title: Protein-induced membrane curvature alters local membrane tension.
abstract: Adsorption of proteins onto membranes can alter the local membrane curvature. This phenomenon has been observed in biological processes such as endocytosis, tubulation, and vesiculation. However, it is not clear how the local surface properties of the membrane, such as membrane tension, change in response to protein adsorption. In this article, we show that the partial differential equations arising from classical elastic model of lipid membranes, which account for simultaneous changes in shape and membrane tension due to protein adsorption in a local region, cannot be solved for nonaxisymmetric geometries using straightforward numerical techniques; instead, a viscous-elastic formulation is necessary to fully describe the system. Therefore, we develop a viscous-elastic model for inhomogeneous membranes of the Helfrich type. Using the newly available viscous-elastic model, we find that the lipids flow to accommodate changes in membrane curvature during protein adsorption. We show that, at the end of protein adsorption process, the system sustains a residual local tension to balance the difference between the actual mean curvature and the imposed spontaneous curvature. We also show that this change in membrane tension can have a functional impact such as altered response to pulling forces in the presence of proteins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California.
authors.forename: Padmini
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rangamani
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California; Department of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California.
authors.forename: Kranthi K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Mandadap
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California. Electronic address: goster@berkeley.edu.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Oster
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D004548:Elasticity; D004705:Endocytosis; D008563:Membrane Lipids / Q000737:chemistry; D011485:Protein Binding; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D014783:Viscosity
chemical_list: D008563:Membrane Lipids; D011506:Proteins
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