Ca2+-dependent lipid scrambling and ion transport by TMEM16 proteins

TMEM16 蛋白的 Ca2 依赖性脂质扰乱和离子传输

基本信息

批准号：
10798983
负责人：
Alessio Accardi
金额：
$ 10.77万
依托单位：
WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2014
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2014-06-04 至 2024-05-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10798983
关键词：
Address Affect Apoptotic Binding Binding Sites Biological Assay Blood Cells Blood coagulation Cell membrane Cells Cellular Membrane Cellular Structures Ceramides Characteristics Charge Complex Coupling Cryoelectron Microscopy Data Elements Endothelial Cells Environment Face Family Genetic Diseases Goals Grant Human Impairment In Vitro Integral Membrane Protein Intervention Ion Transport Ions Ligand Binding Ligands Lipid Bilayers Lipids Mediating Membrane Membrane Fusion Membrane Proteins Modeling Molecular Molecular Conformation Movement Pathway interactions Phosphatidylserines Phospholipid Interaction Phospholipids Physiological Physiology Process Property Proteins Protocols documentation Regulation Resolution Role Signal Transduction Signal Transduction Pathway Site Stroke Structure Testing Thinness Visualization design experimental study extracellular in vitro activity in vivo insight lipid transport mechanical properties member molecular dynamics mutant nanodisk novel novel strategies novel therapeutics particle pharmacologic phospholipid scramblase reconstitution repaired response vesicular release

项目摘要

ABSTRACT Members of the TMEM16 family of integral membrane proteins are Ca2+-dependent phospholipid scramblases. Because mechanisms of lipid scrambling by the TMEM16s remain poorly understood, the ability to interpret their function in human physiology and to design targeted pharmacological interventions that would selectively manipulate the activity of these proteins, is limited. Our goal is to overcome these limitations by determining how the TMEM16 scramblases are activated in response to Ca2+ binding, how and for what purpose they remodel cellular membranes, and how they are affected by specific components of these membranes. We address this mechanistic goal with an integrated strategy combining experimentation with structural, functional, and computational approaches. To understand how these proteins are modulated in vivo we will focus on ceramides as the first class of molecules found to inhibit the function of TMEM16 scramblases and to be associated in vivo with excessive exposure of PS in endothelial cells. Our 1st aim is to determine the Ca2+-dependent gating mechanism of the TMEM16 scramblases using a combination of cryo-electron microscopy (cryoEM), molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and functional assays. These experiments will reveal the allosteric coupling mechanism between the Ca2+ binding site and the structural elements gating the lipid pathway. Our 2nd aim is to determine how the TMEM16 scramblases interact with, and alter the structure of, their surrounding membrane environment in support of their function. Using structure determination with cryoEM we will visualize afTMEM16 complexes with membranes with a variety of physicochemical properties and compositions, in different functional states. In combination with MD simulations and functional assays we will identify the energetic and molecular determinants for membrane-protein interactions and membrane remodeling, and their role in scrambling. Our 3rd aim is to determine the mechanism and in vivo role of ceramide regulation of TMEM16 scramblases using functional assays to identify the molecular determinants of ceramide inhibition, and structural and computational experiments to determine their mechanism of action, and the role of specific ceramides in the in vivo regulation of TMEM16F.

抽象的 TMEM16积分膜蛋白家族的成员是Ca2+依赖性的磷脂串联酶。因为TMEM16S的脂质机制仍然很少理解，所以解释其解释的能力在人类生理学和设计有针对性的药理学干预措施中的功能操纵这些蛋白质的活性是有限的。我们的目标是通过确定如何克服这些限制响应Ca2+结合，如何以及出于什么目的重塑TMEM16串联酶细胞膜，以及它们如何受这些膜特定成分的影响。我们解决这个问题与结构，功能和功能相结合的综合策略的机械目标计算方法。要了解这些蛋白质如何在体内调节，我们将重点放在神经酰胺上由于第一类分子发现抑制TMEM16串联酶的功能，并与体内相关 PS在内皮细胞中过度暴露。我们的第一个目的是确定依赖CA2+的门控使用冷冻电子显微镜（冷冻），分子的组合TMEM16串联酶的机理动力学（MD）模拟和功能测定。这些实验将揭示变构耦合 Ca2+结合位点与结构元件之间的机制，脂质途径门控。我们的第二个目标是确定TMEM16串联酶如何与其周围膜的结构相互作用并改变支持其功能的环境。使用Cryoem使用结构确定，我们将可视化AFTMEM16 具有各种物理化学特性和组成的膜的复合物，在不同的功能中国家。结合MD模拟和功能测定，我们将确定能量和分子膜 - 蛋白质相互作用和膜重塑的决定因素及其在争夺中的作用。我们的第三目的是确定使用TMEM16串联酶调节神经酰胺调节的机制和体内作用功能测定以识别神经酰胺抑制的分子决定因素以及结构和计算确定其作用机理的实验以及特定神经酰胺在体内调节中的作用 tmem16f。