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Ali Moussa HY, Shin KC, Ponraj J, Park SH, Lee OS, Mansour S, Park Y. PIP 2 Is An Electrostatic Catalyst for Vesicle Fusion by Lowering the Hydration Energy: Arresting Vesicle Fusion by Masking PIP 2. ACS NANO 2024; 18:12737-12748. [PMID: 38717305 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c09614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
Abstract
Lipids are key factors in regulating membrane fusion. Lipids are not only structural components to form membranes but also active catalysts for vesicle fusion and neurotransmitter release, which are driven by soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) proteins. SNARE proteins seem to be partially assembled before fusion, but the mechanisms that arrest vesicle fusion before Ca2+ influx are still not clear. Here, we show that phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) electrostatically triggers vesicle fusion as an electrostatic catalyst by lowering the hydration energy and that a myristoylated alanine-rich C-kinase substrate (MARCKS), a PIP2-binding protein, arrests vesicle fusion in a vesicle docking state where the SNARE complex is partially assembled. Vesicle-mimicking liposomes fail to reproduce vesicle fusion arrest by masking PIP2, indicating that native vesicles are essential for the reconstitution of physiological vesicle fusion. PIP2 attracts cations to repel water molecules from membranes, thus lowering the hydration energy barrier.
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- Houda Yasmine Ali Moussa
- Neurological Disorders Research Center, Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI), Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
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- Neurological Disorders Research Center, Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI), Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
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- HBKU Core Laboratories, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Doha, Qatar
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences, Technology and Innovation Park, P. J. Šafárik University, Košice SK-04001, Slovakia
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- HBKU Core Laboratories, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Doha, Qatar
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- Neurological Disorders Research Center, Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI), Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
- College of Health & Life Sciences (CHLS), Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
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Jahn R, Cafiso DC, Tamm LK. Mechanisms of SNARE proteins in membrane fusion. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2024; 25:101-118. [PMID: 37848589 DOI: 10.1038/s41580-023-00668-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/06/2023] [Indexed: 10/19/2023]
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Soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptors (SNAREs) are a family of small conserved eukaryotic proteins that mediate membrane fusion between organelles and with the plasma membrane. SNAREs are directly or indirectly anchored to membranes. Prior to fusion, complementary SNAREs assemble between membranes with the aid of accessory proteins that provide a scaffold to initiate SNARE zippering, pulling the membranes together and mediating fusion. Recent advances have enabled the construction of detailed models describing bilayer transitions and energy barriers along the fusion pathway and have elucidated the structures of SNAREs complexed in various states with regulatory proteins. In this Review, we discuss how these advances are yielding an increasingly detailed picture of the SNARE-mediated fusion pathway, leading from first contact between the membranes via metastable non-bilayer intermediates towards the opening and expansion of a fusion pore. We describe how SNARE proteins assemble into complexes, how this assembly is regulated by accessory proteins and how SNARE complexes overcome the free energy barriers that prevent spontaneous membrane fusion.
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- Reinhard Jahn
- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Max-Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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Wang Q, Song Y, Gao J, Li Q, Chen J, Xie Y, Wang Z, Tan H, Yang H, Zhang N, Qian J, Pang Z, Huang Z, Ge J. Hippo pathway-manipulating neutrophil-mimic hybrid nanoparticles for cardiac ischemic injury via modulation of local immunity and cardiac regeneration. Acta Pharm Sin B 2023; 13:4999-5015. [PMID: 38045050 PMCID: PMC10692379 DOI: 10.1016/j.apsb.2023.08.021] [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: 05/03/2023] [Revised: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 07/28/2023] [Indexed: 12/05/2023] Open
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The promise of regeneration therapy for restoration of damaged myocardium after cardiac ischemic injury relies on targeted delivery of proliferative molecules into cardiomyocytes whose healing benefits are still limited owing to severe immune microenvironment due to local high concentration of proinflammatory cytokines. Optimal therapeutic strategies are therefore in urgent need to both modulate local immunity and deliver proliferative molecules. Here, we addressed this unmet need by developing neutrophil-mimic nanoparticles NM@miR, fabricated by coating hybrid neutrophil membranes with artificial lipids onto mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) loaded with microRNA-10b. The hybrid membrane could endow nanoparticles with strong capacity to migrate into inflammatory sites and neutralize proinflammatory cytokines and increase the delivery efficiency of microRNA-10b into adult mammalian cardiomyocytes (CMs) by fusing with cell membranes and leading to the release of MSNs-miR into cytosol. Upon NM@miR administration, this nanoparticle could home to the injured myocardium, restore the local immunity, and efficiently deliver microRNA-10b to cardiomyocytes, which could reduce the activation of Hippo-YAP pathway mediated by excessive cytokines and exert the best proliferative effect of miR-10b. This combination therapy could finally improve cardiac function and mitigate ventricular remodeling. Consequently, this work offers a combination strategy of immunity modulation and proliferative molecule delivery to boost cardiac regeneration after injury.
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- Qiaozi Wang
- Department of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai 200032, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Interventional Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai 200032, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Interventional Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai 200032, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Interventional Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai 200032, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Interventional Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai 200032, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Interventional Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai 200032, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Interventional Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai 200032, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Interventional Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai 200032, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Interventional Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai 200032, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Interventional Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai 200032, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Interventional Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Smart Drug Delivery, Ministry of Education, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai 200032, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Interventional Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai 200032, China
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Interventional Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China
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Li Z, Wang J, O’Hagan MP, Huang F, Xia F, Willner I. Dynamic Fusion of Nucleic Acid Functionalized Nano-/Micro-Cell-Like Containments: From Basic Concepts to Applications. ACS NANO 2023; 17:15308-15327. [PMID: 37549398 PMCID: PMC10448756 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c04415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/09/2023]
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Membrane fusion processes play key roles in biological transformations, such as endocytosis/exocytosis, signal transduction, neurotransmission, or viral infections, and substantial research efforts have been directed to emulate these functions by artificial means. The recognition and dynamic reconfiguration properties of nucleic acids provide a versatile means to induce membrane fusion. Here we address recent advances in the functionalization of liposomes or membranes with structurally engineered lipidated nucleic acids guiding the fusion of cell-like containments, and the biophysical and chemical parameters controlling the fusion of the liposomes will be discussed. Intermembrane bridging by duplex or triplex nucleic acids and light-induced activation of membrane-associated nucleic acid constituents provide the means for spatiotemporal fusion of liposomes or nucleic acid modified liposome fusion with native cell membranes. The membrane fusion processes lead to exchange of loads in the fused containments and are a means to integrate functional assemblies. This is exemplified with the operation of biocatalytic cascades and dynamic DNA polymerization/nicking or transcription machineries in fused protocell systems. Membrane fusion processes of protocell assemblies are found to have important drug-delivery, therapeutic, sensing, and biocatalytic applications. The future challenges and perspectives of DNA-guided fused containments and membranes are addressed.
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- Zhenzhen Li
- The
Institute of Chemistry, The Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- The
Institute of Chemistry, The Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- The
Institute of Chemistry, The Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- State
Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Engineering
Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty
of Materials Science and Chemistry, China
University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Engineering
Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty
of Materials Science and Chemistry, China
University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
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- The
Institute of Chemistry, The Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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Andersson A, Fornasier M, Makasewicz K, Pálmadóttir T, Linse S, Sparr E, Jönsson P. Single-vesicle intensity and colocalization fluorescence microscopy to study lipid vesicle fusion, fission, and lipid exchange. Front Mol Neurosci 2022; 15:1007699. [PMID: 36533132 PMCID: PMC9751204 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2022.1007699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2023] Open
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Interactions of lipid vesicles play important roles in a large variety of functions and dysfunctions in the human body. Vital for several biochemical functions is the interaction between monomeric proteins and lipid membranes, and the induced phenomena such as fusion between vesicles and cell membranes, lipid exchange between the membranes, or vesicle fission. Identification of single events and their frequency of occurrence would provide valuable information about protein-lipid interactions in both healthy and degenerative pathways. In this work, we present a single-vesicle intensity and colocalization fluorescence microscopy assay with a custom-written MATLAB analysis program. The assay can be used to study lipid exchange as well as vesicle fusion and fission between two vesicle populations labeled with different fluorescent dyes. Vesicles from the two populations are first mixed and docked to a glass surface. The sample is then simultaneously imaged using two separate wavelength channels monitoring intensity changes and colocalization of vesicles from the two populations. The monomeric pre-synaptic protein α-synuclein (α-syn) and small unilamellar vesicles consisting of 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DOPC), 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-L-serine, (DOPS), and monosialotetrahexosylganglioside (GM1) were used as a model system to evaluate the method. From our analysis, neither α-syn induced fusion nor lipid exchange was observed for vesicles consisting of DOPC:DOPS (7:3). However, including 10% GM1 in the vesicles resulted in a 91% increase of the number of vesicles within 10 min, combined with a 57% decrease in the average fluorescence intensity per vesicle, indicating that approximately half of the vesicles underwent fission. The method facilitates the study of lipid vesicle fusion, fission, and lipid exchange under controlled conditions. It also allows these events to be studied for systems with more complex composition including exosomes and lipid-based drug carriers, to enable a better understanding of their physicochemical properties.
