竹红菌素及其衍生物对脂质体空间结构的微观光敏损伤的Raman光谱特征

竹红菌素及其衍生物对DPPC脂质体空间结构的微观光敏损伤的Raman光谱特征是明显的 :该脂质体反式构象减少 ,扭曲构象增加表明链内纵向有序度降低 .与此同时其链间侧向相互作用序参数也有不同程度的减少 ,它们的侧向堆积已变得松弛 .经比较 ,对该脂质体空间结构的损伤 5 Br 竹红菌乙素强于竹红菌甲素和竹红菌乙素 .     

几种不同条件下竹红菌甲素的光谱特性

本文报道了不同浓度竹红菌甲素的吸收光谱.甲素在不同比例的二甲基亚砜与HEPES溶液中的荧光光谱,试验了甲素与几种生物物质的结合,说明脂溶性的甲素能与类脂很好的结合,甲素光照后对红细胞膜的损伤大于白蛋白和色氨酸,说明生物膜是甲素光敏作用较好的靶.     

竹红菌甲素-脂质体的制备及其特性

利用反相蒸发技术制备了竹红茵甲素脂质体体系,测定了其光谱和稳定性,结果表明:在该体系中,竹红菌甲素的Ⅰ吸收峰、荧光峰均出现红移且有荧光增强效应。竹红菌甲素-脂质体(浓度0.05～0.5mg/ml)在4℃下存放2-3d,光密度下降5％左右。     

竹红菌甲素对红细胞膜的光损伤

光敏化剂竹红菌甲素在可见光区有三个吸收峰,其波长为475nm、545nm和585nm。在有竹红菌甲素存在时,红细胞膜样品用250W碘钨灯照射,其光强度为48尔格/平方毫米·秒。辐照后观察到以下一些效应:1)膜蛋白SH基含量减少。2)膜蛋白敏感的氨基酸残基,如组氨酸、半胱氨酸和色氨酸含量降低。3)膜蛋白发生光??聚集作用。4)多聚不饱和类脂发生过氧化作用。竹红菌甲素光照不同时间后和竹红菌甲素光照后放置一段时间,再加到红细胞膜中,均能观察到膜蛋白SH基含量降低。提示竹红菌甲素的光氧化产物是稳定的,能引起红细胞膜的光损伤。     

新型光敏剂分子二乙醇胺基竹红菌乙素光诱导HeLa细胞死亡中的氧化应激研究

二乙醇胺基竹红菌乙素(2-ethanolamino-2-demethoxy-17-ethanolimino-hypocrellin B,EAHB)是一种新型的可吸收600 nm以上红光的竹红菌乙素衍生物。本文研究了二乙醇胺基竹红菌乙素-光动力诱导HeLa细胞死亡的效果及其氧化应激机制。结果发现,红光诱导后,MTT法检测到二乙醇胺基竹红菌乙素-光动力作用使HeLa细胞的存活率显著降低,且存活率与光敏剂浓度和光照剂量成反比;二乙醇胺基竹红菌乙素-光动力诱导HeLa细胞内产生活性氧自由基;同时,胞内超氧化物歧化酶和还原型谷胱甘肽水平显著降低,细胞脂质过氧化标志分子丙二醛显著升高,并检测到细胞质膜损伤标志分子乳酸脱氢酶的渗出显著增加。研究结果说明新型光敏剂二乙醇胺基竹红菌乙素可有效光诱导肿瘤细胞死亡,而细胞内氧化应激反应可能是二乙醇胺基竹红菌乙素光诱导肿瘤细胞死亡的重要作用机制。     

竹红菌甲素对红细胞膜和几种磷脂脂质体膜的流动性的光敏损伤

本文以荧光探针为手段,通过测量膜偏振度的变化,探讨了竹红菌甲素光敏作用对红细胞膜和几种磷脂脂质体膜的流动性的损伤。结果表明,甲素光敏作用使不同种类的磷脂(DPPC,DPPC/DPPE,红细胞膜磷脂)脂质体的流动性增加,其对光敏作用的敏感程度为红细胞膜磷脂脂质体显著小于DPPC/DPPE脂质体及DPPC脂质体。对红细胞膜来说,甲素光敏作用使其流动性呈现先降低而后增加的现象。去除膜上的spectrin以及用胰蛋白酶处理可使这种流动性变化的幅度受到抑制。据此,我们认为,膜磷脂,膜蛋白对甲素光敏作用中膜流动性的变化有着不同的影响,膜蛋白,特别是spectrin,是其中极重要的因素。     

