Starbucks will launch its first-ever 3D-printed location in Brownsville
The corporation has been teasing the opening of the store
which is drive-thru-only and was created in partnership with PERI 3D Construction
the official Starbucks Instagram account shared video of the store being built
showing construction crews working alongside a robotic arm as it pours on layers of concrete to build the structure
which includes the trademark Starbucks logo
looks like your typical location for the popular coffee giant
texas: our first 3d printed store in the u.s.,” the caption of the IG post reads
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In an interview with TODAY, Adeola Olubamiji, Ph.D., the CEO of Pathfinder Consulting and an expert in printing technologies, provided a quick breakdown of the science behind the structure.
“You’re building from scratch, from nothing, layer by layer,” Olubamiji said. “You feed a material in, like powder, and then it makes it into a semi-solid.”
“This technology combines the semi-solid with a polymer, so that each layer adheres to the next layer due to the polymer that connects them together, much like an adhesive," she added.
Olubamiji also feels that 3D-printing could become more prominent based off Starbucks' willingness to incorporate it into their building.
Starbucks' first-ever 3D-printed store will open at 2491 Boca Chica Boulevard in Brownsville, Texas this Friday, May 2.
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Endosomal sorting complexes for transport-III (ESCRT-III) assemble in vivo onto membranes with negative Gaussian curvature
How membrane shape influences ESCRT-III polymerization and how ESCRT-III shapes membranes is yet unclear
CHMP2B and CHMP3 are used to address this issue in vitro by combining membrane nanotube pulling experiments
We show that CHMP4B filaments preferentially bind to flat membranes or to tubes with positive mean curvature
Both CHMP2B and CHMP2A/CHMP3 assemble on positively curved membrane tubes
Combinations of CHMP4B/CHMP2B and CHMP4B/CHMP2A/CHMP3 are recruited to the neck of pulled membrane tubes and reshape vesicles into helical “corkscrew-like” membrane tubes
Sub-tomogram averaging reveals that the ESCRT-III filaments assemble parallel and locally perpendicular to the tube axis
highlighting the mechanical stresses imposed by ESCRT-III
Our results underline the versatile membrane remodeling activity of ESCRT-III that may be a general feature required for cellular membrane remodeling processes
Here we investigate how ESCRT-III polymerization shapes membranes and how it influences their assembly on membranes
we develop in vitro assays based on the essential core of purified human ESCRT-III proteins (CHMP4B
We use C-terminally truncated versions of CHMP4B
and CHMP2B to facilitate polymerization as well as full-length CHMP3
We design confocal microscopy experiments with membrane nanotubes of controlled geometries pulled from Giant Unilamellar Vesicles (GUVs) to study the effect of membrane mean curvature and topology on ESCRT-III protein recruitment and polymerization at the macroscopic scale
by using high-speed AFM (HS-AFM) and cryo-electron microscopy (cryoEM)
we obtain nanometer resolution images showing the preferential membrane shape induced upon ESCRT-III assembly on small liposomes and preformed tubes and the corresponding organization of the protein filaments at their surface
a CHMP4B-ΔC spirals observed by HS-AFM on a lipid bilayer
b Cryo-EM image of CHMP4B-ΔC spiral on deformable LUVs
c Top view (top) and side view (bottom) of a cryo-EM tomogram (Supplementary Movie 2) showing CHMP4B-ΔC spirals (red: CHMP4 filaments polymerized on lipids; blue: filaments polymerized in bulk; yellow: lipids)
d The different geometries used to study ESCRT-III proteins/membrane interactions
The protein location is indicated by a green shadow
(ii) Proteins outside a nanotube pulled from a GUV: on the tube
(iii) Proteins inside a nanotube pulled from a GUV: on the tube
(iv) Spontaneously formed tubule inside a GUV in geometry (iii): on the internal tube
e Confocal images corresponding to a GUV fusion experiment in which CHMP4B-ΔC is binding in geometry (iii)
f Sorting ratio for 17 nanotubes from 17 GUVs in 8 independent GUV preparations and variable diameters (e)
N measurements were made: <20 nm: N = 19; 20–40 nm: N = 28; 40–60 nm: N = 11; 60–80 nm: N = 6; >80 nm: N = 8
g Confocal images corresponding to a GUV fusion experiment where CHMP4B-ΔC binds in geometry (ii)
h Sorting ratio for 24 nanotubes from 24 GUVs in 10 independent GUV preparations and of variable diameters (g)
N measurements were performed: <20 nm: N = 11; 20–40 nm: N = 8; 40–60 nm: N = 5; 60–80 nm: N = 4; >80 nm: N = 11