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- Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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Bottacchiari M, Gallo M, Bussoletti M, Casciola CM. Activation energy and force fields during topological transitions of fluid lipid vesicles. COMMUNICATIONS PHYSICS 2022; 5:283. [PMID: 36405503 PMCID: PMC9660165 DOI: 10.1038/s42005-022-01055-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Topological transitions of fluid lipid membranes are fundamental processes for cell life. For example, they are required for endo- and exocytosis or to enable neurotransmitters to cross the neural synapses. Here, inspired by the idea that fusion and fission proteins could have evolved in Nature in order to carry out a minimal work expenditure, we evaluate the minimal free energy pathway for the transition between two spherical large unilamellar vesicles and a dumbbell-shaped one. To address the problem, we propose and successfully use a Ginzburg-Landau type of free energy, which allows us to uniquely describe without interruption the whole, full-scale topological change. We also compute the force fields needed to overcome the involved energy barriers. The obtained forces are in excellent agreement, in terms of intensity, scale, and spatial localization with experimental data on typical fission protein systems, whereas they suggest the presence of additional features in fusion proteins.
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- Matteo Bottacchiari
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
- Present Address: School of Architecture, Technology and Engineering, University of Brighton, Brighton, United Kingdom
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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Mion D, Bunel L, Heo P, Pincet F. The beginning and the end of SNARE-induced membrane fusion. FEBS Open Bio 2022; 12:1958-1979. [PMID: 35622519 PMCID: PMC9623537 DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.13447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Revised: 05/11/2022] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Membrane fusion is not a spontaneous process. Physiologically, the formation of coiled-coil protein complexes, the SNAREpins, bridges the membrane of a vesicle and a target membrane, brings them in close contact, and provides the energy necessary for their fusion. In this review, we utilize results from in vitro experiments and simple physics and chemistry models to dissect the kinetics and energetics of the fusion process from the encounter of the two membranes to the full expansion of a fusion pore. We find three main energy barriers that oppose the fusion process: SNAREpin initiation, fusion pore opening, and expansion. SNAREpin initiation is inherent to the proteins and makes in vitro fusion kinetic experiments rather slow. The kinetics are physiologically accelerated by effectors. The energy barriers that precede pore opening and pore expansion can be overcome by several SNAREpins acting in concert.
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- Delphine Mion
- Laboratoire de Physique de l'École Normale Supérieure, ENS, Université PSLCNRS, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris CitéFrance
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- Laboratoire de Physique de l'École Normale Supérieure, ENS, Université PSLCNRS, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris CitéFrance
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- Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris (IPNP)INSERM U1266ParisFrance
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- Laboratoire de Physique de l'École Normale Supérieure, ENS, Université PSLCNRS, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris CitéFrance
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Nikolaus J, Hancock K, Tsemperouli M, Baddeley D, Karatekin E. Optimal Detection of Fusion Pore Dynamics Using Polarized Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy. Front Mol Biosci 2021; 8:740408. [PMID: 34859048 PMCID: PMC8631473 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.740408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2021] [Accepted: 10/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The fusion pore is the initial narrow connection that forms between fusing membranes. During vesicular release of hormones or neurotransmitters, the nanometer-sized fusion pore may open-close repeatedly (flicker) before resealing or dilating irreversibly, leading to kiss-and-run or full-fusion events, respectively. Pore dynamics govern vesicle cargo release and the mode of vesicle recycling, but the mechanisms are poorly understood. This is partly due to a lack of reconstituted assays that combine single-pore sensitivity and high time resolution. Total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy offers unique advantages for characterizing single membrane fusion events, but signals depend on effects that are difficult to disentangle, including the polarization of the excitation electric field, vesicle size, photobleaching, orientation of the excitation dipoles of the fluorophores with respect to the membrane, and the evanescent field depth. Commercial TIRF microscopes do not allow control of excitation polarization, further complicating analysis. To overcome these challenges, we built a polarization-controlled total internal reflection fluorescence (pTIRF) microscope and monitored fusion of proteoliposomes with planar lipid bilayers with single molecule sensitivity and ∼15 ms temporal resolution. Using pTIRF microscopy, we detected docking and fusion of fluorescently labeled small unilamellar vesicles, reconstituted with exocytotic/neuronal v-SNARE proteins (vSUVs), with a supported bilayer containing the cognate t-SNAREs (tSBL). By varying the excitation polarization angle, we were able to identify a dye-dependent optimal polarization at which the fluorescence increase upon fusion was maximal, facilitating event detection and analysis of lipid transfer kinetics. An improved algorithm allowed us to estimate the size of the fusing vSUV and the fusion pore openness (the fraction of time the pore is open) for every event. For most events, lipid transfer was much slower than expected for diffusion through an open pore, suggesting that fusion pore flickering limits lipid release. We find a weak correlation between fusion pore openness and vesicle area. The approach can be used to study mechanisms governing fusion pore dynamics in a wide range of membrane fusion processes.
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- Joerg Nikolaus
- Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
- Nanobiology Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT, United States
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- Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
- Nanobiology Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT, United States
- Integrated Physical and Engineering Biology Program, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
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- Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
- Nanobiology Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT, United States
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- Nanobiology Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT, United States
- Cell Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
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- Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
- Nanobiology Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT, United States
- Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
- Saints-Pères Paris Institute for the Neurosciences (SPPIN), Université de Paris, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris, France
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Direct in vivo reprogramming with non-viral sequential targeting nanoparticles promotes cardiac regeneration. Biomaterials 2021; 276:121028. [PMID: 34293701 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2021.121028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Revised: 06/23/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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microRNA-mediated direct cardiac reprogramming, directly converts fibroblasts into induced cardiomyocyte-like cells (iCMs), which holds great promise in cardiac regeneration therapy. However, effective approaches to deliver therapeutic microRNA into cardiac fibroblasts (CFs) to induce in vivo cardiac reprogramming remain to be explored. Herein, a non-viral biomimetic system to directly reprogram CFs for cardiac regeneration after myocardial injury was developed by coating FH peptide-modified neutrophil-mimicking membranes on mesoporous silicon nanoparticles (MSNs) loaded with microRNA1, 133, 208, and 499 (miR Combo). Through utilizing the natural inflammation-homing ability of neutrophil membrane protein and FH peptide's high affinity to tenascin-C (TN-C) produced by CFs, this nanoparticle could realize sequential targeting to CFs in the injured heart and precise intracellular delivery of miRCombo, which induced reprogramming resident CFs into iCMs. In a mouse model of myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury, intravenous injection of the nanoparticles successfully delivered miRCombo into fibroblasts and led to efficient reprogramming, resulting in improved cardiac function and attenuated fibrosis. This delivery system is minimally invasive and bio-safe, providing a proof-of-concept for biomimetic and sequential targeting nanomedicine delivery system for microRNA-mediated reprogramming therapy in multiple diseases.
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Grothe T, Nowak J, Jahn R, Walla PJ. Selected tools to visualize membrane interactions. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 2021; 50:211-222. [PMID: 33787948 PMCID: PMC8071796 DOI: 10.1007/s00249-021-01516-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2020] [Revised: 02/19/2021] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In the past decade, we developed various fluorescence-based methods for monitoring membrane fusion, membrane docking, distances between membranes, and membrane curvature. These tools were mainly developed using liposomes as model systems, which allows for the dissection of specific interactions mediated by, for example, fusion proteins. Here, we provide an overview of these methods, including two-photon fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy and intramembrane Förster energy transfer, with asymmetric labelling of inner and outer membrane leaflets and the calibrated use of transmembrane energy transfer to determine membrane distances below 10 nm. We discuss their application range and their limitations using examples from our work on protein-mediated vesicle docking and fusion.
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- Tobias Grothe
- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077, Göttingen, Germany.,Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Braunschweig, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Braunschweig, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077, Göttingen, Germany. .,Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Braunschweig, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany.
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Mühlenbrock P, Sari M, Steinem C. In vitro single vesicle fusion assays based on pore-spanning membranes: merits and drawbacks. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 2020; 50:239-252. [PMID: 33320298 PMCID: PMC8071798 DOI: 10.1007/s00249-020-01479-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Revised: 11/06/2020] [Accepted: 11/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Neuronal fusion mediated by soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive-factor attachment protein receptors (SNAREs) is a fundamental cellular process by which two initially distinct membranes merge resulting in one interconnected structure to release neurotransmitters into the presynaptic cleft. To get access to the different stages of the fusion process, several in vitro assays have been developed. In this review, we provide a short overview of the current in vitro single vesicle fusion assays. Among those assays, we developed a single vesicle assay based on pore-spanning membranes (PSMs) on micrometre-sized pores in silicon, which might overcome some of the drawbacks associated with the other membrane architectures used for investigating fusion processes. Prepared by spreading of giant unilamellar vesicles with reconstituted t-SNAREs, PSMs provide an alternative tool to supported lipid bilayers to measure single vesicle fusion events by means of fluorescence microscopy. Here, we discuss the diffusive behaviour of the reconstituted membrane components as well as that of the fusing synthetic vesicles with reconstituted synaptobrevin 2 (v-SNARE). We compare our results with those obtained if the synthetic vesicles are replaced by natural chromaffin granules under otherwise identical conditions. The fusion efficiency as well as the different fusion states observable in this assay by means of both lipid mixing and content release are illuminated.
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- Peter Mühlenbrock
- Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Tammannstr. 2, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Tammannstr. 2, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Tammannstr. 2, 37077, Göttingen, Germany. .,Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self Organization, Am Faßberg 17, 37077, Göttingen, Germany.
