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Yeh V, Goode A, Johnson D, Cowieson N, Bonev BB. The Role of Lipid Chains as Determinants of Membrane Stability in the Presence of Styrene. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:1348-1359. [PMID: 35045250 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c02332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Biofermentative production of styrene from renewable carbon sources is crucially dependent on strain tolerance and viability at elevated styrene concentrations. Solvent-driven collapse of bacterial plasma membranes limits yields and is technologically restrictive. Styrene is a hydrophobic solvent that readily partitions into the membrane interior and alters membrane-chain order and packing. We investigate styrene incorporation into model membranes and the role lipid chains play as determinants of membrane stability in the presence of styrene. MD simulations reveal styrene phase separation followed by irreversible segregation into the membrane interior. Solid state NMR shows committed partitioning of styrene into the membrane interior with persistence of the bilayer phase up to 67 mol % styrene. Saturated-chain lipid membranes were able to retain integrity even at 80 mol % styrene, whereas in unsaturated lipid membranes, we observe the onset of a non-bilayer phase of small lipid aggregates in coexistence with styrene-saturated membranes. Shorter-chain saturated lipid membranes were seen to tolerate styrene better, which is consistent with observed chain length reduction in bacteria grown in the presence of small molecule solvents. Unsaturation at mid-chain position appears to reduce the membrane tolerance to styrene and conversion from cis- to trans-chain unsaturation does not alter membrane phase stability but the lipid order in trans-chains is less affected than cis.
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- Vivien Yeh
- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, U.K
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, U.K
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- Lucite International, Wilton Centre, Wilton, Redcar TS10 4RF, U.K
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, U.K
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Solid state NMR of membrane proteins: methods and applications. Biochem Soc Trans 2021; 49:1505-1513. [PMID: 34397082 DOI: 10.1042/bst20200070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Revised: 07/17/2021] [Accepted: 07/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Membranes of cells are active barriers, in which membrane proteins perform essential remodelling, transport and recognition functions that are vital to cells. Membrane proteins are key regulatory components of cells and represent essential targets for the modulation of cell function and pharmacological intervention. However, novel folds, low molarity and the need for lipid membrane support present serious challenges to the characterisation of their structure and interactions. We describe the use of solid state NMR as a versatile and informative approach for membrane and membrane protein studies, which uniquely provides information on structure, interactions and dynamics of membrane proteins. High resolution approaches are discussed in conjunction with applications of NMR methods to studies of membrane lipid and protein structure and interactions. Signal enhancement in high resolution NMR spectra through DNP is discussed as a tool for whole cell and interaction studies.
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Yeh V, Goode A, Eastham G, Rambo RP, Inoue K, Doutch J, Bonev BB. Membrane Stability in the Presence of Methacrylate Esters. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:9649-9657. [PMID: 32202793 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b03759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Bioproduction of poly(methyl methacrylate) is a fast growing global industry that is limited by cellular toxicity of monomeric methacrylate intermediates to the producer strains. Maintaining high methacrylate concentrations during biofermentation, required by economically viable technologies, challenges bacterial membrane stability and cellular viability. Studying the stability of model lipid membranes in the presence of methacrylates offers unique molecular insights into the mechanisms of methacrylate toxicity, as well as into the fundamental structural bases of membrane assembly. We investigate the structure and stability of model membranes in the presence of high levels of methacrylate esters using solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). Wide-line 31P NMR spectroscopy shows that butyl methacrylate (BMA) can be incorporated into the lipid bilayer at concentrations as high as 75 mol % without significantly disrupting membrane integrity and that lipid acyl chain composition can influence membrane tolerance and ability to accommodate BMA. Using high resolution 13C magic angle spinning (MAS) NMR, we show that the presence of 75 mol % BMA lowers the lipid main transition temperature by over 12 degrees, which suggests that BMA intercalates between the lipid chains, causing uncoupling of collective lipid motions that are typically dominated by chain trans-gauche isomerization. Potential uncoupling of the bilayer leaflets to accommodate a separate BMA subphase was not supported by the SAXS experiments, which showed that membrane thickness remained unchanged even at 80% BMA. Reduced X-ray scattering contrast at the polar/apolar interface suggests BMA localization in that region between the lipid molecules.
