title: The surface properties of apolipoproteins A-I and A-II at the lipid/water interface.
abstract: The monolayer system was employed to investigate the relative affinities of apolipoproteins A-I and A-II for the lipid/water interface. The adsorption of reductively 14C-methylated apolipoproteins to phospholipid monolayers spread at the air/water interface was determined by monitoring the surface pressure of the mixed monolayer and the surface concentration of the apoprotein. ApoA-II has a higher affinity than apoA-I for lipid monolayers; for a given initial surface pressure, apoA-II adsorbs more than apoA-I to monolayers of egg phosphatidylcholine (PC), distearoyl-PC and human high-density lipoprotein (HDL3) surface lipids. Comparison of the molecular packing of apolipoproteins A-I and A-II suggests that apoA-II adopts a more condensed conformation at the lipid/water interface compared to apoA-I. The ability of apoA-II to displace apoA-I from egg PC and HDL3 surface lipid monolayers was studied by following the adsorption and desorption of the reductively 14C-methylated apolipoproteins. At saturating subphase concentrations of the apoproteins (3.10(-5) g/100 ml), two molecules of apoA-II absorbed for each molecule of apoA-I displaced. This displacement was accompanied by an increase in surface pressure. An identical stoichiometry for the displacement of apoA-I from HDL particles by apoA-II has been reported by others. At low subphase concentrations of apoproteins (5.10(-6) g/100 ml), the apoA-I/lipid monolayer was not fully compressed and could accommodate the adsorbing apoA-II molecules without displacement of apoA-I molecules. ApoA-I molecules were unable to displace apoA-II from the lipid/water interface. The average residue hydrophobicity of apoA-II is higher than that of apoA-I; this may contribute to the higher affinity of apoA-II for lipids compared to apoA-I. The probable helical regions in apolipoproteins A-I and A-II were located using a secondary structure prediction algorithm. The analysis suggests that the amphiphilic properties of the alpha-helical regions of apoA-I and apoA-II are probably not significantly different. Further understanding of the differences in surface activity of these apolipoproteins will require more knowledge of their secondary and tertiary structures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19129.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ibdah
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Krebs
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Phillips
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I; D016633:Apolipoprotein A-II; D001054:Apolipoproteins A / Q000378:metabolism*; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D006801:Humans; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011487:Protein Conformation; D013499:Surface Properties; D014867:Water / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I; D016633:Apolipoprotein A-II; D001054:Apolipoproteins A; D014867:Water