Interaction of lytic peptides and model membranes: intefacial action and induction of lipid domains

• Grant number: 11/11640-5
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Duration: September 01, 2011 - September 30, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Biophysics - Molecular Biophysics
• Principal Investigator: João Ruggiero Neto
• Grantee: João Ruggiero Neto
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas (IBILCE). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de São José do Rio Preto. São José do Rio Preto , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Studies of the correlations between structural features of lytic peptides, from the mastoparan family, and their lytic activity in model membrane and antimicrobial activity developed in our laboratory by different experimental approaches, have evidenced different mechanisms of action for the same peptide, depending on the peptide to lipid ratio. These studies have revealed that a group of mastoparan peptides extracted from the venom of native wasps have interfacial activity. They also revealed that in the bilayer-solvent interface there is a complex balance between electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions which associated with elastic properties of the bilayer modulate the lytic activity and their selectivities to membranes. These studies provided evidences that some of these peptides induced lipid domain formation or lipid segregation in vesicles which could be an alternative mechanism of action for the interfacial activity. The purpose of the present project is to deepen the investigations on the interfacial activity and on the lipid domain formation by using experiments of lipid monolayers at air-water interface. Lipid monolayers are used as model for the solvent - bilayer outer leaflet interface. These experiments can provide important informations for the interfacial activity, such as, peptide penetration in the monolayer , changes in peptide and lipid molecular areas, partition coefficients for the peptide adsorption, changes induced by the peptides on the area compression modulus of the monolayer and the peptide impact on the pressure - area lipid isotherms, These informations will be used in association with those obtained from the other techniques that have been used in these studies. These data will be important to advance on the comprehension of the mechanisms involved on the interfacial action and on the physicochemical bases of the synergy observed on the solvent - bilayer interface. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

PUIA ZANIN, LUCIANA MORO; ALVARES, DAYANE DOS SANTOS; JULIANO, MARIA APARECIDA; PAZIN, WALLANCE MOREIRA; ITO, AMANDO SIUITI; RUGGIERO NETO, JOO. Interaction of a synthetic antimicrobial peptide with model membrane by fluorescence spectroscopy. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS, v. 42, n. 11-12, p. 819-831, DEC 2013. (12/08147-8, 11/11640-5)

ALVARES, DAYANE S.; RUGGIERO NETO, JOAO; AMBROGGIO, ERNESTO E.. Phosphatidylserine lipids and membrane order precisely regulate the activity of Polybia-MP1 peptide. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES, v. 1859, n. 6, p. 1067-1074, JUN 2017. (12/08147-8, 15/25619-9, 11/11640-5, 15/25620-7, 11/51684-1, 15/01508-3)

MORO ZANIN, LUCIANA PUIA; DE ARAUJO, ALEXANDRE SUMAN; JULIANO, MARIA APARECIDA; CASELLA, TIAGO; LELLES NOGUEIRA, MARA CORREA; RUGGIERO NETO, JOAO. Effects of N-terminus modifications on the conformation and permeation activities of the synthetic peptide L1A. Amino Acids, v. 48, n. 6, p. 1433-1444, JUN 2016. (10/18169-3, 11/11640-5)

ALVARES, DAYANE S.; WILKE, NATALIA; RUGGIERO NETO, JOAO; FANANI, MARIA LAURA. The insertion of Polybia-MP1 peptide into phospholipid monolayers is regulated by its anionic nature and phase state. Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, v. 207, n. A, p. 38-48, OCT 2017. (11/51684-1, 12/08147-8, 11/11640-5, 15/25619-9, 15/01508-3, 15/25620-7)

ALVARES, DAYANE S.; LAURA FANANI, MARIA; RUGGIERO NETO, JOAO; WILKE, NATALIA. The interfacial properties of the peptide Polybia-MP1 and its interaction with DPPC are modulated by lateral electrostatic attractions. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES, v. 1858, n. 2, p. 393-402, FEB 2016. (12/08147-8, 11/11640-5)

LEITE, NATALIA BUENO; ALVARES, DAYANE DOS SANTOS; DE SOUZA, BIBIANA MONSON; PALMA, MARIO SERGIO; RUGGIERO NETO, JOAO. Effect of the aspartic acid D2 on the affinity of Polybia-MP1 to anionic lipid vesicles. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS, v. 43, n. 4-5, p. 121-130, MAY 2014. (12/08147-8, 11/11640-5)

LEITE, NATALIA BUENO; AUFDERHORST-ROBERTS, ANDERS; PALMA, MARIO SERGIO; CONNELL, SIMON D.; RUGGIERO NETO, JOAO; BEALES, PAUL A.. PE and PS Lipids Synergistically Enhance Membrane Poration by a Peptide with Anticancer Properties. BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL, v. 109, n. 5, p. 936-947, SEP 1 2015. (11/11640-5, 11/51684-1)

ALVARES, DAYANE S.; WILKE, NATALIA; RUGGIERO NETO, JOAO; FANANI, MARIA LAURA. The insertion of Polybia-MP1 peptide into phospholipid monolayers is regulated by its anionic nature and phase state. Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, v. 207, p. 11-pg., 2017-10-01. (15/25620-7, 12/08147-8, 11/11640-5, 11/51684-1, 15/01508-3, 15/25619-9)