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Chakraborty A, Kamat SS. Lysophosphatidylserine: A Signaling Lipid with Implications in Human Diseases. Chem Rev 2024; 124:5470-5504. [PMID: 38607675 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/14/2024]
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Lysophosphatidylserine (lyso-PS) has emerged as yet another important signaling lysophospholipid in mammals, and deregulation in its metabolism has been directly linked to an array of human autoimmune and neurological disorders. It has an indispensable role in several biological processes in humans, and therefore, cellular concentrations of lyso-PS are tightly regulated to ensure optimal signaling and functioning in physiological settings. Given its biological importance, the past two decades have seen an explosion in the available literature toward our understanding of diverse aspects of lyso-PS metabolism and signaling and its association with human diseases. In this Review, we aim to comprehensively summarize different aspects of lyso-PS, such as its structure, biodistribution, chemical synthesis, and SAR studies with some synthetic analogs. From a biochemical perspective, we provide an exhaustive coverage of the diverse biological activities modulated by lyso-PSs, such as its metabolism and the receptors that respond to them in humans. We also briefly discuss the human diseases associated with aberrant lyso-PS metabolism and signaling and posit some future directions that may advance our understanding of lyso-PS-mediated mammalian physiology.
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- Arnab Chakraborty
- Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune 411008, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune 411008, Maharashtra, India
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Souto-Trinei FA, Brea RJ, Devaraj NK. Biomimetic construction of phospholipid membranes by direct aminolysis ligations. Interface Focus 2023; 13:20230019. [PMID: 37577004 PMCID: PMC10415742 DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2023.0019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2023] [Accepted: 05/19/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023] Open
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Construction of artificial cells requires the development of straightforward methods for mimicking natural phospholipid membrane formation. Here we describe the use of direct aminolysis ligations to spontaneously generate biomimetic phospholipid membranes from water-soluble starting materials. Additionally, we explore the suitability of such biomimetic approaches for driving the in situ formation of native phospholipid membranes. Our studies suggest that non-enzymatic ligation reactions could have been important for the synthesis of phospholipid-like membranes during the origin of life, and might be harnessed as simplified methods to enable the generation of lipid compartments in artificial cells.
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- Federica A. Souto-Trinei
- Biomimetic Membrane Chemistry (BioMemChem) Group, CICA—Centro Interdisciplinar de Química e Bioloxía, Universidade da Coruña, Rúa As Carballeiras, 15701 A Coruña, Spain
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- Biomimetic Membrane Chemistry (BioMemChem) Group, CICA—Centro Interdisciplinar de Química e Bioloxía, Universidade da Coruña, Rúa As Carballeiras, 15701 A Coruña, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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Medoh UN, Hims A, Chen JY, Ghoochani A, Nyame K, Dong W, Abu-Remaileh M. The Batten disease gene product CLN5 is the lysosomal bis(monoacylglycero)phosphate synthase. Science 2023; 381:1182-1189. [PMID: 37708259 DOI: 10.1126/science.adg9288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 08/16/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023]
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Lysosomes critically rely on bis(monoacylglycero)phosphate (BMP) to stimulate lipid catabolism, cholesterol homeostasis, and lysosomal function. Alterations in BMP levels in monogenic and complex neurodegeneration suggest an essential function in human health. However, the site and mechanism responsible for BMP synthesis have been subject to debate for decades. Here, we report that the Batten disease gene product CLN5 is the elusive BMP synthase (BMPS). BMPS-deficient cells exhibited a massive accumulation of the BMP synthesis precursor lysophosphatidylglycerol (LPG), depletion of BMP species, and dysfunctional lipid metabolism. Mechanistically, we found that BMPS mediated synthesis through an energy-independent base exchange reaction between two LPG molecules with increased activity on BMP-laden vesicles. Our study elucidates BMP biosynthesis and reveals an anabolic function of late endosomes/lysosomes.
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- Uche N Medoh
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- The Institute for Chemistry, Engineering & Medicine for Human Health (Sarafan ChEM-H), Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- The Institute for Chemistry, Engineering & Medicine for Human Health (Sarafan ChEM-H), Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- The Institute for Chemistry, Engineering & Medicine for Human Health (Sarafan ChEM-H), Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- The Institute for Chemistry, Engineering & Medicine for Human Health (Sarafan ChEM-H), Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- The Institute for Chemistry, Engineering & Medicine for Human Health (Sarafan ChEM-H), Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- The Institute for Chemistry, Engineering & Medicine for Human Health (Sarafan ChEM-H), Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- The Institute for Chemistry, Engineering & Medicine for Human Health (Sarafan ChEM-H), Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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Martins LS, Duarte EL, Lamy MT, Rozenfeld JHK. DODAB vesicles containing lysophosphatidylcholines: The relevance of acyl chain saturation on the membrane structure and thermal properties. Biophys Chem 2023; 300:107075. [PMID: 37451052 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2023.107075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2023] [Revised: 06/28/2023] [Accepted: 07/02/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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The saturated LPC18:0 and unsaturated LPC18:1 lysophosphatidylcholines have important roles in inflammation and immunity and are interesting targets for immunotherapy. The synthetic cationic lipid DODAB has been successfully employed in delivery systems, and would be a suitable carrier for those lysophosphatidylcholines. Here, assemblies of DODAB and LPC18:0 or LPC18:1 were characterized by Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. LPC18:0 increased the DODAB gel-fluid transition enthalpy and rigidified both phases. In contrast, LPC18:1 caused a decrease in the DODAB gel-fluid transition temperature and cooperativity, associated with two populations with distinct rigidities in the gel phase. In the fluid phase, LPC18:1 increased the surface order but, differently from LPC18:0, did not affect viscosity at the membrane core. The impact of the different acyl chains of LPC18:0 and 18:1 on structure and thermotropic behavior should be considered when developing applications using mixed DODAB membranes.
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- Letícia S Martins
- Departamento de Biofísica, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, R. Botucatu 862, São Paulo, SP 04023-062, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 1371, São Paulo, SP 05508-090, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 1371, São Paulo, SP 05508-090, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biofísica, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, R. Botucatu 862, São Paulo, SP 04023-062, Brazil.
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Rasmussen HØ, Nielsen J, de Poli A, Otzen DE, Pedersen JS. Tau Fibrillation Induced by Heparin or a Lysophospholipid Show Different Initial Oligomer Formation. J Mol Biol 2023; 435:168194. [PMID: 37437877 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2023.168194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2023] [Revised: 06/18/2023] [Accepted: 07/05/2023] [Indexed: 07/14/2023]
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The protein tau is involved in several neurogenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's Disease, where tau content and fibrillation have been linked to disease progression. Tau colocalizes with phospholipids and glycosaminoglycans in vivo. We investigated if and how tau fibrillation can be induced by two lysophospholipids, namely the zwitterionic 1-myristoyl-2-hydroxy-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (LPC) and the anionic 1-myristoyl-2-hydroxy-sn-glycero-3-phospho-(1'-rac-glycerol) (LPG) as well as the glycosaminoglycan heparin. We used a range of biophysical techniques including small-angle X-ray scattering, Thioflavin T fluorescence, and SDS-PAGE, collecting data at various time points to obtain structural information on each phase of the fibrillation. We find that LPC does not induce fibrillation or interact with tau. Low concentrations of LPG induce fibrillation by formation of small hydrophobic clusters with monomeric tau. At higher LPG concentrations, a core-shell complex is formed where tau wraps around LPG micelles with regions extending away from the micelles. For heparin, loosely associated oligomers are formed rapidly with around ten tau molecules. Fibrils formed with either LPG or heparin show similar final cross-section dimensions. Furthermore, SDS-resistant oligomers are observed for both LPG and heparin. Our study demonstrates that tau fibrillation can be induced by two different biologically relevant cofactors leading to structurally different initial states but similar cross-sectional dimensions for the fibrils. Structural information about initial states prior to fibril formation is important both to gain a better understanding of the onset of fibrillation in vivo, and for the development of targeted drugs that can reduce or abolish tau fibrillation.
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- Helena Østergaard Rasmussen
- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark; Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark; Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark; Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
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Subramanian C, Frank MW, Yun MK, Rock CO. The Phospholipase A1 Activity of Glycerol Ester Hydrolase (Geh) Is Responsible for Extracellular 2-12( S)-Methyltetradecanoyl-Lysophosphatidylglycerol Production in Staphylococcus aureus. mSphere 2023; 8:e0003123. [PMID: 36976028 PMCID: PMC10117073 DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00031-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2023] [Accepted: 03/07/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023] Open
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Phosphatidylglycerol (PG) is the major membrane phospholipid of Staphylococcus aureus and predominately consists of molecular species with ≥16-carbon acyl chains in the 1-position and anteiso 12(S)-methyltetradecaonate (a15) esterified at the 2-position. The analysis of the growth media for PG-derived products shows S. aureus releases essentially pure 2-12(S)-methyltetradecanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-1'-sn-glycerol (a15:0-LPG) derived from the hydrolysis of the 1-position of PG into the environment. The cellular lysophosphatidylglycerol (LPG) pool is dominated by a15-LPG but also consists of ≥16-LPG species arising from the removal of the 2-position. Mass tracing experiments confirmed a15-LPG was derived from isoleucine metabolism. A screen of candidate secreted lipase knockout strains pinpointed glycerol ester hydrolase (geh) as the gene required for generating extracellular a15-LPG, and complementation of a Δgeh strain with a Geh expression plasmid restored extracellular a15-LPG formation. Orlistat, a covalent inhibitor of Geh, also attenuated extracellular a15-LPG accumulation. Purified Geh hydrolyzed the 1-position acyl chain of PG and generated only a15-LPG from a S. aureus lipid mixture. The Geh product was 2-a15-LPG, which spontaneously isomerizes with time to a mixture of 1- and 2-a15-LPG. Docking PG in the Geh active site provides a structural rationale for the positional specificity of Geh. These data demonstrate a physiological role for Geh phospholipase A1 activity in S. aureus membrane phospholipid turnover. IMPORTANCE Glycerol ester hydrolase, Geh, is an abundant secreted lipase whose expression is controlled by the accessory gene regulator (Agr) quorum-sensing signal transduction pathway. Geh is thought to have a role in virulence based on its ability to hydrolyze host lipids at the infection site to provide fatty acids for membrane biogenesis and substrates for oleate hydratase, and Geh inhibits immune cell activation by hydrolyzing lipoprotein glycerol esters. The discovery that Geh is the major contributor to the formation and release of a15-LPG reveals an unappreciated physiological role for Geh acting as a phospholipase A1 in the degradation of S. aureus membrane phosphatidylglycerol. The role(s) for extracellular a15-LPG in S. aureus biology remain to be elucidated.
