Author:
Soule P,Illien F,Kulifaj S,Joliot A,Gourier C,Sagan S,Cribier S,Rodriguez N
Abstract
ABSTRACTPenetratin is a Cell Penetrating Peptide able to cross the cell plasma membrane possibly bound to a cargo molecule to be delivered into the cell. The mechanism of its entry is poorly known. A key to a molecular description of this mechanism is to identify the partners of Penetratin at the cell surface during its adhesion and internalization. We used the Biomembrane Force Probe to identify the partners during the first second of adhesion of Penetratin on the cell plasma membrane. We evidenced that heparan sulfates are the first partners after contact as well as unknown partners hidden by sialic acids. Experiments of binding of Penetratin on vesicles bearing charged or sulfated lipids showed no adhesion pointing that a negatively charged partner is not enough and there is a specificity for certain chemical groups bearing the charges. A model of the measured forces of interaction enabled to determine the adhesion energy of a Penetratin with heparan sulfates on a cell to be in the range 18 to 22kBT.
Publisher
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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