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Article

Membrane Association Modes of Natural Anticancer Peptides: Mechanistic Details on Helicity, Orientation, and Surface Coverage

by
Mayra Quemé-Peña
1,2,
Tünde Juhász
1,*,
Gergely Kohut
1,2,
Maria Ricci
1,
Priyanka Singh
1,2,
Imola Cs. Szigyártó
1,
Zita I. Papp
3,
Lívia Fülöp
3 and
Tamás Beke-Somfai
1,*
1
Biomolecular Self-Assembly Research Group, Institute of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar Tudósok Körútja 2, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
2
Hevesy György Ph.D. School of Chemistry, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter Sétány 1/A, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
3
Department of Medical Chemistry, University of Szeged, Dóm tér 8, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22(16), 8613; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22168613
Submission received: 1 July 2021 / Revised: 4 August 2021 / Accepted: 6 August 2021 / Published: 10 August 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Membrane–Peptide Interactions: From Basics to Current Applications)
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Abstract

Anticancer peptides (ACPs) could potentially offer many advantages over other cancer therapies. ACPs often target cell membranes, where their surface mechanism is coupled to a conformational change into helical structures. However, details on their binding are still unclear, which would be crucial to reach progress in connecting structural aspects to ACP action and to therapeutic developments. Here we investigated natural helical ACPs, Lasioglossin LL-III, Macropin 1, Temporin-La, FK-16, and LL-37, on model liposomes, and also on extracellular vesicles (EVs), with an outer leaflet composition similar to cancer cells. The combined simulations and experiments identified three distinct binding modes to the membranes. Firstly, a highly helical structure, lying mainly on the membrane surface; secondly, a similar, yet only partially helical structure with disordered regions; and thirdly, a helical monomeric form with a non-inserted perpendicular orientation relative to the membrane surface. The latter allows large swings of the helix while the N-terminal is anchored to the headgroup region. These results indicate that subtle differences in sequence and charge can result in altered binding modes. The first two modes could be part of the well-known carpet model mechanism, whereas the newly identified third mode could be an intermediate state, existing prior to membrane insertion.
Keywords: anticancer peptides; flow-linear dichroism; molecular dynamics; spectroscopy; peptide conformation anticancer peptides; flow-linear dichroism; molecular dynamics; spectroscopy; peptide conformation
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Quemé-Peña, M.; Juhász, T.; Kohut, G.; Ricci, M.; Singh, P.; Szigyártó, I.C.; Papp, Z.I.; Fülöp, L.; Beke-Somfai, T. Membrane Association Modes of Natural Anticancer Peptides: Mechanistic Details on Helicity, Orientation, and Surface Coverage. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22, 8613. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22168613

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Quemé-Peña M, Juhász T, Kohut G, Ricci M, Singh P, Szigyártó IC, Papp ZI, Fülöp L, Beke-Somfai T. Membrane Association Modes of Natural Anticancer Peptides: Mechanistic Details on Helicity, Orientation, and Surface Coverage. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2021; 22(16):8613. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22168613

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Quemé-Peña, Mayra, Tünde Juhász, Gergely Kohut, Maria Ricci, Priyanka Singh, Imola Cs. Szigyártó, Zita I. Papp, Lívia Fülöp, and Tamás Beke-Somfai. 2021. "Membrane Association Modes of Natural Anticancer Peptides: Mechanistic Details on Helicity, Orientation, and Surface Coverage" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22, no. 16: 8613. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22168613

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Quemé-Peña, M., Juhász, T., Kohut, G., Ricci, M., Singh, P., Szigyártó, I. C., Papp, Z. I., Fülöp, L., & Beke-Somfai, T. (2021). Membrane Association Modes of Natural Anticancer Peptides: Mechanistic Details on Helicity, Orientation, and Surface Coverage. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22(16), 8613. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22168613

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