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Pérez-Vargas J, Teppa E, Amirache F, Boson B, Pereira de Oliveira R, Combet C, Böckmann A, Fusil F, Freitas N, Carbone A, Cosset FL. A fusion peptide in preS1 and the human protein disulfide isomerase ERp57 are involved in hepatitis B virus membrane fusion process. eLife 2021; 10:64507. [PMID: 34190687 PMCID: PMC8282342 DOI: 10.7554/elife.64507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2020] [Accepted: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Cell entry of enveloped viruses relies on the fusion between the viral and plasma or endosomal membranes, through a mechanism that is triggered by a cellular signal. Here we used a combination of computational and experimental approaches to unravel the main determinants of hepatitis B virus (HBV) membrane fusion process. We discovered that ERp57 is a host factor critically involved in triggering HBV fusion and infection. Then, through modeling approaches, we uncovered a putative allosteric cross-strand disulfide (CSD) bond in the HBV S glycoprotein and we demonstrate that its stabilization could prevent membrane fusion. Finally, we identified and characterized a potential fusion peptide in the preS1 domain of the HBV L glycoprotein. These results underscore a membrane fusion mechanism that could be triggered by ERp57, allowing a thiol/disulfide exchange reaction to occur and regulate isomerization of a critical CSD, which ultimately leads to the exposition of the fusion peptide.
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- Jimena Pérez-Vargas
- CIRI - Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Inserm, U1111, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, IBPS, Laboratoire de Biologie Computationnelle et Quantitative (LCQB) - UMR 7238, Paris, France.,Sorbonne Université, Institut des Sciences du Calcul et des Données (ISCD), Paris, France
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- CIRI - Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Inserm, U1111, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS Lyon, Lyon, France
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- CIRI - Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Inserm, U1111, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS Lyon, Lyon, France
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- CIRI - Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Inserm, U1111, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Cancer Research Center of Lyon (CRCL), UMR Inserm 1052 - CNRS 5286 - Université Lyon 1 - Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France
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- Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, UMR5086 CNRS-Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- CIRI - Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Inserm, U1111, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS Lyon, Lyon, France
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- CIRI - Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Inserm, U1111, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, IBPS, Laboratoire de Biologie Computationnelle et Quantitative (LCQB) - UMR 7238, Paris, France
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- CIRI - Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Inserm, U1111, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS Lyon, Lyon, France
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Blanchard AE, Arcario MJ, Schulten K, Tajkhorshid E. A highly tilted membrane configuration for the prefusion state of synaptobrevin. Biophys J 2015; 107:2112-21. [PMID: 25418096 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2014] [Revised: 09/07/2014] [Accepted: 09/10/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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The SNARE complex plays a vital role in vesicle fusion arising during neuronal exocytosis. Key components in the regulation of SNARE complex formation, and ultimately fusion, are the transmembrane and linker regions of the vesicle-associated protein, synaptobrevin. However, the membrane-embedded structure of synaptobrevin in its prefusion state, which determines its interaction with other SNARE proteins during fusion, is largely unknown. This study reports all-atom molecular-dynamics simulations of the prefusion configuration of synaptobrevin in a lipid bilayer, aimed at characterizing the insertion depth and the orientation of the protein in the membrane, as well as the nature of the amino acids involved in determining these properties. By characterizing the structural properties of both wild-type and mutant synaptobrevin, the effects of C-terminal additions on tilt and insertion depth of membrane-embedded synaptobrevin are determined. The simulations suggest a robust, highly tilted state for membrane-embedded synaptobrevin with a helical connection between the transmembrane and linker regions, leading to an apparently new characterization of structural elements in prefusion synaptobrevin and providing a framework for interpreting past mutation experiments.
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- Andrew E Blanchard
- Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, Department of Physics, Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois
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- Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, Department of Physics, Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois
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- Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, Department of Physics, Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois
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- Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, Department of Physics, Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois.
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Crowet JM, Parton DL, Hall BA, Steinhauer S, Brasseur R, Lins L, Sansom MSP. Multi-Scale Simulation of the Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Fusion Peptide. J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:13713-21. [DOI: 10.1021/jp3027385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Jean-Marc Crowet
- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire
Numérique, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, 2 Passage des déportés,
B-5030 Gembloux, Belgium
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1
3QU, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1
3QU, United Kingdom
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- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire
Numérique, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, 2 Passage des déportés,
B-5030 Gembloux, Belgium
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- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire
Numérique, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, 2 Passage des déportés,
B-5030 Gembloux, Belgium
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- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire
Numérique, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, 2 Passage des déportés,
B-5030 Gembloux, Belgium
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1
3QU, United Kingdom
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Oliveira TR, Duarte EL, Lamy MT, Vandenbranden M, Ruysschaert JM, Lonez C. Temperature-dependence of cationic lipid bilayer intermixing: possible role of interdigitation. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2012; 28:4640-4647. [PMID: 22332736 DOI: 10.1021/la3001569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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In this work, we investigated the properties of a fusogenic cationic lipid, diC14-amidine, and show that this lipid possesses per se the capacity to adopt either an interdigitated structure (below and around its transition temperature) or a lamellar structure (above the transition temperature). To provide experimental evidence of this lipid bilayer organization, phospholipids spin-labeled at different positions of the hydrocarbon chain were incorporated into the membrane and their electron spin resonance (ESR) spectra were recorded at different temperatures. For comparison, similar experiments were performed with dimyristoyl phosphatidylcholine, a zwitterionic lipid (DMPC) which adopts a bilayer organization over a broad temperature range. Lipid mixing between diC14-amidine and asolectin liposomes was more efficient below (10-15 °C) than above the transition temperature (above 25 °C). This temperature-dependent "fusogenic" activity of diC14-amidine liposomes is opposite to what has been observed so far for peptides or virus-induced fusion. Altogether, our data suggest that interdigitation is a highly fusogenic state and that interdigitation-mediated fusion occurs via an unusual temperature-dependent mechanism that remains to be deciphered.
