Nonadditivity in interactions between three membrane-wrapped colloidal spheres

Azadbakht A, Meadowcroft B, Majek J, Šarić A, Kraft DJ. 2024. Nonadditivity in interactions between three membrane-wrapped colloidal spheres. Biophysical Journal. 123(3), 307–316.

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Azadbakht, Ali; Meadowcroft, BillieISTA ; Majek, JurajISTA; Šarić, AnđelaISTA ; Kraft, Daniela J.
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Many cell functions require a concerted effort from multiple membrane proteins, for example, for signaling, cell division, and endocytosis. One contribution to their successful self-organization stems from the membrane deformations that these proteins induce. While the pairwise interaction potential of two membrane-deforming spheres has recently been measured, membrane-deformation-induced interactions have been predicted to be nonadditive, and hence their collective behavior cannot be deduced from this measurement. We here employ a colloidal model system consisting of adhesive spheres and giant unilamellar vesicles to test these predictions by measuring the interaction potential of the simplest case of three membrane-deforming, spherical particles. We quantify their interactions and arrangements and, for the first time, experimentally confirm and quantify the nonadditive nature of membrane-deformation-induced interactions. We furthermore conclude that there exist two favorable configurations on the membrane: (1) a linear and (2) a triangular arrangement of the three spheres. Using Monte Carlo simulations, we corroborate the experimentally observed energy minima and identify a lowering of the membrane deformation as the cause for the observed configurations. The high symmetry of the preferred arrangements for three particles suggests that arrangements of many membrane-deforming objects might follow simple rules.
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2024-02-06
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Biophysical Journal
Acknowledgement
We gratefully acknowledge useful discussions with Casper van der Wel, help by Yogesh Shelke with PAA coverslip preparation, and support by Rachel Doherty with particle functionalization. A.A. and D.J.K. would like to thank Timon Idema and George Dadunashvili for initial attempts to simulate the experimental system. D.J.K. would like to thank the physics department at Leiden University for funding the PhD position of A.A. B.M. and A.Š. acknowledge funding by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (ERC starting grant no. 802960).
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123
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3
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307-316
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Azadbakht A, Meadowcroft B, Majek J, Šarić A, Kraft DJ. Nonadditivity in interactions between three membrane-wrapped colloidal spheres. Biophysical Journal. 2024;123(3):307-316. doi:10.1016/j.bpj.2023.12.020
Azadbakht, A., Meadowcroft, B., Majek, J., Šarić, A., & Kraft, D. J. (2024). Nonadditivity in interactions between three membrane-wrapped colloidal spheres. Biophysical Journal. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2023.12.020
Azadbakht, Ali, Billie Meadowcroft, Juraj Majek, Anđela Šarić, and Daniela J. Kraft. “Nonadditivity in Interactions between Three Membrane-Wrapped Colloidal Spheres.” Biophysical Journal. Elsevier, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2023.12.020.
A. Azadbakht, B. Meadowcroft, J. Majek, A. Šarić, and D. J. Kraft, “Nonadditivity in interactions between three membrane-wrapped colloidal spheres,” Biophysical Journal, vol. 123, no. 3. Elsevier, pp. 307–316, 2024.
Azadbakht A, Meadowcroft B, Majek J, Šarić A, Kraft DJ. 2024. Nonadditivity in interactions between three membrane-wrapped colloidal spheres. Biophysical Journal. 123(3), 307–316.
Azadbakht, Ali, et al. “Nonadditivity in Interactions between Three Membrane-Wrapped Colloidal Spheres.” Biophysical Journal, vol. 123, no. 3, Elsevier, 2024, pp. 307–16, doi:10.1016/j.bpj.2023.12.020.
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