Calcium Ion Binding at the Lipid-Water Interface Alters the Ion Permeability of Phospholipid Bilayers

Calcium ions (Ca2+) play a fundamental role in membrane-associated physiological processes. Ca2+ can also significantly modulate the physicochemical properties of phospholipid bilayers, but whether this occurs at physiologically relevant concentrations is difficult to determine because of the uncert...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1999. - 37(2021), 48 vom: 07. Dez., Seite 14026-14033
1. Verfasser: Deplazes, Evelyne (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Tafalla, Beatriu Domingo, Murphy, Christopher, White, Jacqueline, Cranfield, Charles G, Garcia, Alvaro
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2021
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Lipid Bilayers Phospholipids Water 059QF0KO0R Calcium SY7Q814VUP
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Zusammenfassung:Calcium ions (Ca2+) play a fundamental role in membrane-associated physiological processes. Ca2+ can also significantly modulate the physicochemical properties of phospholipid bilayers, but whether this occurs at physiologically relevant concentrations is difficult to determine because of the uncertainty in the reported affinity of Ca2+ for phospholipid bilayers. In this article, we determine the apparent affinity of Ca2+ for zwitterionic phospholipid bilayers using tethered bilayer lipid membranes (tBLMs) used in conjunction with swept-frequency electrical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). We report that Ca2+ binds to phospholipid bilayers at physiologically relevant concentrations and modulates membrane permeability. We present direct experimental evidence that this effect is governed by specific interactions with select lipid headgroup moieties, which is supported by data from molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. This is the first reported use of tBLM/EIS to estimate cation-membrane affinity. Combined with MD simulations, this technique provides a novel methodology to elucidate the molecular details of cation-membrane interactions at the water-phospholipid interface
Beschreibung:Date Completed 27.01.2022
Date Revised 27.01.2022
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1520-5827
DOI:10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c02016