title: Penetration and interactions of the antimicrobial peptide, microcin J25, into uncharged phospholipid monolayers.
abstract: Microcin J25 forms stable monolayers at the air-water interface showing a collapse at a surface pressure of 5 mN/m, 220 mV of surface potential, and 6 fV per squared centimeter of surface potential per unit of molecular surface density. The adsorption of microcin J25 from the subphase at clean interfaces leads to a rise of 10 mN/m in surface pressure and a surface potential of 220 mV. From these data microcin appears to be a poor surfactant per se. Nevertheless, the interaction with the lipid monolayer further increase the stability of the peptide at the interface depending on the mode in which the monolayer is formed. Spreading with egg PC leads to nonideal mixing up to 7 mN/m, with hyperpolarization and expansion of components at the interface, with a small excess free energy of mixing caused by favorable contributions to entropy due to molecular area expansion compensating for the unfavorable enthalpy changes arising from repulsive dipolar interactions. Above 7 mN/m microcin is squeezed out, leaving a film of pure phospholipid. Nevertheless, the presence of lipid at 10 and 20 mN/m stabilize further microcin at the interface and adsorption from the subphase proceeds up to 30 mN/m, equivalent to surface pressure in bilayers.
authors.affiliation: INSIBIO, Departamento de Bioquímica de la Nutrición (CONICET-UNT) and Instituto de Química Biológica Dr. Bernabé Bloj, Facultad de Bioquímica, Química y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, 4000 San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.
authors.forename: Augusto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bellomio
authors.forename: Rafael G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Maggio
authors.forename: Roberto D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Morero
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001430:Bacteriocins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004337:Drug Carriers; D048168:Escherichia coli K12; D007700:Kinetics; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000737:chemistry*; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001430:Bacteriocins; D004337:Drug Carriers; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D010743:Phospholipids; C020411:microcin