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Mohammed-Sadhakathullah AHM, Pashazadeh-Panahi P, Sek S, Armelin E, Torras J. Formation of sparsely tethered bilayer lipid membrane on a biodegradable self-assembled monolayer of poly(lactic acid). Bioelectrochemistry 2024; 159:108757. [PMID: 38851026 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2024.108757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2024] [Revised: 06/02/2024] [Accepted: 06/03/2024] [Indexed: 06/10/2024]
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The utilization of biomimetic membranes supported by advanced self-assembled monolayers is gaining attraction as a promising sensing tool. Biomimetic membranes offer exceptional biocompatibility and adsorption capacity upon degradation, transcending their role as mere research instruments to open new avenues in biosensing. This study focused on anchoring a sparsely tethered bilayer lipid membrane onto a self-assembled monolayer composed of a biodegradable polymer, functionalized with poly(ethylene glycol)-cholesterol moieties, for lipid membrane integration. Real-time monitoring via quartz crystal microbalance, coupled with characterization using surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, provided comprehensive insights into each manufacturing phase. The resulting lipid layer, along with transmembrane pores formed by gramicidin A, exhibited robust stability. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy analysis confirmed membrane integrity, successful pore formation, and consistent channel density. Notably, gramicidin A demonstrated sustained functionality as an ion channel upon reconstitution, with its functionality being effectively blocked and inhibited in the presence of calcium ions. These findings mark significant strides in developing intricate biodegradable nanomaterials with promising applications in biomedicine.
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- Ahammed H M Mohammed-Sadhakathullah
- IMEM-BRT Group, Departament d'Enginyeria Química, EEBE, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, C/ Eduard Maristany, 10-14, Ed. I, 2nd Floor, 08019 Barcelona, Spain; Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering, EEBE, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, C/ Eduard Maristany, 10-14, Basement S-1, 08019 Barcelona, Spain
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, University of Warsaw, Zwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, University of Warsaw, Zwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland.
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- IMEM-BRT Group, Departament d'Enginyeria Química, EEBE, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, C/ Eduard Maristany, 10-14, Ed. I, 2nd Floor, 08019 Barcelona, Spain; Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering, EEBE, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, C/ Eduard Maristany, 10-14, Basement S-1, 08019 Barcelona, Spain
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- IMEM-BRT Group, Departament d'Enginyeria Química, EEBE, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, C/ Eduard Maristany, 10-14, Ed. I, 2nd Floor, 08019 Barcelona, Spain; Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering, EEBE, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, C/ Eduard Maristany, 10-14, Basement S-1, 08019 Barcelona, Spain.
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Martin J, Li YM, Gilchrist ML. Supported Biomembrane Systems Incorporating Multiarm Polymers and Bioorthogonal Tethering. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2024; 40:11401-11410. [PMID: 38767862 PMCID: PMC11155251 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c00176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2024] [Revised: 04/19/2024] [Accepted: 05/01/2024] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
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To functionalize interfaces with supported biomembranes and membrane proteins, the challenge is to build stabilized and supported systems that mimic the native lipid microenvironment. Our objective is to control substrate-to-biomembrane spacing and the tethering chemistry so proteoliposomes can be fused and conjugated without perturbation of membrane protein function. Furthermore, the substrates need to exhibit low protein and antibody nonspecific binding to use these systems in assays. We have employed protein orthogonal coupling schemes in concert with multiarm poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) technology to build supported biomembranes on microspheres. The lipid bilayer structures and tailored substrates of the microsphere-supported biomembranes were analyzed via flow cytometry, confocal fluorescence, and super-resolution imaging microscopy, and the lateral fluidity was quantified using fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) techniques. Under these conditions, the 4-arm-PEG20,000-NH2 based configuration gave the most desirable tethering system based on lateral diffusivity and coverage.
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- Jesse
A. Martin
- Department
of Chemical Engineering and the Department of Biomedical Engineering, The City College of the City University of New York, 140th Street and Convent Avenue, New York, New York 10031, United States
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- Chemical
Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering and the Department of Biomedical Engineering, The City College of the City University of New York, 140th Street and Convent Avenue, New York, New York 10031, United States
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Ausilio C, Lubrano C, Rana D, Matrone GM, Bruno U, Santoro F. Concealing Organic Neuromorphic Devices with Neuronal-Inspired Supported Lipid Bilayers. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024:e2305860. [PMID: 38702931 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202305860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2023] [Revised: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 05/06/2024]
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Neurohybrid systems have gained large attention for their potential as in vitro and in vivo platform to interrogate and modulate the activity of cells and tissue within nervous system. In this scenario organic neuromorphic devices have been engineered as bioelectronic platforms to resemble characteristic neuronal functions. However, aiming to a functional communication with neuronal cells, material synthesis, and surface engineering can yet be exploited for optimizing bio-recognition processes at the neuromorphic-neuronal hybrid interface. In this work, artificial neuronal-inspired lipid bilayers have been assembled on an electrochemical neuromorphic organic device (ENODe) to resemble post-synaptic structural and functional features of living synapses. Here, synaptic conditioning has been achieved by introducing two neurotransmitter-mediated biochemical signals, to induce an irreversible change in the device conductance thus achieving Pavlovian associative learning. This new class of in vitro devices can be further exploited for assembling hybrid neuronal networks and potentially for in vivo integration within living neuronal tissues.
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- Chiara Ausilio
- Center for Advanced Biomaterials for HealthCare@CRIB, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Naples, 80125, Italy
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Produzione Industriale, Università di Napoli Federico II, Naples, 80125, Italy
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- Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, RWTH Aachen, 52072, Aachen, Germany
- Institute of Biological Information Processing - Bioelectronics, IBI-3 Forschungszentrum Juelich, 52428, Juelich, Germany
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- Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, RWTH Aachen, 52072, Aachen, Germany
- Institute of Biological Information Processing - Bioelectronics, IBI-3 Forschungszentrum Juelich, 52428, Juelich, Germany
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- Center for Advanced Biomaterials for HealthCare@CRIB, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Naples, 80125, Italy
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- Center for Advanced Biomaterials for HealthCare@CRIB, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Naples, 80125, Italy
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Produzione Industriale, Università di Napoli Federico II, Naples, 80125, Italy
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- Center for Advanced Biomaterials for HealthCare@CRIB, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Naples, 80125, Italy
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, RWTH Aachen, 52072, Aachen, Germany
- Institute of Biological Information Processing - Bioelectronics, IBI-3 Forschungszentrum Juelich, 52428, Juelich, Germany
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Gooran N, Tan SW, Frey SL, Jackman JA. Unraveling the Biophysical Mechanisms of How Antiviral Detergents Disrupt Supported Lipid Membranes: Toward Replacing Triton X-100. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2024; 40:6524-6536. [PMID: 38478717 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c00174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/27/2024]
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Triton X-100 (TX-100) is a membrane-disrupting detergent that is widely used to inactivate membrane-enveloped viral pathogens, yet is being phased out due to environmental safety concerns. Intense efforts are underway to discover regulatory acceptable detergents to replace TX-100, but there is scarce mechanistic understanding about how these other detergents disrupt phospholipid membranes and hence which ones are suitable to replace TX-100 from a biophysical interaction perspective. Herein, using the quartz crystal microbalance-dissipation (QCM-D) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) techniques in combination with supported lipid membrane platforms, we characterized the membrane-disruptive properties of a panel of TX-100 replacement candidates with varying antiviral activities and identified two distinct classes of membrane-interacting detergents with different critical micelle concentration (CMC) dependencies and biophysical mechanisms. While all tested detergents formed micelles, only a subset of the detergents caused CMC-dependent membrane solubilization similarly to that of TX-100, whereas other detergents adsorbed irreversibly to lipid membrane interfaces in a CMC-independent manner. We compared these biophysical results to virus inactivation data, which led us to identify that certain membrane-interaction profiles contribute to greater antiviral activity and such insights can help with the discovery and validation of antiviral detergents to replace TX-100.
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- Negin Gooran
- School of Chemical Engineering and Translational Nanobioscience Research Center, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Translational Nanobioscience Research Center, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Translational Nanobioscience Research Center, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
- Department of Chemistry, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325, United States
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Translational Nanobioscience Research Center, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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Smith A, Larsen TRB, Zimmerman HK, Virolainen SJ, Meyer JJ, Keranen Burden LM, Burden DL. Design and Construction of a Multi-Tiered Minimal Actin Cortex for Structural Support in Lipid Bilayer Applications. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2024; 7:1936-1946. [PMID: 38427377 PMCID: PMC10951949 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.3c01267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2023] [Revised: 02/09/2024] [Accepted: 02/14/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
Abstract
Artificial lipid bilayers have revolutionized biochemical and biophysical research by providing a versatile interface to study aspects of cell membranes and membrane-bound processes in a controlled environment. Artificial bilayers also play a central role in numerous biosensing applications, form the foundational interface for liposomal drug delivery, and provide a vital structure for the development of synthetic cells. But unlike the envelope in many living cells, artificial bilayers can be mechanically fragile. Here, we develop prototype scaffolds for artificial bilayers made from multiple chemically linked tiers of actin filaments that can be bonded to lipid headgroups. We call the interlinked and layered assembly a multiple minimal actin cortex (multi-MAC). Construction of multi-MACs has the potential to significantly increase the bilayer's resistance to applied stress while retaining many desirable physical and chemical properties that are characteristic of lipid bilayers. Furthermore, the linking chemistry of multi-MACs is generalizable and can be applied almost anywhere lipid bilayers are important. This work describes a filament-by-filament approach to multi-MAC assembly that produces distinct 2D and 3D architectures. The nature of the structure depends on a combination of the underlying chemical conditions. Using fluorescence imaging techniques in model planar bilayers, we explore how multi-MACs vary with electrostatic charge, assembly time, ionic strength, and type of chemical linker. We also assess how the presence of a multi-MAC alters the underlying lateral diffusion of lipids and investigate the ability of multi-MACs to withstand exposure to shear stress.
