Influence of antimicrobial peptides on the formation of nonlamellar lipid mesophases
Influence of antimicrobial peptides on the formation of nonlamellar lipid mesophases
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DOI:
10.1016/j.bbamem.2008.05.014
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发表时间:
2008-10-01
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
Pabst, Georg
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作者:
Hickel, Andrea;Danner-Pongratz, Sabine;Pabst, Georg
We have studied the influence of four antimicrobial peptides of different secondary and ternary structure melittin (Mel), protegrin-1 (PG-1), peptidyl-glycylleucine-carboxyamide (PGLa), and gramicidin S (GS) - on the lamellar-to-nonlamellar transition of palmitoyloleoyl phosphatidylethanolamine (POPE) applying differential scanning calorimetry and small-angle X-ray diffraction. None of the peptides studied led to the formation of an inverted hexagonal phase observed for pure POPE at high temperatures. Instead either cubic or lamellar phases were stabilized to different degrees. GS was most effective in inducing a cubic phase, whereas Mel fully stabilized the lamellar phase. The behavior of POPE in the presence of PG-1 and PGLa was intermediate to GS and Mel. In addition to the known role of membrane elasticity we propose two mechanisms, which cause stabilization of the lamellar phase: electrostatic repulsion and lipid/peptide pore formation. Both mechanisms prevent transmembrane contact required to form either an inverted hexagonal phase or fusion pores, as precursors of the cubic phase. (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.