TY - JOUR
T1 - C-terminus of apolipoprotein A-I removes phospholipids from a triolein/phospholipids/water interface, but the N-terminus does not
T2 - A possible mechanism for nascent HDL assembly
AU - Mitsche, Matthew A.
AU - Small, Donald M.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute grant No. 5 P01 HL026335 (Principal Investigator, David Atkinson, PhD). M.A.M. is supported by grant No. T32 HL07969 (Principal Investigator, Katya Ravid, PhD).
PY - 2011/7/20
Y1 - 2011/7/20
N2 - Apolipoprotein A-I (ApoA-I) is the principle protein component of HDL, also known as "good cholesterol," which is an inverse marker for cardiovascular disease. The N-terminal 44 amino acids of ApoA-I (N44) are predicted to be responsible for stabilization of soluble ApoA-I, whereas the C-terminal 46 amino acids (C46) are predicted to initiate lipid binding and oligomerization. In this work, we apply what we believe to be a novel application of drop tensiometry to study the adsorption and desorption of N44 and C46 at a triolein/POPC/water (TO/POPC/W) interface. The amount of peptide that adsorbed to the surface was dependent on the surface concentration of 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC) and pressure (Π) before adsorption. At a TO/POPC/W interface, the exclusion pressure (Π EX) of C46 was 25.8 mN/m, and was 19.3 mN/m for N44. Once adsorbed, both peptides formed a homogeneous surface with POPC but were progressively ejected from the surface by compression. During a compression, C46 removed POPC from the surface whereas N44 did not. Repeated compressions caused C46 to deplete entirely the surface of phospholipid. If full-length ApoA-I could also remove phospholipid, this could provide a mechanism for the transfer of surface components of chylomicrons and very low density lipoprotein to high density lipoprotein with the assistance of phospholipid transfer protein.
AB - Apolipoprotein A-I (ApoA-I) is the principle protein component of HDL, also known as "good cholesterol," which is an inverse marker for cardiovascular disease. The N-terminal 44 amino acids of ApoA-I (N44) are predicted to be responsible for stabilization of soluble ApoA-I, whereas the C-terminal 46 amino acids (C46) are predicted to initiate lipid binding and oligomerization. In this work, we apply what we believe to be a novel application of drop tensiometry to study the adsorption and desorption of N44 and C46 at a triolein/POPC/water (TO/POPC/W) interface. The amount of peptide that adsorbed to the surface was dependent on the surface concentration of 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC) and pressure (Π) before adsorption. At a TO/POPC/W interface, the exclusion pressure (Π EX) of C46 was 25.8 mN/m, and was 19.3 mN/m for N44. Once adsorbed, both peptides formed a homogeneous surface with POPC but were progressively ejected from the surface by compression. During a compression, C46 removed POPC from the surface whereas N44 did not. Repeated compressions caused C46 to deplete entirely the surface of phospholipid. If full-length ApoA-I could also remove phospholipid, this could provide a mechanism for the transfer of surface components of chylomicrons and very low density lipoprotein to high density lipoprotein with the assistance of phospholipid transfer protein.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.03.055
DO - 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.03.055
M3 - Article
C2 - 21767487
AN - SCOPUS:80052469074
SN - 0006-3495
VL - 101
SP - 353
EP - 361
JO - Biophysical journal
JF - Biophysical journal
IS - 2
ER -