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中国物理学会期刊

蜂毒肽与二元脂膜相互作用过程的单分子运动行为

CSTR: 32037.14.aps.69.20200166

Single molecular kinetics during the interactions between melittin and a bi-component lipid membrane

CSTR: 32037.14.aps.69.20200166
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  • 蜂毒肽等抗菌肽可通过破坏细菌的细胞膜而直接杀灭细菌, 因此它的杀菌功能具有高效、广谱和不易产生耐药性等特点, 并被认为有望能从根本上解决目前正严重威胁人类健康的抗生素耐药性问题. 然而, 抗菌肽通过增强细胞膜的通透性来实现杀菌的分子机制至今尚不清楚. 本文结合单分子荧光追踪技术和分子动力学模拟, 从单分子运动的角度对蜂毒肽与二元脂质细胞膜的界面相互作用过程进行了研究. 结果表明, 相较于其他大多数脂分子而言、部分脂分子在膜内的扩散速率会由于蜂毒肽的吸附、聚集、插膜成孔等扰动行为发生显著降低; 而蜂毒肽倾向于作用在多组分脂膜相畴的边界处, 干扰并降低脂膜相分离的程度, 进而降低相边界对脂质分子扩散运动的限制. 本工作阐明了蜂毒肽的膜作用活性对脂分子运动行为和脂膜相行为的影响、以及三者之间的关联. 这些结果对于从单分子运动行为的角度来探索抗菌肽生物活性的分子机制和开发新型抗菌药物具有重要的指导意义.

     

    Due to the unique bacterial killing ability through membrane permeabilization and content leakage, antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have been regarded as promising candidates against the severe threats of drug-resistant bacteria and even superbugs to public health. However, investigations of the mechanism underlying their membrane permeabilization like poration are still on the way. Here, from the perspective of molecular motion kinetics, we studied the interactions between melittin, as one of the most representative AMPs, and a bi-component lipid membrane based on the combination of single-molecule tracking and molecular dynamics simulations. Our results reveal that, the mobility of some lipids in membrane, in comparison of the other most molecules, is significantly decreased by the surface adsorption and transmembrane insertion of melittin. Moreover, melittin tends to work at the boundary region between phase domains, disturb and blur the phase separation behavior and consequently lower the confinement of phase boundary on lipid motions. This work demonstrates the correlation between membrane activity of melittin and the motion kinetics of lipids as well as phase behavior of the membrane. These results would be helpful not only for understanding the molecular mechanism of AMPs from a new perspective but also for the development of new antibacterial agents with improved performance.

     

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