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Komatsuya K, Kikuchi N, Hirabayashi T, Kasahara K. The Regulatory Roles of Cerebellar Glycosphingolipid Microdomains/Lipid Rafts. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24065566. [PMID: 36982638 PMCID: PMC10058044 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24065566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Revised: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 03/11/2023] [Indexed: 03/17/2023] Open
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Lipid rafts are dynamic assemblies of glycosphingolipids, sphingomyelin, cholesterol, and specific proteins which are stabilized into platforms involved in the regulation of vital cellular processes. Cerebellar lipid rafts are cell surface ganglioside microdomains for the attachment of GPI-anchored neural adhesion molecules and downstream signaling molecules such as Src-family kinases and heterotrimeric G proteins. In this review, we summarize our recent findings on signaling in ganglioside GD3 rafts of cerebellar granule cells and several findings by other groups on the roles of lipid rafts in the cerebellum. TAG-1, of the contactin group of immunoglobulin superfamily cell adhesion molecules, is a phosphacan receptor. Phosphacan regulates the radial migration signaling of cerebellar granule cells, via Src-family kinase Lyn, by binding to TAG-1 on ganglioside GD3 rafts. Chemokine SDF-1α, which induces the tangential migration of cerebellar granule cells, causes heterotrimeric G protein Goα translocation to GD3 rafts. Furthermore, the functional roles of cerebellar raft-binding proteins including cell adhesion molecule L1, heterotrimeric G protein Gsα, and L-type voltage-dependent calcium channels are discussed.
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Lunghi G, Fazzari M, Ciampa MG, Mauri L, Di Biase E, Chiricozzi E, Sonnino S. Regulation of signal transduction by gangliosides in lipid rafts: focus on GM3-IR and GM1-TrkA interactions. FEBS Lett 2022; 596:3124-3132. [PMID: 36331354 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2022] [Revised: 09/16/2022] [Accepted: 10/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The interactions between gangliosides and proteins belonging to the same or different lipid domains and their influence on physiological and pathological states have been analysed in detail. A well-known factor impacting on lipid-protein interactions and their biological outcomes is the dynamic composition of plasma membrane. This review focuses on GM1 and GM3 gangliosides because they are an integral part of protein-receptor complexes and dysregulation of their concentration shows a direct correlation with the onset of pathological conditions. We first discuss the interaction between GM3 and insulin receptor in relation to insulin responses, with an increase in GM3 correlating with the onset of metabolic dysfunction. Next, we describe the case of the GM1-TrkA interaction, relevant to nerve-cell differentiation and homeostasis as deficiency in plasma-membrane GM1 is known to promote neurodegeneration. These two examples highlight the fact that interactions between gangliosides and receptor proteins within the plasma membrane are crucial in controlling cell signalling and pathophysiological cellular states.
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- Giulia Lunghi
- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milano, Italy
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milano, Italy
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milano, Italy
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milano, Italy
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milano, Italy
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milano, Italy
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milano, Italy
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Chiricozzi E, Pomè DY, Maggioni M, Di Biase E, Parravicini C, Palazzolo L, Loberto N, Eberini I, Sonnino S. Role of the GM1 ganglioside oligosaccharide portion in the TrkA-dependent neurite sprouting in neuroblastoma cells. J Neurochem 2017; 143:645-659. [PMID: 28796418 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.14146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2017] [Revised: 07/12/2017] [Accepted: 08/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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GM1 ganglioside (II3 NeuAc-Gg4 Cer) is known to promote neurite formation in neuroblastoma cells by activating TrkA-MAPK pathway. The molecular mechanism by which GM1 is involved in the neurodifferentiation process is still unknown, however, in vitro and in vivo evidences have suggested that the oligosaccharide portion of this ganglioside could be involved. Here, we report that, similarly to the entire GM1 molecule, its oligosaccharide II3 NeuAc-Gg4, rather than its ceramide (Cer) portion is responsible for the neurodifferentiation process by augmenting neurite elongation and increasing the neurofilament protein expression in murine neuroblastoma cells, Neuro2a. Conversely, asialo-GM1, GM2 and GM3 oligosaccharides are not effective in neurite elongation on Neuro2a cells, whereas the effect exerted by the Fuc-GM1 oligosaccharide (IV2 αFucII3 Neu5Ac-Gg4 ) is similar to that exerted by GM1 oligosaccharide. The neurotrophic properties of GM1 oligosaccharide are exerted by activating the TrkA receptor and the following phosphorylation cascade. By photolabeling experiments performed with a nitrophenylazide containing GM1 oligosaccharide, labeled with tritium, we showed a direct interaction between the GM1 oligosaccharide and the extracellular domain of TrkA receptor. Moreover, molecular docking analyses confirmed that GM1 oligosaccharide binds the TrkA-nerve growth factor complex leading to a binding free energy of approx. -11.5 kcal/mol, acting as a bridge able to increase and stabilize the TrkA-nerve growth factor molecular interactions.
