pH对紫膜表面电位的影响

用荧光标记物1,8-AMS与紫膜结合,测量了能化态和非能化态下紫膜表面电位随介质pH的变化.在pH5.5以下,紫膜表面电位随pH的降低而下降,但囊泡中的紫膜表面电位变化幅度较大;在pH5.5以上,处于非能化态的紫膜(无论是紫膜碎片还是处于囊泡中)的表面电位都没有明显变化,处于能化态时,紫膜碎片的表面电位在pH9.2出现一个峰.     

小鼠P型ATP酶ATP8A2基因的克隆及其剪切亚型的分析

真核生物细胞各种膜结构两侧的磷脂分布是不对称的,这种不对称需要磷脂翻转酶的动态调节.目前认为这些酶可以分为三种,即爬行酶类、外翻酶类和内翻酶类,对于它们的研究才刚刚起步.P型ATP酶第四类亚型被认为有潜在的磷脂内翻酶活性,酵母全部5个该家族的蛋白质如DRS2p都陆续被确定了具有磷脂内翻酶的活性.对于酵母内翻酶的研究还发现该类蛋白质对于细胞极性建立和膜泡运输有重要作用.哺乳动物中由基因组比对发现有14个P型ATP酶第四类亚型成员,但对于它们的研究仅局限于病理方面.为了能够了解哺乳动物磷脂内翻酶在细胞内活动的分子机制,克隆了酵母DRS2p在哺乳动物中的同源物ATP8A2的编码基因,并发现了它的两种剪切亚型.通过对它们的组织分布分析,发现该蛋白质主要分布在睾丸中,提示它可能对于精子的发生有一定功能.     

胞外囊泡表面糖缀合物研究进展

胞外囊泡(extracellular vesicles,EVs)是一类由细胞分泌到胞外的能够被受体细胞摄取的膜性囊泡小体,直径在20~1 000 nm.近年来,越来越多的研究者发现胞外囊泡在疾病诊断、预后评估以及药物递送等方面具有重要的生物学作用.胞外囊泡可以直接参与细胞间信息的传递以及物质的运输,其携带的核酸(m RNA,micro RNA和lnc RNA)和蛋白质可以影响受体细胞的生理状态.大量研究表明,胞外囊泡是被糖基化修饰的,胞外囊泡表面覆盖了大量的聚糖以及糖结合蛋白,而已知聚糖类物质在调控细胞黏附、细胞-细胞之间的信息传递、细胞和细胞外基质相互作用、免疫调节和肿瘤转移等方面发挥重要的作用.本文综述了近年来细胞外囊泡表面糖缀合物修饰的前沿研究,以期更好地理解聚糖在胞外囊泡的合成、释放以及运输过程及其生物学功能中的作用.     

带电荷磷脂在脂质体内外不对称分布的理论解释

本文提出一模型可解释带电荷磷脂在脂质体脂双层内外的不对称分布。从此模型所得出的结论与大多数实验结果一致,同时,对理论与实验结果所存在的一些偏离也进行了讨论。从这一模型还可预期:由于膜中的带电荷磷脂,存在一跨膜电位。     

Mg~(2 )离子对紫膜表面电位效应的自旋探针—ESR研究

本文根据带正电荷自旋探针CAT_(12)在紫膜结合相和水相的分布,利用自旋探针顺磁共振(ESR)技术测定了Mg~(2 )对紫膜表面电位的影响,我们的结果表明紫膜具有σ为3.02×10~(-4)Ch-arges/(?)~2的表面电荷密度.据此σ用Gouy-Chapman理论计算得到Mg~(2 )离子浓度与表面电位((?)_i)的关系与实验结果极为一致,这表明离子通过表面电位的变化引起紫膜的表面pH值的改变从而影响紫膜的结构与功能,Mg~(2 )对紫膜表面电位的影响明显地比K~ 要大,说明镁离子可能在紫膜的结构与功能中有更为重要的作用.     

