TY - JOUR
T1 - Modulation of the susceptibility of human erythrocytes to snake venom myotoxic phospholipases A2
T2 - Role of negatively charged phospholipids as potential membrane binding sites
AU - Díaz, Cecilia
AU - León, Guillermo
AU - Rucavado, Alexandra
AU - Rojas, Norman
AU - Schroit, Alan J.
AU - Gutiérrez, José María
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank Eduardo Segura, Alfredo Vargas, Abel Saborío, and Lorena Valverde for blood donations; Dr. Bruno Lomonte for kindly providing the BAMT-II antiserum and for fruitful discussions; and Professor Roland Benz and Angela Schmidt (University of Würz-burg) for their advice in the black lipid membrane experiments. This study was supported by the International Foundation for Science and by Vicerrectoría de Investigación, Universidad de Costa Rica.
PY - 2001/7/1
Y1 - 2001/7/1
N2 - Cerrophidion (Bothrops) godmani myotoxins I (CGMT-I) and II (CGMT-II), Asp-49 and Lys-49 phospholipases A2 (PLA2s), which drastically differ in enzymatic activity, were devoid of direct hemolytic effects on erythrocytes (RBC) from different species despite the fact that enzymatically active CGMT-I was able to hydrolyze RBC membrane phospholipids and disrupt liposomes prepared from RBC lipids. Human RBC did not become susceptible to the toxins after treatment with neuraminidase or after altering membrane fluidity with cholesterol or sublytic concentrations of detergent. Unlike normal RBC, significant hemolysis was induced by CGMT-II and another similar Lys-49 isoform, B. asper MT-II (BAMT-II), in RBC enriched with phosphatidylserine (PS). Hemolysis was greater in RBC preincubated with pyridyldithioethylamine (PDA), a potent inhibitor of aminophospholipid transport. RBC enriched with phosphatidic acid (PA) also became susceptible to the myotoxins but was unaffected by PDA. Cells enriched with phosphatidylcholine (PC) remained resistant to the action of the toxins. BAMT-II also induced damage in black lipid membranes prepared with PS but not PC alone. When RBC binding of BAMT-II was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, it was observed that PS- and PA-enriched erythrocytes were always able to capture more toxin than normal and PC-enriched RBC. This effect was significantly improved by PDA (in the case of PS) and it was observed either in the presence or in the absence of calcium in the medium. These data suggest that negatively charged lipids in the outer leaflet of cell membranes constitute myotoxic PLA2 binding sites. The scarcity of anionic phospholipids in the outer leaflet of RBC could explain their resistance to the action of these PLA2s.
AB - Cerrophidion (Bothrops) godmani myotoxins I (CGMT-I) and II (CGMT-II), Asp-49 and Lys-49 phospholipases A2 (PLA2s), which drastically differ in enzymatic activity, were devoid of direct hemolytic effects on erythrocytes (RBC) from different species despite the fact that enzymatically active CGMT-I was able to hydrolyze RBC membrane phospholipids and disrupt liposomes prepared from RBC lipids. Human RBC did not become susceptible to the toxins after treatment with neuraminidase or after altering membrane fluidity with cholesterol or sublytic concentrations of detergent. Unlike normal RBC, significant hemolysis was induced by CGMT-II and another similar Lys-49 isoform, B. asper MT-II (BAMT-II), in RBC enriched with phosphatidylserine (PS). Hemolysis was greater in RBC preincubated with pyridyldithioethylamine (PDA), a potent inhibitor of aminophospholipid transport. RBC enriched with phosphatidic acid (PA) also became susceptible to the myotoxins but was unaffected by PDA. Cells enriched with phosphatidylcholine (PC) remained resistant to the action of the toxins. BAMT-II also induced damage in black lipid membranes prepared with PS but not PC alone. When RBC binding of BAMT-II was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, it was observed that PS- and PA-enriched erythrocytes were always able to capture more toxin than normal and PC-enriched RBC. This effect was significantly improved by PDA (in the case of PS) and it was observed either in the presence or in the absence of calcium in the medium. These data suggest that negatively charged lipids in the outer leaflet of cell membranes constitute myotoxic PLA2 binding sites. The scarcity of anionic phospholipids in the outer leaflet of RBC could explain their resistance to the action of these PLA2s.
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U2 - 10.1006/abbi.2001.2386
DO - 10.1006/abbi.2001.2386
M3 - Article
C2 - 11414685
AN - SCOPUS:27244461888
SN - 0003-9861
VL - 391
SP - 56
EP - 64
JO - Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
JF - Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
IS - 1
ER -