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- Chitra Subramanian
- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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Verteporfin is a Substrate-Selective γ-Secretase Inhibitor that Binds the Amyloid Precursor Protein Transmembrane Domain. J Biol Chem 2022; 298:101792. [PMID: 35247387 PMCID: PMC8968665 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.101792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Revised: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 02/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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This work reports substrate-selective inhibition of a protease with broad substrate specificity based on direct binding of a small molecule inhibitor to the substrate. The target for these studies was γ-secretase protease, which cleaves dozens of different single span membrane protein substrates, including both the C99 domain of the human amyloid precursor protein and the Notch receptor. Substrate-specific inhibition of C99 cleavage is desirable to reduce production of the amyloid-β polypeptide without inhibiting Notch cleavage, a major source of toxicity associated with broad specificity γ-secretase inhibitors. In order to identify a C99-selective inhibitors of the human γ-secretase, we conducted an NMR-based screen of FDA-approved drugs against C99 in model membranes. From this screen, we identified the small molecule verteporfin with these properties. We observed that verteporfin formed a direct 1:1 complex with C99, with a KD of 15-47 μM (depending on the membrane mimetic used), and that it did not bind the transmembrane domain of the Notch-1 receptor. Biochemical assays showed that direct binding of verteporfin to C99 inhibits γ-secretase cleavage of C99 with IC50 values in the range of 15- 164 μM, while Notch-1 cleavage was inhibited only at higher concentrations, and likely via a mechanism that does not involve binding to Notch-1. This work documents a robust NMR-based approach to discovery of small molecule binders to single-span membrane proteins and confirmed that it is possible to inhibit γ-secretase in a substrate-specific manner.
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Rasmussen HØ, Otzen DE, Pedersen JS. Induction, inhibition, and incorporation: Different roles for anionic and zwitterionic lysolipids in the fibrillation of the functional amyloid FapC. J Biol Chem 2022; 298:101569. [PMID: 35007533 PMCID: PMC8888460 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.101569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2021] [Revised: 12/29/2021] [Accepted: 12/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Amyloid proteins are widespread in nature both as pathological species involved in several diseases and as functional entities that can provide protection and storage for the organism. Lipids have been found in amyloid deposits from various amyloid diseases and have been shown to strongly affect the formation and structure of both pathological and functional amyloid proteins. Here, we investigate how fibrillation of the functional amyloid FapC from Pseudomonas is affected by two lysolipids, the zwitterionic lipid 1-myristoyl-2-hydroxy-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine and the anionic lipid 1-myristoyl-2-hydroxy-sn-glycero-3-phospho-(1′-rac-glycerol) (LPG). Small-angle X-ray scattering, circular dichroism, dynamic light scattering, and thioflavin T fluorescence measurements were performed simultaneously on the same sample to ensure reproducibility and allow a multimethod integrated analysis. We found that LPG strongly induces fibrillation around its critical micelle concentration (cmc) by promoting formation of large structures, which mature via accumulation of intermediate fibril structures with a large cross section. At concentrations above its cmc, LPG strongly inhibits fibrillation by locking FapC in a core–shell complex. In contrast, lipid 1-myristoyl-2-hydroxy-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine induces fibrillation at concentrations above its cmc, not via strong interactions with FapC but by being incorporated during fibrillation and likely stabilizing the fibrillation nucleus to reduce the lag phase. Finally, we show that LPG is not incorporated into the fibril during assembly but rather can coat the final fibril. We conclude that lipids affect both the mechanism and outcome of fibrillation of functional amyloid, highlighting a role for lipid concentration and composition in the onset and mechanism of fibrillation in vivo.
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- Helena Østergaard Rasmussen
- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark; Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark; Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark; Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
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Preparation and characterization of gadolinium-based thermosensitive liposomes: A potential nanosystem for selective drug delivery to cancer cells. J Drug Deliv Sci Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jddst.2021.102686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Jin R, Baumgart T. Asymmetric desorption of lipid oxidation products induces membrane bending. SOFT MATTER 2021; 17:7506-7515. [PMID: 34338699 PMCID: PMC8425771 DOI: 10.1039/d1sm00652e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Lipid oxidation, detected in metabolic processes, is induced in excess when the cellular membrane suffers extra oxidative stress. Lipid oxidation can compromise biomembrane function in part through perturbations of lipid packing, membrane permeability, and morphology. Two major types of oxidation products, one with a partially truncated lipid tail with a hydrophilic group at the tail-end, and secondly, a lysolipid (with one of the chains completely truncated) can disturb the membrane bilayer packing significantly. However, they also have an increased tendency to desorb from the membrane. In this study we investigated desorption kinetics of two characteristic lipid oxidation products (PAzePC and 18 : 1 LysoPC) from a model membrane system, and we evaluated the consequences of this process on membrane shape transitions. Using a microfluidic chamber coupled with micropipette aspiration, we observed the incorporation of the two lipids into the membrane of a giant unilamellar vesicle (GUV) and further determined their desorption rates, association rates and flip-flop rates. For both lipids, the desorption is on the time scale of seconds, one to two orders of magnitude faster than their flipping rates. Dilution of the outer solution of the GUVs allowed asymmetric desorption of these two lipids from the GUVs. This process induced lipid number asymmetry and charge asymmetry, specifically for PAzePC containing GUVs, and caused membrane tubulation. Our results indicate that the desorption of lipid oxidation products can alter the local structure of biomembranes and result in morphological changes that may relate to membrane function.
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- Rui Jin
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Saha J, Dean DN, Dhakal S, Stockmal KA, Morgan SE, Dillon KD, Adamo MF, Levites Y, Rangachari V. Biophysical characteristics of lipid-induced Aβ oligomers correlate to distinctive phenotypes in transgenic mice. FASEB J 2021; 35:e21318. [PMID: 33508158 PMCID: PMC7883479 DOI: 10.1096/fj.202002025rr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Revised: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that affects cognition and memory. Recent advances have helped identify many clinical sub‐types in AD. Mounting evidence point toward structural polymorphism among fibrillar aggregates of amyloid‐β (Aβ) to being responsible for the phenotypes and clinical manifestations. In the emerging paradigm of polymorphism and prion‐like propagation of aggregates in AD, the role of low molecular weight soluble oligomers, which are long known to be the primary toxic agents, in effecting phenotypes remains inconspicuous. In this study, we present the characterization of three soluble oligomers of Aβ42, namely 14LPOs, 16LPOs, and GM1Os with discreet biophysical and biochemical properties generated using lysophosphatidyl glycerols and GM1 gangliosides. The results indicate that the oligomers share some biophysical similarities but display distinctive differences with GM1Os. Unlike the other two, GM1Os were observed to be complexed with the lipid upon isolation. It also differs mainly in detection by conformation‐sensitive dyes and conformation‐specific antibodies, temperature and enzymatic stability, and in the ability to propagate morphologically‐distinct fibrils. GM1Os also show distinguishable biochemical behavior with pronounced neuronal toxicity. Furthermore, all the oligomers induce cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) and plaque burden in transgenic AD mice, which seems to be a consistent feature among all lipid‐derived oligomers, but 16LPOs and GM1Os displayed significantly higher effect than the others. These results establish a correlation between molecular features of Aβ42 oligomers and their distinguishable effects in transgenic AD mice attuned by lipid characteristics, and therefore help bridge the knowledge gap in understanding how oligomer conformers could elicit AD phenotypes.
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- Jhinuk Saha
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA
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- School of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA
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- School of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA
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- Center for Translational Research in Neurodegenerative Disease, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Center for Translational Research in Neurodegenerative Disease, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Center for Translational Research in Neurodegenerative Disease, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA.,Center for Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA
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Isoprenoid Derivatives of Lysophosphatidylcholines Enhance Insulin and GLP-1 Secretion through Lipid-Binding GPCRs. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22115748. [PMID: 34072220 PMCID: PMC8197866 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22115748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2021] [Revised: 05/20/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Insulin plays a significant role in carbohydrate homeostasis as the blood glucose lowering hormone. Glucose-induced insulin secretion (GSIS) is augmented by glucagon-like peptide (GLP-1), a gastrointestinal peptide released in response to ingesting nutriments. The secretion of insulin and GLP-1 is mediated by the binding of nutrients to G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) expressed by pancreatic β-cells and enteroendocrine cells, respectively. Therefore, insulin secretagogues and incretin mimetics currently serve as antidiabetic treatments. This study demonstrates the potency of synthetic isoprenoid derivatives of lysophosphatidylcholines (LPCs) to stimulate GSIS and GLP-1 release. Murine insulinoma cell line (MIN6) and enteroendocrinal L cells (GLUTag) were incubated with LPCs bearing geranic acid (1-GA-LPC), citronellic acid (1-CA-LPC), 3,7-dimethyl-3-vinyloct-6-enoic acid (GERA-LPC), and (E)-3,7,11-trimethyl- 3-vinyldodeca-6,10-dienoic acid (1-FARA-LPC). Respective free terpene acids were also tested for comparison. Besides their insulin- and GLP-1-secreting capabilities, we also investigated the cytotoxicity of tested compounds, the ability to intracellular calcium ion mobilization, and targeted GPCRs involved in maintaining lipid and carbohydrate homeostasis. We observed the high cytotoxicity of 1-GERA-LPC and 1-FARA-LPC in contrast 1-CA-LPC and 1-GA-LPC. Moreover, 1-CA-LPC and 1-GA-LPC demonstrated the stimulatory effect on GSIS and 1-CA-LPC augmented GLP-1 secretion. Insulin and GLP-1 release appeared to be GPR40-, GPR55-, GPR119- and GPR120-dependent.