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- Tiago R Oliveira
- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Cheng SF, Chien MP, Lin CH, Chang CC, Lin CH, Liu YT, Chang DK. The fusion peptide domain is the primary membrane-inserted region and enhances membrane interaction of the ectodomain of HIV-1 gp41. Mol Membr Biol 2010; 27:31-44. [PMID: 19995328 DOI: 10.3109/09687680903333847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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To execute the membrane fusion function, it is necessary for the fusion protein of the virus to penetrate into the hydrophobic milieu of membrane bilayer. Hence identification of the region(s) of the ectodomain of viral fusion proteins involved in the membrane insertion and their interaction with the rest of the fusion protein in the membrane would be important for the mechanistic study of membrane fusion. To this end, we examined membrane activity of the fusion peptide, and the ectodomain protein with or without the fusion peptide domain of HIV-1 gp41 by several biophysical measurements. The results revealed that the ectodomain protein containing the fusion peptide domain had higher membrane-perturbing activity and deeper membrane insertion, while the construct lacking the fusion peptide domain had much lower membrane activity. Strikingly, the N-terminal heptad repeat region was found to be induced deeper into the membrane by the fusion peptide, consistent with the role of the latter in the membrane penetration. We concluded that the fusion peptide is the only stretch of gp41 ectodomain that embeds deeply in the membrane interior in the prefusion stage. The function of fusion peptide in terms of membrane interaction and the implications of its interplay with other domains of gp41 on the membrane fusion cascade were discussed.
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- Shu-Fang Cheng
- Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan 11529, Republic of China
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Lonez C, Lensink MF, Kleiren E, Vanderwinden JM, Ruysschaert JM, Vandenbranden M. Fusogenic activity of cationic lipids and lipid shape distribution. Cell Mol Life Sci 2010; 67:483-94. [PMID: 19924382 PMCID: PMC11115757 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-009-0197-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2009] [Revised: 10/20/2009] [Accepted: 10/29/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Addition of co-lipids into cationic lipid formulations is considered as promoting cell delivery of DNA by enhancing fusion processes with cell membranes. Here, by combining FRET and confocal microscopy, we demonstrate that some cationic lipids do not require a co-lipid to fuse efficiently with cells. These cationic lipids are able to self-organize into bilayers that are stable enough to form liposomes, while presenting some destabilizing properties reminiscent of the conically shaped fusogenic co-lipid, DOPE. We therefore analyzed the resident lipid structures in cationic bilayers by molecular dynamics simulations, clustering the individual lipid structures into populations of similarly shaped molecules, as opposed to the classical approach of using the static packing parameter to define the lipid shapes. Comparison of fusogenic properties with these lipid populations suggests that the ratio of cylindrical versus conical lipid populations correlates with the ability to fuse with cell membranes.
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- Caroline Lonez
- Laboratory for Structure and Function of Biological Membranes, Centre for Structural Biology and Bioinformatics, Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles, CP 206/2, Campus Plaine, Blvd. du Triomphe, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
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Determination of the minimal fusion peptide of HIV, SIV and BLV fusion glycoproteins. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2009; 611:387-8. [DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-73657-0_169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Gottler LM, Lee HY, Shelburne CE, Ramamoorthy A, Marsh ENG. Using Fluorous Amino Acids to Modulate the Biological Activity of an Antimicrobial Peptide. Chembiochem 2008; 9:370-3. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200700643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Lorin A, Lins L, Stroobant V, Brasseur R, Charloteaux B. The minimal fusion peptide of simian immunodeficiency virus corresponds to the 11 first residues of gp32. J Pept Sci 2007; 14:423-8. [DOI: 10.1002/psc.949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Mazzini S, Fernandez-Vidal M, Galbusera V, Castro-Roman F, Bellucci MC, Ragg E, Haro I. 3D-Structure of the interior fusion peptide of HGV/GBV-C by 1H NMR, CD and molecular dynamics studies. Arch Biochem Biophys 2007; 465:187-96. [PMID: 17603997 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2007.05.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2007] [Revised: 05/28/2007] [Accepted: 05/30/2007] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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In this work, we present a structural characterization of the putative fusion peptide E2(279-298) corresponding to the E2 envelope protein of the HGV/GBV-C virus by (1)H NMR, CD and MD studies performed in H(2)O/TFE and in lipid model membranes. The peptide is largely unstructured in water, whereas in H(2)O/TFE and in model membranes it adopts an helical structure (approximately 65-70%). The partitioning free energy DeltaG ranges from -6 to -7.5 kcal mol(-1). OCD measurements on peptide-containing hydrated and oriented lipid multilayers showed that the peptide adopts a predominantly surface orientation. The (1)H NMR data (observed NOEs, deuterium exchange rates, Halpha chemical shift index and vicinal coupling constants) and the molecular dynamics calculations support the conclusions that the peptide adopts a stable helix in the C-terminal 9-18 residues slightly inserted into the lipid bilayer and a major mobility in the amino terminus of the sequence (1-8 residues).
