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Amphipathic Peptides Impede Lipid Domain Fusion in Phase-Separated Membranes

Journal

MEMBRANES
Volume 11, Issue 11, Pages -

Publisher

MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/membranes11110797

Keywords

lipid membrane; theory of elasticity; liquid-ordered domain; domain interaction; amphipathic peptide

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  1. Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russia [075-15-2020-782]

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Cell membranes exhibit heterogeneity in lipid composition and can form nanoscopic liquid-ordered domains known as rafts. Antimicrobial amphipathic peptides may affect domain fusion, potentially leading to misregulation of raft clustering.
Cell membranes are heterogeneous in lipid composition which leads to the phase separation with the formation of nanoscopic liquid-ordered domains, also called rafts. There are multiple cell processes whereby the clustering of these domains into a larger one might be involved, which is responsible for such important processes as signal transduction, polarized sorting, or immune response. Currently, antimicrobial amphipathic peptides are considered promising antimicrobial, antiviral, and anticancer therapeutic agents. Here, within the framework of the classical theory of elasticity adapted for lipid membranes, we investigate how the presence of the peptides in a phase-separated membrane influences the fusion of the domains. We show that the peptides tend to occupy the boundaries of liquid-ordered domains and significantly increase the energy barrier of the domain-domain fusion, which might lead to misregulation of raft clustering and adverse consequences for normal cell processes.

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