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Chávez-Garay DR, Gutiérrez-Méndez N, Sanchez-Ramirez BE, Salmeron I, Hernández Ochoa LR, Chávez-Flores D, Martínez-Monteagudo S. Modification of lecithin-based emulsions with phospholipases. CYTA - JOURNAL OF FOOD 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/19476337.2020.1839566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Dely Rubí Chávez-Garay
- The Graduate School, Graduate Program in Chemistry, Chemistry School, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Mexico
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- The Graduate School, Graduate Program in Chemistry, Chemistry School, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Mexico
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- The Graduate School, Graduate Program in Chemistry, Chemistry School, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Mexico
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- The Graduate School, Graduate Program in Chemistry, Chemistry School, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Mexico
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- The Graduate School, Graduate Program in Chemistry, Chemistry School, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Mexico
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Negative charge of the AC-to-Hly linking segment modulates calcium-dependent membrane activities of Bordetella adenylate cyclase toxin. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2020; 1862:183310. [PMID: 32333856 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2020.183310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2020] [Revised: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 04/13/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Two distinct conformers of the adenylate cyclase toxin (CyaA) appear to accomplish its two parallel activities within target cell membrane. The translocating conformer would deliver the N-terminal adenylyl cyclase (AC) enzyme domain across plasma membrane into cytosol of cells, while the pore precursor conformer would assemble into oligomeric cation-selective pores and permeabilize cellular membrane. Both toxin activities then involve a membrane-interacting 'AC-to-Hly-linking segment' (residues 400 to 500). Here, we report the NMR structure of the corresponding CyaA411-490 polypeptide in dodecylphosphocholine micelles and show that it consists of two α-helices linked by an unrestrained loop. The N-terminal α-helix (Gly418 to His439) remained solvent accessible, while the C-terminal α-helix (His457 to Phe485) was fully enclosed within detergent micelles. CyaA411-490 weakly bound Ca2+ ions (apparent KD 2.6 mM) and permeabilized negatively charged lipid vesicles. At high concentrations (10 μM) the CyaA411-490 polypeptide formed stable conductance units in artificial lipid bilayers with applied voltage, suggesting its possible transmembrane orientation in the membrane-inserted toxin. Mutagenesis revealed that two clusters of negatively charged residues within the 'AC-to-Hly-linking segment' (Glu419 to Glu432 and Asp445 to Glu448) regulate the balance between the AC domain translocating and pore-forming capacities of CyaA in function of calcium concentration.
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Drzazga A, Okulus M, Rychlicka M, Biegała Ł, Gliszczyńska A, Gendaszewska-Darmach E. Lysophosphatidylcholine Containing Anisic Acid Is Able to Stimulate Insulin Secretion Targeting G Protein Coupled Receptors. Nutrients 2020; 12:E1173. [PMID: 32331428 PMCID: PMC7230207 DOI: 10.3390/nu12041173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2020] [Revised: 04/18/2020] [Accepted: 04/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Diabetes mellitus is a worldwide health problem with high rates of mortality and morbidity. Management of diabetes mellitus by dietary components is achievable especially at the initial stage of the disease. Several studies confirmed the antidiabetic activities of simple phenolic acids and lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC). The main goal of this study was to identify new potential insulin secretion modulators obtained by combining the structures of two natural compounds, namely O-methyl derivatives of phenolic acids and phospholipids. LPC and phosphatidylcholine bearing methoxylated aromatic carboxylic acids were tested as potential agents able to improve glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) and intracellular calcium mobilization in MIN6 β pancreatic cell line. Our results show that LPC with covalently bonded molecule of p-anisic acid at the sn-1 position was able to induce GSIS and intracellular calcium flux. Notably, 1-anisoyl-2-hydroxy-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine did not affect the viability of MIN6 cells, suggesting its potential safe use. Furthermore, we have shown that three G protein coupled receptors, namely GPR40, GPR55, and GPR119, are targeted by this LPC derivative.
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- Anna Drzazga
- Institute of Molecular and Industrial Biotechnology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Lodz University of Technology, Stefanowskiego 4/10, 90-924 Lodz, Poland; (A.D.); (Ł.B.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Norwida 25, 50-375 Wrocław, Poland; (M.O.); (M.R.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Norwida 25, 50-375 Wrocław, Poland; (M.O.); (M.R.)
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- Institute of Molecular and Industrial Biotechnology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Lodz University of Technology, Stefanowskiego 4/10, 90-924 Lodz, Poland; (A.D.); (Ł.B.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Norwida 25, 50-375 Wrocław, Poland; (M.O.); (M.R.)
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- Institute of Molecular and Industrial Biotechnology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Lodz University of Technology, Stefanowskiego 4/10, 90-924 Lodz, Poland; (A.D.); (Ł.B.)
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Wang F, Li X, Zhang F, Liu X, Hu P, Beke-Somfai T, Lu X. Revealing Interfacial Lipid Hydrolysis Catalyzed by Phospholipase A 1 at Molecular Level via Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Microscopy. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:12831-12838. [PMID: 31475518 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b02284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The interfacial hydrolysis of phospholipids catalyzed by phospholipase A1 (PLA1) was studied via sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy and fluorescence microscopy. Both monolayer and bilayer setups were used to confirm the hydrolysis mechanism. During the hydrolysis, lysophospholipids, one of the hydrolysis products, were desorbed from the interface into the solution, while the other products, fatty acids, self-organized and accumulated with PLA1 at the interface to form the PLA1-induced regions, which can serve as nonspecific binding domains for proteins and thus lead to human vascular diseases. This experimental study provides the essential information on revealing the interfacial biochemical process related to the metabolism of the lipids, which is one of the basic building blocks for cells.
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- Feng Wang
- Department of Biomedical Engineering , Southeast University , Nanjing , Jiangsu 210096 , China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering , Southeast University , Nanjing , Jiangsu 210096 , China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering , Southeast University , Nanjing , Jiangsu 210096 , China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering , Southeast University , Nanjing , Jiangsu 210096 , China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering , Southeast University , Nanjing , Jiangsu 210096 , China
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- Institute of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences , Hungarian Academy of Sciences , H-1117 Budapest , Hungary
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering , Southeast University , Nanjing , Jiangsu 210096 , China
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Pandey A, LeBlanc DM, Parmar HB, Phạm TTT, Sarker M, Xu L, Duncan R, Liu XQ, Rainey JK. Structure, amphipathy, and topology of the membrane-proximal helix 8 influence apelin receptor plasma membrane localization. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2019; 1861:183036. [PMID: 31394100 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2019.183036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2018] [Revised: 07/08/2019] [Accepted: 08/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) typically have an amphipathic helix ("helix 8") immediately C-terminal to the transmembrane helical bundle. To date, a number of functional roles have been associated with GPCR helix 8 segments, but structure-function analysis for this region remains limited. Here, we examine helix 8 of the apelin receptor (AR or APJ), a class A GPCR with wide physiological and pathophysiological relevance. The 71 residue C-terminal tail of the AR is primarily intrinsically disordered, with a detergent micelle-induced increase in helical character. This helicity was localized to the helix 8 region, in good agreement with the recent AR crystal structure. A series of helix 8 mutants were made to reduce helicity, remove amphipathy, or flip the hydrophobic and hydrophilic faces. Each mutant AR was tested both biophysically, in the isolated C-terminal tail, and functionally in HEK 293 T cells, for full-length AR. In all instances, micelle interactions were maintained, and steady-state AR expression was efficient. However, removal of amphipathy or helical character led to a significant decrease in cell surface localization. Flipping of helix 8 amphipathic topology restored cell surface localization to some degree, but still was significantly reduced relative to wild-type. Structural integrity, amphipathy to drive membrane association, and correct topology of helix 8 membrane association all thus appear important for cell surface localization of the AR. This behavior correlates well to GPCR C-terminal tail sequence motifs, implying that these serve to specify key topological features of helix 8 and its proximity to the transmembrane domain.
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- Aditya Pandey
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada; Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada; Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada; Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada.
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Abd Rahim MS, Cherniavskyi YK, Tieleman DP, Dames SA. NMR- and MD simulation-based structural characterization of the membrane-associating FATC domain of ataxia telangiectasia mutated. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:7098-7112. [PMID: 30867195 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.007653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2019] [Revised: 03/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The Ser/Thr protein kinase ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) plays an important role in the DNA damage response, signaling in response to redox signals, the control of metabolic processes, and mitochondrial homeostasis. ATM localizes to the nucleus and at the plasma membrane, mitochondria, peroxisomes, and other cytoplasmic vesicular structures. It has been shown that the C-terminal FATC domain of human ATM (hATMfatc) can interact with a range of membrane mimetics and may thereby act as a membrane-anchoring unit. Here, NMR structural and 15N relaxation data, NMR data using spin-labeled micelles, and MD simulations of micelle-associated hATMfatc revealed that it binds the micelle by a dynamic assembly of three helices with many residues of hATMfatc located in the headgroup region. We observed that none of the three helices penetrates the micelle deeply or makes significant tertiary contacts to the other helices. NMR-monitored interaction experiments with hATMfatc variants in which two conserved aromatic residues (Phe3049 and Trp3052) were either individually or both replaced by alanine disclosed that the double substitution does not abrogate the interaction with micelles and bicelles at the high concentrations at which these aggregates are typically used, but impairs interactions with small unilamellar vesicles, usually used at much lower lipid concentrations and considered a better mimetic for natural membranes. We conclude that the observed dynamic structure of micelle-associated hATMfatc may enable it to interact with differently composed membranes or membrane-associated interaction partners and thereby regulate ATM's kinase activity. Moreover, the FATC domain of ATM may function as a membrane-anchoring unit for other biomolecules.
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- Munirah S Abd Rahim
- From the Chair of Biomolecular NMR Spectroscopy, Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85747 Garching, Germany
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- the Department of Biological Sciences and Centre for Molecular Simulation, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada, and
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- the Department of Biological Sciences and Centre for Molecular Simulation, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada, and
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- From the Chair of Biomolecular NMR Spectroscopy, Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85747 Garching, Germany, .,the Institute of Structural Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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Influence of Liver Condition and Copper on Selective Parameters of Post-Mortem Dog Tissue Samples. Animals (Basel) 2018; 8:ani8120237. [PMID: 30551591 PMCID: PMC6316235 DOI: 10.3390/ani8120237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2018] [Revised: 12/03/2018] [Accepted: 12/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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One of the liver functions is copper storage, which can be toxic when in excess. The objective of this retrospective study was to determine the relationship between hepatic copper and pathology conditions in stored samples from 55 post-mortem dogs (37 Beagles, 12 Labrador Retrievers, and 6 Labrador Mixes). The analyses evaluated data from blood chemistry and complete blood count (CBC) that were measured immediately before euthanasia, and liver biopsies which were harvested at necropsy and frozen at -80 °C. Slides for microscopic evaluation were prepared, and liver copper and plasma metabolites were measured. Hepatic copper was correlated (p ≤ 0.001) with monoacylglycerols, 13-HODE + 9-HODE (13-hydroxy-9,11-octadecadienoic acid + 9-hydroxy-10,12-octadecadienoic acid), and stearoyl-arachidonoyl-glycerophosphocholine. This indicates lipid metabolism modification and cell membrane oxidation. However, hepatic copper was not related to liver histopathology severity or altered liver biomarkers. The severity of liver pathology was positively correlated (p ≤ 0.05) with liver enzymes, bile salts, and glycerophosphocholines, suggesting cholestasis and altered lipid and amino acid metabolism. Liver neoplasia had increased (p ≤ 0.05) metabolites derived from nucleotides, along with an increase (p ≤ 0.05) in α-ketoglutarate from the energy and amino acid metabolism (p ≤ 0.05), suggesting rapid cell division. This study offers further insight regarding changes in metabolism due to hepatic tissue damage.
