becomes solvent-swollen upon formation of the active state. We thus demonstrate the mechanism whereby water acts as a powerful allosteric modulator of a pharmacologically important membrane protein family. The Rhodopsin family of G-protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) comprises the targets of nearly a third of all pharmaceuticals. Despite structural water present in GPCR X-ray structures, the physiological relevance of these solvent molecules to rhodopsin signaling remains unknown. Here, we show experimental results consistent with the idea that rhodopsin activation in lipid membranes is coupled to bulk water movements into the protein. To quantify hydration changes, we measured reversible shifting of the metarhodopsin equilibrium due to osmotic stress using an extensive series of polyethylene glycol (PEG) osmolytes. We discovered clear evidence that light activation entails a large influx of bulk water (∼80–100 molecules) into the protein, giving insight into GPCR activation mechanisms. Various size polymer osmolytes directly control rhodopsin activation, in which large solutes are excluded from rhodopsin and dehydrate the protein, favoring the inactive state. In contrast, small osmolytes initially forward shift the activation equilibrium until a quantifiable saturation point is reached, similar to gain-of-function protein mutations. For the limit of increasing osmolyte size, a universal response of rhodopsin to osmotic stress is observed, suggesting it adopts a dynamic, hydrated sponge-like state upon photoactivation. Our results demand a rethinking of the role of water dynamics in modulating various intermediates in the GPCR energy landscape. We propose that besides bound water, an influx of bulk water plays a necessary role in establishing the active GPCR conformation that mediates signaling.
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Shrestha A, Kahraman O, Haselwandter CA. Mechanochemical coupling of lipid organization and protein function through membrane thickness deformations. Phys Rev E 2022; 105:054410. [PMID: 35706253 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.105.054410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2021] [Accepted: 05/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Cell membranes are composed of a great variety of protein and lipid species with distinct unperturbed hydrophobic thicknesses. To achieve hydrophobic matching, the lipid bilayer tends to deform around membrane proteins so as to match the protein hydrophobic thickness at bilayer-protein interfaces. Such protein-induced distortions of the lipid bilayer hydrophobic thickness incur a substantial energy cost that depends critically on the bilayer-protein hydrophobic mismatch, while distinct conformational states of membrane proteins often show distinct hydrophobic thicknesses. As a result, hydrophobic interactions between membrane proteins and lipids can yield a rich interplay of lipid-protein organization and transitions in protein conformational state. We combine here the membrane elasticity theory of protein-induced lipid bilayer thickness deformations with the Landau-Ginzburg theory of lipid domain formation to systematically explore the coupling between local lipid organization, lipid and protein hydrophobic thickness, and protein-induced lipid bilayer thickness deformations in membranes with heterogeneous lipid composition. We allow for a purely mechanical coupling of lipid and protein composition through the energetics of protein-induced lipid bilayer thickness deformations as well as a chemical coupling driven by preferential interactions between particular lipid and protein species. We find that the resulting lipid-protein organization can endow membrane proteins with diverse and controlled mechanical environments that, via protein-induced lipid bilayer thickness deformations, can strongly influence protein function. The theoretical approach employed here provides a general framework for the quantitative prediction of how membrane thickness deformations influence the joint organization and function of lipids and proteins in cell membranes.
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- Ahis Shrestha
- Department of Physics and Astronomy and Department of Quantitative and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and Department of Quantitative and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and Department of Quantitative and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA
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Baccouch R, Rascol E, Stoklosa K, Alves ID. The role of the lipid environment in the activity of G protein coupled receptors. Biophys Chem 2022; 285:106794. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2022.106794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Revised: 02/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Guérin DMA, Digilio A, Branda MM. Dimeric Rhodopsin R135L Mutant-Transducin-like Complex Sheds Light on Retinitis Pigmentosa Misfunctions. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:12958-12971. [PMID: 34793169 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c06348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Rhodopsin (RHO) is a light-sensitive pigment in the retina and the main prototypical protein of the G-protein-coupled receptor (GCPR) family. After receiving a light stimulus, RHO and its cofactor retinylidene undergo a series of structural changes that initiate an intricate transduction mechanism. Along with RHO, other partner proteins play key roles in the signaling pathway. These include transducin, a GTPase, kinases that phosphorylate RHO, and arrestin (Arr), which ultimately stops the signaling process and promotes RHO regeneration. A large number of RHO genetic mutations may lead to very severe retinal dysfunction and eventually to impaired dark adaptation disease called autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (adRP). In this study, we used molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to evaluate the different behaviors of the dimeric form of wild-type RHO (WT dRHO) and its mutant at position 135 of arginine to leucine (dR135L), both in the free (noncomplexed) and in complex with the transducin-like protein (Gtl). Gtl is a heterotrimeric model composed of a mixture of human and bovine G proteins. Our calculations allow us to explain how the mutation causes structural changes in the RHO dimer and how this can affect the signal that transducin generates when it is bound to RHO. Moreover, the structural modifications induced by the R135L mutation can also account for other misfunctions observed in the up- and downstream signaling pathways. The mechanism of these dysfunctions, together with the transducin activity reduction, provides structure-based explanations of the impairment of some key processes that lead to adRP.
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- Diego M A Guérin
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of the Basque Country (EHU) and Instituto Biofisika (CSIC, UPV/EHU), Barrio Sarriena S/N, 48940 Leioa, Vizcaya, Spain
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- Department of Physics, National University of San Luis (UNSL), Av. Ejército de los Andes 950, 5700 San Luis, Argentina
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- Institute of Applied Physics (CONICET-UNSL), Av. Ejercito de los Andes 950, 5700 San Luis, Argentina
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Xu Y, Erdjument‐Bromage H, Phoon CKL, Neubert TA, Ren M, Schlame M. Cardiolipin remodeling enables protein crowding in the inner mitochondrial membrane. EMBO J 2021; 40:e108428. [PMID: 34661298 PMCID: PMC8634138 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2021108428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Revised: 09/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Mitochondrial cristae are extraordinarily crowded with proteins, which puts stress on the bilayer organization of lipids. We tested the hypothesis that the high concentration of proteins drives the tafazzin-catalyzed remodeling of fatty acids in cardiolipin, thereby reducing bilayer stress in the membrane. Specifically, we tested whether protein crowding induces cardiolipin remodeling and whether the lack of cardiolipin remodeling prevents the membrane from accumulating proteins. In vitro, the incorporation of large amounts of proteins into liposomes altered the outcome of the remodeling reaction. In yeast, the concentration of proteins involved in oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) correlated with the cardiolipin composition. Genetic ablation of either remodeling or biosynthesis of cardiolipin caused a substantial drop in the surface density of OXPHOS proteins in the inner membrane of the mouse heart and Drosophila flight muscle mitochondria. Our data suggest that OXPHOS protein crowding induces cardiolipin remodelling and that remodeled cardiolipin supports the high concentration of these proteins in the inner mitochondrial membrane.