i Cryo-EM image of CHMP4B polymerized outside deformable membrane nanotubes
j Cryo-EM image of CHMP4B-ΔC filaments polymerized onto non-deformable GlaCer tubes
h Source data are provided as a Source Data file
these results do not support previous models of a stiff CHMP4B spiral acting as a loaded spring that could induce membrane bending
in the absence of the other ESCRT-III proteins
flattens membranes or assembles along the main axis of tubes where the mean curvature is null
a HS-AFM image of CHMP2B-ΔC rings on a flat
The quantification of ring diameters is shown
b Confocal images corresponding to a GUV fusion experiment in which CHMP2B-ΔC is exposed to a geometry (iv) induced by the I-BAR domain of IRSp53 (non-fluorescent)
tubulating the membrane when present on the exterior of the GUV
c Confocal images corresponding to a GUV fusion experiment in which CHMP2A-ΔC + CHMP3 are binding in geometry (iii)
d Confocal images corresponding to a GUV fusion experiment in which CHMP2A-ΔC + CHMP3 are binding in geometry (iv)
showing the affinity of the assembly for internal positively curved tubes
e Left: Confocal images corresponding to a GUV fusion experiment in which CHMP2A-ΔC + CHMP3 are binding in geometry (ii)
Right: Quantification of the sorting ratio for 24 nanotubes of variable diameters from 25 GUVs in 9 independent GUV preparations
N measurements have been performed: <20 nm: N = 20; 20–40 nm: N = 74; 40–60 nm: N = 41; 60–80 nm: N = 6; >80 nm: N = 4
The red dashed line corresponds to a sorting ratio equal to 1
f Cryo-EM image of CHMP2A-ΔC/CHMP3 filaments polymerized outside deformable membrane nanotubes
g Cryo-EM image of CHMP2A-ΔC/CHMP3 filaments polymerized outside non-deformable GlaCer tubes
e Source data are provided as a Source Data file
However, in the presence of spontaneously formed internal tubules in the GUVs with a positive mean curvature (geometry (iv) Fig. 2d)
we noticed a strong enrichment of the proteins on these structures
we observed with cryo-EM that these proteins generate positive membrane curvature since the fraction of tubular structures is increased as compared to the control (31 ± 5%) when CHMP2A (0.5 µM) and CHMP3 (3 µM) are added
since the sorting ratio increases with tube curvature (the inverse of the radius) up to about 5 for tube diameters smaller than 20 nm
it demonstrates that the CHMP2A/CHMP3 complex can polymerize on membrane in a positive curvature-dependent matter
In vivo, ESCRT-III complexes function on membranes with a negative Gaussian curvature. We therefore co-encapsulated CHMP4B and CHMP2B (both fluorescent) as well as CHMP4B and CHMP2A/CHMP3 (with fluorescent CHMP4B and CHMP2A) at low micromolar concentrations in EPC GUVs and fused them with GUVs containing PI(4,5)P2 from which a tube was pulled (Fig. 1d
Bottom: Fourier-Transform (FT) with the distances corresponding to the Bragg peaks
Right: The red line represents the direction of the tube axis and the blue line to the perpendicular direction along the tube section
m Source data are provided as a Source Data file
we have found that in the absence of other ESCRT partners
these minimal complexes can be recruited to the neck of membrane tube structures exhibiting a negative Gaussian curvature
they have some affinity for membranes with a positive mean curvature
showing that CHMP4B with CHMP2B can mechanically deform SUVs
CHMP4B has to assemble first on liposomes to nucleate the helical membrane tube deformation by either CHMP2B or CHMP2A/CHMP3
Populations of ESCRT filaments bound to tubular membranes resulting from sub-tomogram averaging
Upper line: orthoslices viewed from the cross sections of tubes
Second line: orthoslices viewed from the top of tubes
Third line: 3D reconstructions viewed from the cross sections of tubes
Fourth line: reconstructions viewed from the top of tubes
Bottom line: schematic representations of the CHMP4B-ΔC/CHMP2B-ΔC-decorated pipes
a Single ESCRT individual filaments bound to lipid tubes
b Paired ESCRT filaments bound to lipid tubes
c High density of filaments bound to lipid tubes
Arrows point to structures perpendicular to the tube axis
our analyses demonstrate that the observed macroscopic tubulation into a corkscrew-like architecture is driven by distinct nanometer ultra-structures of ESCRT filaments
it establishes that not only CHMP1B interacts with positive curved membranes
the latter have been implicated in vivo in membrane remodeling with an opposite membrane geometry
Common reagents were purchased from VWR reagents
1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DOPC
1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine (DOPE
