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Mencarelli C, Martinez–Martinez P. Ceramide function in the brain: when a slight tilt is enough. Cell Mol Life Sci 2013; 70:181-203. [PMID: 22729185 PMCID: PMC3535405 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-012-1038-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2012] [Revised: 05/16/2012] [Accepted: 05/21/2012] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Ceramide, the precursor of all complex sphingolipids, is a potent signaling molecule that mediates key events of cellular pathophysiology. In the nervous system, the sphingolipid metabolism has an important impact. Neurons are polarized cells and their normal functions, such as neuronal connectivity and synaptic transmission, rely on selective trafficking of molecules across plasma membrane. Sphingolipids are abundant on neural cellular membranes and represent potent regulators of brain homeostasis. Ceramide intracellular levels are fine-tuned and alteration of the sphingolipid-ceramide profile contributes to the development of age-related, neurological and neuroinflammatory diseases. The purpose of this review is to guide the reader towards a better understanding of the sphingolipid-ceramide pathway system. First, ceramide biology is presented including structure, physical properties and metabolism. Second, we describe the function of ceramide as a lipid second messenger in cell physiology. Finally, we highlight the relevance of sphingolipids and ceramide in the progression of different neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Chiara Mencarelli
- Department of Neuroscience, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neuroscience, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Kusumi A, Fujiwara TK, Morone N, Yoshida KJ, Chadda R, Xie M, Kasai RS, Suzuki KGN. Membrane mechanisms for signal transduction: the coupling of the meso-scale raft domains to membrane-skeleton-induced compartments and dynamic protein complexes. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2012; 23:126-44. [PMID: 22309841 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2012.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2012] [Accepted: 01/24/2012] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Virtually all biological membranes on earth share the basic structure of a two-dimensional liquid. Such universality and peculiarity are comparable to those of the double helical structure of DNA, strongly suggesting the possibility that the fundamental mechanisms for the various functions of the plasma membrane could essentially be understood by a set of simple organizing principles, developed during the course of evolution. As an initial effort toward the development of such understanding, in this review, we present the concept of the cooperative action of the hierarchical three-tiered meso-scale (2-300 nm) domains in the plasma membrane: (1) actin membrane-skeleton-induced compartments (40-300 nm), (2) raft domains (2-20 nm), and (3) dynamic protein complex domains (3-10nm). Special attention is paid to the concept of meso-scale domains, where both thermal fluctuations and weak cooperativity play critical roles, and the coupling of the raft domains to the membrane-skeleton-induced compartments as well as dynamic protein complexes. The three-tiered meso-domain architecture of the plasma membrane provides an excellent perspective for understanding the membrane mechanisms of signal transduction.
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- Akihiro Kusumi
- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.
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Suzuki T, Zhang J, Miyazawa S, Liu Q, Farzan MR, Yao WD. Association of membrane rafts and postsynaptic density: proteomics, biochemical, and ultrastructural analyses. J Neurochem 2011; 119:64-77. [PMID: 21797867 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2011.07404.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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UNLABELLED J. Neurochem. (2011) 119, 64-77. ABSTRACT Postsynaptic membrane rafts are believed to play important roles in synaptic signaling, plasticity, and maintenance. However, their molecular identities remain elusive. Further, how they interact with the well-established signaling specialization, the postsynaptic density (PSD), is poorly understood. We previously detected a number of conventional PSD proteins in detergent-resistant membranes (DRMs). Here, we have performed liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) analyses on postsynaptic membrane rafts and PSDs. Our comparative analysis identified an extensive overlap of protein components in the two structures. This overlapping could be explained, at least partly, by a physical association of the two structures. Meanwhile, a significant number of proteins displayed biased distributions to either rafts or PSDs, suggesting distinct roles for the two postsynaptic specializations. Using biochemical and electron microscopic methods, we directly detected membrane raft-PSD complexes. In vitro reconstitution experiments indicated that the formation of raft-PSD complexes was not because of the artificial reconstruction of once-solubilized membrane components and PSD structures, supporting that these complexes occurred in vivo. Taking together, our results provide evidence that postsynaptic membrane rafts and PSDs may be physically associated. Such association could be important in postsynaptic signal integration, synaptic function, and maintenance.
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- Tatsuo Suzuki
- Department of Neuroplasticity, Institute on Aging and Adaptation, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
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Llewellyn GN, Hogue IB, Grover JR, Ono A. Nucleocapsid promotes localization of HIV-1 gag to uropods that participate in virological synapses between T cells. PLoS Pathog 2010; 6:e1001167. [PMID: 21060818 PMCID: PMC2965768 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1001167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2010] [Accepted: 09/28/2010] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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T cells adopt a polarized morphology in lymphoid organs, where cell-to-cell transmission of HIV-1 is likely frequent. However, despite the importance of understanding virus spread in vivo, little is known about the HIV-1 life cycle, particularly its late phase, in polarized T cells. Polarized T cells form two ends, the leading edge at the front and a protrusion called a uropod at the rear. Using multiple uropod markers, we observed that HIV-1 Gag localizes to the uropod in polarized T cells. Infected T cells formed contacts with uninfected target T cells preferentially via HIV-1 Gag-containing uropods compared to leading edges that lack plasma-membrane-associated Gag. Cell contacts enriched in Gag and CD4, which define the virological synapse (VS), are also enriched in uropod markers. These results indicate that Gag-laden uropods participate in the formation and/or structure of the VS, which likely plays a key role in cell-to-cell transmission of HIV-1. Consistent with this notion, a myosin light chain kinase inhibitor, which disrupts uropods, reduced virus particle transfer from infected T cells to target T cells. Mechanistically, we observed that Gag copatches with antibody-crosslinked uropod markers even in non-polarized cells, suggesting an association of Gag with uropod-specific microdomains that carry Gag to uropods. Finally, we determined that localization of Gag to the uropod depends on higher-order clustering driven by its NC domain. Taken together, these results support a model in which NC-dependent Gag accumulation to uropods establishes a preformed platform that later constitutes T-cell-T-cell contacts at which HIV-1 virus transfer occurs. CD4+ T cells are natural targets of HIV-1. Efficient spread of HIV-1 from infected T cells to uninfected T cells is thought to occur via cell-cell contact structures. One of these structures is a virological synapse where both viral and cellular proteins have been shown to localize specifically. However, the steps leading to the formation of a virological synapse remain unknown. It has been observed that T cells adopt a polarized morphology in lymph nodes where cell-to-cell virus transmission is likely to occur frequently. In this study, we show that in polarized T cells, the primary viral structural protein Gag accumulates to the plasma membrane of a rear end structure called a uropod. We found that Gag multimerization, driven by its nucleocapsid domain, is essential for Gag localization to uropods and that HIV-1-laden uropods mediate contact with target cells and can become part of the virological synapse. Our findings elucidated a series of molecular events leading to formation of HIV-1-transferring cell contacts and support a model in which the uropod acts as a preformed platform that constitutes a virological synapse after cell-cell contact.
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- G. Nicholas Llewellyn
- Cellular and Molecular Biology Program, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Cellular and Molecular Biology Program, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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Golebiewska U, Scarlata S. The effect of membrane domains on the G protein-phospholipase Cbeta signaling pathway. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2010; 45:97-105. [PMID: 20128735 DOI: 10.3109/10409231003598812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The plasma membrane serves as a barrier to limit the exit and entry of components into and out of the cell, offering protection from the external environment. Communication between the cell and the external environment is mediated by multiple signaling pathways. While the plasma membrane was historically viewed as a lipid bilayer with freely diffusing proteins, the last decade has shown that the lipids and proteins in the plasma membrane are organized in a non-random manner, and that this organization can direct and modify various signaling pathways in the cell. In this review, we qualitatively discuss the ways that membrane domains can affect cell signaling. We then focus on how membrane domains can affect a specific signaling pathway--the G protein-phospholipase Cbeta pathway and show how membrane domains can play an active role in directing or redirecting G protein signals.