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- Amanda
J. Smith
- Chemistry Department, Wheaton College, 501 College Ave., Wheaton, Illinois 60187, United States
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- Chemistry Department, Wheaton College, 501 College Ave., Wheaton, Illinois 60187, United States
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- Chemistry Department, Wheaton College, 501 College Ave., Wheaton, Illinois 60187, United States
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- Chemistry Department, Wheaton College, 501 College Ave., Wheaton, Illinois 60187, United States
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- Chemistry Department, Wheaton College, 501 College Ave., Wheaton, Illinois 60187, United States
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- Chemistry Department, Wheaton College, 501 College Ave., Wheaton, Illinois 60187, United States
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- Chemistry Department, Wheaton College, 501 College Ave., Wheaton, Illinois 60187, United States
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Kleinheinz D, D’Onofrio C, Carraher C, Bozdogan A, Ramach U, Schuster B, Geiß M, Valtiner M, Knoll W, Andersson J. Activity of Single Insect Olfactory Receptors Triggered by Airborne Compounds Recorded in Self-Assembled Tethered Lipid Bilayer Nanoarchitectures. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:46655-46667. [PMID: 37753951 PMCID: PMC10571041 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c09304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023]
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Membrane proteins are among the most difficult to study as they are embedded in the cellular membrane, a complex and fragile environment with limited experimental accessibility. To study membrane proteins outside of these environments, model systems are required that replicate the fundamental properties of the cellular membrane without its complexity. We show here a self-assembled lipid bilayer nanoarchitecture on a solid support that is stable for several days at room temperature and allows the measurement of insect olfactory receptors at the single-channel level. Using an odorant binding protein, we capture airborne ligands and transfer them to an olfactory receptor from Drosophila melanogaster (OR22a) complex embedded in the lipid membrane, reproducing the complete olfaction process in which a ligand is captured from air and transported across an aqueous reservoir by an odorant binding protein and finally triggers a ligand-gated ion channel embedded in a lipid bilayer, providing direct evidence for ligand capture and olfactory receptor triggering facilitated by odorant binding proteins. This model system presents a significantly more user-friendly and robust platform to exploit the extraordinary sensitivity of insect olfaction for biosensing. At the same time, the platform offers a new opportunity for label-free studies of the olfactory signaling pathways of insects, which still have many unanswered questions.
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- David Kleinheinz
- Austrian
Institute of Technology GmbH, Giefinggasse 4, Vienna 1210, Austria
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- Austrian
Institute of Technology GmbH, Giefinggasse 4, Vienna 1210, Austria
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- The
New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research, 120 Mount Albert Road, Sandringham, Auckland 1025, New Zealand
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- Austrian
Institute of Technology GmbH, Giefinggasse 4, Vienna 1210, Austria
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- Technische
Universität Wien, Wiedner Hauptstr. 8-10/134, Wien 1040, Austria
- CEST
Kompetenzzentrum für Oberflächentechnologie, Viktor Kaplan-Straße 2, Wiener Neustadt 2700, Austria
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- Department
of Bionanosciences, Institute of Synthetic Bioarchitectures, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
(BOKU), Muthgasse 11, Vienna 1190, Austria
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- Software
Competence Center Hagenberg GmbH, Softwarepark 32a, Hagenberg 4232, Austria
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- Technische
Universität Wien, Wiedner Hauptstr. 8-10/134, Wien 1040, Austria
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- Austrian
Institute of Technology GmbH, Giefinggasse 4, Vienna 1210, Austria
- Danube
Private University, Steiner
Landstraße 124, Krems an der Donau 3500, Austria
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- Austrian
Institute of Technology GmbH, Giefinggasse 4, Vienna 1210, Austria
- Technische
Universität Wien, Wiedner Hauptstr. 8-10/134, Wien 1040, Austria
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Margheritis E, Kappelhoff S, Cosentino K. Pore-Forming Proteins: From Pore Assembly to Structure by Quantitative Single-Molecule Imaging. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24054528. [PMID: 36901959 PMCID: PMC10003378 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24054528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2023] [Revised: 02/11/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2023] [Indexed: 03/03/2023] Open
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Pore-forming proteins (PFPs) play a central role in many biological processes related to infection, immunity, cancer, and neurodegeneration. A common feature of PFPs is their ability to form pores that disrupt the membrane permeability barrier and ion homeostasis and generally induce cell death. Some PFPs are part of the genetically encoded machinery of eukaryotic cells that are activated against infection by pathogens or in physiological programs to carry out regulated cell death. PFPs organize into supramolecular transmembrane complexes that perforate membranes through a multistep process involving membrane insertion, protein oligomerization, and finally pore formation. However, the exact mechanism of pore formation varies from PFP to PFP, resulting in different pore structures with different functionalities. Here, we review recent insights into the molecular mechanisms by which PFPs permeabilize membranes and recent methodological advances in their characterization in artificial and cellular membranes. In particular, we focus on single-molecule imaging techniques as powerful tools to unravel the molecular mechanistic details of pore assembly that are often obscured by ensemble measurements, and to determine pore structure and functionality. Uncovering the mechanistic elements of pore formation is critical for understanding the physiological role of PFPs and developing therapeutic approaches.
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Giri RP, Mukhopadhyay MK. Humidity-Responsive Polymer Cushion-Supported Biomimetic Membrane: A Model System for X-ray Studies. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:15294-15302. [PMID: 36463523 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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An effort aimed at replacing the conventional water column by a relative humidity (RH) environment for structural investigation of a soft polymer cushion-supported model phospholipid membrane has been reported. An RH-responsive well-hydrated polymer cushion layer capable of approximately 2-fold swellability under RH 96% has been employed for phospholipid model membrane fabrication. To validate the proposed method, supported lipid bilayers (SLBs) of phosphocholine and phosphoethanolamine were deposited and structurally characterized at molecular level by the X-ray scattering method. In addition, the molecular interaction of the porphyrin-based hemin molecule, having a drug-like structure, with the supported membrane has been studied for further validation. The swelling behavior of the polymer cushion has been studied at a range of RH values prior to the bilayer deposition. The RH environment, in comparison to the conventional water column, enhanced the dynamic range approximately by 100-fold and the structural resolution by 2-fold. Thus, the bilayer structural features can be assessed without being overwhelmed by the background signals from the traditional water column. This facilitates in extracting reliable layer parameters and exogenous molecule-induced minute changes from the model fit. The proposed method will have far-reaching implications in biosensor engineering, protein-lipid, and drug-lipid interaction studies, X-ray microscopy, imaging, and photon correlation spectroscopy studies from SLBs where acquiring sufficient scattered intensity is still a challenge. This study also predicts that lab-based rotating-anode X-ray instruments can potentially be an alternative to the hard-access synchrotron experiments on biomimetic membranes, keeping the dynamic range and structural resolution uncompromised.
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- Rajendra P Giri
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, A CI of Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata700064, West Bengal, India
- Institute for Experimental and Applied Physics, Kiel University, 24118Kiel, Germany
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- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, A CI of Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata700064, West Bengal, India
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Sannigrahi A, Rai VH, Chalil MV, Chakraborty D, Meher SK, Roy R. A Versatile Suspended Lipid Membrane System for Probing Membrane Remodeling and Disruption. MEMBRANES 2022; 12:1190. [PMID: 36557095 PMCID: PMC9784602 DOI: 10.3390/membranes12121190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2022] [Revised: 10/12/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Artificial membrane systems can serve as models to investigate molecular mechanisms of different cellular processes, including transport, pore formation, and viral fusion. However, the current, such as SUVs, GUVs, and the supported lipid bilayers suffer from issues, namely high curvature, heterogeneity, and surface artefacts, respectively. Freestanding membranes provide a facile solution to these issues, but current systems developed by various groups use silicon or aluminum oxide wafers for fabrication that involves access to a dedicated nanolithography facility and high cost while conferring poor membrane stability. Here, we report the development, characterization and applications of an easy-to-fabricate suspended lipid bilayer (SULB) membrane platform leveraging commercial track-etched porous filters (PCTE) with defined microwell size. Our SULB system offers a platform to study the lipid composition-dependent structural and functional properties of membranes with exceptional stability. With dye entrapped in PCTE microwells by SULB, we show that sphingomyelin significantly augments the activity of pore-forming toxin, Cytolysin A (ClyA) and the pore formation induces lipid exchange between the bilayer leaflets. Further, we demonstrate high efficiency and rapid kinetics of membrane fusion by dengue virus in our SULB platform. Our suspended bilayer membrane mimetic offers a novel platform to investigate a large class of biomembrane interactions and processes.
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Bonet NF, Cava DG, Vélez M. Quartz crystal microbalance and atomic force microscopy to characterize mimetic systems based on supported lipids bilayer. Front Mol Biosci 2022; 9:935376. [PMID: 35992275 PMCID: PMC9382308 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.935376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2022] [Accepted: 07/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM) with dissipation and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) are two characterization techniques that allow describing processes taking place at solid-liquid interfaces. Both are label-free and, when used in combination, provide kinetic, thermodynamic and structural information at the nanometer scale of events taking place at surfaces. Here we describe the basic operation principles of both techniques, addressing a non-specialized audience, and provide some examples of their use for describing biological events taking place at supported lipid bilayers (SLBs). The aim is to illustrate current strengths and limitations of the techniques and to show their potential as biophysical characterization techniques.
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Baxani DK, Jamieson WD, Barrow DA, Castell OK. Encapsulated droplet interface bilayers as a platform for high-throughput membrane studies. SOFT MATTER 2022; 18:5089-5096. [PMID: 35766018 PMCID: PMC9277618 DOI: 10.1039/d1sm01111a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Accepted: 06/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Whilst it is highly desirable to produce artificial lipid bilayer arrays allowing for systematic high-content screening of membrane conditions, it remains a challenge due to the combined requirements of scaled membrane production, simple measurement access, and independent control over individual bilayer experimental conditions. Here, droplet bilayers encapsulated within a hydrogel shell are output individually into multi-well plates for simple, arrayed quantitative measurements. The afforded experimental throughput is used to conduct a 2D concentration screen characterising the synergistic pore-forming peptides Magainin2 and PGLa. Maximal enhanced activity is revealed at equimolar peptide concentrations via a membrane dye leakage assay, a finding consistent with models proposed from NMR data. The versatility of the platform is demonstrated by performing in situ electrophysiology, revealing low conductance pore activity (∼15 to 20 pA with 4.5 pA sub-states). In conclusion, this array platform addresses the aforementioned challenges and provides new and flexible opportunities for high-throughput membrane studies. Furthermore, the ability to engineer droplet networks within each construct paves the way for "lab-in-a-capsule" approaches accommodating multiple assays per construct and allowing for communicative reaction pathways.