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- Elena Chiricozzi
- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milano, Segrate, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milano, Segrate, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milano, Segrate, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milano, Segrate, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milano, Segrate, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milano, Segrate, Milano, Italy
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Iwamaru Y, Kitani H, Okada H, Takenouchi T, Shimizu Y, Imamura M, Miyazawa K, Murayama Y, Hoover EA, Yokoyama T. Proximity of SCG10 and prion protein in membrane rafts. J Neurochem 2015; 136:1204-1218. [PMID: 26663033 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.13488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2015] [Revised: 11/23/2015] [Accepted: 11/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The conversion of normal cellular prion protein (PrPC) into its pathogenic isoform (PrPSc) is an essential event in prion pathogenesis. In culture models, membrane rafts are suggested to play a critical role in PrPSc formation. To identify the candidate molecules capable of interacting with PrPC and facilitating PrPSc formation in membrane rafts, we applied a novel biochemical labeling method termed enzyme-mediated activation of radical sources. Enzyme-mediated activation of radical sources was applied to the Lubrol WX insoluble detergent-resistant membrane fractions from mouse neuroblastoma (N2a) cells in which the surface PrPC was labeled with HRP-conjugated anti-PrP antibody. Two-dimensional western blots of these preparations revealed biotinylated spots of approximately 20 kDa with an isoelectric point of 8.0-9.0. Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry analysis resulted in the identification of peptides containing SCG10, the neuron-specific microtubule regulator. Proximity of SCG10 and PrPC was confirmed using proximity ligation assay and co-immunoprecipitation assay. Transfection of persistently 22L prion-infected N2a cells with SCG10 small interfering RNA reduced SCG10 expression, but did not prevent PrPSc accumulation, indicating that SCG10 appears to be unrelated to PrPSc formation of 22L prion. Immunofluorescence and western blot analyses showed reduced levels of SCG10 in the hippocampus of prion-infected mice, suggesting a possible association between SCG10 levels and the prion neuropathogenesis. By applying a novel biochemical labeling method against detergent-resistant membrane fractions from mouse neuroblastoma cells, the neuron-specific microtubule-destabilization protein, SCG10 was identified as a novel candidate that is proximate to normal prion protein (PrP) in membrane rafts. SCG10 seemed unrelated to disease-related PrP formation under certain conditions, while there is a possible association between SCG10 levels and prion neuropathogenesis. Cover Image for this issue: doi: 10.1111/jnc.13310.
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- Yoshifumi Iwamaru
- Influenza and Prion Disease Research Center, National Institute of Animal Health, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.,Prion Research Center, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- Animal Immune and Cell Biology Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Influenza and Prion Disease Research Center, National Institute of Animal Health, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Animal Immune and Cell Biology Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Influenza and Prion Disease Research Center, National Institute of Animal Health, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Influenza and Prion Disease Research Center, National Institute of Animal Health, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Influenza and Prion Disease Research Center, National Institute of Animal Health, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Influenza and Prion Disease Research Center, National Institute of Animal Health, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Prion Research Center, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- Influenza and Prion Disease Research Center, National Institute of Animal Health, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Xu X, Denic A, Jordan LR, Wittenberg NJ, Warrington AE, Wootla B, Papke LM, Zoecklein LJ, Yoo D, Shaver J, Oh SH, Pease LR, Rodriguez M. A natural human IgM that binds to gangliosides is therapeutic in murine models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Dis Model Mech 2015; 8:831-42. [PMID: 26035393 PMCID: PMC4527295 DOI: 10.1242/dmm.020727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2015] [Accepted: 05/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating, fatal neurological disease that primarily affects spinal cord anterior horn cells and their axons for which there is no treatment. Here we report the use of a recombinant natural human IgM that binds to the surface of neurons and supports neurite extension, rHIgM12, as a therapeutic strategy in murine models of human ALS. A single 200 µg intraperitoneal dose of rHIgM12 increases survival in two independent genetic-based mutant SOD1 mouse strains (SOD1G86R and SOD1G93A) by 8 and 10 days, delays the onset of neurological deficits by 16 days, delays the onset of weight loss by 5 days, and preserves spinal cord axons and anterior horn neurons. Immuno-overlay of thin layer chromatography and surface plasmon resonance show that rHIgM12 binds with high affinity to the complex gangliosides GD1a and GT1b. Addition of rHIgM12 to neurons in culture increases α-tubulin tyrosination levels, suggesting an alteration of microtubule dynamics. We previously reported that a single peripheral dose of rHIgM12 preserved neurological function in a murine model of demyelination with axon loss. Because rHIgM12 improves three different models of neurological disease, we propose that the IgM might act late in the cascade of neuronal stress and/or death by a broad mechanism. Summary: A single peripheral dose of a recombinant natural human IgM increases lifespan and delays neurological deficits in mouse models of human ALS.
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- Xiaohua Xu
- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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GM1 Ganglioside: Past Studies and Future Potential. Mol Neurobiol 2015; 53:1824-1842. [DOI: 10.1007/s12035-015-9136-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2014] [Accepted: 02/22/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Chiricozzi E, Ciampa MG, Brasile G, Compostella F, Prinetti A, Nakayama H, Ekyalongo RC, Iwabuchi K, Sonnino S, Mauri L. Direct interaction, instrumental for signaling processes, between LacCer and Lyn in the lipid rafts of neutrophil-like cells. J Lipid Res 2014; 56:129-41. [PMID: 25418321 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m055319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Lactosylceramide [LacCer; β-Gal-(1-4)-β-Glc-(1-1)-Cer] has been shown to contain very long fatty acids that specifically modulate neutrophil properties. The interactions between LacCer and proteins and their role in cell signaling processes were assessed by synthesizing two molecular species of azide-photoactivable tritium-labeled LacCer having acyl chains of different lengths. The lengths of the two acyl chains corresponded to those of a short/medium and very long fatty acid, comparable to the lengths of stearic and lignoceric acids, respectively. These derivatives, designated C18-[(3)H]LacCer-(N3) and C24-[(3)H]LacCer-(N3), were incorporated into the lipid rafts of plasma membranes of neutrophilic differentiated HL-60 (D-HL-60) cells. C24-[(3)H]LacCer-(N3), but not C18-[(3)H]LacCer-(N3), induced the phosphorylation of Lyn and promoted phagocytosis. Incorporation of C24-[(3)H]LacCer-(N3) into plasma membranes, followed by illumination, resulted in the formation of several tritium-labeled LacCer-protein complexes, including the LacCer-Lyn complex, into plasma membrane lipid rafts. Administration of C18-[(3)H]LacCer-(N3) to cells, however, did not result in the formation of the LacCer-Lyn complex. These results suggest that LacCer derivatives mimic the biological properties of natural LacCer species and can be utilized as tools to study LacCer-protein interactions, and confirm a specific direct interaction between LacCer species containing very long fatty acids, and Lyn protein, associated with the cytoplasmic layer via myristic/palmitic chains.