原生质体紫外诱变选育竹红菌甲素高产菌株

采用原生质体紫外诱变技术选育竹红菌甲素高产菌株。结果表明:以竹黄菌Shiraia sp.S8为出发菌株,当使用混合酶系(5 mg/mL纤维素酶和10 mg/mL蜗牛酶)在30℃处理菌丝2 h,获得菌丝原生质体3.24×106个/mL。以竹黄菌原生质体在距离15 W紫外灯30 cm处照射诱导,获得诱变菌株C6。其竹红菌甲素产量达到28.1 mg/L,比原始出发菌株提高了53.7%,且遗传稳定,具有较高的医药与工业应用价值。     

竹红菌甲素对红细胞膜内脂双层的微扰

本文以荧光探针为手段,以人红细胞膜为材料,测量了膜偏振度的改变,荧光探针能量转移,荧光峰的蓝移和甲素激发峰的分裂。结果表明在有竹红菌甲素存在时,红细胞膜偏振度增加,探针荧光强度减小,荧光峰蓝移。甲素浓度增加时,上述现象更加明显,即它们之间有正的相关关系。同时,甲素激发光谱的a带发生分裂。据此,我们认为甲素对红细胞膜内脂双层产生明显微扰,甲素与红细胞膜间存在着相互作用。在甲素浓度较大时,它主要是渗入到红细胞膜脂双层的深层部位(膜脂肪酸链的12—16位)。     

Bei醌类化合物的杀线虫活性

采用液体浸泡方法首次测定了菌寄生菌属Hypomyces sp.的次级代谢物Bei醌类化合物竹红菌甲素和痂囊羟菌素对松材线虫的致病率，结果表明竹红菌甲素对松材线虫的半致病率为18小时50ug/mL，痂囊羟菌素对松材线虫的半致病率为18小时15ug/mL，对比（啊维菌素）对松材线虫的半致病率为18小时0．8ug/mL，在红外光照射下竹红菌甲素和痂囊羟菌素具有良好的光敏杀伤松材线虫的作用。     

新型光敏化剂——竹红菌甲素的抑瘤作用

 利用竹红菌甲素并结合其光敏特性进行了动物体内的抑瘤试验。发现患瘤局部表皮涂布竹红菌甲素软膏或局部皮下注射或腹腔注射甲素花生油溶液、并经光照致敏后能使小鼠S-180实体肉瘤生长减缓,甚至有个别消退。同时利用细胞培养法和~3H标记化合物参入法进行了甲素抑瘤作用的定量分析。发现作用时间固定时(光照40分钟后继续培养3小时),大于12.5ng/ml浓度的甲素能明显抑制~3H-TdR、~3H-UR和~3H-Leu对S-180肉瘤细胞的参入速率;剂量与抑制率呈正相关。据此结果求出甲素对S-180肉瘤细胞的有效抑制浓度(LD(50))为40ng/ml。光照组与无光照组差异有显著性。用Ebrlich腹水癌细胞为研究体系也得到了类似的试验结果。实验结果提示竹红菌甲素具有明显的抑瘤作用,这种作用与其光敏特性有关。     

竹红菌甲素对红细胞膜内脂双层的微扰

In this paper, using human erythrocyte membrane, the effect of Hypocrellin A on the lipid bilayer of the membrane was studied by measuring the change of the fluidity of the membrane, the energy transfer of the fluorescent probes, the shift of the fluorescent emission peaks, and the split of band-a of Hypocrellin A. The results showed that in the presence of HA, the fluidity of erythrocyte membrane was increased, the fluorescence intensity of the probes was decreased, and the fluorescence peaks shifted blue. These phenomena took place more seriously with the increment of HA concentration. Meanwhile, the band-a of HA excitation spectra was splitted. It was suggested from all of the results that HA could significantly perturb the lipid bilayer of erythrocyte membrane, there were interactions existing between the Hypocrellin A and the membrane. The HA was mainly located in the middle range of the membrane lipid bilayer when in high concentration (mainly to the 12-16 positions of the long chain fatty acid).     

