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Ingram S, Reischl B, Vesala T, Vehkamäki H. Ruptures of mixed lipid monolayers under tension and supercooling: implications for nanobubbles in plants. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2024; 6:3775-3784. [PMID: 39050947 PMCID: PMC11265596 DOI: 10.1039/d4na00316k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2024] [Accepted: 06/10/2024] [Indexed: 07/27/2024]
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Mixed phospholipid and glycolipid monolayers likely coat the surfaces of pressurised gas nanobubbles within the hydraulic systems of plants. The lipid coatings bond to water under negative pressure and are thus stretched out of equilibrium. In this work, we have used molecular dynamics simulations to produce trajectories of a biologically relevant mixed monolayer, pulled at mild negative pressures (-1.5 to -4.5 MPa). Pore formation within the monolayer is observed at both 270 and 310 K, and proceeds as an activated process once the lipid tails fully transition from the two dimensional liquid condensed to liquid expanded phase. Pressure:area isotherms showed reduced surface pressure under slight supercooling (T = 270 K) at all observed areas per lipid. Finally, Rayleigh-Plesset simulations were used to predict evolving nanobubble size using the calculated pressure:area isotherms as dynamic surface tensions. We confirm the existence of a second critical radius with respect to runaway growth, above the homogeneous cavitation radius.
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- Stephen Ingram
- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki P.O. Box 64 Helsinki FI-00014 Finland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki P.O. Box 64 Helsinki FI-00014 Finland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki P.O. Box 64 Helsinki FI-00014 Finland
- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Forest Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki P.O. Box 27 Helsinki FI-00014 Finland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki P.O. Box 64 Helsinki FI-00014 Finland
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Lyu Y, Chen S, Zhao Y, Yuan H, Zhang C, Zhang C, Meng Q. Effect of GM1 concentration change on plasma membrane: molecular dynamics simulation and analysis. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:12552-12563. [PMID: 38595108 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp06161b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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Ganglioside GM1 is a class of glycolipids predominantly located in the nervous system. Comprising a ceramide anchor and an oligosaccharide chain containing sialic acid, GM1 plays a pivotal role in various cellular processes, including signal transduction, cell adhesion, and membrane organization. Moreover, GM1 has been implicated in the pathogenesis of several neurological disorders, such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and stroke. In this study, by creating a neural cell model membrane simulation system and employing rigorous molecular models, we utilize a coarse-grained molecular dynamics approach to explore the structural and dynamic characteristics of multi-component neuronal plasma membranes at varying GM1 ganglioside concentrations. The simulation results reveal that as GM1 concentration increases, a greater number of hydrogen bonds form between GM1 molecules, resulting in the formation of larger clusters, which leads to reduced membrane fluidity, increased lipid ordering, decreased membrane thickness and surface area and higher levels of GM1 dissociation. Through a meticulous analysis, while considering GM1's structural attributes, we offer valuable insights into the structural and dynamic traits of the cell membrane. This study provides a robust methodology for exploring membrane characteristics and enhances our comprehension of GM1 molecules, serving as a resource for both experimental and computational researchers in this field.
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- Yongkang Lyu
- School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, People's Republic of China.
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Lin Y, Zhu Y, Wang L, Zheng Y, Xie Y, Cai Q, He W, Xie H, Liu H, Wang Y, Cui L, Wei Y, Xie H, Zhang J. Overexpression of a GIPC glycosyltransferase gene, OsGMT1, suppresses plant immunity and delays heading time in rice. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2023; 331:111674. [PMID: 36948404 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2023.111674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2022] [Revised: 03/10/2023] [Accepted: 03/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Glycosylinositol phosphorylceramides (GIPCs) are the major sphingolipids in the plant plasma membrane. In Arabidopsis, mutations of genes involved in the synthesis of GIPCs affect many physiological aspects of plants, including growth, pollen fertility, defense, and stress signaling. Loss of function of the GIPC MANNOSYL-TRANSFERASE1 (AtGMT1) results in GIPC misglycosylation and induces plant immune responses accompanied by a severely dwarfed phenotype, thus indicating that GIPCs play important roles in plant immunity. Here, we investigated the enzymatic activity and phenotypes of transgenic lines of OsGMT1, the ortholog of AtGMT1. Sphingolipidomic analysis indicated that OsGMT1 retained the enzymatic activity of GIPC hexose (Hex) glycosylation, but the knockout lines did not accumulate H2O2. In contrast, the OsGMT1 overexpression lines showed significant down-regulation of several defense-associated or cell wall synthesis-associated genes, and enhanced sensitivity to rice blast. Furthermore, we first demonstrated the sensitivity of rice cells to MoNLP1 protein through calcein AM release assays using rice protoplasts, thus legitimizing the presence of MoNLPs in rice blast fungus. In addition, yeast two-hybrid screens using OsGMT1 as bait revealed that OsGMT1 may regulate heading time through the OsHAP5C signaling pathway. Together, our findings suggested clear physiological functional differentiation of GMT1 orthologs between rice and Arabidopsis.
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- Yuelong Lin
- College of Agronomy, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; Rice Research Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou 350019, China; State Key Laboratory for Ecological Control of Crop Pests between Fujian and Taiwan/National Engineering Laboratory of Rice/South China Research Base of State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice/Incubating Base of State Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding between Fujian and Ministry of Science and Technology/Fuzhou Branch of National Rice Improvement Center/Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Areas for South China/Fujian Engineering Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding/Fujian Key Laboratory of Rice Molecular Breeding, Fuzhou 350003, Fujian, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou 350019, China; State Key Laboratory for Ecological Control of Crop Pests between Fujian and Taiwan/National Engineering Laboratory of Rice/South China Research Base of State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice/Incubating Base of State Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding between Fujian and Ministry of Science and Technology/Fuzhou Branch of National Rice Improvement Center/Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Areas for South China/Fujian Engineering Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding/Fujian Key Laboratory of Rice Molecular Breeding, Fuzhou 350003, Fujian, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou 350019, China; State Key Laboratory for Ecological Control of Crop Pests between Fujian and Taiwan/National Engineering Laboratory of Rice/South China Research Base of State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice/Incubating Base of State Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding between Fujian and Ministry of Science and Technology/Fuzhou Branch of National Rice Improvement Center/Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Areas for South China/Fujian Engineering Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding/Fujian Key Laboratory of Rice Molecular Breeding, Fuzhou 350003, Fujian, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou 350019, China; State Key Laboratory for Ecological Control of Crop Pests between Fujian and Taiwan/National Engineering Laboratory of Rice/South China Research Base of State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice/Incubating Base of State Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding between Fujian and Ministry of Science and Technology/Fuzhou Branch of National Rice Improvement Center/Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Areas for South China/Fujian Engineering Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding/Fujian Key Laboratory of Rice Molecular Breeding, Fuzhou 350003, Fujian, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou 350019, China; State Key Laboratory for Ecological Control of Crop Pests between Fujian and Taiwan/National Engineering Laboratory of Rice/South China Research Base of State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice/Incubating Base of State Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding between Fujian and Ministry of Science and Technology/Fuzhou Branch of National Rice Improvement Center/Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Areas for South China/Fujian Engineering Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding/Fujian Key Laboratory of Rice Molecular Breeding, Fuzhou 350003, Fujian, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou 350019, China; State Key Laboratory for Ecological Control of Crop Pests between Fujian and Taiwan/National Engineering Laboratory of Rice/South China Research Base of State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice/Incubating Base of State Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding between Fujian and Ministry of Science and Technology/Fuzhou Branch of National Rice Improvement Center/Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Areas for South China/Fujian Engineering Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding/Fujian Key Laboratory of Rice Molecular Breeding, Fuzhou 350003, Fujian, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou 350019, China; State Key Laboratory for Ecological Control of Crop Pests between Fujian and Taiwan/National Engineering Laboratory of Rice/South China Research Base of State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice/Incubating Base of State Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding between Fujian and Ministry of Science and Technology/Fuzhou Branch of National Rice Improvement Center/Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Areas for South China/Fujian Engineering Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding/Fujian Key Laboratory of Rice Molecular Breeding, Fuzhou 350003, Fujian, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou 350019, China; State Key Laboratory for Ecological Control of Crop Pests between Fujian and Taiwan/National Engineering Laboratory of Rice/South China Research Base of State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice/Incubating Base of State Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding between Fujian and Ministry of Science and Technology/Fuzhou Branch of National Rice Improvement Center/Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Areas for South China/Fujian Engineering Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding/Fujian Key Laboratory of Rice Molecular Breeding, Fuzhou 350003, Fujian, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou 350019, China; State Key Laboratory for Ecological Control of Crop Pests between Fujian and Taiwan/National Engineering Laboratory of Rice/South China Research Base of State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice/Incubating Base of State Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding between Fujian and Ministry of Science and Technology/Fuzhou Branch of National Rice Improvement Center/Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Areas for South China/Fujian Engineering Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding/Fujian Key Laboratory of Rice Molecular Breeding, Fuzhou 350003, Fujian, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou 350019, China; State Key Laboratory for Ecological Control of Crop Pests between Fujian and Taiwan/National Engineering Laboratory of Rice/South China Research Base of State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice/Incubating Base of State Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding between Fujian and Ministry of Science and Technology/Fuzhou Branch of National Rice Improvement Center/Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Areas for South China/Fujian Engineering Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding/Fujian Key Laboratory of Rice Molecular Breeding, Fuzhou 350003, Fujian, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou 350019, China; State Key Laboratory for Ecological Control of Crop Pests between Fujian and Taiwan/National Engineering Laboratory of Rice/South China Research Base of State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice/Incubating Base of State Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding between Fujian and Ministry of Science and Technology/Fuzhou Branch of National Rice Improvement Center/Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Areas for South China/Fujian Engineering Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding/Fujian Key Laboratory of Rice Molecular Breeding, Fuzhou 350003, Fujian, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou 350019, China; State Key Laboratory for Ecological Control of Crop Pests between Fujian and Taiwan/National Engineering Laboratory of Rice/South China Research Base of State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice/Incubating Base of State Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding between Fujian and Ministry of Science and Technology/Fuzhou Branch of National Rice Improvement Center/Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Areas for South China/Fujian Engineering Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding/Fujian Key Laboratory of Rice Molecular Breeding, Fuzhou 350003, Fujian, China
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- College of Agronomy, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; Rice Research Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou 350019, China; State Key Laboratory for Ecological Control of Crop Pests between Fujian and Taiwan/National Engineering Laboratory of Rice/South China Research Base of State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice/Incubating Base of State Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding between Fujian and Ministry of Science and Technology/Fuzhou Branch of National Rice Improvement Center/Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Areas for South China/Fujian Engineering Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding/Fujian Key Laboratory of Rice Molecular Breeding, Fuzhou 350003, Fujian, China.