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Van Truong T, Ghosh M, Misra R, Krichevski O, Wachtel E, Friedman N, Sheves M, Patchornik G. Conjugation of native membranes via linear oligo-amines. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2020; 193:111101. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2020.111101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2019] [Revised: 04/13/2020] [Accepted: 04/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Fusion Pore Formation Observed during SNARE-Mediated Vesicle Fusion with Pore-Spanning Membranes. Biophys J 2020; 119:151-161. [PMID: 32533941 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2020.05.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2020] [Revised: 05/22/2020] [Accepted: 05/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Planar pore-spanning membranes (PSMs) have been shown to be a versatile tool to resolve elementary steps of the neuronal fusion process. However, in previous studies, we monitored only lipid mixing between fusing large unilamellar vesicles and PSMs and did not gather information about the formation of fusion pores. To address this important step of the fusion process, we entrapped sulforhodamine B at self-quenching concentrations into large unilamellar vesicles containing the v-SNARE synaptobrevin 2, which were docked and fused with lipid-labeled PSMs containing the t-SNARE acceptor complex ΔN49 prepared on gold-coated porous silicon substrates. By dual-color spinning disk fluorescence microscopy with a time resolution of ∼20 ms, we could unambiguously distinguish between bursting vesicles, which was only rarely observed (<0.01%), and fusion pore formation. From the time-resolved dual-color fluorescence time traces, we were able to identify different fusion pathways, including remaining three-dimensional postfusion structures with released content and transient openings and closings of the fusion pores. Our results on fusion pore formation and lipid diffusion from the PSM into the fusing vesicle let us conclude that the content release, i.e., fusion pore formation after the merger of the two lipid membranes occurs almost simultaneously.
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Wang D, Yao Y, He J, Zhong X, Li B, Rao S, Yu H, He S, Feng X, Xu T, Yang B, Yong T, Gan L, Hu J, Yang X. Engineered Cell-Derived Microparticles Bi 2Se 3/DOX@MPs for Imaging Guided Synergistic Photothermal/Low-Dose Chemotherapy of Cancer. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2020; 7:1901293. [PMID: 32042550 PMCID: PMC7001653 DOI: 10.1002/advs.201901293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2019] [Revised: 11/21/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Cell-derived microparticles, which are recognized as nanosized phospholipid bilayer membrane vesicles, have exhibited great potential to serve as drug delivery systems in cancer therapy. However, for the purpose of comprehensive therapy, microparticles decorated with multiple therapeutic components are needed, but effective engineering strategies are limited and still remain enormous challenges. Herein, Bi2Se3 nanodots and doxorubicin hydrochloride (DOX) co-embedded tumor cell-derived microparticles (Bi2Se3/DOX@MPs) are successfully constructed through ultraviolet light irradiation-induced budding of parent cells which are preloaded with Bi2Se3 nanodots and DOX via electroporation. The multifunctional microparticles are obtained with high controllability and drug-loading capacity without unfavorable membrane surface destruction, maintaining their excellent intrinsic biological behaviors. Through membrane fusion cellular internalization, Bi2Se3/DOX@MPs show enhanced cellular internalization and deepened tumor penetration, resulting in extreme cell damage in vitro without considering endosomal escape. Because of their distinguished photothermal performance and tumor homing target capability, Bi2Se3/DOX@MPs exhibit admirable dual-modal imaging capacity and outstanding tumor suppression effect. Under 808 nm laser irradiation, intravenous injection of Bi2Se3/DOX@MPs into H22 tumor-bearing mice results in remarkably synergistic antitumor efficacy by combining photothermal therapy with low-dose chemotherapy in vivo. Furthermore, the negligible hemolytic activity, considerable metabolizability, and low systemic toxicity of Bi2Se3/DOX@MPs imply their distinguished biocompatibility and great potential for tumor theranostics.
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- Dongdong Wang
- National Engineering Research Center for NanomedicineCollege of Life Science and TechnologyHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan430074P. R. China
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- National Engineering Research Center for NanomedicineCollege of Life Science and TechnologyHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan430074P. R. China
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- National Engineering Research Center for NanomedicineCollege of Life Science and TechnologyHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan430074P. R. China
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- National Engineering Research Center for NanomedicineCollege of Life Science and TechnologyHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan430074P. R. China
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- Department of RadiologyTongji HospitalTongji Medical CollegeHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan430074P. R. China
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- National Engineering Research Center for NanomedicineCollege of Life Science and TechnologyHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan430074P. R. China
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- National Engineering Research Center for NanomedicineCollege of Life Science and TechnologyHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan430074P. R. China
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- National Engineering Research Center for NanomedicineCollege of Life Science and TechnologyHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan430074P. R. China
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- National Engineering Research Center for NanomedicineCollege of Life Science and TechnologyHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan430074P. R. China
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- National Engineering Research Center for NanomedicineCollege of Life Science and TechnologyHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan430074P. R. China
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- National Engineering Research Center for NanomedicineCollege of Life Science and TechnologyHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan430074P. R. China
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- National Engineering Research Center for NanomedicineCollege of Life Science and TechnologyHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan430074P. R. China
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- National Engineering Research Center for NanomedicineCollege of Life Science and TechnologyHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan430074P. R. China
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- National Engineering Research Center for NanomedicineCollege of Life Science and TechnologyHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan430074P. R. China
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- National Engineering Research Center for NanomedicineCollege of Life Science and TechnologyHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan430074P. R. China
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Vanuytsel S, Carniello J, Wallace MI. Artificial Signal Transduction across Membranes. Chembiochem 2019; 20:2569-2580. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201900254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2019] [Revised: 07/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Steven Vanuytsel
- Department of ChemistryKing's College London Britannia House 7 Trinity Street London SE1 1DB UK
- London Centre for Nanotechnology Strand London WC2R 2LS UK
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- Department of ChemistryKing's College London Britannia House 7 Trinity Street London SE1 1DB UK
- London Centre for Nanotechnology Strand London WC2R 2LS UK
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- Department of ChemistryKing's College London Britannia House 7 Trinity Street London SE1 1DB UK
- London Centre for Nanotechnology Strand London WC2R 2LS UK
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Hawk BJD, Khounlo R, Shin YK. Alpha-Synuclein Continues to Enhance SNARE-Dependent Vesicle Docking at Exorbitant Concentrations. Front Neurosci 2019; 13:216. [PMID: 30949020 PMCID: PMC6437117 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2019.00216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2019] [Accepted: 02/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Recently, Parkinson’s disease-associated α-synuclein (αS) has emerged as an important regulator for SNARE-dependent vesicle fusion. However, it is controversial if excessive accumulation of αS, even in the absence of aggregation, impairs neurotransmission. Here we use a single vesicle fusion assay with ms time resolution capable of dissecting the impact of αS on each step of membrane fusion. Unlike the previous results from various in vitro, cellular, and in vivo studies, we find that non-aggregated αS promotes vesicle merger even at exorbitant concentrations. The enhancement has been seen as much as 13 fold. Delving into the kinetics of the intermediate states for vesicle fusion reveals that αS stimulates vesicle docking without altering the dynamics of bilayer merger (lipid mixing). However, minute amounts of soluble aggregated species abolish SNARE-dependent bilayer merger completely. Thus, the results show that excessive accumulation of non-aggregated αS may not be toxic for neurotransmitter release.
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- Brenden J D Hawk
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
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- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
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- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
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Omidvar R, Römer W. Glycan-decorated protocells: novel features for rebuilding cellular processes. Interface Focus 2019; 9:20180084. [PMID: 30842879 DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2018.0084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/14/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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In synthetic biology approaches, lipid vesicles are widely used as protocell models. While many compounds have been encapsulated in vesicles (e.g. DNA, cytoskeleton and enzymes), the incorporation of glycocalyx components in the lipid bilayer has attracted much less attention so far. In recent years, glycoconjugates have been integrated in the membrane of giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs). These minimal membrane systems have largely contributed to shed light on the molecular mechanisms of cellular processes. In this review, we first introduce several preparation and biophysical characterization methods of GUVs. Then, we highlight specific applications of protocells investigating glycolipid-mediated endocytosis of toxins, viruses and bacteria. In addition, we delineate how prototissues have been assembled from glycan-decorated protocells by using lectin-mediated cross-linking of opposed glycoreceptors (e.g. glycolipids and glycopeptides). In future applications, glycan-decorated protocells might be useful for investigating cell-cell interactions (e.g. adhesion and communication). We also speculate about the implication of lectin-glycoreceptor interactions in membrane fusion processes.
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- Ramin Omidvar
- Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Schänzlestraße 1, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.,Signalling Research Centres BIOSS and CIBSS, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Schänzlestraße 18, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.,Freiburg Center for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technology (FIT), Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Georges-Köhler-Allee 105, 79110 Freiburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Schänzlestraße 1, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.,Signalling Research Centres BIOSS and CIBSS, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Schänzlestraße 18, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.,Freiburg Center for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technology (FIT), Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Georges-Köhler-Allee 105, 79110 Freiburg, Germany
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Biochemical studies of membrane fusion at the single-particle level. Prog Lipid Res 2019; 73:92-100. [PMID: 30611882 DOI: 10.1016/j.plipres.2019.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2018] [Revised: 01/01/2019] [Accepted: 01/02/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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To study membrane fusion mediated by synaptic proteins, proteoliposomes have been widely used for in vitro ensemble measurements with limited insights into the fusion mechanism. Single-particle techniques have proven to be powerful in overcoming the limitations of traditional ensemble methods. Here, we summarize current single-particle methods in biophysical and biochemical studies of fusion mediated by soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptors (SNAREs) and other synaptic proteins, together with their advantages and limitations.
