H2O2 induces rapid biophysical and permeability changes in the plasma membrane of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the diffusion rate of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) through the plasma membrane decreases during adaptation to H2O2 by means of a mechanism that is still unknown. Here, evidence is presented that during adaptation to H2O2 the anisotropy of the plasma membrane increases. Adaptation to H2O2 was studied at several times (15min up to 90min) by applying the steady-state H2O2 delivery model. For wild-type cells, the steady-state fluorescence anisotropy increased after 30min, or 60min, when using 2-(9-anthroyloxy) stearic acid (2-AS), or diphenylhexatriene (DPH) membrane probe, respectively. Moreover, a 40% decrease in plasma membrane permeability to H2O2 was observed at 15min with a concomitant two-fold increase in catalase activity. Disruption of the ergosterol pathway, by knocking out either ERG3 or ERG6, prevents the changes in anisotropy during H2O2 adaptation. H2O2 diffusion through the plasma membrane in S. cerevisiae cells is not mediated by aquaporins since the H2O2 permeability constant is not altered in the presence of the aquaporin inhibitor mercuric chloride. Altogether, these results indicate that the regulation of the plasma membrane permeability towards H2O2 is mediated by modulation of the biophysical properties of the plasma membrane.     

过氧化氢诱导酿酒酵母细胞膜透性和组成的变化

以下简述了过氧化氢(H2O2)作为一种信号分子诱导并调节酿酒酵母(Saccharomyces cerevisiae)细胞膜的变化。H2O2是一种强氧化剂,可以跨膜扩散进入细胞中,形成跨膜梯度;当外源H2O2达到亚致死剂量时,酿酒酵母的细胞膜透性和流动性降低,产生跨膜梯度,从而限制H2O2向细胞内的扩散速率,保护细胞免受氧化胁迫的伤害。研究表明,由H2O2引起的膜透性和流动性的变化与膜的组成有关:当酵母细胞对H2O2产生适应时,与膜组成和微区域变化有关的几个基因的表达发生了改变。膜组成的变化和微区域的调整还可能与H2O2依赖的信号途径有关,即以H2O2为信号分子,调节膜的变化并赋予细胞对氧化压力更高的适应性,但这种信号分子的具体传递途径及机制还需要进一步研究。     

Modulation of plasma membrane lipid profile and microdomains by H2O2 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the rate of hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) diffusion through the plasma membrane decreases during adaptation to H₂O₂ by a still unknown mechanism. Here, adaptation to H₂O₂ was observed to modulate rapidly the expression of genes coding for enzymes involved in ergosterol and lipid metabolism. Adaptation to H₂O₂ also alters plasma membrane lipid composition. The main changes were the following: (a) there was a decrease in oleic acid (30%) and in the ratio between unsaturated and saturated long-chain fatty acids; (b) the phosphatidylcholine:phosphatidylethanolamine ratio increased threefold; (c) sterol levels were unaltered but there was an increased heterogeneity of sterol-rich microdomains and increased ordered domains; (d) the levels of the sterol precursor squalene increased twofold, in agreement with ERG1 gene down-regulation; and (e) C26:0 became the major very long chain fatty acid owing to an 80% decrease in 2-hydroxy-C26:0 levels and a 50% decrease in C20:0 levels, probably related to the down-regulation of fatty acid elongation (FAS1, FEN1, SUR4) and ceramide synthase (LIP1, LAC1) genes. Therefore, H₂O₂ leads to a reorganization of the plasma membrane microdomains, which may explain the lower permeability to H₂O₂, and emerges as an important regulator of lipid metabolism and plasma membrane lipid composition.     

