{"title":"“Rich arginine and strong positive charge” antimicrobial protein protamine: From its action on cell membranes to inhibition of bacterial vital functions","authors":"Momoka Ookubo , Yuka Tashiro , Kosuke Asano , Yoshiharu Kamei , Yoshikazu Tanaka , Takayuki Honda , Takeshi Yokoyama , Michiyo Honda","doi":"10.1016/j.bbamem.2024.184323","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamem.2024.184323","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Protamine, an antimicrobial protein derived from salmon sperm with a molecular weight of approximately 5 kDa, is composed of 60–70 % arginine and is a highly charged protein. Here, we investigated the mechanism of antimicrobial action of protamine against <em>Cutibacterium acnes</em> (<em>C. acnes</em>) focusing on its rich arginine content and strong positive charge. Especially, we focused on the attribution of dual mechanisms of antimicrobial protein, including membrane disruption or interaction with intracellular components. We first determined the dose-dependent antibacterial activity of protamine against <em>C. acnes</em>. In order to explore the interaction between bacterial membrane and protamine, we analyzed cell morphology, zeta potential, membrane permeability, and the composition of membrane fatty acid. In addition, the localization of protamine in bacteria was observed using fluorescent-labeled protamine. For investigation of the intracellular targets of protamine, bacterial translation was examined using a cell-free translation system. Based on our results, the mechanism of the antimicrobial action of protamine against <em>C. acnes</em> is as follows: 1) electrostatic interactions with the bacterial cell membrane; 2) self-internalization into the bacterial cell by changing the composition of the bacterial membrane; and 3) inhibition of bacterial growth by blocking translation inside the bacteria. However, owing to its strong electric charge, protamine can also interact with DNA, RNA, and other proteins inside the bacteria, and may inhibit various bacterial life processes beyond the translation process.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8831,"journal":{"name":"Biochimica et biophysica acta. Biomembranes","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140557458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jakub Maculewicz , Anna Białk-Bielińska , Dorota Kowalska , Piotr Stepnowski , Stefan Stolte , Stephan Beil , Agnieszka Gajewicz-Skretna , Joanna Dołżonek
{"title":"Bioconcentration potential of ionic liquids: New data on membrane partitioning and its comparison with predictions obtained by COSMOmic","authors":"Jakub Maculewicz , Anna Białk-Bielińska , Dorota Kowalska , Piotr Stepnowski , Stefan Stolte , Stephan Beil , Agnieszka Gajewicz-Skretna , Joanna Dołżonek","doi":"10.1016/j.bbamem.2024.184320","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamem.2024.184320","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Ionic liquids (ILs) have recently gained significant attention in both the scientific community and industry, but there is a limited understanding of the potential risks they might pose to the environment and human health, including their potential to accumulate in organisms. While membrane and storage lipids have been considered as primary sorption phases driving bioaccumulation, in this study we used an <em>in vitro</em> tool known as solid-supported lipid membranes (SSLMs) to investigate the affinity of ILs to membrane lipid - phosphatidylcholine and compare the results with an existing <em>in silico</em> model. Our findings indicate that ILs may have a strong affinity for the lipids that form cell membranes, with the key factor being the length of the cation's side chain. For quaternary ammonium cations, increase in membrane affinity (logMA) was observed from 3.45 ± 0.06 at 10 carbon atoms in chain to 4.79 ± 0.06 at 14 carbon atoms. We also found that the anion can significantly affect the membrane partitioning of the cation, even though the anions themselves tend to have weaker interactions with phospholipids than the cations of ILs. For 1-methyl-3-octylimidazolium cation the presence of tricyanomethanide anion caused increase in logMA to 4.23 ± 0.06. Although some of our data proved to be consistent with predictions made by the COSMO<em>mic</em> model, there are also significant discrepancies. These results suggest that further research is needed to improve our understanding of the mechanisms and structure-activity relationships involved in ILs bioconcentration and to develop more accurate predictive models.