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- College of Agronomy, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; Rice Research Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou 350019, China; State Key Laboratory for Ecological Control of Crop Pests between Fujian and Taiwan/National Engineering Laboratory of Rice/South China Research Base of State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice/Incubating Base of State Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding between Fujian and Ministry of Science and Technology/Fuzhou Branch of National Rice Improvement Center/Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Areas for South China/Fujian Engineering Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding/Fujian Key Laboratory of Rice Molecular Breeding, Fuzhou 350003, Fujian, China.
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Lam A, Yuan DS, Ahmed SH, Rawle RJ. Viral Size Modulates Sendai Virus Binding to Cholesterol-Stabilized Receptor Nanoclusters. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:6802-6810. [PMID: 36001793 PMCID: PMC9484459 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c03830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2022] [Revised: 08/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Binding to the host membrane is the initial infection step for animal viruses. Sendai virus (SeV), the model respirovirus studied here, utilizes sialic-acid-conjugated glycoproteins and glycolipids as receptors for binding. In a previous report studying single virus binding to supported lipid bilayers (SLBs), we found a puzzling mechanistic difference between the binding of SeV and influenza A virus (strain X31, IAVX31). Both viruses use similar receptors and exhibit similar cooperative binding behavior, but whereas IAVX31 binding was altered by SLB cholesterol concentration, which can stabilize receptor nanoclusters, SeV was not. Here, we propose that differences in viral size distributions can explain this discrepancy; viral size could alter the number of virus-receptor interactions in the contact area and, therefore, the sensitivity to receptor nanoclusters. To test this, we compared the dependence of SeV binding on SLB cholesterol concentration between size-filtered and unfiltered SeV. At high receptor density, the unfiltered virus showed little dependence, but the size-filtered virus exhibited a linear cholesterol dependence, similar to IAVX31. However, at low receptor densities, the unfiltered virus did exhibit a cholesterol dependence, indicating that receptor nanoclusters enhance viral binding only when the number of potential virus-receptor interactions is small enough. We also studied the influence of viral size and receptor nanoclusters on viral mobility following binding. Whereas differences in viral size greatly influenced mobility, the effect of receptor nanoclusters on mobility was small. Together, our results highlight the mechanistic salience of both the distribution of viral sizes and the lateral distribution of receptors in a viral infection.
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- Amy Lam
- Department of Chemistry, Williams
College, Williamstown, Massachusetts01267, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Williams
College, Williamstown, Massachusetts01267, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Williams
College, Williamstown, Massachusetts01267, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Williams
College, Williamstown, Massachusetts01267, United States
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Mukhina T, Brezesinski G, Schneck E. Phase Behavior and Miscibility in Two-Component Glycolipid Monolayers. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:6464-6471. [PMID: 35976765 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c05016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Glycolipids are known to be involved in the formation of ordered functional domains in biological membranes. Since the structural characterization of such domains is difficult, most studies have so far dealt with lipid mixtures containing only one glycolipid component at a time, although biological membranes usually contain several glycolipid species, which can result in more complex structures and phase behavior. Here, we combine classical isotherm measurements with surface-sensitive grazing-incidence X-ray diffraction to investigate the phase behavior and miscibility in Langmuir monolayers of binary glycolipid mixtures. We find that the phase behavior has a subtle dependence on the saccharide headgroup chemistry. For compatible chemistries, molecular superlattice structures formed by one of the glycolipid species are conserved and can host foreign glycolipids up to a defined stoichiometry. In contrast, for sterically incompatible saccharide chemistries, the superlattice is lost even if both species are able to form such structures in their pure forms. Our results suggest that related phenomena may play important roles also in biological contexts.
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- Tetiana Mukhina
- Institute for Condensed Matter Physics, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstraße 8, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute for Condensed Matter Physics, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstraße 8, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute for Condensed Matter Physics, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstraße 8, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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Socrier L, Bail C, Ackermann E, Beresowski AK, Ahadi S, Werz DB, Steinem C. The Interaction of Gb 3 Glycosphingolipids with ld and lo Phase Lipids in Lipid Monolayers Is a Function of Their Fatty Acids. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:5874-5882. [PMID: 35439015 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c00497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The glycosphingolipid Gb3 is a specific receptor of the bacterial Shiga toxin (STx). Binding of STx to Gb3 is a prerequisite for its internalization into the host cells, and the ceramide's fatty acid of Gb3 has been shown to influence STx binding. In in vitro studies on liquid ordered (lo)/liquid disordered (ld) coexisting artificial membranes, Shiga toxin B (STxB) binds solely to lo domains, thus harboring Gb3 concomitant with an observed lipid redistribution process. These findings raise the question of how the molecular structure of the fatty acid of Gb3 influences the interaction of Gb3 with the different lipids preferentially either found in the lo phase, namely, sphingomyelin and cholesterol, or in the ld phase. We addressed this question by using a series of synthetically available and unlabeled Gb3 glycosphingolipids carrying different long chain C24 fatty acids (saturated, monounsaturated, and α-hydroxylated). In conjunction with surface tension experiments on Langmuir monolayers, we quantified the excess of free energy of mixing of the different Gb3 species in monolayers composed of either sphingomyelin or cholesterol or composed of a fluid phase lipid (DOPC). From a calculation of the total free energy of mixing, we conclude that mixing of the saturated Gb3 species with the ld lipid DOPC is energetically less favorable than all other combinations, while the unsaturated species mix equally well with the lo phase lipids sphingomyelin and cholesterol and the ld phase lipid DOPC. Furthermore, we found that STxB partially penetrates in mixed lipid monolayers (DOPC/sphingomyelin/cholesterol) containing the Gb3 sphingolipid with a saturated or a monounsaturated C24 fatty acid. The maximum insertion pressure, as a measure for protein insertion, is >30 mN/m for both Gb3 molecules and is not significantly different for the two Gb3 species.
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- Larissa Socrier
- Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Am Fassberg 17, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
- Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Georg-August-Universität, Tammannstraße 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Georg-August-Universität, Tammannstraße 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Georg-August-Universität, Tammannstraße 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Georg-August-Universität, Tammannstraße 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Hagenring 30, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Hagenring 30, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Am Fassberg 17, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
- Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Georg-August-Universität, Tammannstraße 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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Bint E Naser SF, Su H, Liu HY, Manzer ZA, Chao Z, Roy A, Pappa AM, Salleo A, Owens RM, Daniel S. Detection of Ganglioside-Specific Toxin Binding with Biomembrane-Based Bioelectronic Sensors. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2021; 4:7942-7950. [DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.1c00878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Samavi Farnush Bint E Naser
- Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0AS, U.K
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0AS, U.K
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- Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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Grad P, Gedda L, Edwards K. Effect of gangliosides on structure and integrity of polyethylene glycol (PEG)-stabilized liposomes. J Colloid Interface Sci 2020; 578:281-289. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.05.120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2020] [Revised: 05/15/2020] [Accepted: 05/30/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Sarmento MJ, Ricardo JC, Amaro M, Šachl R. Organization of gangliosides into membrane nanodomains. FEBS Lett 2020; 594:3668-3697. [DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2020] [Revised: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- Maria J. Sarmento
- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences Prague 8 Czech Republic
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences Prague 8 Czech Republic
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences Prague 8 Czech Republic
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences Prague 8 Czech Republic
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Mojumdar EH, Grey C, Sparr E. Self-Assembly in Ganglioside‒Phospholipid Systems: The Co-Existence of Vesicles, Micelles, and Discs. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 21:ijms21010056. [PMID: 31861839 PMCID: PMC6982371 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21010056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2019] [Revised: 12/05/2019] [Accepted: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Ganglioside lipids have been associated with several physiological processes, including cell signaling. They have also been associated with amyloid aggregation in Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease. In biological systems, gangliosides are present in a mix with other lipid species, and the structure and properties of these mixtures strongly depend on the proportions of the different components. Here, we study self-assembly in model mixtures composed of ganglioside GM1 and a zwitterionic phospholipid, 1,2-Dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DOPC). We characterize the structure and molecular dynamics using a range of complementary techniques, including cryo-TEM, polarization transfer solid state NMR, diffusion NMR, small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), dynamic light scattering (DLS), and calorimetry. The main findings are: (1) The lipid acyl chains are more rigid in mixtures containing both lipid species compared to systems that only contain one of the lipids. (2) The system containing DOPC with 10 mol % GM1 contains both vesicles and micelles. (3) At higher GM1 concentrations, the sample is more heterogenous and also contains small disc-like or rod-like structures. Such a co-existence of structures can have a strong impact on the overall properties of the lipid system, including transport, solubilization, and partitioning, which can be crucial to the understanding of the role of gangliosides in biological systems.