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- Urszula Golebiewska
- Department of Biological Sciences, Queensborough Community College, Bayside, NY 11364-1497, USA
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Opreanu M, Lydic TA, Reid GE, McSorley KM, Esselman WJ, Busik JV. Inhibition of cytokine signaling in human retinal endothelial cells through downregulation of sphingomyelinases by docosahexaenoic acid. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2010; 51:3253-63. [PMID: 20071681 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-4731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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PURPOSE The authors have previously demonstrated that DHA inhibits cytokine-induced inflammation in human retinal endothelial cells (HRECs), the resident vasculature affected by diabetic retinopathy. However, the anti-inflammatory mechanism of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is still not well understood. Sphingolipids represent a major component of membrane microdomains, and ceramide-enriched microdomains appear to be a prerequisite for inflammatory cytokine signaling. Acid sphingomyelinase (ASMase) and neutral sphingomyelinase (NSMase) are key regulatory enzymes of sphingolipid metabolism, promoting sphingomyelin hydrolysis to proinflammatory ceramide. The authors address the hypothesis that DHA inhibits cytokine-induced inflammatory signaling in HRECs by downregulating sphingomyelinases. METHODS ASMase and NSMase activity was determined by sphingomyelinase assay in primary cultures of HRECs. The expression of ASMase, NSMase, ICAM-1, and VCAM-1 was assessed by quantitative PCR and Western blot analysis. Gene silencing of ASMase and NSMase was obtained by siRNA treatment. RESULTS Inflammatory cytokines TNFalpha and IL-1beta induced cellular adhesion molecule (CAM) expression and rapid increase in ASMase and NSMase activity in HRECs. DHA decreased basal and cytokine-induced ASMase and NSMase expression and activity and the upregulation of CAM expression. Anti-inflammatory effects of DHA on cytokine-induced CAM expression were mimicked by inhibition/gene silencing of ASMase and NSMase. The sphingomyelinase pathway rather than ceramide de novo synthesis pathway was important for inflammatory signaling in HRECs. CONCLUSIONS This study provides a novel potential mechanism for the anti-inflammatory effect of DHA in HRECs. DHA downregulates the basal and cytokine-induced ASMase and NSMase expression and activity level in HRECs, and inhibition of sphingomyelinases in endothelial cells prevents cytokine-induced inflammatory response.
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- Madalina Opreanu
- Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Rajendran L, Beckmann J, Magenau A, Boneberg EM, Gaus K, Viola A, Giebel B, Illges H. Flotillins are involved in the polarization of primitive and mature hematopoietic cells. PLoS One 2009; 4:e8290. [PMID: 20027317 PMCID: PMC2794375 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2009] [Accepted: 11/10/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background Migration of mature and immature leukocytes in response to chemokines is not only essential during inflammation and host defense, but also during development of the hematopoietic system. Many molecules implicated in migratory polarity show uniform cellular distribution under non-activated conditions, but acquire a polarized localization upon exposure to migratory cues. Methodology/Principal Findings Here, we present evidence that raft-associated endocytic proteins (flotillins) are pre-assembled in lymphoid, myeloid and primitive hematopoietic cells and accumulate in the uropod during migration. Furthermore, flotillins display a polarized distribution during immunological synapse formation. Employing the membrane lipid-order sensitive probe Laurdan, we show that flotillin accumulation in the immunological synapse is concomittant with membrane ordering in these regions. Conclusions Together with the observation that flotillin polarization does not occur in other polarized cell types such as polarized epithelial cells, our results suggest a specific role for flotillins in hematopoietic cell polarization. Based on our results, we propose that in hematopoietic cells, flotillins provide intrinsic cues that govern segregation of certain microdomain-associated molecules during immune cell polarization.
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- Lawrence Rajendran
- Systems and Cell Biology of Neurodegeneration, Department of Psychiatry Research, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Immunology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
- Max-Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
- * E-mail: (LR); (BG); (HI)
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- Institute for Transplantation Diagnostics and Cellular Therapeutics, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Institute of Transfusionsmedicine, Transplantations Diagnostics, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Centre for Vascular Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
- Department of Haematology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- Centre for Vascular Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
- Department of Haematology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Institute for Transplantation Diagnostics and Cellular Therapeutics, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Institute of Transfusionsmedicine, Transplantations Diagnostics, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Essen, Germany
- * E-mail: (LR); (BG); (HI)
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- Immunology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
- Biotechnologie Institut Thurgau, Taegerwilen, Switzerland
- Immunology and Cell Biology, University of Applied Sciences, Rheinbach, Germany
- * E-mail: (LR); (BG); (HI)
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Suzuki T, Du F, Tian QB, Zhang J, Endo S. Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IIalpha clusters are associated with stable lipid rafts and their formation traps PSD-95. J Neurochem 2007; 104:596-610. [PMID: 18005004 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.05035.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Relatively large number of post-synaptic density (PSD) proteins, including Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII), have the potential to associate with lipid rafts. We in this study demonstrate that the CaMKIIalpha clusters induced by ionomycin in human embryonic kidney 293 cells, as well as unclustered CaMKIIalpha (Du F., Saitoh F., Tian Q. B., Miyazawa S., Endo S. and Suzuki T, 2006, Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun 347, 814-820), were associated with lipid rafts. The CaMKIIalpha clusters associated with lipid raft fraction became resistant to treatment with methyl-beta-cyclodextrin and subsequent cold Triton X-100, which suggests the stabilization of CaMKIIalpha cluster-associated lipid rafts. Next, we found that PSD-95, which is also a component of lipid raft fraction and does not interact directly with CaMKII, was trapped by stable CaMKIIalpha cluster-containing structure. Association of PSD-95 with CaMKIIalpha clusters was also observed in cultured neuronal cells. These results suggest the CaMKIIalpha clusters associated with the lipid rafts in the cytoplasmic region play a role in the assembly and stabilization of certain PSD proteins that have the potential to associate with lipid rafts.
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- Tatsuo Suzuki
- Department of Neuroplasticity, Research Institute on Aging and Adaptation, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
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Moreno-Altamirano MMB, Aguilar-Carmona I, Sánchez-García FJ. Expression of GM1, a marker of lipid rafts, defines two subsets of human monocytes with differential endocytic capacity and lipopolysaccharide responsiveness. Immunology 2007; 120:536-43. [PMID: 17250589 PMCID: PMC2265908 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2006.02531.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Monocytes constitute 5-10% of total human peripheral blood leucocytes and remain in circulation for several days before replenishing the tissue macrophage populations. Monocytes display heterogeneity in size, granularity and nuclear morphology, and in the expression of cell membrane molecules, such as CD14, CD16, CD32, CD64, major histocompatibility complex class II, CCR2, CCR5, among others. This has led to the suggestion that individual monocyte/macrophage populations have specialized functions within their microenvironments. This study provides evidence for the occurrence of two peripheral blood monocyte subpopulations on the basis of their differential expression of GM1, a sphingolipid found mostly in lipid rafts, a CD14(+) GM1(low) population and a CD14(+) GM1(high) population comprising about 97.5% and 2.5% of total CD14(+) cells, respectively. GM1 expression correlates with functional differences in terms of endocytic activity, susceptibility to mycobacterial infection, and response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (modulation of Toll-like receptor-4 expression). CD14(+) GM1(low) cells proved to be less endocytic and more responsive to LPS, whereas CD14(+) GM1(high) cells are more endocytic and less responsive to LPS. In addition, during monocyte to macrophage differentiation in vitro, the percentage of CD14(+) GM1(high) cells increases from about 2.5% at day 1 to more than 50% at day 7 of culture. These results suggest that GM1(low) and GM1(high) monocytes in peripheral blood, represent either different stages of maturation or different subsets with specialized activities. The expression of CD16 on GM1(high) favours the first possibility and, on the other hand that up-regulation of GM1 expression and probably lipid rafts function is involved in the monocyte to macrophage differentiation process.