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- Yang Xu
- Department of AnesthesiologyNew York University Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNYUSA
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- Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine at the Skirball InstituteNew York University Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNYUSA
- Department of Cell BiologyNew York University Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNYUSA
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- Department of PediatricsNew York University Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNYUSA
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- Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine at the Skirball InstituteNew York University Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNYUSA
- Department of Cell BiologyNew York University Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNYUSA
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- Department of AnesthesiologyNew York University Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNYUSA
- Department of Cell BiologyNew York University Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNYUSA
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- Department of AnesthesiologyNew York University Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNYUSA
- Department of Cell BiologyNew York University Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkNYUSA
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The role of cholesterol recognition (CARC/CRAC) mirror codes in the allosterism of the human organic cation transporter 2 (OCT2, SLC22A2). Biochem Pharmacol 2021; 194:114840. [PMID: 34774844 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2021.114840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2021] [Revised: 11/08/2021] [Accepted: 11/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The human organic cation transporter 2 (OCT2) is a multispecific transporter with cholesterol-dependent allosteric features. The present work elucidates the role of evolutionarily conserved cholesterol recognition/interaction amino acid consensus sequences (CRAC and CARC) in the allosteric binding to 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+) in human embryonic kidney 293 cells stably or transiently expressing OCT2. Molecular blind simulations docked two mirroring cholesterol molecules in the 5th putative transmembrane domain, where a CARC and a CRAC sequence lie. The impact of the conserved amino acids that may constitute the CARC/CRAC mirror code was studied by alanine-scanning mutagenesis. At a saturating extracellular concentration of substrate, at which the impact of cholesterol depletion is maximal, five mutants transported MPP+ at a significantly lower rate than the wild-type OCT2 (WT), resembling the behavior of the WT upon cholesterol depletion. MPP+ influx rate as a function of the extracellular concentration of substrate was measured for the mutants R234A, R235A, L252A and R263A. R234A kinetic behavior was similar to that of the WT, whereas R235A, L252A and R263A activity shifted from allosteric to one-binding site kinetics, very much like the WT upon cholesterol depletion. The impact of cholesterol on protein thermal stability was assessed for WT, R234A and R263A. While the thermal stability of WT and R234A was improved by the supplementation with cholesterol, R263A was not sensitive to the presence of cholesterol. To conclude, the disruption of the CARC/CRAC mirror code in the 5th putative transmembrane domain is sufficient to abolish the allosteric interaction between OCT2 and MPP+.
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van Aalst E, Wylie BJ. Cholesterol Is a Dose-Dependent Positive Allosteric Modulator of CCR3 Ligand Affinity and G Protein Coupling. Front Mol Biosci 2021; 8:724603. [PMID: 34490352 PMCID: PMC8417553 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.724603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2021] [Accepted: 07/14/2021] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Cholesterol as an allosteric modulator of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) function is well documented. This quintessential mammalian lipid facilitates receptor–ligand interactions and multimerization states. Functionally, this introduces a complicated mechanism for the homeostatic modulation of GPCR signaling. Chemokine receptors are Class A GPCRs responsible for immune cell trafficking through the binding of endogenous peptide ligands. CCR3 is a CC motif chemokine receptor expressed by eosinophils and basophils. It traffics these cells by transducing the signal stimulated by the CC motif chemokine primary messengers 11, 24, and 26. These behaviors are close to the human immunoresponse. Thus, CCR3 is implicated in cancer metastasis and inflammatory conditions. However, there is a paucity of experimental evidence linking the functional states of CCR3 to the molecular mechanisms of cholesterol–receptor cooperativity. In this vein, we present a means to combine codon harmonization and a maltose-binding protein fusion tag to produce CCR3 from E. coli. This technique yields ∼2.6 mg of functional GPCR per liter of minimal media. We leveraged this protein production capability to investigate the effects of cholesterol on CCR3 function in vitro. We found that affinity for the endogenous ligand CCL11 increases in a dose-dependent manner with cholesterol concentration in both styrene:maleic acid lipid particles (SMALPs) and proteoliposomes. This heightened receptor activation directly translates to increased signal transduction as measured by the GTPase activity of the bound G-protein α inhibitory subunit 3 (Gαi3). This work represents a critical step forward in understanding the role of cholesterol-GPCR allostery in regulation of signal transduction.
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- Evan van Aalst
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States
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Pitch SG, Yao W, Szundi I, Fay J, Chen E, Shumate A, Kliger DS, Farrens DL. Functional integrity of membrane protein rhodopsin solubilized by styrene-maleic acid copolymer. Biophys J 2021; 120:3508-3515. [PMID: 34022241 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2021.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2020] [Revised: 04/18/2021] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Membrane proteins often require solubilization to study their structure or define the mechanisms underlying their function. In this study, the functional properties of the membrane protein rhodopsin in its native lipid environment were investigated after being solubilized with styrene-maleic acid (SMA) copolymer. The static absorption spectra of rhodopsin before and after the addition of SMA were recorded at room temperature to quantify the amount of membrane protein solubilized. The samples were then photobleached to analyze the functionality of rhodopsin upon solubilization. Samples with low or high SMA/rhodopsin ratios were compared to find a threshold in which the maximal amount of active rhodopsin was solubilized from membrane suspensions. Interestingly, whereas the highest SMA/rhodopsin ratios yielded the most solubilized rhodopsin, the rhodopsin produced under these conditions could not reach the active (Meta II) state upon photoactivation. The results confirm that SMA is a useful tool for membrane protein research, but SMA added in excess can interfere with the dynamics of protein activation.
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- Stephanie G Pitch
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California
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- Department of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California
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- Department of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California
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- Department of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California
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- Department of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon.