1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-L-serine (DOPS
L-α-phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate (PI(4,5)P2
1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine-N-(biotinyl) (PE-Biotin
870282P) and 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine-N-(lissamine rhodamine B sulfonyl) (Rhod-PE
Gold nanorods Streptavidin-conjugated gold nanorods (C12-10-850-TS-DIH-50) were purchased from Nanopartz™
Streptavidin-coated polystyrene beads (diameter 3.2 μm) for the tube pulling experiments were purchased from Spherotech
CHMP3 (full length) was expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 cells (New England BioLabs, # C2530H) for 3 h at 37 °C11
cells were harvested by centrifugation (4000g for 20 min at 4 °C) and the bacterial pellet was resuspended in 50 ml of binding buffer A (20 mM Bicine pH 9.3
The bacteria were lysed by sonication and CHMP3-FL was purified by Ni2+ chromatography
A final gel filtration chromatography step was performed in buffer B (20 mM Hepes pH 7.6
CHMP2A-ΔC containing residues 9–161 was expressed as MBP-fusion protein in Escherichia coli BL21 cells61 for 1 h at 37 °C
Cells were harvested by centrifugation (4000g for 20 min at 4 °C) and the bacterial pellet was resuspended in 50 ml of binding buffer C (20 mM Hepes pH 7.6
and CHMP2A-ΔC was purified on an amylose column
CHMP2A-ΔC was labeled overnight at 4 °C with Alexa Fluor 405 NHS Ester (Thermo Fisher Scientific) using a molar ratio (Alexa Fluor:protein) of 2:1
A final gel filtration chromatography step was performed in a buffer B
CHMP3-FL and CHMP2A-ΔC were concentrated to 20 μM
and immediately frozen in liquid nitrogen with 0.1% of methyl cellulose (Sigma-Aldrich) as cryo-protectant
All aliquots were kept at −80 °C prior to experiments
was expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 cells for 4 h at 37 °C
Cells were lysed by sonication in buffer D (50 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.4
10 mM DTT and protease inhibitor (Complete EDTA free
Roche) at the concentration indicated by the manufacturer) and the soluble fraction was discarded after centrifugation (50,000g
The pellet was washed three times with buffer E (50 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.4
2% Triton X-100 and 2 mM β-mercaptoethanol)
The last wash was performed in absence of urea and Triton X-100
The extraction of CHMP2B was performed in 50 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.4
CHMP2B was purified by Ni2+-chromatography in buffer F (50 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.4
The protein was eluted in 50 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.4
Refolding was performed by rapid dilution of CHMP2B into buffer G (50 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.4
50 mM l-arginine) and a final concentration of 2 μM
CHMP2B was concentrated by passing it over a Ni2+ column in buffer H (50 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.4
200 mM NaCl) and eluted in buffer I (50 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.4
CHMP2B was labeled overnight at 4 °C with Alexa Fluor 488 C5 Maleimide (Thermo Scientific) with a molar ratio (Alexa Fluor:protein) of 2:1
A final gel filtration chromatography step was performed on a superdex75 column in buffer J (50 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.4
and immediately frozen in liquid nitrogen with 0.1% of methyl cellulose (Sigma-Aldrich) as a cryo-protectant
Cells were harvested by centrifugation (4000g for 20 min at 4 °C) and the bacterial pellet was resuspended in 50 ml of binding buffer K (50 mM Hepes pH 7.6
The CHMP4B protein was purified on an amylose column
CHMP4B was labeled overnight at 4 °C with Alexa 555 succimidyl ester or 633 succimidyl ester (Thermo Fisher Scientific) using a molar ratio (Alexa Fluor:protein) of 2:1
A final gel filtration chromatography step was performed in the buffer KJ
CHMP4B were concentrated to 15 μM and immediately frozen in liquid nitrogen with 0.1% of methyl cellulose (Sigma Aldrich) as cryo-protectant
A 300 kV FEG (Field Emission Gun) POLARA microscope (FEI
Netherlands) equipped with an energy filter and a direct detector (K2 camera
the imaging was performed at a magnification of 81,000 with a pixel size of 1.21 Å using a movie mode collecting 40 successive frames for a total dose of 50 electrons per Å2
The different frames were subsequently aligned
Back projection was performed using IMOD and SIRT reconstruction was carried out using Tomo3d
The segmentation was performed manually using IMOD
Tube radius was determined upon aligning and averaging particles cropped from the tube axis as the center of sub-volumes of 88 pixels (46.6 nm) using as alignment mask a cylinder of 22 nm radius
