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    Spectral behavior of amyloid-specific dyes in protein-lipid systems. III. congo red interactions with native proteins
    (Харьковский Национальный Университет им. В.Н. Каразина, 2008) Kutsenko, O.K.; Trusova, V.M.; Gorbenko, G.P.; Dobrovolskaya, E.V.; Striha, O.A.; Derkach, R.V.
    A number of so-called conformational diseases (Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and Huntington's diseases, type II diabetes, spongiform encephalopathies, systemic amyloidosis) are associated with the deposition in various tissues highly-ordered protein aggregates (amyloid fibrils) that kill cells or prevent them from functioning properly. Amyloid fibrils are organized in a cross β-structure with a helical array of β-sheets, in which the long axis of the fibril is parallel to the long axis of the helix and is perpendicular to the β-strands Amyloid can be identified using a range of techniques: electron and atomic force microscopy, X-ray fibril diffraction, thioflavin T fluorescence, Congo Red (CR) birefringence or spectrophotometric assay. However, therapeutic detection of amyloid fibrils with CR test may be hampered by CR ability to form complexes with native proteins. In the present study we investigated CR binding to a series of native proteins – hemoglobin (Hb), cytochrome c (cyt c), ribonuclease A (RNase), human serum albumin (HSA). CR interaction with Hb and cyt c was followed by absorbance decrease and long wavelength shift of spectrum maximum in the case of Hb, indicating that native protein structure contains binding sites for CR. Association constant (Kb) and binding stoichiometry (n) recovered from the data analysis within the framework of Langmuir adsorption model were found to be: Kb=(2.1 ± 0.3)Ч105 M-1, n=3.3 ± 0.5 for Hb and Kb=(6.0 ± 0.9)Ч104 M-1, n=1.0 ± 0.3 for cyt c. The presence of lipid vesicles composed of phosphatidylcholine and cardiolipin did not exert influence on CR-Hb interactions. In contrast, association constant for CR-cyt c complexation markedly increased. This finding was interpreted in terms of cyt c unfolding at lipid-water interface coupled with exposure of additional CR binding sites on the protein surface. Formation of CR complexes with RNase and HSA was followed by the long-wavelength shift of absorption maxima. CR-HSA binding curves have Langmuir-like shape, whereas CR-RNase adsorption isotherms are slightly sigmoidal pointing to cooperative nature of the binding process. The binding parameters were estimated to be Kb=(1.3 ± 0.3)Ч104 M-1, n=2.3 ± 0.5 for HAS and Kb=(3.4 ± 0.3)Ч104 M-1, n=0.6 ± 0.1 and Hill parameter α= 1.1±0.2 for RNase.
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    Hemoglobin binding to phospholipid membranes as revealed by pyrene fluorescence study
    (Харьковский Национальный Университет им. В.Н.Каразина, 2011) Kutsenko, O.K.; Gorbenko, G.P.; Trusova, V.M.
    In this work hemoglobin (Hb) association with lipid bilayers was investigated using fluorescent probe pyrene. Model membranes were prepared from zwitterionic lipid phosphatidylcholine (PC), anionic lipid phosphatidylglycerol (PG) and cholesterol (Chol). Hb-lipid binding was followed by the pyrene fluorescence quenching. Hb-induced decrease of pyrene monomer fluorescence was followed by the increase of relative intensities of vibronic bands. Presumably, Hb penetration into the bilayer increases the space between neighbouring lipids and promotes water penetration into the membrane core. Pyrene excimer emission quenching was interpreted in terms of resonance energy transfer. The greatest depth of Hb penetration into the lipid bilayer was observed in PC vesicles. In Chol-containing liposomes sterol condensing effect prevents deep protein penetration into the membrane. PG has an ability to stabilize lipid bilayers due to the ordered state of its lipid tails and H-bonding interactions between lipid molecules. This also can prevent Hb access to the inner membrane regions.
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    Resonance energy transfer study of hemoglobin binding to model lipid membranes
    (Харьковский Национальный Университет им. В.Н.Каразина, 2010) Kutsenko, O.K.; Gorbenko, G.P.; Trusova, V.M.
    In the present study fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) technique was employed to obtain the information about the structure of hemoglobin (Hb) complexes with model lipid membranes of different composition. For this purpose three membrane probes, 3-methoxybenzanthrone (MBA), 4- dimethylaminochalcone (DMC) and 6-propionyl-2-dimethylaminonaphthalene (Prodan) were assessed as possible donors for heme moiety of the protein. Model membranes were composed of zwitterionic lipid phosphatidylcholine (PC), anionic lipid cardiolipin (CL) and cholesterol (Chol). FRET measurements were interpreted in terms of the model of energy transfer in two-dimensional systems proposed by Fung and Stryer and further extended by Davenport et al. No FRET was observed between Prodan and Hb because Prodan under the employed experimental conditions was not distributed into the lipid bilayer. In the case of DMC, Hb-induced oxidative processes in the lipid phase hampered the estimation of Hb location in a lipid bilayer. Therefore, structural analysis of Hb-lipid complexes was carried out using MBA as a donor. First, the donor quantum yield, Fцrster radii and fluorescence anisotropy of the probes have been measured. Second, the amount of Hb bound to model membranes was estimated in terms of the lattice models of large ligand adsorption to lipid bilayers allowing for the possibility of protein insertion into membrane interior. Finally, the distance from acceptor plane to the bilayer center and the depth of Hb penetration into lipid bilayer were calculated. It was assumed that protein binds to membranes in the form of dimers and penetrates into the membrane interior. In neutral liposomes Hb penetrates only to the depth of lipid headgroups. The observed higher extent of Hb penetration into Chol containing bilayer as compared to PC liposomes may be a consequence of specific Hb-Chol interaction. In the case of PC/CL liposomes Hb was found to insert in the non-polar membrane region. Taking into account the possibility of forming the inverted hexagonal structures in the presence of CL, it cannot be excluded that Hb being entrapped in such structures, translocates through the membrane. If this phenomenon takes place, deeper Hb penetration into lipid bilayer might be expected. The obtained results can be useful for exact characterization of Hb binding to the membranes.