Interaction of full length recombinant hamster prion protein with liposomes mimicking lipid rafts or non-raft membrane regions was studied by circular dichroism, chemical cross-linking and sucrose gradient ultracentrifugation. At pH 7.0, the protein bound palmitoyloleoylphosphatidylcholine/cholesterol/sphingomyelin/monosialoganglioside GM1 (GM1) ganglioside liposomes but not palmitoyloleoylphosphatidylcholine alone (bound/free = 0.33 and 0.01, respectively), maintaining the native α-helical structure and monomeric form. At pH 5.0, though still binding to quaternary mixtures, in particular GM1, the protein bound also to palmitoyloleoylphosphatidylcholine (bound/free 0.35) becoming unfolded and oligomeric. The pH-dependent interaction with raft or non-raft membranes might have implication in vivo, by stabilizing or destabilizing the protein.
Prion protein structure is affected by pH-dependent interaction with membranes : a study in a model system / F. Re, S. Sesana, A.G. Barbiroli, F. Bonomi, E. Cazzaniga, E. Lonati, A. Bulbarelli, M. Masserini. - In: FEBS LETTERS. - ISSN 0014-5793. - 582:2(2008), pp. 215-220.
Prion protein structure is affected by pH-dependent interaction with membranes : a study in a model system
F. Re;A.G. Barbiroli;F. Bonomi;A. Bulbarelli;
2008
Abstract
Interaction of full length recombinant hamster prion protein with liposomes mimicking lipid rafts or non-raft membrane regions was studied by circular dichroism, chemical cross-linking and sucrose gradient ultracentrifugation. At pH 7.0, the protein bound palmitoyloleoylphosphatidylcholine/cholesterol/sphingomyelin/monosialoganglioside GM1 (GM1) ganglioside liposomes but not palmitoyloleoylphosphatidylcholine alone (bound/free = 0.33 and 0.01, respectively), maintaining the native α-helical structure and monomeric form. At pH 5.0, though still binding to quaternary mixtures, in particular GM1, the protein bound also to palmitoyloleoylphosphatidylcholine (bound/free 0.35) becoming unfolded and oligomeric. The pH-dependent interaction with raft or non-raft membranes might have implication in vivo, by stabilizing or destabilizing the protein.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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