the center of the box was displaced to the tube’s membrane surface and the selected oversampling geometry was 16 cropping points per radius separated by 6 pixels along the tube axis
Reference free sub-tomogram averaging was performed on sub-volumes of 343 nm in Dynamo
Lipid stock solutions were mixed at a total concentration of 1 mg/ml in chloroform with following molar ratio: 54.7% EPC; 10% DOPS; 10% DOPE; 15% cholesterol; 10% PI(4,5)P2; 0.2% DSPE-PEG2000-Biotin; 0.1% PE–Rhodamine for the charged GUVs and 98.8% EPC
0.2% DSPE-PEG2000-Biotin for the non-charged GUVs (containing encapsulated proteins)
All proteins have been incubated with GUVs at a concentration of 500 nM in a buffer containing 100 mM glucose
25 mM Tris pH 7.4 and 50 mM NaCl for 30′ together with 10 nM TEV
which was sufficient to cleave at least 90% of the MBP tags in 15′ at room temperature (not shown)
CHMP4B stock solution being at 300 mM NaCl + 300 mM KCl
the encapsulation mixture has a salt concentration of ~100 mM
after fusion with a PI(4,5)P2 vesicle of equal size
After addition of 80 µl of CHMP2A and 50 µl of CHMP3
the encapsulation mixture has a NaCl concentration of ~90 mM
After fusion with a PI(4,5)P2 vesicle of equal size
the NaCl concentration drops to about 45 mM
the encapsulation mixture has a NaCl concentration of about 100 mM
the encapsulation mixture has a NaCl concentration of ~100 mM
After fusion with a PI(4,5)P2-containing vesicle of equal size
The final protein concentrations in the GUVs after fusion are listed in Supplementary Table 6
two types of GUVs extracted from each PVA slide were mixed with the relative external buffer matching the osmolarity and centrifuged for 10 min at 1000g
GUVs taken from the bottom of the Eppendorf were incubated with gold nanorods 20 min at room temperature and then added to the imaging chamber
Gold nanorods Streptavidin-conjugated gold nanorods have a peak of absorption at λ = 834 nm
with a tail spanning the wavelength of the infrared laser of the optical tweezers (λ = 1064 nm)
The stock solution (typical concentration 1750 ppm) was diluted 1:100 upon incubation with GUVs and again diluted 1:40 when GUVs were transferred to the observation chamber
Fusion of GUV pairs coated with the gold nanorods is achieved by bringing the GUVs hold by two micropipettes into close contact with micromanipulation and by locally heating the nanorods by focusing the infrared laser on the contact through the objective
for experiments probing the affinity of the proteins for positive curvature
the tube was formed by bringing briefly the GUV coated with proteins in contact with a streptavidin-coated bead trapped with the optical tweezer and moved away
For experiments involving encapsulation and fusion
the tube was pulled from the PI(4,5)P2-containing GUV prior to fusion
using a streptavidin-coated bead hold by a third micromanipulator
Fusion was then performed between the GUV pair
The values of tube diameter (in nm) were deduced from the lipid fluorescence intensities the tube in comparison with the fluorescence in the GUV
where \(I_{{\mathrm{tube}}}^{{\mathrm{lipid}}}\) and \(I_{{\mathrm{GUV}}}^{{\mathrm{lipid}}}\)represent the fluorescence intensities of the lipids in the tube and in the GUV
The sorting ratio S (protein enrichment in the tube) was calculated using
where \(I_{{\mathrm{tube}}}^{{\mathrm{protein}}}\) and \(I_{{\mathrm{GUV}}}^{{\mathrm{protein}}}\)represent the fluorescence intensities of the proteins in the tube and in the GUV
All HS-AFM data were taken in amplitude modulation mode using a sample scanning HS-AFM [Research Institute of Biomolecule Metrology (RIBM)
Switzerland) with spring constant of 0.15 N/m
and a quality factor of ∼2 in buffer were used
The cantilever-free amplitude is 1 nm (3 nm for imaging liposomes)
and the set-point amplitude for the cantilever oscillation was set around 0.8 nm (2.7 nm for liposomes)
all the HS-AFM recordings were performed in buffer containing 25 mM Tris pH 7.4 and 50 mM NaCl
LUVs were thawed at room temperature and diluted to a concentration of 0.2 mg/ml in buffer (25 mM Tris
Then the LUVs were incubated onto the freshly cleaved mica for 5–10 min
and rinsed with the same buffer afterwards
the surface was imaged without addition of protein
the proteins were added to the AFM liquid chamber to reach a final concentration of 2 µM for CHMP4B
The formation of CHMP4B spirals on SLBs occurred within 10 minutes after incubation
To capture the effect of CHMP2B on CHMP4B spiral
CHMP2B was only added after the formation of CHMP4B spirals was confirmed by HS-AFM imaging