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Batista WR, Fernandes FC, Neves MHCB, Nascimento TS, Lopes RSC, Lopes CC, Ziegler GP, Soler-Figueroa BM, Sparks D, Fontaine DN, Carney KJ, Quiñones-Oquendo LE, Ruiz GM. Synthetic lipids as a biocide candidate for disinfection of ballast water. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2018; 137:702-710. [PMID: 30503487 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.11.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2018] [Revised: 11/06/2018] [Accepted: 11/09/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The objective of this study is to propose the use of specific synthetic lipid as an active substance (biocide) in the control of harmful aquatic microorganisms, such as pathogens and non-indigenous species, transported in ships' ballast water. The biocide candidate, without metal or halogen components, was produced from a sub-product of the edible oil industry, the lecithin. Laboratory assays were conducted with phytoplankton, zooplankton, and marine bacteria to evaluate the efficiency of the biocide. The study also considers specific biocide's characteristics related to environmental risks, such as chemical composition, persistence, bioaccumulation, and toxicity. Results showed that, in the first 24 h of treatment, the biocide effectively reduced the concentration of the planktonic micro-organisms to very low levels. Additionally, a preliminary risk evaluation pointed that biocide candidate has a low residual toxicity, also a low potential for persistence and bioaccumulation in the environment.
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- William R Batista
- Instituto de Estudos do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreira, Marinha do Brasil, Rua Kioto 253, Praia dos Anjos, Arraial do Cabo, RJ 28930-000, Brazil.
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- Instituto de Estudos do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreira, Marinha do Brasil, Rua Kioto 253, Praia dos Anjos, Arraial do Cabo, RJ 28930-000, Brazil
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- Instituto de Estudos do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreira, Marinha do Brasil, Rua Kioto 253, Praia dos Anjos, Arraial do Cabo, RJ 28930-000, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Síntese e Análise de Produtos Estratégicos, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Av. Athos da Silveira Ramos, 149, Bloco A, s.508, Cidade Universitária, RJ 21941-909, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Síntese e Análise de Produtos Estratégicos, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Av. Athos da Silveira Ramos, 149, Bloco A, s.508, Cidade Universitária, RJ 21941-909, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Síntese e Análise de Produtos Estratégicos, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Av. Athos da Silveira Ramos, 149, Bloco A, s.508, Cidade Universitária, RJ 21941-909, Brazil
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- Wye Research and Education Center, University of Maryland, 124 Wye Narrows Drive, Queenstown, MD 21658-0169, USA
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- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, 647 Contees Wharf Road, Edgewater, MD 21037-0028, USA
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- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, 647 Contees Wharf Road, Edgewater, MD 21037-0028, USA
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- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, 647 Contees Wharf Road, Edgewater, MD 21037-0028, USA
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- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, 647 Contees Wharf Road, Edgewater, MD 21037-0028, USA
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- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, 647 Contees Wharf Road, Edgewater, MD 21037-0028, USA
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- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, 647 Contees Wharf Road, Edgewater, MD 21037-0028, USA
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Pedersen JN, Jiang Z, Christiansen G, Lee JC, Pedersen JS, Otzen DE. Lysophospholipids induce fibrillation of the repeat domain of Pmel17 through intermediate core-shell structures. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2018; 1867:519-528. [PMID: 30471451 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2018.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2018] [Revised: 11/02/2018] [Accepted: 11/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Lipids often play an important role in the initial steps of fibrillation. The melanosomal protein Pmel17 forms amyloid in vivo and contains a highly amyloidogenic Repeat domain (RPT), important for melanin biosynthesis. RPT fibrillation is influenced by two lysolipids, the anionic lysophosphatidylglycerol (LPG) and zwitterionic lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC), both present in vivo at elevated concentrations in melanosomes, organelles in which Pmel17 aggregate. Here we investigate the interaction of RPT with both LPG and LPC using small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC), electron microscopy, fluorescence and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy. Under non-shaking conditions, both lipids promote fibrillation but this is driven by different interactions with RPT. Each RPT binds >40 LPG molecules but only weak interactions are seen with LPC. Above LPG's criticial micelle concentration (cmc), LPG and RPT form connected micelles where RPT binds to the surface as beads on a string with core-shell structures. Binding to LPG only induces α-helical structure well above the cmc, while LPC has no measurable effect on the protein structure. While low (but still super-cmc) concentrations of LPG strongly promote aggregation, at higher LPG concentrations (10 mM), only ~ one RPT binds per micelle, inhibiting amyloid formation. ITC and SAXS reveal some interactions between the zwitterionic lipid LPC and RPT below the cmc but little above the cmc. Nevertheless, LPC only promotes aggregation above the cmc and this process is not inhibited by high LPC concentrations, suggesting that monomers and micelles cooperate to influence amyloid formation.
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- Jannik Nedergaard Pedersen
- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
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- Laboratory of Protein Conformation and Dynamics, Biochemistry and Biophysics Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-8013, USA
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- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Wilhelm Meyers Allé 4, DK-8000 Aarhus, Denmark
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- Laboratory of Protein Conformation and Dynamics, Biochemistry and Biophysics Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-8013, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark.
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, DK-8000 Aarhus, Denmark.
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Lin Y, Deepak RNVK, Zheng JZ, Fan H, Zheng L. A dual substrate-accessing mechanism of a major facilitator superfamily protein facilitates lysophospholipid flipping across the cell membrane. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:19919-19931. [PMID: 30373772 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.005548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2018] [Revised: 10/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Lysophospholipid transporter (LplT) is a member of the major facilitator superfamily present in many Gram-negative bacteria. LplT catalyzes flipping of lysophospholipids (LPLs) across the bacterial inner membrane, playing an important role in bacterial membrane homeostasis. We previously reported that LplT promotes both uptake of exogenous LPLs and intramembranous LPL flipping across the bilayer. To gain mechanistic insight into this dual LPL-flipping activity, here we implemented a combination of computational approaches and LPL transport analyses to study LPL binding of and translocation by LplT. Our results suggest that LplT translocates LPLs through an elongated cavity exhibiting an extremely asymmetric polarity. We found that two D(E)N motifs form a head group-binding site, in which the carboxylate group of Asp-30 is important for LPL head group recognition. Substitutions of residues in the head group-binding site disrupted both LPL uptake and flipping activities. However, alteration of hydrophobic residues on the interface between the N- and C-terminal domains impaired LPL flipping specifically, resulting in LPLs accumulation in the membrane, but LPL uptake remained active. These results suggest a dual substrate-accessing mechanism, in which LplT recruits LPLs to its substrate-binding site via two routes, either from its extracellular entry or through a membrane-embedded groove between transmembrane helices, and then moves them toward the inner membrane leaflet. This LPL-flipping mechanism is likely conserved in many bacterial species, and our findings illustrate how LplT adjusts the major facilitator superfamily translocation pathway to perform its versatile lipid homeostatic functions.
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- Yibin Lin
- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Membrane Biology, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston McGovern Medical School, Houston Texas 77030
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- the Bioinformatics Institute (BII), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 138671 Singapore, and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Membrane Biology, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston McGovern Medical School, Houston Texas 77030
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- the Bioinformatics Institute (BII), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 138671 Singapore, and .,the Department of Biological Sciences (DBS), National University of Singapore, 117558 Singapore, and Center for Computational Biology, DUKE-NUS Medical School, 169857 Singapore
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Membrane Biology, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston McGovern Medical School, Houston Texas 77030,
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Yamamoto Y, Furukawa T, Takeda S, Kashida H, Chiba H, Hui SP. Examining the effect of regioisomerism on the physico-chemical properties of lysophosphatidylethanolamine-containing liposomes using fluoro probes. Chem Phys Lipids 2018; 216:9-16. [PMID: 30080998 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2018.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2018] [Revised: 08/02/2018] [Accepted: 08/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Lysophospholipids (LysoPLs) receive steadily increasing attention in the area of lipid chemistry and biology. However, the physico-chemical properties of individual LysoPL regioisomers have not yet been investigated. Herein, we report the synthesis of fluoro analogues of lysophosphatidylethanolamines (LPEs) and examine the physico-chemical properties of the LPE regioisomers using chemically synthesized fluoro probes.
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- Yusuke Yamamoto
- Graduate School of Health Science, Hokkaido University, North 12, West 5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0812 Japan
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- Graduate School of Health Science, Hokkaido University, North 12, West 5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0812 Japan
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- Graduate School of Health Science, Hokkaido University, North 12, West 5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0812 Japan
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- Graduate School of Health Science, Hokkaido University, North 12, West 5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0812 Japan
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- Graduate School of Health Science, Hokkaido University, North 12, West 5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0812 Japan
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- Graduate School of Health Science, Hokkaido University, North 12, West 5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0812 Japan.
