title: Massive glycosaminoglycan-dependent entry of Trp-containing cell-penetrating peptides induced by exogenous sphingomyelinase or cholesterol depletion.
abstract: Among non-invasive cell delivery strategies, cell-penetrating peptide (CPP) vectors represent interesting new tools. To get fundamental knowledge about the still debated internalisation mechanisms of these peptides, we modified the membrane content of cells, typically by hydrolysis of sphingomyelin or depletion of cholesterol from the membrane outer leaflet. We quantified and visualised the effect of these viable cell surface treatments on the internalisation efficiency of different CPPs, among which the most studied Tat, R9, penetratin and analogues, that all carry the N-terminal biotin-Gly4 tag cargo. Under these cell membrane treatments, only penetratin and R6W3 underwent a massive glycosaminoglycan (GAG)-dependent entry in cells. Internalisation of the other peptides was only slightly increased, similarly in the absence or the presence of GAGs for R9, and only in the presence of GAGs for Tat and R6L3. Ceramide formation (or cholesterol depletion) is known to lead to the reorganisation of membrane lipid domains into larger platforms, which can serve as a trap and cluster receptors. These results show that GAG clustering, enhanced by formation of ceramide, is efficiently exploited by penetratin and R6W3, which contains Trp residues in their sequence but not Tat, R9 and R6L3. Hence, these data shed new lights on the differences in the internalisation mechanism and pathway of these peptides that are widely used in delivery of cargo molecules.
authors.affiliation: Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, LBM, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005, Paris, France, cherine.bechara@chem.ox.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Chérine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bechara
authors.forename: Manjula
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pallerla
authors.forename: Fabienne
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Burlina
authors.forename: Françoise
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Illien
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cribier
authors.forename: Sandrine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sagan
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D016466:CHO Cells; D057846:Cell-Penetrating Peptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D002518:Ceramides / Q000032:analysis; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism*; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D004705:Endocytosis; D006025:Glycosaminoglycans / Q000378:metabolism*; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D013108:Sphingomyelin Phosphodiesterase / Q000378:metabolism*; D013109:Sphingomyelins / Q000378:metabolism; D014364:Tryptophan / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D057846:Cell-Penetrating Peptides; D002518:Ceramides; D006025:Glycosaminoglycans; D013109:Sphingomyelins; D014364:Tryptophan; D002784:Cholesterol; D013108:Sphingomyelin Phosphodiesterase
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