The HS-AFM experiments for dynamic membrane deformation were performed using liposomes (SUVs) composed of 50.7% EPC; 10% DOPS; 10% DOPE; 15% cholesterol; 10% PI(4,5)P2; 0.2% DSPE-PEG2000-Biotin; 0.1% PE–Rhodamine
The SUVs were obtained by sonicating a LUV mixture for 30 s
The SUVs were incubated for 5 min on freshly cleaved mica
CHMP4B was added to reach a final concentration of 2 µM in the chamber
CHMP2B (at a final concentration of 1 µM) was added
but only after confirmed spiral formation (typically after 10 min of CHMP4B addition) on randomly formed membrane patches on mica surface
All the HS-AFM images were processed with Igor Pro with a built-in script from RIBM (Japan)
all reported values are presented as mean ± SD
Further information on research design is available in the Nature Research Reporting Summary linked to this article
One example tomogram as well as our sub-tomogram averages have been deposited in the EMBD
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper
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The authors thank Daniel Levy for support and insightful discussions
Michael Henderson for carefully reading the manuscript
We thank Eric Nicolau for his drawing skills
This work was initiated with a grant from FINOVI (W
B.) and was supported by the ANR (ANR-14-CE09-0003-01) (W.W.
by the Institut Curie and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
acknowledges the Institute Universitaire de France (IUF) and the platforms of the Grenoble Instruct-ERIC center (ISBG; UMS 3518 CNRS-CEA-UGA-EMBL) within the Grenoble Partnership for Structural Biology (PSB)
Platform access was supported by FRISBI (ANR-10-INBS-05-02) and GRAL
a project of the University Grenoble Alpes graduate school (Ecoles Universitaires de Recherche) CBH-EUR-GS (ANR-17-EURE-0003)
For cryo-electron microscopy we acknowledge the support of G
Schoehn at the Grenoble FRISBI/Instruct-ERIC electron microscopy platform
Hagen of the cryo-electron microscopy platform of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL
Nilges from the UBI facility (Institut Pasteur
The Falcon II detector at the UBI facility was financed by the “Equipement d’excellence CACSICE” and the Grenoble Instruct-ERIC EM platform acknowledges support from the FRM and GIS IBiSA
Access to the EMBL cryo-electron microscopy facility was supported by iNEXT (project number 653706)
funded by the Horizon 2020 program of the European Union
We further acknowledge the Cell and Tissue Imaging (PICT IBiSA
Institut Curie) platform supported by France-BioImaging (ANR10-INBS-04)
N.D.F was funded by post-doctoral fellowships from the Institut Curie
the Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale and Marie Curie actions (MSCA-IF-2016 #751715 (ESCRT model))
E.M.L was supported by a post-doctoral fellowship from ANR (ANR-15-CE11-0027-02)
was funded by the Université Pierre et Marie Curie/Sorbonne Université
Doctoral school “Physique en Ile de France” (ED-564) and the Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale
is a member of the CNRS consortium CellTiss
are members of the Labex CelTisPhyBio (ANR-11-LABX0038) and Paris Sciences et Lettres (ANR-10-IDEX-0001-02)
These authors contributed equally: Aurélie Bertin
Stéphanie Mangenot & Patricia Bassereau
performed tube pulling experiments and analyzed data
supervised HS-AFM work and S.Mai performed HS-AFM experiments and analyzed data
optimized the characteristics of the membrane samples
and S.Man equally contributed to this work
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Matrix proteins from enveloped viruses play an important role in budding and stabilizing virus particles
In order to assess the role of the matrix protein M1 from influenza C virus (M1-C) in plasma membrane deformation
we have combined structural and in vitro reconstitution experiments with model membranes
We present the crystal structure of the N-terminal domain of M1-C and show by Small Angle X-Ray Scattering analysis that full-length M1-C folds into an elongated structure that associates laterally into ring-like or filamentous polymers
Using negatively charged giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs)
we demonstrate that M1-C full-length binds to and induces inward budding of membrane tubules with diameters that resemble the diameter of viruses
Membrane tubule formation requires the C-terminal domain of M1-C
corroborating its essential role for M1-C polymerization
Our results indicate that M1-C assembly on membranes constitutes the driving force for budding and suggest that M1-C plays a key role in facilitating viral egress
we combine structural studies and GUV-based experiments to understand the M1-C induced membrane deformation
We show that the N-terminal domain of M1-C adopts a similar fold as M1-A