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Chadda R, Bernhardt N, Kelley EG, Teixeira SC, Griffith K, Gil-Ley A, Öztürk TN, Hughes LE, Forsythe A, Krishnamani V, Faraldo-Gómez JD, Robertson JL. Membrane transporter dimerization driven by differential lipid solvation energetics of dissociated and associated states. eLife 2021; 10:63288. [PMID: 33825681 PMCID: PMC8116059 DOI: 10.7554/elife.63288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2020] [Accepted: 04/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Over two-thirds of integral membrane proteins of known structure assemble into oligomers. Yet, the forces that drive the association of these proteins remain to be delineated, as the lipid bilayer is a solvent environment that is both structurally and chemically complex. In this study, we reveal how the lipid solvent defines the dimerization equilibrium of the CLC-ec1 Cl-/H+ antiporter. Integrating experimental and computational approaches, we show that monomers associate to avoid a thinned-membrane defect formed by hydrophobic mismatch at their exposed dimerization interfaces. In this defect, lipids are strongly tilted and less densely packed than in the bulk, with a larger degree of entanglement between opposing leaflets and greater water penetration into the bilayer interior. Dimerization restores the membrane to a near-native state and therefore, appears to be driven by the larger free-energy cost of lipid solvation of the dissociated protomers. Supporting this theory, we demonstrate that addition of short-chain lipids strongly shifts the dimerization equilibrium toward the monomeric state, and show that the cause of this effect is that these lipids preferentially solvate the defect. Importantly, we show that this shift requires only minimal quantities of short-chain lipids, with no measurable impact on either the macroscopic physical state of the membrane or the protein's biological function. Based on these observations, we posit that free-energy differentials for local lipid solvation define membrane-protein association equilibria. With this, we argue that preferential lipid solvation is a plausible cellular mechanism for lipid regulation of oligomerization processes, as it can occur at low concentrations and does not require global changes in membrane properties. A cell’s outer membrane is made of molecules called lipids, which band together to form a flexible thin film, just two molecules thick. This membrane is dotted with proteins that transport materials in to and out of cells. Most of these membrane proteins join with other proteins to form structures known as oligomers. Except, how membrane-bound proteins assemble into oligomers – the physical forces driving these molecules to take shape – remains unclear. This is partly because the structural, physical and chemical properties of fat-like lipid membranes are radically different to the cell’s watery interior. Consequently, the conditions under which membrane oligomers form are distinct from those surrounding proteins inside cells. Membrane proteins are also more difficult to study and characterize than water-soluble proteins inside the cell, and yet many therapeutic drugs such as antibiotics specifically target membrane proteins. Overall, our understanding of how the unique properties of lipid membranes affect the formation of protein structures embedded within, is lacking and warrants further investigation. Now, Chadda, Bernhardt et al. focused on one membrane protein, known as CLC, which tends to exist in pairs – or dimers. To understand why these proteins form dimers (a process called dimerization) Chadda, Bernhardt et al. first used computer simulations, and then validated the findings in experimental tests. These complementary approaches demonstrated that the main reason CLC proteins ‘dimerize’ lies in their interaction with the lipid membrane, and not the attraction of one protein to its partner. When CLC proteins are on their own, they deform the surrounding membrane and create structural defects that put the membrane under strain. But when two CLC proteins join as a dimer, this membrane strain disappears – making dimerization the more stable and energetically favorable option. Chadda, Bernhardt et al. also showed that with the addition of a few certain lipids, specifically smaller lipids, cell membranes become more tolerant of protein-induced structural changes. This might explain how cells could use various lipids to fine-tune the activity of membrane proteins by controlling how oligomers form. However, the theory needs to be examined further. Altogether, this work has provided fundamental insights into the physical forces shaping membrane-bound proteins, relevant to researchers studying cell biology and pharmacology alike.
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- Rahul Chadda
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, United States
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- Theoretical Molecular Biophysics Laboratory, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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- NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute for Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, United States
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- NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute for Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, United States.,Center for Neutron Science, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, United States
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- Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Carver College of Medicine, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States
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- Theoretical Molecular Biophysics Laboratory, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States.,Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Carver College of Medicine, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, United States
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- Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Carver College of Medicine, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States
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- Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Carver College of Medicine, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States
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- Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Carver College of Medicine, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States
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- Theoretical Molecular Biophysics Laboratory, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, United States
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Beaven AH, Arnarez C, Lyman E, Bennett WFD, Sodt AJ. Curvature Energetics Determined by Alchemical Simulation on Four Topologically Distinct Lipid Phases. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:1815-1824. [PMID: 33570958 PMCID: PMC9069320 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c09458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
The relative curvature energetics of two lipids are tested using thermodynamic integration (TI) on four topologically distinct lipid phases. Simulations use TI to switch between choline headgroup lipids (POPC; that prefers to be flat) and ethanolamine headgroup lipids (POPE; that prefer, for example, the inner monolayer of vesicles). The thermodynamical moving of the lipids between planar, inverse hexagonal (HII), cubic (QII; Pn3m space group), and vesicle topologies reveals differences in material parameters that were previously challenging to access. The methodology allows for predictions of two important lipid material properties: the difference in POPC/POPE monolayer intrinsic curvature (ΔJ0) and the difference in POPC/POPE monolayer Gaussian curvature modulus (Δκ̅m), both of which are connected to the energetics of topological variation. Analysis of the TI data indicates that, consistent with previous experiment and simulation, the J0 of POPE is more negative than POPC (ΔJ0 = -0.018 ± 0.001 Å-1). The theoretical framework extracts significant differences in κ̅m of which POPE is less negative than POPC by 2.0 to 4.0 kcal/mol. The range of these values is determined by considering subsets of the simulations, and disagreement between these subsets suggests separate mechanical parameters at very high curvature. Finally, the fit of the TI data to the model indicates that the position of the pivotal plane of curvature is not constant across topologies at high curvature. Overall, the results offer insights into lipid material properties, the limits of a single HC model, and how to test them using simulation.
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- Andrew H Beaven
- Unit on Membrane Chemical Physics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
- Postdoctoral Research Associate Program, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Biosciences and Biotechnology Division, Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, United States
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- Unit on Membrane Chemical Physics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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Park PSH. Supramolecular organization of rhodopsin in rod photoreceptor cell membranes. Pflugers Arch 2021; 473:1361-1376. [PMID: 33591421 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-021-02522-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2020] [Revised: 01/12/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Rhodopsin is the light receptor in rod photoreceptor cells that initiates scotopic vision. Studies on the light receptor span well over a century, yet questions about the organization of rhodopsin within the photoreceptor cell membrane still persist and a consensus view on the topic is still elusive. Rhodopsin has been intensely studied for quite some time, and there is a wealth of information to draw from to formulate an organizational picture of the receptor in native membranes. Early experimental evidence in apparent support for a monomeric arrangement of rhodopsin in rod photoreceptor cell membranes is contrasted and reconciled with more recent visual evidence in support of a supramolecular organization of rhodopsin. What is known so far about the determinants of forming a supramolecular structure and possible functional roles for such an organization are also discussed. Many details are still missing on the structural and functional properties of the supramolecular organization of rhodopsin in rod photoreceptor cell membranes. The emerging picture presented here can serve as a springboard towards a more in-depth understanding of the topic.