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- Elena Chiricozzi
- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milano, Italy
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- Institute for Environmental Gender-Specific Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Institute for Environmental Gender-Specific Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Institute for Environmental Gender-Specific Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milano, Italy
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Botto L, Cunati D, Coco S, Sesana S, Bulbarelli A, Biasini E, Colombo L, Negro A, Chiesa R, Masserini M, Palestini P. Role of lipid rafts and GM1 in the segregation and processing of prion protein. PLoS One 2014; 9:e98344. [PMID: 24859148 PMCID: PMC4032283 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2013] [Accepted: 05/01/2014] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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The prion protein (PrPC) is highly expressed within the nervous system. Similar to other GPI-anchored proteins, PrPC is found in lipid rafts, membrane domains enriched in cholesterol and sphingolipids. PrPC raft association, together with raft lipid composition, appears essential for the conversion of PrPC into the scrapie isoform PrPSc, and the development of prion disease. Controversial findings were reported on the nature of PrPC-containing rafts, as well as on the distribution of PrPC between rafts and non-raft membranes. We investigated PrPC/ganglioside relationships and their influence on PrPC localization in a neuronal cellular model, cerebellar granule cells. Our findings argue that in these cells at least two PrPC conformations coexist: in lipid rafts PrPC is present in the native folding (α-helical), stabilized by chemico-physical condition, while it is mainly present in other membrane compartments in a PrPSc-like conformation. We verified, by means of antibody reactivity and circular dichroism spectroscopy, that changes in lipid raft-ganglioside content alters PrPC conformation and interaction with lipid bilayers, without modifying PrPC distribution or cleavage. Our data provide new insights into the cellular mechanism of prion conversion and suggest that GM1-prion protein interaction at the cell surface could play a significant role in the mechanism predisposing to pathology.
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- Laura Botto
- Department of Health Science - Medical School, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Health Science - Medical School, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Health Science - Medical School, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Health Science - Medical School, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Health Science - Medical School, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, IRCCS-Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biochemistry and Pharmacology, IRCCS-Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, IRCCS-Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Health Science - Medical School, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Health Science - Medical School, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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Raimondo F, Ceppi P, Guidi K, Masserini M, Foletti C, Pitto M. Proteomics of plasma membrane microdomains. Expert Rev Proteomics 2014; 2:793-807. [PMID: 16209657 DOI: 10.1586/14789450.2.5.793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Plasma membrane microdomains represent subcompartments of the plasma membrane characterized by a specific lipid and protein composition. The recognition of microdomains in nearly all the eukaryotic membranes has accredited them with specialized functions in health and disease. Several proteomic studies have recently addressed the specific composition of plasma membrane microdomains, and will be reviewed in this paper. Peculiar information has been obtained, but a comprehensive view of the main protein classes required to define the microdomain proteome is still missing. The achievement of this information is slowed by the difficulties encountered in resolving and analyzing hydrophobic proteins, but it could help in understanding the overall function of plasma membrane microdomains and their involvement in human pathology.
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- Francesca Raimondo
- Department of Experimental, Environmental Medicine & Biotechnology, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20052 Monza, Italy.
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Kolter T. Ganglioside biochemistry. ISRN BIOCHEMISTRY 2012; 2012:506160. [PMID: 25969757 PMCID: PMC4393008 DOI: 10.5402/2012/506160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2012] [Accepted: 10/09/2012] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Gangliosides are sialic acid-containing glycosphingolipids. They occur especially on the cellular surfaces of neuronal cells, where they form a complex pattern, but are also found in many other cell types. The paper provides a general overview on their structures, occurrence, and metabolism. Key functional, biochemical, and pathobiochemical aspects are summarized.
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- Thomas Kolter
- Program Unit Membrane Biology & Lipid Biochemistry, LiMES, University of Bonn, Gerhard-Domagk Straße 1, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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Raimondo F, Morosi L, Chinello C, Perego R, Bianchi C, Albo G, Ferrero S, Rocco F, Magni F, Pitto M. Protein profiling of microdomains purified from renal cell carcinoma and normal kidney tissue samples. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 8:1007-16. [DOI: 10.1039/c2mb05372a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Xu X, Warrington AE, Wright BR, Bieber AJ, Van Keulen V, Pease LR, Rodriguez M. A human IgM signals axon outgrowth: coupling lipid raft to microtubules. J Neurochem 2011; 119:100-12. [PMID: 21824142 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2011.07416.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Mouse and human IgMs support neurite extension from primary cerebellar granule neurons. In this study using primary hippocampal and cortical neurons, we demonstrate that a recombinant human IgM, rHIgM12, promotes axon outgrowth by coupling membrane domains (lipid rafts) to microtubules. rHIgM12 binds to the surface of neuron and induces clustering of cholesterol and ganglioside GM1. After cell binding and membrane fractionation, rHIgM12 gets segregated into two pools, one associated with lipid raft fractions and the other with the detergent-insoluble cytoskeleton-containing pellet. Membrane-bound rHIgM12 co-localized with microtubules and co-immuno precipitated with β3-tubulin. rHIgM12-membrane interaction also enhanced the tyrosination of α-tubulin indicating a stabilization of new neurites. When presented as a substrate, rHIgM12 induced axon outgrowth from primary neurons. We now demonstrate that a recombinant human mAb can induce signals in neurons that regulate membrane lipids and microtubule dynamics required for axon extension. We propose that the pentameric structure of the IgM is critical to cross-link membrane lipids and proteins resulting in signaling cascades.
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- Xiaohua Xu
- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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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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At the past meeting of INSAR, the role of autoimmunity was discussed in an educational session. This article summarizes this discussion. In immune-mediated diseases, antibodies can contribute to the pathogenesis of the disease and are sometimes the force that drives the disease process. This concept has not been established for autism. In autoimmune diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), antibodies are found to react with double-stranded DNA. These antibodies also cross-react with N-methyl-D aspartate receptors. Many SLE patients suffer neurologic syndromes of the central nervous system (CNS). Similarly individuals infected with Group A streptococcus (GAS) have antibodies against the GAS carbohydrate, which cross-react with tubulin and lysoganglioside GM1 on neurons. During the acute stage of infection, GAS-infected patients develop Syndenham chorea where the disease process is driven in part by these cross-reactive antibodies. As the antibody levels decrease, the clinical features of Syndenham chorea resolve. In these two immune-mediated diseases, antibodies clearly play a role in the pathogenesis of the diseases. There are reports that mothers of individuals with autism have antibodies that react with brain proteins and when these antibodies are passively transferred to pregnant non-human primates or rodents the offspring has behavioral and nervous system changes. It is still not clear whether the antibodies found in mothers of individuals with autism actually play a role in the disease. More studies need to be performed to identify the proteins recognized by the antibodies and to determine how these could affect development, behavior and changes within the CNS.