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Hubrich R, Park Y, Mey I, Jahn R, Steinem C. SNARE-Mediated Fusion of Single Chromaffin Granules with Pore-Spanning Membranes. Biophys J 2018; 116:308-318. [PMID: 30598283 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2018.11.3138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2018] [Revised: 11/15/2018] [Accepted: 11/29/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Pore-spanning membranes (PSMs) composed of supported membrane parts as well as freestanding membrane parts are shown to be very versatile to investigate SNARE-mediated fusion on the single-particle level. They provide a planar geometry readily accessible by confocal fluorescence microscopy, which enabled us for the first time, to our knowledge, to investigate the fusion of individual natural secretory granules (i.e., chromaffin granules (CGs)) on the single-particle level by two-color fluorescence microscopy in a time-resolved manner. The t-SNARE acceptor complex ΔN49 was reconstituted into PSMs containing 2 mol % 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate and Atto488-1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine, and CGs were fluorescently labeled with 2-((1E,3E)-5-((Z)-3,3-dimethyl-1-octadecylindolin-2-ylidene)penta-1,3-dien-1-yl)-3,3-dimethyl-1-octadecyl-3H-indol-1-ium perchlorate. We compared the dynamics of docked and hemifused CGs as well as their fusion efficacy and kinetics with the results obtained for synthetic synaptobrevin 2-doped vesicles fusing with PSMs of the same composition. Whereas the synthetic vesicles were fully immobile on supported PSMs, docked as well as hemifused CGs were mobile on both PSM parts, which suggests that this system resembles more closely the natural situation. The fusion process of CGs proceeded through three-dimensional post-lipid-mixing structures, which were readily resolved on the gold-covered pore rims of the PSMs and which are discussed in the context of intermediate states observed in live cells.
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- Raphael Hubrich
- Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany; Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Koc University, Sarıyer, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany; Max-Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen, Germany.
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Pick H, Alves AC, Vogel H. Single-Vesicle Assays Using Liposomes and Cell-Derived Vesicles: From Modeling Complex Membrane Processes to Synthetic Biology and Biomedical Applications. Chem Rev 2018; 118:8598-8654. [PMID: 30153012 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The plasma membrane is of central importance for defining the closed volume of cells in contradistinction to the extracellular environment. The plasma membrane not only serves as a boundary, but it also mediates the exchange of physical and chemical information between the cell and its environment in order to maintain intra- and intercellular functions. Artificial lipid- and cell-derived membrane vesicles have been used as closed-volume containers, representing the simplest cell model systems to study transmembrane processes and intracellular biochemistry. Classical examples are studies of membrane translocation processes in plasma membrane vesicles and proteoliposomes mediated by transport proteins and ion channels. Liposomes and native membrane vesicles are widely used as model membranes for investigating the binding and bilayer insertion of proteins, the structure and function of membrane proteins, the intramembrane composition and distribution of lipids and proteins, and the intermembrane interactions during exo- and endocytosis. In addition, natural cell-released microvesicles have gained importance for early detection of diseases and for their use as nanoreactors and minimal protocells. Yet, in most studies, ensembles of vesicles have been employed. More recently, new micro- and nanotechnological tools as well as novel developments in both optical and electron microscopy have allowed the isolation and investigation of individual (sub)micrometer-sized vesicles. Such single-vesicle experiments have revealed large heterogeneities in the structure and function of membrane components of single vesicles, which were hidden in ensemble studies. These results have opened enormous possibilities for bioanalysis and biotechnological applications involving unprecedented miniaturization at the nanometer and attoliter range. This review will cover important developments toward single-vesicle analysis and the central discoveries made in this exciting field of research.
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- Horst Pick
- Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland
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- Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland
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- Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland
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Ramakrishnan S, Gohlke A, Li F, Coleman J, Xu W, Rothman JE, Pincet F. High-Throughput Monitoring of Single Vesicle Fusion Using Freestanding Membranes and Automated Analysis. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:5849-5859. [PMID: 29694054 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b00116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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In vivo membrane fusion primarily occurs between highly curved vesicles and planar membranes. A better understanding of fusion entails an accurate in vitro reproduction of the process. To date, supported bilayers have been commonly used to mimic the planar membranes. Soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) proteins that induce membrane fusion usually have limited fluidity when embedded in supported bilayers. This alters the kinetics and prevents correct reconstitution of the overall fusion process. Also, observing content release across the membrane is hindered by the lack of a second aqueous compartment. Recently, a step toward resolving these issues was achieved by using membranes spread on holey substrates. The mobility of proteins was preserved but vesicles were prone to bind to the substrate when reaching the edge of the hole, preventing the observation of many fusion events over the suspended membrane. Building on this recent advance, we designed a method for the formation of pore-spanning lipid bilayers containing t-SNARE proteins on Si/SiO2 holey chips, allowing the observation of many individual vesicle fusion events by both lipid mixing and content release. With this setup, proteins embedded in the suspended membrane bounced back when they reached the edge of the hole which ensured vesicles did not bind to the substrate. We observed SNARE-dependent membrane fusion with the freestanding bilayer of about 500 vesicles. The time between vesicle docking and fusion is ∼1 s. We also present a new multimodal open-source software, Fusion Analyzer Software, which is required for fast data analysis.
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- Sathish Ramakrishnan
- Laboratoire de Physique Statistique, Ecole Normale Supérieure , PSL Research University, Université Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, Sorbonne Universités UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS , Paris 75005 , France
- Department of Cell Biology , Yale School of Medicine , New Haven , 333 Cedar Street , Connecticut 06510 , United States
- Nanobiology Institute , 850 West Campus Drive , West Haven , Connecticut 06516 , United States
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- Laboratoire de Physique Statistique, Ecole Normale Supérieure , PSL Research University, Université Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, Sorbonne Universités UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS , Paris 75005 , France
- Department of Cell Biology , Yale School of Medicine , New Haven , 333 Cedar Street , Connecticut 06510 , United States
- Nanobiology Institute , 850 West Campus Drive , West Haven , Connecticut 06516 , United States
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- Department of Cell Biology , Yale School of Medicine , New Haven , 333 Cedar Street , Connecticut 06510 , United States
- Nanobiology Institute , 850 West Campus Drive , West Haven , Connecticut 06516 , United States
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- Department of Cell Biology , Yale School of Medicine , New Haven , 333 Cedar Street , Connecticut 06510 , United States
- Nanobiology Institute , 850 West Campus Drive , West Haven , Connecticut 06516 , United States
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- Department of Cell Biology , Yale School of Medicine , New Haven , 333 Cedar Street , Connecticut 06510 , United States
- Nanobiology Institute , 850 West Campus Drive , West Haven , Connecticut 06516 , United States
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- Department of Cell Biology , Yale School of Medicine , New Haven , 333 Cedar Street , Connecticut 06510 , United States
- Nanobiology Institute , 850 West Campus Drive , West Haven , Connecticut 06516 , United States
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- Laboratoire de Physique Statistique, Ecole Normale Supérieure , PSL Research University, Université Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, Sorbonne Universités UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS , Paris 75005 , France
- Department of Cell Biology , Yale School of Medicine , New Haven , 333 Cedar Street , Connecticut 06510 , United States
- Nanobiology Institute , 850 West Campus Drive , West Haven , Connecticut 06516 , United States
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Tero R, Fukumoto K, Motegi T, Yoshida M, Niwano M, Hirano-Iwata A. Formation of Cell Membrane Component Domains in Artificial Lipid Bilayer. Sci Rep 2017; 7:17905. [PMID: 29263355 PMCID: PMC5738377 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-18242-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2017] [Accepted: 12/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The lipid bilayer environment around membrane proteins strongly affects their structure and functions. Here, we aimed to study the fusion of proteoliposomes (PLs) derived from cultured cells with an artificial lipid bilayer membrane and the distribution of the PL components after the fusion. PLs, which were extracted as a crude membrane fraction from Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells, formed isolated domains in a supported lipid bilayer (SLB), comprising phosphatidylcholine (PC), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), and cholesterol (Chol), after the fusion. Observation with a fluorescence microscope and an atomic force microscope showed that the membrane fusion occurred selectively at microdomains in the PC + PE + Chol-SLB, and that almost all the components of the PL were retained in the domain. PLs derived from human embryonic kidney 293 (HEK) cells also formed isolated domains in the PC + PE + Chol-SLB, but their fusion kinetics was different from that of the CHO-PLs. We attempted to explain the mechanism of the PL-SLB fusion and the difference between CHO- and HEK-PLs, based on a kinetic model. The domains that contained the whole cell membrane components provided environments similar to that of natural cell membranes, and were thus effective for studying membrane proteins using artificial lipid bilayer membranes.
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- Ryugo Tero
- Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, Aichi, 441-8580, Japan. .,Electronics-Inspired Interdisciplinary Research Institute, Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, Aichi, 441-8580, Japan.
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- Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, Aichi, 441-8580, Japan
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- Electronics-Inspired Interdisciplinary Research Institute, Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, Aichi, 441-8580, Japan.,Division of Molecular Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Gunma University, Kiryu, Gunma, 376-8515, Japan
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- Laboratory for Nanoelectronics and Spintronics, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8577, Japan
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- Laboratory for Nanoelectronics and Spintronics, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8577, Japan.,Kansei Fukushi Research Institute, Tohoku Fukushi University, Sendai, Miyagi, 989-3201, Japan
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- Laboratory for Nanoelectronics and Spintronics, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8577, Japan.,Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8577, Japan
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Wang T, Li L, Hong W. SNARE proteins in membrane trafficking. Traffic 2017; 18:767-775. [PMID: 28857378 DOI: 10.1111/tra.12524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2017] [Revised: 08/25/2017] [Accepted: 08/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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SNAREs are the core machinery mediating membrane fusion. In this review, we provide an update on the recent progress on SNAREs regulating membrane fusion events, especially the more detailed fusion processes dissected by well-developed biophysical methods and in vitro single molecule analysis approaches. We also briefly summarize the relevant research from Chinese laboratories and highlight the significant contributions on our understanding of SNARE-mediated membrane trafficking from scientists in China.
