論文

査読有り 最終著者 責任著者 国際誌
2022年5月6日

Cooperative antimicrobial action of melittin on lipid membranes: A coarse-grained molecular dynamics study.

Biochimica et biophysica acta. Biomembranes
  • Yusuke Miyazaki
  • ,
  • Wataru Shinoda

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開始ページ
183955
終了ページ
183955
記述言語
英語
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研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1016/j.bbamem.2022.183955

We conducted a series of coarse-grained molecular dynamics (CG-MD) simulations to investigate the complicated actions of melittin, which is an antimicrobial peptide (AMP) derived from honey bee venom, on a lipid membrane. To accurately simulate the AMP action, we developed and used a protein CG model as an extension of the pSPICA force field (FF), which was designed to reproduce several thermodynamic quantities and structural properties. At a low peptide-to-lipid (P/L) ratio (1/102), no defect was detected. At P/L = 1/51, toroidal pore formation was observed due to collective insertion of multiple melittin peptides from the N-termini. The pore formation was initiated by a local increase in membrane curvature in the vicinity of the peptide aggregate. At a higher P/L ratio (1/26), two more modes were detected, seemingly not controlled by the P/L ratio but by a local arrangement of melittin peptides: 1. Pore formation accompanied by lipid extraction by melittin peptides:a detergent-like mechanism. 2. A rapidly formed large pore in a significantly curved membrane: bursting. Thus, we observed three pore formation modes (toroidal pore formation, lipid extraction, and bursting) depending on the peptide concentration and local arrangement. These observations were consistent with experimental observations and hypothesized melittin modes. Through this study, we found that the local arrangements and population of melittin peptides and the area expansion rate by membrane deformation were key to the initiation of and competition among the multiple pore formation mechanisms.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamem.2022.183955
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35526599
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1016/j.bbamem.2022.183955
  • PubMed ID : 35526599

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