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- Jane E Libbey
- Department of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132, USA
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Sonnino S, Prinetti A. Gangliosides as regulators of cell membrane organization and functions. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2010; 688:165-84. [PMID: 20919654 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6741-1_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Gangliosides, characteristic complex lipids present in the external layer of plasma membranes, deeply influence the organization of the membrane as a whole and the function of specific membrane associated proteins due to lipid-lipid and lipid-protein lateral interaction. Here we discuss the basis for the membrane-organizing potential of gangliosides, examples of ganglioside-regulated membrane protein complexes and the mechanisms for the regulation of ganglioside membrane composition.
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- Sandro Sonnino
- Center of Excellence on Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Medical Chemistry, University of Milan, Segrate, Italy
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Significance of glycosphingolipid fatty acid chain length on membrane microdomain-mediated signal transduction. FEBS Lett 2009; 584:1642-52. [DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.10.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2009] [Revised: 10/15/2009] [Accepted: 10/15/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Silveira e Souza AMM, Trindade ES, Jamur MC, Oliver C. Gangliosides are important for the preservation of the structure and organization of RBL-2H3 mast cells. J Histochem Cytochem 2009; 58:83-93. [PMID: 19786609 DOI: 10.1369/jhc.2009.954776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Gangliosides are known to be important in many biological processes. However, details concerning the exact function of these glycosphingolipids in cell physiology are poorly understood. In this study, the role of gangliosides present on the surface of rodent mast cells in maintaining cell structure was examined using RBL-2H3 mast cells and two mutant cell lines (E5 and D1) deficient in the gangliosides, GM(1) and the alpha-galactosyl derivatives of the ganglioside GD(1b). The two deficient cell lines were morphologically different from each other as well as from the parental RBL-2H3 cells. Actin filaments in RBL-2H3 and E5 cells were under the plasma membrane following the spindle shape of the cells, whereas in D1 cells, they were concentrated in large membrane ruffles. Microtubules in RBL-2H3 and E5 cells radiated from the centrosome and were organized into long, straight bundles. The bundles in D1 cells were thicker and organized circumferentially under the plasma membrane. The endoplasmic reticulum, the Golgi complex, and the secretory granule matrix were also altered in the mutant cell lines. These results suggest that the mast cell-specific alpha-galactosyl derivatives of ganglioside GD(1b) and GM(1) are important in maintaining normal cell morphology.
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- Adriana Maria Mariano Silveira e Souza
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology and Pathogenic Bioagents, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Bandeirantes 3900, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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Farina F, Botto L, Chinello C, Cunati D, Magni F, Masserini M, Palestini P. Characterization of prion protein-enriched domains, isolated from rat cerebellar granule cells in culture. J Neurochem 2009; 110:1038-48. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06198.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Wolff J. Plasma membrane tubulin. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2009; 1788:1415-33. [PMID: 19328773 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2009.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2009] [Revised: 03/13/2009] [Accepted: 03/19/2009] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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The association of tubulin with the plasma membrane comprises multiple levels of penetration into the bilayer: from integral membrane protein, to attachment via palmitoylation, to surface binding, and to microtubules attached by linker proteins to proteins in the membrane. Here we discuss the soundness and weaknesses of the chemical and biochemical evidence marshaled to support these associations, as well as the mechanisms by which tubulin or microtubules may regulate functions at the plasma membrane.
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- J Wolff
- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Sesana S, Re F, Bulbarelli A, Salerno D, Cazzaniga E, Masserini M. Membrane Features and Activity of GPI-Anchored Enzymes: Alkaline Phosphatase Reconstituted in Model Membranes. Biochemistry 2008; 47:5433-40. [DOI: 10.1021/bi800005s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Silvia Sesana
- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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Hou Q, Huang Y, Amato S, Snyder SH, Huganir RL, Man HY. Regulation of AMPA receptor localization in lipid rafts. Mol Cell Neurosci 2008; 38:213-23. [PMID: 18411055 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2008.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2007] [Revised: 01/09/2008] [Accepted: 02/20/2008] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Lipid rafts are special microdomains enriched in cholesterol, sphingolipids and certain proteins, and play important roles in a variety of cellular functions including signal transduction and protein trafficking. We report that in cultured cortical and hippocampal neurons the distribution of lipid rafts is development-dependent. Lipid rafts in mature neurons exist on the entire cell-surface and display a high degree of mobility. AMPA receptors co-localize and associate with lipid rafts in the plasma membrane. The association of AMPARs with rafts is under regulation; through the NOS-NO pathway, NMDA receptor activity increases AMPAR localization in rafts. During membrane targeting, AMPARs insert into or at close proximity of the surface raft domains. Perturbation of lipid rafts dramatically suppresses AMPA receptor exocytosis, resulting in significant reduction in AMPAR cell-surface expression.
