Phase behavior and nanoscale structure of phospholipid membranes incorporated with acylated C14-peptides

Tina B. Pedersen; Thomas Kaasgaard; Morten Jensen; Sven Frokjaer; Ole G. Mouritsen; Kent Jørgensen

doi:10.1529/biophysj.105.060756

Phase behavior and nanoscale structure of phospholipid membranes incorporated with acylated C₁₄-peptides

Tina B. Pedersen, Thomas Kaasgaard, Morten Jensen, Sven Frokjaer, Ole G. Mouritsen, Kent Jørgensen^*

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Department of Neuroscience

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The thermotropic phase behavior and lateral structure of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) lipid bilayers containing an acylated peptide has been characterized by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) on vesicles and atomic force microscopy (AFM) on mica-supported bilayers. The acylated peptide, which is a synthetic decapeptide N-terminally linked to a C₁₄ acyl chain (C₁₄-peptide), is incorporated into DPPC bilayers in amounts ranging from 0-20 mol %. The calorimetric scans of the two-component system demonstrate a distinct influence of the C ₁₄-peptide on the lipid bilayer thermodynamics. This is manifested as a concentration-dependent downshift of both the main phase transition and the pretransition. In addition, the main phase transition peak is significantly broadened, indicating phase coexistence. In the AFM imaging scans we found that the C₁₄-peptide, when added to supported gel phase DPPC bilayers, inserts preferentially into preexisting defect regions and has a noticeable influence on the organization of the surrounding lipids. The presence of the C₁₄-peptide gives rise to a laterally heterogeneous bilayer structure with coexisting lipid domains characterized by a 10 A height difference. The AFM images also show that the appearance of the ripple phase of the DPPC lipid bilayers is unaffected by the C₁₄-peptide. The experimental results are supported by molecular dynamics simulations, which show that the C ₁₄-peptide has a disordering effect on the lipid acyl chains and causes a lateral expansion of the lipid bilayer. These effects are most pronounced for gel-like bilayer structures and support the observed downshift in the phase-transition temperature. Moreover, the molecular dynamics data indicate a tendency of a tryptophan residue in the peptide sequence to position itself in the bilayer headgroup region.

Original language	English
Journal	Biophysical Journal
Volume	89
Issue number	4
Pages (from-to)	2494-2503
Number of pages	10
ISSN	0006-3495
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1529/biophysj.105.060756
Publication status	Published - Oct 2005

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