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- S Mazzini
- Department of Agri-Food Molecular Sciences, Università degli Studi, via Celoria 2, 20133 Milano, Italy.
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Cathepsins play important roles in the development of joint and bone diseases such as osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA). Cathepsin inhibitors are presently in development and clinical testing for use as novel disease-modifying drugs for the improved treatment of osteoporosis. They may also be applicable for the treatment of joint diseases. However, some barriers still hamper their clinical applications in these indications. Based on pathophysiological features of RA and OA, the authors discuss six potential drug delivery strategies for the effective delivery of cathepsin inhibitors or other antiarthritic drugs to the arthritic joint tissue. Successful application of these strategies may significantly contribute to a more effective and safe treatment of RA and OA.
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- Dong Wang
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-6025, USA.
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Lorin A, Thomas A, Stroobant V, Brasseur R, Lins L. Lipid-destabilising properties of a peptide with structural plasticity. Chem Phys Lipids 2006; 141:185-96. [PMID: 16672156 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2006.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2005] [Accepted: 02/20/2006] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The Chameleon peptide (Cham) is a peptide designed from two regions of the GB1 protein, one folded as an alpha-helix and the other as a beta structure. Depending on the environment, the Cham peptide adopts an alpha or a beta conformation when inserted in different locations of GB1. This environment dependence is also observed for tilted peptides. These short protein fragments, able to destabilise organised system, are mainly folded in beta structure in water and in alpha helix in a hydrophobic environment, like the lipid bilayer. In this paper, we tested whether the Cham peptide can be qualified as a tilted peptide. For this, we have compared the properties of Cham peptide (hydrophobicity, destabilising properties, conformation) to those of tilted peptides. The results suggest that Cham is a tilted peptide. Our study, together the presence of tilted fragments in transconformational proteins, suggests a relationship between tilted peptides and structural lability.
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- A Lorin
- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire Numérique, Faculté Universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques, Gembloux, Belgium
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The synaptic vesicle protein synaptobrevin (also called VAMP, vesicle-associated membrane protein) forms part of the SNARE (soluble N-ethylmaleimide sensitive factor attachment protein receptor) complex, which is essential for vesicle fusion. Additionally, the synaptobrevin transmembrane domain can promote lipid mixing independently of complex formation. Here, the conformation of the transmembrane domain was studied by using circular dichroism and attenuated total reflection Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. The synaptobrevin transmembrane domain has an alpha-helical structure that breaks in the juxtamembrane region, leaving the cytoplasmic domain unstructured. In phospholipid bilayers, infrared dichroism data indicate that the transmembrane domain adopts a 36 degrees angle with respect to the membrane normal, similar to that reported for viral fusion peptides. A conserved aromatic/basic motif in the juxtamembrane region may be causing this relatively high insertion angle.
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- Mark Bowen
- The Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Departments of Molecular and Cellular Physiology and Neurology and Neurological Sciences, and Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5489
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- The Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Departments of Molecular and Cellular Physiology and Neurology and Neurological Sciences, and Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5489
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Siegel DP, Cherezov V, Greathouse DV, Koeppe RE, Killian JA, Caffrey M. Transmembrane peptides stabilize inverted cubic phases in a biphasic length-dependent manner: implications for protein-induced membrane fusion. Biophys J 2005; 90:200-11. [PMID: 16214859 PMCID: PMC1367019 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.070466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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WALP peptides consist of repeating alanine-leucine sequences of different lengths, flanked with tryptophan "anchors" at each end. They form membrane-spanning alpha-helices in lipid membranes, and mimic protein transmembrane domains. WALP peptides of increasing length, from 19 to 31 amino acids, were incorporated into N-monomethylated dioleoylphosphatidylethanolamine (DOPE-Me) at concentrations up to 0.5 mol % peptide. When pure DOPE-Me is heated slowly, the lamellar liquid crystalline (L(alpha)) phase first forms an inverted cubic (Q(II)) phase, and the inverted hexagonal (H(II)) phase at higher temperatures. Using time-resolved x-ray diffraction and slow temperature scans (1.5 degrees C/h), WALP peptides were shown to decrease the temperatures of Q(II) and H(II) phase formation (T(Q) and T(H), respectively) as a function of peptide concentration. The shortest and longest peptides reduced T(Q) the most, whereas intermediate lengths had weaker effects. These findings are relevant to membrane fusion because the first step in the L(alpha)/Q(II) phase transition is believed to be the formation of fusion pores between pure lipid membranes. These results imply that physiologically relevant concentrations of these peptides could increase the susceptibility of biomembrane lipids to fusion through an effect on lipid phase behavior, and may explain one role of the membrane-spanning domains in the proteins that mediate membrane fusion.