细胞外囊泡表面蛋白冠的研究进展

细胞外囊泡是细胞释放的具有磷脂双层膜结构的天然纳米颗粒,参与体内细胞信号转导、肿瘤发生发展、免疫调节、延缓衰老等多种生理病理过程,在疾病诊断及治疗中表现出巨大潜力。既往研究认为,高纯度细胞外囊泡的制备易受杂质蛋白污染,制约了细胞外囊泡在生物标志物和药物运载系统方面的研究及转化应用。近两年,部分学者将合成纳米颗粒领域的蛋白冠这一概念引入细胞外囊泡领域,认为蛋白冠是细胞外囊泡表面的固有成分,并显著影响细胞外囊泡的生物学功能,为细胞外囊泡研究提供了新思路。概述了当前细胞外囊泡表面蛋白冠的研究现状,围绕该蛋白冠的形成过程、化学组成、生物功能、鉴定方法等展开,以期为细胞外囊泡及其蛋白冠的进一步研究提供参考。     

Mg~(2+)离子对紫膜表面电位效应的自旋探针—ESR研究

本文根据带正电荷自旋探针CAT_(12)在紫膜结合相和水相的分布,利用自旋探针顺磁共振(ESR)技术测定了Mg~(2+)对紫膜表面电位的影响,我们的结果表明紫膜具有σ为3.02×10~(-4)Ch-arges/(?)~2的表面电荷密度.据此σ用Gouy-Chapman理论计算得到Mg~(2+)离子浓度与表面电位((?)_i)的关系与实验结果极为一致,这表明离子通过表面电位的变化引起紫膜的表面pH值的改变从而影响紫膜的结构与功能,Mg~(2+)对紫膜表面电位的影响明显地比K~+要大,说明镁离子可能在紫膜的结构与功能中有更为重要的作用.     

用荧光素磷脂酰乙醇胺直接测定线粒体内膜外表面pH

由磷脂极性头部基团和结合水分子组成的氢键网络有利于质子沿膜表面侧向快速扩散。因而在线粒体氧化磷酸化过程中,与呼吸链电子传递相偶联的跨膜转运质子是否滞留于线粒体内膜外表面即成为一个值得探讨的课题。本文采用荧光素磷脂酰乙醇胺标记于线粒体内膜外表面,首次建立了直接测定线粒体内膜外表面ｐＨ的方法。标记后,线粒体内膜体呼吸控制率,呼吸链电子传递驱动的质子跨膜转移活性及ＡＴＰ合成活性下降了近２８．０％,１１．     

嗜菌紫膜表面电位和质子泵效率间的关系

本文研究了中性红与紫膜结合,并用直接滴定法和测定结合量法,求得了结合于膜上之中性红本征PK和在不同离子强度时的表观PKa值.从它们的差值中计算得到紫膜表面电位.并得不同盐浓度的表面电位和质子泵效率作了比较.结果说明.阳离子对质子泵效率的影响不能完全用表面电位的变化来说明.这一结果暗示了一定的阳离子对于紫膜质子泵功能的完成有着特殊作用.     

包封不对称膜高分子囊泡对PLGA微球中蛋白释放行为的改善作用

目的:研究含蛋白的不对称膜高分子囊泡包封进PLGA微球后对其体外释放动力学的改善作用.方法:将包封有BSA蛋白的不对称膜高分子囊泡采用S/O/W法包裹进PLGA微球中,制备复合微球,对微球表征后,以包封葡聚糖颗粒的微球做对照品,于37℃测定微球的体外释放,比较两者的释放曲线,考察不对称膜高分子囊泡时微球中蛋白释放的改善作用.结果:①经扫描电镜(SEM)观察,包裹高分子囊泡的复合微球形态圆整,表面光滑,平均粒径为75.20μm,粒径较为均匀,复合微球制备成功.②比较复合微球和对照微球的释放曲线,发现对照微球有较小的突释,而复合微球的几乎没有突释效应.结论:不对称膜高分子囊泡包封进PLGA微球后可以很好的改善蛋白的释放行为,获得更为理想的释放曲线.     

Investigation of surface potential asymmetry in phospholipid vesicles by a spin label relaxation method.

In earlier work, Castle and Hubbell (1976) demonstrated the use of a spin-labeled amphiphile as a probe for the electrostatic potential at the outer surface of charged phospholipid vesicles. In recent experiments, we have shown that the hydrophobic anion tetraphenylboron (TPB) promotes transbilayer migration of the probe molecule. Relaxation data recorded following the rapid mixing of the probe with TPB-containing vesicle samples provides information about the electrostatic potentials at both the outer and inner vesicle surfaces. The measured potentials for both surfaces of asymmetrically screened vesicles were found to be in good agreement with theoretical values calculated using their known surface charge density. The method is also sensitive to transmembrane potentials as indicated by the response of the label to potentials created with the use of potassium concentration gradients and valinomycin.     

