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Changes in Ion Concentrations upon the Binding of Short Polyelectrolytes on Phospholipid Bilayers: Computer Study Addressing Interesting Physiological Consequences
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SYSNO ASEP 0561367 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Changes in Ion Concentrations upon the Binding of Short Polyelectrolytes on Phospholipid Bilayers: Computer Study Addressing Interesting Physiological Consequences Author(s) Blovský, T. (CZ)
Šindelka, Karel (UCHP-M) RID, ORCID, SAI
Limpouchová, Z. (CZ)
Procházka, K. (CZ)Article number 3634 Source Title Polymers. - : MDPI
Roč. 14, č. 17 (2022)Number of pages 19 s. Language eng - English Country CH - Switzerland Keywords lipid membrane ; antimicrobial peptides ; computer simulations OECD category Polymer science Method of publishing Open access Institutional support UCHP-M - RVO:67985858 UT WOS 000851681900001 DOI 10.3390/polym14173634 Annotation This computer study was inspired by the experimental observation of Y. Qian et al. published in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2018 that the short positively charged beta-peptide chains and their oligomeric analogues efficiently suppress severe medical problems caused by antimicrobial drug-resistant bacteria despite them not penetrating the bacterial membrane. Our coarse-grained molecular dynamics (dissipative particle dynamics) simulations confirm the tentative explanation of the authors of the experimental study that the potent antimicrobial activity is a result of the entropically driven release of divalent ions (mainly magnesium ions essential for the proper biological function of bacteria) into bulk solution upon the electrostatic binding of beta-peptides to the bacterial membrane. The study shows that in solutions containing cations Na+, Ca2+ and Mg2+, and anions Cl-, the divalent cations preferentially concentrate close to the membrane and neutralize the negative charge. Upon the addition of positively charged oligomer chains (models of beta-peptides and their analogues), the oligomers electrostatically bind to the membrane replacing divalent ions, which are released into bulk solvent. Our simulations indicate that the entropy of small ions (which controls the behavior of synthetic polyelectrolyte solutions) plays an important role in this and also in other similar biologically important systems. Workplace Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals Contact Eva Jirsová, jirsova@icpf.cas.cz, Tel.: 220 390 227 Year of Publishing 2023 Electronic address https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/14/17/3634/htm
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