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Analyst ; 144(9): 3030-3037, 2019 Apr 23.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30901016

ABSTRACT

The design of ion sensors has gained importance for the study of ion dynamics in cells, with fluorescent proton nanosensors attracting particular interest because of their applicability in monitoring pH gradients in biological microcompartments and reconstituted membrane systems. In this work, we describe the improved synthesis, photophysical properties and applications of pH sensors based on amine-reactive pHrodo esters and short-chain lipid derivatives of phosphoethanolamine. The major features of these novel probes include strong fluorescence under acidic conditions, efficient partitioning into membranes, and extractability by back exchange to albumin. These features allow for the selective labeling of the inner liposomal leaflet in reconstituted membrane systems for studying proton pumping activities in a quantitative fashion, as demonstrated by assaying the activity of a plant plasma membrane H+-ATPase. Furthermore, the short-chain lipid-conjugated pH sensors enable the monitoring of pH changes from neutral to acidic conditions in the endocytic pathway of living cells. Collectively, our results demonstrate the applicability of short-chain lipid-conjugated sensors for in vivo and in vitro studies and thus pave the way for the design of lipid-conjugated sensors selective to other biologically relevant ions, e.g. calcium and sodium.


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Biological Transport/physiology , Fluorescent Dyes/chemistry , Liposomes/metabolism , Phosphatidylethanolamines/chemistry , Rhodamines/chemistry , Animals , Arabidopsis/chemistry , Arabidopsis Proteins/metabolism , COS Cells , Cattle , Cell Line, Tumor , Chlorocebus aethiops , Fluorescence , Fluorescent Dyes/chemical synthesis , Fluorescent Dyes/metabolism , Humans , Hydrogen-Ion Concentration , Microscopy, Confocal/methods , Peptide Fragments/metabolism , Phosphatidylethanolamines/chemical synthesis , Phosphatidylethanolamines/metabolism , Proton-Translocating ATPases/metabolism , Rhodamines/chemical synthesis , Rhodamines/metabolism , Serum Albumin, Bovine/chemistry
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Eur Biophys J ; 46(2): 103-119, 2017 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27437691

ABSTRACT

Studying membrane proteins at the molecular level represents a major challenge in biochemistry due to the complexity of the membrane in which they are embedded. As an important step towards a detailed understanding of their action and molecular functioning, current studies focus on membrane proteins reconstituted into artificial lipid environments. Such reconstituted systems allow for a more flexible choice of biochemical, biophysical, and microscopy techniques for characterizing the proteins. This review gives an overview of the methods currently available for reconstituting membrane proteins in a functional state into giant unilamellar vesicles, and discusses some key methods to verify successful reconstitution.


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Membrane Proteins/chemistry , Unilamellar Liposomes/chemistry , Membrane Fusion , Membrane Lipids/chemistry , Membrane Lipids/metabolism , Membrane Proteins/metabolism
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