TY - JOUR
T1 - Membrane-permeabilizing activities of amphidinol 3, polyene-polyhydroxy antifungal from a marine dinoflagellate
AU - Houdai, Toshihiro
AU - Matsuoka, Shigeru
AU - Matsumori, Nobuaki
AU - Murata, Michio
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful to Megumi Mori, Saori Seki, and Nagy Morsy in our laboratory for their help in culturing dinoflagellates; and to Prof. Tohru Oishi in our laboratory, to Dr. Paul Gopal, and Prof. Kazuo Tachibana, The University of Tokyo, for discussions and suggestions. This study was supported by the Yamada Science Foundation and by a Grant-In-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Area (A) (No. 12045243) from MEXT, Japan.
PY - 2004/11/17
Y1 - 2004/11/17
N2 - Amphidinols, which are polyene-polyhydroxy metabolites produced by the marine dinoflagellate Amphidinium klebsii, possess potent antifungal and hemolytic activities. The membrane permeabilizing actions of amphidinol 3, the most potent homologue, were compared with those of polyene antibiotics, amphotericin B (AmB) and filipin, in hemolytic tests, 23Na nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)-based membrane permeabilizing assays, and UV spectroscopy for liposome-bound forms. In Na + flux experiments using large unilamellar vesicles (LUVs), ion efflux by amphidinol 3 was inhibited by cholesterol or ergosterol, which was opposed to previous results [J. Mar. Biotechnol., 5 (1997) 124]. When the effect of the agents on the size of vesicles was examined by light scattering experiments, amphidinol 3 did not significantly alter their size while filipin and synthetic detergent Triton X-100 did. The observations implied that the activity of amphidinol 3 was mainly due to formation of large pores/lesions in liposomes rather than detergent-like disruption of membrane. The pore/lesion size was estimated to be 2.0-2.9 nm in diameter on the basis of osmotic protection experiments using blood cells. The UV spectra in liposomes, which revealed the close interaction of polyene moieties in a lipid bilayer, further implied that the membrane activity of amphidinol 3 is caused by the molecular assemblage formed in biomembrane. These results disclose that amphidinol 3 is one of few non-ionic compounds that possess potent membrane permeabilizing activity with non-detergent mechanism.
AB - Amphidinols, which are polyene-polyhydroxy metabolites produced by the marine dinoflagellate Amphidinium klebsii, possess potent antifungal and hemolytic activities. The membrane permeabilizing actions of amphidinol 3, the most potent homologue, were compared with those of polyene antibiotics, amphotericin B (AmB) and filipin, in hemolytic tests, 23Na nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)-based membrane permeabilizing assays, and UV spectroscopy for liposome-bound forms. In Na + flux experiments using large unilamellar vesicles (LUVs), ion efflux by amphidinol 3 was inhibited by cholesterol or ergosterol, which was opposed to previous results [J. Mar. Biotechnol., 5 (1997) 124]. When the effect of the agents on the size of vesicles was examined by light scattering experiments, amphidinol 3 did not significantly alter their size while filipin and synthetic detergent Triton X-100 did. The observations implied that the activity of amphidinol 3 was mainly due to formation of large pores/lesions in liposomes rather than detergent-like disruption of membrane. The pore/lesion size was estimated to be 2.0-2.9 nm in diameter on the basis of osmotic protection experiments using blood cells. The UV spectra in liposomes, which revealed the close interaction of polyene moieties in a lipid bilayer, further implied that the membrane activity of amphidinol 3 is caused by the molecular assemblage formed in biomembrane. These results disclose that amphidinol 3 is one of few non-ionic compounds that possess potent membrane permeabilizing activity with non-detergent mechanism.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.bbamem.2004.09.002
DO - 10.1016/j.bbamem.2004.09.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 15533309
AN - SCOPUS:7744220153
VL - 1667
SP - 91
EP - 100
JO - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes
JF - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes
SN - 0005-2736
IS - 1
ER -