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- Paul S-H Park
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.
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Chawla U, Perera SMDC, Fried SDE, Eitel AR, Mertz B, Weerasinghe N, Pitman MC, Struts AV, Brown MF. Activation of the G‐Protein‐Coupled Receptor Rhodopsin by Water. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202003342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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- Udeep Chawla
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Arizona Tucson AZ 85721 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Arizona Tucson AZ 85721 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Arizona Tucson AZ 85721 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Arizona Tucson AZ 85721 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Arizona Tucson AZ 85721 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Arizona Tucson AZ 85721 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Arizona Tucson AZ 85721 USA
- Laboratory of Biomolecular NMR St. Petersburg State University St. Petersburg 199034 Russia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Arizona Tucson AZ 85721 USA
- Department of Physics University of Arizona Tucson AZ 85721 USA
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Shrestha A, Kahraman O, Haselwandter CA. Regulation of membrane proteins through local heterogeneity in lipid bilayer thickness. Phys Rev E 2020; 102:060401. [PMID: 33465991 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.102.060401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2020] [Accepted: 11/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Cell membranes show an intricate organization of lipids and membrane proteins into domains with distinct composition and hydrophobic thickness. Using mechanosensitive ion channels as a model system, we employ the membrane elasticity theory of lipid-protein interactions together with the Landau-Ginzburg theory of lipid domain formation to quantify protein-induced lipid bilayer thickness deformations in lipid bilayers with heterogeneous hydrophobic thickness. We show that protein-induced lipid bilayer thickness deformations yield, without any assumptions about preferential interactions between particular lipid and protein species, organization of lipids and membrane proteins according to their preferred hydrophobic thickness, and couple the conformational states of membrane proteins to the local membrane composition. Our calculations suggest that protein-induced lipid bilayer thickness deformations endow proteins in cell membranes with diverse and controlled mechanical environments that, in turn, allow targeted regulation of membrane proteins.
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- Ahis Shrestha
- Department of Physics & Astronomy and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA
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Chawla U, Perera SMDC, Fried SDE, Eitel AR, Mertz B, Weerasinghe N, Pitman MC, Struts AV, Brown MF. Activation of the G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Rhodopsin by Water. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 60:2288-2295. [PMID: 32596956 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202003342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Revised: 05/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Visual rhodopsin is an important archetype for G-protein-coupled receptors, which are membrane proteins implicated in cellular signal transduction. Herein, we show experimentally that approximately 80 water molecules flood rhodopsin upon light absorption to form a solvent-swollen active state. An influx of mobile water is necessary for activating the photoreceptor, and this finding is supported by molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Combined force-based measurements involving osmotic and hydrostatic pressure indicate the expansion occurs by changes in cavity volumes, together with greater hydration in the active metarhodopsin-II state. Moreover, we discovered that binding and release of the C-terminal helix of transducin is coupled to hydration changes as may occur in visual signal amplification. Hydration-dehydration explains signaling by a dynamic allosteric mechanism, in which the soft membrane matter (lipids and water) has a pivotal role in the catalytic G-protein cycle.
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- Udeep Chawla
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA.,Laboratory of Biomolecular NMR, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA.,Department of Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA
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Membrane Curvature Revisited-the Archetype of Rhodopsin Studied by Time-Resolved Electronic Spectroscopy. Biophys J 2020; 120:440-452. [PMID: 33217383 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2020.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2020] [Revised: 11/01/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) comprise the largest and most pharmacologically targeted membrane protein family. Here, we used the visual receptor rhodopsin as an archetype for understanding membrane lipid influences on conformational changes involved in GPCR activation. Visual rhodopsin was recombined with lipids varying in their degree of acyl chain unsaturation and polar headgroup size using 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero- and 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycerophospholipids with phosphocholine (PC) or phosphoethanolamine (PE) substituents. The receptor activation profile after light excitation was measured using time-resolved ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy. We discovered that more saturated POPC lipids back shifted the equilibrium to the inactive state, whereas the small-headgroup, highly unsaturated DOPE lipids favored the active state. Increasing unsaturation and decreasing headgroup size have similar effects that combine to yield control of rhodopsin activation, and necessitate factors beyond proteolipid solvation energy and bilayer surface electrostatics. Hence, we consider a balance of curvature free energy with hydrophobic matching and demonstrate how our data support a flexible surface model (FSM) for the coupling between proteins and lipids. The FSM is based on the Helfrich formulation of membrane bending energy as we previously first applied to lipid-protein interactions. Membrane elasticity and curvature strain are induced by lateral pressure imbalances between the constituent lipids and drive key physiological processes at the membrane level. Spontaneous negative monolayer curvature toward water is mediated by unsaturated, small-headgroup lipids and couples directly to GPCR activation upon light absorption by rhodopsin. For the first time to our knowledge, we demonstrate this modulation in both the equilibrium and pre-equilibrium evolving states using a time-resolved approach.
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Kooijman L, Schuster M, Baumann C, Jurt S, Löhr F, Fürtig B, Güntert P, Zerbe O. Dynamics of Bacteriorhodopsin in the Dark‐Adapted State from Solution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202004393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Laurens Kooijman
- Department of Chemistry University of Zurich Winterthurerstrasse 190 CH-8057 Zurich Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry University of Zurich Winterthurerstrasse 190 CH-8057 Zurich Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry University of Zurich Winterthurerstrasse 190 CH-8057 Zurich Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry University of Zurich Winterthurerstrasse 190 CH-8057 Zurich Switzerland
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- Institute of Biophysical Chemistry Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance Goethe University Frankfurt Max-von-Laue-Straße 9 60438 Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology Goethe University Frankfurt Max-von-Laue-Straße 7 60438 Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- Institute of Biophysical Chemistry Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance Goethe University Frankfurt Max-von-Laue-Straße 9 60438 Frankfurt am Main Germany
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry ETH Zürich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2 8093 Zurich Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry University of Zurich Winterthurerstrasse 190 CH-8057 Zurich Switzerland
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Jones AJY, Gabriel F, Tandale A, Nietlispach D. Structure and Dynamics of GPCRs in Lipid Membranes: Physical Principles and Experimental Approaches. Molecules 2020; 25:E4729. [PMID: 33076366 PMCID: PMC7587580 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25204729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Revised: 10/11/2020] [Accepted: 10/12/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Over the past decade, the vast amount of information generated through structural and biophysical studies of GPCRs has provided unprecedented mechanistic insight into the complex signalling behaviour of these receptors. With this recent information surge, it has also become increasingly apparent that in order to reproduce the various effects that lipids and membranes exert on the biological function for these allosteric receptors, in vitro studies of GPCRs need to be conducted under conditions that adequately approximate the native lipid bilayer environment. In the first part of this review, we assess some of the more general effects that a membrane environment exerts on lipid bilayer-embedded proteins such as GPCRs. This is then followed by the consideration of more specific effects, including stoichiometric interactions with specific lipid subtypes. In the final section, we survey a range of different membrane mimetics that are currently used for in vitro studies, with a focus on NMR applications.