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Boukh-Viner T, Titorenko VI. Lipids and lipid domains in the peroxisomal membrane of the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2006; 1763:1688-96. [PMID: 17023063 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2006.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2006] [Revised: 08/10/2006] [Accepted: 08/18/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Biological membranes have unique and highly diverse compositions of their lipid constituents. At present, we have only partial understanding of how membrane lipids and lipid domains regulate the structural integrity and functionality of cellular organelles, maintain the unique molecular composition of each organellar membrane by orchestrating the intracellular trafficking of membrane-bound proteins and lipids, and control the steady-state levels of numerous signaling molecules generated in biological membranes. Similar to other organellar membranes, a single lipid bilayer enclosing the peroxisome, an organelle known for its essential role in lipid metabolism, has a unique lipid composition and organizes some of its lipid and protein components into distinctive assemblies. This review highlights recent advances in our knowledge of how lipids and lipid domains of the peroxisomal membrane regulate the processes of peroxisome assembly and maintenance in the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica. We critically evaluate the molecular mechanisms through which lipid constituents of the peroxisomal membrane control these multistep processes and outline directions for future research in this field.
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- Tatiana Boukh-Viner
- Department of Biology, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke Street, West, SP Building, Room 501-9, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H4B 1R6
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Du F, Saitoh F, Tian QB, Miyazawa S, Endo S, Suzuki T. Mechanisms for association of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II with lipid rafts. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 347:814-20. [PMID: 16872923 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.06.162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2006] [Accepted: 06/28/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Localization of CaMKIIalpha in lipid rafts was demonstrated in both cultured neurons and mammalian cells transfected with plasmid with an insert of CaMKIIalpha cDNA by using sucrose gradient centrifugation and the sensitivity to a cholesterol-extractor, methyl-beta-cyclodextrin. CaMKIIalpha was targeted to lipid rafts possibly through protein-protein interactions via at least three domains (a.a. 261-309, 371-420, and 421-478). The multimeric structure of the full-length molecule also appeared to contribute to efficient lipid raft-targeting. Acylation of CaMKIIalpha did not appear to be a mechanism for the targeting.
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- Feng Du
- Department of Neuroplasticity, Research Institute on Aging and Adaptation, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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Kusumi A, Suzuki K. Toward understanding the dynamics of membrane-raft-based molecular interactions. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2005; 1746:234-51. [PMID: 16368465 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2005.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 194] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2005] [Revised: 10/10/2005] [Accepted: 10/11/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The cell membrane is a 2-dimensional non-ideal liquid containing dynamic structures on various time-space scales, and the raft domain is one of them. Existing literature supports the concept that raft dynamics may be important for its formation and function: the raft function may be supported by stimulation-induced raft association/coalescence and recruitment of various raftophilic molecules to coalesced rafts, and, importantly, they both may happen transiently. Thus, one must always consider the limited association time of a raft or a raftophilic molecule with another raft, even when one interprets the results of static experiments, such as immunofluorescence and pull-down assays. Critical considerations on the chemical fixation mechanism and immunocolocalization data suggest that the temporary nature of raft-based molecular interactions may explain why colocalization results are sensitive to subtle variations in experimental conditions employed in different laboratories.
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- Akihiro Kusumi
- The Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, 606-8507, Japan.
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- Akira Ono
- Virus-Cell Interaction Section, HIV Drug Resistance Program, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, National Institutes of Health, Maryland 21702, USA
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McCaig CD, Rajnicek AM, Song B, Zhao M. Controlling cell behavior electrically: current views and future potential. Physiol Rev 2005; 85:943-78. [PMID: 15987799 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00020.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 634] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Direct-current (DC) electric fields are present in all developing and regenerating animal tissues, yet their existence and potential impact on tissue repair and development are largely ignored. This is primarily due to ignorance of the phenomenon by most researchers, some technically poor early studies of the effects of applied fields on cells, and widespread misunderstanding of the fundamental concepts that underlie bioelectricity. This review aims to resolve these issues by describing: 1) the historical context of bioelectricity, 2) the fundamental principles of physics and physiology responsible for DC electric fields within cells and tissues, 3) the cellular mechanisms for the effects of small electric fields on cell behavior, and 4) the clinical potential for electric field treatment of damaged tissues such as epithelia and the nervous system.
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- Colin D McCaig
- School of Medical Sciences, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, Scotland.
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Hammond AT, Heberle FA, Baumgart T, Holowka D, Baird B, Feigenson GW. Crosslinking a lipid raft component triggers liquid ordered-liquid disordered phase separation in model plasma membranes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:6320-5. [PMID: 15851688 PMCID: PMC1088350 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0405654102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 253] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2004] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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The mechanisms by which a cell uses and adapts its functional membrane organization are poorly understood and are the subject of ongoing investigation and discussion. Here, we study one proposed mechanism: the crosslinking of membrane components. In immune cell signaling (and other membrane-associated processes), a small change in the clustering of specific membrane proteins can lead to large-scale reorganizations that involve numerous other membrane components. We have investigated the large-scale physical effect of crosslinking a minor membrane component, the ganglioside GM1, in simple lipid models of the plasma membrane containing sphingomyelin, cholesterol, and phosphatidylcholine. We observe that crosslinking GM1 can cause uniform membranes to phase-separate into large, coexistent liquid ordered and liquid disordered membrane domains. We also find that this lipid separation causes a dramatic redistribution of a transmembrane peptide, consistent with a raft model of membrane organization. These experiments demonstrate a mechanism that could contribute to the effects of crosslinking observed in cellular processes: Domains induced by clustering a small number of proteins or lipids might rapidly reorganize many other membrane proteins.
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- A T Hammond
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Boukh-Viner T, Guo T, Alexandrian A, Cerracchio A, Gregg C, Haile S, Kyskan R, Milijevic S, Oren D, Solomon J, Wong V, Nicaud JM, Rachubinski RA, English AM, Titorenko VI. Dynamic ergosterol- and ceramide-rich domains in the peroxisomal membrane serve as an organizing platform for peroxisome fusion. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 168:761-73. [PMID: 15738267 PMCID: PMC2171827 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200409045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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We describe unusual ergosterol- and ceramide-rich (ECR) domains in the membrane of yeast peroxisomes. Several key features of these detergent-resistant domains, including the nature of their sphingolipid constituent and its unusual distribution across the membrane bilayer, clearly distinguish them from well characterized detergent-insoluble lipid rafts in the plasma membrane. A distinct set of peroxisomal proteins, including two ATPases, Pex1p and Pex6p, as well as phosphoinositide- and GTP-binding proteins, transiently associates with the cytosolic face of ECR domains. All of these proteins are essential for the fusion of the immature peroxisomal vesicles P1 and P2, the earliest intermediates in a multistep pathway leading to the formation of mature, metabolically active peroxisomes. Peroxisome fusion depends on the lateral movement of Pex1p, Pex6p, and phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate–binding proteins from ECR domains to a detergent-soluble portion of the membrane, followed by their release to the cytosol. Our data suggest a model for the multistep reorganization of the multicomponent peroxisome fusion machinery that transiently associates with ECR domains.
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- Tatiana Boukh-Viner
- Department of Biology, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec H4B 1R6, Canada
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Blum S, Hug F, Hänsch GM, Wagner C. Fibronectin on activated T lymphocytes is bound to gangliosides and is present in detergent insoluble microdomains. Immunol Cell Biol 2005; 83:167-74. [PMID: 15748213 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1711.2005.01318.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Fibronectin (FN) is a multifunctional extracellular matrix glycoprotein, which participates in cell migration and signalling to adhering cells. Due to alternative splicing and post-translational modifications, different isoforms of FN are generated by a wide variety of cells. T lymphocytes synthesize a surface-associated isoform of FN, containing the two 'extradomains' EDA and EDB. In the present study, we identified gangliosides within the T-cell membrane as specific binding sites for the N-terminal 30 kDa fragment of FN. When T cells were activated with anti-CD3 coated beads, FN, together with the ganglioside GM1, converged at the contact zone. Moreover, endogenous FN was present in the detergent insoluble microdomain. The function of FN in T cells is still under investigation; however, its presence together with gangliosides at the activation site suggests participation in T-cell signalling.
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- Stefan Blum
- Institute for Immunology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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Considerable evidence shows that lateral inhomogeneities in lipid composition and physical properties exist in biological membranes. These membrane lipid domains are proposed to play important roles in processes such as signal transduction and membrane traffic. However, there is not at present an adequate description of the nature of these lipid domains in terms of their size, abundance, composition, or dynamics. We discuss the current analyses of the properties and function of membrane domains in cells and compare their properties with chemically simpler model membrane systems that can be understood in greater detail.