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- Vivien Yeh
- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, United Kingdom
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- Lucite International, Wilton Centre, Wilton, Redcar TS10 4RF, United Kingdom
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science & Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science & Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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- Science and Technology Facilities Council, ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, United Kingdom
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Structural Changes and Proapoptotic Peroxidase Activity of Cardiolipin-Bound Mitochondrial Cytochrome c. Biophys J 2016; 109:1873-84. [PMID: 26536264 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2015] [Revised: 08/11/2015] [Accepted: 09/18/2015] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The cellular process of intrinsic apoptosis relies on the peroxidation of mitochondrial lipids as a critical molecular signal. Lipid peroxidation is connected to increases in mitochondrial reactive oxygen species, but there is also a required role for mitochondrial cytochrome c (cyt-c). In apoptotic mitochondria, cyt-c gains a new function as a lipid peroxidase that catalyzes the reactive oxygen species-mediated chemical modification of the mitochondrial lipid cardiolipin (CL). This peroxidase activity is caused by a conformational change in the protein, resulting from interactions between cyt-c and CL. The nature of the conformational change and how it causes this gain-of-function remain uncertain. Via a combination of functional, structural, and biophysical experiments we investigate the structure and peroxidase activity of cyt-c in its membrane-bound state. We reconstituted cyt-c with CL-containing lipid vesicles, and determined the increase in peroxidase activity resulting from membrane binding. We combined these assays of CL-induced proapoptotic activity with structural and dynamic studies of the membrane-bound protein via solid-state NMR and optical spectroscopy. Multidimensional magic angle spinning (MAS) solid-state NMR of uniformly (13)C,(15)N-labeled protein was used to detect site-specific conformational changes in oxidized and reduced horse heart cyt-c bound to CL-containing lipid bilayers. MAS NMR and Fourier transform infrared measurements show that the peripherally membrane-bound cyt-c experiences significant dynamics, but also retains most or all of its secondary structure. Moreover, in two-dimensional and three-dimensional MAS NMR spectra the CL-bound cyt-c displays a spectral resolution, and thus structural homogeneity, that is inconsistent with extensive membrane-induced unfolding. Cyt-c is found to interact primarily with the membrane interface, without significantly disrupting the lipid bilayer. Thus, membrane binding results in cyt-c gaining the increased peroxidase activity that represents its pivotal proapoptotic function, but we do not observe evidence for large-scale unfolding or penetration into the membrane core.
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Ciesielski F, Griffin DC, Loraine J, Rittig M, Delves-Broughton J, Bonev BB. Recognition of Membrane Sterols by Polyene Antifungals Amphotericin B and Natamycin, A (13)C MAS NMR Study. Front Cell Dev Biol 2016; 4:57. [PMID: 27379235 PMCID: PMC4911417 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2016.00057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2016] [Accepted: 05/30/2016] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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The molecular action of polyene macrolides with antifungal activity, amphotericin B and natamycin, involves recognition of sterols in membranes. Physicochemical and functional studies have contributed details to understanding the interactions between amphotericin B and ergosterol and, to a lesser extent, with cholesterol. Fewer molecular details are available on interactions between natamycin with sterols. We use solid state (13)C MAS NMR to characterize the impact of amphotericin B and natamycin on mixed lipid membranes of DOPC/cholesterol or DOPC/ergosterol. In cholesterol-containing membranes, amphotericin B addition resulted in marked increase in both DOPC and cholesterol (13)C MAS NMR linewidth, reflecting membrane insertion and cooperative perturbation of the bilayer. By contrast, natamycin affects little either DOPC or cholesterol linewidth but attenuates cholesterol resonance intensity preferentially for sterol core with lesser impact on the chain. Ergosterol resonances, attenuated by amphotericin B, reveal specific interactions in the sterol core and chain base. Natamycin addition selectively augmented ergosterol resonances from sterol core ring one and, at the same time, from the end of the chain. This puts forward an interaction model similar to the head-to-tail model for amphotericin B/ergosterol pairing but with docking on opposite sterol faces. Low toxicity of natamycin is attributed to selective, non-cooperative sterol engagement compared to cooperative membrane perturbation by amphotericin B.
