DMPC单分子层膜及细胞色素C氧化酶重组脂质体表面的扫描隧道显微镜观察

本文报导了扫描隧道显微镜对固相磷脂单分子层膜以及重组了细胞色素C氧化酶后的脂质体表面结构的观察.对DMPC单分子层著,得到了有关磷脂头部形态,大小及排态状况等结构信息,达到分子水平分辨;对重组酶后的脂质体表面,也得到了氧化酶分子在膜上的结构信息.     

脂质体与磷脂单分子层相互作用的研究

本文尝试通过脂质体与磷脂单分子层(LB膜)相互作用去研究与膜间作用有关的问题。实验结果表明,脂质体的尺度、相状态,脂质体与LB膜的表面电荷性质,均对脂质体向LB膜的转变率有显著影响。本文尝试的方法有可能为人工膜研究膜间作用问题提供一条新的途径。     

不同折叠状态的Apocyt．C插膜后构象的研究

比较了不同折叠状态的鸡心脱血红素细胞色素ｃ（Ａｐｏｃｙｔ．ｃ）对大豆磷脂单分子层的插入能力和对酸性、中性磷脂单分子层的插入能力。不同折叠状态的Ａｐｏｃｙｔ．ｃ与大豆磷脂脂质体作用后的内源荧光发射谱提示它们各自在膜上的构象状态不同。与纯磷脂脂质体作用后的圆二色谱发现,溶液中折叠状态不同的鸡心Ａｐｏｃｙｔ．ｃ与膜作用后的构象也不同,溶液中处于无规心Ａｐｏｃｙｔ．ｃ与ＤＭＰＧ脂质体作用后的构象也呈α螺旋,但螺旋含量明显低于前者。折叠状态的鸡心Ａｐｏｃｙｔ．ｃ与ＤＭＰＣ作用后,其构象几乎没有变化。     

脂质体(Liposome)在生物膜研究和药物学方面的应用

一、什么叫脂质体脂质体是由双分子磷脂组成的一种人工膜,或称“液晶微囊”。将磷脂悬浮分散在水溶液中,它们就自发膨胀形成多层的类似洋葱状的封闭球形结构。在双分子磷脂组成的片层之     

牛胰多肽与脂作用时插膜状态的研究

利用单层膜和荧光技术,研究牛胰多肽（ＢＰＰ）和磷脂单分子层及脂质体的相互作用。ＢＰＰ与磷脂单分子层作用的动力学曲线以及临界插膜压表明它和磷脂,尤其是酸性磷脂有较强的相互作用;荧光研究表明,与脂作用后多肽内源性荧光光谱峰位蓝移,说明发荧光的酪氨酸残基存在由亲水环境向疏水环境的转变。荧光猝灭实验表明多肽与脂作用后,其内源性酪氨酸残基荧光更不容易被碘盐所猝灭,提示酪氨酸残基受到了脂双层的屏蔽作用;自旋标记磷脂的猝灭实验计算结果表明ＢＰＰ插膜深度在磷脂头部与脂酰链交界处稍内侧     

山莨若碱通过膜脂影响兔肾(Na~++K~+)-ATP酶的构象及活性

研究了山莨菪碱对处于不同脂双层的兔肾外髓质(Na~++K~+)-ATP酶活性的影响,结果表明山莨菪碱对(Na~++K~+)-ATP酶的抑制作用与该酶所处的脂环境密切相关,如对去脂后的酶活性无明显影响,而对重组于酸性磷脂脂质体的酶比对重组于中性磷脂脂质体的酶有更大的抑制作用。园二色性实验表明,山莨菪碱使带349个界面脂分子的(Na~++K~+)-ATP酶二级结构发生明显变化,而对带189个界面脂分子的酶无明显作用。另外利用差示量热扫描研究表明山莨菪碱对酸性磷脂和中性磷脂脂质体或脂酶体相变行为有不同的影响。     

