Diphtheria toxin forms pores of different sizes depending on its concentration in membranes: probable relationship to oligomerization - PubMed (original) (raw)
. 1999 Oct 1;171(3):209-21.
doi: 10.1007/s002329900572.
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- DOI: 10.1007/s002329900572
Diphtheria toxin forms pores of different sizes depending on its concentration in membranes: probable relationship to oligomerization
J C Sharpe et al. J Membr Biol. 1999.
Abstract
Diphtheria toxin forms pores in biological and model membranes upon exposure to low pH. These pores may play a critical role in the translocation of the A chain of the toxin into the cytoplasm. The effect of protein concentration on diphtheria toxin pore formation in model membrane systems was assayed by using a new fluorescence quenching method. In this method, the movement of Cascade Blue labeled dextrans of various sizes across membranes is detected by antibodies which quench Cascade Blue fluorescence. It was found that at low pH the toxin makes pores in phosphatidylcholine/phosphatidylglycerol vesicles with a size that depends on protein concentration. At the lowest toxin concentrations only the entrapped free fluorophore (MW 538) could be released from model membranes. At intermediate toxin concentrations, a 3 kD dextran could be released. At the highest toxin concentration, a 10 kD dextran could be released, but not a 70 kD dextran. Similar pore properties were found using vesicles lacking phosphatidylglycerol or containing 30% cholesterol. However, larger pores formed at lower protein concentrations in the presence of cholesterol. The dependence of pore size on toxin concentration suggests that toxin oligomerization regulates pore size. This behavior may explain some of the conflicting data on the size of the pores formed by diphtheria toxin. The formation of oligomers by membrane-inserted toxin is consistent with the results of chemical crosslinking and measurements of the self-quenching of rhodamine-labeled toxin. Based on these experiments we propose diphtheria toxin forms oligomers with a variable stoichiometry, and that pore size depends on the oligomerization state. Reasons why oligomerization could assist proper membrane insertion of the toxin and other proteins that convert from soluble to membrane-inserted states are discussed.
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