TY - JOUR
T1 - Mixed liposomes containing gram-positive bacteria lipids
T2 - Lipoteichoic acid (LTA) induced structural changes
AU - Bharatiya, Bhavesh
AU - Wang, Gang
AU - Rogers, Sarah E.
AU - Pedersen, Jan Skov
AU - Mann, Stephen
AU - Briscoe, Wuge H.
N1 - Funding Information:
We acknowledge the ISIS Muon and Neutron Source for the awarded beamtime under experiment number RB-1920280 and thank Lauren Matthews, Charlotte Kenton, and Nick Taylor for their help with the SANS measurements. We also acknowledge the Wolfson Foundation for establishing the Wolfson Bioimaging Facility, University of Bristol. We would like to acknowledge Dr Judith Mantell for her help with use of the microscopes in the Wolfson Bioimaging Facility. BB is supported by a Marie Sklodowska- Curie actions for the funding (Proposal No: 797038).
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PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - Lipoteichoic acid (LTA), a surface associated polymer amphiphile tethered directly to the Gram-positive bacterial cytoplasmic membrane, is a key structural and functional membrane component. Its composition in the membrane is regulated by bacteria under different physiological conditions. How such LTA compositional variations modulate the membrane structural stability and integrity is poorly understood. Here, we have investigated structural changes in mixed liposomes mimicking the lipid composition of Gram-positive bacteria membranes, in which the concentration of Bacillus Subtilis LTA was varied between 0–15 mol%. Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) and dynamic light scattering (DLS) measurements indicated formation of mixed unilamellar vesicles, presumably stabilized by the negatively charged LTA polyphosphates. The vesicle size increased with the LTA molar concentration up to ∼6.5 mol%, accompanied by a broadened size distribution, and further increasing the LTA concentration led to a decrease in the vesicle size. At 80 °C, SANS analyses showed the formation of larger vesicles with thinner shells. Complementary Cryo-TEM imaging confirmed the vesicle formation and the size increase with LTA addition, as well as the presence of interconnected spherical aggregates of smaller size at higher LTA concentrations. The results are discussed in light of the steric and electrostatic interactions of the bulky LTA molecules with increased chain fluidity at the higher temperature, which affect the molecular packing and interactions, and thus depend on the LTA composition, in the membrane.
AB - Lipoteichoic acid (LTA), a surface associated polymer amphiphile tethered directly to the Gram-positive bacterial cytoplasmic membrane, is a key structural and functional membrane component. Its composition in the membrane is regulated by bacteria under different physiological conditions. How such LTA compositional variations modulate the membrane structural stability and integrity is poorly understood. Here, we have investigated structural changes in mixed liposomes mimicking the lipid composition of Gram-positive bacteria membranes, in which the concentration of Bacillus Subtilis LTA was varied between 0–15 mol%. Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) and dynamic light scattering (DLS) measurements indicated formation of mixed unilamellar vesicles, presumably stabilized by the negatively charged LTA polyphosphates. The vesicle size increased with the LTA molar concentration up to ∼6.5 mol%, accompanied by a broadened size distribution, and further increasing the LTA concentration led to a decrease in the vesicle size. At 80 °C, SANS analyses showed the formation of larger vesicles with thinner shells. Complementary Cryo-TEM imaging confirmed the vesicle formation and the size increase with LTA addition, as well as the presence of interconnected spherical aggregates of smaller size at higher LTA concentrations. The results are discussed in light of the steric and electrostatic interactions of the bulky LTA molecules with increased chain fluidity at the higher temperature, which affect the molecular packing and interactions, and thus depend on the LTA composition, in the membrane.
KW - Bacteria-Mimicking liposomes
KW - Gram-positive bacteria membranes
KW - Lipoteichoic acid (LTA)
KW - Mixed liposomes
KW - Neutron scattering
KW - Self-Assembly
KW - Vesicles
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U2 - 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2020.111551
DO - 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2020.111551
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 33387794
AN - SCOPUS:85098706076
SN - 0927-7765
VL - 199
JO - Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces
JF - Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces
M1 - 111551
ER -