脱脂蛋白A—I模型多肽与脂质体的相互作用

根据脱脂蛋白的脂结合序列合成了２个两新性多肽Ａｍｐ１和Ａｍｐ２,Ａｍｐ２以缬氨酸残基取代了Ａｍｐ１第４位的赖氨酸残基。内源荧光光谱包埋钙氯黄素的脂质体的渗漏、磺化物和丙烯酰胺对多肽色氨酸残基的淬灭、圆二色谱以及用自旋标记的磷脂测定 多肽色氨酸残基的插膜深度等研究均表明。     

脱脂蛋白模型多肽与脂质体相互作用的高效液相色谱…

应用凝胶过滤高效相色谱，测定了两个两亲性多肽Ａｍｐ１和Ａｍｐ２进入磷脂酰甘油／磷脂酰胆碱脂双层的表观分配常数，并利用三硝基苯磺酸分析研究了与脂持体结合的多态的氨基暴露状况。由结果推测，处于结合状态的多肽的氨基端是暴露于水相的；Ａｍｐ１与脂双层相互作用强于Ａｍｐ２，一方面表现为Ａｍｐａ比Ａｍｐ２埋膜较要近另一方面表现为Ａｍｐ１与脂双层的结合能力比Ａｍｐ２强，而主要表现在于后者。此外了发现两个多肽在缓     

脱脂蛋白模型多肽与脂质体相互作用的高效液相色谱研究

应用凝胶过滤高效液相色谱,测定了两个两亲性多肽Ａｍｐ１和Ａｍｐ２进入磷脂酰甘油／磷脂酰胆碱脂双层的表观分配常数,并利用三硝基苯磺酸分析研究了与脂质体结合的多肽的氨基暴露状况。由结果推测,处于膜结合状态的多肽的氨基端是暴露于水相的;Ａｍｐ１与脂双层相互作用强于Ａｍｐ２,一方面表现为Ａｍｐ１比Ａｍｐ２埋膜较深,另一方面表现为Ａｍｐ１与脂双层的结合能力比Ａｍｐ２强,而主要表现在于后者。此外也发现两个多肽在缓冲液中处于几乎不存在暴露的氨基的聚合状态。     

牛胰多肽与CL／PC脂质体作用后二级结构的变化

用傅立叶变换红外光谱研究了ＢＰＰ与膜作用后其二级结构的变化,通过对红外光谱中酰胺Ｉ谱带进行解卷积、微分及曲线拟合等处理,结果表明,ＢＰＰ与脂膜作用后,其二级结构中α－螺旋成分增多,无规卷曲成分减少。     

牛胰多肽（BPP）抑制CL／PC脂质体的膜融合

Ｃａ＾２＋能诱发ＣＬ／ＰＣ脂质体的聚集,漏出及进一步的融合,其作用大小随着Ｃａ＾２＋浓度的增高而增强。吸收、荧光和冷冻断裂电镜等方法所得结果证明了这一点。ＢＰＰ抑制由Ｃａ＾２＋诱发的ＣＬ／ＰＣ脂质体的聚集和融合,其作用的大小随ＢＰＰ的增加而增大。上述三种方法从不同角度都给出了同样结果,肯定了ＢＰＰ抑制ＣＬ／ＰＣ脂质体由Ｃａ＾２＋诱发的聚集和融合作用。     

掺入胆固醇和阴离子磷脂对阿霉素免疫脂质体性能的影响

本文研究了胆固醇和阴离子磷脂的掺入对阿霉素—磷脂酰乙醇胺免疫脂质体包裹效力及其在PBS缓俄冲液和在50%血清中的稳定性的影响,并对这种影响可能的机理进行了讨论.阴离子磷脂PG和DPG的掺入使ADM免疫脂质体包裹ADM的效力大大增加,使ADM与PE的克分子比从(0.08—0.8)%增加到75%,其中DPG比PG更有效.掺入胆固醇可以明显提高ADM脂质体在缓冲液和在血清中的稳定性,但使脂质体包裹ADM的效力下降.通过脂质的选择和制备条件的摸索,我们成功地用超声法制备了包裹抗癌药(ADM),表面带有抗人胃癌细胞M85单克隆抗体3HII的小单层脂质体(SUV),其起脂质份是PE:PG:Chol:ADM(4:2:2:1),脂质体内的ADM与PE的克分子比为17—25%.经电镜观察,脂质体直径在60—80nm范围内,大以比较均一.这种脂质体在PBS缓冲液中于室温下保存12天,仍然能够保持其包裹药的70%;在50%的血清中,37℃1小时,能够保持其包裹药的80%.     