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- Sushmita Mukherjee
- Department of Biochemistry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Chasserot-Golaz S, Vitale N, Umbrecht-Jenck E, Knight D, Gerke V, Bader MF. Annexin 2 promotes the formation of lipid microdomains required for calcium-regulated exocytosis of dense-core vesicles. Mol Biol Cell 2005; 16:1108-19. [PMID: 15635098 PMCID: PMC551477 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e04-07-0627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Annexin 2 is a calcium-dependent phospholipid-binding protein that has been implicated in a number of membrane-related events, including regulated exocytosis. In chromaffin cells, we previously reported that catecholamine secretion requires the translocation and formation of the annexin 2 tetramer near the exocytotic sites. Here, to obtain direct evidence for a role of annexin 2 in exocytosis, we modified its expression level in chromaffin cells by using the Semliki Forest virus expression system. Using a real-time assay for individual cells, we found that the reduction of cytosolic annexin 2, and the consequent decrease of annexin 2 tetramer at the cell periphery, strongly inhibited exocytosis, most likely at an early stage before membrane fusion. Secretion also was severely impaired in cells expressing a chimera that sequestered annexin 2 into cytosolic aggregates. Moreover, we demonstrate that secretagogue-evoked stimulation triggers the formation of lipid rafts in the plasma membrane, essential for exocytosis, and which can be attributed to the annexin 2 tetramer. We propose that annexin 2 acts as a calcium-dependent promoter of lipid microdomains required for structural and spatial organization of the exocytotic machinery.
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- Sylvette Chasserot-Golaz
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Propre de Recherche 2356, IFR 37 des Neurosciences, 67084 Strasbourg Cedex, France
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Kusumi A, Koyama-Honda I, Suzuki K. Molecular dynamics and interactions for creation of stimulation-induced stabilized rafts from small unstable steady-state rafts. Traffic 2004; 5:213-30. [PMID: 15030563 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2004.0178.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 290] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We have evaluated the sizes and lifetimes of rafts in the plasma membrane from the existing literature, with a special attention paid to their intrinsically broad distributions and the limited time and space scales that are covered by the observation methods used for these studies. Distinguishing the rafts in the steady state (reserve rafts) from those after stimulation or unintentional crosslinking of raft molecules (stabilized receptor-cluster rafts) is critically important. In resting cells, the rafts appear small and unstable, and the consensus now is that their sizes are smaller than the optical diffraction limit (250 nm). Upon stimulation, the raft-preferring receptors are clustered, inducing larger, stabilized rafts, probably by coalescing small, unstable rafts or cholesterol-glycosphingolipid complexes in the receptor clusters. This receptor-cluster-induced conversion of raft types may be caused by suppression of alkyl chain isomerization and the lipid lateral diffusion in the cluster, with the aid of exclusion of cholesterol from the bulk domain and the boundary region of the majority of transmembrane proteins. We critically inspected the possible analogy to the boundary lipid concept. Finally, we propose a hypothesis for the coupling of GPI-anchored receptor signals with lipid-anchored signaling molecules in the inner-leaflet raft.
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- Akihiro Kusumi
- Department of Biological Science and Institute for Advanced Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan.
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Lipid rafts are established as critical structures for a variety of cellular processes, including immune cell activation. Beyond their importance for initial immune cell activation at the immunological synapse, lipid rafts are now also being recognized as important sites for cytokine and growth factor signal transduction, both in immune cells as part of secondary regulatory processes, and in non-immune cells. This review summarizes current knowledge regarding the roles of rafts in cytokine signaling and emphasizes the need for measures to better standardize the study of rafts.
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- Rakesh Rao
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA.
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Paul CA, Boegle AK, Maue RA. Before the loss: neuronal dysfunction in Niemann-Pick Type C disease. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2004; 1685:63-76. [PMID: 15465427 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2004.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Niemann-Pick Type C (NPC) disease is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in either the NPC1 or HE1 genes. Hallmarks of this presently incurable disease include abnormal intracellular accumulation of cholesterol and glycosphingolipids, progressive neuropathology and neurodegeneration, and premature death. There have been increased efforts to understand the effects of NPC disease on neurons of the brain, in part due to the recent development of improved research tools and reagents, and in part due to the rapidly growing appreciation of the importance of cholesterol and lipoproteins in the brain during neuronal development, function, and degeneration. Here, we highlight fundamental aspects of neurons that appear to be affected by NPC disease, including their morphology, metabolism, intracellular transport, electrical signaling, and response to environmental factors, and suggest other potentially important areas for future investigation. This provides a framework for acquiring additional insight to this disorder and shaping new therapeutic approaches to NPC disease.
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- Colleen A Paul
- Department of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA
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Maldonado-García G, Chico-Ortiz M, Lopez-Marin LM, Sánchez-García FJ. High-Polarity Mycobacterium avium-Derived Lipids Interact with Murine Macrophage Lipid Rafts. Scand J Immunol 2004; 60:463-70. [PMID: 15541038 DOI: 10.1111/j.0300-9475.2004.01511.x] [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] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Cholesterol- and sphingolipid-rich membrane microdomains (lipid rafts) are widely recognized as portals for pathogenic micro-organisms. A growing body of evidence demonstrates mobilization of host plasma cell membrane lipid rafts towards the site of contact with several pathogens as well as a strict dependence on cholesterol for appropriate internalization. The fate of lipid rafts once the pathogen has been internalized and the nature of the pathogen components that interact with them is however less understood. To address both these issues, infection of the J774 murine cell line with Mycobacterium avium was used as a model. After demonstrating that M. avium induces lipid raft mobilization and that M. avium infects J774 by a cholesterol-dependent mechanism, it is shown here that mycobacterial phagosomes harbour lipid rafts, which are, at least in part, of plasma cell membrane origin. On the other hand, by using latex microbeads coated with any of the three fractions of M. avium-derived lipids of different polarity, we provide evidence that high-polarity, in contrast to low-polarity and intermediate-polarity, mycobacterial lipids or uncoated latex beads have a strong capacity to induce lipid raft mobilization. These results suggest that high-polarity mycobacterial lipid(s) interact with host cell cholesterol-enriched microdomains which may in turn influence the course of infection.
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- G Maldonado-García
- Departamento de Inmunología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico
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Xue M, Vines CM, Buranda T, Cimino DF, Bennett TA, Prossnitz ER. N-formyl peptide receptors cluster in an active raft-associated state prior to phosphorylation. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:45175-84. [PMID: 15302864 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m407053200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In response to ligand binding, G protein-coupled receptors undergo phosphorylation and activate cellular internalization machinery. An important component of this process is the concentration of receptors into clusters on the plasma membrane. Aside from organizing the receptor in anticipation of internalization, little is known of the function of ligand-mediated G protein-coupled receptor clustering, which has traditionally been thought of as being a phosphorylation-dependent event prior to receptor internalization. We now report that following receptor activation, the N-formyl peptide receptor (FPR) forms distinct membrane clusters prior to its association with arrestin. To determine whether this clustering is dependent upon receptor phosphorylation, we used a mutant form of the FPR, DeltaST-FPR, which lacks all phosphorylation sites in the carboxyl-terminal domain. We found that activation of the signaling-competent DeltaST-FPR resulted in rapid receptor clustering on the plasma membrane independent of Gi protein activation. This clustering required receptor activation since the D71A mutant receptor, which binds ligand but is incapable of transitioning to an active state, failed to induce receptor clustering. Furthermore we demonstrated that FPR-mediated clustering and signaling were cholesterol-dependent processes, suggesting that translocation of the active receptor to lipid rafts may be required for maximal signaling activity. Finally we showed that FPR stimulation in the absence of receptor phosphorylation resulted in translocation of FPR to GM1-rich clusters. Our results demonstrate for the first time that formation of a clustered activated receptor state precedes receptor phosphorylation, arrestin binding, and internalization.
