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Lucero HA, Robbins PW. Lipid rafts-protein association and the regulation of protein activity. Arch Biochem Biophys 2004; 426:208-24. [PMID: 15158671 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2004.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2004] [Revised: 03/22/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Lipid rafts are membrane microdomains enriched in saturated phospholipids, sphingolipids, and cholesterol. They have a varied but distinct protein composition and have been implicated in diverse cellular processes including polarized traffic, signal transduction, endo- and exo-cytoses, entrance of obligate intracellular pathogens, and generation of pathological forms of proteins associated with Alzheimer's and prion diseases. Raft proteins can be permanently or temporarily associated to lipid rafts. Here, we review recent advances on the biochemical and cell biological characterization of rafts, and on the emerging concept of the temporary residency of proteins in rafts as a regulatory mechanism of their biological activity.
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- Héctor A Lucero
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
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Vassiliou G, McPherson R. Role of cholesteryl ester transfer protein in selective uptake of high density lipoprotein cholesteryl esters by adipocytes. J Lipid Res 2004; 45:1683-93. [PMID: 15231851 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m400051-jlr200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Previous reports attributed cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP)-mediated HDL cholesteryl ester (CE) selective uptake to the CETP-mediated transfer of CE from HDL to newly secreted apolipoprotein B-containing lipoproteins, which are then internalized by the LDL receptor (LDL-R). CETP has also been implicated in the remodeling of HDL, which renders it a better substrate for selective uptake by scavenger receptor class B type I (SR-BI). However, CETP-mediated selective uptake of HDL3-derived CE was not diminished in LDL-R null adipocytes, SR-BI null adipocytes, or in the presence of the receptor-associated protein. We found that monensin treatment or energy depletion of the SW872 liposarcoma cells with 2-deoxyglucose and NaN3 had no effect on CETP-mediated selective uptake, demonstrating that endocytosis is not required. This is supported by data indicating that CETP transfers CE into a compartment from which it can be extracted by unlabeled HDL. CETP could also mediate the selective uptake of HDL3-derived triacylglycerol (TG) and phospholipid (PL). The CETP-specific kinetics for TG and CE uptake were similar, and both reached saturation at approximately 5 microg/ml HDL. In contrast, CETP-specific PL uptake did not attain saturation at 5 microg/ml HDL and was approximately 6-fold greater than the uptake of CE. We propose two possible mechanisms to account for the role of CETP in selective uptake.
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- Gerard Vassiliou
- Lipoprotein and Atherosclerosis Group, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 4E9, Canada.
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Isa P, Realpe M, Romero P, López S, Arias CF. Rotavirus RRV associates with lipid membrane microdomains during cell entry. Virology 2004; 322:370-81. [PMID: 15110534 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2004.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2003] [Revised: 01/13/2004] [Accepted: 02/20/2004] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Rotavirus cell entry is a multistep process, not completely understood, which requires at least four interactions between the virus and cell surface molecules. In this work, we investigated the role of the sphingolipid- and cholesterol-enriched lipid microdomains (rafts) in the entry of rotavirus strain RRV to MA104 cells. We found that ganglioside GM1, integrin subunits alpha2 and beta3, and the heat shock cognate protein 70 (hsc70), all of which have been implicated as rotavirus receptors, are associated with TX-100 and Lubrol WX detergent-resistant membranes (DRMs). Integrin subunits alpha2 and beta3 were found to be particularly enriched in DRMs resistant to lysis by Lubrol WX. When purified RRV particles were incubated with cells at 4 degrees C, about 10% of the total infectious virus was found associated with DRMs, and the DRM-associated virus increased to 37% in Lubrol-resistant membrane domains after 60-min incubation at 37 degrees C. The virus was excluded from DRMs if the cells were treated with methyl-beta-cyclodextrin (MbetaCD). Immunoblot analysis of the viral proteins showed that the virus surface proteins became enriched in DRMs upon incubation at 37 degrees C, being almost exclusively localized in Lubrol-resistant DRMs after 60 min. These data suggest that detergent-resistant membrane domains play an important role in the cell entry of rotaviruses, which could provide a platform to facilitate the efficient interaction of the rotavirus receptors with the virus particle.