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Buzón V, Padrós E, Cladera J. Interaction of Fusion Peptides from HIV gp41 with Membranes: A Time-Resolved Membrane Binding, Lipid Mixing, and Structural Study. Biochemistry 2005; 44:13354-64. [PMID: 16201760 DOI: 10.1021/bi050382r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The interaction of the so-called fusion peptide of the human immunodeficiency virus gp41 envelope glycoprotein with the target cell membrane is believed to trigger the fusion process which allows the entry of the virus into the cell. Many studies on the interaction of the fusion peptide with biological membranes have been carried out using synthetic peptides and model membranes. Due to the variety of experimental systems and sequences used, some controversy exists, concerning mainly the type of structure which triggers membrane destabilization and fusion (alpha helix or beta structure). With the aim of contributing to shed some light on the subject we have undertaken a series of experiments on the interaction of the three most representative fusion sequences with model membranes under the same experimental conditions. The results show that the fusion peptides, which adopt an unordered structure when dissolved in DMSO, form a mixture of aggregated beta and helical + unordered structures in aqueous buffer. Model membranes are shown to enhance the formation of aggregated beta structures. The nature of the membrane binding event, the kinetics of the binding and lipid mixing processes, and the kinetics of the structural changes depend on whether both ends of the fusion sequence or just one bears a positive charge. Analysis of the kinetic data shows that lipid mixing depends on the transformation of unordered + helical structures into aggregated beta structures upon binding to the membrane.
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- Víctor Buzón
- Unitat de Biofísica, Departament de Bioquímica i de Biologia Molecular, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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Galdiero S, Falanga A, Vitiello M, Browne H, Pedone C, Galdiero M. Fusogenic domains in herpes simplex virus type 1 glycoprotein H. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:28632-43. [PMID: 15937337 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m505196200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Infection of eukaryotic cells by enveloped viruses requires fusion between the viral envelope and the cellular plasma or endosomal membrane. The actual merging of the two membranes is mediated by viral envelope glycoproteins, which generally contain a highly hydrophobic region termed the fusion peptide. The entry of herpesviruses is mediated by three conserved proteins: glycoproteins B, H (gH), and L. However, how fusion is executed remains unknown. Herpes simplex virus type 1 gH exhibits features typical of viral fusion glycoproteins, and its ectodomain seems to contain a putative internal fusion peptide. Here, we have identified additional internal segments able to interact with membranes and to induce membrane fusion of large unilamellar vesicles. We have applied the hydrophobicity-at-interface scale proposed by Wimley and White (Wimley, W. C., and White, S. H. (1996) Nat. Struct. Biol. 3, 842-848) to identify six hydrophobic stretches within gH with a tendency to partition into the membrane interface, and four of them were able to induce membrane fusion. Experiments in which equimolar mixtures of gH peptides were used indicated that different fusogenic regions may act in a synergistic way. The functional and structural characterization of these segments suggests that herpes simplex virus type 1 gH possesses several fusogenic internal peptides that could participate in the actual fusion event.
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- Stefania Galdiero
- Department of Biological Sciences, Division of Biostructures, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy
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Larios C, Christiaens B, Gómara MJ, Alsina MA, Haro I. Interaction of synthetic peptides corresponding to hepatitis G virus (HGV/GBV-C) E2 structural protein with phospholipid vesicles. FEBS J 2005; 272:2456-66. [PMID: 15885095 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04666.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The interaction with phospholipid bilayers of two synthetic peptides with sequences corresponding to a segment next to the native N-terminus and an internal region of the E2 structural hepatitis G virus (HGV/GBV-C) protein [E2(7-26) and E2(279-298), respectively] has been characterized. Both peptides are water soluble but associate spontaneously with bilayers, showing higher affinity for anionic than zwitterionic membranes. However, whereas the E2(7-26) peptide is hardly transferred at all from water to the membrane interface, the E2(279-298) peptide is able to penetrate into negatively charged bilayers remaining close to the lipid/water interface. The nonpolar environment clearly induces a structural transition in the E2(279-298) peptide from random coil to alpha-helix, which causes bilayer perturbations leading to vesicle permeabilization. The results indicate that this internal segment peptide sequence is involved in the fusion of HGV/GBV-C to membrane.