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- Mei Xue
- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque 87131, USA
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McDonald JF, Zheleznyak A, Frazier WA. Cholesterol-independent Interactions with CD47 Enhance αvβ3 Avidity. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:17301-11. [PMID: 14966135 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m312782200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Expression in OV10 cells of either wild-type CD47 or its extracellular IgV domain linked to a glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor-(IgV-GPI) enhanced ligand-induced alpha(v)beta(3) activation as detected by the binding of LIBS1 and LIBS6 mAbs. The amplitude of LIBS binding was greater with both CD47 and IgV-GPI expression, indicating an increase in the population of "activable" integrin molecules. Expression of either CD47 species also increased alpha(v)beta(3)-mediated adhesion to vitronectin, and to surfaces coated with the anti-beta(3) antibody AP3, because of enhanced clustering of alpha(v)beta(3) as confirmed by chemical cross-linking. Cholesterol depletion with methyl-beta-cyclodextrin did not prevent the increase in anti-LIBS binding, but reduced cell adhesion to vitronectin and AP3. However, cells expressing CD47 were partially insulated against this disruption, and IgV-GPI was even more effective. Both CD47 and IgV-GPI were found in cholesterol-rich rafts prepared in the absence of detergent, but only CD47 could recruit alpha(v)beta(3) and its associated signaling molecules to these domains. Thus CD47-alpha(v)beta(3) complexes in cholesterol-rich raft domains appear to engage in G(i)-dependent signaling whereas CD47-alpha(v)beta(3) interactions that lead to integrin clustering are also detergent resistant, but are insensitive to cholesterol depletion and do not require the transmembrane region of CD47.
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- John F McDonald
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Frasch SC, Henson PM, Nagaosa K, Fessler MB, Borregaard N, Bratton DL. Phospholipid Flip-Flop and Phospholipid Scramblase 1 (PLSCR1) Co-localize to Uropod Rafts in Formylated Met-Leu-Phe-stimulated Neutrophils. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:17625-33. [PMID: 14766753 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m313414200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Movement of phosphatidylserine (PS) to the plasma membrane outer leaflet is a nearly universal marker of apoptosis and occurs during activation of many cells. Neutrophils stimulated with the chemotactic peptide formylated Met-Leu-Phe (fMLP) demonstrated transient PS exposure. Stimulated outward movement of PS was accompanied by enhanced inward movement of several phosphorylcholine lipid probes and was associated with enhanced FM 1-43 staining indicative of phospholipid packing changes. Unlike apoptosis, inward movement of exogenously added fluorescent PS did not decline, and DNA was not cleaved during fMLP stimulation. Movement of phospholipids occurred within minutes following stimulation, was independent of endocytosis/pinocytosis, and was consistent with bidirectional, transbilayer phospholipid flip-flop. While the role of phospholipid scramblase 1 (PLSCR1) is controversial in flip-flop, we sought evidence for its role in enhanced phospholipid movements during fMLP stimulation. Using antibodies to the carboxyl-terminal domain of PLSCR1, its presence in the plasma membranes of non-permeabilized neutrophils was confirmed by flow cytometry. Additionally subcellular fractionation demonstrated that PLSCR1 was also located in secretory vesicles and tertiary and secondary granules. Activation of neutrophils with fMLP, however, did not significantly alter surface labeling suggesting that stimulated phospholipid flip-flop does not require additional mobilization of PLSCR1 to the plasma membrane. As expected for palmitoylated proteins, PLSCR1 was enriched in detergent-insoluble membranes and co-localized with raft markers at the neutrophil uropod after stimulation. Of note, PS exposure, phospholipid uptake, and FM 1-43 staining also localized to the uropod following stimulation demonstrating that both PLSCR1 and phospholipid flip-flop characterize this specialized domain of polarized neutrophils.
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- S Courtney Frasch
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cell Biology, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, Colorado 80206, USA
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While the basic cellular contributions to bone differentiation and mineralization are widely accepted, the regulation of these processes at the intracellular level remains inadequately understood. Our laboratory recently identified annexin 2 as a protein involved in osteoblastic mineralization. Annexin 2 was overexpressed twofold in SaOSLM2 osteoblastic cells as a fusion protein with green fluorescent protein. The overexpression of annexin 2 led to an increase in alkaline phosphatase activity as well as an increase in mineralization. Our data suggest that the increase in alkaline phosphatase activity does not result from increased alkaline phosphatase transcript or protein levels; therefore we evaluated mechanism of action. We determined that both annexin 2 and alkaline phosphatase activity were localized to membrane microdomains called lipid rafts in osteoblastic cells. Annexin 2 overexpression resulted in an increase in alkaline phosphatase activity that was associated with lipid microdomains in a cholesterol-dependent manner. Furthermore, disruption of lipid rafts with a cholesterol sequestering agent or reduction of annexin 2 expression by specific antisense oligonucleotides each resulted in diminished mineralization. Therefore, intact lipid rafts containing annexin 2 appear to be important for alkaline phosphatase activity and may facilitate the osteoblastic mineralization process.
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- Jennifer M Gillette
- Department of Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, USA
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Morris R, Cox H, Mombelli E, Quinn PJ. Rafts, little caves and large potholes: how lipid structure interacts with membrane proteins to create functionally diverse membrane environments. Subcell Biochem 2004; 37:35-118. [PMID: 15376618 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4757-5806-1_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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This chapter reviews how diverse lipid microdomains form in the membrane and partition proteins into different functional units that regulate cell trafficking, signalling and movement. We will concentrate upon five major issues: 1. the diversity of lipid structure that produces diverse microenvironments into which different subsets of proteins partition; 2. why ordered lipid domains exclude proteins, and the conditions required for select subsets of proteins to enter these domains; 3. the coupling of the inner and outer leaflets within ordered microdomains; 4. the effect of ordered lipid domains upon membrane properties including curvature and hydrophobicity that affect membrane fission, fusion and extension of filopodia; 5. the biological effects of these structural constraints; in particular how the properties of these domains combine to provide a very different signalling, trafficking and membrane fusion environment to that found in disordered (fluid mosaic) membrane. In addressing these problems, the review draws upon studies ranging from molecular dynamic modelling of lipid interactions, through physical studies of model membrane systems to structural and biological studies of whole cells, examining in the process problems inherent in visualising and purifying these microdomains. While the diversity of structure and function of ordered lipid microdomains is emphasised, some general roles emerge. In particular, the basis for having quite different, non-interacting ordered lipid domains on the same membrane is evident in the diversity of lipid structure and plays a key role in sorting signalling systems. The exclusion of ordered membrane from coated pits, and hence rapid endocytosis, is suggested to underlie the ability of highly ordered domains to establish stable secondary signalling systems required, for instance, in T cell receptor, insulin and neurotrophin signalling.
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- Roger Morris
- Molecular Neurobiology Group, MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, King's College, London, UK
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Argyris EG, Acheampong E, Nunnari G, Mukhtar M, Williams KJ, Pomerantz RJ. Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 enters primary human brain microvascular endothelial cells by a mechanism involving cell surface proteoglycans independent of lipid rafts. J Virol 2003; 77:12140-51. [PMID: 14581551 PMCID: PMC254292 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.22.12140-12151.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Several studies have reported a crucial role for cholesterol-enriched membrane lipid rafts and cell-associated heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs), a class of molecules that can localize in lipid rafts, in the entry of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) into permissive cells. For the present study, we examined the role of these cell surface moieties in HIV-1 entry into primary human brain microvascular endothelial cells (BMVECs), which represent an important HIV-1 central nervous system-based cell reservoir and a portal for neuroinvasion. Cellular cholesterol was depleted by exposure to beta-cyclodextrins and 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl (HMG)-coenzyme A reductase inhibitors (statins), the loss of cholesterol was quantitated, and disruption of membrane rafts was verified by immunofluorescence. Nevertheless, these treatments did not affect binding of several strains of HIV-1 virions to BMVECs at 4 degrees C or their infectivities at 37 degrees C. In contrast, we confirmed that cholesterol depletion and raft disruption strongly inhibited HIV-1 binding and infection of Jurkat T cells. Enzymatic digestion of cell-associated HSPGs on human BMVECs dramatically inhibited HIV-1 infection, and our data from quantitative HIV-1 DNA PCR analysis strongly suggest that cell-associated chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans greatly facilitate infective entry of HIV-1 into human BMVECs. These findings, in combination with our earlier work showing that human BMVECs lack CD4, indicate that the molecular mechanisms for HIV-1 entry into BMVECs are fundamentally different from that of viral entry into T cells, in which lipid rafts, CD4, and probably HSPGs play important roles.
