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BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume 99, Issue 11, Pages 3619-3628Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.09.027
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- Max Planck Society
- Minsterio Ciencie Innovaction [BIO2008 00772]
- University of the Basque Country [GIU 06/42, DIPE08/12]
- Ministerio de Educaion y Cultura Formacion del Progesorado Universitario
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We report a single vesicle approach to compare the all or none and graded mechanisms of lipid bilayer permeabilization by CpreTM and NpreTM two peptides derived from the membrane proximal external region of the HIV fusion glycoprotein gp41subunit According to bulk requenching assays these peptides permeabilize large unilamellar vesicles via all or none and graded mechanisms respectively Visualization of the process using giant unilamellar vesicles shows that the permeabilization of individual liposomes by these two peptides differs in kinetics degree of dye filling and stability of the permeabilized state All or none permeabilization by CpreTM is characterized by fast and total filling of the individual vesicles This process is usually accompanied by the formation of stably open pores as judged from the capacity of the vesicles to incorporate a second dye added after several hours In contrast graded permeabilization by NpreTM is transient and exhibits slower kinetics which leads to partial filling of the individual liposomes Of importance quantitative analysis of vesicle population distribution allowed the identification of mixed mechanisms of membrane permeabilization and the assessment of cholesterol effects Specifically the presence of this viral envelope lipid increased the stability of the permeating structures which may have implications for the fusogenic activity of gp41
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