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- Pavel Isa
- Departamento de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos CP 62210, Mexico
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Buechler C, Bodzioch M, Bared SM, Sigruener A, Boettcher A, Lapicka-Bodzioch K, Aslanidis C, Duong CQ, Grandl M, Langmann T, Dembinska-Kiec A, Schmitz G. Expression pattern and raft association of NIPSNAP3 and NIPSNAP4, highly homologous proteins encoded by genes in close proximity to the ATP-binding cassette transporter A1. Genomics 2004; 83:1116-24. [PMID: 15177564 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2003.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2003] [Accepted: 12/20/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The highly homologous genes NIPSNAP3 and NIPSNAP4, with 87% amino acid identity, are members of the NIPSNAP family with putative roles in vesicular trafficking. NIPSNAP3 mRNA and NIPSNAP4 mRNA and protein were detected in multiple tissues and cells at varying degrees. Interestingly, NIPSNAP3 is most highly expressed in skeletal muscle, where NIPSNAP4 has a low mRNA abundance. NIPSNAP4 was found associated with membranes and partly localized in rafts. The ubiquitous expression of the highly conserved NIPSNAPs and their association with membranes further support an important cellular function of these proteins probably linked to vesicular trafficking. The NIPSNAP3 and NIPSNAP4 genes are located in close proximity to the 3' end of the ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1), whose mutations cause familial high-density lipoprotein deficiency syndromes. The adjacent genomic location and the finding that ABCA1 is a regulator of vesicular trafficking may indicate a functional relation of these proteins, even though NIPSNAP4 does not interact directly with ABCA1 nor is its expression altered in cells with mutated ABCA1.
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- Christa Buechler
- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University of Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93042 Regensburg, Germany
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The relative insolubility of lipid rafts in cold non-ionic detergents is the most widely used method to purify these fascinating membrane domains from intact cells or membranes. Most of what we know about lipid raft function has been derived from experiments utilising detergent insolubility as the basis for raft purification. Recently, a wider range of detergents have been used to purify 'rafts', and rafts have been subclassified based on their differential solubility in different detergents. This minireview critically examines the use of detergents as tools for raft isolation and for the subclassification of rafts.
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- Luke H Chamberlain
- Sir Henry Wellcome Laboratory of Cell Biology, Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Glasgow, UK.
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Gaus K, Kritharides L, Schmitz G, Boettcher A, Drobnik W, Langmann T, Quinn CM, Death A, Dean RT, Jessup W. Apolipoprotein A-1 interaction with plasma membrane lipid rafts controls cholesterol export from macrophages. FASEB J 2004; 18:574-6. [PMID: 14734645 DOI: 10.1096/fj.03-0486fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Cholesterol efflux to apolipoprotein A-1 (apoA-1) from cholesterol-loaded macrophages is an important anti-atherosclerotic mechanism in reverse cholesterol transport. We recently provided kinetic evidence for two distinct pathways for cholesterol efflux to apoA-1 [Gaus et al. (2001) Biochemistry 40, 9363]. Cholesterol efflux from two membrane pools occurs sequentially with different kinetics; a small pool rapidly effluxed over the first hour, followed by progressive release from a major, slow efflux pool over several hours. In the present study, we propose that the rapid and slow cholesterol efflux pools represent cholesterol derived from lipid raft and nonraft domains of the plasma membrane, respectively. We provide direct evidence that apoA-1 binds to both lipid raft and nonraft domains of the macrophage plasma membrane. Conditions that selectively deplete plasma membrane lipid raft cholesterol, such as incorporation of 7-ketocholesterol or rapid exposure to cyclodextrins, block apoA-1 binding to these domains but also inhibit cholesterol efflux from the major, slow pool. We propose that cholesterol exported to apoA-1 from this major slow efflux pool derives from nonraft regions of the plasma membrane but that the interaction of apoA-1 with lipid rafts is necessary to stimulate this efflux.