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- Elias G Argyris
- The Dorrance H. Hamilton Laboratories, Center for Human Virology and Biodefense, Division of Infectious Diseases and Environmental Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA
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Chen Y, Takizawa N, Crowley JL, Oh SW, Gatto CL, Kambara T, Sato O, Li XD, Ikebe M, Luna EJ. F-actin and myosin II binding domains in supervillin. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:46094-106. [PMID: 12917436 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m305311200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Detergent-resistant membranes contain signaling and integral membrane proteins that organize cholesterol-rich domains called lipid rafts. A subset of these detergent-resistant membranes (DRM-H) exhibits a higher buoyant density ( approximately 1.16 g/ml) because of association with membrane skeleton proteins, including actin, myosin II, myosin 1G, fodrin, and an actin- and membrane-binding protein called supervillin (Nebl, T., Pestonjamasp, K. N., Leszyk, J. D., Crowley, J. L., Oh, S. W., and Luna, E. J. (2002) J. Biol. Chem. 277, 43399-43409). To characterize interactions among DRM-H cytoskeletal proteins, we investigated the binding partners of the novel supervillin N terminus, specifically amino acids 1-830. We find that the supervillin N terminus binds directly to myosin II, as well as to F-actin. Three F-actin-binding sites were mapped to sequences within amino acids approximately 280-342, approximately 344-422, and approximately 700-830. Sequences with combinations of these sites promote F-actin cross-linking and/or bundling. Supervillin amino acids 1-174 specifically interact with the S2 domain in chicken gizzard myosin and nonmuscle myosin IIA (MYH-9) but exhibit little binding to skeletal muscle myosin II. Direct or indirect binding to filamin also was observed. Overexpression of supervillin amino acids 1-174 in COS7 cells disrupted the localization of myosin IIB without obviously affecting actin filaments. Taken together, these results suggest that supervillin may mediate actin and myosin II filament organization at cholesterol-rich membrane domains.
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- Yu Chen
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by the deposition of beta-amyloid (A beta) plaques derived from the amyloidogenic processing; of a transmembrane protein called beta-amyloid precursor protein (APP). In addition to the known genetic/sporadic factors that promote the formation of A beta, the composition and structural dynamics of the membrane are also thought to play a significant role in the amyloidogenic processing of APP that promotes seeding of A beta. This minireview reinforces the roles played by membrane dynamics, membrane microdomains, and cholesterol homeostasis in relation to amyloidogenesis, and reviews current strategies of lowering cholesterol in treating AD.
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- Neelima B Chauhan
- Research and Development, Veterans Affairs Chicago Health Care System-West Side VA Medical Center, and Department of NeuroAnesthesiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
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Nakahata N, Ohkubo S. [Lipid rafts and their analytical methods]. Nihon Yakurigaku Zasshi 2003; 122:419-25. [PMID: 14569161 DOI: 10.1254/fpj.122.419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Microdomains in cell membranes consist of caveolae and lipid rafts, in which cholesterol, glycolipids, and sphingomyelin are concentrated. While caveolae are relatively stable because caveolin, an integral protein, supports the structure, lipid rafts are unstable, being dynamically produced and degraded. In lipid rafts, flotillin is assumed to be one of the specifically located proteins. Since microdomains contain several signaling molecules, such as transmembrane receptors, they have an important role in receptor-medicated signal transduction. Caveolae or lipid rafts are known to be resistant to non-ionic detergents, such as Triton X-100. Because of this property, they are separated as the detergent-resistant membranes when the Triton X-100-treated cell lysate is subjected to sucrose gradient centrifugation. On the other hand, cholesterol is an essential molecule to maintain microdomain structure. When the cells are treated with cholesterol removing agents, such as methyl-beta-cyclodextrin and filipin, the microdomain in cell membranes is disrupted. Thus, the cholesterol removing agents are utilized to determine whether the microdomain is involved in certain cellular/physiological responses. Recently, green fluorescent protein-tagged protein is used to analyze the localization of the protein in lipid rafts in intact cells. Research on lipid rafts will be helpful for understanding the detailed mechanism of signal transduction and to clarify the molecular basis of several diseases.
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- Norimichi Nakahata
- Department of Cellular Signaling, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
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We developed a method for extracting raft-like, liquid-ordered membranes from the particulate fraction prepared from porcine trachealis smooth muscle. This fraction, which contains most of the plasma membrane in this tissue, was homogenized in the presence of cold 0.5% Triton X-100. After centrifugation, membranes containing high contents of sphingomyelin (SM) and cholesterol and low phosphatidylcholine (PC) contents remained in the pellet. Thirty-five millimolar octyl glucoside (OG) extracted 75% of these membranes from the Triton X-100-resistant pellet. These membranes had low buoyant densities and accounted for 28% of the particulate fraction lipid. Their lipid composition, 22% SM, 60% cholesterol, 11% phosphatidylethanolamine, 8% PC, <1% phosphatidylinositol, and coisolation with 5'-nucleotidase and caveolin-1 suggest that they are liquid-ordered membranes. We compared characteristics of OG and Triton X-100 extractions of the particulate fraction. In contrast to Triton X-100 extractions, membranes released from the particulate fraction by OG were mainly collected in low buoyant fractions at densities ranging from 1.05 to 1.11 g/ml and had phospholipid and cholesterol contents consistent with a mixture of liquid-ordered and liquid-disordered membranes. Thus, OG extraction of apparent liquid-ordered membranes from Triton X-100-resistant pellets was not due to selective extraction of these membranes. Low buoyant density appears not to be unique for liquid-ordered membranes.
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- Carl B Baron
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6085, USA.
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Lipid rafts are dynamic membrane microdomains enriched in cholesterol and sphingolipids and are involved in the regulation of a variety of cellular processes, such as proliferation, apoptosis and cell motility. We have previously described that large lipid raft aggregates are readily detectable on cultured keratinocyte cell line HaCaT by staining with the fluorescein-tagged cholera toxin (CTx-FITC). In this paper we adopted this method for the detection of lipid rafts in human epidermis and keratinocytes in culture. Double labelling of showed the non-overlapping clusters of basal cells in human epidermis: CD29dimCTx-FITCbright cells in the deep rate ridges and CD29brightCTx-FITCdim cells at the tips of dermal papillae. A similar patchy, non-overlapping staining pattern was observed in cultured keratinocytes in vitro. CTx-FITCbright cells are mitotically active whereas a large proportion of CTx-FITCdim cells are quiescent. We conclude that the epidermal stem-like cells, previously shown to occupy the tips of dermal papillae and to exhibit high density of membrane beta1 integrin have a low content of lipid rafts. In contrast, the putative transit amplifying cells in deep rate ridges show enrichment in lipid rafts. Thus, lipid rafts may be a factor controlling the mitotic activity of epidermal keratinocytes and possibly the differentiation of stem cells into the transit amplifying cells.
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- Robert Gniadecki
- Department of Dermatology D92, Bispebjerg Hospital, Bispebjerg bake 23, University of Copenhagen, DK-2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark.
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Mañes S, Ana Lacalle R, Gómez-Moutón C, Martínez-A C. From rafts to crafts: membrane asymmetry in moving cells. Trends Immunol 2003; 24:320-6. [PMID: 12810108 DOI: 10.1016/s1471-4906(03)00137-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Many important biological events, including the leukocyte-mediated immune response, wound repair, axon guidance and developmental patterning, involve persistent cell movement towards a directional signal, a process termed chemotaxis. Establishment of functional and spatial cell polarity is an absolute requirement for this response. We propose that redistribution of specific membrane microdomains, termed rafts, during cell migration is a pivotal step in achieving polarity. On the one hand, partitioning of molecules into rafts might help to localize proteins at the front or the rear of moving cells, and on the other hand, rafts might function as platforms for local activation and coordination of the signaling pathways involved in cell migration.