山莨若碱通过膜脂影响兔肾(Na~++K~+)-ATP酶的构象及活性

研究了山莨菪碱对处于不同脂双层的兔肾外髓质(Na~++K~+)-ATP酶活性的影响,结果表明山莨菪碱对(Na~++K~+)-ATP酶的抑制作用与该酶所处的脂环境密切相关,如对去脂后的酶活性无明显影响,而对重组于酸性磷脂脂质体的酶比对重组于中性磷脂脂质体的酶有更大的抑制作用。园二色性实验表明,山莨菪碱使带349个界面脂分子的(Na~++K~+)-ATP酶二级结构发生明显变化,而对带189个界面脂分子的酶无明显作用。另外利用差示量热扫描研究表明山莨菪碱对酸性磷脂和中性磷脂脂质体或脂酶体相变行为有不同的影响。     

引人注目的脂质体

说起导弹,人们便会想到它具有专一地追踪,摧毁目标的功能。经过多年的艰苦探索,一种新型的超微型生物导弹,已经研制问世。这种生物导弹就是脂质体(liposome)。脂质体是由磷脂双分子层人工膜在水溶液中形成的微囊。双分子层是生物膜结构的重要组成部分,而制备脂质体采用的磷脂和胆固醇均是天然存在的物质,所以脂质体膜近似天然的生物膜。脂质体具有亲水性,又具有亲脂     

抗菌肽BF2-A/B对细菌表面特性的影响及与脂质体的相互作用

研究抗菌肽BuforinⅡ的衍生肽BF2-A/B对细菌表面特性的影响,以及与脂质体的作用模式。Zeta电位仪和十六烷萃取法检测发现BF2-A/B作用G-菌和G+菌后,能够提高细胞表面电负性和疏水性。选用卵磷脂和心磷脂制备包裹钙黄绿素的脂质体,模拟细菌胞膜,考察发现BF2-A/B能够引起荧光素从脂质体中泄漏,BF2-B对膜的扰动作用更大,引起的泄漏率比BF2-A高,但它们都不破裂脂质体膜。用FITC标记衍生肽,研究发现加入脂质体后,FITC-肽荧光光谱蓝移,量子产率增大,并且脂质体保护FITC-肽免受丙烯酰胺的荧光淬灭,说明BF2-A/B的N-端插入了脂质体的磷脂双分子层中。     

脱血红素细胞色素c与膜结合及插膜时的构象研究

应用特殊的单分子层样品制备技术,分别制备了与中性、酸性磷脂膜结合的和完全插膜的鸡心脱血红素细胞色素c样品,并运用圆二色谱(CD)、表面衰减全反射Fourier变换红外光谱(ATR-FTIR)对膜上蛋白的构象进行了鉴定.研究结果表明,蛋白在与膜结合及插入阶段的构象是不同的,膜界面性质的不同也会对蛋白的构象产生不同的诱导,在酸性磷脂DSPG膜表面,该蛋白是以α螺旋和β折叠混合的构象形式结合;而在中性磷脂DSPC膜表面是以β折叠为主的构象形式结合.插入 DOPG单分子层内时则是 α螺旋为主的构象形式.     

Calorimetric studies of cytochrome oxidase-phospholipid interactions

Thermotropic phase transitions in phospholipid vesicles reconstituted with mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase (EC 1.9.3.1) were studied using differential scanning calorimetry. Both dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) and mixtures of DMPC and cardiolipin were used at different lipid-to-protein ratios. The incorporated protein reduces the energy absorbed during phase transitions of DMPC vesicles, and causes a small decrease in the transition temperature (tm). delta H depends on the amount of protein in the vesicles. This dependence indicates that about 72 DMPC molecules are influenced per cytochrome alpha alpha 3 monomer. The transition parameters remain unaffected by changes in ionic strength or by reduction of the enzyme. Incorporation of cytochrome oxidase depleted of subunit III into DMPC liposomes resulted in a larger decrease of tm, but the amount of perturbed phospholipids remains similar to that in the case of the intact enzyme. Incorporation of cytochrome oxidase into DMPC/cardiolipin vesicles counteracts the effect of cardiolipin in decreasing the enthalpy of the DMPC transition. Thus cytochrome oxidase segregates the phospholipids by attracting cardiolipin from the bulk lipid. Cytochrome c does not significantly affect this apparent cardiolipin 'shell' around membranous cytochrome oxidase.     