despite the low sequence homology of both proteins
but coordinates two Mg2+ ions which increases the positive surface charge and may thus facilitate electrostatic interactions with negatively charged membranes
Full length M1-C adopts an elongated structure that tends to polymerize into ring-like or filamentous structures via lateral interactions of M1-C protomers
M1-C interaction with GUVs containing negatively charged lipids leads to inward membrane tubulation
Although the N-terminal domain on its own interacts with GUVs
Our study thus confirms that M1-C assembly on membranes constitutes the driving force for influenza C virus bud formation
(a) M1-C forms polymers in vitro at low pH conditions as shown by negative staining electron microscopy
The width of the circular or spiral filaments is approximately 10 nm
The inset shows a close-up of some rod-like structures that associate laterally to form the filament
(b) M1-C also forms monomers at low pH conditions that produced the experimental SAXS data (red); the scattering pattern computed from the Dammin model shown in d is drawn in green
(c) Kratky plots for M1-C (red) and M1-A (blue)
(d) Structural model of M1-C produced at low pH and reconstructed ab initio
(a) Ribbon diagram of M1-C composed of two four-helical bundles connected by helix 5. Alpha helices are labeled. (b) Close up of the Mg2+ binding sites. M1-C binds two Mg2+ ions coordinated by residues from helices 5 and 8 and six water molecules. Alpha helices are labeled. (c) Superposing of the Cα atoms of M1-A and M1-C reveals an overall similar fold and the displacement of helix 6.
Electrostatic potential map of M1-C (a) compared to the M1-A map (b)
The electrostatic potential was calculated from −3.000 KbT/ec (red) to +3.000 KbT/ec (blue)
The interaction between M1-C and lipid membranes was investigated using GUVs of two different lipid compositions
The first composition contained 33 mol% of the negatively charged lipid DOPS
in addition to DOPE (33 mol%) and DOPC (33 mol%) (herein referred to as DOPS-GUV)
The second composition consisted of lipids extracted from a natural tissue (porcine brain extract)
which contains approximately 10 wt% PS lipids
to which 5 mol% PI(4,5)P2 was added (herein referred to as TBE-GUVs)
we worked with two extreme cases: a very simple composition
a “minimal model of the cell membrane” consisting of a protein-binding lipid and background non-interacting lipids and a more complex
possibly reflecting the properties of native membranes more closely
(a) Representative confocal images at the vesicles equator of (i) TBE-GUVs
(ii) DOPS-GUVs and (ii) DOPC-GUVs after incubation with M1
The red signal corresponds to bodipy-ceramide lipids incorporated into the GUV membrane and the green signal to Alexa-488 M1-C
Protein-induced membrane tubules are visible for the negatively charged vesicles of both compositions
No binding is observed in absence of negatively charged lipids
The protein concentration was 1.9 μM for the TBE-GUV experiment and 2.8 μM for the DOPS-GUVs and the DOPC-GUVs
The fraction of vesicles with tubulation in independent experiments for (b) TBE-GUVs and (c) DOPS-GUVs as a function of protein bulk concentration
(d) Tubule density at the equator as a function of the average intensity of the vesicle rim for TBE-GUVs (crosses) and DOPS-GUVs (circles) together with their respective linear fits (dotted line: TBE-GUVs; full line: DOPS-GUVs)
Each data point corresponds to one analyzed vesicle and only vesicles with at least one tubule at the equator were taken into account
(a) Projections of TBE-GUVs with a negatively charged fluorescently-labeled lipid (Bodipy TMR PI(4,5)P2)
The red signal corresponds to Bodipy TMR PI(4,5)P2 incorporated to the GUV membrane and the green signal to Alexa-488 M1-C
The negatively charged fluorescent lipids co-localize with the protein network
(b) (i) Projections of TBE-GUVs containing small amounts of bodipy-ceramide
The red signal corresponds to bodipy-ceramide lipids incorporated to the GUV membrane and the green signal to Alexa-488 M1-C
(ii) Control experiment using vesicles without fluorescent lipids at maximum laser power: only signal noise is detected
showing the absence of bleed-through between the fluorescence channels
from local membrane deformations at the vesicle surface
the fluorescence increase reflects the surface projection of the curved membrane
Further analysis of the ratio of the lipid signal under the M1-C protein clusters and around them reveals that this effect dominates over local recruitment of PIP(4,5)P2 since the ratios are similar in both experiments with fluorescent labeled lipids (ratios: 1.75 ± 0.42 and 1,79 ± 0,32 for fluorescent PIP(4,5)P2 and for the fluorescent ceramide