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- D K Baxani
- College of Biomedical and Life Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cardiff University Redwood Building, King Edward VII Avenue, CF10 3NB Cardiff, UK.
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- College of Biomedical and Life Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cardiff University Redwood Building, King Edward VII Avenue, CF10 3NB Cardiff, UK.
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- School of Engineering, Cardiff University, 14-17 The Parade, CF4 3AA Cardiff, UK
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- College of Biomedical and Life Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cardiff University Redwood Building, King Edward VII Avenue, CF10 3NB Cardiff, UK.
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Yudovich S, Marzouqe A, Kantorovitsch J, Teblum E, Chen T, Enderlein J, Miller EW, Weiss S. Electrically Controlling and Optically Observing the Membrane Potential of Supported Lipid Bilayers. Biophys J 2022; 121:2624-2637. [PMID: 35619563 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2022.05.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2021] [Revised: 04/26/2022] [Accepted: 05/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
Abstract
Supported lipid bilayers are a well-developed model system for the study of membranes and their associated proteins, such as membrane channels, enzymes, and receptors. These versatile model membranes can be made from various components, ranging from simple synthetic phospholipids to complex mixtures of constituents, mimicking the cell membrane with its relevant physiochemical and molecular phenomena. In addition, the high stability of supported lipid bilayers allows for their study via a wide array of experimental probes. In this work, we describe a platform for supported lipid bilayers that is accessible both electrically and optically, and demonstrate direct optical observation of the transmembrane potential of supported lipid bilayers. We show that the polarization of the supported membrane can be electrically controlled and optically probed using voltage-sensitive dyes. Membrane polarization dynamics is understood through electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and the analysis of an equivalent electrical circuit model. In addition, we describe the effect of the conducting electrode layer on the fluorescence of the optical probe through metal-induced energy transfer, and show that while this energy transfer has an adverse effect on the voltage sensitivity of the fluorescent probe, its strong distance dependency allows for axial localization of fluorescent emitters with ultrahigh accuracy. We conclude with a discussion on possible applications of this platform for the study of voltage-dependent membrane proteins and other processes in membrane biology and surface science.
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- Shimon Yudovich
- Department of Physics, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, 52900, Israel; Institute for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, 52900, Israel.
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- Institute for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, 52900, Israel; Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, 52900, Israel
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- Institute for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, 52900, Israel
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- Institute for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, 52900, Israel
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- Third Institute of Physics-Biophysics, Georg August University, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Third Institute of Physics-Biophysics, Georg August University, 37077 Göttingen, Germany; Cluster of Excellence "Multiscale Bioimaging: from Molecular Machines to Networks of Excitable Cells" (MBExC), Georg August University, Germany
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- Departments of Chemistry, Molecular & Cell Biology, and Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Physics, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, 52900, Israel; Institute for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, 52900, Israel; Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Physiology, and California NanoSystems Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095.
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AbstractThe complex composition of bacterial membranes has a significant impact on the understanding of pathogen function and their development towards antibiotic resistance. In addition to the inherent complexity and biosafety risks of studying biological pathogen membranes, the continual rise of antibiotic resistance and its significant economical and clinical consequences has motivated the development of numerous in vitro model membrane systems with tuneable compositions, geometries, and sizes. Approaches discussed in this review include liposomes, solid-supported bilayers, and computational simulations which have been used to explore various processes including drug-membrane interactions, lipid-protein interactions, host–pathogen interactions, and structure-induced bacterial pathogenesis. The advantages, limitations, and applicable analytical tools of all architectures are summarised with a perspective for future research efforts in architectural improvement and elucidation of resistance development strategies and membrane-targeting antibiotic mechanisms.
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Functional incorporation of the insect odorant receptor coreceptor in tethered lipid bilayer nanoarchitectures. Biosens Bioelectron 2022; 203:114024. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2022.114024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2021] [Revised: 01/06/2022] [Accepted: 01/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Guidelli R, Becucci L. Functional activity of peptide ion channels in tethered bilayer lipid membranes: Review. ELECTROCHEMICAL SCIENCE ADVANCES 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/elsa.202100180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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- Rolando Guidelli
- Department of Chemistry University of Florence Sesto Fiorentino Firenze Italy
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- Ministero dell'Istruzione Scuola Media “Guglielmo Marconi” San Giovanni Valdarno Arezzo Italy
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Zhang L, Burns N, Jordan M, Jayasinghe L, Guo P. Macromolecule sensing and tumor biomarker detection by harnessing terminal size and hydrophobicity of viral DNA packaging motor channels into membranes and flow cells. Biomater Sci 2021; 10:167-177. [PMID: 34812812 DOI: 10.1039/d1bm01264a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Biological nanopores for single-pore sensing have the advantage of size homogeneity, structural reproducibility, and channel amenability. In order to translate this to clinical applications, the functional biological nanopore must be inserted into a stable system for high-throughput analysis. Here we report factors that control the rate of pore insertion into polymer membrane and analyte translocation through the channel of viral DNA packaging motors of Phi29, T3 and T7. The hydrophobicity of aminol or carboxyl terminals and their relation to the analyte translocation were investigated. It was found that both the size and the hydrophobicity of the pore terminus are critical factors for direct membrane insertion. An N-terminus or C-terminus hydrophobic mutation is crucial for governing insertion orientation and subsequent macromolecule translocation due to the one-way traffic property. The N- or C-modification led to two different modes of application. The C-terminal insertion permits translocation of analytes such as peptides to enter the channel through the N terminus, while N-terminus insertion prevents translocation but offers the measurement of gating as a sensing parameter, thus generating a tool for detection of markers. A urokinase-type Plasminogen Activator Receptor (uPAR) binding peptide was fused into the C-terminal of Phi29 nanopore to serve as a probe for uPAR protein detection. The uPAR has proven to be a predictive biomarker in several types of cancer, including breast cancer. With an N-terminal insertion, the binding of the uPAR antigen to individual peptide probe induced discretive steps of current reduction due to the induction of channel gating. The distinctive current signatures enabled us to distinguish uPAR positive and negative tumor cell lines. This finding provides a theoretical basis for a robust biological nanopore sensing system for high-throughput macromolecular sensing and tumor biomarker detection.
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- Long Zhang
- Center for RNA Nanobiotechnology and Nanomedicine; College of Pharmacy; Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute; James Comprehensive Cancer Center; College of Medicine; The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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- Center for RNA Nanobiotechnology and Nanomedicine; College of Pharmacy; Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute; James Comprehensive Cancer Center; College of Medicine; The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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- Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd, Gosling Building, Edmund Halley Road, Oxford Science Park, Oxford, OX4 4DQ, UK
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- Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd, Gosling Building, Edmund Halley Road, Oxford Science Park, Oxford, OX4 4DQ, UK
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- Center for RNA Nanobiotechnology and Nanomedicine; College of Pharmacy; Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute; James Comprehensive Cancer Center; College of Medicine; The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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Recent progress of vibrational spectroscopic study on the interfacial structure of biomimetic membranes. CHINESE JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjac.2021.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Berganza E, Hirtz M. Direct-Write Patterning of Biomimetic Lipid Membranes In Situ with FluidFM. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:50774-50784. [PMID: 34677057 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c15166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The creation of biologically inspired artificial membranes on substrates with custom size and in close proximity to each other not only provides a platform to study biological processes in a simplified manner, but they also constitute building blocks for chemical or biological sensors integrated in microfluidic devices. Scanning probe lithography tools such as dip-pen nanolithography (DPN) have opened a new paradigm in this regard, although they possess some inherent drawbacks like the need to operate in air environment or the limited choice of lipids that can be patterned. In this work, we propose the use of the fluid force microscopy (FluidFM) technology to fabricate biomimetic membranes without losing the multiplexing capability of DPN but gaining flexibility in lipid inks and patterning environment. We shed light on the driving mechanisms of the FluidFM-mediated lithography processes in air and liquid. The obtained results should prompt the creation of more realistic biomimetic membranes with arbitrary complex phospholipid mixtures, cholesterol, and potential functional membrane proteins directly patterned in physiological environment.
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- Eider Berganza
- Institute of Nanotechnology (INT) & Karlsruhe Nano Micro Facility (KNMF), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology (INT) & Karlsruhe Nano Micro Facility (KNMF), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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Mariano A, Lubrano C, Bruno U, Ausilio C, Dinger NB, Santoro F. Advances in Cell-Conductive Polymer Biointerfaces and Role of the Plasma Membrane. Chem Rev 2021; 122:4552-4580. [PMID: 34582168 PMCID: PMC8874911 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The plasma membrane
(PM) is often described as a wall, a physical
barrier separating the cell cytoplasm from the extracellular matrix
(ECM). Yet, this wall is a highly dynamic structure that can stretch,
bend, and bud, allowing cells to respond and adapt to their surrounding
environment. Inspired by shapes and geometries found in the biological
world and exploiting the intrinsic properties of conductive polymers
(CPs), several biomimetic strategies based on substrate dimensionality
have been tailored in order to optimize the cell–chip coupling.
Furthermore, device biofunctionalization through the use of ECM proteins
or lipid bilayers have proven successful approaches to further maximize
interfacial interactions. As the bio-electronic field aims at narrowing
the gap between the electronic and the biological world, the possibility
of effectively disguising conductive materials to “trick”
cells to recognize artificial devices as part of their biological
environment is a promising approach on the road to the seamless platform
integration with cells.
