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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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.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10608 Biochemistry and molecular biology
Country of publisher Switzerland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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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
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Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Pavla Foltynová, Ph.D., učo 106624. Changed: 1/2/2023 12:15.
Abstract
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.
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LM2018127, research and development projectName: Česká infrastruktura pro integrativní strukturní biologii (Acronym: CIISB)
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR
653706, interní kód MUName: iNEXT - Infrastructure for NMR, EM and X-ray crystallography for translational research (Acronym: iNEXT)
Investor: European Union, iNEXT - Infrastructure for NMR, EM and X-ray crystallography for translational research, RI Research Infrastructures (Excellent Science)
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