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- Cristina Larios
- Department of Peptide and Protein Chemistry, IIQAB-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
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Krey T, Thiel HJ, Rümenapf T. Acid-resistant bovine pestivirus requires activation for pH-triggered fusion during entry. J Virol 2005; 79:4191-200. [PMID: 15767420 PMCID: PMC1061521 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.79.7.4191-4200.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2004] [Accepted: 11/09/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The route of internalization of the pestivirus bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) was studied by using different chemical and biophysical inhibitors of endocytosis. Expression of the dominant-negative mutant Dyn(K44A) of the GTPase dynamin in MDBK cells, as well as the treatment of the cells with chlorpromazine and beta-methyl-cyclodextrin inhibited BVDV entry. BVDV infection was also abolished by potassium (K+) depletion, hyperosmolarity, and different inhibitors of endosomal acidification. We conclude that BVDV likely enters the cell by clathrin-dependent endocytosis and that acidification initiates fusion with the endosomal membrane. Further studies revealed that BVDV was unable to undergo "fusion from without" at low pH. The finding that low pH is not sufficient to force adsorbed BVDV into fusion with the plasma membrane is compatible with the remarkable resistance of pestiviruses to inactivation by low pH. The importance of the abundant intra- and intermolecular disulfide bonds in BVDV glycoproteins for virus stability was studied by the use of reducing agents. The combination of dithiothreitol and acidic pH led to partial inactivation of BVDV and allowed fusion from without at low efficiency. Evidence is provided here that acid-resistant BVDV is destabilized during endocytosis to become fusogenic at an endosomal acidic pH. We suggest that destabilization of the virion occurs by breakage of disulfide bonds in the glycoproteins by an unknown mechanism.
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- Thomas Krey
- Institut für Virologie, Fachbereich Veterinärmedizin, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Giessen, Germany
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Every enveloped virus fuses its membrane with a host cell membrane, thereby releasing its genome into the cytoplasm and initiating the viral replication cycle. In each case, one or a small set of viral surface transmembrane glycoproteins mediates fusion. Viral fusion proteins vary in their mode of activation and in structural class. These features combine to yield many different fusion mechanisms. Despite their differences, common principles for how fusion proteins function are emerging: In response to an activating trigger, the metastable fusion protein converts to an extended, in some cases rodlike structure, which inserts into the target membrane via its fusion peptide. A subsequent conformational change causes the fusion protein to fold back upon itself, thereby bringing its fusion peptide and its transmembrane domain-and their attached target and viral membranes-into intimate contact. Fusion ensues as the initial lipid stalk progresses through local hemifusion, and then opening and enlargement of a fusion pore. Here we review recent advances in our understanding of how fusion proteins are activated, how fusion proteins change conformation during fusion, and what is happening to the lipids during fusion. We also briefly discuss the therapeutic potential of fusion inhibitors in treating viral infections.
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- Mark Marsh
- Cell Biology Unit, MRC-LMCB, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT UK
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Westenberg M, Veenman F, Roode EC, Goldbach RW, Vlak JM, Zuidema D. Functional analysis of the putative fusion domain of the baculovirus envelope fusion protein F. J Virol 2004; 78:6946-54. [PMID: 15194771 PMCID: PMC421653 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.78.13.6946-6954.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Group II nucleopolyhedroviruses (NPVs), e.g., Spodoptera exigua MNPV, lack a GP64-like protein that is present in group I NPVs but have an unrelated envelope fusion protein named F. In contrast to GP64, the F protein has to be activated by a posttranslational cleavage mechanism to become fusogenic. In several vertebrate viral fusion proteins, the cleavage activation generates a new N terminus which forms the so-called fusion peptide. This fusion peptide inserts in the cellular membrane, thereby facilitating apposition of the viral and cellular membrane upon sequential conformational changes of the fusion protein. A similar peptide has been identified in NPV F proteins at the N terminus of the large membrane-anchored subunit F(1). The role of individual amino acids in this putative fusion peptide on viral infectivity and propagation was studied by mutagenesis. Mutant F proteins with single amino acid changes as well as an F protein with a deleted putative fusion peptide were introduced in gp64-null Autographa californica MNPV budded viruses (BVs). None of the mutations analyzed had an major effect on the processing and incorporation of F proteins in the envelope of BVs. Only two mutants, one with a substitution for a hydrophobic residue (F152R) and one with a deleted putative fusion peptide, were completely unable to rescue the gp64-null mutant. Several nonconservative substitutions for other hydrophobic residues and the conserved lysine residue had only an effect on viral infectivity. In contrast to what was expected from vertebrate virus fusion peptides, alanine substitutions for glycines did not show any effect.
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- Marcel Westenberg
- Wageningen University, Laboratory of Virology, 6709 PD Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Kantchev EAB, Cheng SF, Wu CW, Huang HJ, Chang DK. Secondary structure, phospholipid membrane interactions, and fusion activity of two glutamate-rich analogs of influenza hemagglutinin fusion peptide. Arch Biochem Biophys 2004; 425:173-83. [PMID: 15111125 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2004.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2003] [Revised: 01/18/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Two synthetic mutants of influenza HA2 fusion peptide (residues 1-25), containing Glu on the polar (residues 4,8-E5(4,8)) or the hydrophobic (residues 3,7-E5(3,7)) face of the amphipathic helix, were synthesized and labeled with NBD at the N-terminus. Introduction of Glu residues into the fusion peptide leads to increased sensitivity of various biochemical properties to pH compared to the wild type. The E5 peptides showed a decrease of alpha-helix content and increase of beta-sheet structure. Lipid binding was diminished, but not abolished even at high pH. The E5 analogs penetrate the lipid bilayer less deeply than the wild type, especially at high pH. The N-terminal half of the peptide showed significant variation of the depth of the penetration into the lipid bilayer. Both E5 peptides were fusion active. The properties of E5(3,7) were more affected by the Glu substitution and showed greater variation with pH than E5(4,8).