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- Anna Mariano
- Tissue Electronics, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 80125 Naples, Italy
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- Tissue Electronics, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 80125 Naples, Italy.,Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Produzione Industriale, Università di Napoli Federico II, 80125 Naples, Italy
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- Tissue Electronics, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 80125 Naples, Italy.,Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Produzione Industriale, Università di Napoli Federico II, 80125 Naples, Italy
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- Tissue Electronics, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 80125 Naples, Italy
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- Tissue Electronics, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 80125 Naples, Italy.,Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Produzione Industriale, Università di Napoli Federico II, 80125 Naples, Italy
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- Tissue Electronics, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 80125 Naples, Italy
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Andersson J, Fuller M, Ashenden A, Holt SA, Köper I. Increasing Antibiotic Susceptibility: The Use of Cationic Gold Nanoparticles in Gram-Negative Bacterial Membrane Models. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:9735-9743. [PMID: 34347499 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c01150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Antibiotic resistance will be one of the most prominent challenges to health-care systems in the coming decades, with the OECD predicting that up to 2.4 million deaths will be caused between 2015 and 2050 by drug-resistant bacterial infections in first-world countries alone, with infections costing health-care systems billions of dollars each year. Developing new methods to increase bacterial susceptibility toward drugs is an important step in treating resistant infections. Here, the synergistic effects of gold nanoparticles and the antibiotic drug colistin sulfate have been examined. A tethered lipid bilayer membrane was used to mimic a Gram-negative bacterial cell membrane. Exposing the membrane to gold nanoparticles prior to adding the antibiotic significantly increased the effect of the antibiotic on the membrane. Cationic gold nanoparticles could thus be used to enhance bacterial susceptibility to antibiotics, leading to a more potent treatment.
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- Jakob Andersson
- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Flinders University, Bedford Park 5042, South Australia
- Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering, Australian Nuclear Science Technology Institute, Lucas Heights 2234, New South Wales, Australia
- Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Giefinggase 4, 1210 Vienna, Austria
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Flinders University, Bedford Park 5042, South Australia
- Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering, Australian Nuclear Science Technology Institute, Lucas Heights 2234, New South Wales, Australia
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Flinders University, Bedford Park 5042, South Australia
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- Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering, Australian Nuclear Science Technology Institute, Lucas Heights 2234, New South Wales, Australia
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Flinders University, Bedford Park 5042, South Australia
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Bompard J, Maniti O, Aboukhachfe R, Ausserre D, Girard-Egrot A. BALM: Watching the Formation of Tethered Bilayer Lipid Membranes with Submicron Lateral Resolution. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:9457-9471. [PMID: 34324820 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c01184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Tethered bilayer lipid membranes (tBLMs) are artificial membranes largely used for the in situ study of biological membranes and membrane-associated proteins. To date, the formation of these membranes was essentially monitored by surface averaging techniques like surface plasmon resonance (SPR) and quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D), which cannot provide both local and real-time information in a single approach. Here, we report an original application of backside absorbing layer microscopy (BALM), a novel white-light wide-field optical microscopy, to study tBLMs. Thanks to the combination of sensitivity and resolution, BALM not only allowed the real-time quantitative monitoring of tBLM formation but also enabled the high-resolution visualization of local fluxes and matter exchanges taking place at each step of the process. Quantitative BALM measurements of the final layer thickness, reproduced in parallel with SPR, were consistent with the achievement of a continuous lipid bilayer. This finding was confirmed by BALM imaging, which additionally revealed the heterogeneity of the bilayer during its formation. While established real-time techniques, like SPR or QCM-D, view the surface as homogeneous, BALM showed the presence of surface patterns appearing in the first step of the tBLM formation process and governing subsequent matter adsorption or desorption steps. Finally, matter fluxes persisting even after rinsing at the end of the tBLM formation demonstrated the lasting presence of dispersed vesicular pockets with laterally fluctuating positions over the final single and continuous lipid bilayer. These new mechanistic insights into the tBLM formation process demonstrate the great potential of BALM in the study of complex biological systems.
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- J Bompard
- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires, ICBMS, UMR 5246, GEMBAS Team, Lederer building, 1 rue Victor Grignard, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires, ICBMS, UMR 5246, GEMBAS Team, Lederer building, 1 rue Victor Grignard, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- Lebanese University, Faculty of Technology, Hisbe Street, Saida, Lebanon
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- Institut Molecules & Matériaux du Mans, IMMM CNRS UMR 6283, Le Mans Université, Avenue Olivier Messiaen, 72085 Le Mans, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires, ICBMS, UMR 5246, GEMBAS Team, Lederer building, 1 rue Victor Grignard, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
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Köhler S, Fragneto G, Alcaraz JP, Nelson A, Martin DK, Maccarini M. Nanostructural Characterization of Cardiolipin-Containing Tethered Lipid Bilayers Adsorbed on Gold and Silicon Substrates for Protein Incorporation. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:8908-8923. [PMID: 34286589 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c00119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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A key to the development of lipid membrane-based devices is a fundamental understanding of how the molecular structure of the lipid bilayer membrane is influenced by the type of lipids used to build the membrane. This is particularly important when membrane proteins are included in these devices since the precise lipid environment affects the ability to incorporate membrane proteins and their functionality. Here, we used neutron reflectometry to investigate the structure of tethered bilayer lipid membranes and to characterize the incorporation of the NhaA sodium proton exchanger in the bilayer. The lipid membranes were composed of two lipids, dioleoyl phosphatidylcholine and cardiolipin, and were adsorbed on gold and silicon substrates using two different tethering architectures based on functionalized oligoethylene glycol molecules of different lengths. In all of the investigated samples, the addition of cardiolipin caused distinct structural rearrangement including crowding of ethylene glycol groups of the tethering molecules in the inner head region and a thinning of the lipid tail region. The incorporation of NhaA in the tethered bilayers following two different protocols is quantified, and the way protein incorporation modulates the structural properties of these membranes is detailed.
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- Sebastian Köhler
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, UMR 5525, VetAgro Sup, Grenoble INP, TIMC/SyNaBi, 38000 Grenoble, France
- Institut Laue-Langevin, 38042 Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, UMR 5525, VetAgro Sup, Grenoble INP, TIMC/SyNaBi, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- ANSTO-Sydney, New Illawarra Road, Lucas Heights, NSW 2234, Australia
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, UMR 5525, VetAgro Sup, Grenoble INP, TIMC/SyNaBi, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, UMR 5525, VetAgro Sup, Grenoble INP, TIMC/SyNaBi, 38000 Grenoble, France
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Cellular interactions with polystyrene nanoplastics-The role of particle size and protein corona. Biointerphases 2021; 16:041001. [PMID: 34241329 DOI: 10.1116/6.0001124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Plastic waste is ubiquitously spread across the world and its smaller analogs-microplastics and nanoplastics-raise particular health concerns. While biological impacts of microplastics and nanoplastics have been actively studied, the chemical and biological bases for the adverse effects are sought after. This work explores contributory factors by combining results from in vitro and model mammalian membrane experimentation to assess the outcome of cell/nanoplastic interactions in molecular detail, inspecting the individual contribution of nanoplastics and different types of protein coronae. The in vitro study showed mild cytotoxicity and cellular uptake of polystyrene (PS) nanoplastics, with no clear trend based on nanoplastic size (20 and 200 nm) or surface charge. In contrast, a nanoplastic size-dependency on bilayer disruption was observed in the model system. This suggests that membrane disruption resulting from direct interaction with PS nanoplastics has little correlation with cytotoxicity. Furthermore, the level of bilayer disruption was found to be limited to the hydrophilic headgroup, indicating that transmembrane diffusion was an unlikely pathway for cellular uptake-endocytosis is the viable mechanism. In rare cases, small PS nanoplastics (20 nm) were found in the vicinity of chromosomes without a nuclear membrane surrounding them; however, this was not observed for larger PS nanoplastics (200 nm). We hypothesize that the nanoplastics can interact with chromosomes prior to nuclear membrane formation. Overall, precoating PS particles with protein coronae reduced the cytotoxicity, irrespective of the corona type. When comparing the two types, the extent of reduction was more apparent with soft than hard corona.
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Jayaram AK, Pappa AM, Ghosh S, Manzer ZA, Traberg WC, Knowles TPJ, Daniel S, Owens RM. Biomembranes in bioelectronic sensing. Trends Biotechnol 2021; 40:107-123. [PMID: 34229865 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2021.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2021] [Revised: 06/01/2021] [Accepted: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Cell membranes are integral to the functioning of the cell and are therefore key to drive fundamental understanding of biological processes for downstream applications. Here, we review the current state-of-the-art with respect to biomembrane systems and electronic substrates, with a view of how the field has evolved towards creating biomimetic conditions and improving detection sensitivity. Of particular interest are conducting polymers, a class of electroactive polymers, which have the potential to create the next step-change for bioelectronics devices. Lastly, we discuss the impact these types of devices could have for biomedical applications.
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- A K Jayaram
- Centre for Misfolding Diseases, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW, Cambridge, UK; Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0JH, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Philippa Fawcett Drive, CB30AS Cambridge, UK
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- RF Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Olin Hall, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
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- RF Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Olin Hall, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Philippa Fawcett Drive, CB30AS Cambridge, UK
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- Centre for Misfolding Diseases, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW, Cambridge, UK; Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0JH, UK
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- RF Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Olin Hall, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Philippa Fawcett Drive, CB30AS Cambridge, UK.
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Eto H, Franquelim HG, Heymann M, Schwille P. Membrane-coated 3D architectures for bottom-up synthetic biology. SOFT MATTER 2021; 17:5456-5466. [PMID: 34106121 DOI: 10.1039/d1sm00112d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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One of the great challenges of bottom-up synthetic biology is to recreate the cellular geometry and surface functionality required for biological reactions. Of particular interest are lipid membrane interfaces where many protein functions take place. However, cellular 3D geometries are often complex, and custom-shaping stable lipid membranes on relevant spatial scales in the micrometer range has been hard to accomplish reproducibly. Here, we use two-photon direct laser writing to 3D print microenvironments with length scales relevant to cellular processes and reactions. We formed lipid bilayers on the surfaces of these printed structures, and we evaluated multiple combinatorial scenarios, where physiologically relevant membrane compositions were generated on several different polymer surfaces. Functional dynamic protein systems were reconstituted in vitro and their self-organization was observed in response to the 3D geometry. This method proves very useful to template biological membranes with an additional spatial dimension, and thus allows a better understanding of protein function in relation to the complex morphology of cells and organelles.