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- Enamul Haque Mojumdar
- Physical Chemistry, Lund University, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
- Correspondence: (E.H.M.); (E.S.); Tel.: +46-46-222-33-32 (E.H.M.); +46-46-222-15-36 (E.S.)
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- Division of Biotechnology, Lund University, 221 00 Lund, Sweden;
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- Physical Chemistry, Lund University, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
- Correspondence: (E.H.M.); (E.S.); Tel.: +46-46-222-33-32 (E.H.M.); +46-46-222-15-36 (E.S.)
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Effect of Transmembrane Electric Field on GM1 Containing DMPC-Cholesterol Monolayer: A Computational Study. J Membr Biol 2019; 253:11-24. [PMID: 31728569 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-019-00101-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2019] [Accepted: 10/27/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Transmembrane electric potentials and membrane curvature have always provided pathways to mediate different cellular processes. We present results of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of lipid monolayer composed of 1, 2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DMPC) and cholesterol (CHOL) under a transverse electric field to monitor the effect of electric field on membrane containing ganglioside monosialo 1 (GM1). Four systems were studied with membrane monolayer in the presence and absence of GM1 with and without applying electric field along the normal of the monolayer. The applied transmembrane electric field was 0.4 mV/Å which corresponds to the action potential of animal cell. Our results indicate that the electric field induces a considerable lateral stress on the monolayer in the presence of GM1, which is evident from the lateral pressure profiles. It was found that due to the application of electric field major perturbation was caused to the system containing GM1, manifested by the bending of the monolayer. We believe this study provides correlation between electric field and spontaneous membrane bending, specially based on the membrane composition. The consequences of these MD simulations provide considerable insights to different biological phenomenon and lipid membrane models.
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Jordan LR, Blauch ME, Baxter AM, Cawley JL, Wittenberg NJ. Influence of brain gangliosides on the formation and properties of supported lipid bilayers. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2019; 183:110442. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2019.110442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2019] [Revised: 07/30/2019] [Accepted: 08/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Gangliosides Destabilize Lipid Phase Separation in Multicomponent Membranes. Biophys J 2019; 117:1215-1223. [PMID: 31542224 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2019.08.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2019] [Revised: 07/15/2019] [Accepted: 08/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Gangliosides (GMs) form an important class of lipids found in the outer leaflet of the plasma membrane. Typically, they colocalize with cholesterol and sphingomyelin in ordered membrane domains. However, detailed understanding of the lateral organization of GM-rich membranes is still lacking. To gain molecular insight, we performed molecular dynamics simulations of GMs in model membranes composed of coexisting liquid-ordered and liquid-disordered domains. We found that GMs indeed have a preference to partition into the ordered domains. At higher concentrations (>10 mol %), we observed a destabilizing effect of GMs on the phase coexistence. Further simulations with modified GMs show that the structure of the GM headgroup affects the phase separation, whereas the nature of the tail determines the preferential location. Together, our findings provide a molecular basis to understand the lateral organization of GM-rich membranes.
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Enhanced Ordering in Monolayers Containing Glycosphingolipids: Impact of Carbohydrate Structure. Biophys J 2019. [PMID: 29539397 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.12.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The influence of carbohydrate structure on the ordering of glycosphingolipids (GSLs) and surrounding phospholipids was investigated in monolayers at the air-water interface. Binary mixtures composed of GSLs, chosen to span a range of carbohydrate complexity, and zwitterionic dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine phospholipid, were studied. X-ray reflectivity was used to measure the out-of-plane structure of the monolayers and characterize the extension and conformation of the GSL carbohydrates. Using synchrotron grazing incidence x-ray diffraction, the in-plane packing of the lipid acyl chains and the area per molecule within ordered domains were characterized at different mole ratios of the two components. Our findings indicate that GSL-containing mixtures, regardless of the carbohydrate size, enhance the ordering of the surrounding lipids, resulting in a larger fraction of ordered phase of the monolayer and greater dimensions of the ordered domains. Reduction of the averaged area per molecule within the ordered domains was also observed but only in the cases where there was a size mismatch between the phospholipid headgroups and GSL components, suggesting that the condensation mechanism involves the relief of steric interactions between headgroups in mixtures.
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Ahmed I, Haque A, Bhattacharyya S, Patra P, Plaisier JR, Perissinotto F, Bal JK. Vitamin C/Stearic Acid Hybrid Monolayer Adsorption at Air-Water and Air-Solid Interfaces. ACS OMEGA 2018; 3:15789-15798. [PMID: 31458229 PMCID: PMC6644023 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b02235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2018] [Accepted: 11/05/2018] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Because of the antioxidant activity of vitamin C (Vit C) polar heads, they can be used as a protective agent for fatty acids. Hence, the study on the growth of Vit C/stearic acid (SA) mixed binary films at air-water interface (known as Langmuir monolayer) and air-solid interface (known as Langmuir-Blodgett films) is of paramount interest. Although Vit C is situated at subsurface beneath SA molecules and interacts via hydrogen bonding between the hydroxyl groups of Vit C and SA, several Vit C molecules may infiltrate within SA two-dimensional matrix at the air-water interface. The increased mole fraction of Vit C (0.125-0.5) and the reduction of temperature (from 22 to 10 °C) of the subphase water result in an increase in the amount of adsorbed Vit C at the air-water interface. The surface pressure (π)-area (A) isotherms illustrate that such inclusion of Vit C provokes a spreading out of Vit C/SA binary monolayers, which leads to an alteration of different physicochemical parameters such as elasticity, Gibbs free energy of mixing, enthalpy, entropy, interaction energy parameter, and activity coefficient. However, being polar in nature, the transfer of pure Vit C on substrates gets affected. It can be transferred onto substrate by mixing suitably with SA as confirmed by infrared spectra. Their structures, extracted X-ray reflectivity, and atomic force microscopy (topography and phase imaging) are found to be strongly dependent on the nature of the substrate (hydrophilic and hydrophobic).
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- Ikbal Ahmed
- Centre for Research
in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University
of Calcutta, Technology Campus, Block JD2, Sector III, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700098, India
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- Centre for Research
in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University
of Calcutta, Technology Campus, Block JD2, Sector III, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700098, India
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- Centre for Research
in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University
of Calcutta, Technology Campus, Block JD2, Sector III, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700098, India
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- Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity
University, Kolkata 700135, India
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- Elettra—Sincrotrone
Trieste S.C.p.A., S.S. 14 km 163.5 in Area Science Park, Basovizza, 34149 Trieste, Italy
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- Elettra—Sincrotrone
Trieste S.C.p.A., S.S. 14 km 163.5 in Area Science Park, Basovizza, 34149 Trieste, Italy
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- Centre for Research
in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University
of Calcutta, Technology Campus, Block JD2, Sector III, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700098, India
- Department of Physics, Abhedananda Mahavidyalaya, University of Burdwan, Sainthia, Birbhum 731234, West Bengal, India
- E-mail:
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Detailed characterization of POSS-poly(ethylene glycol) interaction with model phospholipid membrane at the air/water interface. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2018; 171:167-175. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2018.07.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2018] [Revised: 06/23/2018] [Accepted: 07/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Cebecauer M, Amaro M, Jurkiewicz P, Sarmento MJ, Šachl R, Cwiklik L, Hof M. Membrane Lipid Nanodomains. Chem Rev 2018; 118:11259-11297. [PMID: 30362705 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Lipid membranes can spontaneously organize their components into domains of different sizes and properties. The organization of membrane lipids into nanodomains might potentially play a role in vital functions of cells and organisms. Model membranes represent attractive systems to study lipid nanodomains, which cannot be directly addressed in living cells with the currently available methods. This review summarizes the knowledge on lipid nanodomains in model membranes and exposes how their specific character contrasts with large-scale phase separation. The overview on lipid nanodomains in membranes composed of diverse lipids (e.g., zwitterionic and anionic glycerophospholipids, ceramides, glycosphingolipids) and cholesterol aims to evidence the impact of chemical, electrostatic, and geometric properties of lipids on nanodomain formation. Furthermore, the effects of curvature, asymmetry, and ions on membrane nanodomains are shown to be highly relevant aspects that may also modulate lipid nanodomains in cellular membranes. Potential mechanisms responsible for the formation and dynamics of nanodomains are discussed with support from available theories and computational studies. A brief description of current fluorescence techniques and analytical tools that enabled progress in lipid nanodomain studies is also included. Further directions are proposed to successfully extend this research to cells.