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。     

山茛菪碱对磷脂糖服混合脂质体多形性的影响

本文采用冰冻断裂电子显微镜技术研究了山茛菪碱对单葡萄糖甘油二酯与心磷脂或磷脂酰甘油混合脂质体多形性影响。山茛菪碱可促进单葡萄糖甘油二酯与心磷脂或磷脂酰甘油混合脂质体在25℃时形成脂质颗粒,当温度为55℃时山茛菪碱对上述混合脂质体形成脂质颗粒更为明显。     

牛胰多肽（BPP）与DPPC脂质体相互作用的付立叶变换红外光谱研究

本文详细报导用付立叶变换红外光谱法研究去氧胆盐(DOC)和牛胰多肽(BPP)与DPPC脂质体的相互作用.发现DOC和脂质作作用后,DPPC的CH:对称和反对称伸展振动频率向高波数方向移动,相交曲线变宽,相变温度降低;BPP和DPPC作用后,红外光谱无明显变化,但它却能抑制由DOC对DPPC脂质体的上述作用.从而对BPP具有细胞保护作用的分子机制作了进一步的阐述.     

Ca~（2＋）与含β－桐酸磷脂脂质体的相互作用

通过测定含β－桐酸（β－ＥＳＡ）的双棕榈酰磷脂酰胆碱（ＤＰＰＣ）脂质体在加入Ｃａ（２＋）后浊度,粒度及内包荧光物释放的变化,研究了Ｃａ（２＋）与ＤＰＰＣ／β－ＥＳＡ脂质体的相互作用,结果表明,ＤＰＰＣ／β－ＥＳＡ脂质体是一类对外加Ｃａ（２＋）敏感的脂质体,Ｃａ（２＋）的作用首先是引起脂质体间的集聚然后使脂质体融合;此时加速脂质体内包荧光物的释放。     

Lipid Composition in Ganglia of Mollusca

Abstract: The aim of the present study is to ascertain lipid composition in the ganglia of Mollusca. Nervous ganglia in the periesophageal ring dissected from Helix pomatia, Lymnaea stagnalis, Murex trunculus and Murex brandaris were studied by biochemical and histochemical procedures. Glycosphyngolipids are present mainly as sulpholipid; sialic acid and gangliosides are not present as revealed by Svennerholm's reaction and TLC separation. The phospholipidcholesterol ratios are: 0.47 ( Helix ), 0.42 ( Lyrnnaea ), 0.86 ( Murex brandaris ) and 1.01 ( Murex trunculus ).     

Effects of sphingomyelin on melittin pore formation

The effect of sphingomyelin (SM), one of the main lipids in the external monolayer of erythrocyte plasma membrane, on the ability of the hemolytic peptide melittin to permeabilize liposomes was investigated. The peptide induced contents efflux in large unilamellar vesicles (LUV) composed of 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoylphosphatidylcholine (POPC)/SM (1:1 mole ratio), at lower (>1:10,000) peptide-to-lipid mole ratios than in pure POPC (>1:1000) or POPC/1-palmitoyl-2-oleoylphosphatidylglycerol (POPG) (1:1 mole ratio) (>1:300) vesicles. Analysis of the leakage data according to a kinetic model of pore formation showed a good fit for hexameric-octameric pores in SM-containing vesicles, whereas mediocre fits and lower surface aggregation constants were obtained in POPC and POPC/POPG vesicles. Disturbance of lateral separation into solid (s_o) and liquid-disordered (l_d) phases in POPC/SM mixtures increased the peptide-dose requirements for leakage. Inclusion of cholesterol (Chol) in POPC/SM mixtures under conditions inducing lateral separation of lipids into liquid-ordered (l_o) and l_d phases did not alter the number of melittin peptides required to permeabilize a single vesicle, but increased surface aggregation reversibility. Partitioning into liposomes or insertion into lipid monolayers was not affected by the presence of SM, suggesting that: (i) melittin accumulated at comparable doses in membranes with different SM content, and (ii) differences in leakage were due to promotion of melittin transmembrane pores under coexistence of s_o-l_d and l_o-l_d phases. Our results support the notion that SM may regulate the stability of size-defined melittin pores in natural membranes.     