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- Katharina Gaus
- Macrophage Biology Group, Centre for Vascular Research, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Boggs JM, Wang H. Co-clustering of galactosylceramide and membrane proteins in oligodendrocyte membranes on interaction with polyvalent carbohydrate and prevention by an intact cytoskeleton. J Neurosci Res 2004; 76:342-55. [PMID: 15079863 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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We have shown previously that addition of liposomes containing the two major glycosphingolipids of myelin, galactosylceramide (GalC) and cerebroside sulfate (CBS), to cultured oligodendrocytes (OLs) caused clustering of GalC on the extracellular surface and myelin basic protein (MBP) on the cytosolic surface to the same membrane domains. It also caused depolymerization of actin microfilaments and microtubules, indicating that interaction of the liposomes with the OL surface induces transmembrane signal transmission. We show that a multivalent form of galactose conjugated to bovine serum albumin has a similar effect as the multivalent GalC/CBS-containing liposomes. Because GalC and CBS can interact with each other across apposed membranes and because anti-GalC and anti-CBS antibodies also cause redistribution of GalC/CBS and depolymerization of microtubules, we believe that the multivalent carbohydrate interacts with GalC and CBS in the OL membrane. Several myelin-specific transmembrane proteins could be involved in this transmembrane signal transmission from GalC/CBS. We looked at co-clustering of several myelin constituents by confocal microscopy to determine if they are located in or redistribute to GalC/MBP-containing domains. Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG), proteolipid protein (PLP), MAPK, and some phosphotyrosine-containing proteins were found to co-cluster with GalC and MBP, but myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG) and phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate (PIP(2)) did not. These results suggest that MOG and PLP, but probably not MAG, are possible candidates for transmembrane transmission of the signal received by GalC/CBS. To determine if depolymerization of actin microfilaments was required for co-clustering, or was secondary to clustering, we stabilized F-actin with jasplakinolide. This also prevented depolymerization of the microtubules and prevented clustering of all constituents, including GalC. The prevention of clustering or redistribution of these glycolipids and proteins by an intact cytoskeleton is consistent with the picket fence model.
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- Joan M Boggs
- Department of Structural Biology and Biochemistry, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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The isolation of subfractions of cell membranes on the basis of their solubility in non-ionic detergents has led to the discovery of lipid domain structure in membranes. Detergents used for this purpose include Triton, Brij, Lubrol and CHAPS. Different lipid constituents are known to resist solubilization by different detergents and the resulting fractions may associate with different membrane proteins. In general, the detergent-resistant membrane fractions tend to be dominated by saturated molecular species of sphingomyelin and phosphatidylcholine and invariably include significant proportions of cholesterol. The lipid composition is consistent with formation of liquid-ordered phases. The present evidence favours a model in which the lateral segregation of membrane proteins takes place on the basis of their affinity for liquid-ordered lipid domains within the membrane.
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- Kamen S Koumanov
- Institute of Biophysics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Hinrichs JWJ, Klappe K, Hummel I, Kok JW. ATP-binding cassette transporters are enriched in non-caveolar detergent-insoluble glycosphingolipid-enriched membrane domains (DIGs) in human multidrug-resistant cancer cells. J Biol Chem 2003; 279:5734-8. [PMID: 14627714 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m306857200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In this study we show that P-glycoprotein in multidrug-resistant 2780AD human ovarian carcinoma cells and multidrug resistance-associated protein 1 in multidrug-resistant HT29col human colon carcinoma cells are predominantly located in Lubrol-based detergent-insoluble glycosphingolipid-enriched membrane domains. This localization is independent of caveolae, since 2780AD cells do not express caveolin-1. Although HT29col cells do express caveolin-1, the ATP-binding cassette transporter and caveolin-1 were dissociated on the basis of differential solubility in Triton X-100 and absence of microscopical colocalization. While both the multidrug resistance-associated protein 1 and caveolin-1 are located in Lubrol-based membrane domains, they occupy different regions of these domains.