Decrease of H2O2 plasma membrane permeability during adaptation to H2O2 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Contrary to what is widely believed, recent published results show that H2O2 does not freely diffuse across biomembranes. The fast removal of H2O2 by antioxidant enzymes is able to generate a gradient if H2O2 is produced in a different compartment from that containing the enzymes (Antunes, F., and Cadenas, E. (2000) FEBS Lett. 475, 121-126). In this work, we extended these studies and tested whether an active regulation of biomembranes permeability characteristics is part of the cell response to oxidative stress. Using Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model, we showed that: (a) H2O2 gradients across the plasma membrane are formed upon exposure to external H2O2; (b) there is a correlation between the magnitude of the gradients and the resistance to H2O2; (c) there is not a correlation between the intracellular capacity to remove H2O2 and the resistance to H2O2; (d) the plasma membrane permeability to H2O2 decreases by a factor of two upon acquisition of resistance to this agent by pre-exposing cells either to nonlethal doses of H2O2 or to cycloheximide, an inhibitor of protein synthesis; and (e) erg3Delta and erg6Delta mutants, which have impaired ergosterol biosynthesis pathways, show higher plasma membrane permeability to H2O2 and are more sensitive to H2O2. Altogether, the regulation of the plasma membrane permeability to H2O2 emerged as a new mechanism by which cells respond and adapt to H2O2. The consequences of the results to cellular redox compartmentalization and to the origin and evolution of the eukaryotic cell are discussed.     

外源H_2O_2和·OH对大麦幼苗根系线粒体膜脂和流动性的伤害

以大麦 (H ordeum vulgare L.)为材料 ,研究了外源 H2 O2 和· OH对大麦根系呼吸速率、线粒体膜流动性和膜脂脂肪酸组成的影响。结果表明 ,1 0 mmol/L H2 O2 或· OH处理 4d,大麦幼苗根系呼吸速率和线粒体膜脂不饱和脂肪酸含量及脂肪酸不饱和指数下降 ,线粒体膜脂荧光强度增加 ,膜流动性下降 ,且 H2 O2 或· OH处理浓度 (在 0 .1～ 1 0 mmol/L范围内 )越高 ,膜脂流动性下降越明显。 H2 O2 和· OH处理的同时加入同浓度的抗坏血酸 (As A)和甘露醇 ,膜流动性明显增强或恢复     

Biphasic modulation of fatty acid synthase by hydrogen peroxide in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Taking into account published contradictory results concerning the regulation of fatty acid synthase (Fas) by H(2)O(2), we carried out a systematic study where two methods of H(2)O(2) delivery (steady-state and bolus addition) and the effect of a wide range of H(2)O(2) concentrations were investigated. A decrease in Fas activity was observed for cells exposed to 100 and 150μM H(2)O(2) in a steady-state, while a bolus addition of the same H(2)O(2) concentrations did not alter Fas activity. Similar results were observed for the mRNA levels of FAS1, the gene that encodes Fas subunit β. However, the exposure to a steady-state 50μM H(2)O(2) dose lead to an increase in FAS1 mRNA levels, showing a biphasic modulation of Fas by H(2)O(2). The results obtained emphasize that cellular effects of H(2)O(2) can vary over a narrow range of concentrations. Therefore, a tight control of H(2)O(2) exposure, which can be achieved by exposing H(2)O(2) in a steady-state, is important for cellular studies of H(2)O(2)-dependent redox regulation.     

H2O2 induces rapid biophysical and permeability changes in the plasma membrane of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the diffusion rate of hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) through the plasma membrane decreases during adaptation to H₂O₂ by means of a mechanism that is still unknown. Here, evidence is presented that during adaptation to H₂O₂ the anisotropy of the plasma membrane increases. Adaptation to H₂O₂ was studied at several times (15min up to 90min) by applying the steady-state H₂O₂ delivery model. For wild-type cells, the steady-state fluorescence anisotropy increased after 30min, or 60min, when using 2-(9-anthroyloxy) stearic acid (2-AS), or diphenylhexatriene (DPH) membrane probe, respectively. Moreover, a 40% decrease in plasma membrane permeability to H₂O₂ was observed at 15min with a concomitant two-fold increase in catalase activity. Disruption of the ergosterol pathway, by knocking out either ERG3 or ERG6, prevents the changes in anisotropy during H₂O₂ adaptation. H₂O₂ diffusion through the plasma membrane in S. cerevisiae cells is not mediated by aquaporins since the H₂O₂ permeability constant is not altered in the presence of the aquaporin inhibitor mercuric chloride. Altogether, these results indicate that the regulation of the plasma membrane permeability towards H₂O₂ is mediated by modulation of the biophysical properties of the plasma membrane.     

