Revealing Interfacial Lipid Hydrolysis Catalyzed by Phospholipase A1 at Molecular Level via Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Microscopy

Langmuir. 2019 Oct 1;35(39):12831-12838. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b02284. Epub 2019 Sep 16.

Abstract

The interfacial hydrolysis of phospholipids catalyzed by phospholipase A1 (PLA1) was studied via sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy and fluorescence microscopy. Both monolayer and bilayer setups were used to confirm the hydrolysis mechanism. During the hydrolysis, lysophospholipids, one of the hydrolysis products, were desorbed from the interface into the solution, while the other products, fatty acids, self-organized and accumulated with PLA1 at the interface to form the PLA1-induced regions, which can serve as nonspecific binding domains for proteins and thus lead to human vascular diseases. This experimental study provides the essential information on revealing the interfacial biochemical process related to the metabolism of the lipids, which is one of the basic building blocks for cells.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biocatalysis*
  • Hydrolysis
  • Lipid Bilayers / chemistry
  • Lipid Bilayers / metabolism
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Phospholipases A1 / chemistry
  • Phospholipases A1 / metabolism*
  • Phospholipids / metabolism*
  • Protein Conformation
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence

Substances

  • Lipid Bilayers
  • Phospholipids
  • Phospholipases A1