The effect of hypericin and hypocrellin-A on lipid membranes and membrane potential of 3T3 fibroblasts

Hypericin (HY) and Hypocrellin-A (HA) photosensitization induce rapid depolarization of plasma membrane in 3T3 cells as revealed by confocal microspectrofluorimetry using diO-C5(3) fluorescent probe. HY and HA are also able to rigidify the lipid membrane of DMPC liposomes as indicated by the decrease of pyrene excimer fluorescence used as a marker of the lipid membrane fluidity. We have also observed a nonspecific inhibition of Na+,K+-ATPase activity due to the HY and HA photosensitization. The described effects are concentration- and light dose-dependent and generally more pronounced for HA than for HY. All these observations suggest that the lipid membranes can play an important role in the photosensitization process induced by HY and HA at the cellular level. It can be hypothesized that for HA and HY the secondary mechanism following type I or type II photosensitization process can be the peroxidation of membrane lipids as well, and thus intracellular membranes seem to be one of the most important targets of these photosensitizers.     

Kinetics of pH-dependent fusion between 3T3 fibroblasts expressing influenza hemagglutinin and red blood cells. Measurement by dequenching of fluorescence

Fusion between membranes of 3T3 fibroblasts expressing hemagglutinin (HA) from the Japan strain of influenza virus and human red blood cells (RBC) was measured using an assay for lipid mixing based on the relief of self-quenching (dequenching) of fluorescence of the lipid probe octadecylrhodamine (R18). The probe was incorporated into the membrane of intact RBC at self-quenching concentrations, and the RBCs were bound to the 3T3 cells. Fusion, which allowed movement of R18 into 3T3 cell membranes, was monitored by spectrofluorometry as an increase in fluorescence. Upon lowering the pH below 5.4, the fluorescence increased after a delay of about 30 s at 37 degrees C, and leveled off within 2 min. In control experiments where R18 RBCs bound to 3T3 cells expressing the uncleaved precursor hemagglutinin (HA0) were incubated at 37 degrees C and low pH, no fluorescence increase was observed. This indicated that the R18 dequenching occurred as a result of HA-induced fusion of plasma membranes. Fusion showed a very steep pH dependence with a threshold at pH 5.4 and a maximum at pH 5.0, similar to HA-induced fusion seen previously using cell biological techniques. The fusion rate increased and the delay for the onset of fusion decreased as the temperature was raised above 20 degrees C. Low pH activation of the fusion process at 37 degrees C could be partially arrested by raising the pH after 2-10 s, but not after 15 s, indicating that the irreversible pH-activated conformational change of HA necessary for fusion was complete within about 15 s. Analysis of the data indicates that the pH-induced membrane fusion activity of HA is a highly cooperative event.     

Secondary structure, orientation, oligomerization, and lipid interactions of the transmembrane domain of influenza hemagglutinin

Influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA), the viral envelope glycoprotein that mediates fusion between the viral and cellular membranes, is a homotrimer of three subunits, each containing two disulfide-linked polypeptide chains, HA(1) and HA(2). Each HA(2) chain spans the viral membrane with a single putative transmembrane alpha-helix near its C-terminus. Fusion experiments with recombinant HAs suggest that this sequence is required for a late step of membrane fusion, as a glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored analogue of HA only mediates "hemifusion" of membranes, i.e., the merging of the proximal, but not distal, leaflets of the two juxtaposed lipid bilayers [Kemble et al. (1994) Cell 76, 383-391]. To find a structural explanation for the function of the transmembrane domain of HA(2) in membrane fusion, we have studied the secondary structure, orientation, oligomerization, and lipid interactions of a synthetic peptide representing the transmembrane segment of X:31 HA (TMX31) by circular dichroism and attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and by gel electrophoresis. The peptide was predominantly alpha-helical in detergent micelles and in phospholipid bilayers. The helicity was increased in lipid bilayers composed of acidic lipids compared to pure phosphatidylcholine bilayers. In planar lipid bilayers, the helices were oriented close to the membrane normal. TMX31 aggregated into small heat-resistant oligomers composed of two to five subunits in SDS micelles. Amide hydrogen exchange experiments indicated that a large fraction of the helical residues were accessible to water, suggesting the possibility that TMX31 forms pores in lipid bilayers. Finally, the peptide increased the acyl chain order in lipid bilayers, which may be related to the preferential association of HA with lipid "rafts" in the cell surface and which may be an important prerequisite for complete membrane fusion.     