心磷脂对细胞色素C氧化酶质子泵功能的影响

 用胆酸盐透析法将猪心线粒体细胞色素C氧化酶重组在含心磷脂和二肉豆寇磷脂酰胆碱的脂质体上,以还原态细胞色素C作为酶反应底物,记录脂酶体囊泡外介质液pH的变化,pH下降幅度可以反映细胞色素C氧化酶质子泵的功能。 心磷脂含量不同的细胞色素C氧化酶脂酶体质子泵功能不同。心磷脂含量在10％—40％(w/w)范围内,随心磷脂含量增高,该酶质子泵功能增强;当心磷艏含量超过50％时,该酶质子泵功能却随心磷脂含量的增加表现出下降的趋势。阿霉素可以与心磷脂紧密结合,抑制细胞色素C氧化酶的质子泵功能。然而,少量阿霉素却能增强含70％心磷脂的脂酶体的质子泵功能。     

Bending elasticities of model membranes: influences of temperature and sterol content

Giant liposomes obtained by electroformation and observed by phase-contrast video microscopy show spontaneous deformations originating from Brownian motion that are characterized, in the case of quasispherical vesicles, by two parameters only, the membrane tension sigma and the bending elasticity k(c). For liposomes containing dimyristoyl phosphatidylcholine (DMPC) or a 10 mol% cholesterol/DMPC mixture, the mechanical property of the membrane, k(c), is shown to be temperature dependent on approaching the main (thermotropic) phase transition temperature T(m). In the case of DMPC/cholesterol bilayers, we also obtained evidence for a relation between the bending elasticity and the corresponding temperature/cholesterol molecular ratio phase diagram. Comparison of DMPC/cholesterol with DMPC/cholesterol sulfate bilayers at 30 degrees C containing 30% sterol ratio shows that k(c) is independent of the surface charge density of the bilayer. Finally, bending elasticities of red blood cell (RBC) total lipid extracts lead to a very low k(c) at 37 degrees C if we refer to DMPC/cholesterol bilayers. At 25 degrees C, the very low bending elasticity of a cholesterol-free RBC lipid extract seems to be related to a phase coexistence, as it can be observed by solid-state (31)P-NMR. At the same temperature, the cholesterol-containing RBC lipid extract membrane shows an increase in the bending constant comparable to the one observed for a high cholesterol ratio in DMPC membranes.     

Protein and lipid structural transitions in cytochrome c oxidase-dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine reconstitutions

The thermotropic behavior of the mitochondrial enzyme cytochrome c oxidase (EC 1.9.3.1) reconstituted in dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) vesicles has been studied by using high-sensitivity differential scanning calorimetry and fluorescence spectroscopy. The incorporation of cytochrome c oxidase into the phospholipid bilayer perturbs the thermodynamic parameters associated with the lipid phase transition in a manner analogous to other integral membrane proteins: it reduces the enthalpy change, lowers the transition temperature, and reduces the cooperative behavior of the phospholipid molecules. Analysis of the dependence of the enthalpy change on the protein:lipid molar ratio indicates that cytochrome c oxidase prevents 99 +/- 5 lipid molecules from participating in the main gel-liquid-crystalline transition. These phospholipid molecules presumably remain in the same physical state below and above the transition temperature of the bulk lipid, thus providing a more or less constant microenvironment to the protein molecule. The effect of the phospholipid bilayer matrix on the thermodynamic stability of the cytochrome c oxidase complex was examined by high-sensitivity differential scanning calorimetry. Detergent (Tween 80)-solubilized cytochrome c oxidase undergoes a complex, irreversible thermal denaturation process centered at 56 degrees C and characterized by an enthalpy change of 550 +/- 50 kcal/mol of enzyme complex. Reconstitution of the cytochrome c oxidase complex into DMPC vesicles shifts the transition temperature upward to 63 degrees C, indicating that the phospholipid bilayer moiety stabilizes the native conformation of the enzyme. The lipid bilayer environment contributes approximately 10 kcal/mol to the free energy of stabilization of the enzyme complex. The thermal unfolding of cytochrome c oxidase is not a two-state process.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

Selective incorporation of membrane proteins into proteoliposomes of different compositions.