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8831,"journal":{"name":"Biochimica et biophysica acta. Biomembranes","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140631230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Differential effects of theasinensins and epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate on phospholipid bilayer structure and liposomal aggregation","authors":"Asako Narai-Kanayama , Sumio Hayakawa , Takayuki Yoshino , Futa Honda , Hiroko Matsuda , Yumiko Oishi","doi":"10.1016/j.bbamem.2024.184312","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamem.2024.184312","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>(−)-Epigallocatechin-3-<em>O</em>-gallate (EGCg), the major catechin responsible for the health-enhancing and disease-preventive effects of green tea, is susceptible to auto-oxidation at physiological pH levels. However, whether the oxidized EGCg resulting from its oral consumption possesses any bioactive functions remains unclear. This study presents a differential analysis of intact and oxidized EGCg regarding their interactions with phosphatidylcholine liposomes, serving as a simple biomembrane model. In the presence of ascorbic acid, pre-oxidized EGCg induced liposomal aggregation in a dose-dependent manner, whereas intact EGCg did not. Toxicity evaluation using calcein-loaded liposomes revealed that liposomal aggregation is associated with minimal membrane damage. Through fractionation of the oxidized EGCg sample, the fraction containing theasinensins showed high liposomal aggregation activity. Overall, these results suggest that oxidatively condensed EGCg dimers may stimulate various cells by altering the plasma membrane in a manner different from that of EGCg monomers.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8831,"journal":{"name":"Biochimica et biophysica acta. Biomembranes","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140534951","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anna Lepesheva , Michaela Grobarcikova , Adriana Osickova , David Jurnecka , Sarka Knoblochova , Monika Cizkova , Radim Osicka , Peter Sebo , Jiri Masin
{"title":"Modification of the RTX domain cap by acyl chains of adapted length rules the formation of functional hemolysin pores","authors":"Anna Lepesheva , Michaela Grobarcikova , Adriana Osickova , David Jurnecka , Sarka Knoblochova , Monika Cizkova , Radim Osicka , Peter Sebo , Jiri Masin","doi":"10.1016/j.bbamem.2024.184311","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamem.2024.184311","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The acylated pore-forming <u>R</u>epeats in <u>T</u>o<u>X</u>in (RTX) cytolysins α-hemolysin (HlyA) and adenylate cyclase toxin (CyaA) preferentially bind to β<sub>2</sub> integrins of myeloid leukocytes but can also promiscuously bind and permeabilize cells lacking the β<sub>2</sub> integrins. We constructed a HlyA<sub>1</sub><sub>–</sub><sub>563</sub>/CyaA<sub>860</sub><sub>–</sub><sub>1706</sub> chimera that was acylated either by the toxin-activating acyltransferase CyaC, using sixteen carbon-long (C16) acyls, or by the HlyC acyltransferase using fourteen carbon-long (C14) acyls. Cytolysin assays with the C16- or C14-acylated HlyA/CyaA chimeric toxin revealed that the RTX domain of CyaA can functionally replace the RTX domain of HlyA only if it is modified by C16-acyls on the Lys983 residue of CyaA. The C16-monoacylated HlyA/CyaA chimera was as pore-forming and cytolytic as native HlyA, whereas the C14-acylated chimera exhibited very low pore-forming activity. Hence, the capacity of the RTX domain of CyaA to support the insertion of the N-terminal pore-forming domain into the target cell membrane, and promote formation of toxin pores, strictly depends on the modification of the Lys983 residue by an acyl chain of adapted length.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8831,"journal":{"name":"Biochimica et biophysica acta. Biomembranes","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005273624000427/pdfft?md5=07a9ac943f2962b725a6f273cf3b0e95&pid=1-s2.0-S0005273624000427-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140540417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sylvia Riedel , Stefan Abel , Hester-Mari Burger , Sonja Swanevelder , Wentzel C.A. Gelderblom
{"title":"Fumonisin B1 protects against long-chained polyunsaturated fatty acid-induced cell death in HepG2 cells – implications for cancer promotion","authors":"Sylvia Riedel , Stefan Abel , Hester-Mari Burger , Sonja Swanevelder , Wentzel C.A. Gelderblom","doi":"10.1016/j.bbamem.2024.184310","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bbamem.2024.184310","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Fumonisin B<sub>1</sub> (FB<sub>1</sub>), a food-borne mycotoxin, is a cancer promoter in rodent liver and augments proliferation of initiated cells while inhibiting the growth of normal hepatocytes by disrupting lipid biosynthesis at various levels. HepG2 cancer cells exhibited resistance to FB<sub>1</sub>-induced toxic effects presumably due to their low content of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) even though FB<sub>1</sub>-typical lipid changes were observed, e.g. significantly increased phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), decreased sphingomyelin and cholesterol content, increased sphinganine (Sa) and sphinganine/sphingosine ratio, increased C18:1ω-9, decreased C20:4ω-6 content in PE and decreased C20:4ω-6_PC/PE ratio. Increasing PUFA content of HepG2 cells with phosphatidylcholine (PC) vesicles containing C20:4ω-6 (SAPC) or C22:6ω-3 (SDPC) disrupted cell survival, cellular redox status and induced oxidative stress and apoptosis. A partially protective effect of FB<sub>1</sub> was evident in PUFA-enriched HepG2 cells which may be related to the FB<sub>1</sub>-induced reduction in oxidative stress and the disruption of key cell membrane constituents indicative of a resistant lipid phenotype. Interactions between different ω-6 and ω-3 PUFA, membrane constituents including cholesterol, and the glycerophospho- and sphingolipids and FB<sub>1</sub> in this cell model provide further support for the resistant lipid phenotype and its role in the complex cellular effects underlying the cancer promoting potential of the fumonisins.