Carbohydrate modified catanionic vesicles: Probing multivalent binding at the bilayer interface

TY - JOUR

T1 - Carbohydrate modified catanionic vesicles

T2 - Probing multivalent binding at the bilayer interface

AU - Thomas, Glen B.

AU - Rader, Lenea H.

AU - Park, Juhee

AU - Abezgauz, Ludmila

AU - Danino, Dganit

AU - DeShong, Philip

AU - English, Douglas S.

PY - 2009/4/22

Y1 - 2009/4/22

N2 - This article reports on the synthesis, characterization, and binding studies of surface-functionalized, negatively charged catanionic vesicles. These studies demonstrate that the distribution of glycoconjugates in the membrane leaflet can be controlled by small alterations of the chemical structure of the conjugate. The ability to control the glycoconjugate concentration in the membrane provides a method to explore the relationship between ligand separation distance and multivalent lectin binding at the bilayer interface. The binding results using the O-linked glucosyl conjugate were consistent with a simple model in which binding kinetics are governed by the density of noninteracting glucose ligands, whereas the N-linked glycoconjugate exhibited binding kinetics consistent with interacting or clustering conjugates. From the noninteracting ligand model, an effective binding site separation of the sugar sites for concanavalin A of 3.6-4.3 nm was determined and a critical ligand density above which binding kinetics are zeroth order with respect to the amount of glycoconjugate present at the bilayer was observed. We also report cryo-transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM) images of conjugated vesicles showing morphological changes (multilayering) upon aggregation of unilamellar vesicles with concanavalin A.

AB - This article reports on the synthesis, characterization, and binding studies of surface-functionalized, negatively charged catanionic vesicles. These studies demonstrate that the distribution of glycoconjugates in the membrane leaflet can be controlled by small alterations of the chemical structure of the conjugate. The ability to control the glycoconjugate concentration in the membrane provides a method to explore the relationship between ligand separation distance and multivalent lectin binding at the bilayer interface. The binding results using the O-linked glucosyl conjugate were consistent with a simple model in which binding kinetics are governed by the density of noninteracting glucose ligands, whereas the N-linked glycoconjugate exhibited binding kinetics consistent with interacting or clustering conjugates. From the noninteracting ligand model, an effective binding site separation of the sugar sites for concanavalin A of 3.6-4.3 nm was determined and a critical ligand density above which binding kinetics are zeroth order with respect to the amount of glycoconjugate present at the bilayer was observed. We also report cryo-transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM) images of conjugated vesicles showing morphological changes (multilayering) upon aggregation of unilamellar vesicles with concanavalin A.

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U2 - 10.1021/ja8076439

DO - 10.1021/ja8076439

M3 - 文章

C2 - 19323555

AN - SCOPUS:67849083156

SN - 0002-7863

VL - 131

SP - 5471

EP - 5477

JO - Journal of the American Chemical Society

JF - Journal of the American Chemical Society

IS - 15

ER -