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- John W J Hinrichs
- Department of Membrane Cell Biology, Groningen University Institute for Drug Exploration, University of Groningen, A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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Liu L, Bortnick AE, Nickel M, Dhanasekaran P, Subbaiah PV, Lund-Katz S, Rothblat GH, Phillips MC. Effects of apolipoprotein A-I on ATP-binding cassette transporter A1-mediated efflux of macrophage phospholipid and cholesterol: formation of nascent high density lipoprotein particles. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:42976-84. [PMID: 12928428 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m308420200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The mechanism of formation of high density lipoprotein (HDL) particles by the action of ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) is not defined completely. To address this issue, we monitored efflux to apoA-I of phosphatidylcholine (PC), sphingomyelin (SM), and unesterified (free) cholesterol (FC) from J774 macrophages, in which ABCA1 is up-regulated, and investigated the nature of the particles formed. The various apoA-I/lipid particles appearing in the extracellular medium were separated by gel filtration chromatography. The presence of apoA-I in the extracellular medium led to the simultaneous formation of more than one type of poorly lipidated apoA-I-containing particle: there were 9- and 12-nm diameter particles containing approximately 3:1 and 1:1 phospholipid/FC (mol/mol), respectively, which were present together with 6-nm monomeric apoA-I. Removal of the C-terminal alpha-helix (residues 223-243) of apoA-I reduced phospholipid and FC efflux and prevented formation of the 9- and 12-nm HDL particles; the apoA-I variant formed larger particles that eluted in the void volume. FC loading of the J774 cells also led to the formation of larger apoA-I-containing particles that were highly enriched in FC. Besides creating HDL particles, ABCA1 mediated release of larger (20-450-nm diameter) FC-rich particles that were not involved in HDL formation and that are probably membrane vesicles. These particles contained 1:1 PC/SM in contrast to the HDL particles, which contained 2:1 PC/SM. This is consistent with lipid raft and non-raft plasma membrane domains being involved primarily in ABCA1-mediated vesicle release and nascent HDL formation, respectively.
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- Lijuan Liu
- Gastrointestinal/Nutrition Division, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4318, USA
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Wong W, Schlichter LC. Differential recruitment of Kv1.4 and Kv4.2 to lipid rafts by PSD-95. J Biol Chem 2003; 279:444-52. [PMID: 14559911 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m304675200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The activity of voltage-gated potassium (Kv) channels, and consequently their influence on cellular functions, can be substantially altered by phosphorylation. Several protein kinases that modulate Kv channel activity are found in membrane subdomains known as lipid rafts, which are thought to organize signaling complexes in the cell. Thus, we asked whether Kv1.4 and Kv4.2, two channels with critical roles in excitable cells, are found in lipid rafts. Acylation can target proteins to raft regions; however, Kv channels are not acylated, and therefore, a different mechanism must exist to bring them into these membrane subdomains. Because both Kv1.4 and Kv4.2 interact with postsynaptic density protein 95 (PSD-95), which is acylated (specifically, palmitoylated), we examined whether PSD-95 can recruit these channels to lipid rafts. We found that a portion of Kv1.4 and Kv4.2 protein in rat brain membranes is raft-associated. Lipid raft patching and immunostaining confirmed that some Kv4.2 is in Thy-1-containing rafts in rat hippocampal neurons. Using a heterologous expression system, we determined that palmitoylation of PSD-95 was crucial to its localization to lipid rafts. We then assessed the contribution of PSD-95 to the raft association of these channels. Co-expression of PSD-95 increased the amount of Kv1.4, but not Kv4.2, in lipid rafts. Deleting the PSD-95 binding motif of Kv1.4 eliminated this recruitment, as did substituting a palmitoylation-deficient PSD-95 mutant. This work represents the first evidence that PSD-95 binding can recruit Kv channels into lipid rafts, a process that could facilitate interactions with the protein kinases that affect channel activity.
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- Wei Wong
- Division of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Toronto Western Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2S8, Canada
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Witting SR, Maiorano JN, Davidson WS. Ceramide enhances cholesterol efflux to apolipoprotein A-I by increasing the cell surface presence of ATP-binding cassette transporter A1. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:40121-7. [PMID: 12890677 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m305193200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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It is widely accepted that functional ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) is critical for the formation of nascent high density lipoprotein particles. However, the cholesterol pool(s) and the cellular signaling processes utilized by the ABCA1-mediated pathway remain unclear. Sphingomyelin maintains a preferential interaction with cholesterol in membranes, and its catabolites, especially ceramide, are potent signaling molecules that could play a role in ABCA1 regulation or function. To study the potential role of ceramide in this process, we treated a variety of cell lines with 20 microM C2-ceramide and examined apolipoprotein-mediated cholesterol efflux to lipid-free apoA-I. We found that cell lines expressing ABCA1 displayed 2-3-fold increases in cholesterol efflux to apoA-I. Cell lines not expressing ABCA1 were unaffected by ceramide. We further characterized the cholesterol efflux effect in Chinese hamster ovary cells. Ceramide treatment did not cause significant cytotoxicity or apoptosis and did not affect cholesterol efflux to non-apolipoprotein acceptors. Raising endogenous ceramide levels increased cholesterol efflux to apoA-I. Using a cell surface biotinylation method, we found that the total cellular ABCA1 and that at the plasma membrane were increased with ceramide treatment. Also ceramide enhanced the binding of fluorescently labeled apoA-I to Chinese hamster ovary cells. These data suggest that ceramide may increase the plasma membrane content of ABCA1, leading to increased apoA-I binding and cholesterol efflux.