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK; (A.J.Y.J.); (F.G.); (A.T.)
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Kooijman L, Schuster M, Baumann C, Jurt S, Löhr F, Fürtig B, Güntert P, Zerbe O. Dynamics of Bacteriorhodopsin in the Dark-Adapted State from Solution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:20965-20972. [PMID: 32726501 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202004393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2020] [Revised: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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To achieve efficient proton pumping in the light-driven proton pump bacteriorhodopsin (bR), the protein must be tightly coupled to the retinal to rapidly convert retinal isomerization into protein structural rearrangements. Methyl group dynamics of bR embedded in lipid nanodiscs were determined in the dark-adapted state, and were found to be mostly well ordered at the cytosolic side. Methyl groups in the M145A mutant of bR, which displays only 10 % residual proton pumping activity, are less well ordered, suggesting a link between side-chain dynamics on the cytosolic side of the bR cavity and proton pumping activity. In addition, slow conformational exchange, attributed to low frequency motions of aromatic rings, was indirectly observed for residues on the extracellular side of the bR cavity. This may be related to reorganization of the water network. These observations provide a detailed picture of previously undescribed equilibrium dynamics on different time scales for ground-state bR.
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- Laurens Kooijman
- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Biophysical Chemistry, Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Straße 9, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Straße 7, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysical Chemistry, Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Straße 9, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057, Zurich, Switzerland
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Direct and indirect cholesterol effects on membrane proteins with special focus on potassium channels. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2020; 1865:158706. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2020.158706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2019] [Revised: 03/19/2020] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Senapati S, Park PSH. Differential adaptations in rod outer segment disc membranes in different models of congenital stationary night blindness. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2020; 1862:183396. [PMID: 32533975 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2020.183396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2020] [Revised: 04/01/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Rod photoreceptor cells initiate scotopic vision when the light receptor rhodopsin absorbs a photon of light to initiate phototransduction. These photoreceptor cells are exquisitely sensitive and have adaptive mechanisms in place to maintain optimal function and to overcome dysfunctional states. One adaptation rod photoreceptor cells exhibit is in the packing properties of rhodopsin within the membrane. The mechanism underlying these adaptations is unclear. Mouse models of congenital stationary night blindness with different molecular causes were investigated to determine which signals are important for adaptations in rod photoreceptor cells. Night blindness in these mice is caused by dysfunction in either rod photoreceptor cell signaling or bipolar cell signaling. Changes in the packing of rhodopsin within photoreceptor cell membranes were examined by atomic force microscopy. Mice expressing constitutively active rhodopsin did not exhibit any adaptations, even under constant dark conditions. Mice with disrupted bipolar cell signaling exhibited adaptations, however, they were distinct from those in mice with disrupted phototransduction. These differential adaptations demonstrate that although multiple molecular defects can lead to a similar primary defect causing disease (i.e., night blindness), they can cause different secondary effects (i.e., adaptations). The lighting environment or signaling defects present from birth and during early rearing can condition mice and affect the adaptations occurring in more mature animals. A comparison of effects in wild-type mice, mice with defective phototransduction, and mice with defective bipolar cell signaling, indicated that bipolar cell signaling plays a role in this conditioning but is not required for adaptations in more mature animals.
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- Subhadip Senapati
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
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Khelashvili G, Cheng X, Falzone ME, Doktorova M, Accardi A, Weinstein H. Membrane lipids are both the substrates and a mechanistically responsive environment of TMEM16 scramblase proteins. J Comput Chem 2020; 41:538-551. [PMID: 31750558 PMCID: PMC7261202 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.26105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2019] [Revised: 09/04/2019] [Accepted: 10/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Recent discoveries about functional mechanisms of proteins in the TMEM16 family of phospholipid scramblases have illuminated the dual role of the membrane as both the substrate and a mechanistically responsive environment in the wide range of physiological processes and genetic disorders in which they are implicated. This is highlighted in the review of recent findings from our collaborative investigations of molecular mechanisms of TMEM16 scramblases that emerged from iterative functional, structural, and computational experimentation. In the context of this review, we present new MD simulations and trajectory analyses motivated by the fact that new structural information about the TMEM16 scramblases is emerging from cryo-EM determinations in lipid nanodiscs. Because the functional environment of these proteins in in vivo and in in vitro is closer to flat membranes, we studied comparatively the responses of the membrane to the TMEM16 proteins in flat membranes and nanodiscs. We find that bilayer shapes in the nanodiscs are very different from those observed in the flat membrane systems, but the function-related slanting of the membrane observed at the nhTMEM16 boundary with the protein is similar in the nanodiscs and in the flat bilayers. This changes, however, in the bilayer composed of longer-tail lipids, which is thicker near the phospholipid translocation pathway, which may reflect an enhanced tendency of the long tails to penetrate the pathway and create, as shown previously, a nonconductive environment. These findings support the correspondence between the mechanistic involvement of the lipid environment in the flat membranes, and the nanodiscs. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- George Khelashvili
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, 10065
- Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, 10065
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, 10065
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- Department of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, 10065
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, 77030
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, 10065
- Department of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, 10065
- Department of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, 10065
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, 10065
- Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, 10065
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Ferré S, Ciruela F, Casadó V, Pardo L. Oligomerization of G protein-coupled receptors: Still doubted? PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2020; 169:297-321. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.pmbts.2019.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Shahane G, Ding W, Palaiokostas M, Azevedo HS, Orsi M. Interaction of Antimicrobial Lipopeptides with Bacterial Lipid Bilayers. J Membr Biol 2019; 252:317-329. [PMID: 31098677 PMCID: PMC6790193 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-019-00068-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Accepted: 05/03/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The resistance of pathogens to traditional antibiotics is currently a global issue of enormous concern. As the discovery and development of new antibiotics become increasingly challenging, synthetic antimicrobial lipopeptides (AMLPs) are now receiving renewed attention as a new class of antimicrobial agents. In contrast to traditional antibiotics, AMLPs act by physically disrupting the cell membrane (rather than targeting specific proteins), thus reducing the risk of inducing bacterial resistance. In this study, we use microsecond-timescale atomistic molecular dynamics simulations to quantify the interaction of a short AMLP (C16-KKK) with model bacterial lipid bilayers. In particular, we investigate how fundamental transmembrane properties change in relation to a range of lipopeptide concentrations. A number of structural, mechanical, and dynamical features are found to be significantly altered in a non-linear fashion. At 10 mol% concentration, lipopeptides have a condensing effect on bacterial bilayers, characterized by a decrease in the area per lipid and an increase in the bilayer order. Higher AMLP concentrations of 25 and 40 mol% destabilize the membrane by disrupting the bilayer core structure, inducing membrane thinning and water leakage. Important transmembrane properties such as the lateral pressure and dipole potential profiles are also affected. Potential implications on membrane function and associated proteins are discussed.
