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Nanoscale Modification Of Supported Lipid Membranes: Synergetic Effect Of Phospholipase D And Viral Fusion Peptides
El Kirat, K.; Lins, Laurence; Brasseur, Robert et al.
2005In Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, 1 (1), p. 39-46
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Abstract :
[en] Understanding the molecular bases of biomembrane fusion events is a challenging issue in current biomedical research in view of its involvement in controlling cellular functions and in mediating various important diseases. In this study, we used atomic force microscopy (AFM) to address the crucial question as to whether negatively curved lipids influence the ability of a viral fusion peptide to perturb the organization of supported lipid bilayers. To this end, an original approach was developed that makes use of an AFM tip functionalized with phospholipase D (PLD) enzymes to generate in situ small amounts of negatively curved phosphatidic acid (PA) in mixed dioleoylphosphatidylcholine/dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DOPC/DPPC) bilayers. Real-time AFM imaging revealed that this nanomodification dramatically enhanced subsequent interaction with the simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) fusion peptide. At short incubation time, the SIV peptide induced a 1.9 nm thickness reduction of the DPPC domains, reflecting either interdigitation or fluidification of the lipids. At longer incubation time, these depressed domains transformed into elevated striated domains, protruding one to several nanometers above the bilayer surface. Two complementary experiments, i.e. addition of the peptide onto DOPC/DPPC/DOPA bilayers or onto DOPC/DPPC bilayers pretreated with a PLD solution, confirmed that both PA and SIV peptides are required to induce depressed and striated domains. Accordingly, this is the first time that a high-resolution imaging technique is used to demonstrate that negatively curved lipids affect the membrane activity of fusion peptides. We believe the nanoscale approach presented here, i.e. use of enzyme-functionalized AFM tips to modify lipid bilayers, will find exciting new applications in nanobiotechnology for the design of biomimetic surfaces.
Disciplines :
Biochemistry, biophysics & molecular biology
Author, co-author :
El Kirat, K.
Lins, Laurence  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Brasseur, Robert ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Dufrene, Yf.
Language :
English
Title :
Nanoscale Modification Of Supported Lipid Membranes: Synergetic Effect Of Phospholipase D And Viral Fusion Peptides
Publication date :
2005
Journal title :
Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology
ISSN :
1550-7033
eISSN :
1550-7041
Publisher :
American Scientific Publishers, Stevenson Ranch, United States - California
Volume :
1
Issue :
1
Pages :
39-46
1-8
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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