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- Marek Cebecauer
- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences , Dolejškova 3 , 18223 Prague 8 , Czech Republic
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences , Dolejškova 3 , 18223 Prague 8 , Czech Republic
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences , Dolejškova 3 , 18223 Prague 8 , Czech Republic
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences , Dolejškova 3 , 18223 Prague 8 , Czech Republic
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences , Dolejškova 3 , 18223 Prague 8 , Czech Republic
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences , Dolejškova 3 , 18223 Prague 8 , Czech Republic
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences , Dolejškova 3 , 18223 Prague 8 , Czech Republic
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Shahzadi Z, Das S, Bala T, Mukhopadhyay C. Phase Behavior of GM1-Containing DMPC-Cholesterol Monolayer: Experimental and Theoretical Study. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:11602-11611. [PMID: 30173524 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Organization and distribution of lipids in cellular membranes play an important role in a diverse range of biological processes, such as membrane trafficking and signaling. Here, we present the combined experimental and simulated results to elucidate the phase behavioral features of ganglioside monosialo 1 (GM1)-containing mixed monolayer of the lipids 1,2-dimyristoyl- sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DMPC) and cholesterol (CHOL). Two monolayers having compositions DMPC-CHOL and GM1-DMPC-CHOL are investigated at air-water and air-solid interfaces using Langmuir-Blodgett experiments and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), respectively, to ascertain the phase behavior change of the monolayers. Surface pressure isotherms and SEM imaging of domain formation indicate that addition of GM1 to the monolayer at low surface pressure causes a fluidization of the system but once the system attains the surface pressure corresponding to its liquid-condensed phase, the monolayer becomes more ordered than the system devoid of GM1 and interacts among each other more cooperatively. Besides, the condensing effect of cholesterol on the DMPC monolayer was also verified by our experiments. Apart from these, the effects induced by GM1 on the phase behavior of the binary mixture of DMPC-CHOL were studied with and without applying liquid-expanded (LE)-liquid-condensed (LC) equilibrium surface pressure using molecular dynamics (MD) simulation. Our molecular dynamics (MD) simulation results give an atomistic-level explanation of our experimental findings and furnish a similar conclusion.
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- Zarrin Shahzadi
- Department of Chemistry , University of Calcutta , 92, A.P.C. Road , Kolkata 700009 , India
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Calcutta , 92, A.P.C. Road , Kolkata 700009 , India
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Calcutta , 92, A.P.C. Road , Kolkata 700009 , India
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Calcutta , 92, A.P.C. Road , Kolkata 700009 , India
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Goronzy I, Rawle RJ, Boxer SG, Kasson PM. Cholesterol enhances influenza binding avidity by controlling nanoscale receptor clustering. Chem Sci 2018; 9:2340-2347. [PMID: 29520318 PMCID: PMC5839467 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc03236f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2017] [Accepted: 01/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Influenza virus infects cells by binding to sialylated glycans on the cell surface. While the chemical structure of these glycans determines hemagglutinin-glycan binding affinity, bimolecular affinities are weak, so binding is avidity-dominated and driven by multivalent interactions. Here, we show that membrane spatial organization can control viral binding. Using single-virus fluorescence microscopy, we demonstrate that the sterol composition of the target membrane enhances viral binding avidity in a dose-dependent manner. Binding shows a cooperative dependence on concentration of receptors for influenza virus, as would be expected for a multivalent interaction. Surprisingly, the ability of sterols to promote viral binding is independent of their ability to support liquid-liquid phase separation in model systems. We develop a molecular explanation for this observation via molecular dynamics simulations, where we find that cholesterol promotes small-scale clusters of glycosphingolipid receptors. We propose a model whereby cholesterol orders the monomeric state of glycosphingolipid receptors, reducing the entropic penalty of receptor association and thus favoring multimeric complexes without phase separation. This model explains how cholesterol and other sterols control the spatial organization of membrane receptors for influenza and increase viral binding avidity. A natural consequence of this finding is that local cholesterol concentration in the plasma membrane of cells may alter the binding avidity of influenza virions. Furthermore, our results demonstrate a form of cholesterol-dependent membrane organization that does not involve lipid rafts, suggesting that cholesterol's effect on cell membrane heterogeneity is likely the interplay of several different factors.
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- I. N. Goronzy
- Department of Chemistry , Stanford University , Stanford CA 94305 , USA .
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biomedical Engineering , University of Virginia , Box 800886 , Charlottesville , VA 22908 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry , Stanford University , Stanford CA 94305 , USA .
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biomedical Engineering , University of Virginia , Box 800886 , Charlottesville , VA 22908 , USA .
- Science for Life Laboratory , Department of Cell and Molecular Biology , Uppsala University , Sweden
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Chaibva M, Gao X, Jain P, Campbell WA, Frey SL, Legleiter J. Sphingomyelin and GM1 Influence Huntingtin Binding to, Disruption of, and Aggregation on Lipid Membranes. ACS OMEGA 2018; 3:273-285. [PMID: 29399649 PMCID: PMC5793032 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b01472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2017] [Accepted: 12/25/2017] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Huntington disease (HD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disease caused by the expansion beyond a critical threshold of a polyglutamine (polyQ) tract near the N-terminus of the huntingtin (htt) protein. Expanded polyQ promotes the formation of a variety of oligomeric and fibrillar aggregates of htt that accumulate into the hallmark proteinaceous inclusion bodies associated with HD. htt is also highly associated with numerous cellular and subcellular membranes that contain a variety of lipids. As lipid homeostasis and metabolism abnormalities are observed in HD patients, we investigated how varying both the sphingomyelin (SM) and ganglioside (GM1) contents modifies the interactions between htt and lipid membranes. SM composition is altered in HD, and GM1 has been shown to have protective effects in animal models of HD. A combination of Langmuir trough monolayer techniques, vesicle permeability and binding assays, and in situ atomic force microscopy (AFM) were used to directly monitor the interaction of a model, synthetic htt peptide and a full-length htt-exon1 recombinant protein with model membranes comprised of total brain lipid extract (TBLE) and varying amounts of exogenously added SM or GM1. The addition of either SM or GM1 decreased htt insertion into the lipid monolayers. However, TBLE vesicles with an increased SM content were more susceptible to htt-induced permeabilization, whereas GM1 had no effect on permeablization. Pure TBLE bilayers and TBLE bilayers enriched with GM1 developed regions of roughened, granular morphologies upon exposure to htt-exon1, but plateau-like domains with a smoother appearance formed in bilayers enriched with SM. Oligomeric aggregates were observed on all bilayer systems regardless of induced morphology. Collectively, these observations suggest that the lipid composition and its subsequent effects on membrane material properties strongly influence htt binding and aggregation on lipid membranes.
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- Maxmore Chaibva
- The
C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, 217 Clark Hall, P.O. Box 6045, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, United States
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- The
C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, 217 Clark Hall, P.O. Box 6045, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, United States
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- The
C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, 217 Clark Hall, P.O. Box 6045, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Gettysburg College, 300 N. Washington Avenue, Campus Box 0393, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Gettysburg College, 300 N. Washington Avenue, Campus Box 0393, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325, United States
- E-mail: . Phone: 717-337-6259 (S.L.F.)
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- The
C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, 217 Clark Hall, P.O. Box 6045, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, United States
- Blanchette
Rockefeller Neurosciences Institutes, West
Virginia University, 1 Medical Center Dr., P.O. Box 9303, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, United States
- E-mail: . Phone: 304-293-0175 (J.L.)
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Davis TC, Bang JJ, Brooks JT, McMillan DG, Claridge SA. Hierarchically Patterned Noncovalent Functionalization of 2D Materials by Controlled Langmuir-Schaefer Conversion. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:1353-1362. [PMID: 29341626 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b03845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Noncovalent monolayer chemistries are often used to functionalize 2D materials. Nanoscopic ligand ordering has been widely demonstrated (e.g., lying-down lamellar phases of functional alkanes); however, combining this control with micro- and macroscopic patterning for practical applications remains a significant challenge. A few reports have demonstrated that standing phase Langmuir films on water can be converted into nanoscopic lying-down molecular domains on 2D substrates (e.g., graphite), using horizontal dipping (Langmuir-Schaefer, LS, transfer). Molecular patterns are known to form at scales up to millimeters in Langmuir films, suggesting the possibility of transforming such structures into functional patterns on 2D materials. However, to our knowledge, this approach has not been investigated, and the rules governing LS conversion are not well understood. In part, this is because the conversion process is mechanistically very different from classic LS transfer of standing phases; challenges also arise due to the need to characterize structure in noncovalently adsorbed ligand layers <0.5 nm thick, at scales ranging from millimeters to nanometers. Here, we show that scanning electron microscopy enables diynoic acid lying-down phases to be imaged across this range of scales; using this structural information, we establish conditions for LS conversion to create hierarchical microscopic and nanoscopic functional patterns. Such control opens the door to tailoring noncovalent surface chemistry of 2D materials to pattern local interactions with the environment.