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- Ganesh Shahane
- Institute of Bioengineering, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, UK
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- School of Engineering & Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, UK
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- School of Engineering & Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, UK
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- School of Engineering & Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, UK
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- Department of Applied Sciences, University of the West of England, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol, BS16 1QY, UK.
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Duncan AL, Song W, Sansom MSP. Lipid-Dependent Regulation of Ion Channels and G Protein-Coupled Receptors: Insights from Structures and Simulations. Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol 2019; 60:31-50. [PMID: 31506010 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-pharmtox-010919-023411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Ion channels and G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are regulated by lipids in their membrane environment. Structural studies combined with biophysical and molecular simulation investigations reveal interaction sites for specific lipids on membrane protein structures. For K channels, PIP2 plays a key role in regulating Kv and Kir channels. Likewise, several recent cryo-EM structures of TRP channels have revealed bound lipids, including PIP2 and cholesterol. Among the pentameric ligand-gated ion channel family, structural and biophysical studies suggest the M4 TM helix may act as a lipid sensor, e.g., forming part of the binding sites for neurosteroids on the GABAA receptor. Structures of GPCRs have revealed multiple cholesterol sites, which may modulate both receptor dynamics and receptor oligomerization. PIP2 also interacts with GPCRs and may modulate their interactions with G proteins. Overall, it is evident that multiple lipid binding sites exist on channels and receptors that modulate their function allosterically and are potential druggable sites.
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- Anna L Duncan
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom;
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom;
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom;
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Park PSH. Rhodopsin Oligomerization and Aggregation. J Membr Biol 2019; 252:413-423. [PMID: 31286171 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-019-00078-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Rhodopsin is the light receptor in photoreceptor cells of the retina and a prototypical G protein-coupled receptor. Two types of quaternary structures can be adopted by rhodopsin. If rhodopsin folds and attains a proper tertiary structure, it can then form oligomers and nanodomains within the photoreceptor cell membrane. In contrast, if rhodopsin misfolds, it cannot progress through the biosynthetic pathway and instead will form aggregates that can cause retinal degenerative disease. In this review, emerging views are highlighted on the supramolecular organization of rhodopsin within the membrane of photoreceptor cells and the aggregation of rhodopsin that can lead to retinal degeneration.
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- Paul S-H Park
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.
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Kahraman O, Haselwandter CA. Supramolecular organization of membrane proteins with anisotropic hydrophobic thickness. SOFT MATTER 2019; 15:4301-4310. [PMID: 31070658 DOI: 10.1039/c9sm00358d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Experiments have revealed that membrane proteins often self-assemble into locally ordered clusters. Such membrane protein lattices can play key roles in the functional organization of cell membranes. Membrane protein organization can be driven, at least in part, by bilayer-mediated elastic interactions between membrane proteins. For membrane proteins with anisotropic hydrophobic thickness, bilayer-mediated protein interactions are inherently directional. Here we establish general relations between anisotropy in membrane protein hydrophobic thickness and supramolecular membrane protein organization. We show that protein symmetry is distinctively reflected in the energy landscape of bilayer-mediated protein interactions, favoring characteristic lattice architectures of membrane protein clusters. We find that, in the presence of thermal fluctuations, anisotropy in protein hydrophobic thickness can induce membrane proteins to form mesh-like structures dividing the membrane into compartments. Our results help to elucidate the physical principles and mechanisms underlying the functional organization of cell membranes.
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- Osman Kahraman
- Department of Physics & Astronomy and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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Marinko J, Huang H, Penn WD, Capra JA, Schlebach JP, Sanders CR. Folding and Misfolding of Human Membrane Proteins in Health and Disease: From Single Molecules to Cellular Proteostasis. Chem Rev 2019; 119:5537-5606. [PMID: 30608666 PMCID: PMC6506414 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Advances over the past 25 years have revealed much about how the structural properties of membranes and associated proteins are linked to the thermodynamics and kinetics of membrane protein (MP) folding. At the same time biochemical progress has outlined how cellular proteostasis networks mediate MP folding and manage misfolding in the cell. When combined with results from genomic sequencing, these studies have established paradigms for how MP folding and misfolding are linked to the molecular etiologies of a variety of diseases. This emerging framework has paved the way for the development of a new class of small molecule "pharmacological chaperones" that bind to and stabilize misfolded MP variants, some of which are now in clinical use. In this review, we comprehensively outline current perspectives on the folding and misfolding of integral MPs as well as the mechanisms of cellular MP quality control. Based on these perspectives, we highlight new opportunities for innovations that bridge our molecular understanding of the energetics of MP folding with the nuanced complexity of biological systems. Given the many linkages between MP misfolding and human disease, we also examine some of the exciting opportunities to leverage these advances to address emerging challenges in the development of therapeutics and precision medicine.