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- Tuanlao Wang
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.,Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Singapore, Singapore
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Liu X, Seven AB, Xu J, Esser V, Su L, Ma C, Rizo J. Simultaneous lipid and content mixing assays for in vitro reconstitution studies of synaptic vesicle fusion. Nat Protoc 2017; 12:2014-2028. [PMID: 28858288 PMCID: PMC6163043 DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2017.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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This protocol describes reconstitution assays to study how the neurotransmitter release machinery triggers Ca2+-dependent synaptic vesicle fusion. The assays monitor fusion between proteoliposomes containing the synaptic vesicle SNARE synaptobrevin (with or without the Ca2+ sensor synaptotagmin-1) and proteoliposomes initially containing the plasma membrane SNAREs syntaxin-1 and soluble NSF attachment protein (SNAP)-25. Lipid mixing (from fluorescence de-quenching of Marina-Blue-labeled lipids) and content mixing (from development of fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) between phycoerythrin-biotin (PhycoE-Biotin) and Cy5-streptavidin trapped in the two proteoliposome populations) are measured simultaneously to ensure that true, nonleaky membrane fusion is monitored. This protocol is based on a method developed to study yeast vacuolar fusion. In contrast to other protocols used to study the release machinery, this assay incorporates N-ethylmaleimide sensitive factor (NSF) and α-SNAP, which disassemble syntaxin-1 and SNAP-25 heterodimers. As a result, fusion requires Munc18-1, which binds to the released syntaxin-1, and Munc13-1, which, together with Munc18-1, orchestrates SNARE complex assembly. The protocol can be readily adapted to investigation of other types of intracellular membrane fusion by using appropriate alternative proteins. Total time required for one round of the assay is 4 d.
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- Xiaoxia Liu
- Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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- Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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- Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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- Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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- Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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Kuhlmann JW, Junius M, Diederichsen U, Steinem C. SNARE-Mediated Single-Vesicle Fusion Events with Supported and Freestanding Lipid Membranes. Biophys J 2017; 112:2348-2356. [PMID: 28591607 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.04.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2016] [Revised: 04/24/2017] [Accepted: 04/24/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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In vitro single-vesicle fusion assays are important tools to analyze the details of SNARE-mediated fusion processes. In this study, we employed planar pore-spanning membranes (PSMs) prepared on porous silicon substrates with large pore diameters of 5 μm, allowing us to compare the process of vesicle docking and fusion on the supported parts of the PSMs (s-PSMs) with that on the freestanding membrane parts (f-PSM) under the exact same experimental conditions. The PSMs harbor the t-SNARE ΔN49-complex to investigate the dynamics and fusogenicity of single large unilamellar vesicles doped with the v-SNARE synaptobrevin 2 by means of spinning-disc confocal microscopy with a time resolution of 10 ms. Our results demonstrate that vesicles docked to the s-PSM were fully immobile, whereas those docked to the f-PSM were mobile with a mean diffusion coefficient of 0.42 μm2/s. Despite the different dynamics of the vesicles on the two membrane types, similar fusion kinetics were observed, giving rise to a common fusion mechanism. Further investigations of individual lipid mixing events on the s-PSMs revealed semi-stable post-fusion structures.
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- Jan W Kuhlmann
- Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
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Witkowska A, Jahn R. Rapid SNARE-Mediated Fusion of Liposomes and Chromaffin Granules with Giant Unilamellar Vesicles. Biophys J 2017; 113:1251-1259. [PMID: 28400045 PMCID: PMC5607038 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2016] [Revised: 03/12/2017] [Accepted: 03/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor activating protein receptor (SNARE) proteins are the main catalysts for membrane fusion in the secretory pathway of eukaryotic cells. In vitro, SNAREs are sufficient to mediate effective fusion of both native and artificial membranes. Here we have established, to our knowledge, a new platform for monitoring SNARE-mediated docking and fusion between giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) and smaller liposomes or purified secretory granules with high temporal and spatial resolution. Analysis of fusion is restricted to the free-standing part of the GUV-membrane exhibiting low curvature and a lack of surface contact, thus avoiding adhesion-mediated interference with the fusion reaction as in fusion with supported bilayers or surface-immobilized small vesicles. Our results show that liposomes and chromaffin granules fuse with GUVs containing activated SNAREs with only few milliseconds delay between docking and fusion. We conclude that after initial contact in trans, SNAREs alone can complete fusion at a rate close to fast neuronal exocytosis.
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- Agata Witkowska
- Department of Neurobiology, Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany; International Max Planck Research School for Molecular Biology at the University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Neurobiology, Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany.
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Kiessling V, Liang B, Kreutzberger AJB, Tamm LK. Planar Supported Membranes with Mobile SNARE Proteins and Quantitative Fluorescence Microscopy Assays to Study Synaptic Vesicle Fusion. Front Mol Neurosci 2017; 10:72. [PMID: 28360838 PMCID: PMC5352703 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2017.00072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2017] [Accepted: 03/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Synaptic vesicle membrane fusion, the process by which neurotransmitter gets released at the presynaptic membrane is mediated by a complex interplay between proteins and lipids. The realization that the lipid bilayer is not just a passive environment where other molecular players like SNARE proteins act, but is itself actively involved in the process, makes the development of biochemical and biophysical assays particularly challenging. We summarize in vitro assays that use planar supported membranes and fluorescence microscopy to address some of the open questions regarding the molecular mechanisms of SNARE-mediated membrane fusion. Most of the assays discussed in this mini-review were developed in our lab over the last 15 years. We emphasize the sample requirements that we found are important for the successful application of these methods.
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- Volker Kiessling
- Center for Membrane and Cell Physiology, University of VirginiaCharlottesville, VA, USA; Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of VirginiaCharlottesville, VA, USA
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- Center for Membrane and Cell Physiology, University of VirginiaCharlottesville, VA, USA; Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of VirginiaCharlottesville, VA, USA
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- Center for Membrane and Cell Physiology, University of VirginiaCharlottesville, VA, USA; Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of VirginiaCharlottesville, VA, USA
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- Center for Membrane and Cell Physiology, University of VirginiaCharlottesville, VA, USA; Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of VirginiaCharlottesville, VA, USA
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Secretion occurs in all living cells and involves the delivery of intracellular products to the cell exterior. Secretory products are Packaged and stored in membranous sacs or vesicles within the cell. When the cell needs to secrete these products, the secretory vesicles containing them dock and fuse at plasma membrane-associated supramolecular structures, called poro-somes, to release their contents. Specialized cells for neurotransmission, enzyme secretion, or hormone release use a highly regulated secretory process. Similar to other fundamen-tal cellular processes, cell secretion is precisely regulated. During secretion, swelling of secretory vesicles results in a build-up of intravesicular pressure, allowing expulsion of vesicular contents. The extent of vesicle swelling dictates the amount of vesicular contents expelled. The discovery of the Porosome as the universal secretory machinery, its isolation, its structure and dynamics at nanometer resolution and in real time, and its biochemical composition and functional reconstitution into artificial lipid membrane have been determined. The Molecular mechanism of secretory vesicle swelling and the fusion of opposing bilayers, that is, the fusion of secretory vesicle membrane at the base of the porosome membrane, have also been resolved. These findings reveal, for the first time, the universal molecular machinery and mechanism of secretion in cells.
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- Bhanu P Jena
- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 5239 Scott Hall, 540 E. Canfield Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201-4177, USA.
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Lin CC, Hsu HF, Walla PJ. A One Donor-Two Acceptor Lipid Bilayer FRET Assay Based on Asymmetrically Labeled Liposomes. J Phys Chem B 2016; 120:11085-11092. [PMID: 27762543 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b05654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The fusion of two opposing membranes is essential in biological functions such as fertilization, viral entry, membrane trafficking and synaptic transmission. Before the membrane bilayers are fully connected, at some stage a hemifusion intermediate-when the outer leaflets are merged but not the inner leaflets-is formed. However, the position of hemifusion in the energy landscape and the duration of it vary and have not been fully mapped out. To date, there has not been a way to differentiate lipid mixing of the two leaflets directly in a single experiment. Herein we demonstrate labeling of the outer and inner leaflets with different fluorophores, which can be distinguished by their fluorescence lifetimes. As a proof of concept, the asymmetrically labeled liposomes were used as acceptor liposomes in a novel one donor-two acceptor Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) assay to monitor membrane fusion reactions mediated by the synaptic proteins soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) in microfluidic devices. Initial hemifusion was clearly indicated by the acceptor fluorescence lifetime originating solely from FRET acceptors on the outer leaflet (Oregon Green 488; τFl ∼ 4.8 ns). Progression to full fusion was then indicated by the significantly increasing lifetime contribution from acceptors on the inner leaflet (nitrobenzoxadiazole; τFl ∼ 6.7 ns). The new labeling strategy creates many possibilities in the design of bulk and single-molecule experiments.