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Moran ET. Nutrients central to maintaining intestinal absorptive efficiency and barrier integrity with fowl. Poult Sci 2018; 96:1348-1363. [PMID: 27665014 DOI: 10.3382/ps/pew337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2016] [Accepted: 08/05/2016] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The small intestinal mucosa acts to recover nutrients from the lumen while providing a barrier against potential hazards. Its unstirred water layer (USWL) at the lumen interface involves membrane associated mucin linearly protruding from underlying microvilli that entangles secretory mucin released from local goblet cells. Both mucin sources are dominated by repetitive O-glycosylated areas dependant on threonine, serine, glycine, and proline. Secretory mucin differs from membrane attached mucin by further employing multiple cystines that interconnect these areas into a net-like molecular sieve. All of the glycosylated areas have ionizable acidic groups credited with reducing pH from that in the lumen to create a micro environment favoring enzymes finalizing digestion while optimizing nutrient terms for absorption. Erosion of the USWL and/or abuse of the membrane due to lumen threats require continuous repair. The aforementioned amino acids are necessary in substantial amounts while vitamin B6 collaborates with vitamin A as meaningful cofactors for mucin synthesis. Marginal inadequacies of these nutrients during inordinate demand are expected to impair mucin replacement. In turn, marginal increases in feed conversion likely occur while fostering the probability of necrotic enteritis together with gizzard erosions. Abuse of the absorptive membrane is of particular concern from fatty acid hydroperoxides because of their continual presence in feed and inability of the USWL to provide protection. These hydroperoxides threaten membrane integrity by their inclusion in micelles during digestive events with fat thereby permitting transit through the USWL. Once coalesced with membrane phospholipids, structural aberrations are visualized as interfering with nutrient recovery while enabling leakage of cell contents to potentiate wet excreta. Inclusion of dietary vitamin E along with vitamin A into micelles with fatty acid hydroperoxides provides relief by quenching further peroxidation. Assuring cystine, threonine, glycine, and serine that are directly available as such together with vitamins A, E, and B6 represents one approach toward optimizing maintenance of the intestinal mucosa.
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Chow M, Sklepari M, Frigerio L, Dixon AM. Bacterial expression, purification and biophysical characterization of the smallest plant reticulon isoform, RTNLB13. Protein Expr Purif 2018; 152:31-39. [PMID: 29969670 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2018.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2018] [Revised: 05/21/2018] [Accepted: 06/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Reticulons are a large family of integral membrane proteins that are ubiquitous in eukaryotes and play a key role in functional remodelling of the endoplasmic reticulum membrane. The reticulon family is especially large in plants, with the Arabidopsis thaliana genome containing twenty-one isoforms. Reticulons vary in length but all contain a conserved C-terminal reticulon homology domain (RHD) that associates with membranes. An understanding of the structure and membrane interactions of RHDs is key to unlocking their mechanism of function, however no three-dimensional structure has been solved. We believe that this is, in part, due to difficulties in obtaining reticulon proteins in yields sufficient for structural study. To address this, we report here the first bacterial overexpression, purification, and biophysical investigation of a reticulon protein from plants, the RTNLB13 protein from A. thaliana. RTNLB13 is the smallest plant reticulon and is made up of a single RHD. We used circular dichroism, SDS-PAGE and analytical ultracentrifugation to reveal that RTNLB13 is 45% α-helical in a number of detergent environments, monomeric at low concentrations, and capable of self-association at higher concentrations. We used solution-state NMR to screen the effect of detergent type on the fold of isotopically-enriched RTNLB13, and found that ∼60% of the expected protein peaks were broadened due to slow dynamics. This broadening points toward a large network of protein-membrane interactions throughout the sequence. We have interpreted our results in light of current literature and suggest a preliminary description of RTNLB13 structure and topology.
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- Michael Chow
- MOAC Doctoral Training Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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- Warwick Centre for Analytical Science, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK.
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O'Leary EI, Jiang Z, Strub MP, Lee JC. Effects of phosphatidylcholine membrane fluidity on the conformation and aggregation of N-terminally acetylated α-synuclein. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:11195-11205. [PMID: 29853639 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.002780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2018] [Revised: 05/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Membrane association of α-synuclein (α-syn), a neuronal protein associated with Parkinson's disease (PD), is involved in α-syn function and pathology. Most previous studies on α-syn-membrane interactions have not used the physiologically relevant N-terminally acetylated (N-acetyl) α-syn form nor the most naturally abundant cellular lipid, i.e. phosphatidylcholine (PC). Here, we report on how PC membrane fluidity affects the conformation and aggregation propensity of N-acetyl α-syn. It is well established that upon membrane binding, α-syn adopts an α-helical structure. Using CD spectroscopy, we show that N-acetyl α-syn transitions from α-helical to disordered at the lipid melting temperature (Tm ). We found that this fluidity sensing is a robust characteristic, unaffected by acyl chain length (Tm = 34-55 °C) and preserved in its homologs β- and γ-syn. Interestingly, both N-acetyl α-syn membrane binding and amyloid formation trended with lipid order (1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC) > 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DOPC)/sphingomyelin/cholesterol (2:2:1) ≥ DOPC), with gel-phase vesicles shortening aggregation kinetics and promoting fibril formation compared to fluid membranes. Furthermore, we found that acetylation enhances binding to PC micelles and small unilamellar vesicles with high curvature (r ∼16-20 nm) and that DPPC binding is reduced in the presence of cholesterol. These results confirmed that the exposure of hydrocarbon chains (i.e. packing defects) is essential for binding to zwitterionic gel membranes. Collectively, our in vitro results suggest that N-acetyl α-syn localizes to highly curved, ordered membranes inside a cell. We propose that age-related changes in membrane fluidity can promote the formation of amyloid fibrils, insoluble materials associated with PD.
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- Emma I O'Leary
- From the Laboratory of Protein Conformation and Dynamics and
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- From the Laboratory of Protein Conformation and Dynamics and
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- the Biochemistry and Biophysics Center, NHLBI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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- From the Laboratory of Protein Conformation and Dynamics and
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Wolfe AJ, Si W, Zhang Z, Blanden AR, Hsueh YC, Gugel JF, Pham B, Chen M, Loh SN, Rozovsky S, Aksimentiev A, Movileanu L. Quantification of Membrane Protein-Detergent Complex Interactions. J Phys Chem B 2017; 121:10228-10241. [PMID: 29035562 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b08045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Although fundamentally significant in structural, chemical, and membrane biology, the interfacial protein-detergent complex (PDC) interactions have been modestly examined because of the complicated behavior of both detergents and membrane proteins in aqueous phase. Membrane proteins are prone to unproductive aggregation resulting from poor detergent solvation, but the participating forces in this phenomenon remain ambiguous. Here, we show that using rational membrane protein design, targeted chemical modification, and steady-state fluorescence polarization spectroscopy, the detergent desolvation of membrane proteins can be quantitatively evaluated. We demonstrate that depleting the detergent in the sample well produced a two-state transition of membrane proteins between a fully detergent-solvated state and a detergent-desolvated state, the nature of which depended on the interfacial PDC interactions. Using a panel of six membrane proteins of varying hydrophobic topography, structural fingerprint, and charge distribution on the solvent-accessible surface, we provide direct experimental evidence for the contributions of the electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions to the protein solvation properties. Moreover, all-atom molecular dynamics simulations report the major contribution of the hydrophobic forces exerted at the PDC interface. This semiquantitative approach might be extended in the future to include studies of the interfacial PDC interactions of other challenging membrane protein systems of unknown structure. This would have practical importance in protein extraction, solubilization, stabilization, and crystallization.
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- Aaron J Wolfe
- Department of Physics, Syracuse University , 201 Physics Building, Syracuse, New York 13244-1130, United States.,Structural Biology, Biochemistry, and Biophysics Program, Syracuse University , 111 College Place, Syracuse, New York 13244-4100, United States
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Design and Manufacture of Micro-Nano Biomedical Instruments and School of Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University , Nanjing 210096, China.,Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware , 136 Brown Laboratory, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University , 4249 Weiskotten Hall, 766 Irving Av., Syracuse, New York 13210, United States
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- Department of Physics, Syracuse University , 201 Physics Building, Syracuse, New York 13244-1130, United States
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- Department of Physics, Syracuse University , 201 Physics Building, Syracuse, New York 13244-1130, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts , 820 LGRT, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-9336, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts , 820 LGRT, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-9336, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University , 4249 Weiskotten Hall, 766 Irving Av., Syracuse, New York 13210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware , 136 Brown Laboratory, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Physics, Syracuse University , 201 Physics Building, Syracuse, New York 13244-1130, United States.,Structural Biology, Biochemistry, and Biophysics Program, Syracuse University , 111 College Place, Syracuse, New York 13244-4100, United States.,Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University , 329 Link Hall, Syracuse, New York 13244, United States
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De Cicco M, Milroy LG, Dames SA. Target of rapamycin FATC domain as a general membrane anchor: The FKBP-12 like domain of FKBP38 as a case study. Protein Sci 2017; 27:546-560. [PMID: 29024217 DOI: 10.1002/pro.3321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2017] [Revised: 10/06/2017] [Accepted: 10/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Increased efforts have been undertaken to better understand the formation of signaling complexes at cellular membranes. Since the preparation of proteins containing a transmembrane domain or a prenylation motif is generally challenging an alternative membrane anchoring unit that is easy to attach, water-soluble and binds to different membrane mimetics would find broad application. The 33-residue long FATC domain of yeast TOR1 (y1fatc) fulfills these criteria and binds to neutral and negatively charged micelles, bicelles, and liposomes. As a case study, we fused it to the FKBP506-binding region of the protein FKBP38 (FKBP38-BD) and used 1 H-15 N NMR spectroscopy to characterize localization of the chimeric protein to micelles, bicelles, and liposomes. Based on these and published data for y1fatc, its use as a C-terminally attachable membrane anchor for other proteins is compatible with a wide range of buffer conditions (pH circa 6-8.5, NaCl 0 to >150 mM, presence of reducing agents, different salts such as MgCl2 and CaCl2 ). The high water-solubility of y1fatc enables its use for titration experiments against a membrane-localized interaction partner of the fused target protein. Results from studies with peptides corresponding to the C-terminal 17-11 residues of the 33-residue long domain by 1D 1 H NMR and CD spectroscopy indicate that they still can interact with membrane mimetics. Thus, they may be used as membrane anchors if the full y1fatc sequence is disturbing or if a chemically synthesized y1fatc peptide shall be attached by native chemical ligation, for example, unlabeled peptide to 15 N-labeled target protein for NMR studies.