脂滴与线粒体相互作用的研究进展

肥胖和多种代谢类疾病的发生有着密切的关系,而导致肥胖的脂肪多以中性脂的形式储存于细胞的一种细胞器——脂滴中。越来越多的研究表明,脂滴能够和其它细胞器发生相互作用,而它和线粒体的相互作用可能与Ⅱ型糖尿病的形成密切相关:非正常的脂滴和线粒体的相互作用有可能是导致细胞胰岛素抵抗的重要原因。我们通过对脂滴表面蛋白质组学、脂滴与线粒体的空间位置,以及相关蛋白等研究的总结,结合本实验室的研究结果,对脂滴与线粒体相互作用的物质基础及可能方式、受骨骼肌有氧运动的影响,及其与骨骼肌胰岛素抵抗发生的关系等,进行了讨论。     

Lipid Composition of Neuronal Cell Bodies and Neurites from Cultured Dorsal Root Ganglia

Abstract: The lipid composition of neuronal somata and neuritic processes of cultured root ganglia has been determined. Neuronal soma contained 37% of dry weight as lipid (15.4% cholesterol, 4.8% galactolipid, and 57.1% phospholipid). The major phospholipids were phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidyl ethanolamine. Galactolipids consisted of cerebroside and sulfatide in molar ratio 2:1. The neuronal soma contained tetrasialo-, disialo-, and monosialoganglioside. In contrast, neurites contained 15% of the dry weight as lipid (22.1% cholesterol, 7.7% galactolipid with cerebroside and sulfatide in molar ratio 2:1, and 56.4% total phospholipid). The neuritic galactolipid content was higher, as was the percentage of sphingomyelin, and phosphatidyl serine. The higher cholesterol content in neuritic lipid reflected the higher percentage of plasma membrane in this compartment. The ganglioside pattern of neurites was distinct from that of the neuronal soma and consisted entirely of gangliosides GQ1b, GT1b, GD1b, GD1a, and GD3, with no monosialogangliosides. The results indicate a preferential phospholipid and glycolipid sorting to the neuritic plasma membrane that may be related to the distinctive functions of this neuronal compartment.     

Membrane Lipid Composition Regulates Tubulin Interaction with Mitochondrial Voltage-dependent Anion Channel

Elucidating molecular mechanisms by which lipids regulate protein function within biological membranes is critical for understanding the many cellular processes. Recently, we have found that dimeric αβ-tubulin, a subunit of microtubules, regulates mitochondrial respiration by blocking the voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC) of mitochondrial outer membrane. Here, we show that the mechanism of VDAC blockage by tubulin involves tubulin interaction with the membrane as a critical step. The on-rate of the blockage varies up to 100-fold depending on the particular lipid composition used for bilayer formation in reconstitution experiments and increases with the increasing content of dioleoylphosphatidylethanolamine (DOPE) in dioleoylphosphatidylcholine (DOPC) bilayers. At physiologically low salt concentrations, the on-rate is decreased by the charged lipid. The off-rate of VDAC blockage by tubulin does not depend on the lipid composition. Using confocal fluorescence microscopy, we compared tubulin binding to the membranes of giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) made from DOPC and DOPC/DOPE mixtures. We found that detectable binding of the fluorescently labeled dimeric tubulin to GUV membranes requires the presence of DOPE. We propose that prior to the characteristic blockage of VDAC, tubulin first binds to the membrane in a lipid-dependent manner. We thus reveal a new potent regulatory role of the mitochondrial lipids in control of the mitochondrial outer membrane permeability and hence mitochondrial respiration through tuning VDAC sensitivity to blockage by tubulin. More generally, our findings give an example of the lipid-controlled protein-protein interaction where the choice of lipid species is able to change the equilibrium binding constant by orders of magnitude.     

Interaction of Synthetic Peptides from Fasciculin with Acetylcholinesterase

Fasciculins (Fas) are three-looped polypeptides isolated from mamba venom which exert their toxic action by inhibiting noncompetitively acetylcholinesterase (AChE). A peptide (Fas-D) encompassing the first loop sequence was synthesized and characterized chemically, structurally, and functionally. Fas-D possesses an intramolecular disulfide bridge, present in the native toxin. Circular dichroism (CD) indicated the existence of 21.8% -sheet content and 24.2% -turn in this peptide, compatible with crystallographic data of the native toxin. The peptide showed only low partial AChE inhibition at submillimolar concentrations, much lower than that observed with Fas and a peptide (Fas-B) encompassing the second loop sequence. The simultaneous presence of Fas-D and Fas-B produced an additive inhibitory effect on AChE activity; calculated K _i and K _i values (7.3 ± 2.4 M and 10.0 ± 1.8 M, respectively) were not significantly different, thus indicating noncompetitive inhibition. These results are consistent with site-directed mutagenesis studies and analysis of the crystal structure of the Fas–AChE complex, which indicate that residues from loops I and II contribute to Fas binding to the enzyme.     