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- Qingming Hou
- Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Prion protein structure is affected by pH-dependent interaction with membranes: A study in a model system. FEBS Lett 2007; 582:215-20. [DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2007] [Revised: 11/29/2007] [Accepted: 12/03/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Iwabuchi K, Prinetti A, Sonnino S, Mauri L, Kobayashi T, Ishii K, Kaga N, Murayama K, Kurihara H, Nakayama H, Yoshizaki F, Takamori K, Ogawa H, Nagaoka I. Involvement of very long fatty acid-containing lactosylceramide in lactosylceramide-mediated superoxide generation and migration in neutrophils. Glycoconj J 2007; 25:357-74. [PMID: 18041581 DOI: 10.1007/s10719-007-9084-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2007] [Revised: 10/16/2007] [Accepted: 11/01/2007] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The neutral glycosphingolipid lactosylceramide (LacCer) forms lipid rafts (membrane microdomains) coupled with the Src family kinase Lyn on the plasma membranes of human neutrophils; ligand binding to LacCer activates Lyn, resulting in neutrophil functions, such as superoxide generation and migration (Iwabuchi and Nagaoka, Lactosylceramide-enriched glycosphingolipid signaling domain mediates superoxide generation from human neutrophils, Blood 100, 1454-1464, 2002 and Sato et al. Induction of human neutrophil chemotaxis by Candida albicans-derived beta-1,6-long glycoside side-chain-branched beta glycan, J. Leukoc. Biol. 84, 204-211, 2006). Neutrophilic differentiated HL-60 cells (D-HL-60 cells) express almost the same amount of LacCer as neutrophils. However, D-HL-60 cells do not have Lyn-associated LacCer-enriched lipid rafts and lack LacCer-mediated superoxide-generating and migrating abilities. Here, we examined the roles of LacCer molecular species of different fatty acid compositions in these processes. Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry analyses revealed that the very long fatty acid C24:0 and C24:1 chains were the main components of LacCer (31.6% on the total fatty acid content) in the detergent-resistant membrane fraction (DRM) from neutrophil plasma membranes. In contrast, plasma membrane DRM of D-HL-60 cells included over 70% C16:0-LacCer, but only 13.6% C24-LacCer species. D-HL-60 cells loaded with C24:0 or C24:1-LacCer acquired LacCer-mediated migrating and superoxide-generating abilities, and allowed Lyn coimmunoprecipitation by anti-LacCer antibody. Lyn knockdown by siRNA completely abolished the effect of C24:1-LacCer loading on LacCer-mediated migration of D-HL-60 cells. Immunoelectron microscopy revealed that LacCer clusters were closely associated with Lyn molecules in neutrophils and C24:1-LacCer-loaded D-HL-60 cells, but not in D-HL-60 cells or C16:0-LacCer-loaded cells. Taken together, these observations suggest that LacCer species with very long fatty acids are specifically necessary for Lyn-coupled LacCer-enriched lipid raft-mediated neutrophil superoxide generation and migration.
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- Kazuhisa Iwabuchi
- Institute for Environmental and Gender-specific Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Tomioka, Urayasu-shi, Chiba, 279-0021, Japan.
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Kirvan CA, Cox CJ, Swedo SE, Cunningham MW. Tubulin is a neuronal target of autoantibodies in Sydenham's chorea. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 178:7412-21. [PMID: 17513792 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.178.11.7412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Sydenham's chorea is a CNS disorder and sequela of group A streptococcal infection where deposition of Abs in brain may result in movement and neuropsychiatric abnormalities. We studied human mAbs 24.3.1, 31.1.1, and 37.2.1 derived from chorea and selected for cross-reactivity with group A streptococci and brain Ags. Our novel findings reveal that Sydenham's chorea mAbs target a 55-kDa brain protein with an N-terminal amino acid sequence of MREIVHLQ corresponding to beta-tubulin. Chorea mAb specificity for purified brain tubulin was confirmed in ELISA and Western immunoblot, and significant levels of anti-tubulin IgG were found in acute chorea sera and cerebrospinal fluid. Lysoganglioside G(M1) inhibited binding of chorea mAbs to tubulin and mAb reactivity with human caudate and putamen brain sections was blocked by anti-tubulin mAb. The chorea mAbs labeled both intra- and extracellular Ags of a neuronal cell line providing evidence suggesting mimicry between intracellular brain protein tubulin and extracellular lysoganglioside. In addition, chorea mAb 24.3.1 and acute chorea sera induced calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II activity in human neuronal cells. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the chorea mAb V(H) genes revealed that mAb 24.3.1 V(H) gene was encoded by the V(H)1 germline gene family which encodes other anti-ganglioside V(H) genes associated with motor neuropathies. mAb recognition of tubulin and the neuronal cell surface with initiation of cell signaling and dopamine release supports an emerging theme in autoimmunity whereby cross-reactive or polyreactive autoantibodies against intracellular Ags recognize cell surface epitopes potentially leading to disease.
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- Christine A Kirvan
- Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Sacramento, CA 95819, USA
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Vodovozova EL. Photoaffinity labeling and its application in structural biology. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2007; 72:1-20. [PMID: 17309432 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297907010014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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This review contains a brief consideration of some theoretical aspects of photoaffinity (photoreactive) labeling (PAL), and the most widely used photoreactive groups, such as arylazide, benzophenone, and 3-(trifluoromethyl)-3-phenyldiazirine, are characterized in comparison. Experimental methodology is described, including modern approaches of mass spectrometry for analysis of cross-linking products between the photoreactive probes and biomolecules. Examples of PAL application in diverse fields of structural biology during the last five-ten years are presented. Potential drug targets, transport processes, stereochemistry of interaction of G-protein-coupled receptors with ligands, as well as structural changes in nicotinic acetylcholine receptor are considered. Applications of photoaffinity ganglioside and phospholipid probes for studying biological membranes and of nucleotide probes in investigations of replicative and transcriptional complexes, as well as photoaffinity glycoconjugates for detecting carbohydrate-binding proteins are covered. In combination with modern techniques of instrumental analysis and computer-aided modeling, PAL remains the most important approach in studies on the organization of biological systems.
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- E L Vodovozova
- Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117997, Russia.
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Botto L, Masserini M, Palestini P. Changes in the composition of detergent-resistant membrane domains of cultured neurons following protein kinase C activation. J Neurosci Res 2007; 85:443-50. [PMID: 17086551 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Changes in the composition of cell fractions, and in particular of detergent-resistant membranes (DRM) isolated from cultured rat cerebellar granule cells, were taken as possible changes in lipid raft composition during a signal transduction event. After activation of protein kinase C (PKC) with phorbol esters (PMA) or glutamate, the content of PKC and of proteins highly enriched (GAP43, Fyn, and PrP(c)) or not (MARCKS) in DRM was followed. PKC activation strongly increased its association with membranes (from 2% to 75%), causing its enrichment within DRM; the substrate GAP43, enriched in DRM, remained membrane associated, but its proportion in DRM dramatically decreased (from about 40% to 2.5%), suggesting its shift from raft to nonraft membranes, possibly as a consequence of phosphorylation by PKC. The distribution of Fyn and PrP(c) (DRM-enriched) and of MARCKS (present mainly outside DRM) did not change. PKC activation was followed by an increase of GAP43 and MARCKS phosphorylation (about 7- and 8-fold, respectively). Noteworthy was that, after cell treatment with the lipid raft-disrupting drug methyl-beta-cyclodextrin, PKC activation occurred normally, followed by MARCKS phosphorylation, but GAP43 phosphorylation did not occur. Taken altogether, these data suggest that the integrity of lipid rafts is necessary for PKC to affect GAP43 and catalyze its phosphorylation.