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- Hiromune Eto
- Department for Cellular and Molecular Biophysics, Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, D-82152, Martinsried, Germany.
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- Department for Cellular and Molecular Biophysics, Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, D-82152, Martinsried, Germany.
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- Department for Cellular and Molecular Biophysics, Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, D-82152, Martinsried, Germany. and Department of Intelligent Biointegrative Systems, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomolecular Systems, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department for Cellular and Molecular Biophysics, Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, D-82152, Martinsried, Germany.
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Why Do Tethered-Bilayer Lipid Membranes Suit for Functional Membrane Protein Reincorporation? APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/app11114876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Membrane proteins (MPs) are essential for cellular functions. Understanding the functions of MPs is crucial as they constitute an important class of drug targets. However, MPs are a challenging class of biomolecules to analyze because they cannot be studied outside their native environment. Their structure, function and activity are highly dependent on the local lipid environment, and these properties are compromised when the protein does not reside in the cell membrane. Mammalian cell membranes are complex and composed of different lipid species. Model membranes have been developed to provide an adequate environment to envisage MP reconstitution. Among them, tethered-Bilayer Lipid Membranes (tBLMs) appear as the best model because they allow the lipid bilayer to be decoupled from the support. Thus, they provide a sufficient aqueous space to envisage the proper accommodation of large extra-membranous domains of MPs, extending outside. Additionally, as the bilayer remains attached to tethers covalently fixed to the solid support, they can be investigated by a wide variety of surface-sensitive analytical techniques. This review provides an overview of the different approaches developed over the last two decades to achieve sophisticated tBLMs, with a more and more complex lipid composition and adapted for functional MP reconstitution.
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Parperis C, Wallace MI. Single-molecule imaging of pore-forming toxin dynamics in droplet interface bilayers. Methods Enzymol 2021; 649:431-459. [PMID: 33712195 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2021.01.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Single-channel recording from pore-forming toxins (PFTs) provides a clear and direct molecular readout of toxin action. However to complete any mechanistic understanding of PFT behavior, this functional kinetic readout must be linked to the underlying changes in toxin structure, binding, conformation, or stoichiometry. Here we review how single-molecule imaging methods might be used to further our understanding of PFTs, and provide detailed practical guidance on the use of droplet interface bilayers as a method capable of examining both single-molecule fluorescence and single-channel electrical signals from PFTs.
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- Christopher Parperis
- Department of Chemistry, Britannia House, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, Britannia House, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
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Luchini A, Vitiello G. Mimicking the Mammalian Plasma Membrane: An Overview of Lipid Membrane Models for Biophysical Studies. Biomimetics (Basel) 2020; 6:biomimetics6010003. [PMID: 33396534 PMCID: PMC7838988 DOI: 10.3390/biomimetics6010003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2020] [Revised: 12/23/2020] [Accepted: 12/28/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Cell membranes are very complex biological systems including a large variety of lipids and proteins. Therefore, they are difficult to extract and directly investigate with biophysical methods. For many decades, the characterization of simpler biomimetic lipid membranes, which contain only a few lipid species, provided important physico-chemical information on the most abundant lipid species in cell membranes. These studies described physical and chemical properties that are most likely similar to those of real cell membranes. Indeed, biomimetic lipid membranes can be easily prepared in the lab and are compatible with multiple biophysical techniques. Lipid phase transitions, the bilayer structure, the impact of cholesterol on the structure and dynamics of lipid bilayers, and the selective recognition of target lipids by proteins, peptides, and drugs are all examples of the detailed information about cell membranes obtained by the investigation of biomimetic lipid membranes. This review focuses specifically on the advances that were achieved during the last decade in the field of biomimetic lipid membranes mimicking the mammalian plasma membrane. In particular, we provide a description of the most common types of lipid membrane models used for biophysical characterization, i.e., lipid membranes in solution and on surfaces, as well as recent examples of their applications for the investigation of protein-lipid and drug-lipid interactions. Altogether, promising directions for future developments of biomimetic lipid membranes are the further implementation of natural lipid mixtures for the development of more biologically relevant lipid membranes, as well as the development of sample preparation protocols that enable the incorporation of membrane proteins in the biomimetic lipid membranes.
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- Alessandra Luchini
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark;
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- Department of Chemical, Materials and Production Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Piazzale Tecchio 80, 80125 Naples, Italy
- CSGI-Center for Colloid and Surface Science, via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Florence), Italy
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Pappa AM, Liu HY, Traberg-Christensen W, Thiburce Q, Savva A, Pavia A, Salleo A, Daniel S, Owens RM. Optical and Electronic Ion Channel Monitoring from Native Human Membranes. ACS NANO 2020; 14:12538-12545. [PMID: 32469490 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c01330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Transmembrane proteins represent a major target for modulating cell activity, both in terms of therapeutics drugs and for pathogen interactions. Work on screening such therapeutics or identifying toxins has been severely limited by the lack of available methods that would give high content information on functionality (ideally multimodal) and that are suitable for high-throughput. Here, we have demonstrated a platform that is capable of multimodal (optical and electronic) screening of ligand gated ion-channel activity in human-derived membranes. The TREK-1 ion-channel was expressed within supported lipid bilayers, formed via vesicle fusion of blebs obtained from the HEK cell line overexpressing TREK-1. The resulting reconstituted native membranes were confirmed via fluorescence recovery after photobleaching to form mobile bilayers on top of films of the polymeric electroactive transducer poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrenesulfonate (PEDOT:PSS). PEDOT:PSS electrodes were then used for quantitative electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurements of ligand-mediated TREK-1 interactions with two compounds, spadin and arachidonic acid, known to suppress and activate TREK-1 channels, respectively. PEDOT:PSS-based organic electrochemical transistors were then used for combined optical and electronic measurements of TREK-1 functionality. The technology demonstrated here is highly promising for future high-throughput screening of transmembrane protein modulators owing to the robust nature of the membrane integrated device and the highly quantitative electrical signals obtained. This is in contrast with live-cell-based electrophysiology assays (e.g., patch clamp) which compare poorly in terms of cost, usability, and compatibility with optical transduction.
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- Anna-Maria Pappa
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Philippa Fawcett Drive, CB30AS Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Robert F. Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Olin Hall, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Philippa Fawcett Drive, CB30AS Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, 496 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Philippa Fawcett Drive, CB30AS Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Flexible Electronics, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines, CMP-EMSE, 13541 Gardanne, France
- Panaxium SAS, 13100 Aix-en-Provence, France
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, 496 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Robert F. Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Olin Hall, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Philippa Fawcett Drive, CB30AS Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Sarangi NK, Prabhakaran A, Keyes TE. Interaction of Miltefosine with Microcavity Supported Lipid Membrane: Biophysical Insights from Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy. ELECTROANAL 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/elan.202060424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Nirod Kumar Sarangi
- School of Chemical Sciences and National Centre for Sensor Research Dublin City University DCU Glasnevin Campus Dublin 9 D09 W6Y4 Ireland
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- School of Chemical Sciences and National Centre for Sensor Research Dublin City University DCU Glasnevin Campus Dublin 9 D09 W6Y4 Ireland
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- School of Chemical Sciences and National Centre for Sensor Research Dublin City University DCU Glasnevin Campus Dublin 9 D09 W6Y4 Ireland
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Structure, Formation, and Biological Interactions of Supported Lipid Bilayers (SLB) Incorporating Lipopolysaccharide. COATINGS 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/coatings10100981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Biomimetic membrane systems play a crucial role in the field of biosensor engineering. Over the years, significant progress has been achieved creating artificial membranes by various strategies from vesicle fusion to Langmuir transfer approaches to meet an ever-growing demand for supported lipid bilayers on various substrates such as glass, mica, gold, polymer cushions, and many more. This paper reviews the diversity seen in the preparation of biologically relevant model lipid membranes which includes monolayers and bilayers of phospholipid and other crucial components such as proteins, characterization techniques, changes in the physical properties of the membranes during molecular interactions and the dynamics of the lipid membrane with biologically active molecules with special emphasis on lipopolysaccharides (LPS).
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Cisternas MA, Palacios-Coddou F, Molina S, Retamal MJ, Gomez-Vierling N, Moraga N, Zelada H, Soto-Arriaza MA, Corrales TP, Volkmann UG. Dry Two-Step Self-Assembly of Stable Supported Lipid Bilayers on Silicon Substrates. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E6819. [PMID: 32957654 PMCID: PMC7555443 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21186819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Revised: 09/13/2020] [Accepted: 09/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Artificial membranes are models for biological systems and are important for applications. We introduce a dry two-step self-assembly method consisting of the high-vacuum evaporation of phospholipid molecules over silicon, followed by a subsequent annealing step in air. We evaporate dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) molecules over bare silicon without the use of polymer cushions or solvents. High-resolution ellipsometry and AFM temperature-dependent measurements are performed in air to detect the characteristic phase transitions of DPPC bilayers. Complementary AFM force-spectroscopy breakthrough events are induced to detect single- and multi-bilayer formation. These combined experimental methods confirm the formation of stable non-hydrated supported lipid bilayers with phase transitions gel to ripple at 311.5 ± 0.9 K, ripple to liquid crystalline at 323.8 ± 2.5 K and liquid crystalline to fluid disordered at 330.4 ± 0.9 K, consistent with such structures reported in wet environments. We find that the AFM tip induces a restructuring or intercalation of the bilayer that is strongly related to the applied tip-force. These dry supported lipid bilayers show long-term stability. These findings are relevant for the development of functional biointerfaces, specifically for fabrication of biosensors and membrane protein platforms. The observed stability is relevant in the context of lifetimes of systems protected by bilayers in dry environments.
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- Marcelo A. Cisternas
- Instituto de Fisica, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago 7820436, Chile; (M.A.C.); (F.P.-C.); (S.M.); (N.G.-V.); (N.M.); (H.Z.)
- Centro de Investigacion en Nanotecnologia y Materiales Avanzados (CIEN-UC), Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago 7820436, Chile; (M.J.R.); (M.A.S.-A.)