These ratios further indicate that the deformation corresponds to less than half-cylinder with a diameter below optical resolution
since in this case the fluorescence would be locally increased by a factor π
Confocal images at the equator of TBE-GUVs after incubation with the M1C-NTD
although supported bilayers that prevent membrane deformation may not be ideal to study M1 polymerization
thus for systems where protein-protein interactions were absent
no simulation or experimental data on network assembly has been reported for polymerizing proteins such as M1-C
it remains to be elucidated whether the network-like morphology represents a precursor state in the tubulation process or whether an alternative dead-end polymerization state
although it is likely that protein clustering and tubulation are related processes
as further suggested by the results with M1-NTD where no clustering or tubulation is observed
it is important to note that there is no direct correlation between size and amount of clusters and the amount of tubules on the GUVs
Although DOPS-GUVs contain 33% DOPE while the TBE-GUVs contain only ~17% of PE-lipids
it is important to mention that about 60% of the TBE lipid composition is not known
thus it is possible that other lipids than PE with a negative curvature are present in this lipid mixture and contribute to facilitate tubulation
Another hypothesis is that PI(4,5)P2 lipids amplify membrane tubulation
Although they do not increase M1 binding to the membrane
they may induce an arrangement of the proteins more favorable for M1-C polymerization and thus membrane tubulation
We therefore propose that the presence of PI(4,5)P2 in the bilayer may increase M1-C filament assembly required for budding
A detailed investigation on the influence of different membrane components on the tubulation process will be the subject of future investigations
1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-(1′-myo-inositol-4′,5′-bisphosphate) (PI(4,5)P2)
1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DOPC)
1,2-dioleoyl-snglycero-3-phosphoethanolamine (DOPE) and 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-L-serine (DOPS) were purchased from avanti lipids
Fluorescent BODIPY-Texas Red Ceramide (bodipy-ceramide) was from molecular probes and the BODIPY-TMR-PI(4,5)P2 from Tebu-bio
All other chemicals were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich
The M1 protein of Influenza (strain C/Ann Arbor/1/1950) was cloned into a pET21d vector using the NdeI and XhoI restriction sites
Expression was performed in BL21 RIL (DE3) cells for 18 h at 20 °C
Cells were lysed by sonication in lysis buffer containing 150 mM NaCl
The cell lysate was centrifuged at 20 000 g and 277 K
The pellet fraction containing the protein in inclusion bodies (IBs) was washed five times in lysis buffer without lysozyme but with 2.0% (v/v) TritonX-100 and then twice in lysis buffer without detergent
The purified IBs were solubilized in 6 M guanidinium hydrochloride (GdnHCl) and then diluted with water to a final concentration of 4 M GdnHCl
Refolding of M1-C was performed by the rapid dilution method with 100 mM NaCl
100 mM Tris pH 8.0 and 0.8 M l-arginine as the refolding buffer
The refolded protein was further dialyzed in 20 mM MES pH 5.7
10 mM NaCl and loaded onto a heparin column
The protein was eluted by applying a salt gradient between 10 mM and 1 M NaCl
Fractions containing M1-C were concentrated and further purified on a S75 (100/300) size exclusion chromatography column equilibrated in 10 mM MES pH 5.7
M1-C was adsorbed to the clean side of a carbon film on mica
stained with 1% sodium silicotungstate pH 7.0
attached to a 400-mesh copper grid and transferred into a JEOL1200 EX II operating at 100 kV
The images were taken on a 2.7 k by 2.7 k Gatan ORIUS CCD camera at a nominal magnification of x20000
Coordinates and structure factors have been deposited in the Protein Data Bank with accession ID 5M1M
M1-C containing an extra C-terminal cystein was labeled with Alexa Fluor 488 C5 maleimide (Invitrogen)
pH 7,5 at 0.5 mg/ml was incubated for 15 min in fresh TCEP (tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine) (40 ug/ml) followed by addition of the dye with a 1:1 protein:label ratio
free label was removed by size exclusion chromatography
Two different lipid compositions were used to form the GUVs
One natural composition (referred herein as TBE-GUVs) consisting of (in molar %): 94% BTE
5% PI(4,5)P2 and 1% BODIPY®Texas Red ceramide
The other composition consisted of (in molar %): 33.2% DOPC
33.2% DOPS and 0.5% BODIPY®Texas Red Ceramide (DOPS-GUVs)