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- L Botto
- Department of Experimental Medicine (DIMS), Medical School, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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Cazzaniga E, Bulbarelli A, Cassetti A, Lonati E, Re F, Palestini P, Mutoh T, Masserini M. β-amyloid (25–35) enhances lipid metabolism and protein ubiquitination in cultured neurons. J Neurosci Res 2007; 85:2253-61. [PMID: 17510978 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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We investigated the effect of beta-amyloid (Abeta) (25-35), a cytotoxic fragment of Abeta peptide, on lipid metabolism and protein ubiquitination in cultured rat hippocampal neurons. After treatment with Abeta under conditions leading to apoptotis, as assessed by caspase activity assay, the total cell mass of lipids changed following a biphasic behavior, with an increase that reached a maximum after 16 hr of treatment, followed by a decrease. The increase at 16 hr was 15.3% in the case of phospholipids and 103.0% in the case of gangliosides and was due to enhanced biosynthesis as confirmed by increase of radioactivity incorporation (phospholipids +52.0%, gangliosides +193.1%) in cells fed with tritiated palmitic acid. No change with respect to cholesterol was observed. Strikingly, under these conditions, the ubiquitination state of cell proteins strongly increased. These effects were not observed with the (35-25) reverse sequence peptide. Similarly to Abeta, lactacystin treatment increased lipid synthesis and protein ubiquitination; only lactacystin, and not Abeta, induced a strong decrease of proteasome chimotrypsin activity. These results suggest that Abeta enhances protein ubiquitination, without inhibiting proteasomal activity, and lipid synthesis. These results may shed new light on the mechanisms of Abeta toxicity.
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- Emanuela Cazzaniga
- Department of Experimental and Environmental Medicine, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy.
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Panasiewicz M, Mieczkowski J, Domek H, Pacuszka T. HPLC-based procedure for the preparation of carbene-generating photoreactive GM3 and GM1 ganglioside derivatives radioiodinated to high specific radioactivity with chloramine T as an oxidant. Anal Biochem 2005; 340:373-5. [PMID: 15840512 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2004.11.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2004] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Mirosława Panasiewicz
- Department of Biochemistry, Medical Center of Postgraduate Education, 01-813 Warszawa, Poland
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Blencowe A, Hayes W. Development and application of diazirines in biological and synthetic macromolecular systems. SOFT MATTER 2005; 1:178-205. [PMID: 32646075 DOI: 10.1039/b501989c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Many different reagents and methodologies have been utilised for the modification of synthetic and biological macromolecular systems. In addition, an area of intense research at present is the construction of hybrid biosynthetic polymers, comprised of biologically active species immobilised or complexed with synthetic polymers. One of the most useful and widely applicable techniques available for functionalisation of macromolecular systems involves indiscriminate carbene insertion processes. The highly reactive and non-specific nature of carbenes has enabled a multitude of macromolecular structures to be functionalised without the need for specialised reagents or additives. The use of diazirines as stable carbene precursors has increased dramatically over the past twenty years and these reagents are fast becoming the most popular photophors for photoaffinity labelling and biological applications in which covalent modification of macromolecular structures is the basis to understanding structure-activity relationships. This review reports the synthesis and application of a diverse range of diazirines in macromolecular systems.
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- Anton Blencowe
- School of Chemistry, The University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, Berkshire, UKRG6 6AD.
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, Berkshire, UKRG6 6AD.
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Tedeschi G, Cappelletti G, Negri A, Pagliato L, Maggioni MG, Maci R, Ronchi S. Characterization of nitroproteome in neuron-like PC12 cells differentiated with nerve growth factor: Identification of two nitration sites in α-tubulin. Proteomics 2005; 5:2422-32. [PMID: 15887183 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200401208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Nitric oxide (NO) is a precursor of reactive nitrating species, peroxynitrite and nitrogen dioxide, which modify proteins to generate oxidized species such as 3-nitrotyrosine that has been used as a hallmark of peroxynitrite-mediated oxidative stress on proteins. In the last few years however, a growing body of evidence indicates that NO also regulates a myriad of physiologic responses by modifying tyrosine residues. Looking for the molecular event triggered by NO in nerve growth factor (NGF)-induced neuronal differentiation, we recently reported that in differentiating PC12 cells, the cytoskeleton becomes the main cellular fraction containing nitrotyrosinated proteins, and alpha-tubulin is the major target. In the present work, we focus on the investigation of the sites of tyrosine nitration in alpha-tubulin purified by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis following anti-alpha-tubulin immunoprecipitation of protein extract from NGF-treated PC12 cells. Using Western blotting and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight analysis, we show for the first time, both in vivo and in vitro, that nitration can occur on alpha-tubulin at sites other than the C-terminus and we positively identify Tyr 161 and Tyr 357 as two specific amino acids endogenously nitrated.