缓慢干旱下春小麦叶片质膜脂肪酸组成、H~+-ATPase肥及5′-AMPase活力的变化

研究了田间缓慢干旱胁迫下,抗旱性不同的两个小麦(Triticum aestivum)品种的生长状况、质膜极性脂脂肪酸组成以及质膜关键酶活力的变化。在小麦生长发育的早期,干旱胁迫使其叶片质膜极性脂脂肪酸不饱和度下降、质膜微囊消耗O_2的速率升高、膜蛋白含量降低、H~+-ATPase(EC 3.6.1.35)活力下降、5′-AMPase(EC 3.1.3.5)活力大幅度升高;在小麦发育的后期,随着干旱的持续,小麦叶片质膜的极性脂脂肪酸不饱和度不变或升高、质膜微囊消耗O_2的速率降低、膜蛋白含量与H~+-ATPase活力升高、5′-AMPase活力下降。以上结果表明,小麦在发育的早期阶段对干旱较敏感,其细胞质膜流动性降低、细胞中能荷贮备降低;而在后期,则又表现出对干旱的适应。这些结果将有助于阐明自然干旱条件下植物的抗旱机制。     

缓慢干旱下春小麦叶片质膜脂肪酸组成、H+-ATPase及5′-AMPase活力的变化

 研究了田间缓慢干旱胁迫下,抗旱性不同的两个小麦(Triticum aestivum)品种的生长状况、质膜极性脂脂肪酸组成以及质膜关键酶活力的变化。在小麦生长发育的早期,干旱胁迫使其叶片质膜极性脂脂肪酸不饱和度下降、质膜微囊消耗O2的速率升高、膜蛋白含量降低、H+-ATPase (EC 3.6.1.35)活力下降、5'-AMPase (EC 3.1.3.5)活力大幅度升高;在小麦发育的后期,随着干旱的持续,小麦叶片质膜的极性脂脂肪酸不饱和度不变或升高、质膜微囊消耗O2的速率降低、膜蛋白含量与H+-ATPase活力升高、5'-AMPase活力下降。以上结果表明,小麦在发育的早期阶段对干旱较敏感,其细胞质膜流动性降低、细胞中能荷贮备降低;而在后期,则又表现出对干旱的适应。这些结果将有助于阐明自然干旱条件下植物的抗旱机制。     

Regulation of epidermal sphingolipid synthesis by permeability barrier function

A mixture of sphingolipids, cholesterol, and free fatty acids forms the intercellular membrane bilayers of the stratum corneum which are presumed to regulate epidermal barrier function. Prior studies have shown that both cholesterol and fatty acid synthesis are rapidly regulated by epidermal barrier requirements. In contrast, the importance of sphingolipids in barrier function has not been directly demonstrated. Here, we have assessed both sphingolipid synthesis by [3H]H2O incorporation and serine palmitoyl transferase (SPT) activity in relation to modulations in barrier function. Incorporation of [3H]H2O into sphingolipids increased after barrier disruption with acetone, with maximal increase (170%) occurring 5-7 h after treatment (P less than 0.005). As barrier function returned to normal over 24 h, incorporation of tritium into sphingolipids normalized. SPT activity also increased after barrier disruption, peaking at 6 h (150%) (P less than 0.05), and returning towards normal by 24 h. Artificial restoration of the barrier with a water vapor-impermeable membrane prevented the increases in both [3H]H2O incorporation into sphingolipids and enzyme activity. Finally, SPT activity was increased in two other models of barrier dysfunction, cellophane tape-stripping and essential fatty acid deficiency. Occlusion normalized SPT activity in both of these models as well. These studies: a) demonstrate a distinctive, delayed increase in epidermal sphingolipid synthesis in response to barrier requirements that contrasts with the immediate responses of cholesterol and fatty acid synthesis; and b) suggest that sphingolipids are important for the maintenance of the epidermal permeability barrier.     