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- Maristella De Cicco
- Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität München, Biomolecular NMR Spectroscopy, Garching, Germany
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- Department of Biomedical Technology, Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität München, Biomolecular NMR Spectroscopy, Garching, Germany.,Institute of Structural Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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Sim DW, Lu Z, Won HS, Lee SN, Seo MD, Lee BJ, Kim JH. Application of Solution NMR to Structural Studies on α-Helical Integral Membrane Proteins. Molecules 2017; 22:molecules22081347. [PMID: 28809779 PMCID: PMC6152068 DOI: 10.3390/molecules22081347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2017] [Revised: 08/10/2017] [Accepted: 08/12/2017] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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A large portion of proteins in living organisms are membrane proteins which play critical roles in the biology of the cell, from maintenance of the biological membrane integrity to communication of cells with their surroundings. To understand their mechanism of action, structural information is essential. Nevertheless, structure determination of transmembrane proteins is still a challenging area, even though recently the number of deposited structures of membrane proteins in the PDB has rapidly increased thanks to the efforts using X-ray crystallography, electron microscopy, and solid and solution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technology. Among these technologies, solution NMR is a powerful tool for studying protein-protein, protein-ligand interactions and protein dynamics at a wide range of time scales as well as structure determination of membrane proteins. This review provides general and useful guideline for membrane protein sample preparation and the choice of membrane-mimetic media, which are the key step for successful structural analysis. Furthermore, this review provides an opportunity to look at recent applications of solution NMR to structural studies on α-helical membrane proteins through some success stories.
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- Dae-Won Sim
- Department of Biotechnology, College of Biomedical and Health Science, Konkuk University, Chungbuk 27478, Korea.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37204, USA.
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Biomedical and Health Science, Konkuk University, Chungbuk 27478, Korea.
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Biomedical and Health Science, Konkuk University, Chungbuk 27478, Korea.
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- Department of Molecular Science and Technology & College of Pharmacy, Ajou University, Suwon 16499, Korea.
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- The Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 151-742, Korea.
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- College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28160, Chungbuk, Korea.
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Structural and Dynamic Insights of the Interaction between Tritrpticin and Micelles: An NMR Study. Biophys J 2017; 111:2676-2688. [PMID: 28002744 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.10.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2016] [Revised: 10/14/2016] [Accepted: 10/27/2016] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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A large number of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) acts with high selectivity and specificity through interactions with membrane lipid components. These peptides undergo complex conformational changes in solution; upon binding to an interface, one major conformation is stabilized. Here we describe a study of the interaction between tritrpticin (TRP3), a cathelicidin AMP, and micelles of different chemical composition. The peptide's structure and dynamics were examined using one-dimensional and two-dimensional NMR. Our data showed that the interaction occurred by conformational selection and the peptide acquired similar structures in all systems studied, despite differences in detergent headgroup charge or dipole orientation. Fluorescence and paramagnetic relaxation enhancement experiments showed that the peptide is located in the interface region and is slightly more deeply inserted in 1-myristoyl-2-hydroxy-sn-glycero-3-phospho-1'-rac-glycerol (LMPG, anionic) than in 1-lauroyl-2-hydroxy-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (LLPC, zwitterionic) micelles. Moreover, the tilt angle of an assumed helical portion of the peptide is similar in both systems. In previous work we proposed that TRP3 acts by a toroidal pore mechanism. In view of the high hydrophobic core exposure, hydration, and curvature presented by micelles, the conformation of TRP3 in these systems could be related to the peptide's conformation in the toroidal pore.
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Patterson RE, Weatherbee-Martin N, Rainey JK. Pyrene-Apelin Conjugation Modulates Fluorophore- and Peptide-Micelle Interactions. J Phys Chem B 2017; 121:4768-4777. [PMID: 28414462 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b02376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Bioactive apelin peptide forms ranging in length from 12 to 55 amino acids bind to and activate the apelin receptor (AR or APJ), a class A G-protein coupled receptor. Apelin-12, -17, and -36 isoforms, named according to length, with an additional N-terminal cysteine residue allowed for regiospecific and efficient conjugation of pyrene maleimide. Through steady-state fluorescence spectroscopy, the emission properties of pyrene in aqueous buffer were compared to those of the pyrene-apelin conjugates both without and with zwitterionic or anionic micelles. Pyrene photophysics are consistent with an expected partitioning into the hydrophobic micellar cores, while pyrene-apelin conjugation prevented this partitioning. Apelin, conversely, is expected to preferentially interact with anionic micelles; pyrene-apelin conjugates appear to lose preferential interaction. Finally, Förster resonance energy transfer between pyrene and tryptophan residues in the N-terminal tail and first transmembrane segment (the AR55 construct, comprising residues 1-55 of the AR) was consistent with efficient nonspecific pyrene-apelin conjugate binding to micelles rather than direct, specific apelin-AR55 binding. This approach provides a versatile fluorophore conjugation strategy for apelin, particularly valuable given that even a highly hydrophobic fluorophore is not deleterious to peptide behavior in membrane-mimetic micellar systems.
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- Robin E Patterson
- Departments of †Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and ‡Chemistry, Dalhousie University , Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada
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- Departments of †Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and ‡Chemistry, Dalhousie University , Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada
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- Departments of †Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and ‡Chemistry, Dalhousie University , Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada
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Tanaka M, Nishimura A, Takeshita H, Takase H, Yamada T, Mukai T. Effect of lipid environment on amyloid fibril formation of human serum amyloid A. Chem Phys Lipids 2017; 202:6-12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2016.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2016] [Revised: 11/14/2016] [Accepted: 11/14/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Han BC, Wei W, Mi XC, Ma KP. De Novo Sequencing and Comparative Analysis of Schima superba Seedlings to Explore the Response to Drought Stress. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0166975. [PMID: 27930677 PMCID: PMC5145176 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2016] [Accepted: 11/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Schima superba is an important dominant species in subtropical evergreen broadleaved forests of China, and plays a vital role in community structure and dynamics. However, the survival rate of its seedlings in the field is low, and water shortage could be a factor that limits its regeneration. In order to better understand the response of its seedlings to drought stress on a functional genomics scale, RNA-seq technology was utilized in this study to perform a large-scale transcriptome sequencing of the S. superba seedlings under drought stress. More than 320 million clean reads were generated and 72218 unique transcripts were obtained through de novo assembly. These unigenes were further annotated by blasting with different public databases and a total of 53300 unique transcripts were annotated. A total of 31586 simple sequence repeat (SSR) loci were presented. Through gene expression profiling analysis between drought treatment and control, 11038 genes were found to be significantly enriched in drought-stressed seedlings. Based on these differentially expressed genes (DEGs), Gene Ontology (GO) terms enrichment and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway (KEGG) enrichment analysis indicated that drought stress caused a number of changes in the types of sugars, enzymes, secondary mechanisms, and light responses, and induced some potential physical protection mechanisms. In addition, the expression patterns of 18 transcripts induced by drought, as determined by quantitative real-time PCR, were consistent with their transcript abundance changes, as identified by RNA-seq. This transcriptome study provides a rapid method for understanding the response of S. superba seedlings to drought stress and provides a number of gene sequences available for further functional genomics studies.
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- Bao-cai Han
- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences (IBCAS), Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences (IBCAS), Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences (IBCAS), Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences (IBCAS), Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Marsh D. Equation of State for Phospholipid Self-Assembly. Biophys J 2016; 110:188-96. [PMID: 26745421 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2015] [Revised: 11/09/2015] [Accepted: 11/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Phospholipid self-assembly is the basis of biomembrane stability. The entropy of transfer from water to self-assembled micelles of lysophosphatidylcholines and diacyl phosphatidylcholines with different chain lengths converges to a common value at a temperature of 44°C. The corresponding enthalpies of transfer converge at ∼-18°C. An equation of state for the free energy of self-assembly formulated from this thermodynamic data depends on the heat capacity of transfer as the sole parameter needed to specify a particular lipid. For lipids lacking calorimetric data, measurement of the critical micelle concentration at a single temperature suffices to define an effective heat capacity according to the model. Agreement with the experimental temperature dependence of the critical micelle concentration is then good. The predictive powers should extend also to amphiphile partitioning and the kinetics of lipid-monomer transfer.
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- Derek Marsh
- University of Southern Denmark, MEMPHYS, Odense, Denmark; Max-Planck-Institut für biophysikalische Chemie, Göttingen, Germany.
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Dennis EA. Liberating Chiral Lipid Mediators, Inflammatory Enzymes, and LIPID MAPS from Biological Grease. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:24431-24448. [PMID: 27555328 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.x116.723791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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In 1970, it was well accepted that the central role of lipids was in energy storage and metabolism, and it was assumed that amphipathic lipids simply served a passive structural role as the backbone of biological membranes. As a result, the scientific community was focused on nucleic acids, proteins, and carbohydrates as information-containing molecules. It took considerable effort until scientists accepted that lipids also "encode" specific and unique biological information and play a central role in cell signaling. Along with this realization came the recognition that the enzymes that act on lipid substrates residing in or on membranes and micelles must also have important signaling roles, spurring curiosity into their potentially unique modes of action differing from those acting on water-soluble substrates. This led to the creation of the concept of "surface dilution kinetics" for describing the mechanism of enzymes acting on lipid substrates, as well as the demonstration that lipid enzymes such as phospholipase A2 (PLA2) contain allosteric activator sites for specific phospholipids as well as for membranes. As our understanding of phospholipases advanced, so did the understanding that many of the lipids released by these enzymes are chiral information-containing signaling molecules; for example, PLA2 regulates the generation of precursors for the biosynthesis of eicosanoids and other bioactive lipid mediators of inflammation and resolution underlying disease progression. The creation of the LIPID MAPS initiative in 2003 and the ensuing development of the lipidomics field have revealed that lipid metabolites are central to human metabolism. Today lipids are recognized as key mediators of health and disease as we enter a new era of biomarkers and personalized medicine. This article is my personal "reflection" on these scientific advances.
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- Edward A Dennis
- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0601.