Dilation of the influenza hemagglutinin fusion pore revealed by the kinetics of individual cell-cell fusion events

We have monitored kinetics of fusion between cell pairs consisting of a single influenza hemaglutinin (HA)-expressing cell and a single erythrocyte (RBC) that had been labeled with both a fluorescent lipid (Dil) in the membrane and a fluorescent solute (calcein) in the aqueous space. Initial fusion pore opening between the RBC and HA-expressing cell produced a change in RBC membrane potential (delta psi) that was monitored by a decrease in Dil fluorescence. This event was followed by two distinct stages of fusion pore dilation: the flux of fluorescent lipid (phi L) and the flux of a large aqueous fluorescent dye (phi s). We have analyzed the kinetics of events that occur as a result of transitions between a fusion pore (FP) and a solute permissive fusion pore (FPs). Our data are consistent with a fusion pore comprising six HA trimers.     

Structure and membrane interaction of the internal fusion peptide of avian sarcoma leukosis virus.

The structure and membrane interaction of the internal fusion peptide (IFP) fragment of the avian sarcoma and leucosis virus (ASLV) envelope glycoprotein was studied by an array of biophysical methods. The peptide was found to induce lipid mixing of vesicles more strongly than the fusion peptide derived from the N-terminal fusion peptide of influenza virus (HA2-FP). It was observed that the helical structure was enhanced in association with the model membranes, particularly in the N-terminal portion of the peptide. According to the infrared study, the peptide inserted into the membrane in an oblique orientation, but less deeply than the influenza HA2-FP. Analysis of NMR data in sodium dodecyl sulfate micelle suspension revealed that Pro13 of the peptide was located near the micelle-water interface. A type II beta-turn was deduced from NMR data for the peptide in aqueous medium, demonstrating a conformational flexibility of the IFP in analogy to the N-terminal FP such as that of gp41. A loose and multimodal self-assembly was deduced from the rhodamine fluorescence self-quenching experiments for the peptide bound to the membrane bilayer. Oligomerization of the peptide and its variants can also be observed in the electrophoretic experiments, suggesting a property in common with other N-terminal FP of class I fusion proteins.     

Structural studies on membrane-embedded influenza hemagglutinin and its fragments.

The mechanism of influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA)-mediated membrane fusion has been inferred in part from studies examining pH-induced structural changes in soluble HA derivatives lacking the viral membrane anchor and, sometimes, the fusion peptide (the C- and N-terminal residues of the HA2 chain, respectively). To reconcile structure-based mechanisms of HA-mediated membrane fusion with structural implications of functional studies performed on membrane-embedded HA, we have undertaken attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopic analyses of membrane-embedded HA (strain X:31) and its fragments reconstituted into supported lipid bilayers. The fragments correspond to proteolytic products with the majority of the HA1 chain and, in some cases, the fusion peptide removed (THA2 and THA2F-, respectively). In combination with R18 fluorescence dequenching to monitor the functional implications of HA1 subunit removal, we have assessed the influence of pH and target membrane presentation on the secondary structures, orientations relative to the membrane, and dynamics of these molecules. We find that X:31 HA is more tilted towards the plane of the membrane under fusion than under resting conditions, that the fitting of HA depends on the presence of the HA1 chain, that the residues connecting the membrane-inserted fusion peptide with the crystallographically determined coiled coil probably adopt an alpha-helical conformation, and that several changes in the secondary structure and the amide H/D exchange kinetics occur as a result of acidification and target membrane presentation, which can be interpreted as small changes and a release of strain in the static and dynamic structure of membrane-bound HA. THA2 mediatcs fusion, but less efficiently and with less pH-selectivity than HA.     

Hemagglutinin of Influenza Virus Partitions into the Nonraft Domain of Model Membranes

The HA of influenza virus is a paradigm for a transmembrane protein thought to be associated with membrane-rafts, liquid-ordered like nanodomains of the plasma membrane enriched in cholesterol, glycosphingolipids, and saturated phospholipids. Due to their submicron size in cells, rafts can not be visualized directly and raft-association of HA was hitherto analyzed by indirect methods. In this study, we have used GUVs and GPMVs, showing liquid disordered and liquid ordered domains, to directly visualize partition of HA by fluorescence microscopy. We show that HA is exclusively (GUVs) or predominantly (GPMVs) present in the liquid disordered domain, regardless of whether authentic HA or domains containing its raft targeting signals were reconstituted into model membranes. The preferential partition of HA into ld domains and the difference between lo partition in GUV and GPMV are discussed with respect to differences in packaging of lipids in membranes of model systems and living cells suggesting that physical properties of lipid domains in biological membranes are tightly regulated by protein-lipid interactions.