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- Scott R Witting
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0529, USA
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Wang N, Tall AR. Regulation and mechanisms of ATP-binding cassette transporter A1-mediated cellular cholesterol efflux. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2003; 23:1178-84. [PMID: 12738681 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.0000075912.83860.26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 198] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) plays a major role in cholesterol homeostasis and HDL metabolism. ABCA1 mediates cellular cholesterol and phospholipid efflux to lipid-poor apolipoproteins, and upregulation of ABCA1 activity is antiatherogenic. ApoA-I, the major apolipoprotein component of HDL, promotes ABCA1-mediated cholesterol and phospholipid efflux, probably by directly binding to ABCA1. ABCA1 gene expression is markedly increased in cholesterol-loaded cells as a result of activation of LXR/RXR. ABCA1 protein turnover is rapid. ABCA1 contains a PEST--proline (P), glutamate (E), serine (S), and threonine (T)--sequence in the intracellular segment that mediates ABCA1 degradation by a thiol protease, calpain. ApoA-I and apoE stabilize ABCA1 in a novel mode of regulation by decreasing PEST sequence-mediated calpain proteolysis. ABCA1-mediated cholesterol and phospholipid efflux are distinctly regulated and affected by the activity of other gene products. Stearyol CoA desaturase decreases ABCA1-mediated cholesterol efflux but not phospholipid efflux, likely by decreasing the cholesterol pool available to ABCA1. This and other evidence suggest that ABCA1 promotes cholesterol and phospholipid efflux, probably by directly transporting both lipids as substrates.
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- Nan Wang
- Division of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, 630 West 168 Street, New York, NY 10032, USA.
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Vaughan AM, Oram JF. ABCA1 redistributes membrane cholesterol independent of apolipoprotein interactions. J Lipid Res 2003; 44:1373-80. [PMID: 12700343 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m300078-jlr200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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ATP binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) mediates the transport of phospholipids and cholesterol from cells to lipid-poor HDL apolipoproteins. Cholesterol loading of cells induces ABCA1, implicating cholesterol as its major physiologic substrate. It is believed, however, that ABCA1 is primarily a phospholipid transporter and that cholesterol efflux occurs by diffusion to ABCA1-generated phospholipid-rich apolipoproteins. Here we show that overexpression of ABCA1 in baby hamster kidney cells in the absence of apolipoproteins redistributed membrane cholesterol to cell-surface domains accessible to treatment with the enzyme cholesterol oxidase. The cholesterol removed by apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I), but not by HDL phospholipids, was derived exclusively from these domains. ABCA1 overexpression also increased cholesterol esterification, which was prevented by addition of apoA-I, suggesting that some of the cell-surface cholesterol not removed by apolipoproteins is transported to the intracellular esterifying enzyme acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase. ABCA1 expression was essential for cholesterol efflux even when apolipoproteins had already acquired phospholipids during prior exposure to ABCA1-expressing cells. These studies show that ABCA1 redistributes cholesterol to cell-surface domains, where it becomes accessible for removal by apolipoproteins, consistent with a direct role of ABCA1 in cholesterol transport.
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- Ashley M Vaughan
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-6426, USA
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Observational studies provide overwhelming evidence that a low high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol level increases the risk of coronary events, both in healthy subjects and in patients with coronary heart disease. Based on in vitro experiments, several mechanistic explanations for the atheroprotective function of HDL have been suggested. However, few of these were verified in vivo in humans or in experiments with transgenic animals. The HDL functions currently most widely held to account for the antiatherogenic effect include participation in reverse cholesterol transport, protection against endothelial dysfunction, and inhibition of oxidative stress. This review summarizes current views on the molecular mechanism underlying these atheroprotective effects of HDL.
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- Gerd Assmann
- Institut für Klinische Chemie und Laboratoriumsmedizin, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany.