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Weber DK, Yao S, Rojko N, Anderluh G, Lybrand TP, Downton MT, Wagner J, Separovic F. Characterization of the Lipid-Binding Site of Equinatoxin II by NMR and Molecular Dynamics Simulation. Biophys J 2016; 108:1987-96. [PMID: 25902438 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.03.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2015] [Revised: 03/09/2015] [Accepted: 03/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Equinatoxin II (EqtII) is a soluble, 20 kDa pore-forming protein toxin isolated from the sea anemone Actinia equina. Although pore formation has long been known to occur in distinct stages, including monomeric attachment to phospholipid membranes followed by detachment of the N-terminal helical domain and oligomerization into the final pore assembly, atomistic-level detail of the protein-lipid interactions underlying these events remains elusive. Using high-resolution solution state NMR of uniformly-(15)N-labeled EqtII at the critical micelle concentration of dodecylphosphocholine, we have mapped the lipid-binding site through chemical shift perturbations. Subsequent docking of an EqtII monomer onto a dodecylphosphocholine micelle, followed by 400 ns of all-atom molecular dynamics simulation, saw several high-occupancy lipid-binding pockets stabilized by cation-π, hydrogen bonding, and hydrophobic interactions; and stabilization of the loop housing the conserved arginine-glycine-aspartate motif. Additional simulation of EqtII with an N-acetyl sphingomyelin micelle, for which high-resolution NMR data cannot be obtained due to aggregate formation, revealed that sphingomyelin specificity might occur via hydrogen bonding to the 3-OH and 2-NH groups unique to the ceramide backbone by side chains of D109 and Y113; and main chains of P81 and W112. Furthermore, a binding pocket formed by K30, K77, and P81, proximate to the hinge region of the N-terminal helix, was identified and may be implicated in triggering pore formation.
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- Daniel K Weber
- School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Bio21 Institute, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Bio21 Institute, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Laboratory for Molecular Biology and Nanobiotechnology, National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Laboratory for Molecular Biology and Nanobiotechnology, National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Center for Structural Biology, Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
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- IBM Research Collaboratory for Life Sciences, Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- IBM Research Collaboratory for Life Sciences, Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Bio21 Institute, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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Sim DW, Lee YS, Seo MD, Won HS, Kim JH. A simple guide to the structural study on membrane proteins in detergents using solution NMR. JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN MAGNETIC RESONANCE SOCIETY 2015. [DOI: 10.6564/jkmrs.2015.19.3.137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Millar TJ, Schuett BS. The real reason for having a meibomian lipid layer covering the outer surface of the tear film - A review. Exp Eye Res 2015; 137:125-38. [PMID: 25981748 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2015.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2015] [Revised: 05/05/2015] [Accepted: 05/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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This review critically evaluates a broad range of literature in order to show the relationship between meibum, tear lipids and the tear film lipid layer (TFLL). The relationship of meibum composition to dry eye syndrome is briefly discussed. The review also explores the interactions between aqueous and the TFLL by examining the correlations between meibomian lipids and lipids extracted from whole tears, and by considering protein adsorption to the TFLL from the aqueous. Although it is clear to the authors that a normal tear film resists evaporation, an emerging idea from the literature is that the main purpose of the TFLL is to allow the spread of the tear film and to prevent its collapse onto the ocular surface, rather than to be an evaporative blanket. Current models on the possible structure of the TFLL are also examined.
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- Thomas J Millar
- University of Western Sydney, School of Science and Health, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia.
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- University of Western Sydney, School of Science and Health, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia.
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Krzan M, Jarek E, Warszyński P, Rogalska E. Effect of products of PLA2 catalyzed hydrolysis of DLPC on motion of rising bubbles. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2015; 128:261-267. [PMID: 25724770 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2015.01.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2014] [Revised: 01/24/2015] [Accepted: 01/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Local velocities of rising bubbles decrease with the increasing concentration in solution of surface-active, water-soluble species. Therefore, it is possible to use this phenomenon to monitor products of enzymatic reactions, which meet such criteria. In this study, hydrolysis of 1,2-dilauroyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylcholine (DLPC) catalyzed by calcium-dependent phospholipase A2 (PLA2) (EC3.1.1.4) from porcine pancreas was used as model reaction. The products of this reaction are lauric acid (LA) and 1-lauroyl-2-hydroxy-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylcholine (Lyso-PC). DLPC was dispersed in a chloroform/methanol mixture that was spread on a free PLA2 solution surface. Air bubbles were then formed at a capillary orifice and the local velocity of rising bubbles as a function of the distance from the capillary tip was monitored. Local velocity profiles were compared with profiles recorded for solutions of pure enzymatic reaction products and their mixtures. Our experiments showed that the product, which had a dominating effect on bubble motion retardation, was lyso-phosphatidylcholine. This can be explained by differences in the kinetics of lauric acid and lyso-phosphatidylcholine transfer from the spread layer to the solution.
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- Marcel Krzan
- Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, PAS, Niezapominajek 8, 30-239 Krakow, Poland.
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- Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, PAS, Niezapominajek 8, 30-239 Krakow, Poland.
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- Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, PAS, Niezapominajek 8, 30-239 Krakow, Poland.
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- Structure et Réactivité des Systèmes Moléculaires Complexes, BP 239, CNRS/Université de Lorraine, 54506 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy Cedex, France.
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Lajoie DM, Roberts SA, Zobel-Thropp PA, Delahaye JL, Bandarian V, Binford GJ, Cordes MHJ. Variable Substrate Preference among Phospholipase D Toxins from Sicariid Spiders. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:10994-1007. [PMID: 25752604 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.636951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Venoms of the sicariid spiders contain phospholipase D enzyme toxins that can cause severe dermonecrosis and even death in humans. These enzymes convert sphingolipid and lysolipid substrates to cyclic phosphates by activating a hydroxyl nucleophile present in both classes of lipid. The most medically relevant substrates are thought to be sphingomyelin and/or lysophosphatidylcholine. To better understand the substrate preference of these toxins, we used (31)P NMR to compare the activity of three related but phylogenetically diverse sicariid toxins against a diverse panel of sphingolipid and lysolipid substrates. Two of the three showed significantly faster turnover of sphingolipids over lysolipids, and all three showed a strong preference for positively charged (choline and/or ethanolamine) over neutral (glycerol and serine) headgroups. Strikingly, however, the enzymes vary widely in their preference for choline, the headgroup of both sphingomyelin and lysophosphatidylcholine, versus ethanolamine. An enzyme from Sicarius terrosus showed a strong preference for ethanolamine over choline, whereas two paralogous enzymes from Loxosceles arizonica either preferred choline or showed no significant preference. Intrigued by the novel substrate preference of the Sicarius enzyme, we solved its crystal structure at 2.1 Å resolution. The evolution of variable substrate specificity may help explain the reduced dermonecrotic potential of some natural toxin variants, because mammalian sphingolipids use primarily choline as a positively charged headgroup; it may also be relevant for sicariid predatory behavior, because ethanolamine-containing sphingolipids are common in insect prey.
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- Daniel M Lajoie
- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 and
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 and
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- the Department of Biology, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon 97219
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 and
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- the Department of Biology, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon 97219
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 and
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Rubio JM, Rodríguez JP, Gil-de-Gómez L, Guijas C, Balboa MA, Balsinde J. Group V secreted phospholipase A2 is upregulated by IL-4 in human macrophages and mediates phagocytosis via hydrolysis of ethanolamine phospholipids. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2015; 194:3327-39. [PMID: 25725101 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1401026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Studies on the heterogeneity and plasticity of macrophage populations led to the identification of two major polarization states: classically activated macrophages or M1, induced by IFN-γ plus LPS, and alternatively activated macrophages, induced by IL-4. We studied the expression of multiple phospholipase A2 enzymes in human macrophages and the effect that polarization of the cells has on their levels. At least 11 phospholipase A2 genes were found at significant levels in human macrophages, as detected by quantitative PCR. None of these exhibited marked changes after treating the cells with IFN-γ plus LPS. However, macrophage treatment with IL-4 led to strong upregulation of the secreted group V phospholipase A2 (sPLA2-V), both at the mRNA and protein levels. In parallel with increasing sPLA2-V expression levels, IL-4-treated macrophages exhibited increased phagocytosis of yeast-derived zymosan and bacteria, and we show that both events are causally related, because cells deficient in sPLA2-V exhibited decreased phagocytosis, and cells overexpressing the enzyme manifested higher rates of phagocytosis. Mass spectrometry analyses of lipid changes in the IL-4-treated macrophages suggest that ethanolamine lysophospholipid (LPE) is an sPLA2-V-derived product that may be involved in regulating phagocytosis. Cellular levels of LPE are selectively maintained by sPLA2-V. By supplementing sPLA2-V-deficient cells with LPE, phagocytosis of zymosan or bacteria was fully restored in IL-4-treated cells. Collectively, our results show that sPLA2-V is required for efficient phagocytosis by IL-4-treated human macrophages and provide evidence that sPLA2-V-derived LPE is involved in the process.
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- Julio M Rubio
- Instituto de Biología y Genética Molecular, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad de Valladolid, 47003 Valladolid, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas, 28029 Madrid, Spain; and
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- Instituto de Biología y Genética Molecular, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad de Valladolid, 47003 Valladolid, Spain; Laboratorio de Investigación en Proteínas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales y Agrimensura, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, 3400 Corrientes, Argentina
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- Instituto de Biología y Genética Molecular, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad de Valladolid, 47003 Valladolid, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología y Genética Molecular, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad de Valladolid, 47003 Valladolid, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas, 28029 Madrid, Spain; and
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- Instituto de Biología y Genética Molecular, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad de Valladolid, 47003 Valladolid, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas, 28029 Madrid, Spain; and
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- Instituto de Biología y Genética Molecular, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad de Valladolid, 47003 Valladolid, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas, 28029 Madrid, Spain; and
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Interaction of cyclic and linear Labaditin peptides with anionic and zwitterionic micelles. J Colloid Interface Sci 2015; 438:39-46. [PMID: 25454423 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2014.09.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2014] [Revised: 09/15/2014] [Accepted: 09/17/2014] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Conformational changes of the cyclic (Lo) peptide Labaditin (VWTVWGTIAG) and its linear analogue (L1) promoted by presence of anionic sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and zwitterionic L-α-Lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) micelles were investigated. Results from λ(max) blue-shift of tryptophan fluorescence emission combined with Stern-Volmer constants values and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations indicated that L1 interacts with SDS micelles to a higher extent than does Lo. Further, the MD simulation demonstrated that both Lo and L1 interact similarly with LPC micelles, being preferentially located at the micelle/water interface. The peptide-micelle interaction elicits conformational changes in the peptides. Lo undergoes limited modifications and presents unordered structure in both LPC and SDS micelles. On the other hand, L1 displays a random-coil structure in aqueous medium, pH 7.0, and it acquires a β-structure upon interaction with SDS and LPC, albeit with structural differences in each medium.
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Brunetti E, Inthasot A, Keymeulen F, Reinaud O, Jabin I, Bartik K. Primary amine recognition in water by a calix[6]aza-cryptand incorporated in dodecylphosphocholine micelles. Org Biomol Chem 2015; 13:2931-8. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ob02495h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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A zinc calix[6]azacryptand complex was incorporated into dodecylphosphocholine micelles. This complex can strongly and selectively bind linear primary amines in an aqueous medium.