Lipid peroxidation modifies the picture of membranes from the "Fluid Mosaic Model" to the "Lipid Whisker Model"

The “Fluid Mosaic Model”, described by Singer and Nicolson, explain both how a cell membrane preserves a critical barrier function while it concomitantly facilitates rapid lateral diffusion of proteins and lipids within the planar membrane surface. However, the lipid components of biological plasma membranes are not regularly distributed. They are thought to contain “rafts” - nano-domains enriched in sphingolipids and cholesterol that are distinct from surrounding membranes of unsaturated phospholipids. Cholesterol and fatty acids adjust the transport and diffusion of molecular oxygen in membranes. The presence of cholesterol and saturated phospholipids decreases oxygen permeability across the membrane. Alpha-tocopherol, the main antioxidant in biological membranes, partition into domains that are enriched in polyunsaturated phospholipids increasing the concentration of the vitamin in the place where it is most required. On the basis of these observations, it is possible to assume that non-raft domains enriched in phospholipids containing PUFAs and vitamin E will be more accessible by molecular oxygen than lipid raft domains enriched in sphingolipids and cholesterol. This situation will render some nano-domains more sensitive to lipid peroxidation than others. Phospholipid oxidation products are very likely to alter the properties of biological membranes, because their polarity and shape may differ considerably from the structures of their parent molecules. Addition of a polar oxygen atom to several peroxidized fatty acids reorients the acyl chain whereby it no longer remains buried within the membrane interior, but rather projects into the aqueous environment “Lipid Whisker Model”. This exceptional conformational change facilitates direct physical access of the oxidized fatty acid moiety to cell surface scavenger receptors.     

Analysis and Optimization of the Cationic Lipid Component of a Lipid/Peptide Vector Formulation for Enhanced Transfection In Vitro and In Vivo

We have previously described a lipopolyplex formulation comprising a mixture of a cationic peptide with an integrin-targeting motif (K₁₆GACRRETAWACG) and Lipofectin^®, a liposome consisting of DOTMA and DOPE in a 1:1 ratio. The high transfection efficiency of the mixture involved a synergistic interaction between the lipid/peptide components. The aim of this study was to substitute the lipid component of the lipopolyplex to optimize transfection further and to seek information on the structure-activity relationship of the lipids in the lipopolyplex. Symmetrical cationic lipids with diether linkages that varied in alkyl chain length were formulated into liposomes and then incorporated into a lipopolyplex by mixing with an integrin-targeting peptide and plasmid DNA. Luciferase transfections were performed of airway epithelial cells and fibroblasts in vitro and murine lung airways in vivo. The biophysical properties of lipid structures and liposome formulations and their potential effects on bilayer membrane fluidity were determined by differential scanning calorimetry and calcein-release assays. Shortening the alkyl tail from C18 to C16 or C14 enhanced lipopolyplex and lipoplex transfection in vitro but with differing effects. The addition of DOPE enhanced transfection when formulated into liposomes with saturated lipids but was more variable in its effects with unsaturated lipids. A substantial improvement in transfection efficacy was seen in murine lung transfection with unsaturated lipids with 16 carbon alkyl tails. The optimal liposome components of lipopolyplex and lipoplex vary and represent a likely compromise between their differing structural and functional requirements for complex formation and endosomal membrane destabilization.     

Association of vasoactive intestinal peptide with polymer-grafted liposomes: Structural aspects for pulmonary delivery

A polymer-grafted liposomal formulation that has the potential to be developed for aerosolic pulmonary delivery of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), a potent vasodilatory neuropeptide, is described. As VIP is prone to rapid proteolytic degradation in the microenvironment of the lung a proper delivery system is required to increase the half-life and bioavailability of the peptide. Here we investigate structural parameters of unilamellar liposomes composed of palmitoyl-oleoyl-phosphatidylcholine, lyso-stearyl-phosphatidylglycerol and distearyl-phosphatidyl-ethanolamine covalently linked to polyethylene glycol 2000, and report on VIP-lipid interaction mechanisms. We found that the cationic VIP is efficiently entrapped by the negatively charged spherical liposomes and becomes converted to an amphipathic α-helix. By fluorescence spectroscopy using single Trp-modified VIP we could show that VIP is closely associated to the membrane. Our data suggest that the N-terminal random-coiled domain is embedded in the interfacial headgroup region of the phospholipid bilayer. By doing so, neither the bilayer thickness of the lipid membrane nor the mobility of the phospholipid acyl chains are affected as shown by small angle X-ray scattering and electron spin resonance spectroscopy. Finally, in an ex vivo lung arterial model system we found that liposomal-associated VIP is recognized by its receptors to induce vasodilatory effects with comparable high relaxation efficiency as free VIP but with a significantly retarded dilatation kinetics. In conclusion, we have designed and characterized a liposomal formulation that is qualified to entrap biologically active VIP and displays structural features to be considered for delivery of VIP to the lung.