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- Instituto de Fisica, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago 7820436, Chile; (M.A.C.); (F.P.-C.); (S.M.); (N.G.-V.); (N.M.); (H.Z.)
- Centro de Investigacion en Nanotecnologia y Materiales Avanzados (CIEN-UC), Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago 7820436, Chile; (M.J.R.); (M.A.S.-A.)
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- Instituto de Fisica, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago 7820436, Chile; (M.A.C.); (F.P.-C.); (S.M.); (N.G.-V.); (N.M.); (H.Z.)
- Centro de Investigacion en Nanotecnologia y Materiales Avanzados (CIEN-UC), Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago 7820436, Chile; (M.J.R.); (M.A.S.-A.)
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- Centro de Investigacion en Nanotecnologia y Materiales Avanzados (CIEN-UC), Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago 7820436, Chile; (M.J.R.); (M.A.S.-A.)
- Departamento de Química-Física, Facultad de Quimica y de Farmacia, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago 7820436, Chile
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- Instituto de Fisica, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago 7820436, Chile; (M.A.C.); (F.P.-C.); (S.M.); (N.G.-V.); (N.M.); (H.Z.)
- Centro de Investigacion en Nanotecnologia y Materiales Avanzados (CIEN-UC), Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago 7820436, Chile; (M.J.R.); (M.A.S.-A.)
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- Instituto de Fisica, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago 7820436, Chile; (M.A.C.); (F.P.-C.); (S.M.); (N.G.-V.); (N.M.); (H.Z.)
- Centro de Investigacion en Nanotecnologia y Materiales Avanzados (CIEN-UC), Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago 7820436, Chile; (M.J.R.); (M.A.S.-A.)
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- Instituto de Fisica, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago 7820436, Chile; (M.A.C.); (F.P.-C.); (S.M.); (N.G.-V.); (N.M.); (H.Z.)
- Centro de Investigacion en Nanotecnologia y Materiales Avanzados (CIEN-UC), Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago 7820436, Chile; (M.J.R.); (M.A.S.-A.)
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- Centro de Investigacion en Nanotecnologia y Materiales Avanzados (CIEN-UC), Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago 7820436, Chile; (M.J.R.); (M.A.S.-A.)
- Departamento de Química-Física, Facultad de Quimica y de Farmacia, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago 7820436, Chile
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- Departamento de Fisica, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Valparaíso 2390123, Chile;
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- Instituto de Fisica, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago 7820436, Chile; (M.A.C.); (F.P.-C.); (S.M.); (N.G.-V.); (N.M.); (H.Z.)
- Centro de Investigacion en Nanotecnologia y Materiales Avanzados (CIEN-UC), Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago 7820436, Chile; (M.J.R.); (M.A.S.-A.)
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Andersson J, Bilotto P, Mears LLE, Fossati S, Ramach U, Köper I, Valtiner M, Knoll W. Solid-supported lipid bilayers - A versatile tool for the structural and functional characterization of membrane proteins. Methods 2020; 180:56-68. [PMID: 32920130 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2020.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2020] [Revised: 09/07/2020] [Accepted: 09/08/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The cellular membrane is central to the development of single-and multicellular life, as it separates the delicate cellular interior from the hostile environment. It exerts tight control over entry and exit of substances, is responsible for signaling with other cells in multicellular organisms and prevents pathogens from entering the cell. In the case of bacteria and viruses, the cellular membrane also hosts the proteins enabling invasion of the host organism. In a very real sense therefore, the cellular membrane is central to all life. The study of the cell membrane and membrane proteins in particular has therefore attracted significant attention. Due to the enormous variety of tasks performed by the membrane, it is a highly complex and challenging structure to study. Ideally, membrane components would be studied in isolation from this environment, but unlike water soluble proteins, the amphiphilic environment provided by the cellular membrane is key to the structure and function of the cell membrane. Therefore, model membranes have been developed to provide an environment in which a membrane protein can be studied. This review presents a set of tools that enable the comprehensive characterization of membrane proteins: electrochemical tools, surface plasmon resonance, neutron scattering, the surface forces apparatus and atomic force microscopy are discussed, with a particular focus on experimental technique and data evaluation.
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- Institute of Applied Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna 1040, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna 1040, Austria
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- AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, 1210 Vienna, Austria; Institute of Applied Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna 1040, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna 1040, Austria; CEST Kompetenzzentrum für elektrochemische Oberflächentechnologie, Wiener Neustadt 2700, Austria
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Institute of Applied Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna 1040, Austria; CEST Kompetenzzentrum für elektrochemische Oberflächentechnologie, Wiener Neustadt 2700, Austria
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- AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, 1210 Vienna, Austria; CEST Kompetenzzentrum für elektrochemische Oberflächentechnologie, Wiener Neustadt 2700, Austria
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Hammond K, Ryadnov MG, Hoogenboom BW. Atomic force microscopy to elucidate how peptides disrupt membranes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2020; 1863:183447. [PMID: 32835656 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2020.183447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2020] [Revised: 07/30/2020] [Accepted: 08/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Atomic force microscopy is an increasingly attractive tool to study how peptides disrupt membranes. Often performed on reconstituted lipid bilayers, it provides access to time and length scales that allow dynamic investigations with nanometre resolution. Over the last decade, AFM studies have enabled visualisation of membrane disruption mechanisms by antimicrobial or host defence peptides, including peptides that target malignant cells and biofilms. Moreover, the emergence of high-speed modalities of the technique broadens the scope of investigations to antimicrobial kinetics as well as the imaging of peptide action on live cells in real time. This review describes how methodological advances in AFM facilitate new insights into membrane disruption mechanisms.
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- Katharine Hammond
- National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington TW11 0LW, UK; London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London, London WC1H 0AH, UK; Department of Physics & Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
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- National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington TW11 0LW, UK; Department of Physics, King's College London, Strand Lane, London WC2R 2LS, UK.
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- London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London, London WC1H 0AH, UK; Department of Physics & Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
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Martinotti C, Ruiz-Perez L, Deplazes E, Mancera RL. Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Small Molecules Interacting with Biological Membranes. Chemphyschem 2020; 21:1486-1514. [PMID: 32452115 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202000219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2020] [Revised: 05/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Cell membranes protect and compartmentalise cells and their organelles. The semi-permeable nature of these membranes controls the exchange of solutes across their structure. Characterising the interaction of small molecules with biological membranes is critical to understanding of physiological processes, drug action and permeation, and many biotechnological applications. This review provides an overview of how molecular simulations are used to study the interaction of small molecules with biological membranes, with a particular focus on the interactions of water, organic compounds, drugs and short peptides with models of plasma cell membrane and stratum corneum lipid bilayers. This review will not delve on other types of membranes which might have different composition and arrangement, such as thylakoid or mitochondrial membranes. The application of unbiased molecular dynamics simulations and enhanced sampling methods such as umbrella sampling, metadynamics and replica exchange are described using key examples. This review demonstrates how state-of-the-art molecular simulations have been used successfully to describe the mechanism of binding and permeation of small molecules with biological membranes, as well as associated changes to the structure and dynamics of these membranes. The review concludes with an outlook on future directions in this field.
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- Carlo Martinotti
- School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute and, Curtin Institute for Computation, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute and, Curtin Institute for Computation, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute and, Curtin Institute for Computation, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
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Sun Y, Zang X, Sun Y, Wang L, Gao Z. Lipid membranes supported by planar porous substrates. Chem Phys Lipids 2020; 228:104893. [PMID: 32097619 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2020.104893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2019] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Biological membranes play key roles in cell life, but their intrinsic complexity motivated the study and development of artificial lipid membranes with the primary aim to reconstitute and understand the natural functions in vitro. Porous-supported lipid membrane (pSLM) has emerged as a flexible platform for studying the surface chemistry of the cell due to their high stability and fluidity, and their ability to study the transmembrane process of the molecules. In this review, the pSLM, for the first time, to our knowledge, was divided into three types according to the way of the porous materials support the lipid membrane, containing the lipid membrane on the pores of the porous materials, the lipid membrane on both sides of the porous materials, the lipid membrane in the pores of the porous materials. All of these pSLMs were systematically elaborated from several aspects, including the substrates, formation, and characterization. Meanwhile, the advantages and disadvantages of each model membranes were summarized. Finally, suggestions for selecting appropriate pSLM and future directions in this area are discussed.
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- Yanping Sun
- Department of Pharmacy, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, 050018, China; State Key Laboratory Breeding Base - Hebei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Chemistry for Drugs, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, 050018, China; Hebei Research Center of Pharmaceutical and Chemical Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, 050018, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, 050018, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, 050018, China; Hebei Research Center of Pharmaceutical and Chemical Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, 050018, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base - Hebei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Chemistry for Drugs, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, 050018, China; Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, California State University, Long Beach, CA, 90840, USA.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, 050018, China; State Key Laboratory Breeding Base - Hebei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Chemistry for Drugs, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, 050018, China; Hebei Research Center of Pharmaceutical and Chemical Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, 050018, China.