vesicles consisting of 99.5% DOPC and 0.5% BODIPY®Texas Red Ceramide (DOPC-GUV) (in molar %) was used
For the lipid colocalization experiments the concentration of BODIPY-Texas Red Ceramide was lowered to 0.15% (in molar %) or exchanged for the negatively charged lipid BODIPY®TMR PI(4,5)P2 at 0.1%
The TBE-GUVs were obtained by electroformation on platinum wires
were mounted in an in-house made teflon chamber
The lipids were dissolved in chloroform to a concentration of 3 mg/ml
premixed and deposited on the wires in small droplets to a total volume of 3 μl
The chamber and wires were then dried in vacuum for 30 min before being rehydrated in buffer containing 10 mM TRIS
The chamber was sealed with sigillum wax (Vitrex
USA) and two glass cover slips (Menzel-Gläser
A function generator was then connected to the wires with a sinusoidal wave of 500 Hz and 280 mV RMS-voltage
The GUVS were left to grow overnight (12–15 hours) at 4 °C and extracted through gentle pipetting directly above the wires
1 mm apart and a sucrose solution (100 mM) was added to a chamber made with sigillum wax (Vitrex
A sinus wave with RMS-voltage of 1 V and frequency of 10 Hz was then applied over the ITO -plates for 30–45 min (DOPS-GUV) or 60–120 min (DOPC-GUV)
The vesicles were then extracted by pipetting directly from the chamber
The tubulation or protein binding behavior was found to be the same
regardless of the electroformation method chosen
Protein binding experiments were performed using observation chambers produced in house from coverslips and coated with β-casein by incubation for 15–30 min (5 mg/ml
100 mM NaCl at pH 7.5) followed by rinsing with experiment buffer
Protein binding experiments were carried out in TRIS buffer (10 mM Tris
50 mM NaCl at pH 7.5 and adjusted to the same osmolarity as the vesicle growth medium by adding glucose)
The vesicles were injected into the observation chamber filled with protein solution at required concentration leading in a 4:1 protein:GUV volume ratio and incubated for at least 30 min before observation
The vesicles were imaged using a spinning disk system set up on inverted Nikon eclipse Ti-E at The BioImaging Cell and Tissue Core Facility of the Institut Curie (PICT-IBiSA)
member of the France-BioImaging national research infrastructure
The images were recorded on a CoolSNAP HQ2 camera
Some images were also recorded with an EMCCD iXon 897 Andor camera
All data for quantification based on fluorescence intensity were taken on the same microscope with the same camera (CoolSNAP HQ2 camera)
The only parameter that was changed between samples was the exposure time
This was necessary to allow imaging of both low intensity samples and high intensity samples with the same laser power without saturating the detector
the standard deviation z-projection from the top or bottom plane of the vesicle to the vesicle equator plane was used
the number of vesicles that displayed tubulation and the number of tubules at the equatorial plane of the vesicle were counted manually
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This work was supported by the Marie Curie actions (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF
the Swedish Research Council (621-2012-5024) (MB)
the Labex GRAL (ANR-10-LABX-49-01) and the Institut Universitaire de France (WW)
We acknowledge the platforms of the Grenoble Instruct center (ISBG; UMS 3518 CNRS-CEA-UJF-EMBL) supported by the French Infrastructure for Integrated Structural Biology Initiative FRISBI (ANR-10-INSB-05-02) and GRAL (ANR-10-LABX-49-01) within the Grenoble Partnership for Structural Biology (PSB)
We also thank the ESRF-EMBL Joint Structural Biology Group for access and support at the ESRF beam lines and J
Marquez (EMBL) from the crystallization platform
We further thank François Waharte at the microscopy center PICT-IBiSA (Institut Curie
member of the France-BioImaging national research infrastructure (ANR-10-INSB-04) for assistance with fluorescence microscopy
group belongs to the CNRS consortium CellTiss
to the Labex CelTisPhyBio (ANR-11-LABX0038)
and to Paris Sciences et Lettres (ANR-10-IDEX-0001-02)
Mijo Simunovic and Feng Tsing Tsai (Institut Curie) are acknowledged for general discussions and help with setting up the experiments
Nicola De Franceschi is acknowledged for help with data evaluation
David Saletti and Jens Radzimanowski: These authors contributed equally to this work
Gregory Effantin & Winfried Weissenhorn
Protein purification and structural characterization was performed by J.R
Colocalization analysis was performed by D.M.
The manuscript was read and approved by all co-authors
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