Molecular mechanism of calcitriol enhances membrane water permeability

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Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) exhibits a unique membrane lipid composition, including dimyristoyl phosphatidylethanolamine (DMPE) and cholesterol, unlike other Gram-negative bacteria. Calcitriol has antimicrobial activity against H. pylori, but cholesterol enhances antibiotics resistance in H. pylori. This study explored the changes in membrane structure and the molecular mechanisms of cholesterol/calcitriol translocation using well-tempered metadynamics (WT-MetaD) simulations and microsecond conventional molecular dynamics (CMD) simulations. Calcitriol facilitated water transport across the membrane, while cholesterol had the opposite effect. The differing effects might result from the tail 25-hydroxyl group and a wider range of orientations of calcitriol in the DMPE/dimyristoyl phosphatidylglycerol (DMPG) (3:1) membrane. Calcitriol moves across the bilayer center without changing its orientation along the membrane Z-axis, becomes parallel to the membrane surface at the membrane-water interface, and then rotates approximately 90° in this interface. The translocation mechanism of calcitriol is quite different from the flip-flop of cholesterol. Moreover, calcitriol crossed from one layer to another more easily than cholesterol, causing successive perturbations to the hydrophobic core and increasing water permeation. These results improve our understanding of the relationship between cholesterol/calcitriol concentrations and the lipid bilayer structure and the role of lipid composition in water permeation.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:1869

Enthalten in:

Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular and cell biology of lipids - 1869(2024), 1 vom: 17. Jan., Seite 159430

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cao, Zanxia [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Liling [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Mingcui [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Zhihong [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Lei [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

059QF0KO0R
97C5T2UQ7J
Calcitriol
Calcitriol-membrane
Cholesterol
Cholesterol-membrane
FXC9231JVH
Journal Article
Lipid Bilayers
Molecular dynamics simulation
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Translocation mechanism
Water
Water permeation

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Date Completed 05.12.2023

Date Revised 27.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.bbalip.2023.159430

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM364709774