在耐热性诱导中豌豆叶片过氧化氢和水杨酸含量与质膜ATP酶活性的变化及相互关系

在高温锻炼(37℃,2h)过程中,豌豆(Pisum sativum L.)叶片过氧化氢(H_2O_2)和游离态水杨酸(SA)含量与质膜ATP酶(H~ -ATPase)活性都有一个高峰,H_2O_2的迸发早于游离态SA的积累,而质膜H~ -ATPase活性高峰的出现则迟于SA高峰;活性氧清除剂、抗氧化剂、质膜NADPH氧化酶抑制剂和H_2O_2的淬灭剂预处理均可有效地阻止高温下H_2O_2和SA的积累以及质膜H~ -ATPase活性的增加。根据以上结果推测,H_2O_2、质膜H~ -ATPase和SA均参与耐热性诱导相关的信号传递,前者作用于SA的上游,而后者在SA下游起作用。     

Proteome and membrane fatty acid analyses on Oligotropha carboxidovorans OM5 grown under chemolithoautotrophic and heterotrophic conditions

Oligotropha carboxidovorans OM5 T. (DSM 1227, ATCC 49405) is a chemolithoautotrophic bacterium able to utilize CO and H(2) to derive energy for fixation of CO(2). Thus, it is capable of growth using syngas, which is a mixture of varying amounts of CO and H(2) generated by organic waste gasification. O. carboxidovorans is capable also of heterotrophic growth in standard bacteriologic media. Here we characterize how the O. carboxidovorans proteome adapts to different lifestyles of chemolithoautotrophy and heterotrophy. Fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) analysis of O. carboxidovorans grown with acetate or with syngas showed that the bacterium changes membrane fatty acid composition. Quantitative shotgun proteomic analysis of O. carboxidovorans grown in the presence of acetate and syngas showed production of proteins encoded on the megaplasmid for assimilating CO and H(2) as well as proteins encoded on the chromosome that might have contributed to fatty acid and acetate metabolism. We found that adaptation to chemolithoautotrophic growth involved adaptations in cell envelope, oxidative homeostasis, and metabolic pathways such as glyoxylate shunt and amino acid/cofactor biosynthetic enzymes.     

Peroxisomal beta-oxidation from endogenous substrates. Demonstration through H2O2 production in the unanaesthetized mouse.

A system was developed in which it is possible to detect in vivo changes in hepatic H2O2 production, using a combination of the catalase inhibitor, 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole and methanol. In mice, starvation significantly increases hepatic H2O2 production and plasma non-esterified fatty acid concentrations. Short-term refeeding after a 24 h starvation period brings H2O2 production and plasma non-esterified fatty acid concentration back to normal in 3h. Administration of insulin 24 h after the onset of starvation normalizes H2O2 production in less than 2h and decreases non-esterified fatty acid concentration below normal values. The suppression by insulin of H2O2 production, as well as its coherence with plasma non-esterified fatty acid concentration, indicate that increased H2O2 production in starved mice reflects peroxisomal beta-oxidation.     