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- Santos Mañes
- Department of Immunology and Oncology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, Spain
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Holm K, Weclewicz K, Hewson R, Suomalainen M. Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 assembly and lipid rafts: Pr55(gag) associates with membrane domains that are largely resistant to Brij98 but sensitive to Triton X-100. J Virol 2003; 77:4805-17. [PMID: 12663787 PMCID: PMC152122 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.8.4805-4817.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The assembly and budding of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) at the plasma membrane are directed by the viral core protein Pr55(gag). We have analyzed whether Pr55(gag) has intrinsic affinity for sphingolipid- and cholesterol-enriched raft microdomains at the plasma membrane. Pr55(gag) has previously been reported to associate with Triton X-100-resistant rafts, since both intracellular membranes and virus-like Pr55(gag) particles (VLPs) yield buoyant Pr55(gag) complexes upon Triton X-100 extraction at cold temperatures, a phenotype that is usually considered to indicate association of a protein with rafts. However, we show here that the buoyant density of Triton X-100-treated Pr55(gag) complexes cannot be taken as a proof for raft association of Pr55(gag), since lipid analyses of Triton X-100-treated VLPs demonstrated that the detergent readily solubilizes the bulk of membrane lipids from Pr55(gag). However, Pr55(gag) might nevertheless be a raft-associated protein, since confocal fluorescence microscopy indicated that coalescence of GM1-positive rafts at the cell surface led to copatching of membrane-bound Pr55(gag). Furthermore, extraction of intracellular membranes or VLPs with Brij98 yielded buoyant Pr55(gag) complexes of low density. Lipid analyses of Brij98-treated VLPs suggested that a large fraction of the envelope cholesterol and phospholipids was resistant to Brij98. Collectively, these results suggest that Pr55(gag) localizes to membrane microdomains that are largely resistant to Brij98 but sensitive to Triton X-100, and these membrane domains provide the platform for assembly and budding of Pr55(gag) VLPs.
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- Kirsi Holm
- Department of Biosciences at Novum, Karolinska Institutet, S-141 57 Huddinge, Sweden
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Pierini LM, Eddy RJ, Fuortes M, Seveau S, Casulo C, Maxfield FR. Membrane lipid organization is critical for human neutrophil polarization. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:10831-41. [PMID: 12522144 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m212386200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In response to chemoattractants neutrophils extend an actin-rich pseudopod, which imparts morphological polarity and is required for migration. Even when stimulated by an isotropic bath of chemoattractant, neutrophils exhibit persistent polarization and continued lamellipod formation at the front, suggesting that the cells establish an internal polarity. In this report, we show that perturbing lipid organization by depleting plasma membrane cholesterol levels reversibly inhibits cell polarization and migration. Among other receptor-mediated responses, beta(2) integrin up-regulation was unaffected, and initial calcium mobilization was only partially reduced by cholesterol depletion, indicating that this treatment did not abrogate initial receptor-mediated signal transduction. Interestingly, cholesterol depletion did not prevent initial activation of the GTPase Rac or an initial burst of actin polymerization, but rather it inhibited prolonged activation of Rac and sustained actin polymerization. Collectively, these findings support a model in which the plasma membrane is organized into domains that aid in amplifying the chemoattractant gradient and maintaining cell polarization.
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- Lynda M Pierini
- Department of Biochemistry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Fernandis AZ, Cherla RP, Ganju RK. Differential regulation of CXCR4-mediated T-cell chemotaxis and mitogen-activated protein kinase activation by the membrane tyrosine phosphatase, CD45. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:9536-43. [PMID: 12519755 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m211803200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [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 chemokine receptor CXCR4 and its cognate ligand, stromal cell-derived factor-1alpha (CXCL12), regulate lymphocyte trafficking and play an important role in host immune surveillance. However, the molecular mechanisms involved in CXCL12-induced and CXCR4-mediated chemotaxis of T-lymphocytes are not completely elucidated. In the present study, we examined the role of the membrane tyrosine phosphatase CD45, which regulates antigen receptor signaling in CXCR4-mediated chemotaxis and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activation in T-cells. We observed a significant reduction in CXCL12-induced chemotaxis in the CD45-negative Jurkat cell line (J45.01) as compared with the CD45-positive control (JE6.1) cells. Expression of a chimeric protein containing the intracellular phosphatase domain of CD45 was able to partially restore CXCL12-induced chemotaxis in the J45.01 cells. However, reconstitution of CD45 into the J45.01 cells restored the CXCL12-induced chemotaxis to about 90%. CD45 had no significant effect on CXCL12 or human immunodeficiency virus gp120-induced internalization of the CXCR4 receptor. Furthermore, J45.01 cells showed a slight enhancement in CXCL12-induced MAP kinase activity as compared with the JE6.1 cells. We also observed that CXCL12 treatment enhanced the tyrosine phosphorylation of CD45 and induced its association with the CXCR4 receptor. Pretreatment of T-cells with the lipid raft inhibitor, methyl-beta-cyclodextrin, blocked the association between CXCR4 and CD45 and markedly abolished CXCL12-induced chemotaxis. Comparisons of signaling pathways induced by CXCL12 in JE6.1 and J45.01 cells revealed that CD45 might moderately regulate the tyrosine phosphorylation of the focal adhesion components the related adhesion focal tyrosine kinase/Pyk2, focal adhesion kinase, p130Cas, and paxillin. CD45 has also been shown to regulate CXCR4-mediated activation and phosphorylation of T-cell receptor downstream effectors Lck, ZAP-70, and SLP-76. Our results show that CD45 differentially regulates CXCR4-mediated chemotactic activity and MAPK activation by modulating the activities of focal adhesion components and the downstream effectors of the T-cell receptor.
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MESH Headings
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
- Blotting, Western
- Cell Line
- Chemokine CXCL12
- Chemokines, CXC/metabolism
- Chemotaxis
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Enzyme Activation
- Flow Cytometry
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Humans
- Jurkat Cells
- Leukocyte Common Antigens/metabolism
- Lymphocyte Specific Protein Tyrosine Kinase p56(lck)/metabolism
- Lymphocytes/metabolism
- MAP Kinase Signaling System
- Microscopy, Confocal
- Microscopy, Fluorescence
- Phosphoproteins/metabolism
- Phosphorylation
- Precipitin Tests
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/metabolism
- Receptors, CXCR4/metabolism
- Signal Transduction
- T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Time Factors
- Tyrosine/metabolism
- ZAP-70 Protein-Tyrosine Kinase
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- Aaron Z Fernandis
- Division of Experimental Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Kwiatkowska K, Frey J, Sobota A. Phosphorylation of FcgammaRIIA is required for the receptor-induced actin rearrangement and capping: the role of membrane rafts. J Cell Sci 2003; 116:537-50. [PMID: 12508114 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Activation of Fcgamma receptor II (FcgammaRII) induces rearrangement of the actin-based cytoskeleton that serves as a driving force for FcgammaRII-mediated phagocytosis and FcgammaRII capping. To get insight into the signaling events that lead to the actin reorganization we investigated the role of raft-associated Src family tyrosine kinases in capping of FcgammaRII in U937 cells. After crosslinking, FcgammaRII was found to be recruited to detergent-resistant membrane domains (DRMs), rafts, where it coexisted with Lyn kinase and underwent tyrosine phosphorylation. Lyn was displaced from DRMs under the influence of DL-alpha-hydroxymyristic acid and 2-bromopalmitic acid, agents blocking N-terminal myristoylation and palmitoylation of proteins, respectively, and after disruption of DRM integrity by depletion of plasma membrane cholesterol with beta-cyclodextrin. Under these conditions, phosphorylation of the crosslinked FcgammaRII was diminished and assembly of FcgammaRII caps was blocked. The similar reduction of FcgammaRII cap formation correlated with inhibition of receptor phosphorylation was achieved with the use of PP1 and herbimycin A, specific inhibitors of Src family tyrosine kinases. Phosphorylation of FcgammaRIIA expressed in BHK cells, lacking endogenous FcgammaRs, was abolished by substitution of tyrosine 298 by phenylalanine in the ITAM of the receptor. The mutant receptor did not undergo translocation towards cap-like structures and failed to promote the receptor-mediated spreading of the cells, as compared to BHK cells transfected with the wild-type FcgammaRIIA. On the basis of these data, we suggest that tyrosine phosphorylation of activated FcgammaRIIA by raft-residing tyrosine kinases of the Src family triggers signaling pathways that control the rearrangement of the actin cytoskeleton required for FcgammaRII-mediated motility.