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Bieberich E. Integration of glycosphingolipid metabolism and cell-fate decisions in cancer and stem cells: review and hypothesis. Glycoconj J 2005; 21:315-27. [PMID: 15514480 DOI: 10.1023/b:glyc.0000046274.35732.47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The metabolism of glycosphingolipids is strictly regulated during the mitotic cell cycle. Before the G1-to-S transition, the ceramide and glucosylceramide concentration is elevated. Ceramide induces apoptosis synergistically with the pro-apoptotic protein prostate apoptosis response 4 (PAR-4) that may be asymmetrically inherited during cell division. Only one daughter cell dies shortly after mitosis, a mechanism we suggested to regulate the number of neural stem cells during embryonic development. The progeny cells, however, may protect themselves by converting ceramide to glucosylceramide and other glycosphingolipids. In particular, complex gangliosides have been found to sustain cell survival and differentiation. The cell cycle may thus be a turning point for (glyco)sphingolipid metabolism and explain rapid changes of the sphingolipid composition in cells that undergo mitotic cell-fate decisions. In the proposed model termed "Shiva cycle", progression through the cell cycle, differentiation, or apoptosis may rely on a delicate balance of (glyco)sphingolipid second messengers that modulate the retinoblastoma-dependent G1-to-S transition or caspase-dependent G1-to-apoptosis program. Ceramide-induced cell cycle delay at G0/G1 is either followed by ceramide-induced apoptosis or by conversion of ceramide to glucosylceramide, a proposed key regulatory rheostat that rescues cells from re-entry into a life/death decision at G1-to-S. We propose a mechanistic model for sphingolpid-induced protein scaffolds ("slip") that regulate cell-fate decisions and will discuss the biological consequences and pharmacological potential of manipulating the (glyco)sphingolipid-dependent cell fate program in cancer and stem cells.
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- Erhard Bieberich
- Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, School of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, 1120 15th Street Room CB-2803, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
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Dremina ES, Sharov VS, Schöneich C. Protein tyrosine nitration in rat brain is associated with raft proteins, flotillin-1 and α-tubulin: effect of biological aging. J Neurochem 2005; 93:1262-71. [PMID: 15934946 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2005.03115.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Protein 3-nitrotyrosine (3-NY) immunoreactivity of rat brain homogenate was localized to a ca. 50 kDa protein band by western blot (WB) analysis. The nitrated proteins were localized to the raft fraction obtained by centrifugation of the homogenate in a sucrose density gradient, which contained specific raft markers such as flotillin-1 and caveolin-1. Purification of the nitrated raft proteins either by a combination of reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) or by immunoprecipitation (IP) with protein- and modification-specific antibodies coupled to WB and HPLC-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry (ESI--MS/MS) analysis allowed us to identify two proteins modified by 3-NY: flotillin-1 and alpha-tubulin. Both alpha- and beta-tubulin were detected in the rat brain raft fraction as abundant proteins, which co-immunoprecipitate with flotillin-1 and caveolin-1. Importantly, some protein-protein interactions in rafts were disrupted in 3-NY-containing proteins, e.g. caveolin-1 was dissociated from a complex with flotillin-1 and alpha-tubulin. The analysis of age dependencies did not show any significant change in protein nitration and expression of flotillin-1 and alpha-tubulin, but a decrease in the brain caveolin-1 level for old (34 months) versus young (6 months) rats. The putative mechanism of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity regulation by the level of caveolin expression and raft protein-protein interactions is discussed.
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- Elena S Dremina
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66047, USA
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Mosevitsky MI. Nerve Ending “Signal” Proteins GAP‐43, MARCKS, and BASP1. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 2005; 245:245-325. [PMID: 16125549 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(05)45007-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Mechanisms of growth cone pathfinding in the course of neuronal net formation as well as mechanisms of learning and memory have been under intense investigation for the past 20 years, but many aspects of these phenomena remain unresolved and even mysterious. "Signal" proteins accumulated mainly in the axon endings (growth cones and the presynaptic area of synapses) participate in the main brain processes. These proteins are similar in several essential structural and functional properties. The most prominent similarities are N-terminal fatty acylation and the presence of an "effector domain" (ED) that dynamically binds to the plasma membrane, to calmodulin, and to actin fibrils. Reversible phosphorylation of ED by protein kinase C modulates these interactions. However, together with similarities, there are significant differences among the proteins, such as different conditions (Ca2+ contents) for calmodulin binding and different modes of interaction with the actin cytoskeleton. In light of these facts, we consider GAP-43, MARCKS, and BASP1 both separately and in conjunction. Special attention is devoted to a discussion of apparent inconsistencies in results and opinions of different authors concerning specific questions about the structure of proteins and their interactions.
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- Mark I Mosevitsky
- Division of Molecular and Radiation Biophysics, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 188300 Gatchina Leningrad District, Russian Federation
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Daffara R, Botto L, Beretta E, Conforti E, Faini A, Palestini P, Miserocchi G. Endothelial cells as early sensors of pulmonary interstitial edema. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2004; 97:1575-83. [PMID: 15180972 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00236.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We studied responses of endothelial and epithelial cells in the thin portion of the air-blood barrier to a rise in interstitial pressure caused by an increase in extravascular water (interstitial edema) obtained in anesthetized rabbits receiving saline infusion (0.5 ml·kg−1·min−1 for 3 h). We obtained morphometric analyses of the cells and of their microenvironment (electron microscopy); furthermore, we also studied in lung tissue extracts the biochemical alterations of proteins responsible for signal transduction (PKC, caveolin-1) and cell-cell adhesion (CD31) and of proteins involved in membrane-to-cytoskeleton linkage (α-tubulin and β-tubulin). In endothelial cells, we observed a folding of the plasma membrane with an increase in cell surface area, a doubling of plasmalemma vesicular density, and an increase in cell volume. Minor morphological changes were observed in epithelial cells. Edema did not affect the total plasmalemma amount of PKC, β-tubulin, and caveolin-1, but α-tubulin and CD-31 increased. In edema, the distribution of these proteins changed between the detergent-resistant fraction of the plasma membrane (DRF, lipid microdomains) and the rest of the plasma membrane [high-density fractions (HDFs)]. PKC and tubulin isoforms shifted from the DRF to HDFs in edema, whereas caveolin-1 increased in DRF at the expense of a decrease in phosphorylated caveolin-1. The changes in cellular morphology and in plasma membrane composition suggest an early endothelial response to mechanical stimuli arising at the interstitial level subsequently to a modest (∼5%) increase in extravascular water.