Differential incorporation of docosahexaenoic acid into distinct cholesterol-rich membrane raft domains

We investigated the influence of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) on the fatty acid and protein compositions of two populations of membrane rafts present in Caco-2 cells. DHA (100 microM) had no significant influence on the fatty acid or protein compositions of tight junction-associated, Lubrol insoluble, membrane rafts. However, DHA did significantly alter the fatty acid and protein compositions of "archetypal" Triton X-100 insoluble membrane rafts. The DHA content of the raft lipids increased 25-fold and was accompanied by a redistribution of src and fyn out of the rafts. DHA also increased Caco-2 cell monolayer permeability producing a 95% drop in transepithelial electrical resistance and a 8.56-fold increase in the flux of dextran. In conclusion, the data demonstrate that DHA does not increase permeability through modifying the TJ-associated rafts. The data do, however, show that DHA is differentially incorporated into different classes of membrane rafts, which has significant implications to our understanding of how omega-3 PUFAs modulate plasma membrane organization and cell function.     

The effect of Ca2+ and acyl coenzyme A:lysophospholipid acyltransferase inhibitors on permeability properties of the liver mitochondrial inner membrane

We have reported previously that a number of metabolites and toxins which cause Ca2+ release from mitochondria do so by increasing the permeability of the inner membrane. The metabolic basis of this permeability change is proposed to be perturbation of a phospholipid deacylation-reacylation cycle which results in an accumulation of free fatty acids and lysophospholipids (see Broekemeier, K. M., Schmid, P. C., Schmid, H. H. O., and Pfeiffer, D. R. (1985) J. Biol. Chem. 260, 105-113 and references therein). This hypothesis predicts that inhibitors of acyl-CoA:lysophospholipid acyltransferase would be among those agents which increase membrane permeability and that their effects on permeability could occur in the absence of pyridine nucleotide oxidation or of an accumulation of glutathione disulfide. The hypolipidemic drugs WY-14643 and clofibric acid inhibit the mitochondrial acyl-CoA:lysophospholipid acyltransferase and have the predicted effects on mitochondrial permeability properties. The development of increased permeability due to WY-14643 and clofibric acid requires accumulated Ca2+ specifically, is sensitive to inhibitors of phospholipase A2, and results in a pattern of solute release and swelling which is typical of other Ca2+-releasing agents. Neither agent promotes pyridine nucleotide nor sulfhydryl glutathione oxidation in the absence of Ca2+. In addition, the swelling response to hypolipidemic drugs is not significantly inhibited by dithiothreitol. In the presence of Ca2+, both agents promote an accumulation of free fatty acids. The composition of these lipid degradation products suggests that mitochondria treated with hypolipidemic drugs retain an active lysophospholipase whereas this enzyme is inactivated by Ca2+-releasing agents which alter mitochondrial sulfhydryl groups.     

硫代硫酸钠和葡萄糖对Synechocystis sp．PCC6803细胞甘油酯及其脂肪酸组成的影响

对生长在添加有不同浓度的葡萄糖、硫代硫酸钠培养基中的蓝细菌Synechocystis sp.PCC 6803中的甘油酯及其脂肪酸组成进行比较。结果表明：硫代硫酸钠能有效地增加膜脂中硫代异鼠李糖二酰基甘油(SQDG)和磷脂酰甘油(PG)的百分含量,培养基中同时添加葡萄糖时能抵消硫代硫酸钠的这一效应。此外,硫代硫酸钠能显著增加单半乳糖甘油二酯(MGDG)、双半乳糖甘油二酯(DGDG)中十六碳酸(C16：0)的百分含量,这一效应也能为葡萄糖消除。硫代硫酸钠不能显著地改变SQDG中C16：0的百分含量,加入葡萄糖时能降低C16：0的百分含量。这些结果说明硫代硫酸钠可能充当一种还原剂使膜脂处于一种低的不饱和状态,同时加入葡萄糖时能降低硫代硫酸钠的还原力。此外,硫代硫酸钠还可作为SQDG合成中的硫供体。     