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Schuck S, Honsho M, Ekroos K, Shevchenko A, Simons K. Resistance of cell membranes to different detergents. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003; 100:5795-800. [PMID: 12721375 PMCID: PMC156280 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0631579100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 526] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Partial resistance of cell membranes to solubilization with mild detergents and the analysis of isolated detergent-resistant membranes (DRMs) have been used operationally to define membrane domains. Given the multitude of detergents used for this purpose, we sought to investigate whether extraction with different detergents might reflect the same underlying principle of domain formation. We therefore compared the protein and lipid content of DRMs prepared with a variety of detergents from two cell lines. We found that the detergents differ considerably in their ability to selectively solubilize membrane proteins and to enrich sphingolipids and cholesterol over glycerophospholipids as well as saturated over unsaturated phosphatidylcholine. In addition, we observed cell type-dependent variations of the molecular characteristics of DRMs and the effectiveness of particular detergents. These results make it unlikely that different detergents reflect the same aspects of membrane organization and underscore both the structural complexity of cell membranes and the need for more sophisticated analytical tools to understand their architecture.
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- Sebastian Schuck
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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Yancey PG, Bortnick AE, Kellner-Weibel G, de la Llera-Moya M, Phillips MC, Rothblat GH. Importance of different pathways of cellular cholesterol efflux. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2003; 23:712-9. [PMID: 12615688 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.0000057572.97137.dd] [Citation(s) in RCA: 384] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The removal of excess free cholesterol from cells by HDL or its apolipoproteins is important for maintaining cellular cholesterol homeostasis. This process is most likely compromised in the atherosclerotic lesion because the development of atherosclerosis is associated with low HDL cholesterol. Multiple mechanisms for efflux of cell cholesterol exist. Efflux of free cholesterol via aqueous diffusion occurs with all cell types but is inefficient. Efflux of cholesterol is accelerated when scavenger receptor class-B type I (SR-BI) is present in the cell plasma membrane. Both diffusion-mediated and SR-BI-mediated efflux occur to phospholipid-containing acceptors (ie, HDL and lipidated apolipoproteins); in both cases, the flux of cholesterol is bidirectional, with the direction of net flux depending on the cholesterol gradient. The ATP-binding cassette transporter AI (ABCA1) mediates efflux of both cellular cholesterol and phospholipid. In contrast to SR-BI-mediated flux, efflux via ABCA1 is unidirectional, occurring to lipid-poor apolipoproteins. The relative importance of the SR-BI and ABCA1 efflux pathways in preventing the development of atherosclerotic plaque is not known but will depend on the expression levels of the two proteins and on the type of cholesterol acceptors available.
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- Patricia G Yancey
- Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4318, USA
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Oram JF. HDL apolipoproteins and ABCA1: partners in the removal of excess cellular cholesterol. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2003; 23:720-7. [PMID: 12615680 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.0000054662.44688.9a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 182] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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It is widely believed that HDL protects against atherosclerosis by removing excess cholesterol from arterial cells. Lipid-poor HDL apolipoproteins promote efflux of cholesterol, phospholipids, and other lipophilic molecules from cells by an active process mediated by a cell-membrane transporter called the ATP binding cassette transporter A-1 (ABCA1). ABCA1 either directly or indirectly translocates phospholipids and cholesterol to the cell surface, where they appear to form lipid domains that interact with amphipathic alpha-helixes in apolipoproteins. This interaction solubilizes these lipids and generates nascent HDL particles that dissociate from the cell. Binding of apolipoproteins to ABCA1 may also enhance the activity of this lipid-transport pathway. Thus, the apolipoprotein/ABCA1 pathway efficiently clears cells of excess cholesterol that would otherwise accumulate as intracellular lipid droplets. ABCA1 expression is highly induced by cholesterol loading of cells and is also modulated by sterol-independent mechanisms at both the transcriptional and posttranslational level. Studies of human disease and animal models have shown that both an increased availability of apolipoproteins and an enhanced macrophage ABCA1 activity are atheroprotective. These findings implicate the apolipoprotein/ABCA1 pathway as an important therapeutic target for treating cardiovascular disease.