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8831,"journal":{"name":"Biochimica et biophysica acta. Biomembranes","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005273624000415/pdfft?md5=9160b5c0d6b6eee7ea5ec7b048c33dd6&pid=1-s2.0-S0005273624000415-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140118646","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Perception and protection: The role of Bce-modules in antimicrobial peptide resistance","authors":"Benjamin J. Orlando","doi":"10.1016/j.bbamem.2024.184309","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bbamem.2024.184309","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Continual synthesis and remodeling of the peptidoglycan layer surrounding Gram-positive cells is essential for their survival. Diverse antimicrobial peptides target the lipid intermediates involved in this process. To sense and counteract assault from antimicrobial peptides, low G + C content gram-positive bacteria (Firmicutes) have evolved membrane protein complexes known as Bce-modules. These complexes consist minimally of an ABC transporter and a two-component system that work in tandem to perceive and confer resistance against antimicrobial peptides. In this mini-review I highlight recent breakthroughs in comprehending the structure and function of these unusual membrane protein complexes, with a particular focus on the BceAB-RS system present in <em>Bacillus subtilis.</em></p></div>","PeriodicalId":8831,"journal":{"name":"Biochimica et biophysica acta. Biomembranes","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005273624000403/pdfft?md5=c25ce139367a5c18391a8ee8549081ab&pid=1-s2.0-S0005273624000403-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140068139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Coordinated regulation of phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate and phosphatidylserine levels by Osh4p and Osh5p is an essential regulatory mechanism in autophagy","authors":"Moe Muramoto , Nanaru Mineoka , Kayoko Fukuda , Sayuri Kuriyama , Tatsunori Masatani , Akikazu Fujita","doi":"10.1016/j.bbamem.2024.184308","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bbamem.2024.184308","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Macroautophagy (hereafter autophagy) is an intracellular degradative pathway in budding yeast cells. Certain lipid types play essential roles in autophagy; yet the precise mechanisms regulating lipid composition during autophagy remain unknown. Here, we explored the role of the Osh family proteins in the modulating lipid composition during autophagy in budding yeast. Our results showed that <em>osh1</em>-<em>osh7</em>∆ deletions lead to autophagic dysfunction, with impaired GFP-Atg8 processing and the absence of autophagosomes and autophagic bodies in the cytosol and vacuole, respectively. Freeze-fracture electron microscopy (EM) revealed elevated phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PtdIns(4)P) levels in cytoplasmic and luminal leaflets of autophagic bodies and vacuolar membranes in all deletion mutants. Phosphatidylserine (PtdSer) levels were significantly decreased in the autophagic bodies and vacuolar membranes in <em>osh4</em>∆ and <em>osh5</em>∆ mutants, whereas no significant changes were observed in other <em>osh</em> deletion mutants. Furthermore, we identified defects in autophagic processes in the <em>osh4</em>∆ and <em>osh5</em>∆ mutants, including rare autophagosome formation in the <em>osh5</em>∆ mutant and accumulation of autophagic bodies in the vacuole in the <em>osh4</em>∆ mutant, even in the absence of the proteinase inhibitor PMSF. These findings suggest that Osh4p and Osh5p play crucial roles in the transport of PtdSer to autophagic bodies and autophagosome membranes, respectively. The precise control of lipid composition in the membranes of autophagosomes and autophagic bodies by Osh4p and Osh5p represents an important regulatory mechanism in autophagy.