Equilibrium surface charge distribution in phospholipid vesicles. I. Method of calculation

This paper presents a method of calculation of the surface charge equilibrium distribution between the two surfaces of a spherically closed phospholipid bilayer suspended in aqueous electrolyte solution. The net surface charge is supposed to be provided by the ionized polar groups of the phospholipid molecules. Its equilibrium distribution is found by minimization of the free electrostatic energy. The procedure of minimization utilizes the solution of the Poisson-Boltzmann equation which describes the double electric layers of the membrane and an expression for the membrane potential derived under the assumption of absence of charges in the membrane phase. An analytical solution of the problem in the range of validity of the linearized Poisson-Boltzman equation is obtained. It is shown that in this case an equilibrium transmembrane potential exists, and the surface charge density is greater at the outer surface of the vesicle.     

31P NMR analysis of the surface homogeneity of mixed sphingomyelin-phosphatidylcholine vesicles

The surface compositional symmetry of a mixed sphingomyelin-phosphatidylcholine vesicle has been studied by ³¹P NMR spectrometry. The molecules on the outer vesicle surface could be distinguished from the molecules on the inner vesicle surface by utilization of the shift reagent, Eu³⁺. This polyvalent cation interacts with the outer surface phosphate groups and, as a result, shifts these molecules upfield. Analysis of the data obtained indicates that a slight excess of sphingomyelin is present on the outer surface of the vesicle, compared to phosphatidylcholine, which appears to have a slight preference for the inner surface.     

Transbilayer phospholipid asymmetry and its maintenance in the membrane of influenza virus.

Two phospholipid exchange proteins and two phospholipases C have been employed to determine the phospholipid composition of the outer surface of the membrane of influenza virus. These four protein probes have defined the same accessible and inaccessible pool for each viral phospholipid. Phospholipids which are exchangeable or hydrolyzable are located on the outer surface, whereas the inaccessible pool is located at the inner surface of the viral bilayer. The two pools are unequal in size, with ca. 30% of the total phospholipid accessible to the four proteins, and ca. 70% inaccessible. The membrane is thus highly asymmetric with regard to the amount of phospholipid on each side of the membrane. There is also a marked asymmetry of phospholipid composition. Phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylinositol are enriched in the outer surface, and sphingomyelim is enriched in the inner surface, whereas phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylserine are present in similar proportions in each surface. This distribution is qualitatively different from that previously reported for the human erythrocyte. The close agreement between results obtained with excahnge proteins and phospholipases C demonstrates that the hydrolytic action of these enzymes does not alter phospholipid asymmetry. The nonperturbing nature of the exchange proteins has permitted the rate of transmembrane movement of phospholipids (flip-flop) in the intact virion to be studied. This process could not be detected after 2 days at 37 degrees C. It was estimated that the half-time for flip-flop is indeterminately in excess of 30 days for sphingomyelin and 10 days for phosphatidylcholine at 37 degrees C. These extremely long times provide a simple explanation for the maintenance of transbilayer asymmetry in influenza virions and possibly, other membranes. Since the viral membrane is acquired by budding through the host cell plasma membrane, the transbilayer distribution of phospholipids observed in the virions presumably reflects a similar asymmetric distribution of phospholipids in the host cell surface membrane. Because animal cells in culture do not incorporate extracellular phospholipid, our results demonstrate that individual cells have the capacity to generate asymmetric membranes.     

Phospholipid asymmetry in cardiac sarcolemma. Analysis of intact cells and 'gas-dissected' membranes

The investigation focuses on the phospholipid composition of the sarcolemma of cultured neonatal rat heart cells and on the distribution of the phospholipid classes between the two monolayers of the sarcolemma. The plasma membranes are isolated by 'gas-dissection' technique and 38% of total cellular phospholipid is present in the sarcolemma with the composition: phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) 24.9%, phosphatidylcholine (PC) 52.0%, phosphatidylserine/phosphatidylinositol (PS/PI) 7.2%, sphingomyelin 13.5%. The cholesterol/phospholipid ratio of the sarcolemma is 0.5. The distribution of the phospholipids between inner and outer monolayer is defined with the use of two phospholipases A2, sphingomyelinase C or trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid as lipid membrane probes in whole cells. The probes have access to the entire sarcolemmal surface and do not produce detectable cell lysis. The phospholipid classes are asymmetrically distributed: (1) the negatively charged phospholipids, PS/PI are located exclusively in the inner or cytoplasmic leaflet; (2) 75% of PE is in the inner leaflet; (3) 93% of sphingomyelin is in the outer leaflet; (4) 43% of PC is in the outer leaflet. The predominance of PS/PI and PE at the cytoplasmic sarcolemmal surface is discussed with respect to phospholipid-ionic binding relations between phospholipids and exchange and transport of ions, and the response of the cardiac cell on ischemia-reperfusion.     

