Engineering monolayer poration for rapid exfoliation of microbial membranes

Tools

Pyne, Alice, Pfeil, Marc Philipp, Bennett, Isabel, Ravi, Jascindra, Iavicoli, Patrizia, Lamarre, Baptiste, Roethke, Anita, Ray, Santanu, Jiang, Haibo, Bella, Angelo, Reisinger, Bernd, Yin, Daniel, Little, Benjamin, Muñoz-García, Juan C., Cerasoli, Eleonora, Judge, Peter J., Faruqui, Nilofar, Calzolai, Luigi, Henrion, Andre, Martyna, Glenn J., Grovenor, Chris R.M., Crain, Jason, Hoogenboom, Bart W., Watts, Anthony and Ryadnov, Maxim G. (2017) Engineering monolayer poration for rapid exfoliation of microbial membranes. Chemical Science, 8 (2). pp. 1105-1115. ISSN 2041-6520

Preview

PDF (Published_Version) - Published Version
Available under License Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial.
Download (4MB) | Preview

Abstract

The spread of bacterial resistance to traditional antibiotics continues to stimulate the search for alternative antimicrobial strategies. All forms of life, from bacteria to humans, are postulated to rely on a fundamental host defense mechanism, which exploits the formation of open pores in microbial phospholipid bilayers. Here we predict that transmembrane poration is not necessary for antimicrobial activity and reveal a distinct poration mechanism that targets the outer leaflet of phospholipid bilayers. Using a combination of molecular-scale and real-time imaging, spectroscopy and spectrometry approaches, we introduce a structural motif with a universal insertion mode in reconstituted membranes and live bacteria. We demonstrate that this motif rapidly assembles into monolayer pits that coalesce during progressive membrane exfoliation, leading to bacterial cell death within minutes. The findings offer a new physical basis for designing effective antibiotics.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	chemistry(all) ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1600
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Pharmacy
Related URLs:	http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?...
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	25 Jan 2019 11:30
Last Modified:	20 Apr 2023 23:56
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/69682
DOI:	10.1039/C6SC02925F

Downloads

Downloads per month over past year

Actions (login required)

View Item