Gangliosides in phospholipid bilayer membranes: interaction with tetanus toxin

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids
A WinterH J Galla

Abstract

The interaction between tetanus toxin and its fragments with gangliosides and negatively charged phosphatidylglycerols has been studied in phosphatidylcholine host membranes by protein circular dichroism measurement, calorimetry to determine lipid phase transitions, and by fluorescence spectroscopy to follow the toxin-induced pore formation by measuring the release of intravesicular entrapped dye. CD-spectroscopic secondary structure analysis showed conformational change of the toxin only in the presence of GT1b clearly demonstrating the involvement of the ganglioside headgroups for this lipid-protein-interaction. In a dot-blot analysis we showed that fragment C binds to GT1b in reconstituted vesicles and that this fragment is then accessible to a fragment C specific antibody which is only possible if fragment C is exposed at least partially on the surface of the vesicle. Our calorimetric study demonstrates the preferential binding of tetanus toxin to ganglioside GT1b. However, this protein is also able to bind to other gangliosides and also to negatively charged phospholipids causing phase separation due to electrostatic interaction. Since tetanus toxin preferentially binds short chain phosphatidylglycerol, we conclude that th...Continue Reading

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