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Shmulevitz M, Salsman J, Duncan R. Palmitoylation, membrane-proximal basic residues, and transmembrane glycine residues in the reovirus p10 protein are essential for syncytium formation. J Virol 2003; 77:9769-79. [PMID: 12941885 PMCID: PMC224572 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.18.9769-9779.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Avian reovirus and Nelson Bay reovirus are two unusual nonenveloped viruses that induce extensive cell-cell fusion via expression of a small nonstructural protein, termed p10. We investigated the importance of the transmembrane domain, a conserved membrane-proximal dicysteine motif, and an endodomain basic region in the membrane fusion activity of p10. We now show that the p10 dicysteine motif is palmitoylated and that loss of palmitoylation correlates with a loss of fusion activity. Mutational and functional analyses also revealed that a triglycine motif within the transmembrane domain and the membrane-proximal basic region were essential for p10-mediated membrane fusion. Mutations in any of these three motifs did not influence events upstream of syncytium formation, such as p10 membrane association, protein topology, or surface expression, suggesting that these motifs are more intimately associated with the membrane fusion reaction. These results suggest that the rudimentary p10 fusion protein has evolved a mechanism of inducing membrane merger that is highly dependent on the specific interaction of several different motifs with donor membranes. In addition, cross-linking, coimmunoprecipitation, and complementation assays provided no evidence for p10 homo- or heteromultimer formation, suggesting that p10 may be the first example of a membrane fusion protein that does not form stable, higher-order multimers.
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- Maya Shmulevitz
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4H7
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Carneiro FA, Stauffer F, Lima CS, Juliano MA, Juliano L, Da Poian AT. Membrane fusion induced by vesicular stomatitis virus depends on histidine protonation. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:13789-94. [PMID: 12571240 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m210615200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Entry of enveloped animal viruses into their host cells always depends on a step of membrane fusion triggered by conformational changes in viral envelope glycoproteins. Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) infection is mediated by virus spike glycoprotein G, which induces membrane fusion at the acidic environment of the endosomal compartment. VSV-induced membrane fusion occurs at a very narrow pH range, between 6.2 and 5.8, suggesting that His protonation is required for this process. To investigate the role of His in VSV fusion, we chemically modified these residues using diethylpyrocarbonate (DEPC). We found that DEPC treatment inhibited membrane fusion mediated by VSV in a concentration-dependent manner and that the complete inhibition of fusion was fully reversed by incubation of modified virus with hydroxylamine. Fluorescence measurements showed that VSV modification with DEPC abolished pH-induced conformational changes in G protein, suggesting that His protonation drives G protein interaction with the target membrane at acidic pH. Mass spectrometry analysis of tryptic fragments of modified G protein allowed the identification of the putative active His residues. Using synthetic peptides, we showed that the modification of His-148 and His-149 by DEPC, as well as the substitution of these residues by Ala, completely inhibited peptide-induced fusion, suggesting the direct participation of these His in VSV fusion.
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- Fabiana A Carneiro
- Departamento de Bioquimica Médica, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Harris F, Brandenburg K, Seydel U, Phoenix D. Investigations into the mechanisms used by the C-terminal anchors of Escherichia coli penicillin-binding proteins 4, 5, 6 and 6b for membrane interaction. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2002; 269:5821-9. [PMID: 12444970 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03295.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Escherichia coli low molecular mass penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) include PBP4, PBP5, PBP6 and PBP6b. Evidence suggests that these proteins interact with the inner membrane via C-terminal amphiphilic alpha-helices. Nonetheless, the membrane interactive mechanisms utilized by the C-terminal anchors of PBP4 and PBP6b show differences to those utilized by PBP5 and PBP6. Here, hydrophobic moment-based analyses have predicted that, in contrast to the PBP4 and PBP6b C-termini, those of PBP5 and PBP6 are candidates to form oblique orientated alpha-helices. Consistent with these predictions, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) has shown that peptide homologs of the PBP4 and PBP5 C-terminal regions, P4 and P5, respectively, both possessed the ability to adopt alpha-helical structure in the presence of lipid. However, whereas P4 appeared to show a preference for interaction with the surface regions of dimyristoylglycerophosphoethanolamine and dimyristoylglycerophosphoglycerol membranes, P5 appeared to show deep penetration of both these latter membranes and dimyristoylglycerophosphocholine membranes. Based on these results, we have suggested that in contrast to the membrane anchoring of the PBP4 and PBP6b C-terminal alpha-helices, the PBP5 and PBP6 C-terminal alpha-helices may possess hydrophobicity gradients and penetrate membranes in an oblique orientation.