Surface distribution of the fatty acid side chains of phosphatidylethanolamine in mixed phospholipid vesicles

A method has been developed for the selective determination of the fatty acid side chain distribution associated with the amino containing phospholipids located in the inner and outer surfaces of membranes. Using sonicated phosphatidylethanolamine/phosphatidylcholine vesicles as a model, the analysis consists of selective labeling of the outer surface amino groups with the membrane impermeable reagent 2,4,6-trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid. Outer and inner surface phosphatidylethanolamine fractions are separated by thin-layer chromatography. Analysis of methyl esters derived from these two fractions, by gas-liquid chromatography, yields the fatty acid side chain distribution. Our results show that there is no mol fraction dependence of the incorporation of any specific fatty acid side chains of egg yolk phosphatidylethanolamine into the vesicle or any preferential distribution of these side chains in the inner or outer vesicle surface. The surface distribution of the egg yolk phosphatidylethanolamine molecules in these vesicles appears to be determined by the head group packing requirements and not the fatty acid side chain composition.     

Surface distribution of the fatty acid side chains of phosphatidylethanolamine in mixed phospholipid vesicles.

A method has been developed for the selective determination of the fatty acid side chain distribution associated with the amino containing phospholipids located in the inner and outer surfaces of membranes. Using sonicated phosphatidylethanolamine/phosphatidylcholine vesicles as a model, the analysis consists of selective labeling of the outer surface amino groups with the membrane impermeable reagent 2,4,6-trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid. Outer and inner surface phosphatidylethanolamine fractions are separated by thin-layer chromatography. Analysis of methyl esters derived from these two fractions, by gas-liquid chromatography, yields the fatty acid side chain distribution. Our results show that there is no mol fraction dependence of the incorporation of any specific fatty acid side chains of egg yolk phosphatidylethanolamine into the vesicle or any preferential distribution of these side chains in the inner or outer vesicle surface. The surface distribution of the egg yolk phosphatidylethanolamine molecules in these vesicles appears to be determined by the head group packing requirements and not the fatty acid side chain composition.     

Control of the transmembrane phospholipid distribution in eukaryotic cells by aminophospholipid translocase

The aminophospholipid translocase is a plasma membrane Mg2(+)-ATPase which selectively pumps the aminophospholipids (phosphatidylserine and phosphatidylethanolamine) from the outer to the inner monolayer in eukaryotic cells and is predominantly responsible for the asymmetric phospholipid distribution of the plasma membrane. Similar ATP-dependent transport of phospholipid takes place in some organelles such as chromaffin granules. On the other hand, the phospholipid flippase of rat liver endoplasmic reticulum does not require ATP and has a low lipid specificity. The biological implications of these phospholipid flippases are discussed.     

Phospholipid asymmetry in the isolated sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane

The total phospholipid content and distribution of phospholipid species between the outer and inner monolayers of the isolated sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane was measured by phospholipase A2 activities and neutron diffraction. Phospholipase measurements showed that specific phospholipid species were asymmetric in their distribution between the outer and inner monolayers of the sarcoplasmic reticulum lipid bilayer; phosphatidylcholine (PC) was distributed 48/52 +/- 2% between the outer and inner monolayer of the sarcoplasmic reticulum bilayer, 69% of the phosphatidyl-ethanolamine (PE) resided mainly in the outer monolayer of the bilayer, 85% of the phosphatidylserine (PS) and 88% of the phosphatidylinositol (PI) were localized predominantly in the inner monolayer. The total phospholipid distribution determined by these measurements was 48/52 +/- 2% for the outer/inner monolayer of the sarcoplasmic reticulum lipid bilayer. Sarcoplasmic reticulum phospholipids were biosynthetically deuterated and exchanged into isolated vesicles with both a specific lecithin and a general exchange protein. Neutron diffraction measurements directly provided lipid distribution profiles for both PC and the total lipid content in the intact sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane. The outer/inner monolayer distribution for PC was 47/53 +/- 1%, in agreement with phospholipase measurements, while that for the total lipid was 46/54 +/- 1%, similar to the phospholipase measurements. These neutron diffraction results regarding the sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane bilayer were used in model calculations for decomposing the electron-density profile structure (10 A resolution) of isolated sarcoplasmic reticulum previously determined by X-ray diffraction into structures for the separate membrane components. These structure studies showed that the protein profile structure within the membrane lipid bilayer was asymmetric, complementary to the asymmetric lipid structure. Thus, the total phospholipid asymmetry obtained by two independent methods was small but consistent with a complementary asymmetric protein structure, and may be related to the highly vectorial functional properties of the calcium pump ATPase protein in the sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane.