Human myelin proteolipid protein structure and lipid bilayer
stacking

J 2022

Human myelin proteolipid protein structure and lipid bilayer stacking

RUSKAMO, Salla, Arne RAASAKKA, Jan Skov PEDERSEN, Anne MARTEL, Karel ŠKUBNÍK et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Human myelin proteolipid protein structure and lipid bilayer stacking

Authors

RUSKAMO, Salla, Arne RAASAKKA, Jan Skov PEDERSEN, Anne MARTEL, Karel ŠKUBNÍK (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Tamim DARWISH, Lionel PORCAR and Petri KURSULA

Edition

Cellular and molecular life sciences, BASEL, SPRINGER BASEL AG, 2022, 1420-682X

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10608 Biochemistry and molecular biology

Country of publisher

Switzerland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 8.000

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14740/22:00128474

Organization unit

Central European Institute of Technology

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00018-022-04428-6

UT WoS

000824644400001

Keywords in English

Myelin; Proteolipid protein; DM20; Integral membrane protein; Small-angle scattering; Atomic force microscopy

Abstract

V originále

The myelin sheath is an essential, multilayered membrane structure that insulates axons, enabling the rapid transmission of nerve impulses. The tetraspan myelin proteolipid protein (PLP) is the most abundant protein of compact myelin in the central nervous system (CNS). The integral membrane protein PLP adheres myelin membranes together and enhances the compaction of myelin, having a fundamental role in myelin stability and axonal support. PLP is linked to severe CNS neuropathies, including inherited Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease and spastic paraplegia type 2, as well as multiple sclerosis. Nevertheless, the structure, lipid interaction properties, and membrane organization mechanisms of PLP have remained unidentified. We expressed, purified, and structurally characterized human PLP and its shorter isoform DM20. Synchrotron radiation circular dichroism spectroscopy and small-angle X-ray and neutron scattering revealed a dimeric, alpha-helical conformation for both PLP and DM20 in detergent complexes, and pinpoint structural variations between the isoforms and their influence on protein function. In phosphatidylcholine membranes, reconstituted PLP and DM20 spontaneously induced formation of multilamellar myelin-like membrane assemblies. Cholesterol and sphingomyelin enhanced the membrane organization but were not crucial for membrane stacking. Electron cryomicroscopy, atomic force microscopy, and X-ray diffraction experiments for membrane-embedded PLP/DM20 illustrated effective membrane stacking and ordered organization of membrane assemblies with a repeat distance in line with CNS myelin. Our results shed light on the 3D structure of myelin PLP and DM20, their structure-function differences, as well as fundamental protein-lipid interplay in CNS compact myelin.

Links

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Citovat

RUSKAMO, Salla, Arne RAASAKKA, Jan Skov PEDERSEN, Anne MARTEL, Karel ŠKUBNÍK, Tamim DARWISH, Lionel PORCAR and Petri KURSULA. Human myelin proteolipid protein structure and lipid bilayer stacking. Cellular and molecular life sciences. BASEL: SPRINGER BASEL AG, 2022, vol. 79, No 8, p. 419-437. ISSN 1420-682X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00018-022-04428-6.

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N2  - The myelin sheath is an essential, multilayered membrane structure that insulates axons, enabling the rapid transmission of nerve impulses. The tetraspan myelin proteolipid protein (PLP) is the most abundant protein of compact myelin in the central nervous system (CNS). The integral membrane protein PLP adheres myelin membranes together and enhances the compaction of myelin, having a fundamental role in myelin stability and axonal support. PLP is linked to severe CNS neuropathies, including inherited Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease and spastic paraplegia type 2, as well as multiple sclerosis. Nevertheless, the structure, lipid interaction properties, and membrane organization mechanisms of PLP have remained unidentified. We expressed, purified, and structurally characterized human PLP and its shorter isoform DM20. Synchrotron radiation circular dichroism spectroscopy and small-angle X-ray and neutron scattering revealed a dimeric, alpha-helical conformation for both PLP and DM20 in detergent complexes, and pinpoint structural variations between the isoforms and their influence on protein function. In phosphatidylcholine membranes, reconstituted PLP and DM20 spontaneously induced formation of multilamellar myelin-like membrane assemblies. Cholesterol and sphingomyelin enhanced the membrane organization but were not crucial for membrane stacking. Electron cryomicroscopy, atomic force microscopy, and X-ray diffraction experiments for membrane-embedded PLP/DM20 illustrated effective membrane stacking and ordered organization of membrane assemblies with a repeat distance in line with CNS myelin. Our results shed light on the 3D structure of myelin PLP and DM20, their structure-function differences, as well as fundamental protein-lipid interplay in CNS compact myelin.
ER  -

RUSKAMO, Salla, Arne RAASAKKA, Jan Skov PEDERSEN, Anne MARTEL, Karel ŠKUBNÍK, Tamim DARWISH, Lionel PORCAR and Petri KURSULA. Human myelin proteolipid protein structure and lipid bilayer stacking. \textit{Cellular and molecular life sciences}. BASEL: SPRINGER BASEL AG, 2022, vol.~79, No~8, p.~419-437. ISSN~1420-682X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00018-022-04428-6.

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