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- Frederick Harris
- Department of Forensic and Investigative Science, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK
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Chanturiya A, Scaria P, Kuksenok O, Woodle MC. Probing the mechanism of fusion in a two-dimensional computer simulation. Biophys J 2002; 82:3072-80. [PMID: 12023230 PMCID: PMC1302095 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(02)75648-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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A two-dimensional (2D) model of lipid bilayers was developed and used to investigate a possible role of membrane lateral tension in membrane fusion. We found that an increase of lateral tension in contacting monolayers of 2D analogs of liposomes and planar membranes could cause not only hemifusion, but also complete fusion when internal pressure is introduced in the model. With a certain set of model parameters it was possible to induce hemifusion-like structural changes by a tension increase in only one of the two contacting bilayers. The effect of lysolipids was modeled as an insertion of a small number of extra molecules into the cis or trans side of the interacting bilayers at different stages of simulation. It was found that cis insertion arrests fusion and trans insertion has no inhibitory effect on fusion. The possibility of protein participation in tension-driven fusion was tested in simulation, with one of two model liposomes containing a number of structures capable of reducing the area occupied by them in the outer monolayer. It was found that condensation of these structures was sufficient to produce membrane reorganization similar to that observed in simulations with "protein-free" bilayers. These data support the hypothesis that changes in membrane lateral tension may be responsible for fusion in both model phospholipid membranes and in biological protein-mediated fusion.
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Lins L, Flore C, Chapelle L, Talmud PJ, Thomas A, Brasseur R. Lipid-interacting properties of the N-terminal domain of human apolipoprotein C-III. Protein Eng Des Sel 2002; 15:513-20. [PMID: 12082170 DOI: 10.1093/protein/15.6.513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The lipid-interacting properties of the N-terminal domain of human apolipoprotein C-III (apo C-III) were investigated. By molecular modeling, we predicted that the 6-20 fragment of apo C-III is obliquely orientated at the lipid/water interface owing to an asymmetric distribution of the hydrophobic residues when helical. This is characteristic of 'tilted peptides' originally discovered in viral fusion proteins and later in various proteins including some involved in lipoprotein metabolism. Since most tilted peptides were shown to induce liposome fusion in vitro, the fusogenic capacity of the 6-20 fragment of apo C-III was tested on unilamellar liposomes and compared with the well characterized SIV fusion peptide. Mutants were designed by molecular modeling to assess the role of the hydrophobicity gradient in the fusion. FTIR spectroscopy confirmed the predominantly helical conformation of the peptides in TFE solution and also in lipid-peptide complexes. Lipid-mixing experiments showed that the apo C-III (6-20) peptide is able to increase the fluorescence of a lipophilic fluorescent probe. The vesicle fusion was confirmed by core-mixing and leakage assays. The hydrophobicity gradient plays a key role in the fusion process because the mutant with no hydrophobic asymmetry but the same mean hydrophobicity as the wild type does not induce significant lipid fusion. The apo C-III (6-20) fragment is, however, less fusogenic than the SIV peptide, in agreement with their respective mean hydrophobicity. Since lipid fusion should not be the physiological function of the N-terminal domain of apo CIII, we suggest that its peculiar distribution of hydrophobic residues is important for the lipid-binding properties of apo C-III and should be involved in apolipoprotein and lipid exchanges crucial for triglyceride metabolism.
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- L Lins
- INSERM U447, IBL, 59021 Lille Cedex, France
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de Souza DL, Frisch B, Duportail G, Schuber F. Membrane-active properties of alpha-MSH analogs: aggregation and fusion of liposomes triggered by surface-conjugated peptides. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2002; 1558:222-37. [PMID: 11779571 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2736(01)00436-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Reaction of the melanotropin hormone analogs [Nle(4),D-Phe(7)]-alpha-MSH and [Nle(4),D-Phe(7)]-alpha-MSH(4-10), which were extended at their N-terminus by a thiol-functionalized spacer arm, with preformed liposomes containing thiol-reactive (phospho)lipid derivatives resulted in the aggregation of the vesicles and in a partial leakage of their inner contents. This aggregation/leakage effect, which was only observed when the peptides were covalently conjugated to the surface of the liposomes, was correlated with the fusion of the vesicles as demonstrated by the observed decrease in resonance energy transfer between probes in a membrane lipid mixing assay. A limited fusion was confirmed by monitoring the mixing of the liposome inner contents (formation of 1-aminonaphthalene-3,6,8-trisulfonic acid/p-xylene bis(pyridinium bromide) complex). The membrane-active properties of the peptides could be correlated with changes in the fluorescence emission spectra of their tryptophan residue, which suggested that after their covalent binding to the outer surface of the liposomes they can partition within the core of the bilayers. A blue shift of 10 nm was observed for [Nle(4),D-Phe(7)]-alpha-MSH which was correlated with an increase in fluorescence anisotropy and with changes in the accessibility of the coupled peptide as assessed by the quenching of fluorescence of its tryptophan residue by iodide (Stern-Volmer plots). These results should be related to the previously described capacity of alpha-MSH, and analogs, to interact with membranes and with the favored conformation of these peptides which, via a beta-turn, segregate their central hydrophobic residues into a domain that could insert into membranes and, as shown here, trigger their destabilization.
