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  • Patch clamp characterization of the effect of cardiolipin on MscS of E. coli

    Author(s)
    Ridone, Pietro
    Nakayama, Yoshitaka
    Martinac, Boris
    Battle, Andrew
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    Battle, Andrew
    Year published
    2015
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    Abstract
    The bacterial mechanosensitive channels MscS and MscL are gated by an increase in membrane tension when the bacterium experiences hypoosmotic shock. It has been well established that membrane lipids modulate the mechanosensitivity and gating behavior of these channels. The focus of this study is a negatively charged phospholipid, cardiolipin, which has been shown to localize at curved regions of the bacterial cell, including the poles and the septum, and to have a strong preference for binding to membrane proteins. Here we characterize the effect of cardiolipin on MscS, the mechanosensitive channel of small conductance, using ...
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    The bacterial mechanosensitive channels MscS and MscL are gated by an increase in membrane tension when the bacterium experiences hypoosmotic shock. It has been well established that membrane lipids modulate the mechanosensitivity and gating behavior of these channels. The focus of this study is a negatively charged phospholipid, cardiolipin, which has been shown to localize at curved regions of the bacterial cell, including the poles and the septum, and to have a strong preference for binding to membrane proteins. Here we characterize the effect of cardiolipin on MscS, the mechanosensitive channel of small conductance, using patch-clamp electrophysiology. We compare the gating kinetics and mechanosensitivity of the channel in both azolectin and mixtures of pure lipids DOPE/DOPC liposomes with and without cardiolipin. In azolectin liposomes, the addition of 10 % cardiolipin abolishes hysteresis of MscS, but MscL remains largely unaffected, indicating that cardiolipin may stabilize the closed state of MscS. On the other hand, mixtures of DOPE/DOPC abolish the hysteresis gating of MscS even in the absence of cardiolipin, and the addition of cardiolipin increases the opening and closing thresholds of both MscS and MscL. In addition, we show that MscS gates more frequently when cardiolipin is present in both the azolectin and pure lipid systems; this dose-dependent effect ultimately destabilizes the open state of MscS and we consider the functional implications of this cardiolipin effect in the bacterial osmotic response. Our results show that cardiolipin modulates the mechanosensitivity and gating characteristics of MscS, indicating its important role in the physiology of bacterial cells.
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    Journal Title
    European Biophysics Journal
    Volume
    44
    Issue
    7
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s00249-015-1020-2
    Subject
    Biochemistry and Cell Biology not elsewhere classified
    Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
    Other Physical Sciences
    Biochemistry and Cell Biology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/125053
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