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- Tyson C Davis
- Department of Chemistry, ‡Bechtel Innovation Design Center, and §Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University , West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Bechtel Innovation Design Center, and §Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University , West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Bechtel Innovation Design Center, and §Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University , West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Bechtel Innovation Design Center, and §Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University , West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Bechtel Innovation Design Center, and §Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University , West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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Xu G, Hao C, Zhang L, Sun R. Investigation of Surface Behavior of DPPC and Curcumin in Langmuir Monolayers at the Air-Water Interface. SCANNING 2017; 2017:6582019. [PMID: 29250213 PMCID: PMC5698605 DOI: 10.1155/2017/6582019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2017] [Revised: 08/25/2017] [Accepted: 09/11/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Langmuir monolayers of 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC) and a mixture of DPPC with curcumin (CUR) have been investigated at the air-water interface through a combination of surface pressure measurements and atomic force microscopy (AFM) observation. By analyzing the correlation data of mean molecular areas, the compressibility coefficient, and other thermodynamic parameters, we obtained that the interaction between the two components perhaps was mainly governed by the hydrogen bonding between the amino group of DPPC and the hydroxyl groups of CUR. CUR markedly affected the surface compressibility, the thermodynamic stability, and the thermodynamic phase behaviors of mixed monolayers. The interaction between CUR and DPPC was sensitive to the components and the physical states of mixed monolayers under compression. Two-dimensional phase diagrams and interaction energies indicated that DPPC and CUR molecules were miscible in mixed monolayers. AFM images results were in agreement with these analyses results of experimental data. This study will encourage us to further research the application of CUR in the biomedical field.
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- Guoqing Xu
- School of Physics and Information Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Chang'an Street No. 199, Xi'an 710062, China
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- School of Physics and Information Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Chang'an Street No. 199, Xi'an 710062, China
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- School of Physics and Information Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Chang'an Street No. 199, Xi'an 710062, China
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- School of Physics and Information Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Chang'an Street No. 199, Xi'an 710062, China
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The many faces (and phases) of ceramide and sphingomyelin II - binary mixtures. Biophys Rev 2017; 9:601-616. [PMID: 28823080 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-017-0298-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2017] [Accepted: 07/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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A rather widespread idea on the functional importance of sphingolipids in cell membranes refers to the occurrence of ordered domains enriched in sphingomyelin and ceramide that are largely assumed to exist irrespective of the type of N-acyl chain in the sphingolipid. Ceramides and sphingomyelins are the simplest kind of two-chained sphingolipids and show a variety of species, depending on the fatty acyl chain length, hydroxylation, and unsaturation. Abundant evidences have shown that variations of the N-acyl chain length in ceramides and sphingomyelins markedly affect their phase state, interfacial elasticity, surface topography, electrostatics, and miscibility, and that even the usually conceived "condensed" sphingolipids and many of their mixtures may exhibit liquid-like expanded states. Their lateral miscibility properties are subtlety regulated by those chemical differences. Even between ceramides with different acyl chain length, their partial miscibility is responsible for a rich two-dimensional structural variety that impacts on the membrane properties at the mesoscale level. In this review, we will discuss the miscibility properties of ceramide, sphingomyelin, and glycosphingolipids that differ in their N-acyl or oligosaccharide chains. This work is a second part that accompanies a previous overview of the properties of membranes formed by pure ceramides or sphingomyelins, which is also included in this Special Issue.
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GM1 Softens POPC Membranes and Induces the Formation of Micron-Sized Domains. Biophys J 2017; 111:1935-1945. [PMID: 27806275 PMCID: PMC5103020 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.09.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2016] [Revised: 09/15/2016] [Accepted: 09/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The influence of the glycolipid GM1 on the physical properties of POPC membranes was studied systematically by using different methods applied to giant and large unilamellar vesicles. The charge per GM1 molecule in the membrane was estimated from electrophoretic mobility measurements. Optical microscopy and differential scanning calorimetry were employed to construct a partial phase diagram of the GM1/POPC system. At room temperature, phase separation in the membrane was detected for GM1 fractions at and above ∼5 mol %, whereby GM1-rich gel-like domains were observed by fluorescent microscopy. Fluctuation analysis, vesicle electrodeformation, and micropipette aspiration were used to assess the bending rigidity of the membrane as a function of GM1 content. In the fluid phase, GM1 was shown to strongly soften the bilayer. In the region of coexistence of fluid and gel-like domains, the micropipette aspiration technique allowed measurements of the bending rigidity of the fluid phase only, whereas electrodeformation and fluctuation analysis were affected by the presence of the gel-phase domains. The observation that GM1 decreased the bilayer bending rigidity is important for understanding the role of this ganglioside in the flexibility of neuronal membranes.
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Lozano MM, Hovis JS, Moss FR, Boxer SG. Dynamic Reorganization and Correlation among Lipid Raft Components. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:9996-10001. [PMID: 27447959 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b05540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Lipid rafts are widely believed to be an essential organizational motif in cell membranes. However, direct evidence for interactions among lipid and/or protein components believed to be associated with rafts is quite limited owing, in part, to the small size and intrinsically dynamic interactions that lead to raft formation. Here, we exploit the single negative charge on the monosialoganglioside GM1, commonly associated with rafts, to create a gradient of GM1 in response to an electric field applied parallel to a patterned supported lipid bilayer. The composition of this gradient is visualized by imaging mass spectrometry using a NanoSIMS. Using this analytical method, added cholesterol and sphingomyelin, both neutral and not themselves displaced by the electric field, are observed to reorganize with GM1. This dynamic reorganization provides direct evidence for an attractive interaction among these raft components into some sort of cluster. At steady state we obtain an estimate for the composition of this cluster.
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- Mónica M Lozano
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University , Stanford, California 94305-5012, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University , Stanford, California 94305-5012, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University , Stanford, California 94305-5012, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University , Stanford, California 94305-5012, United States
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Sridhar A, Kumar A, Dasmahapatra AK. Multi-scale molecular dynamics study of cholera pentamer binding to a GM1-phospholipid membrane. J Mol Graph Model 2016; 68:236-251. [PMID: 27474868 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2016.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2016] [Revised: 07/15/2016] [Accepted: 07/21/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The AB5 type toxin produced by the Vibrio cholerae bacterium is the causative agent of the cholera disease. The cholera toxin (CT) has been shown to bind specifically to GM1 glycolipids on the membrane surface. This binding of CT to the membrane is the initial step in its endocytosis and has been postulated to cause significant disruption to the membrane structure. In this work, we have carried out a combination of coarse-grain and atomistic simulations to study the binding of CT to a membrane modelled as an asymmetrical GM1-DPPC bilayer. Simulation results indicate that the toxin binds to the membrane through only three of its five B subunits, in effect resulting in a tilted bound configuration. Additionally, the binding of the CT can increase the area per lipid of GM1 leaflet, which in turn can cause the membrane regions interacting with the bound subunits to experience significant bilayer thinning and lipid tail disorder across both the leaflets.
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- Akshay Sridhar
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati-781039, Assam, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati-781039, Assam, India.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati-781039, Assam, India.
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Lebar AM, Velikonja A, Kramar P, Iglič A. Internal configuration and electric potential in planar negatively charged lipid head group region in contact with ionic solution. Bioelectrochemistry 2016; 111:49-56. [PMID: 27209203 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2016.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2015] [Revised: 04/19/2016] [Accepted: 04/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The lipid bilayer composed of negatively charged lipid 1-palmitoyl-3-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylserine (POPS) in contact with an aqueous solution of monovalent salt ions was studied theoretically by using the mean-field modified Langevin-Poisson-Boltzmann (MLPB) model. The MLPB results were tested by using molecular dynamic (MD) simulations. In the MLPB model the charge distribution of POPS head groups is theoretically described by the negatively charged surface which accounts for negatively charged phosphate groups, while the positively charged amino groups and negatively charged carboxylate groups are assumed to be fixed on the rod-like structures with rotational degree of freedom. The spatial variation of relative permittivity, which is not considered in the well-known Gouy-Chapman (GC) model or in MD simulations, is thoroughly derived within a strict statistical mechanical approach. Therefore, the spatial dependence and magnitude of electric potential within the lipid head group region and its close vicinity are considerably different in the MLPB model from the GC model. The influence of the bulk salt concentration and temperature on the number density profiles of counter-ions and co-ions in the lipid head group region and aqueous solution along with the probability density function for the lipid head group orientation angle was compared and found to be in qualitative agreement in the MLPB and MD models.
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- Alenka Maček Lebar
- Laboratory of Biocybernetics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Tržaška 25, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Laboratory of Biocybernetics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Tržaška 25, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Laboratory of Biocybernetics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Tržaška 25, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Laboratory of Biophysics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Tržaška 25, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Lenis J, Razavi S, Cao KD, Lin B, Lee KYC, Tu RS, Kretzschmar I. Mechanical Stability of Polystyrene and Janus Particle Monolayers at the Air/Water Interface. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:15370-3. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b10183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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- Jessica Lenis
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, City College of City University of New York, New
York, New York 10031, United States
- Department
of Chemistry, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, and James Franck
Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, City College of City University of New York, New
York, New York 10031, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, and James Franck
Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- James
Franck Institute and Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, and James Franck
Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, City College of City University of New York, New
York, New York 10031, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, City College of City University of New York, New
York, New York 10031, United States
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Clark GA, Henderson JM, Heffern C, Akgün B, Majewski J, Lee KYC. Synergistic Interactions of Sugars/Polyols and Monovalent Salts with Phospholipids Depend upon Sugar/Polyol Complexity and Anion Identity. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2015; 31:12688-12698. [PMID: 26496486 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b02815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We found that interactions of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) lipid monolayers with sugars are influenced by addition of NaCl. This work is of general importance in understanding how sugar-lipid-salt interactions impact biological systems. Using Langmuir isothermal compressions, fluorescence microscopy, atomic force microscopy, and neutron reflectometry, we examined DPPC monolayers upon addition of sugars/polyols and/or monovalent salts. Sugar-lipid interactions in the presence of NaCl increased with increasing complexity of the sugar/polyol in the order glycerol ≪ glucose < trehalose. When the anion was altered in the series NaF, NaCl, and NaBr, only minor differences were observed. When comparing LiCl, NaCl, and KCl, sodium chloride had the greatest influence on glucose and trehalose interactions with DPPC. We propose that heterogeneity created by cation binding allows for sugars to bind the lipid headgroups. While cation binding increases in the order K(+) < Na(+) < Li(+), lithium ions may also compete with glucose for binding sites. Thus, both cooperative and competitive factors contribute to the overall influence of salts on sugar-lipid interactions.