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8831,"journal":{"name":"Biochimica et biophysica acta. Biomembranes","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140027297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recognition and remodeling of endosomal zones by sorting nexins","authors":"Michael Overduin, Rakesh Bhat","doi":"10.1016/j.bbamem.2024.184305","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bbamem.2024.184305","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The proteolipid code determines how cytosolic proteins find and remodel membrane surfaces. Here, we investigate how this process works with sorting nexins Snx1 and Snx3. Both proteins form sorting machines by recognizing membrane zones enriched in phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate (PI3P), phosphatidylserine (PS) and cholesterol. This co-localized combination forms a unique “lipid codon” or lipidon that we propose is responsible for endosomal targeting, as revealed by structures and interactions of their PX domain-based readers. We outline a membrane recognition and remodeling mechanism for Snx1 and Snx3 involving this code element alongside transmembrane pH gradients, dipole moment-guided docking and specific protein-protein interactions. This generates an initial membrane-protein assembly (memtein) that then recruits retromer and additional PX proteins to recruit cell surface receptors for sorting to the <em>trans</em>-Golgi network (TGN), lysosome and plasma membranes. Post-translational modification (PTM) networks appear to regulate how the sorting machines form and operate at each level. The commonalities and differences between these sorting nexins show how the proteolipid code orchestrates parallel flows of molecular information from ribosome emergence to organelle genesis, and illuminates a universally applicable model of the membrane.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8831,"journal":{"name":"Biochimica et biophysica acta. Biomembranes","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139970861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. Brandejsky , O. Leinhard Dahlqvist , E. Lund , P. Lundberg
{"title":"Phosphorus-31: A table-top method for 3D B1-field amplitude and phase measurements","authors":"V. Brandejsky , O. Leinhard Dahlqvist , E. Lund , P. Lundberg","doi":"10.1016/j.bbamem.2024.184307","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bbamem.2024.184307","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A novel method of high-spatial-resolution, 3D B<sub>1</sub>-field distribution measurements is presented. The method is independent of the MR-scanner, and it allows for automated acquisitions of complete maps of all magnetic field vector components for both proton and heteronuclear MR coils of arbitrary geometrical shapes. The advantage of the method proposed here, compared with methods based on measurements with an MR-scanner, is that a complete image of both receive and transmit B<sub>1</sub>-fields, including the phase of the B<sub>1</sub>-field, can be acquired. The B<sub>1</sub> field maps obtained in this manner can be used for absolute quantification of metabolites in MRS experiments, as well as for intensity compensations in imaging experiments, both of which are important concepts in biological and medical MR applications. Another use might be in coil development and testing. A comparison with B<sub>1</sub> field magnitude maps obtained with an MR-scanner was included to validate the accuracy of the proposed method.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8831,"journal":{"name":"Biochimica et biophysica acta. Biomembranes","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139970860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gustavo Almeida e Silva , Vinícius Galvão Wakui , Lucília Kato , Cássia A. Marquezin
{"title":"Spectroscopic behavior of bufotenine and bufotenine N-oxide: Solvent and pH effects and interaction with biomembrane models","authors":"Gustavo Almeida e Silva , Vinícius Galvão Wakui , Lucília Kato , Cássia A. Marquezin","doi":"10.1016/j.bbamem.2024.184304","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bbamem.2024.184304","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Bufotenine is a fluorescent analog of Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) that has been widely studied due to its psychedelic properties and biological activity. However, little is known about its spectroscopic properties in different media. Thus, we present in this work, for the first time, the spectroscopic behavior of bufotenine and bufotenine N-oxide by means of their fluorescence properties. Both molecules exhibit changes in optical absorption and emission spectra with variations in pH of the medium and in different solvents. Assays in the presence of biomembranes models, like micelles and liposomes, were also performed. In surfactants titration experiments, the spectral shift observed in fluorescence shows the interaction of both molecules with pre-micellar structures and with micelles. Steady state anisotropy measurements show that both bufotenine and bufotenine N-oxide, in the studied concentration range, interact with liposomes without causing changes in the fluidity of the lipid bilayer. These results can be useful in studies that aim at searching for new compounds, inspired by bufotenine and bufotenine N-oxide, with relevant pharmacological activities and also in studies that use these molecules as markers of psychiatric disorders.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8831,"journal":{"name":"Biochimica et biophysica acta. Biomembranes","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139970862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}