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- Chao-Chen Lin
- Research Group Biomolecular Spectroscopy and Single-Molecule Detection, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry , Am Faßberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Laboratory for Fluid Dynamics, Pattern Formation and Biocomplexity, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization , Am Faßberg 17, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Research Group Biomolecular Spectroscopy and Single-Molecule Detection, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry , Am Faßberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.,Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Technical University of Braunschweig , Hans-Sommer-Straße 10, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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Nikolaus J, Karatekin E. SNARE-mediated Fusion of Single Proteoliposomes with Tethered Supported Bilayers in a Microfluidic Flow Cell Monitored by Polarized TIRF Microscopy. J Vis Exp 2016. [PMID: 27585113 DOI: 10.3791/54349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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In the ubiquitous process of membrane fusion the opening of a fusion pore establishes the first connection between two formerly separate compartments. During neurotransmitter or hormone release via exocytosis, the fusion pore can transiently open and close repeatedly, regulating cargo release kinetics. Pore dynamics also determine the mode of vesicle recycling; irreversible resealing results in transient, "kiss-and-run" fusion, whereas dilation leads to full fusion. To better understand what factors govern pore dynamics, we developed an assay to monitor membrane fusion using polarized total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy with single molecule sensitivity and ~15 msec time resolution in a biochemically well-defined in vitro system. Fusion of fluorescently labeled small unilamellar vesicles containing v-SNARE proteins (v-SUVs) with a planar bilayer bearing t-SNAREs, supported on a soft polymer cushion (t-SBL, t-supported bilayer), is monitored. The assay uses microfluidic flow channels that ensure minimal sample consumption while supplying a constant density of SUVs. Exploiting the rapid signal enhancement upon transfer of lipid labels from the SUV to the SBL during fusion, kinetics of lipid dye transfer is monitored. The sensitivity of TIRF microscopy allows tracking single fluorescent lipid labels, from which lipid diffusivity and SUV size can be deduced for every fusion event. Lipid dye release times can be much longer than expected for unimpeded passage through permanently open pores. Using a model that assumes retardation of lipid release is due to pore flickering, a pore "openness", the fraction of time the pore remains open during fusion, can be estimated. A soluble marker can be encapsulated in the SUVs for simultaneous monitoring of lipid and soluble cargo release. Such measurements indicate some pores may reseal after losing a fraction of the soluble cargo.
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- Joerg Nikolaus
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine; Nanobiology Institute, Yale University
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine; Nanobiology Institute, Yale University; Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University; Laboratoire de Neurophotonique, Université Paris Descartes, Faculté des Sciences Fondamentales et Biomédicales, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS);
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Ki J, Arumugam P, Song JM. TIRF high-content assay development for the evaluation of drug efficacy of chemotherapeutic agents against EGFR-/HER2-positive breast cancer cell lines. Anal Bioanal Chem 2016; 408:3233-8. [PMID: 26886741 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-016-9387-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2015] [Accepted: 02/02/2016] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Elevated expression of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is reported to be associated with poor prognosis in breast cancer. EGFR subtype identification plays a crucial role in deciding the drug combination to treat the cancer patients. Conventional application of immunohistochemistry (IHC) and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) produces more discordance results in EGFR subtype identification of cancer specimens. The present study is designed to develop an analytical method for simultaneous identification of cell surface biomarkers and quantitative estimation of drug efficacy in cancer specimens. For this study, we have utilized a total internal reflection fluorescence microscope (TIRFM), Qdot molecular probes and chemotherapeutic agent camptothecin (CPT)-treated breast cancer cell lines namely MCF-7, SK-BR-3 and JIMT-1. Highly sensitive detection signals with low background noise generated from the evanescent field excitation of TIRFM make it a highly suitable tool to detect the cell surface biomarkers in living cells. Moreover, single wavelength excitation of Qdot probes offers multicolour imaging with strong emission brightness. In the present study, TIRF high-content imaging system simultaneously showed the expression pattern of EGFRs and EC50 value for CPT-induced apoptosis and necrosis in MCF-7, SK-BR-3 and JIMT-1 cancer cell lines.
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- Jieun Ki
- College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-ku, Seoul, 151-742, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-ku, Seoul, 151-742, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-ku, Seoul, 151-742, Republic of Korea.
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Characterization of VAMP2 in Schistosoma japonicum and the Evaluation of Protective Efficacy Induced by Recombinant SjVAMP2 in Mice. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0144584. [PMID: 26641090 PMCID: PMC4671580 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2015] [Accepted: 11/20/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background The outer-tegument membrane covering the schistosome is believed to maintain via the fusion of membranous vesicles. Fusion of biological membranes is a fundamental process in all eukaryotic cells driven by formation of trans-SNARE (soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor) complexes through pairing of vesicle associated v-SNAREs (VAMP) with complementary t-SNAREs on target membranes. The purpose of this study was to characterize Schistosoma japonicum vesicle-associated membrane protein 2 (SjVAMP2) and to investigate its potential as a candidate vaccine against schistosomiasis. Methodology/Principal Findings The sequence of SjVAMP2 was analyzed, cloned, expressed and characterized. SjVAMP2 is a member of the synaptobrevin superfamily harboring the v-SNARE coiled-coil homology domain. RT–PCR analysis revealed that significantly higher SjVAMP2 levels were observed in 14-, 28- and 42-day-old worms, and SjVAMP2 expression was much higher in 42-day-old female worms than in those male worms. Additionally, the expression of SjVAMP2 was associated with membrane recovery in PZQ-treated worms. Immunostaining assay showed that SjVAMP2 was mainly distributed in the sub-tegument of the worms. Western blotting revealed that rSjVAMP2 showed strong immunogenicity. Purified rSjVAMP2 emulsified with ISA206 adjuvant induced 41.5% and 27.3% reductions in worm burden, and 36.8% and 23.3% reductions in hepatic eggs in two independent trials. Besides, significantly higher rSjVAMP2-specific IgG, IgG1, IgG2a levels were detected in rSjVAMP2-vaccinated mice. Conclusion Our study indicated that SjVAMP2 is a potential vaccine candidate against S. japonicum and provided the basis for further investigations into the biological function of SjVAMP2.
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Hussain S, Davanger S. Postsynaptic VAMP/Synaptobrevin Facilitates Differential Vesicle Trafficking of GluA1 and GluA2 AMPA Receptor Subunits. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0140868. [PMID: 26488171 PMCID: PMC4619507 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2014] [Accepted: 10/01/2015] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Vertebrate organisms adapt to a continuously changing environment by regulating the strength of synaptic connections between brain cells. Excitatory synapses are believed to increase their strength by vesicular insertion of transmitter glutamate receptors into the postsynaptic plasma membrane. These vesicles, however, have never been demonstrated or characterized. For the first time, we show the presence of small vesicles in postsynaptic spines, often closely adjacent to the plasma membrane and PSD (postsynaptic density). We demonstrate that they harbor vesicle-associated membrane protein 2 (VAMP2/synaptobrevin-2) and glutamate receptor subunit 1 (GluA1). Disrupting VAMP2 by tetanus toxin treatment reduces the concentration of GluA1 in the postsynaptic plasma membrane. GluA1/VAMP2-containing vesicles, but not GluA2/VAMP2-vesicles, are concentrated in postsynaptic spines relative to dendrites. Our results indicate that small postsynaptic vesicles containing GluA1 are inserted directly into the spine plasma membrane through a VAMP2-dependent mechanism.
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- Suleman Hussain
- Laboratory for Synaptic Plasticity, Division of Anatomy, Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Science, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1105 Blindern, 0317 Oslo, Norway
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- Laboratory for Synaptic Plasticity, Division of Anatomy, Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Science, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1105 Blindern, 0317 Oslo, Norway
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Macri KM, Noonan PS, Schwartz DK. Receptor-Mediated Liposome Fusion Kinetics at Aqueous/Liquid Crystal Interfaces. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2015; 7:20400-20409. [PMID: 26317496 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b06351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Membrane fusion events are essential to cell biology, and a number of reductionist systems have been developed to mimic the behavior of these biological motifs. One such system monitors the DNA hybridization-mediated fusion of liposomes with the liquid crystal (LC) interface by observing changes in LC orientation using a simple optical detection scheme. We have systematically explored key parameters of this system to determine their effects on individual elementary steps of the complex fusion mechanism. The liposome composition, specifically the degree of lipid unsaturation and PE content, decreased the bilayer rigidity, thereby increasing the rate of vesicle rupture under the stress applied by DNA hybridization. In contrast, the presence of cholesterol had the opposite effect on the mechanical properties of the bilayer, and hence of the membrane fusion rates. The accessibility of receptor moieties (i.e., complementary DNA oligonucleotides) affected the fusion kinetics by modulating the rate of hybridization events. DNA accessibility was controlled by systematic variation of the length of the DNA receptor molecules and the thickness of the steric barrier comprised of adsorbed PEGylated lipids. These results provide design rules for understanding the trade-offs between response kinetics and other important system properties, such as nonspecific adsorption. Moreover, these findings improve our understanding of the biophysical properties of membrane fusion, an important process in both natural and model systems used for bioassay and bioimaging applications.
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- Katherine M Macri
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder , Boulder, Colorado 80309-0596, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder , Boulder, Colorado 80309-0596, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder , Boulder, Colorado 80309-0596, United States
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Gong B, Choi BK, Kim JY, Shetty D, Ko YH, Selvapalam N, Lee NK, Kim K. High Affinity Host-Guest FRET Pair for Single-Vesicle Content-Mixing Assay: Observation of Flickering Fusion Events. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:8908-11. [PMID: 26160008 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b05385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Fluorescence-based single-vesicle fusion assays provide a powerful method for studying mechanisms underlying complex biological processes of SNARE (soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor)-mediated vesicle fusion and neurotransmitter release. A crucial element of these assays is the ability of the fluorescent probe(s) to reliably detect key intermediate events of fusion pore opening and content release/mixing. Here, we report a new, reliable, and efficient single-vesicle content-mixing assay using a high affinity, fluorophore tagged host-guest pair, cucurbit[7]uril-Cy3 and adamantane-Cy5 as a fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) pair. The power of these probes is demonstrated by the first successful observation of flickering dynamics of the fusion pore by in vitro assay using neuronal SNARE-reconstituted vesicles.