1. Cytochrome oxidase was incorporated into preformed liposomes containing phosphatidylserine. When confronted with a mixture of liposomes, some containing phosphatidylserine and some without it, the enzyme was incorporated only into the phosphatidylserine-containing liposomes. 2. The hydrophobic proteins of the oligomycin-sensitive ATPase incubated in the presence of a mixture of liposomes with and without cytochrome oxidase were preferentially incorporated into cytochrome oxidase-containing liposomes. This selectivity was abolished by either cytochrome c or ascorbate. 3. Cytochrome oxidase incubated in the presence of a mixture of liposomes with and without the hydrophobic proteins of the ATPase was preferentially incorporated into liposomes that did not contain the hydrophobic proteins. 4. Cytochrome oxidase and the oligomycin-sensitive ATPase were preferentially incorporated into pure liposomes over bacteriorhodopsin-containing vesicles. 5. Reduced coenzyme Q (QH2)-cytochrome c reductase was incorporated randomly when incubated in the presence of a mixture of pure liposomes and liposomes containing the hydrophobic proteins of the ATPase complex. 6. The significance of the incorporation procedure as a model for membrane biogenesis is discussed.     

Interaction study between maltose-modified PPI dendrimers and lipidic model membranes

The influence of maltose-modified poly(propylene imine) (PPI) dendrimers on dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) or dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine/dimyristoylphosphatidylglycerol (DMPC/DMPG) (3%) liposomes was studied. Fourth generation (G4) PPI dendrimers with primary amino surface groups were partially (open shell glycodendrimers — OS) or completely (dense shell glycodendrimers — DS) modified with maltose residues. As a model membrane, two types of 100 nm diameter liposomes were used to observe differences in the interactions between neutral DMPC and negatively charged DMPC/DMPG bilayers. Interactions were studied using fluorescence spectroscopy to evaluate the membrane fluidity of both the hydrophobic and hydrophilic parts of the lipid bilayer and using differential scanning calorimetry to investigate thermodynamic parameter changes. Pulsed-filed gradient NMR experiments were carried out to evaluate common diffusion coefficient of DMPG and DS PPI in D₂O when using below critical micelle concentration of DMPG. Both OS and DS PPI G4 dendrimers show interactions with liposomes. Neutral DS dendrimers exhibit stronger changes in membrane fluidity compared to OS dendrimers. The bilayer structure seems more rigid in the case of anionic DMPC/DMPG liposomes in comparison to pure and neutral DMPC liposomes. Generally, interactions of dendrimers with anionic DMPC/DMPG and neutral DMPC liposomes were at the same level. Higher concentrations of positively charged OS dendrimers induced the aggregation process with negatively charged liposomes. For all types of experiments, the presence of NaCl decreased the strength of the interactions between glycodendrimers and liposomes. Based on NMR diffusion experiments we suggest that apart from electrostatic interactions for OS PPI hydrogen bonds play a major role in maltose-modified PPI dendrimer interactions with anionic and neutral model membranes where a contact surface is needed for undergoing multiple H-bond interactions between maltose shell of glycodendrimers and surface membrane of liposome.     

Enzyme behaviour and molecular environment. The effects of ionic strength, detergents, linear polyanions and phospholipids on the pH profile of soluble cytochrome oxidase.

The activity vs. pH profile for the oxidation of ferrocytochrome c by purified cytochrome oxidase (ferrocytochrome c:oxygen oxidoreductase, EC 1.9.3.1) was investigated as a function of ionic strength (from 10 to 200 mM) in the absence and in the presence of various perturbants: Tween 20, linear polyanions (RNA, heparin, polyglutamic acid) and phospholipids (asolectin, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidic acid and cardiolipin). The activation induced by Tween 20 and "zero net charge" phospholipid liposomes was not pH dependent. On the other hand, linear polyanions and polyanionic liposomes strongly perturbed the pH profile, mostly at low ionic strength, by shifting the pH optimum about 1.7 pH units towards alkaline pH values. This effect was reversed by increasing ionic strength. These observations are interpreted in the light of polyelectrolyte theory. Since these results show striking with membrane-bound enzyme, it is concluded that in vivo cytochrome oxidase is located within polyanionic sites of the micochondrial membrane. The activation broght about by phospholipids may result from two posible processes: creation of a hydrophobic environment by the non-polar tails, preventing autoaggregation; and creation of a suitable polyelectrolytic environment by the polar heads (of non zero net charge), increasing the intrinsic reaction rate.     