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- Filip Ciesielski
- School of Life Sciences, Queen's Medical Centre, University of Nottingham Nottingham, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, Queen's Medical Centre, University of Nottingham Nottingham, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, Queen's Medical Centre, University of Nottingham Nottingham, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, Queen's Medical Centre, University of Nottingham Nottingham, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, Queen's Medical Centre, University of Nottingham Nottingham, UK
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Ntountaniotis D, Kellici T, Tzakos A, Kolokotroni P, Tselios T, Becker-Baldus J, Glaubitz C, Lin S, Makriyannis A, Mavromoustakos T. The application of solid-state NMR spectroscopy to study candesartan cilexetil (TCV-116) membrane interactions. Comparative study with the AT1R antagonist drug olmesartan. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2014; 1838:2439-50. [PMID: 24946142 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2014.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2014] [Revised: 06/05/2014] [Accepted: 06/09/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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ΑΤ1 receptor (AT1R) antagonists exert their antihypertensive effects by preventing the vasoconstrictive hormone AngII to bind to the AT1 receptor. It has been proposed that these biological effects are mediated through a two-step mechanism reaction. In the first step, they are incorporated in the core of the lipid bilayers and in the second step they reach the active site of the receptor through lateral diffusion. In this model, drug/membrane interactions are key elements for the drugs achieving inhibition at the AT1 receptor. In this work, the interactions of the prodrug candesartan cilexetil (TCV-116) with lipid bilayers are studied at molecular detail. Solid-state (13)C-CP/MAS, 2D (1)H-(1)H NOESY NMR spectroscopy and in silico calculations are used. TCV-116 and olmesartan, another drug which acts as an AT1R antagonist are compared for their dynamic effects in lipid bilayers using solid-state (2)H-NMR. We find a similar localization of TCV-116 compared to other AT1 antagonists in the intermediate polar region. In addition, we can identify specific local interactions. These interactions may be associated in part with the discrete pharmacological profiles observed for different antagonists.
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- Dimitrios Ntountaniotis
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Chemistry, Panepistimioupolis Zografou 15771, Athens, Greece.
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- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Chemistry, Panepistimioupolis Zografou 15771, Athens, Greece; University of Ioannina, Department of Chemistry, 45110 Ioannina, Greece
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- University of Ioannina, Department of Chemistry, 45110 Ioannina, Greece
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- University of Patras, Department of Chemistry, Patras 26500, Greece
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- Goethe University Frankfurt, Institute of Biophysical Chemistry, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Goethe University Frankfurt, Institute of Biophysical Chemistry, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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- University of Connecticut, School of Pharmacy, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Chemistry, Panepistimioupolis Zografou 15771, Athens, Greece.
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Wałęsa R, Ptak T, Siodłak D, Kupka T, Broda MA. Experimental and theoretical NMR studies of interaction between phenylalanine derivative and egg yolk lecithin. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2014; 52:298-305. [PMID: 24639342 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.4064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2013] [Revised: 01/18/2014] [Accepted: 02/28/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The interaction of phenylalanine diamide (Ac-Phe-NHMe) with egg yolk lecithin (EYL) in chloroform was studied by (1)H and (13)C NMR. Six complexes EYL-Ac-Phe-NHMe, stabilized by N-H···O or/and C-H···O hydrogen bonds, were optimized at M06-2X/6-31G(d,p) level. The assignment of EYL and Ac-Phe-NHMe NMR signals was supported using GIAO (gauge including atomic orbital) NMR calculations at VSXC and B3LYP level of theory combined with STO-3Gmag basis set. Results of our study indicate that the interaction of peptides with lecithin occurs mainly in the polar 'head' of the lecithin. Additionally, the most probable lecithin site of H-bond interaction with Ac-Phe-NHMe is the negatively charged oxygen in phosphate group that acts as proton acceptor.
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- Roksana Wałęsa
- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Opole, Oleska 48 Str., 45-052, Opole, Poland
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Ciesielski F, Griffin DC, Rittig M, Moriyón I, Bonev BB. Interactions of lipopolysaccharide with lipid membranes, raft models — A solid state NMR study. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2013; 1828:1731-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2013.03.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2013] [Revised: 03/08/2013] [Accepted: 03/28/2013] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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