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- Ginevra A Clark
- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago , Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago , Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago , Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Bogazici University , Bebek, Istanbul 34342, Turkey
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-6102, United States
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland , College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- Los Alamos Neutron Scattering Center/MPA/CINT, Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California , Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago , Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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Heredia V, Maggio B, Beltramo DM, Dupuy FG. Interfacial stabilization of the antitumoral drug Paclitaxel in monolayers of GM1 and GD1a gangliosides. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2015; 1848:2163-71. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2015.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2015] [Revised: 06/23/2015] [Accepted: 06/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Watkins EB, Gao H, Dennison AJC, Chopin N, Struth B, Arnold T, Florent JC, Johannes L. Carbohydrate conformation and lipid condensation in monolayers containing glycosphingolipid Gb3: influence of acyl chain structure. Biophys J 2015; 107:1146-1155. [PMID: 25185550 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.07.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2014] [Revised: 06/12/2014] [Accepted: 07/01/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Globotriaosylceramide (Gb3), a glycosphingolipid found in the plasma membrane of animal cells, is the endocytic receptor of the bacterial Shiga toxin. Using x-ray reflectivity (XR) and grazing incidence x-ray diffraction (GIXD), lipid monolayers containing Gb3 were investigated at the air-water interface. XR probed Gb3 carbohydrate conformation normal to the interface, whereas GIXD precisely characterized Gb3's influence on acyl chain in-plane packing and area per molecule (APM). Two phospholipids, 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DSPC) and 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine (DPPE), were used to study Gb3 packing in different lipid environments. Furthermore, the impact on monolayer structure of a naturally extracted Gb3 mixture was compared to synthetic Gb3 species with uniquely defined acyl chain structures. XR results showed that lipid environment and Gb3 acyl chain structure impact carbohydrate conformation with greater solvent accessibility observed for smaller phospholipid headgroups and long Gb3 acyl chains. In general, GIXD showed that Gb3 condensed phospholipid packing resulting in smaller APM than predicted by ideal mixing. Gb3's capacity to condense APM was larger for DSPC monolayers and exhibited different dependencies on acyl chain structure depending on the lipid environment. The interplay between Gb3-induced changes in lipid packing and the lipid environment's impact on carbohydrate conformation has broad implications for glycosphingolipid macromolecule recognition and ligand binding.
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- Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, 75248 Paris Cedex 5, France; CNRS UMR3666, 75005 Paris, France; INSERM U1143, 75005 Paris, France
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- Institut Laue-Langevin, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Box 516. SE-751 20, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, 75248 Paris Cedex 5, France; CNRS UMR3666, 75005 Paris, France; INSERM U1143, 75005 Paris, France
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- HASYLAB at DESY, Notkestrasse 85 D-22603, Hamburg, Germany
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Chilton, United Kingdom
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- Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, 75248 Paris Cedex 5, France; CNRS UMR3666, 75005 Paris, France; INSERM U1143, 75005 Paris, France
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- Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, 75248 Paris Cedex 5, France; CNRS UMR3666, 75005 Paris, France; INSERM U1143, 75005 Paris, France
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Kociurzynski R, Pannuzzo M, Böckmann RA. Phase Transition of Glycolipid Membranes Studied by Coarse-Grained Simulations. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2015; 31:9379-9387. [PMID: 26267673 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b01617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Glycolipids are important components of biological membranes. High concentrations of glycolipids are particularly found in lipid rafts, which take part in many physiological phenomena. This different partitioning and interaction pattern of glycolipids in the membrane as compared to those of phospholipids are likely due to their different chemical structures: the polar regions of glycosphingolipids can be even larger than for their hydrophobic moieties, giving rise to a rich conformational landscape. Here we study the influence of glycosphingolipids galactosylceramide (GCER) and monosialotetrahexosylganglioside (GM1) on the structural and thermodynamic properties of a phospholipid (DPPC) bilayer. Using the method of coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation we show that both glycolipids increase the phase-transition temperature of phospholipid membranes and that the extent of this increase depends on the headgroup size and structure. GM1 shows a strong tendency to form mixed clusters with phospholipids, thereby stabilizing the membrane. In contrast, GCER is dispersed in the membrane. By occupying the interstitial space between phospholipids it causes a tighter packing of the lipids in the membrane.
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- Raisa Kociurzynski
- Computational Biology, Department of Biology, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg , Staudtstr. 5, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Computational Biology, Department of Biology, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg , Staudtstr. 5, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Computational Biology, Department of Biology, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg , Staudtstr. 5, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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Sun H, Chen L, Gao L, Fang W. Nanodomain Formation of Ganglioside GM1 in Lipid Membrane: Effects of Cholera Toxin-Mediated Cross-Linking. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2015; 31:9105-14. [PMID: 26250646 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b01866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Cross-linking of specific lipid components by proteins mediates transmembrane signaling and material transport. In this work, we conducted coarse-grained simulation to investigate the interactions of binding units of chorela toxin (CTB) with mixed ganglioside GM1 and dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) lipid bilayer membrane. We determine that the binding of CTB pentamers cross-links GM1 molecules into protein-sized nanodomains that have distinct lipid order compared with the bulk. The toxin in the nanodomain partially penetrates into the membrane. The local disordering can also transmit across the membrane via lipid coupling. Comparison simulations on CTB binding to a membrane that is composed of various lipid components demonstrate that several factors are responsible for the nanodomain formation: (a) the negatively charged headgroup of a GM1 receptor is responsible for the multivalent binding; (b) the head groups being full of hydrogen-bonding donors and receptors stabilize the GM1 cluster itself and ensure the toxin binding with high affinity; and
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- Huijiao Sun
- Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University , Beijing 100875, China
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- Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University , Beijing 100875, China
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- Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University , Beijing 100875, China
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- Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University , Beijing 100875, China
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Šachl R, Amaro M, Aydogan G, Koukalová A, Mikhalyov II, Boldyrev IA, Humpolíčková J, Hof M. On multivalent receptor activity of GM1 in cholesterol containing membranes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2014; 1853:850-7. [PMID: 25101973 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2014.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2014] [Revised: 07/17/2014] [Accepted: 07/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Gangliosides located at the outer leaflet of plasma membrane are molecules that either participate in recognizing of exogenous ligand molecules or exhibit their own receptor activity, which are both essential phenomena for cell communication and signaling as well as for virus and toxin entry. Regulatory mechanisms of lipid-mediated recognition are primarily subjected to the physical status of the membrane in close vicinity of the receptor. Concerning the multivalent receptor activity of the ganglioside GM1, several regulatory strategies dealing with GM1 clustering and cholesterol involvement have been proposed. So far however, merely the isolated issues were addressed and no interplay between them investigated. In this work, several advanced fluorescence techniques such as Z-scan fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, Förster resonance energy transfer combined with Monte Carlo simulations, and a newly developed fluorescence antibunching assay were employed to give a more complex portrait of clustering and cholesterol involvement in multivalent ligand recognition of GM1. Our results indicate that membrane properties have an impact on a fraction of GM1 molecules that is not available for the ligand binding. While at low GM1 densities (~1 %) it is the cholesterol that turns GM1 headgroups invisible, at higher GM1 level (~4 %) it is purely the local density of GM1 molecules that inhibits the recognition. At medium GM1 content, cooperation of the two phenomena occurs. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Nanoscale membrane organisation and signalling.
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- Radek Šachl
- Department of Biophysical Chemistry, J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dolejškova 2155/3, Prague 8, Cz-182 23, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Biophysical Chemistry, J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dolejškova 2155/3, Prague 8, Cz-182 23, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Biophysical Chemistry, J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dolejškova 2155/3, Prague 8, Cz-182 23, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Biophysical Chemistry, J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dolejškova 2155/3, Prague 8, Cz-182 23, Czech Republic; Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Albertov 6, 128 43, Prague 2, Czech Republic.
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- Shemyakin- Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Science, Ul. Miklukho-Maklaya, 16/10, 117997 Moscow, GSP-7, Russian Federation.
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- Shemyakin- Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Science, Ul. Miklukho-Maklaya, 16/10, 117997 Moscow, GSP-7, Russian Federation.
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- Department of Biophysical Chemistry, J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dolejškova 2155/3, Prague 8, Cz-182 23, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Biophysical Chemistry, J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dolejškova 2155/3, Prague 8, Cz-182 23, Czech Republic.