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- John F Oram
- Department of Medicine, Box 356426, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
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Swinnen JV, Van Veldhoven PP, Timmermans L, De Schrijver E, Brusselmans K, Vanderhoydonc F, Van de Sande T, Heemers H, Heyns W, Verhoeven G. Fatty acid synthase drives the synthesis of phospholipids partitioning into detergent-resistant membrane microdomains. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2003; 302:898-903. [PMID: 12646257 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(03)00265-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 190] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Fatty acid synthase (FAS) is a key metabolic enzyme catalyzing the synthesis of long-chain saturated fatty acids. It plays a central role in the production of surfactant in fetal lungs, in the supply of fatty components of milk, and in the conversion and storage of energy in liver and adipose tissue. Remarkably high levels of FAS expression are found in the majority of human epithelial cancers. As the role of FAS in cancer cells remains largely unknown, we have initiated studies to assess the fate of newly synthesized lipids in cancer cells and have estimated the contribution of FAS to the synthesis of specific lipid classes by treating the cells with small interfering RNAs targeting FAS. Here, we show that in cancer cells FAS plays a major role in the synthesis of phospholipids partitioning into detergent-resistant membrane microdomains. These are raft-aggregates implicated in key cellular processes including signal transduction, intracellular trafficking, cell polarization, and cell migration. These findings reveal a novel role for FAS, provide important new insights into the otherwise poorly understood mechanisms underlying the control of lipid composition of membrane microdomains, and point to a link between FAS overexpression and dysregulation of membrane composition and functioning in tumor cells.
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- Johannes V Swinnen
- Laboratory for Experimental Medicine and Endocrinology (LEGENDO), University of Leuven, Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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Slimane TA, Trugnan G, Van IJzendoorn SCD, Hoekstra D. Raft-mediated trafficking of apical resident proteins occurs in both direct and transcytotic pathways in polarized hepatic cells: role of distinct lipid microdomains. Mol Biol Cell 2003; 14:611-24. [PMID: 12589058 PMCID: PMC149996 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e02-08-0528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2002] [Revised: 10/04/2002] [Accepted: 10/25/2002] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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In polarized hepatic cells, pathways and molecular principles mediating the flow of resident apical bile canalicular proteins have not yet been resolved. Herein, we have investigated apical trafficking of a glycosylphosphatidylinositol-linked and two single transmembrane domain proteins on the one hand, and two polytopic proteins on the other in polarized HepG2 cells. We demonstrate that the former arrive at the bile canalicular membrane via the indirect transcytotic pathway, whereas the polytopic proteins reach the apical membrane directly, after Golgi exit. Most importantly, cholesterol-based lipid microdomains ("rafts") are operating in either pathway, and protein sorting into such domains occurs in the biosynthetic pathway, largely in the Golgi. Interestingly, rafts involved in the direct pathway are Lubrol WX insoluble but Triton X-100 soluble, whereas rafts in the indirect pathway are both Lubrol WX and Triton X-100 insoluble. Moreover, whereas cholesterol depletion alters raft-detergent insolubility in the indirect pathway without affecting apical sorting, protein missorting occurs in the direct pathway without affecting raft insolubility. The data implicate cholesterol as a traffic direction-determining parameter in the direct apical pathway. Furthermore, raft-cargo likely distinguishing single vs. multispanning membrane anchors, rather than rafts per se (co)determine the sorting pathway.
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- Tounsia Aït Slimane
- Department of Membrane Cell Biology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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Buechler C, Bared SM, Aslanidis C, Ritter M, Drobnik W, Schmitz G. Molecular and functional interaction of the ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 with Fas-associated death domain protein. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:41307-10. [PMID: 12235128 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.c200436200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) is a major regulator of cellular cholesterol and phospholipid homeostasis. Its function has not been fully characterized and may depend on the association with additional proteins. To identify ABCA1-interacting proteins a human liver yeast two-hybrid library was screened with the 144 C-terminal amino acids of ABCA1. Fas-associated death domain protein (FADD) was identified to bind to ABCA1, and this interaction was confirmed by pull-down assays and co-immunoprecipitations. Recombinant expression of a dominant negative form of FADD or the C terminus of ABCA1 in the human hepatoma cell line HepG2 markedly reduced the transfer of phospholipids to apoA-I. This indicates that the binding of additional proteins, one of them being full-length FADD, is required for ABCA1 function. The association of FADD with ABCA1 provides an unexpected link between high density lipoprotein metabolism and an adaptor molecule mainly described in death receptor signal transduction.
