Department of Chemistry, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.
Department of Chemistry, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.
Biophys J. 2024 Aug 20;123(16):2431-2442. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2024.06.006. Epub 2024 Jun 10.
Annexin A2 (A2)-induced microdomain formation is a key step in biological processes such as Ca-mediated exocytosis in neuroendocrine cells. In this work, a total of 15 coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations were performed on vesicle models having a diameter of approximately 250 Å for 15 μs each using the Martini2 force field. Five simulations were performed in the presence of 10 A2, 5 in the presence of A2 but absence of PIP, and 5 simulations in the absence of A2 but presence of PIP. Consistent results were generated among the simulations. A2-induced PIP microdomain formation was observed and shown to occur in three phases: A2-vesicle association, localized A2-induced PIP clustering, and A2 aggregation driving PIP microdomain formation. The relationship between A2 aggregation and PIP microdomain formation was quantitatively described using a novel method which calculated the variance among protein and lipid positions via the Fréchet mean. A large reduction in PIP variance was observed in the presence of A2 but not in its absence. This reduction in PIP variance was proportional to the reduction observed in A2 variance and demonstrates that the observed PIP microdomain formation is dependent upon A2 aggregation. The three-phase model of A2-induced microdomain formation generated in this work will serve as a valuable guide for further experimental studies and the development of novel A2 inhibitors. No microdomain formation was observed in the absence of A2 and minimal A2-membrane interaction was observed in the absence of PIP.
膜联蛋白 A2(A2)诱导的微区形成是神经内分泌细胞中 Ca 介导的胞吐等生物学过程的关键步骤。在这项工作中,使用 Martini2 力场对直径约为 250Å 的囊泡模型总共进行了 15 次粗粒分子动力学模拟,每次模拟持续 15μs。其中 5 次模拟在存在 10 个 A2 的情况下进行,5 次模拟在存在 A2 但不存在 PIP 的情况下进行,5 次模拟在不存在 A2 但存在 PIP 的情况下进行。模拟结果一致。观察到 A2 诱导的 PIP 微区形成,并表明其发生在三个阶段:A2-囊泡结合、局部 A2 诱导的 PIP 聚集和 A2 聚集驱动 PIP 微区形成。使用一种新方法定量描述了 A2 聚集和 PIP 微区形成之间的关系,该方法通过 Fréchet 均值计算蛋白质和脂质位置之间的方差。在存在 A2 的情况下观察到 PIP 方差显著降低,但在不存在 A2 的情况下则没有。这种 PIP 方差的降低与观察到的 A2 方差降低成正比,表明观察到的 PIP 微区形成依赖于 A2 聚集。本工作中生成的 A2 诱导微区形成的三相模型将为进一步的实验研究和新型 A2 抑制剂的开发提供有价值的指导。在没有 A2 的情况下没有观察到微区形成,在没有 PIP 的情况下也没有观察到最小的 A2-膜相互作用。
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