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Puff N, Watanabe C, Seigneuret M, Angelova MI, Staneva G. Lo/Ld phase coexistence modulation induced by GM1. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2014; 1838:2105-14. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2014.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2013] [Revised: 04/30/2014] [Accepted: 05/03/2014] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Dupuy FG, Maggio B. N-Acyl Chain in Ceramide and Sphingomyelin Determines Their Mixing Behavior, Phase State, and Surface Topography in Langmuir Films. J Phys Chem B 2014; 118:7475-7487. [PMID: 24949924 DOI: 10.1021/jp501686q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Sphingolipids are membrane lipids composed by a long chain aminediol base, usually sphingosine, with a N-linked fatty acyl chain whose quality depends on the membrane type. The effect of length and unsaturation of the N-acyl chain on the mixing behavior of different sphingolipids has scarcely been studied, and in this work this issue is addressed employing Langmuir monolayers at the air-water interface, in order to assess the surface mixing in binary mixtures of different species of sphingomyelins and ceramides. The dependence on the monolayer composition of the mean molecular area, perpendicular dipole moment, domain segregation, and surface topography, as well as the film elasticity and optical thickness were studied. The results indicate that composition-dependent favorable interactions among sphingomyelin and ceramide occur as a consequence of complementary lateral packing and increased acyl chain ordering; the phase state of the components appears as a major factor determining miscibility among sphingomyelins and ceramides even in cases where the lipids have a considerable hydrocarbon chain length mismatch.
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- Fernando G Dupuy
- Centro de Investigaciones en Química Biológica de Córdoba CIQUIBIC-CONICET/UNC, Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba . Haya de la Torre y Medina Allende, Ciudad Universitaria, X5000HUA Córdoba, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigaciones en Química Biológica de Córdoba CIQUIBIC-CONICET/UNC, Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba . Haya de la Torre y Medina Allende, Ciudad Universitaria, X5000HUA Córdoba, Argentina
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Number of sialic acid residues in ganglioside headgroup affects interactions with neighboring lipids. Biophys J 2014; 105:1421-31. [PMID: 24047994 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.07.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2013] [Revised: 07/01/2013] [Accepted: 07/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Monolayers of binary mixtures of 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC) and asialo-(GA1), disialo-(GD1b) and trisialo-(GT1b) gangliosides were used to determine the effect of ganglioside headgroup charge and geometry on its interactions with the neighboring zwitterionic lipid. Surface pressure versus molecular area isotherm measurements along with concurrent fluorescence microscopy of the monolayers at the air-water interface were complemented with atomic force microscopy imaging of monolayers deposited on solid substrates. Results were used to further develop a proposed geometric packing model that the complementary geometry of DPPC and monosialoganglioside GM1 headgroups affects their close molecular packing, inducing condensation of the layer at small mol % of ganglioside. For GA1, GD1b, and GT1b, a similar condensing effect, followed by a fluidizing effect is seen that varies with glycosphingolipid concentration, but results do not directly follow from geometric arguments because less DPPC is needed to condense ganglioside molecules with larger cross-sectional areas. The variations in critical packing mole ratios can be explained by global effects of headgroup charge and resultant dipole moments within the monolayer. Atomic force microscopy micrographs further support the model of ganglioside-induced DPPC condensation with condensed domains composed of a striped phase of condensed DPPC and DPPC/ganglioside geometrically packed complexes at low concentrations.
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Armendariz KP, Dunn RC. Ganglioside influence on phospholipid films investigated with single molecule fluorescence measurements. J Phys Chem B 2013; 117:7959-66. [PMID: 23745772 DOI: 10.1021/jp405312a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Single molecule fluorescence measurements are used to probe the effects of GM1 in DPPC monolayers. Langmuir-Blodgett films of GM1 and DPPC were doped with ~10(-8) mol % of the fluorescent lipid probe, BODIPY-PC, and transferred onto glass substrates at 23 mN/m. As shown previously, the individual orientation of each BODIPY-PC probe in the membrane can be measured using defocused polarized total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy, revealing changes in film properties at the molecular level. Here, BODIPY-PC tilt angle histograms are used to characterize the effects of GM1 in DPPC films from 0.05 to 100 mol % GM1. At high GM1 levels (>5 mol % GM1), trends in the single molecule measurements agree with previous bulk measurements showing the turnover from condensing to expanding influence of GM1 at 15-20 mol %, thus validating the single molecule approach. At biologically relevant, low concentrations of GM1 (<5 mol % GM1), where bulk fluorescence measurements are less informative, the single molecule measurements reveal a marked influence of GM1 on film properties. The addition of trace amounts of GM1 to DPPC films leads to an expansion of the film which continues to 0.10 mol % GM1, above which the trend reverses and the condensing effect previously noted is observed.
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- Kevin P Armendariz
- Ralph N. Adams Institute for Bioanalytical Chemistry, University of Kansas, 2030 Becker Drive, Lawrence, Kansas 66047, USA
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Gangliosides containing different numbers of sialic acids affect the morphology and structural organization of isotropic phospholipid bicelles. Chem Phys Lipids 2013; 170-171:8-18. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2013.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2012] [Revised: 02/25/2013] [Accepted: 02/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Lozano MM, Liu Z, Sunnick E, Janshoff A, Kumar K, Boxer SG. Colocalization of the ganglioside G(M1) and cholesterol detected by secondary ion mass spectrometry. J Am Chem Soc 2013; 135:5620-30. [PMID: 23514537 PMCID: PMC3639293 DOI: 10.1021/ja310831m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The characterization of the lateral organization of components in biological membranes and the evolution of this arrangement in response to external triggers remain a major challenge. The concept of lipid rafts is widely invoked; however, direct evidence of the existence of these ephemeral entities remains elusive. We report here the use of secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) to image the cholesterol-dependent cohesive phase separation of the ganglioside GM1 into nano- and microscale assemblies in a canonical lipid raft composition of lipids. This assembly of domains was interrogated in a model membrane system composed of palmitoyl sphingomyelin (PSM), cholesterol, and an unsaturated lipid (dioleoylphosphatidylcholine, DOPC). Orthogonal isotopic labeling of every lipid bilayer component and monofluorination of GM1 allowed generation of molecule specific images using a NanoSIMS. Simultaneous detection of six different ion species in SIMS, including secondary electrons, was used to generate ion ratio images whose signal intensity values could be correlated to composition through the use of calibration curves from standard samples. Images of this system provide the first direct, molecule specific, visual evidence for the colocalization of cholesterol and GM1 in supported lipid bilayers and further indicate the presence of three compositionally distinct phases: (1) the interdomain region; (2) micrometer-scale domains (d > 3 μm); (3) nanometer-scale domains (d = 100 nm to 1 μm) localized within the micrometer-scale domains and the interdomain region. PSM-rich, nanometer-scale domains prefer to partition within the more ordered, cholesterol-rich/DOPC-poor/GM1-rich micrometer-scale phase, while GM1-rich, nanometer-scale domains prefer to partition within the surrounding, disordered, cholesterol-poor/PSM-rich/DOPC-rich interdomain phase.
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- Mónica M. Lozano
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-5080
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- Department of Chemistry, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155-5813
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Tammannstr. 6, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Tammannstr. 6, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155-5813
- Cancer Center, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02110
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-5080
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Application of Infrared Spectroscopy for Structural Analysis of Planar Lipid Bilayers Under Electrochemical Control. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-411515-6.00002-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/08/2023]
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Mori K, Mahmood MI, Neya S, Matsuzaki K, Hoshino T. Formation of GM1 ganglioside clusters on the lipid membrane containing sphingomyeline and cholesterol. J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:5111-21. [PMID: 22494278 DOI: 10.1021/jp207881k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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GM1 gangliosides form a microdomain with sphingomyeline (SM) and cholesterol (Chol) and are deeply involved in the aggregation of amyloid beta (Aβ) peptides on neural membranes. We performed molecular dynamics simulations on two kinds of lipid bilayers containing GM1 ganglioside: GM1/SM/Chol and GM1/POPC. Both 10 and 100 ns simulations and another set of 10 ns simulations with different initial lipid arrangement essentially showed the same computational results. GM1 molecules in the GM1/SM/Chol membrane were condensed, whereas those in GM1/POPC membrane scattered. That is, the formation of GM1 cluster was observed only on the GM1/SM/Chol mixed membrane. There appeared numerous hydrogen bonds among glycan portions of the GM1 clusters due to the condensation. A comparison in distribution of lipid molecules between the two kinds of membranes suggested that cholesterol had important roles to prevent the membrane from interdigitation and to stabilize other lipids for interacting with each other. This property of cholesterol promotes the formation of GM1 clusters.