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- Bokyoung Gong
- †Center for Self-Assembly and Complexity (CSC), Institute for Basic Science (IBS), ‡Department of Chemistry, §School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering, and ∥Department of Physics, #Division of Advanced Materials Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea
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- †Center for Self-Assembly and Complexity (CSC), Institute for Basic Science (IBS), ‡Department of Chemistry, §School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering, and ∥Department of Physics, #Division of Advanced Materials Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea
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- †Center for Self-Assembly and Complexity (CSC), Institute for Basic Science (IBS), ‡Department of Chemistry, §School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering, and ∥Department of Physics, #Division of Advanced Materials Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea
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- †Center for Self-Assembly and Complexity (CSC), Institute for Basic Science (IBS), ‡Department of Chemistry, §School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering, and ∥Department of Physics, #Division of Advanced Materials Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea
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- †Center for Self-Assembly and Complexity (CSC), Institute for Basic Science (IBS), ‡Department of Chemistry, §School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering, and ∥Department of Physics, #Division of Advanced Materials Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea
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- †Center for Self-Assembly and Complexity (CSC), Institute for Basic Science (IBS), ‡Department of Chemistry, §School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering, and ∥Department of Physics, #Division of Advanced Materials Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea
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- †Center for Self-Assembly and Complexity (CSC), Institute for Basic Science (IBS), ‡Department of Chemistry, §School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering, and ∥Department of Physics, #Division of Advanced Materials Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea
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- †Center for Self-Assembly and Complexity (CSC), Institute for Basic Science (IBS), ‡Department of Chemistry, §School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering, and ∥Department of Physics, #Division of Advanced Materials Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea
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Schwenen LLG, Hubrich R, Milovanovic D, Geil B, Yang J, Kros A, Jahn R, Steinem C. Resolving single membrane fusion events on planar pore-spanning membranes. Sci Rep 2015; 5:12006. [PMID: 26165860 PMCID: PMC4499801 DOI: 10.1038/srep12006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2015] [Accepted: 06/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Even though a number of different in vitro fusion assays have been developed to analyze protein mediated fusion, they still only partially capture the essential features of the in vivo situation. Here we established an in vitro fusion assay that mimics the fluidity and planar geometry of the cellular plasma membrane to be able to monitor fusion of single protein-containing vesicles. As a proof of concept, planar pore-spanning membranes harboring SNARE-proteins were generated on highly ordered functionalized 1.2 μm-sized pore arrays in Si3N4. Full mobility of the membrane components was demonstrated by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. Fusion was analyzed by two color confocal laser scanning fluorescence microscopy in a time resolved manner allowing to readily distinguish between vesicle docking, intermediate states such as hemifusion and full fusion. The importance of the membrane geometry on the fusion process was highlighted by comparing SNARE-mediated fusion with that of a minimal SNARE fusion mimetic.
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- Lando L G Schwenen
- Institute for Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Tammannstr. 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute for Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Tammannstr. 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute for Physical Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Tammannstr. 6, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry - Supramolecular and Biomaterials Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry - Supramolecular and Biomaterials Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute for Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Tammannstr. 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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Kiessling V, Liang B, Tamm LK. Reconstituting SNARE-mediated membrane fusion at the single liposome level. Methods Cell Biol 2015; 128:339-63. [PMID: 25997356 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mcb.2015.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Successful reconstitutions of SNARE-mediated intracellular membrane fusion have been achieved in bulk fusion assays since 1998 and in single liposome fusion assays since 2004. Especially in neuronal presynaptic SNARE-mediated exocytosis, fusion is controlled by numerous accessory proteins, of which some functions have also been reconstituted in vitro. The development of and results obtained with two fundamentally different single liposome fusion assays, namely liposome-to-supported membrane and liposome-to-liposome, are reviewed. Both assays distinguish between liposome docking and fusion steps of the overall fusion reaction and both assays are capable of resolving hemi-and full-fusion intermediates and end states. They have opened new windows for elucidating the mechanisms of these fundamentally important cellular reactions with unprecedented time and molecular resolution. Although many of the molecular actors in this process have been discovered, we have only scratched the surface of looking at their fascinating plays, interactions, and choreographies that lead to vesicle traffic as well as neurotransmitter and hormone release in the cell.
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- Volker Kiessling
- Center for Membrane Biology and Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Center for Membrane Biology and Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Center for Membrane Biology and Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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Brunger AT, Cipriano DJ, Diao J. Towards reconstitution of membrane fusion mediated by SNAREs and other synaptic proteins. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2015; 50:231-41. [PMID: 25788028 PMCID: PMC4673598 DOI: 10.3109/10409238.2015.1023252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Proteoliposomes have been widely used for in vitro studies of membrane fusion mediated by synaptic proteins. Initially, such studies were made with large unsynchronized ensembles of vesicles. Such ensemble assays limited the insights into the SNARE-mediated fusion mechanism that could be obtained from them. Single particle microscopy experiments can alleviate many of these limitations but they pose significant technical challenges. Here we summarize various approaches that have enabled studies of fusion mediated by SNAREs and other synaptic proteins at a single-particle level. Currently available methods are described and their advantages and limitations are discussed.
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The physical basis of total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy and its cellular applications. Methods Mol Biol 2015; 1251:1-23. [PMID: 25391791 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2080-8_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy has gained popularity in recent years among cell biologists due to its ability to clearly visualize events that occur at the adherent plasma membrane of cells. TIRF microscopy systems are now commercially available from nearly all microscope suppliers. This review aims to give the reader an introduction to the physical basis of TIRF and considerations that need to be made when purchasing a commercial system. We explain how TIRF can be combined with other microscopy modalities and describe how to use TIRF to study processes such as endocytosis, exocytosis, and focal adhesion dynamics. Finally, we provide a step-by-step guide to imaging and analyzing focal adhesion dynamics in a migrating cell using TIRF microscopy.
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Meriney SD, Umbach JA, Gundersen CB. Fast, Ca2+-dependent exocytosis at nerve terminals: shortcomings of SNARE-based models. Prog Neurobiol 2014; 121:55-90. [PMID: 25042638 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2014.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2013] [Revised: 04/14/2014] [Accepted: 07/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Investigations over the last two decades have made major inroads in clarifying the cellular and molecular events that underlie the fast, synchronous release of neurotransmitter at nerve endings. Thus, appreciable progress has been made in establishing the structural features and biophysical properties of the calcium (Ca2+) channels that mediate the entry into nerve endings of the Ca2+ ions that trigger neurotransmitter release. It is now clear that presynaptic Ca2+ channels are regulated at many levels and the interplay of these regulatory mechanisms is just beginning to be understood. At the same time, many lines of research have converged on the conclusion that members of the synaptotagmin family serve as the primary Ca2+ sensors for the action potential-dependent release of neurotransmitter. This identification of synaptotagmins as the proteins which bind Ca2+ and initiate the exocytotic fusion of synaptic vesicles with the plasma membrane has spurred widespread efforts to reveal molecular details of synaptotagmin's action. Currently, most models propose that synaptotagmin interfaces directly or indirectly with SNARE (soluble, N-ethylmaleimide sensitive factor attachment receptors) proteins to trigger membrane fusion. However, in spite of intensive efforts, the field has not achieved consensus on the mechanism by which synaptotagmins act. Concurrently, the precise sequence of steps underlying SNARE-dependent membrane fusion remains controversial. This review considers the pros and cons of the different models of SNARE-mediated membrane fusion and concludes by discussing a novel proposal in which synaptotagmins might directly elicit membrane fusion without the intervention of SNARE proteins in this final fusion step.
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- Stephen D Meriney
- Department of Neuroscience, Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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Sackmann E. Endoplasmatic reticulum shaping by generic mechanisms and protein-induced spontaneous curvature. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2014; 208:153-60. [PMID: 24607001 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2014.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2013] [Revised: 02/07/2014] [Accepted: 02/07/2014] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The endoplasmatic reticulum (ER) comprises flattened vesicles (cisternae) with worm holes dubbed with ribosomes coexisting with a network of interconnected tubes which can extend to the cell periphery or even penetrate nerve axons. The coexisting topologies enclose a continuous luminal space. The complex ER topology is specifically controlled by a group of ER-shaping proteins often called reticulons (discovered by the group of Tom Rapoport). They include atlastin, reticulon, REEP and the MT severing protein spastin. A generic ER shape controlling factor is the necessity to maximize the area-to-volume ratio of ER membranes in the highly crowded cytoplasmic space. I present a model of the ER-shaping function of the reticulons based on the Helfrich bending elasticity concept of soft shell shape changes. Common structural motifs of the reticulons are hydrophobic sequences forming wedge shaped hairpins which penetrate the lipid bilayer of the cell membranes. The wedge-like hydrophobic anchors can both induce the high curvature of the tubular ER fraction and ensure the preferred distribution of the reticulons along the tubules. Tubular junctions may be stabilized by the reticulons forming two forceps twisted by 90°. The ER extensions to the cell periphery and the axons are mediated by coupling of the tubes to the microtubules which is mediated by REEP and spastin. At the end I present a model of the tension driven homotype fusion of ER-membranes by atlastin, based on analogies to the SNARE-complexin-SNARE driven heterotype fusion process.