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Bertrand B, Munusamy S, Espinosa-Romero JF, Corzo G, Arenas Sosa I, Galván-Hernández A, Ortega-Blake I, Hernández-Adame PL, Ruiz-García J, Velasco-Bolom JL, Garduño-Juárez R, Munoz-Garay C. Biophysical characterization of the insertion of two potent antimicrobial peptides-Pin2 and its variant Pin2[GVG] in biological model membranes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2020; 1862:183105. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2019.183105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2019] [Revised: 10/04/2019] [Accepted: 10/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Anwer W, Ratto Velasquez A, Tsoukanova V. Acylcarnitines at the Membrane Surface: Insertion Parameters for a Mitochondrial Leaflet Model. Biophys J 2020; 118:1032-1043. [PMID: 32027823 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2020.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2019] [Revised: 12/11/2019] [Accepted: 01/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Excessive accumulation of acylcarnitines (ACs), often caused by metabolic disorders, has been associated with obesity, arrhythmias, cardiac ischemia, insulin resistance, etc. Mechanisms whereby elevated ACs might contribute to pathophysiological effects remain largely unexplored. We have aimed to gain insight into AC interactions with the mitochondrial inner membrane. To model its outer leaflet, Langmuir monolayers and cushioned supported bilayers were employed. Their interactions with ACs were monitored with epifluorescence microscopy, which revealed a local leaflet expansion upon exposure to elevated concentrations of a long-chain AC, plausibly caused by its insertion. To assess the AC insertion parameters, constant-pressure insertion assays were performed. A value of 21 ± 3 Å2 was obtained for the AC insertion area, which is roughly the same as the cross-sectional area of an acyl chain. By contrast, the carnitine moiety was found to require an area of 37 ± 3 Å2. The AC insertion has thus been concluded to involve solely the AC acyl chain. This mode of insertion implies that the carnitine moiety, with its nontitratable positive charge, is left dangling at the membrane surface, which is likely to alter the surface electrostatics of the outer leaflet. The extrapolation of these findings has enabled us to hypothesize that, by altering the morphology and surface electrostatics of the outer leaflet, the insertion of ACs, in particular their long-chain counterparts, may trigger a nonspecific activation of signaling pathways in the inner mitochondrial membrane, thereby modulating its function and potentially leading to pathophysiological responses.
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- Wajih Anwer
- Department of Chemistry, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Munusamy S, Conde R, Bertrand B, Munoz-Garay C. Biophysical approaches for exploring lipopeptide-lipid interactions. Biochimie 2020; 170:173-202. [PMID: 31978418 PMCID: PMC7116911 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2020.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Accepted: 01/19/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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In recent years, lipopeptides (LPs) have attracted a lot of attention in the pharmaceutical industry due to their broad-spectrum of antimicrobial activity against a variety of pathogens and their unique mode of action. This class of compounds has enormous potential for application as an alternative to conventional antibiotics and for pest control. Understanding how LPs work from a structural and biophysical standpoint through investigating their interaction with cell membranes is crucial for the rational design of these biomolecules. Various analytical techniques have been developed for studying intramolecular interactions with high resolution. However, these tools have been barely exploited in lipopeptide-lipid interactions studies. These biophysical approaches would give precise insight on these interactions. Here, we reviewed these state-of-the-art analytical techniques. Knowledge at this level is indispensable for understanding LPs activity and particularly their potential specificity, which is relevant information for safe application. Additionally, the principle of each analytical technique is presented and the information acquired is discussed. The key challenges, such as the selection of the membrane model are also been briefly reviewed. A brief overview of topics to understand the generalities of lipopeptide (LP) science. Main analytical techniques used to reveal the interaction and the distorting effect of LP on artificial membranes. Guidelines for selecting of the most adequate membrane models for the given analytical technique.
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- Sathishkumar Munusamy
- Instituto de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad 2001, Col. Chamilpa, 62210, Cuernavaca, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación Sobre Enfermedades Infecciosas, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Instituto de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad 2001, Col. Chamilpa, 62210, Cuernavaca, Mexico
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- Instituto de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad 2001, Col. Chamilpa, 62210, Cuernavaca, Mexico.
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Su Z, Juhaniewicz-Debinska J, Sek S, Lipkowski J. Water Structure in the Submembrane Region of a Floating Lipid Bilayer: The Effect of an Ion Channel Formation and the Channel Blocker. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:409-418. [PMID: 31815479 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b03271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The structure of water in the submembrane region of the bilayer of DPhPC floating (fBLM) on a monolayer of 1-thio-β-d-glucose (β-Tg)-modified gold nanoparticle film was studied by the surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy (SEIRAS). SEIRAS employs surface enhancement of the mean square electric field of the photon, which is acting on a few molecular layers above the film of gold nanoparticles. Therefore, it is uniquely suited to probe water molecules in the submembrane region and provides unique information concerning the structure of the hydrogen bond network of water surrounding the lipid bilayer. The IR spectra indicated that water with a strong hydrogen network is separating the membrane from the gold surface. This water is more ordered than the water in the bulk. When alamethicin, a peptide forming ion channels, is inserted into the membrane, the network is only slightly loosened. The addition of amiloride, an ion channel blocker, results in a significant decrease in the amount of water in the submembrane region. The remaining water has a significantly distorted hydrogen bond network. This study provides unique information about the effect of the ion channel on water transport across the bilayer. The electrode potential has a relatively small effect on water structure in the submembrane region. However, the IR studies demonstrated that water is less ordered at positive transmembrane potentials. The present results provide significant insight into the nature of hydration of a floating lipid bilayer on the gold electrode surface.
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- ZhangFei Su
- Department of Chemistry , University of Guelph , Guelph , Ontario N1G 2W1 , Canada
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Biological and Chemical Research Centre , University of Warsaw , Żwirki i Wigury 101 , 02-089 Warsaw , Poland
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Guelph , Guelph , Ontario N1G 2W1 , Canada
- Faculty of Chemistry, Biological and Chemical Research Centre , University of Warsaw , Żwirki i Wigury 101 , 02-089 Warsaw , Poland
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Guelph , Guelph , Ontario N1G 2W1 , Canada
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Bilotto P, Lengauer M, Andersson J, Ramach U, Mears LLE, Valtiner M. Interaction Profiles and Stability of Rigid and Polymer-Tethered Lipid Bilayer Models at Highly Charged and Highly Adhesive Contacts. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:15552-15563. [PMID: 31475831 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b01942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Understanding interaction force versus distance profiles of supported lipid bilayers (SLBs) is relevant to a number of areas, which rely on these model systems, including, e.g., characterization of ligand/receptor interactions or bacterial adhesion. Here, the stability of 4 different SLB architectures was compared using the surface forces apparatus (SFA) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). Specifically, the outer envelope of the bilayer systems remained constant as 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC). The inner layer was varied between DPPC and 1,2-dipalmitoyl-3-trimethylammonium-propane (DPTAP) both on mica, and self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of hexadecanethiol and the polymer-tethered diphytanylglycerol-tetraethylene glycol-lipoid acid (DPhyTL) on smooth gold surfaces. In that same order these gave an increasing strength of interaction between the inner layer and the supporting substrate and hence improved stability under highly adhesive conditions. Detachment profiles from highly charged and highly adhesive contacts were characterized, and approach characteristics were fitted to DLVO models. We find increasing stability under highly adhesive loads, approaching the hydrophobic limit of the adhesive energy between the inner and outer layers for the SAM-based systems. For all four SLBs we further compare AFM surface topographies, which strongly depend on preparation conditions, and the DLVO fitting of the SFA approach curves finds a strong charge regulation behavior during interaction, dependent on the particular model system. In addition, we find undulation characteristics during approach and separation. The increased stability of the complex architectures on a gold support makes these model systems an ideal starting point for studying more complex strongly adhesive/interacting systems, including, for example, ligand/receptor interactions, biosensing interactions, or cell/surface interactions.
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- Pierluigi Bilotto
- Institute of Applied Physics , Vienna University of Technology , Vienna 1040 , Austria
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- Institute of Applied Physics , Vienna University of Technology , Vienna 1040 , Austria
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- Institute of Applied Physics , Vienna University of Technology , Vienna 1040 , Austria
- CEST Kompetenzzentrum für elektrochemische Oberflächentechnologie , Wiener Neustadt 2700 , Austria
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- Institute of Applied Physics , Vienna University of Technology , Vienna 1040 , Austria
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- Institute of Applied Physics , Vienna University of Technology , Vienna 1040 , Austria
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Alharbi ARM, Andersson JM, Köper I, Andersson GG. Investigating the Structure of Self-Assembled Monolayers Related to Biological Cell Membranes. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:14213-14221. [PMID: 31596586 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b02553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Tethered bilayer lipid membranes are solid supported lipid membranes, where the inner leaflet is covalently linked to the solid supported substrate through anchorlipids. These anchorlipids form a self-assembled monolayer, which serves as the basis of the membrane and also provides submembrane space. The molecular structure and composition of this monolayer has thus significant influence on the membrane structural and functional properties. The density of the self-assembled monolayer can be tailored by adding small molecules to the monolayer. Here, the structure of fully tethered and sparsely tethered monolayers, where the anchorlipid has been diluted with a small surface-active thiol, has been analyzed using neutral impact collision ion scattering spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and metastable induced electron spectroscopy. Combination of these three techniques allowed description of the self-assembly process in detail. The monolayers have been characterized in terms of layer thickness and orientation of the lipids.
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- Biosensor Technologies , Austrian Institute of Technology , 1210 Vienna , Austria
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Richard-Lacroix M, Umuhire KN, Lister E, Pellerin C, Badia A. Selective Isotopic Labeling Resolves the Gel-to-Fluid Phase Transitions of the Individual Leaflets of a Planar-Supported Phospholipid Bilayer. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:9912-9922. [PMID: 31277548 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b00747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Knowledge of the thermotropic phase behavior of solid-supported bilayer lipid assemblies is essential to mimick the molecular organization and lateral fluidity of cell membranes. The gel-to-fluid phase transitions in a homologous series of single phospholipid bilayers supported on planar silicon substrates were investigated by temperature-controlled atomic force microscopy and attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopy to obtain complementary information at the mesoscopic and molecular scales. Symmetric bilayers of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) and vertically asymmetric bilayers composed of a leaflet of DPPC and another of acyl-chain-deuterated DPPC (DPPC-d62) were prepared by the Langmuir-Blodgett technique. The selective deuteration of one of the bilayer leaflets enabled the simultaneous monitoring by IR spectroscopy of the acyl chain melting in each leaflet via the spectrally isolated CH2 and CD2 stretching vibrations. Two gel-to-fluid transitions were discerned for both the symmetric and asymmetric bilayers in ultrapure water. The deuterium isotope effect observed in free-standing membranes was maintained for the supported bilayers. IR spectroscopy revealed that the melting of one leaflet promotes the disordering of the acyl chains in the adjacent one. The findings suggest that the two leaflet phase transitions do not evolve in isolation. This work sheds insight into the nature of leaflet-leaflet interactions and the thermodynamic properties of surface-confined phospholipid bilayers.