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- Justin
T. Marinko
- Department
of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37240, United States
- Center
for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37240, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37240, United States
- Center
for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37240, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Center
for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37240, United States
- Department
of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37245, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37240, United States
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Alves ID, Lecomte S. Study of G-Protein Coupled Receptor Signaling in Membrane Environment by Plasmon Waveguide Resonance. Acc Chem Res 2019; 52:1059-1067. [PMID: 30865424 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.9b00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Here we describe an experimental technique, termed plasmon waveguide resonance (PWR) spectroscopy that enables the characterization of molecular interactions occurring at the level of anisotropic thin films as lipid membranes and therein inserted or interacting molecules. PWR allows one to characterize such molecular interactions at different levels: (1) acquire binding curves and calculate dissociation constants; (2) obtain kinetic information; (3) obtain information about associated anisotropy changes and changes in membrane thickness; (4) obtain insight about lateral homogeneity (formation of domains). Points 1, 2, and 4 can be directly obtained from the data. Point 3 requires spectral fitting procedures so that the different optical parameters characterizing thin films as proteolipid membranes, namely refractive index and extinction coefficient for both p- (TM component of light that is parallel to the incident light) and s- (TE component of light that is perpendicular to the incident light) polarizations and thickness, can be determined. When applied to membrane proteins as the G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) family, both ligand-induced conformational changes of the receptor can be followed as well as interactions with effectors (e.g., G-proteins). Additionally, by either altering the lipid composition in cellular membranes or specifically controlling its composition in the case of lipid model membranes with reconstituted proteins, the role of the lipid environment in receptor activation and signaling can be determined. Additionally, the eventual partition of receptors in different lipid microdomains (e.g., lipid rafts) can be followed. Such information can be obtained ex cellulo with mammalian cell membrane fragments expressing the protein of interest and/or in vitro with lipid model systems where the protein under investigation has been reconstituted. Moreover, PWR can also be applied to directly follow the reconstitution of membrane proteins in lipid model membranes. The measurements are performed directly (no labeling of molecular partners), in real time and with very high sensitivity. Here we will discuss different aspects of GPCR activation and signaling where PWR brought important information in parallel with other approaches. The utility of PWR is not limited to GPCRs but can be applied to any membrane protein. PWR is also an excellent tool to characterize the interaction of membrane active molecules (as cell penetrating, antimicrobial, viral and amyloid peptides) with lipids. A brief section is dedicated to such applications, with particular emphasis on amyloid peptides. To finalize, as PWR is a homemade technology, ongoing instrument developments aiming at breaking current experimental limitations are briefly discussed, namely, the coupling of PWR with electrochemical measurements and the expansion of measurements from the visible to the infrared region.
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- Isabel D. Alves
- CBMN UMR 5248 CNRS, University of Bordeaux, Bat. B14 allée Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 33600 Pessac, France
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- CBMN UMR 5248 CNRS, University of Bordeaux, Bat. B14 allée Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 33600 Pessac, France
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Angladon MA, Fossépré M, Leherte L, Vercauteren DP. Interaction of POPC, DPPC, and POPE with the μ opioid receptor: A coarse-grained molecular dynamics study. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0213646. [PMID: 30870466 PMCID: PMC6417715 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2018] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The μ opioid receptor (μOR), which is part of the G protein-coupled receptors family, is a membrane protein that is modulated by its lipid environment. In the present work, we model μOR in three different membrane systems: POPC (1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine), POPE (1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine), and DPPC (1, 2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine) through 45 μs molecular dynamics (MD) simulations at the coarse-grained level. Our theoretical studies provide new insights to the lipid-induced modulation of the receptor. Particularly, to characterize how μOR interacts with each lipid, we analyze the tilt of the protein, the number of contacts occurring between the lipids and each amino acid of the receptor, and the μOR-lipid interface described as a network graph. We also analyze the variations in the number and the nature of the protein contacts that are induced by the lipid structure. We show that POPC interacts preferentially with helix 1 (H1) and helices H5-H6, POPE, with H5-H6 and H6-H7, and DPPC, with H4 and H6. We demonstrate how each of the three lipids shape the structure of the μOR.
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- Marie-Ange Angladon
- Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie Informatique, Unité de Chimie Physique Théorique et Structurale, Namur Medecine and Drug Innovation Center (NAMEDIC), Namur Research Institute for Life Sciences (NARILIS), University of Namur (UNamur), Namur, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie Informatique, Unité de Chimie Physique Théorique et Structurale, Namur Medecine and Drug Innovation Center (NAMEDIC), Namur Research Institute for Life Sciences (NARILIS), University of Namur (UNamur), Namur, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie Informatique, Unité de Chimie Physique Théorique et Structurale, Namur Medecine and Drug Innovation Center (NAMEDIC), Namur Research Institute for Life Sciences (NARILIS), University of Namur (UNamur), Namur, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie Informatique, Unité de Chimie Physique Théorique et Structurale, Namur Medecine and Drug Innovation Center (NAMEDIC), Namur Research Institute for Life Sciences (NARILIS), University of Namur (UNamur), Namur, Belgium
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- Xiaolin Cheng
- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, Biophysics Graduate Program, Translational Data Analytics Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- UT/ORNL Center for Molecular Biophysics, Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6309, United States
- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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Moradi S, Nowroozi A, Shahlaei M. Shedding light on the structural properties of lipid bilayers using molecular dynamics simulation: a review study. RSC Adv 2019; 9:4644-4658. [PMID: 35520151 PMCID: PMC9060685 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra08441f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2018] [Revised: 03/12/2019] [Accepted: 01/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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In recent years, a massive increase has been observed in the number of published articles describing accurate and reliable molecular dynamics simulations of lipid bilayers. This is due to several reasons, including the development of fast and efficient methods for treating long-range electrostatic interactions, significant progress in computer hardware, progress in atomistic simulation algorithms and the development of well-validated empirical molecular mechanical force fields. Although molecular dynamics is an effective approach for investigating different aspects of lipid bilayers, to the best of our knowledge, there is no review in the literature that explains the different analyses that can be carried out with membrane simulation. This review gives an overview about the some of the most important possible analyses, technical challenges, and existing protocols that can be performed on the biological membrane by molecular dynamics simulation. The reviewed analyses include the degree of membrane disruption, average area per lipid, probability distributions for the area per lipid molecule, membrane thickness, membrane area compressibility, lateral diffusion, rotational diffusion, order parameters, head group tilt, electron density profile, mass density profile, electrostatic potential profile, ordering of vicinity waters, number of hydrogen bonds, and radial distribution function.
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- Sajad Moradi
- Nano Drug Delivery Research Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences Kermanshah Iran
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences Kermanshah Iran
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- Medical Biology Research Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences Kermanshah Iran
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Huber T, Sakmar TP. Third-Party Capture of Elusive GPCR Dimers. Biophys J 2019; 116:1-3. [PMID: 30558887 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2018.11.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2018] [Accepted: 11/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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- Thomas Huber
- Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Signal Transduction, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York.
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- Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Signal Transduction, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York.
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Mallikarjunaiah KJ, Kinnun JJ, Petrache HI, Brown MF. Flexible lipid nanomaterials studied by NMR spectroscopy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:18422-18457. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp06179c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Advances in solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy inform the emergence of material properties from atomistic-level interactions in membrane lipid nanostructures.