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- Christa Buechler
- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University of Regensburg, Germany
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Sphingolipids represent a minor, but highly dynamic subclass of lipids in all eukaryotic cells. They are involved in functions that range from structural protection to signal transduction and protein sorting, and participate in lipid raft assembly. In polarized epithelial cells, which display an asymmetric apical and basolateral membrane surface, rafts have been proposed as a sorting principle for apical resident proteins, following their biosynthesis. However, raft-mediated trafficking is ubiquitous in cells. Also, sphingolipids per se, which are strongly enriched in the apical domain, are subject to sorting in polarity development. Next to the trans Golgi network, a subapical compartment called SAC or common endosome appears instrumental in regulating these sorting events.
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- Tounsia Aït Slimane
- University of Groningen, Department of Membrane Cell Biology, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV, Groningen, The Netherlands
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Lipid rafts on monocytes/macrophages provide a dynamic microenvironment for an integrated lipopolysaccharide receptor (CD14)-dependent clustering of a set of receptors involved in innate immunity and clearance of atherogenic lipoproteins. The purpose of this review is to summarize the recent advances in our understanding of CD14-dependent receptor clustering and its relevance in atherogenesis. RECENT FINDINGS Upon binding of various ligands, CD14 as a multiligand pattern recognition receptor induces specific coassembly of additional receptors present on circulating monocytes. SUMMARY The composition of the receptor cluster and thus the associated signalling pathways defines a ligand specific cellular response, linking endogenous and exogenous host defense to a common recognition platform in rafts.
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- Gerd Schmitz
- Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory medicine, University of Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany.
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Buechler C, Boettcher A, Bared SM, Probst MCO, Schmitz G. The carboxyterminus of the ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 interacts with a beta2-syntrophin/utrophin complex. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2002; 293:759-65. [PMID: 12054535 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(02)00303-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Recent work identified ABCA1 as the major regulator of plasma HDL-cholesterol responsible for the removal of excess choline-phospholipids and cholesterol from peripheral cells and tissues. ABCA1 function may depend on the association with heteromeric proteins and to identify these candidates a human liver yeast two-hybrid library was screened with the carboxyterminal 144 amino acids of ABCA1. Beta2-syntrophin was found to interact with ABCA1 and the C-terminal five amino acids of ABCA1 proned to represent a perfect tail for binding to syntrophin PDZ domains. Immunoprecipitation further confirmed the association of ABCA1 and beta2-syntrophin and in addition utrophin, known to couple beta2-syntrophin and its PDZ ligands to the F-actin cytoskeleton, was identified as a constituent of this complex. ABCA1 in the plasmamembrane of human macrophages was found to be partially associated with Lubrol rafts and effluxed choline-phospholipids involve these microdomains. Beta2-syntrophin does not colocalize in these rafts indicating that beta2-syntrophin may participate in the retaining of ABCA1 in cytoplasmic vesicles and for the targeting of ABCA1 to plasmamembrane microdomains when ABCA1 is released from beta2-syntrophin.
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- Christa Buechler
- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University of Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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HDL metabolism is crucial in maintaining cellular cholesterol and phospholipid homeostasis and prevention of atherosclerosis progression. Recent work identified the ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) as the major regulator of plasma high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol responsible for the removal of excess cholesterol from peripheral cells and tissues. Here we discuss some novel aspects of the ABCA1 network: 1) the cellular pathways involved in cholesterol and phospholipid efflux, 2) regulation of ABCA1, 3) sulfonylurea receptor 1 (SUR1)- or cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR)-like function of ABCA1, 4) interaction of the ABCA1 C-terminus with beta2-syntrophin, 5) ABCA1 modulation of the Rho GTPase Cdc42, 6) localization of ABCA1 in plasma membrane microdomains and intracellular sites, 7) differential effects of prebeta-HDL precursors on ABCA1 mediated alpha-HDL particle formation and 8) ABCA1 in platelets and its relation to phosphatidylserine-flippase activity. A complex regulatory network and additional antiatherogenic features that may depend on the composition of prebeta-HDL precursor particles are believed to coordinate ABCA1 function in reverse cholesterol and phospholipid transport. Distinct prebeta-HDL ligand-specific receptor-clusters are involved that may modulate specific signaling pathways with varying outcomes related to prebeta-HDL particle composition, the cell-type and the cellular response status.
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- Gerd Schmitz
- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University of Regensburg, Germany.
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