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- Debora Lima de Souza
- Laboratoire de Chimie Bioorganique, UMR 7514 CNRS/ULP, Université Louis Pasteur, Faculté de Pharmacie, Illkirch, France
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Stiasny K, Allison SL, Mandl CW, Heinz FX. Role of metastability and acidic pH in membrane fusion by tick-borne encephalitis virus. J Virol 2001; 75:7392-8. [PMID: 11462011 PMCID: PMC114974 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.16.7392-7398.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The envelope protein E of the flavivirus tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus is, like the alphavirus E1 protein, a class II viral fusion protein that differs structurally and probably mechanistically from class I viral fusion proteins. The surface of the native TBE virion is covered by an icosahedrally symmetrical network of E homodimers, which mediate low-pH-induced fusion in endosomes. At the pH of fusion, the E homodimers are irreversibly converted to a homotrimeric form, which we have found by intrinsic fluorescence measurements to be more stable than the native dimers. Thus, the TBE virus E protein is analogous to the prototypical class I fusion protein, the influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA), in that it is initially synthesized in a metastable state that is energetically poised to be converted to the fusogenic state by exposure to low pH. However, in contrast to what has been observed with influenza virus HA, this transition could not be triggered by input of heat energy alone and membrane fusion could be induced only when the virus was exposed to an acidic pH. In a previous study we showed that the dimer-to-trimer transition appears to be a two-step process involving a reversible dissociation of the dimer followed by an irreversible trimerization of the dissociated monomeric subunits. Because the dimer-monomer equilibrium in the first step apparently depends on the protonation state of E, the lack of availability of monomers for the trimerization step at neutral pH could explain why low pH is essential for fusion in spite of the metastability of the native E dimer.
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- K Stiasny
- Institute of Virology, University of Vienna, A-1095 Vienna, Austria.
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Daman A, Harris F, Biswas S, Wallace J, Phoenix DA. A theoretical investigation into the lipid interactions of m-calpain. Mol Cell Biochem 2001; 223:159-63. [PMID: 11681718 DOI: 10.1023/a:1017939116715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The protease, m-calpain, has been implicated in a number of pathological conditions. The enzyme is a calcium-dependent heterodimer whose activity appears to be modulated by membrane interaction involving a segment, TAMRIL, located in domain V of the protein's small subunit. Based on a sequence analysis of m-calpain, using DWIH and hydrophobic moment plot based methodologies, we have shown that this segment may contribute to a lipid interactive, oblique orientated, alpha-helical region. Our results could form a basis for future studies on the postulated lipid modulation of m-calpain activity.
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- A Daman
- Department of Physics, Maths and Astronomy, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK
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Epand RM, Epand RF. Factors contributing to the fusogenic potency of foamy virus. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 284:870-4. [PMID: 11409874 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.5060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Three model peptides have been studied in an effort to understand the molecular basis for the fusogenic potency of foamy virus. These peptides corresponded to a 23 amino acid helical segment close to the amino terminus, a shortened 17 amino acid, more hydrophobic homolog of this peptide, and an 18-amino-acid peptide close to or within the transmembrane domain. The peptides have a conformation containing both alpha-helical and beta-structure in aqueous solution but are predominantly alpha-helical in solutions of trifluoroethanol, as assessed by circular dichroism. In common with other viruses, the most fusogenic peptide was the one closest to the amino terminus. However, unlike several other fusion peptides that have been studied previously, this peptide did not promote increase negative membrane curvature as assessed by effects of the peptide on lipid polymorphism. Nevertheless, the foamy virus fusion peptide promotes membrane fusion, apparently by a mechanism that is independent of changes in membrane curvature. We demonstrate that there is a synergistic action in the promotion of membrane fusion between the peptide from the amino terminal region and the one from the region adjacent to the transmembrane segment.
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- R M Epand
- Department of Biochemistry, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada
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Harris F, Wallace J, Phoenix DA. Use of hydrophobic moment plot methodology to aid the identification of oblique orientated alpha-helices. Mol Membr Biol 2000; 17:201-7. [PMID: 11302373 DOI: 10.1080/09687680010018826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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A number of alpha-helix forming peptides have been reported which appear to promote membrane fusion and other biological events related to the disruption of a hydrophobic/hydrophilic interface, due to the presence of a hydrophobicity gradient along the helical long axis. When alpha-helices from this class were analysed according to hydrophobic moment plot methodology a linear association was found to exist between the mean hydrophobic moment, <microH>, and the corresponding mean hydrophobicity, <H0>. This association was described by the least squares regression line: <microH>=0.508-0.422<H0> and, here, a methodology to aid the prediction of oblique orientated alpha-helices is presented, based on a 99% prediction band around this regression line. This methodology is intended to provide an initial identification of candidates for further investigation by other techniques such as the molecular hydrophobic potential and laboratory based experimentation, not to assign function.
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- F Harris
- Centre for Forensic Science, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK
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- D C Drummond
- Research Institute, California Pacific Medical Center, 94115, San Francisco, CA, USA
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