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Membrane tension increases fusion efficiency of model membranes in the presence of SNAREs.

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Turco,  L.
Laboratory for Fluid Dynamics, Pattern Formation and Biocomplexity, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Max Planck Society;

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Halder,  P.
Department of Neurobiology, MPI for Biophysical Chemistry, Max Planck Society;

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Tarantola,  M.
Laboratory for Fluid Dynamics, Pattern Formation and Biocomplexity, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Max Planck Society;

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Jahn,  R.
Department of Neurobiology, MPI for Biophysical Chemistry, Max Planck Society;

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Kliesch, T. T., Dietz, J., Turco, L., Halder, P., Polo, E., Tarantola, M., et al. (2017). Membrane tension increases fusion efficiency of model membranes in the presence of SNAREs. Scientific Reports, 7: 12070. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-12348-w.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-002D-FCE5-C
Abstract
The large gap in time scales between membrane fusion occurring in biological systems during neurotransmitter release and fusion observed between model membranes has provoked speculations over a large number of possible factors that might explain this discrepancy. One possible reason is an elevated lateral membrane tension present in the presynaptic membrane. We investigated the tension-dependency of fusion using model membranes equipped with a minimal fusion machinery consisting of syntaxin 1, synaptobrevin and SNAP 25. Two different strategies were realized; one based on supported bilayers and the other one employing sessile giant liposomes. In the first approach, isolated patches of planar bilayers derived from giant unilamellar vesicles containing syntaxin 1 and preassembled SNAP 25 (ΔN-complex) were deposited on a dilatable PDMS sheet. In a second approach, lateral membrane tension was controlled through the adhesion of intact giant unilamellar vesicles on a functionalized surface. In both approaches fusion efficiency increases considerably with lateral tension and we identified a threshold tension of 3.4 mN m−1, at which the number of fusion events is increased substantially.