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- Emilio Brunetti
- Laboratoire de Chimie Organique
- Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
- B-1050 Brussels
- Belgium
- Engineering of Molecular NanoSystems
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Organique
- Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
- B-1050 Brussels
- Belgium
- Laboratoire de Résonance Magnétique Nucléaire Haute Résolution
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- Engineering of Molecular NanoSystems
- Ecole polytechnique de Bruxelles
- Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
- B-1050 Brussels
- Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Chimie et de Biochimie Pharmacologiques et Toxicologiques (CNRS UMR 8601)
- Université Paris Descartes
- 75006 Paris
- France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Organique
- Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
- B-1050 Brussels
- Belgium
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- Engineering of Molecular NanoSystems
- Ecole polytechnique de Bruxelles
- Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
- B-1050 Brussels
- Belgium
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Brea RJ, Cole CM, Devaraj NK. In situ vesicle formation by native chemical ligation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014; 53:14102-5. [PMID: 25346090 PMCID: PMC4418804 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201408538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2014] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Phospholipid vesicles are of intense fundamental and practical interest, yet methods for their de novo generation from reactive precursors are limited. A non-enzymatic and chemoselective method to spontaneously generate phospholipid membranes from water-soluble starting materials would be a powerful tool for generating vesicles and studying lipid membranes. Here we describe the use of native chemical ligation (NCL) to rapidly prepare phospholipids spontaneously from thioesters. While NCL is one of the most popular tools for synthesizing proteins and nucleic acids, to our knowledge this is the first example of using NCL to generate phospholipids de novo. The lipids are capable of in situ synthesis and self-assembly into vesicles that can grow to several microns in diameter. The selectivity of the NCL reaction makes in situ membrane formation compatible with biological materials such as proteins. This work expands the application of NCL to the formation of phospholipid membranes.
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- Roberto J. Brea
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, Building: Urey Hall 4120, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA, Fax: (+1) 858-534-9503, Homepage: http://devarajgroup.ucsd.edu
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, Building: Urey Hall 4120, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA, Fax: (+1) 858-534-9503, Homepage: http://devarajgroup.ucsd.edu
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, Building: Urey Hall 4120, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA, Fax: (+1) 858-534-9503, Homepage: http://devarajgroup.ucsd.edu
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Oleoyl-lysophosphatidylcholine limits endothelial nitric oxide bioavailability by induction of reactive oxygen species. PLoS One 2014; 9:e113443. [PMID: 25419657 PMCID: PMC4242637 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2014] [Accepted: 10/23/2014] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Previously we reported modulation of endothelial prostacyclin and interleukin-8 production, cyclooxygenase-2 expression and vasorelaxation by oleoyl- lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC 18:1). In the present study, we examined the impact of this LPC on nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability in vascular endothelial EA.hy926 cells. Basal NO formation in these cells was decreased by LPC 18:1. This was accompanied with a partial disruption of the active endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS)- dimer, leading to eNOS uncoupling and increased formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The LPC 18:1-induced ROS formation was attenuated by the superoxide scavenger Tiron, as well as by the pharmacological inhibitors of eNOS, NADPH oxidases, flavin-containing enzymes and superoxide dismutase (SOD). Intracellular ROS-formation was most prominent in mitochondria, less pronounced in cytosol and undetectable in endoplasmic reticulum. Importantly, Tiron completely prevented the LPC 18:1-induced decrease in NO bioavailability in EA.hy926 cells. The importance of the discovered findings for more in vivo like situations was analyzed by organ bath experiments in mouse aortic rings. LPC 18:1 attenuated the acetylcholine-induced, endothelium dependent vasorelaxation and massively decreased NO bioavailability. We conclude that LPC 18:1 induces eNOS uncoupling and unspecific superoxide production. This results in NO scavenging by ROS, a limited endothelial NO bioavailability and impaired vascular function.
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Brea RJ, Cole CM, Devaraj NK. In Situ Vesicle Formation by Native Chemical Ligation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201408538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Lysophospholipid-containing membranes modulate the fibril formation of the repeat domain of a human functional amyloid, pmel17. J Mol Biol 2014; 426:4074-4086. [PMID: 25451784 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2014.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2014] [Revised: 09/23/2014] [Accepted: 10/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Pmel17 is an important protein for pigmentation in human skin and eyes. Proteolytic fragments from Pmel17 form fibrils upon which melanin is deposited in melanosomes. The repeat domain (RPT) derived from Pmel17 only forms fibrils under acidic melanosomal conditions. Here, we examined the effects of lipids on RPT aggregation to explore whether intramelanosomal vesicles can facilitate fibrillogenesis. Using transmission electron microscopy, circular dichroism, and fluorescence spectroscopy, we monitored fibril formation at the ultrastructural, secondary conformational, and local levels, respectively. Phospholipid vesicles and lysophospholipid (lysolipid) micelles were employed as membrane mimics. The surfactant-like lysolipids are particularly pertinent due to their high content in melanosomal membranes. Interestingly, RPT aggregation kinetics were influenced only by lysolipid-containing phospholipid vesicles. While both vesicles containing either anionic lysophosphatidylglycerol (LPG) or zwitterionic lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) stimulate aggregation, LPG exerted a greater effect on reducing the apparent nucleation time. A detailed comparison showed distinct behaviors of LPG versus LPC monomers and micelles plausibly originating from their headgroup hydrogen bonding capabilities. Acceleration and retardation of aggregation were observed for LPG monomers and micelles, respectively. Because a specific interaction between LPG and RPT was identified by intrinsic W423 fluorescence and induced α-helical structure, it is inferred that binding of LPG near the C-terminal amyloid core initiates intermolecular association, whereas stabilization of α-helical conformation inhibits β-sheet formation. Contrastingly, LPC promotes RPT aggregation at both submicellar and micellar concentrations via non-specific binding with undetectable secondary structural change. Our findings suggest that protein-lysolipid interactions within melanosomes may regulate amyloid formation in vivo.
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Ahn T, Bae CS, Yun CH. Affinity purification of recombinant human cytochrome P450s 3A4 and 1A2 using mixed micelle systems. Protein Expr Purif 2014; 101:37-41. [PMID: 24893120 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2014.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2014] [Revised: 05/20/2014] [Accepted: 05/21/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Recombinant cytochrome P450 (CYP or P450) enzymes are useful for drug metabolism research and thereby many expression and purification systems have been developed. Here, we provide a method for the purification of human P450s 3A4 and 1A2 expressed in Escherichia coli using mixed micelles containing anionic phospholipids. This method does not require any protein-tagging system for protein isolation and has a further advantage that the purification is concomitantly conducted with reconstitution of the enzymes into a phospholipid environment, which is crucial for the catalytic activity assay of P450 enzyme. This method may also be applied to high-throughput catalytic assays of the enzymes because the purification procedures can be undertaken in a 96-well plate.
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- Taeho Ahn
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea
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- School of Biological Sciences and Technology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea
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Martin SA, Gijón MA, Voelker DR, Murphy RC. Measurement of lysophospholipid acyltransferase activities using substrate competition. J Lipid Res 2014; 55:782-91. [PMID: 24563510 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.d044636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Lysophospholipid acyltransferases (LPATs) incorporate fatty acyl chains into phospholipids via a CoA-dependent mechanism and are important in remodeling phospholipids to generate the molecular species of phospholipids found in cells. These enzymes use one lysophospholipid and one acyl-CoA ester as substrates. Traditional enzyme activity assays engage a single substrate pair, whereas in vivo multiple molecular species exist. We describe here an alternative biochemical assay that provides a mixture of substrates presented to the microsomal extracts. Microsomal preparations from RAW 264.7 cells were used to compare traditional LPAT assays with data obtained using a dual substrate choice assay using six different lysophospholipids and eight different acyl-CoA esters. The complex mixture of newly synthesized phospholipid products was analyzed using LC-MS/MS. Both types of assays provided similar results, but the dual choice assay provided information about multiple fatty acyl chain incorporation into various phospholipid classes in a single reaction. Engineered suppression of LPCAT3 activity in RAW 264.7 cells was easily detected by the dual choice method. These findings demonstrate that this assay is both specific and sensitive and that it provides much richer biochemical detail than traditional assays.
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- Sarah A Martin
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO 80045
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López-Castilla A, Pazos F, Schreier S, Pires JR. Solution NMR analysis of the interaction between the actinoporin sticholysin I and DHPC micelles--correlation with backbone dynamics. Proteins 2013; 82:1022-34. [PMID: 24218049 DOI: 10.1002/prot.24475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2013] [Revised: 10/26/2013] [Accepted: 11/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Sticholysin I (StI), an actinoporin expressed as a water-soluble protein by the sea anemone Stichodactyla helianthus, binds to natural and model membranes, forming oligomeric pores. It is proposed that the first event of a multistep pore formation mechanism consists of the monomeric protein attachment to the lipid bilayer. To date there is no high-resolution structure of the actinoporin pore or other membrane-bound form available. Here we evaluated StI:micelle complexes of variable lipid composition to look for a suitable model for NMR studies. Micelles of pure or mixed lysophospholipids and of dihexanoyl phosphatidylcholine (DHPC) were examined. The StI:DHPC micelle was found to be the best system, yielding a stable sample and good quality spectra. A comprehensive chemical shift perturbation analysis was performed to map the StI membrane recognition site in the presence of DHPC micelles. The region mapped (residues F(51), R(52), S(53) in loop 3; F(107), D(108), Y(109), W(111), Y(112), W(115) in loop 7; Q(129), Y(132), D(134), M(135), Y(136), Y(137), G(138) in helix-α2) is in agreement with previously reported data, but additional residues were found to interact, especially residues V(81), A(82), T(83), G(84) in loop 5, and A(85), A(87) in strand-β5. Backbone dynamics measurements of StI free in solution and bound to micelles highlighted the relevance of protein flexibility for membrane binding and suggested that a conformer selection process may take place during protein-membrane interaction. We conclude that the StI:DHPC micelles system is a suitable model for further characterization of an actinoporin membrane-bound form by solution NMR.
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- Aracelys López-Castilla
- Centro de Estudio de Proteinas, Facultad de Biologia, Universidad de la Habana, Habana, Cuba; Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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