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- K. J. Mallikarjunaiah
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of Arizona
- Tucson
- USA
- Department of Physics
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- Department of Physics
- Indiana University-Purdue University
- Indianapolis
- USA
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- Department of Physics
- Indiana University-Purdue University
- Indianapolis
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of Arizona
- Tucson
- USA
- Department of Physics
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Substrate polyspecificity and conformational relevance in ABC transporters: new insights from structural studies. Biochem Soc Trans 2018; 46:1475-1484. [PMID: 30514765 DOI: 10.1042/bst20180146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2018] [Revised: 10/09/2018] [Accepted: 10/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Transport of molecules and ions across biological membranes is an essential process in all organisms. It is carried out by a range of evolutionarily conserved primary and secondary transporters. A significant portion of the primary transporters belong to the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) superfamily, which utilise the free-energy from ATP hydrolysis to shuttle many different substrates across various biological membranes, and consequently, are involved in both normal and abnormal physiology. In humans, ABC transporter-associated pathologies are perhaps best exemplified by multidrug-resistance transporters that efflux many xenobiotic compounds due to their remarkable substrate polyspecificity. Accordingly, understanding the transport mechanism(s) is of great significance, and indeed, much progress has been made in recent years, particularly from structural studies on ABC exporters. Consequently, the general mechanism of 'alternate access' has been modified to describe individual transporter nuances, though some aspects of the transport process remain unclear. Moreover, as new information has emerged, the physiological relevance of the 'open-apo' conformation of MsbA (a bacterial exporter) has been questioned and, by extension, its contribution to mechanistic models. We present here a comprehensive overview of the most recently solved structures of ABC exporters, focusing on new insights regarding the nature of substrate polyspecificity and the physiological relevance of the 'open-apo' conformation. This review evaluates the claim that the latter may be an artefact of detergent solubilisation, and we hypothesise that the biophysical properties of the membrane play a key role in the function of ABC exporters allowing them to behave like a 'spring-hinge' during their transport cycle.
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Accurate In Silico Modeling of Asymmetric Bilayers Based on Biophysical Principles. Biophys J 2018; 115:1638-1643. [PMID: 30297133 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2018.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2018] [Revised: 08/20/2018] [Accepted: 09/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Technological advances in the last decade have enabled the study of ever more complex and physiologically relevant model membranes to help dispel the mystery surrounding the role of plasma membrane asymmetry in various cellular processes. The slowly accumulating body of experimental data is fueling renewed interest in and the need for computational methods to support interpretations and address a wide range of problems that are still not amenable to direct experimental study. The specific appeal of molecular dynamics simulations for this purpose lies in their ability to access information at atomic resolution, which is useful for the formulation of testable mechanistic hypotheses. But, the range of questions that can be addressed reliably with such simulations is determined by the appropriate construction and simulation of asymmetric bilayer models. One essential way to achieve this goal is to follow rigorous biophysical criteria and principles. In this context, we show that the requirement for a robust comparison between the properties of simulated asymmetric and symmetric model membranes is for the tension in each bilayer leaflet to be zero. Commonly used methods for constructing asymmetric bilayers, including matching the average areas of the leaflets from the corresponding symmetric systems, do not ensure zero leaflet tension, thus precluding physically realistic changes in the areas of the two leaflets. We present, to our knowledge, a new method for identifying the ideal lipid packing in bilayers with different leaflet compositions that achieves the zero-tension goal, and discuss the basic principles underlying the biophysically correct computational study of asymmetric membranes.
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Chipot C, Dehez F, Schnell JR, Zitzmann N, Pebay-Peyroula E, Catoire LJ, Miroux B, Kunji ERS, Veglia G, Cross TA, Schanda P. Perturbations of Native Membrane Protein Structure in Alkyl Phosphocholine Detergents: A Critical Assessment of NMR and Biophysical Studies. Chem Rev 2018; 118:3559-3607. [PMID: 29488756 PMCID: PMC5896743 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Membrane proteins perform a host of vital cellular functions. Deciphering the molecular mechanisms whereby they fulfill these functions requires detailed biophysical and structural investigations. Detergents have proven pivotal to extract the protein from its native surroundings. Yet, they provide a milieu that departs significantly from that of the biological membrane, to the extent that the structure, the dynamics, and the interactions of membrane proteins in detergents may considerably vary, as compared to the native environment. Understanding the impact of detergents on membrane proteins is, therefore, crucial to assess the biological relevance of results obtained in detergents. Here, we review the strengths and weaknesses of alkyl phosphocholines (or foscholines), the most widely used detergent in solution-NMR studies of membrane proteins. While this class of detergents is often successful for membrane protein solubilization, a growing list of examples points to destabilizing and denaturing properties, in particular for α-helical membrane proteins. Our comprehensive analysis stresses the importance of stringent controls when working with this class of detergents and when analyzing the structure and dynamics of membrane proteins in alkyl phosphocholine detergents.
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- Christophe Chipot
- SRSMC, UMR 7019 Université de Lorraine CNRS, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy F-54500, France
- Laboratoire
International Associé CNRS and University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy F-54506, France
- Department
of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 1110 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- SRSMC, UMR 7019 Université de Lorraine CNRS, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy F-54500, France
- Laboratoire
International Associé CNRS and University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy F-54506, France
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- Department
of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory
of Biology and Physico-Chemistry of Membrane Proteins, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique (IBPC), UMR
7099 CNRS, Paris 75005, France
- University
Paris Diderot, Paris 75005, France
- PSL
Research University, Paris 75005, France
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- Laboratory
of Biology and Physico-Chemistry of Membrane Proteins, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique (IBPC), UMR
7099 CNRS, Paris 75005, France
- University
Paris Diderot, Paris 75005, France
- PSL
Research University, Paris 75005, France
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- Medical
Research Council Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0XY, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, and Department
of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- National
High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida
State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States
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- Université
Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IBS, Grenoble F-38000, France
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Senapati S, Gragg M, Samuels IS, Parmar VM, Maeda A, Park PSH. Effect of dietary docosahexaenoic acid on rhodopsin content and packing in photoreceptor cell membranes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2018; 1860:1403-1413. [PMID: 29626443 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2018.03.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2017] [Revised: 03/13/2018] [Accepted: 03/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is enriched in photoreceptor cell membranes. DHA deficiency impairs vision due to photoreceptor cell dysfunction, which is caused, at least in part, by reduced activity of rhodopsin, the light receptor that initiates phototransduction. It is unclear how the depletion of membrane DHA impacts the structural properties of rhodopsin and, in turn, its activity. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) was used to assess the impact of DHA deficiency on membrane structure and rhodopsin organization. AFM revealed that signaling impairment in photoreceptor cells is independent of the oligomeric status of rhodopsin and causes adaptations in photoreceptor cells where the content and density of rhodopsin in the membrane is increased. Functional and structural changes caused by DHA deficiency were reversible.
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- Subhadip Senapati
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Research Service, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Administration Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; Department of Ophthalmic Research, Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
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