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- Erich Sackmann
- Physics Department, Technical University of Munich, James Franck Str.1, D85747 Garching, Germany.
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Schang LM. Biophysical approaches to entry inhibitor antivirals with a broad spectrum of action. Future Virol 2014. [DOI: 10.2217/fvl.13.130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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ABSTRACT: Antivirals have traditionally been developed to act by biochemical principles targeting proteins, such as inhibition of enzymes or protein–protein interactions. This approach has resulted in 57 clinical antivirals or boosters, and multiple others under development. However, viral infection also requires specific unique biophysical activities from the lipids in the viral envelope. These biophysical activities could also be targeted with small molecules. Several phospholipids, for example, inhibit infectivity in model systems. Such knowledge had not been applied to antiviral development until recently. However, two families of small molecules that inhibit viral infectivity by biophysical mechanisms affecting the lipids of the virion envelope were independently identified in 2010. Although they have yet to prove strong antiviral activities in vivo, and their long-term toxicological profiles have yet to be characterized, they do provide proof-of-principle that small molecule ‘drug-like’ compounds can act by biophysical principles affecting the lipids of the virion envelope.
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- Luis M Schang
- *Department of Biochemistry, Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology & Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; 6-142G KATZ, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E1, Canada
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Woods DA, Bain CD. Total internal reflection spectroscopy for studying soft matter. SOFT MATTER 2014; 10:1071-1096. [PMID: 24651911 DOI: 10.1039/c3sm52817k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Total internal reflection (TIR) spectroscopy is a widely used technique to study soft matter at interfaces. This tutorial review aims to provide researchers with an overview of the principles, experimental design and applications of TIR spectroscopy to enable them to understand how this class of techniques might be used in their research. It also highlights limitations and pitfalls of TIR techniques, which will assist readers in critically analysing the literature. Techniques covered include attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopy (ATR-IR), TIR fluorescence, TIR Raman scattering and cavity-enhanced techniques. Other related techniques are briefly described.
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- David A Woods
- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, South Road, Durham, UKDH1 3LE.
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van Lengerich B, Rawle RJ, Bendix PM, Boxer SG. Individual vesicle fusion events mediated by lipid-anchored DNA. Biophys J 2014; 105:409-19. [PMID: 23870262 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.05.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2012] [Revised: 05/21/2013] [Accepted: 05/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Membrane fusion consists of a complex rearrangement of lipids and proteins that results in the merger of two lipid bilayers. We have developed a model system that employs synthetic DNA-lipid conjugates as a surrogate for the membrane proteins involved in the biological fusion reaction. We previously showed that complementary DNA-lipids, inserted into small unilamellar vesicles, can mediate membrane fusion in bulk. Here, we use a model membrane architecture developed in our lab to directly observe single-vesicle fusion events using fluorescence microscopy. In this system, a planar tethered membrane patch serves as the target membrane for incoming vesicles. This allows us to quantify the kinetics and characteristics of individual fusion events from the perspective of the lipids or the DNA-lipids involved in the process. We find that the fusion pathways are heterogeneous, with an arrested hemi-fusion state predominating, and we quantitate the outcome and rate of fusion events to construct a mechanistic model of DNA-mediated vesicle fusion. The waiting times between docking and fusion are distributed exponentially, suggesting that fusion occurs in a single step. Our analysis indicates that when two lipid bilayers are brought into close proximity, fusion occurs spontaneously, with little or no dependence on the number of DNA hybrids formed.
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Czogalla A, Grzybek M, Jones W, Coskun U. Validity and applicability of membrane model systems for studying interactions of peripheral membrane proteins with lipids. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2013; 1841:1049-59. [PMID: 24374254 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2013.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2013] [Revised: 12/12/2013] [Accepted: 12/17/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The cell membrane serves, at the same time, both as a barrier that segregates as well as a functional layer that facilitates selective communication. It is characterized as much by the complexity of its components as by the myriad of signaling process that it supports. And, herein lays the problems in its study and understanding of its behavior - it has a complex and dynamic nature that is further entangled by the fact that many events are both temporal and transient in their nature. Model membrane systems that bypass cellular complexity and compositional diversity have tremendously accelerated our understanding of the mechanisms and biological consequences of lipid-lipid and protein-lipid interactions. Concurrently, in some cases, the validity and applicability of model membrane systems are tarnished by inherent methodical limitations as well as undefined quality criteria. In this review we introduce membrane model systems widely used to study protein-lipid interactions in the context of key parameters of the membrane that govern lipid availability for peripheral membrane proteins. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled Tools to study lipid functions.
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- Aleksander Czogalla
- Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry, Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus at the TU Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany; German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Germany.
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- Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry, Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus at the TU Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany; German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Germany
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- Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry, Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus at the TU Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany; German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Germany
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- Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry, Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus at the TU Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany; German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Germany.
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Synaptotagmins 1 and 2 as mediators of rapid exocytosis at nerve terminals: The dyad hypothesis. J Theor Biol 2013; 332:149-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2013.04.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2013] [Accepted: 04/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Matos PM, Marin M, Ahn B, Lam W, Santos NC, Melikyan GB. Anionic lipids are required for vesicular stomatitis virus G protein-mediated single particle fusion with supported lipid bilayers. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:12416-25. [PMID: 23493401 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.462028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Viral glycoproteins mediate fusion between viral and cellular membranes upon binding to cognate receptors and/or experiencing low pH. Although activation of viral glycoproteins is thought to be necessary and sufficient for fusion, accumulating evidence suggests that additional cellular factors, including lipids, can modulate the fusion process. Understanding the role of lipids in virus entry via endocytosis is impeded by poor accessibility and the highly diverse nature of endosomes. Here we imaged fusion of single retroviral particles pseudotyped with the vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) G protein with dextran-supported lipid bilayers. Incorporation of diffusible fluorescent labels into the viral membrane and the viral interior enabled detection of the lipid mixing (hemifusion) and content transfer (full fusion) steps of VSV G-mediated fusion at low pH. Although single virus fusion with supported bilayers made of zwitterionic lipids could not be detected, inclusion of anionic lipids, phosphatidylserine, and bis(monoacylglycero)phosphate (BMP), greatly enhanced the efficiency of hemifusion and permitted full fusion. Importantly, lipid mixing always preceded the opening of a fusion pore, demonstrating that VSV G-mediated fusion proceeds through a long-lived hemifusion intermediate. Kinetic analysis of lipid and content transfer showed that the lags between lipid and content mixing defining the lifetime of a hemifusion intermediate were significantly shorter for BMP-containing compared with PS-containing bilayers. The strong fusion-enhancing effect of BMP, a late endosome-resident lipid, is consistent with the model that VSV initiates fusion in early endosomes but releases its core into the cytosol after reaching late endosomal compartments.
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- Pedro M Matos
- Emory Children's Center, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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Otterstrom J, van Oijen AM. Visualization of membrane fusion, one particle at a time. Biochemistry 2013; 52:1654-68. [PMID: 23421412 DOI: 10.1021/bi301573w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Protein-mediated fusion between phospholipid bilayers is a fundamental and necessary mechanism for many cellular processes. The short-lived nature of the intermediate states visited during fusion makes it challenging to capture precise kinetic information using classical, ensemble-averaging biophysical techniques. Recently, a number of single-particle fluorescence microscopy-based assays that allow researchers to obtain highly quantitative data about the fusion process by observing individual fusion events in real time have been developed. These assays depend upon changes in the acquired fluorescence signal to provide a direct readout for transitions between the various fusion intermediates. The resulting data yield meaningful and detailed kinetic information about the transitory states en route to productive membrane fusion. In this review, we highlight recent in vitro and in vivo studies of membrane fusion at the single-particle level in the contexts of viral membrane fusion and SNARE-mediated synaptic vesicle fusion. These studies afford insight into mechanisms of coordination between fusion-mediating proteins as well as coordination of the overall fusion process with other cellular processes. The development of single-particle approaches to investigate membrane fusion and their successful application to a number of model systems have resulted in a new experimental paradigm and open up considerable opportunities to extend these methods to other biological processes that involve membrane fusion.
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- Jason Otterstrom
- Harvard Biophysics Program, Harvard Medical School , 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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A single vesicle-vesicle fusion assay for in vitro studies of SNAREs and accessory proteins. Nat Protoc 2013; 7:921-34. [PMID: 22582418 DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2012.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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SNARE (soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor) proteins are a highly regulated class of membrane proteins that drive the efficient merger of two distinct lipid bilayers into one interconnected structure. This protocol describes our fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based single vesicle-vesicle fusion assays for SNAREs and accessory proteins. Both lipid-mixing (with FRET pairs acting as lipophilic dyes in the membranes) and content-mixing assays (with FRET pairs present on a DNA hairpin that becomes linear via hybridization to a complementary DNA) are described. These assays can be used to detect substages such as docking, hemifusion, and pore expansion and full fusion. The details of flow cell preparation, protein-reconstituted vesicle preparation, data acquisition and analysis are described. These assays can be used to study the roles of various SNARE proteins, accessory proteins and effects of different lipid compositions on specific fusion steps. The total time required to finish one round of this protocol is 3–6 d.
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Patchornik G, Namboothiri IN, Nair DK, Wachtel E, Cohen SR, Friedman N, Sheves M. Engineered-membranes: A novel concept for clustering of native lipid bilayers. J Colloid Interface Sci 2012; 388:300-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2012.08.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2012] [Revised: 08/09/2012] [Accepted: 08/13/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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