Derivative spectrophotometry as a tool for the determination of drug partition coefficients in water/dimyristoyl-L-alpha-phosphatidylglycerol (DMPG) liposomes.

The partition coefficients (K(p)) between lipid bilayers of dimyristoyl-L-alpha-phosphatidylglycerol (DMPG) unilamellar liposomes and water were determined using derivative spectrophotometry for chlordiazepoxide (benzodiazepine), isoniazid and rifampicin (tuberculostatic drugs) and dibucaine (local anaesthetic). A comparison of the K(p) values in water/DMPG with those in water/DMPC (dimyristoyl-L-alpha-phosphatidylcholine) revealed that for chlordiazepoxide and isoniazid, neutral drugs at physiological pH, the partition coefficients are similar in anionic (DMPG) and zwitterionic (DMPC) liposomes. However, for ionised drugs at physiological pH, the electrostatic interactions are different with DMPG and DMPC, with the cationic dibucaine having a stronger interaction with DMPG, and the anionic rifampicin having a much larger K(p) in zwitterionic DMPC. These results show that liposomes are a better model membrane than an isotropic two-phase solvent system, such as water-octanol, to predict drug-membrane partition coefficients, as they mimic better the hydrophobic part and the outer polar charged surface of the phospholipids of natural membranes.     

A liposomal enzyme electrode for measuring glucose.

Enzyme electrodes have been described for measuring glucose but have been limited by the saturation kinetics of the glucose oxidase not allowing clinically relevant glucose concentrations to be measured (0-25 mM). One way of alleviating this problem is to use diffusion-controlled membranes which result in the enzyme experiencing a smaller substrate concentration than that of the bulk solution. As an extension of this concept we have encapsulated glucose oxidase in liposomes whereby the lipid bilayer wall provides the diffusion-limiting membrane as well as providing a biocompatible layer which is of particular relevance when blood glucose is to be measured. Linear ranges were found to embrace the required glucose concentrations and moreover by using liposomes prepared from different lipids, e.g., dimyristoyl (14:0) phosphatidylcholine (DMPC), dipalmitoyl (16:0) phosphatidylcholine (DPPC) and distearoyl (18:0) phosphatidylcholine (DSPC), the electrode response was shown to depend on the bilayer permeabilities in relation to the lipid phase transition temperatures and as a consequence the linear ranges were duly altered.     

Hydrogen peroxide production from reactive liposomes encapsulating enzymes.

Reactive cationic and anionic liposomes have been prepared from mixtures of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) and cholesterol incorporating dimethyldioctadecylammonium bromide and DMPC incorporating phosphatidylinositol, respectively. The liposomes were prepared by the vesicle extrusion technique and had the enzymes glucose oxidase (GO) encapsulated in combination with horseradish peroxidase (HRP) or lactoperoxidase (LPO). The generation of hydrogen peroxide from the liposomes in response to externally added D-glucose substrate was monitored using a Rank electrode system polarised to +650 mV, relative to a standard silver-silver chloride electrode. The effects of encapsulated enzyme concentration, enzyme combinations (GO+HRP, GO+LPO), substrate concentration, electron donor and temperature on the production of hydrogen peroxide have been investigated. The electrode signal (peroxide production) was found to increase linearly with GO incorporation, was reduced on addition of HRP and an electron donor (o-dianisidine) and showed a maximum at the lipid chain-melting temperature from the anionic liposomes containing no cholesterol. To aid interpretation of the results, the permeability of the non-reactive substrate (methyl glucoside) across the bilayer membranes was measured. It was found that the encapsulation of the enzymes effected the permeability coefficients of methyl glucoside, increasing them in the case of anionic liposomes and decreasing them in the case of cationic liposomes. These observations are discussed in terms of enzyme bilayer interactions.