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- Katarzyna Kwiatkowska
- Department of Cell Biology, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, 3 Pasteur St., 02-093 Warsaw, Poland. Universität Bielefeld, Fakultät für Chemie, Biochemie II, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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Aoki T, Kogure SY, Kogo H, Hayashi M, Ohno-Iwashita Y, Fujimoto T. Sequestration of Cross-linked Membrane Molecules to Caveolae in Two Different Pathways. Acta Histochem Cytochem 2003. [DOI: 10.1267/ahc.36.165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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- Takeo Aoki
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Gunma University School of Medicine
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Gunma University School of Medicine
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- Department of Anatomy and Molecular Cell Biology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Biomembrane Research Group, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology
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- Department of Anatomy and Molecular Cell Biology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
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Cremesti AE, Goni FM, Kolesnick R. Role of sphingomyelinase and ceramide in modulating rafts: do biophysical properties determine biologic outcome? FEBS Lett 2002; 531:47-53. [PMID: 12401201 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(02)03489-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 287] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Recent biophysical data suggest that the properties of ceramide observed in model membranes may apply to biological systems. In particular, the ability of ceramide to form microdomains, which coalesce into larger platforms or macrodomains, appears to be important for some cellular signaling processes. Several laboratories have now demonstrated similar reorganization of plasma membrane sphingolipid rafts, via ceramide generation, into macrodomains. This event appeared necessary for signaling upon activation of a specific set of cell surface receptors. In this article, we review the properties and functions of rafts, and the role of sphingomyelinase and ceramide in the biogenesis and re-modeling of these rafts. As clustering of some cell surface receptors in these domains may be critical for signal transduction, we propose a new model for transmembrane signal transmission.
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- Aida E Cremesti
- Laboratory of Signal Transduction, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 430 East 67th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA
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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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The neural cell adhesion molecule regulates cell-surface delivery of G-protein-activated inwardly rectifying potassium channels via lipid rafts. J Neurosci 2002. [PMID: 12177211 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-16-07154.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Mice deficient in the neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) exhibit increased anxiety and anxiolytic sensitivity to serotonin 5-HT1A receptor agonists. Here, we investigate the relationship between NCAM and 5-HT1A receptor signaling pathways modulating G-protein-activated inwardly rectifying K+ (Kir3) channels. When studying this relationship in cultured hippocampal neurons, we observed that in cells from NCAM-deficient mice, inwardly rectifying K+ (Kir3) currents were increased compared with wild-type controls. Analysis of this modulatory mechanism in Xenopus oocytes and Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells revealed that the recombinantly expressed major transmembrane isoforms NCAM140 and NCAM180 specifically reduced inward currents generated by neuronal Kir3.1/3.2 and Kir3.1/3.3 but not by cardiac Kir3.1/3.4 channels. Using fluorescence measurements and surface biotinylation assays, we show that this effect was caused by a reduced surface localization of Kir3 channels. Furthermore, expression of flag-tagged Kir3 channels in cultured neurons of NCAM-deficient mice resulted in a higher transport of these channels into neurites and a higher cell-surface localization compared with wild-type neurons. Neuronal Kir3 channels and NCAM isoforms are associated with cholesterol-rich microdomains (lipid rafts) in CHO cells and in isolated brain membranes. Mutational and pharmacological disruption of the lipid raft association of NCAM140 normalizes surface delivery of channels. We conclude that the transmembrane isoforms of NCAM reduce the transport of Kir3 channels to the cell surface via lipid rafts. Thus, regulation of Kir3 channel activity by NCAM may represent a novel mechanism controlling long-term excitability of neurons.
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Accumulating evidence suggests that special lipid microdomains in the lipid membrane play various roles in cellular functions. Neurons also have such microdomains, non-caveolar lipid rafts. However, the rafts at the synaptic sites had not been reported until 2001, when a raft-like fraction was purified from synaptic plasma membrane of the rat forebrain (Mol. Brain Res. 89 (2001) 20). This article reviews recent findings on lipid rafts, especially those in the brain, and discusses the possible interaction between the postsynaptic raft and the postsynaptic density, both of which are essential for the structure and function of the postsynaptic side of the synapse.
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- Tatsuo Suzuki
- Department of Neuroplasticity, Research Center on Aging and Adaptation, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan.
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Several lines of evidence indicate that the lipids in the plasma membrane of animal cells are inhomogeneously distributed, and that various types of specialized lipid domains play an important role in many biological processes. The characteristics of these domains, such as size, composition and dynamics, are currently under active investigation. It appears that there are many different types of membrane domains in the plasma membrane, and perhaps the entire membrane should be viewed as a mosaic of microdomains.
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- Frederick R Maxfield
- Department of Biochemistry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA.
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Zhao M, Pu J, Forrester JV, McCaig CD. Membrane lipids, EGF receptors, and intracellular signals colocalize and are polarized in epithelial cells moving directionally in a physiological electric field. FASEB J 2002; 16:857-9. [PMID: 11967227 DOI: 10.1096/fj.01-0811fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Directed cell migration is essential for tissue formation, inflammation, and wound healing. Chemotaxis plays a major role in these situations and is underpinned by asymmetric intracellular signaling. Endogenous electric fields (EFs) are common where cell movement occurs, such as in wound healing, and cells respond to electric field gradients by reorienting and migrating directionally (galvanotaxis/electrotaxis). We show that a physiological EF redistributed both EGF (epidermal growth factor) receptors and detergent-insoluble membrane lipids asymmetrically, leading to cathodal polarization and enhanced activation of the MAP kinase, ERK1/2. This induced leading-edge actin polymerization in directionally migrating mammalian epithelial cells. Inhibiting the EGF receptor-MAP kinase signaling pathway significantly decreased leading edge actin asymmetry and directional migration. We propose a model in which EF-polarized membrane lipid domains and EGF receptors cause asymmetric signaling through MAP kinase, which drives directional cell migration. A comparison is made with the mechanisms underpinning chemotaxis.
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- Min Zhao
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, Scotland, UK.
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Ferrari ME, Rusalov D, Enas J, Wheeler CJ. Synergy between cationic lipid and co-lipid determines the macroscopic structure and transfection activity of lipoplexes. Nucleic Acids Res 2002; 30:1808-16. [PMID: 11937635 PMCID: PMC113211 DOI: 10.1093/nar/30.8.1808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The large number of cytofectin and co-lipid combinations currently used for lipoplex-mediated gene delivery reflects the fact that the optimal cytofectin/co-lipid combination varies with the application. The effects of structural changes in both cytofectin and co-lipid were systematically examined to identify structure-activity relationships. Specifically, alkyl chain length, degree of unsaturation and the head group to which the alkyl side chain was attached were examined to determine their effect on lipoplex structure and biological activity. The macroscopic lipoplex structure was assessed using a dye-binding assay and the biological activity was examined using in vitro transfection in three diverse cell lines. Lipoplexes were formulated in three different vehicles currently in use for in vivo delivery of naked plasmid DNA (pDNA) and lipoplex formulations. The changes in dye accessibility were consistent with structural changes in the lipoplex, which correlated with alterations in the formulation. In contrast, transfection activity of different lipoplexes was cell type and vehicle dependent and did not correlate with dye accessibility. Overall, the results show a correlation between transfection and enhanced membrane fluidity in both the lipoplex and cellular membranes.
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- Marilyn E Ferrari
- Department of Chemistry, Vical Incorporated, 9373 Towne Centre Drive, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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