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- Marie Richard-Lacroix
- Département de chimie, Centre québécois sur les matériaux fonctionnels , Université de Montréal , C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville , Montréal , QC H3C 3J7 , Canada
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- Département de chimie, Centre québécois sur les matériaux fonctionnels , Université de Montréal , C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville , Montréal , QC H3C 3J7 , Canada
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- Département de chimie, Centre québécois sur les matériaux fonctionnels , Université de Montréal , C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville , Montréal , QC H3C 3J7 , Canada
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- Département de chimie, Centre québécois sur les matériaux fonctionnels , Université de Montréal , C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville , Montréal , QC H3C 3J7 , Canada
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- Département de chimie, Centre québécois sur les matériaux fonctionnels , Université de Montréal , C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville , Montréal , QC H3C 3J7 , Canada
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Otosu T, Yamaguchi S. Reduction of glass-surface charge density slows the lipid diffusion in the proximal leaflet of a supported lipid bilayer. J Chem Phys 2019; 151:025102. [PMID: 31301703 DOI: 10.1063/1.5103221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Understanding the effect of a solid support on the dynamical properties of a supported lipid bilayer (SLB) is a prerequisite for the applications of SLB as a model biomembrane. Here, we applied two-dimensional fluorescence lifetime correlation spectroscopy to examine the effect of solution pH on the diffusion of lipids in the proximal/distal leaflets of a zwitterionic SLB. Leaflet-specific diffusion analyses at various pH revealed that the diffusion of lipids in the proximal leaflet facing a glass surface becomes slower by decreasing pH with the transition pH of ∼7.4. We attributed it to the reduction of the surface charge density of a glass support. Furthermore, the data clearly showed that the lipid diffusion in the distal leaflet facing a bulk solution is insensitive to the change in the diffusion property of the proximal leaflet. This reflects a weak interleaflet coupling between the proximal and distal leaflets of the SLB.
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- Takuhiro Otosu
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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Shelby ML, He W, Dang AT, Kuhl TL, Coleman MA. Cell-Free Co-Translational Approaches for Producing Mammalian Receptors: Expanding the Cell-Free Expression Toolbox Using Nanolipoproteins. Front Pharmacol 2019; 10:744. [PMID: 31333463 PMCID: PMC6616253 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2019.00744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2019] [Accepted: 06/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Membranes proteins make up more than 60% of current drug targets and account for approximately 30% or more of the cellular proteome. Access to this important class of proteins has been difficult due to their inherent insolubility and tendency to aggregate in aqueous solutions. Understanding membrane protein structure and function demands novel means of membrane protein production that preserve both their native conformational state as well as function. Over the last decade, cell-free expression systems have emerged as an important complement to cell-based expression of membrane proteins due to their simple and customizable experimental parameters. One approach to overcome the solubility and stability limitations of purified membrane proteins is to support them in stable, native-like states within nanolipoprotein particles (NLPs), aka nanodiscs. This has become common practice to facilitate biochemical and biophysical characterization of proteins of interest. NLP technology can be easily coupled with cell-free systems to achieve functional membrane protein production for this purpose. Our approach involves utilizing cell-free expression systems in the presence of NLPs or using co-translation techniques to perform one-pot expression and self-assembly of membrane protein/NLP complexes. We describe how cell-free reactions can be modified to render control over nanoparticle size and monodispersity in support of membrane protein production. These modifications have been exploited to facilitate co-expression of full-length functional membrane proteins such as G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs). In particular, we summarize the state of the art in NLP-assisted cell-free coexpression of these important classes of membrane proteins as well as evaluate the advances in and prospects for this technology that will drive drug discovery against these targets. We conclude with a prospective on the use of NLPs to produce as well as deliver functional mammalian membrane-bound proteins for a range of applications.
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- Megan L Shelby
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States
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- University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States.,University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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Squillace O, Esnault C, Pilard JF, Brotons G. Electrodes for Membrane Surface Science. Bilayer Lipid Membranes Tethered by Commercial Surfactants on Electrochemical Sensors. ACS Sens 2019; 4:1337-1345. [PMID: 30977639 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.9b00267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Commercial surfactants, which are inexpensive and abundant, were covalently grafted to flat and transparent electrodes, and it appears to be a simple functionalization route to design biomembrane sensors at large-scale production. Sparsely tethered bilayer lipid membranes (stBLM) were stabilized using such molecular coatings composed of diluted anchor-harpoon surfactants that grab the membrane with an alkyl chain out of a PEGylated-hydrogel layer, which acts as a soft hydration cushion. The goal of avoiding the synthesis of complex organic molecules to scale up sensors was achieved here by grafting nonionic diblock oligomers (Brij58 = C xH2 x+1(OCH2CH2) nOH with x = 16 and n = 23) and PEO short chains ((OCH2CH2) nOH with n = 9 and n = 23) from their hydroxyl (-OH) end-moiety to a monolayer of -Ar-SO2Cl groups, which are easy to form on electrodes (metals, semiconducting materials, ...) from aryl-diazonium salt reduction. A hybrid molecular coating on gold, with scarce Ar-SO2-Brij58 and PEO oligomers, was used to monitor immobilization and fusion kinetics of DOPC small unilamellar vesicles (SUV) by both quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) and surface plasmon resonance (SPR) techniques. Using flat and transparent thin chromium film electrodes, we designed biosensors to couple surface sensitive techniques for membranes, including X-ray reflectivity (XRR), atomic force microscopy (AFM) with subnanometer resolution, and optical microscopy, such as fluorescence recovery after photobleaching measurements (FRAP), in addition to electrochemistry techniques (cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS)). The advantages of this biomembrane-sensing platform are discussed for research and applications.
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- Ophélie Squillace
- IMMM, Institut des Molécules et Matériaux du Mans, Le Mans Université—UFR Sciences et Techniques, Avenue Olivier Messiaen, 72085 Le Mans, France
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- IMMM, Institut des Molécules et Matériaux du Mans, Le Mans Université—UFR Sciences et Techniques, Avenue Olivier Messiaen, 72085 Le Mans, France
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- IMMM, Institut des Molécules et Matériaux du Mans, Le Mans Université—UFR Sciences et Techniques, Avenue Olivier Messiaen, 72085 Le Mans, France
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- IMMM, Institut des Molécules et Matériaux du Mans, Le Mans Université—UFR Sciences et Techniques, Avenue Olivier Messiaen, 72085 Le Mans, France
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Priske G, Su Z, Abbasi F, Lipkowski J, Auzanneau FI. Synthesis and electrochemical characterization of 4-thio pseudo-glycolipids as candidate tethers for lipid bilayer models. Electrochim Acta 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2018.12.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Alghalayini A, Garcia A, Berry T, Cranfield CG. The Use of Tethered Bilayer Lipid Membranes to Identify the Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Peptide Interactions with Lipid Bilayers. Antibiotics (Basel) 2019; 8:antibiotics8010012. [PMID: 30704119 PMCID: PMC6466558 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics8010012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2019] [Revised: 01/28/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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This review identifies the ways in which tethered bilayer lipid membranes (tBLMs) can be used for the identification of the actions of antimicrobials against lipid bilayers. Much of the new research in this area has originated, or included researchers from, the southern hemisphere, Australia and New Zealand in particular. More and more, tBLMs are replacing liposome release assays, black lipid membranes and patch-clamp electrophysiological techniques because they use fewer reagents, are able to obtain results far more quickly and can provide a uniformity of responses with fewer artefacts. In this work, we describe how tBLM technology can and has been used to identify the actions of numerous antimicrobial agents.
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- Amani Alghalayini
- School of Life Science, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia.
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- School of Life Science, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia.
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- School of Life Science, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia.
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- School of Life Science, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia.
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Guha S, Ghimire J, Wu E, Wimley WC. Mechanistic Landscape of Membrane-Permeabilizing Peptides. Chem Rev 2019; 119:6040-6085. [PMID: 30624911 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Membrane permeabilizing peptides (MPPs) are as ubiquitous as the lipid bilayer membranes they act upon. Produced by all forms of life, most membrane permeabilizing peptides are used offensively or defensively against the membranes of other organisms. Just as nature has found many uses for them, translational scientists have worked for decades to design or optimize membrane permeabilizing peptides for applications in the laboratory and in the clinic ranging from antibacterial and antiviral therapy and prophylaxis to anticancer therapeutics and drug delivery. Here, we review the field of membrane permeabilizing peptides. We discuss the diversity of their sources and structures, the systems and methods used to measure their activities, and the behaviors that are observed. We discuss the fact that "mechanism" is not a discrete or a static entity for an MPP but rather the result of a heterogeneous and dynamic ensemble of structural states that vary in response to many different experimental conditions. This has led to an almost complete lack of discrete three-dimensional active structures among the thousands of known MPPs and a lack of useful or predictive sequence-structure-function relationship rules. Ultimately, we discuss how it may be more useful to think of membrane permeabilizing peptides mechanisms as broad regions of a mechanistic landscape rather than discrete molecular processes.
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- Shantanu Guha
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Tulane University School of Medicine , New Orleans , Louisiana 70112 , United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Tulane University School of Medicine , New Orleans , Louisiana 70112 , United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Tulane University School of Medicine , New Orleans , Louisiana 70112 , United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Tulane University School of Medicine , New Orleans , Louisiana 70112 , United States
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N’Diaye M, Michel JP, Rosilio V. Relevance of charges and polymer mechanical stiffness in the mechanism and kinetics of formation of liponanoparticles probed by the supported bilayer model approach. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:4306-4319. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp06955g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Parameters controlling the mechanism and kinetics of formation of liponanoparticles are determined using supported lipid bilayer models.
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- Marline N’Diaye
- Institut Galien Paris-Sud
- CNRS
- Univ. Paris-Sud
- Université Paris-Saclay
- 92296 Châtenay-Malabry
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- Institut Galien Paris-Sud
- CNRS
- Univ. Paris-Sud
- Université Paris-Saclay
- 92296 Châtenay-Malabry
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- Institut Galien Paris-Sud
- CNRS
- Univ. Paris-Sud
- Université Paris-Saclay
- 92296 Châtenay-Malabry
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