硫代硫酸钠和葡萄糖对Synechocystis sp.PCC 6803细胞甘油酯及其脂肪酸组成的影响

对生长在添加有不同浓度的葡萄糖、硫代硫酸钠培养基中的蓝细菌Synechocystis sp.PCC 6803中的甘油酯及其脂肪酸组成进行比较.结果表明:硫代硫酸钠能有效地增加膜脂中硫代异鼠李糖二酰基甘油(SQDG)和磷脂酰甘油(PG)的百分含量,培养基中同时添加葡萄糖时能抵消硫代硫酸钠的这一效应.此外,硫代硫酸钠能显著增加单半乳糖甘油二酯(MGDG)、双半乳糖甘油二酯(DGDG)中十六碳酸(C16:0)的百分含量,这一效应也能为葡萄糖消除.硫代硫酸钠不能显著地改变SQDG中C16:0的百分含量,加入葡萄糖时能降低C16:0的百分含量.这些结果说明硫代硫酸钠可能充当一种还原剂使膜脂处于一种低的不饱和状态,同时加入葡萄糖时能降低硫代硫酸钠的还原力.此外,硫代硫酸钠还可作为SQDG合成中的硫供体.     

Involvement of calcium-independent phospholipase A2 in hydrogen peroxide-induced accumulation of free fatty acids in human U937 cells

Previous studies have demonstrated that U937 cells are able to mobilize arachidonic acid (AA) and synthesize prostaglandins in response to receptor-directed and soluble stimuli by a mechanism that involves the activation of Group IV cytosolic phospholipase A(2)alpha. In this paper we show that these cells also mobilize AA in response to an oxidative stress induced by H(2)O(2) through a mechanism that appears not to be mediated by cytosolic phospholipase A(2)alpha but by the calcium-independent Group VI phospholipase A(2) (iPLA(2)). This is supported by the following lines of evidence: (i) the response is essentially calcium-independent, (ii) it is inhibited by bromoenol lactone, and (iii) it is inhibited by an iPLA(2) antisense oligonucleotide. Enzyme assays conducted under a variety of conditions reveal that the specific activity of the iPLA(2) does not change as a result of H(2)O(2) exposure, which argues against the activation of a specific signaling cascade ending in the iPLA(2). Rather, the oxidant acts to perturb membrane homeostasis in a way that the enzyme susceptibility/accessibility to its substrate increases, and this results in altered fatty acid release. In support of this view, not only AA, but also other fatty acids, were found to be liberated in an iPLA(2)-dependent manner in the H(2)O(2)-treated cells. Collectively, these studies underscore the importance of the iPLA(2) in modulating homeostatic fatty acid deacylation reactions and document a potentially important route under pathophysiological conditions for increasing free fatty acid levels during oxidative stress.     

Adaptation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 to pH alters membrane lipid composition, verotoxin secretion, and resistance to simulated gastric fluid acid

The influence of adaptation to pH (from pH 5.0 to 9.0) on membrane lipid composition, verotoxin concentration, and resistance to acidic conditions in simulated gastric fluid (SGF) (pH 1.5, 37 degrees C) was determined for Escherichia coli O157:H7 (HEC, ATCC 43895), an rpoS-deficient mutant of ATCC 43895 (HEC-RM, FRIK 816-3), and nonpathogenic E. coli (NPEC, ATCC 25922). Regardless of the strain, D values (in SGF) of acid-adapted cells were higher than those of non-acid-adapted cells, with HEC adapted at pH 5.0 having the greatest D value, i.e., 25.6 min. Acid adaptation increased the amounts of palmitic acid (C16:0) and decreased cis-vaccenic acid (C18:1 omega 7c) in the membrane lipids of all strains. The ratio of cis-vaccenic acid to palmitic acid increased at acidic pH, causing a decrease in membrane fluidity. HEC adapted to pH 8.3 and HEC-RM adapted to pH 7.3 exhibited the greatest verotoxin concentrations (2,470 and 1,460 ng/ml, respectively) at approximately 10(8) CFU/ml. In addition, the ratio of extracellular to intracellular verotoxin concentration decreased at acidic pH, possibly due to the decrease of membrane fluidity. These results suggest that while the rpoS gene does not influence acid resistance in acid-adapted cells it does confer decreased membrane fluidity, which may increase acid resistance and decrease verotoxin secretion.