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- Kenichi Mori
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chuo-ku, Chiba, Japan
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Armendariz KP, Huckabay HA, Livanec PW, Dunn RC. Single molecule probes of membrane structure: orientation of BODIPY probes in DPPC as a function of probe structure. Analyst 2012; 137:1402-8. [PMID: 22322157 DOI: 10.1039/c2an16255e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Single molecule fluorescence measurements have recently been used to probe the orientation of fluorescent lipid analogs doped into lipid films at trace levels. Using defocused polarized total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (PTIRF-M), these studies have shown that fluorophore orientation responds to changes in membrane surface pressure and composition, providing a molecular level marker of membrane structure. Here we extend those studies by characterizing the single molecule orientations of six related BODIPY probes doped into monolayers of DPPC. Langmuir-Blodgett monolayers transferred at various surface pressures are used to compare the response from fluorescent lipid analogs in which the location of the BODIPY probe is varied along the length of the acyl chain. For each BODIPY probe location along the chain, comparisons are made between analogs containing phosphocholine and smaller fatty acid headgroups. Together these studies show a general propensity of the BODIPY analogs to insert into membranes with the BODIPY probe aligned along the acyl chains or looped back to interact with the headgroups. For all BODIPY probes studied, a bimodal orientation distribution is observed which is sensitive to surface pressure, with the population of BODIPY probes aligned along the acyl chains increasing with elevated surface pressure. Trends in the single molecule orientations for the six analogs reveal a configuration where optimal placement of the BODIPY probe within the acyl chain maximizes its sensitivity to the surrounding membrane structure. These results are discussed in terms of balancing the effects of headgroup association with acyl chain length in designing the optimal placement of the BODIPY probe.
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- Kevin P Armendariz
- Ralph N. Adams Institute for Bioanalytical Chemistry, University of Kansas, 2030 Becker Drive, Lawrence, KS 66047, USA
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Kycia AH, Wang J, Merrill AR, Lipkowski J. Atomic force microscopy studies of a floating-bilayer lipid membrane on a Au(111) surface modified with a hydrophilic monolayer. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2011; 27:10867-77. [PMID: 21766864 DOI: 10.1021/la2016269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The surface of a gold electrode was functionalized with a hydrophilic monolayer of 1-thio-β-D-glucose formed by spontaneous self-assembly. The Langmuir-Blodgett/Langmuir-Schaefer (LB/LS) method was then used to assemble a bilayer onto the modified Au(111) surface. The bilayer lipid membrane (BLM) was separated from the Au(111) electrode surface by incorporating the monosialoganglioside GM1 into the inner leaflet of a bilayer composed of 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DMPC) and cholesterol. To make the inner leaflet, monolayers of GM1/DMPC/cholesterol with mole ratios of 1:6:3, 2:5:3, and 3:4:3 were used. The outer leaflet was composed of a 7:3 mole ratio of DMPC/cholesterol. Because of the amphiphilic properties of GM1, the hydrophobic acyl chains were incorporated into the BLM, whereas the large hydrophilic carbohydrate headgroups were physically adsorbed to the Au(111) electrode surface, creating a "floating" BLM (fBLM). This model contained a water-rich reservoir between the BLM and the gold surface. In addition, because of the bilayer being physically adsorbed onto the support, the fluidity of the BLM was maintained. The compression isotherms were measured at the air/water interface to determine the phase behavior and optimal transfer conditions. The images acquired using atomic force microscopy (AFM) and the force-distance measurements showed that the structure of the fBLM evolved with increasing GM1 content from 10 to 30 mol %, undergoing a transition from a corrugated to a homogeneous phase. This change was associated with a significant increase in bilayer thickness (from ∼5.3 to 7.3 nm). The highest-quality fBLM was produced with 30 mol % GM1.
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- Annia H Kycia
- Department of Chemistry, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
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Interaction of siglec protein with glycolipids in a lipid bilayer deposited on a gold electrode surface. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2010.03.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Kunding AH, Christensen SM, Danielsen EM, Hansen GH. Domains of increased thickness in microvillar membranes of the small intestinal enterocyte. Mol Membr Biol 2010; 27:170-7. [PMID: 20540667 DOI: 10.3109/09687688.2010.494625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The apical surface of the enterocyte is sculpted into a dense array of cylindrical microvillar protrusions by supporting actin filaments. Membrane microdomains (rafts) enriched in cholesterol and glycosphingolipids comprise roughly 50% of the microvillar membrane and play a vital role in orchestrating absorptive/digestive action of dietary nutrients at this important cellular interface. Increased membrane thickness is believed to be a morphological characteristic of rafts. Thus, we investigated whether the high contents of lipid rafts in the microvillar membrane is reflected in local variations in membrane thickness. We measured membrane thickness directly from electron micrographs of sections of fixed mucosal tissue. Indeed, mapping of the microvillar membrane revealed a biphasic distribution of membrane thickness. As a point of reference the thickness distribution of the basolateral membrane was clearly monophasic. The encountered domains of increased thickness (DITs) occupied 48% of the microvillar membrane and from the data we estimated the area of a single DIT to have a lower limit of 600 nm(2). In other experiments we mapped the organization of biochemically defined lipid rafts by immunogold labeling of alkaline phosphatase, a well documented raft marker. Strikingly, the alkaline phosphatase localized to distinct regions of the membrane in a pattern similar to the observed distribution of DITs. Although we were unable to measure membrane thickness directly on the immunogold labeled specimens, and thereby establish an unequivocal connection between DITs and rafts, we conclude that the brush border membrane of the enterocyte contains microdomains distinguishable both by membrane morphology and protein composition.
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- Andreas H Kunding
- Bio-Nanotechnology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry & Nano-Science Center, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Lozano MM, Starkel CD, Longo ML. Vesicles tethered to microbubbles by hybridized DNA oligonucleotides: flow cytometry analysis of this new drug delivery vehicle design. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2010; 26:8517-8524. [PMID: 20229988 PMCID: PMC2876220 DOI: 10.1021/la9044946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Hybridization of complementary lipid-linked DNA oligonucleotides was used to tether small unilamellar vesicles (SUVs) to the lipid monolayer shells of air-microbubbles, a new attachment design for a drug delivery vehicle to be used in tandem with ultrasound imaging. Flow cytometry was used, and a novel analysis was developed, based upon light scattering and fluorescence intensity, to quantify the fraction of microbubbles of chosen size-ranges with oligonucleotide-tethered fluorescently labeled SUVs. Fluorescence microscopy was used to verify that our methodology results in successful high-density SUV tethering to a similar fraction of the microbubbles when compared to the flow cytometry statistics. The fraction of successful tetherings increased with the concentration of the complementary lipid-linked oligonucleotide as expected and decreased with the time that microbubbles were incubated with SUVs, which was not expected. Also unexpected, a large fraction of microbubbles had only background fluorescence levels while a much smaller fraction (at most one-eighth, for the shortest incubation and highest concentration of lipid-linked oligonucleotide) had oligonucleotide-tethered fluorescently labeled SUVs and, according to our fluorescence microscopy, that small fraction was densely covered with SUVs. Ejection of the lipid-linked oligonucleotide during high surface pressure compression of the monolayer shells of actively shrinking microbubbles subjected to the Laplace overpressure is speculated as a qualitative explanation for the statistics.
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Giocondi MC, Yamamoto D, Lesniewska E, Milhiet PE, Ando T, Le Grimellec C. Surface topography of membrane domains. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2010; 1798:703-18. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2009.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2009] [Revised: 09/11/2009] [Accepted: 09/20/2009] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Multiple modes of interconverting dynamic pattern formation by bacterial cell division proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 107:8071-8. [PMID: 20212106 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0911036107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Min proteins of the Escherichia coli cell division system oscillate between the cell poles in vivo. In vitro on a solid-surface supported lipid bilayer, these proteins exhibit a number of interconverting modes of collective ATP-driven dynamic pattern formation including not only the previously described propagating waves, but also near uniformity in space surface concentration oscillation, propagating filament like structures with a leading head and decaying tail and moving and dividing amoeba-like structures with sharp edges. We demonstrate that the last behavior most closely resembles in vivo system behavior. The simple reaction-diffusion models previously proposed for the Min system fail to explain the results of the in vitro self-organization experiments. We propose the hypotheses that initiation of MinD binding to the surface is controlled by counteraction of initiation and dissociation complexes; the binding of MinD/E is stimulated by MinE and involves polymerization-depolymerization dynamics; polymerization of MinE over MinD oligomers triggers dynamic instability leading to detachment from the membrane. The physical properties of the lipid bilayer are likely to be one of the critical determinants of certain aspects of the dynamic patterns observed.
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Chebukati JN, Goff PC, Frederick TE, Fanucci GE. Bis(monoacylglycero)phosphate and ganglioside GM1 spontaneously form small homogeneous vesicles at specific concentrations. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2010; 394:509-14. [PMID: 20206128 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.02.180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2010] [Accepted: 02/26/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The morphology and size of hydrated lipid dispersions of bis(monoacylglycero)phosphate (BMP) mixed with varying mole percentages of the ganglioside GM1 were investigated by dynamic light scattering (DLS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy of these same mixtures, doped at 0.5 mol% with doxyl labeled lipids, was used to investigate acyl-chain packing. Results show that for 20-30% GM1, hydrated BMP:GM1 mixtures spontaneously form small spherical vesicles with diameters approximately 100 nm and a narrow size distribution profile. For other concentrations of GM1, hydrated dispersions with BMP have non-spherical shapes and heterogeneous size profiles, with average vesicle diameters>400 nm. All samples were prepared at pH 5.5 to mimic the lumen acidity of the late endosome where BMP is an essential component of intraendosomal vesicle budding, lipid sorting and trafficking. These findings indicate that GM1 and BMP under a limited concentration range spontaneously form small vesicles of homogeneous size in an energy independent manner without the need of protein templating. Because BMP is essential for intraendosomal vesicle formation, these results imply that lipid-lipid interactions may play a critical role in the endosomal process of lipid sorting and trafficking.
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- Janetricks N Chebukati
- Department of Chemistry, P.O. Box 117200, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7200, USA
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