scholarly journals Lipid packing defects and membrane charge control RAB GTPase recruitment

Traffic ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. 536-545 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillaume Kulakowski ◽  
Hugo Bousquet ◽  
Jean-Baptiste Manneville ◽  
Patricia Bassereau ◽  
Bruno Goud ◽  
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2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (24) ◽  
pp. 15589-15597 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Garten ◽  
Coline Prévost ◽  
Clotilde Cadart ◽  
Romain Gautier ◽  
Luc Bousset ◽  
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Reconstitution experiments on Giant Unilamellar Vesicles and Molecular Dynamics Simulations indicate that alpha-synuclein binds to neutral flat membranes in the presence of methyl-branched lipids.


eLife ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maud Magdeleine ◽  
Romain Gautier ◽  
Pierre Gounon ◽  
Hélène Barelli ◽  
Stefano Vanni ◽  
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When small phosphatidylcholine liposomes are added to perforated cells, they bind preferentially to the Golgi suggesting an exceptional avidity of this organelle for curved membranes without stereospecific interactions. We show that the cis golgin GMAP-210 accounts for this property. First, the liposome tethering properties of the Golgi resembles that of the amphipathic lipid-packing sensor (ALPS) motif of GMAP-210: both preferred small (radius < 40 nm) liposomes made of monounsaturated but not saturated lipids. Second, reducing GMAP-210 levels or redirecting its ALPS motif to mitochondria decreased liposome capture by the Golgi. Extensive mutagenesis analysis suggests that GMAP-210 tethers authentic transport vesicles via the same mechanism whereby the ALPS motif senses lipid-packing defects at the vesicle surface through its regularly spaced hydrophobic residues. We conclude that the Golgi uses GMAP-210 as a filter to select transport vesicles according to their size and bulk lipid composition.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samapan Sikdar ◽  
Manidipa Banerjee ◽  
Satyavani Vemparala

ABSTRACTUnderstanding the viral peptide detection, partitioning and subsequent host membrane composition-based response is required for gaining insights into viral mechanism. Here, we probe the crucial role of presence of membrane lipid packing defects, depending on the membrane composition, in allowing the viral peptide belonging to C-terminal Hepatitis A Virus-2B (HAV-2B) to detect, attach and subsequently partition into the host cell membrane mimics. We conclusively show that the hydrophobic residues in the viral peptide detect the transiently present lipid packing defects, insert themselves into such defects, form anchor points and facilitate the partitioning of the peptide. We also show that the presence of cholesterol significantly alters such lipid packing defects, both in size and in number, thus mitigating the partitioning of the membrane active viral peptide into cholesterol-rich membranes. These results show differential ways in which presence and absence of cholesterol can alter the permeability of the host membranes to the membrane active viral peptide component of HAV-2B virus, via lipid packing defects, and can possibly be a part of general membrane detection mechanism for the viroporin class of viruses.


2013 ◽  
Vol 288 (29) ◽  
pp. 20883-20895 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myriam M. Ouberai ◽  
Juan Wang ◽  
Marcus J. Swann ◽  
Celine Galvagnion ◽  
Tim Guilliams ◽  
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There is increasing evidence for the involvement of lipid membranes in both the functional and pathological properties of α-synuclein (α-Syn). Despite many investigations to characterize the binding of α-Syn to membranes, there is still a lack of understanding of the binding mode linking the properties of lipid membranes to α-Syn insertion into these dynamic structures. Using a combination of an optical biosensing technique and in situ atomic force microscopy, we show that the binding strength of α-Syn is related to the specificity of the lipid environment (the lipid chemistry and steric properties within a bilayer structure) and to the ability of the membranes to accommodate and remodel upon the interaction of α-Syn with lipid membranes. We show that this interaction results in the insertion of α-Syn into the region of the headgroups, inducing a lateral expansion of lipid molecules that can progress to further bilayer remodeling, such as membrane thinning and expansion of lipids out of the membrane plane. We provide new insights into the affinity of α-Syn for lipid packing defects found in vesicles of high curvature and in planar membranes with cone-shaped lipids and suggest a comprehensive model of the interaction between α-Syn and lipid bilayers. The ability of α-Syn to sense lipid packing defects and to remodel membrane structure supports its proposed role in vesicle trafficking.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Pinot ◽  
S. Vanni ◽  
E. Ambroggio ◽  
D. Guet ◽  
B. Goud ◽  
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AbstractLipid packing defects favor the binding of proteins to cellular membranes by creating spaces between lipid head groups that allow the insertion of amphipathic helices or lipid modifications. The density of packing defects in a lipid membrane is well known to increase with membrane curvature and in the presence of conical-shaped lipids. In contrast, the role of membrane tension in the formation of lipid packing defects has been poorly investigated. Here we use a combination of numerical simulations and experiments to measure the effect of membrane tension on the density of lipid packing defects. We first monitor the binding of ALPS (amphipathic lipid packing sensor) to giant unilamellar vesicles and observe a striking periodic binding of ALPS that we attribute to osmotically-induced membrane tension and transient membrane pore formation. Using micropipette aspiration experiments, we show that a high membrane tension induces a reversible increase in the density of lipid packing defects. We next focus on packing defects induced by lipid shape and show that conical lipids generate packing defects similar to that induced by membrane tension and enhance membrane deformation due to the insertion of the ALPS helix. Both cyclic ALPS binding and the cooperative effect of ALPS binding and conical lipids on membrane deformation result from an interplay between helix insertion and lipid packing defects created by membrane tension, conical lipids and/or membrane curvature. We propose that feedback mechanisms involving membrane tension, lipid shape and membrane curvature play a crucial role in membrane deformation and intracellular transport events.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adree Khondker ◽  
Alexander K. Dhaliwal ◽  
Sokunthearath Saem ◽  
Ahmad Mahmood ◽  
Cécile Fradin ◽  
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2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (S 01) ◽  
Author(s):  
F Neumann ◽  
M Gompert ◽  
HW Klein ◽  
J Dokas ◽  
A Chadt ◽  
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