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- Rossella Daffara
- Department of Experimental, Environmental Medicine and Biotechnology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza 20052, Italy
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Gebreselassie D, Bowen WD. Sigma-2 receptors are specifically localized to lipid rafts in rat liver membranes. Eur J Pharmacol 2004; 493:19-28. [PMID: 15189760 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2004.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2003] [Revised: 03/25/2004] [Accepted: 04/01/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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We have previously shown that sigma-2 receptors are relatively difficult to solubilize (Eur. J. Pharmacol. 304 (1996) 201), suggesting possible localization in detergent-resistant lipid raft domains. Rat liver membranes were treated on ice with 1% Triton X-100 or 20 mM 3-[(3-cholamidopropyl)dimethylammonio]-1-propanesulfonate (CHAPS), and the extract subjected to centrifugation on a discontinuous gradient of 5%, 38%, and 40% sucrose. Gradient fractions were analyzed for sigma-1 receptors using [3H]+-pentazocine and for sigma-2 receptors using [3H]1,3-di-o-tolylguanidine ([3H]DTG), in the presence of dextrallorphan. Flotillin-2 was assessed by immunoblotting as a marker for lipid rafts. Sigma-2 receptors were found to discretely co-localize with flotillin-2 in lipid raft fractions. However, sigma-1 receptors were found throughout the gradient. Rafts prepared in CHAPS had sigma-2 receptors with normal pharmacological characteristics, whereas those in Triton X-100-prepared rafts had about seven-fold lower affinity for [3H]DTG and other ligands. Thus, sigma-2 receptors are resident in membrane lipid rafts, whereas sigma-1 receptors appear in both raft and non-raft membrane domains. Lipid rafts may play an important role in the mechanism of sigma-2 receptor-induced apoptosis.
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- Daniel Gebreselassie
- Unit on Receptor Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 8, Rm. B1-23 8 Center DR MSC 0815 Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Botto L, Masserini M, Cassetti A, Palestini P. Immunoseparation of Prion protein-enriched domains from other detergent-resistant membrane fractions, isolated from neuronal cells. FEBS Lett 2004; 557:143-7. [PMID: 14741357 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(03)01463-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The possibility of coexistence of different subtypes of membrane lipid rafts has been investigated in cerebellar granule cells, by submitting detergent-resistant membrane fractions to immunoprecipitation. Among the proteins and lipids present in detergent-resistant fractions, almost all Prion protein, GAP43 and PKC were present in the immunoprecipitate obtained with anti-GAP43 or anti-Prion protein antibody at 4 degrees C, together with a small fraction of cholesterol and sphingolipids, suggesting that they belong to a distinct subset of membranes. On the contrary, all Fyn and almost all MARCKS remained in the supernatant. Fluorescence microscopy experiments showed that Fyn and Prion protein were mostly not colocalized within a single neuron. Our results suggest that granule cells membranes contains different subtypes of detergent-resistant fractions, possibly deriving from different lipid rafts.
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- Laura Botto
- Department of Experimental, Environmental Medicine and Biotechnologies (DIMESAB), Medical School, University of Milano-Bicocca, Via Cadore 48, 20052 Monza, Italy
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Pucadyil TJ, Chattopadhyay A. Exploring detergent insolubility in bovine hippocampal membranes: a critical assessment of the requirement for cholesterol. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2004; 1661:9-17. [PMID: 14967470 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2003.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2003] [Revised: 09/10/2003] [Accepted: 11/19/2003] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The phenomenon of detergent insolubility of bovine hippocampal membranes in Triton X-100 was monitored by estimating the presence of phospholipids in the insoluble pellet. This represents a convenient and unambiguous assay and reports the dependence of the extent of phospholipid solubilization on detergent concentration. The advantage of this approach is its ability to accurately determine the extent of detergent insolubility in natural membranes. Importantly, our results show that when suboptimal concentrations of Triton X-100 are used for solubilization, interpretations of the mechanism and extent of detergent insolubility should be made with adequate caution. At concentrations of Triton X-100 that leads to no further solubilization, approximately 44% of phospholipids are left insoluble at 4 degrees C in bovine hippocampal membranes. Cholesterol depletion using methyl-beta-cyclodextrin enhanced phospholipid solubilization at low detergent concentrations but produced no significant change in the amount of insoluble phospholipids at saturating detergent concentration. Progressive solubilization by the detergent resulted in insoluble membranes that contained lipids with higher fatty acyl chain order as reported by fluorescence polarization studies using 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene (DPH). These results suggest that it is the presence of such lipids rather than their association with cholesterol that determines detergent insolubility in membranes.
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- Thomas J Pucadyil
- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500 007, India
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Ledesma MD, Da Silva JS, Schevchenko A, Wilm M, Dotti CG. Proteomic characterisation of neuronal sphingolipid-cholesterol microdomains: role in plasminogen activation. Brain Res 2003; 987:107-16. [PMID: 14499952 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(03)03296-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Sorting of certain membrane proteins requires a mechanism involving rafts, protein-lipid complexes enriched in glycosphingolipids and cholesterol. These microdomains remain at the plasma membrane of different cell types and play a role in signal transduction. Although recent reports have begun to describe molecules associated with rafts, their protein composition remains largely unknown, especially in neuronal cells. To address this question, we have purified detergent-insoluble raft fractions (DRMs) from primary cultures of hippocampal neurons. Bidimensional gel analysis and pharmacological raft lipid manipulation allowed the identification of neuronal raft proteins and their characterisation by MALDI-TOF analysis. Enolases were found among the proteins identified and functional studies demonstrate their participation in plasminogen binding. We also show the specific enrichment in rafts of several other plasminogen binding molecules and the exclusive activation of plasminogen to the protease plasmin in these microdomains. These observations suggest that neuronal rafts may play, in addition to intracellular signaling, a role in extracellular/membrane protein proteolysis.
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- Maria Dolores Ledesma
- Cavalieri Ottolenghi Scientific Institute, Universita degli Studi di Torino, Ospedale San Luigi, Regione Gonzole 10, 10043 Turin, Orbassano, Italy.
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Palestini P, Calvi C, Conforti E, Daffara R, Botto L, Miserocchi G. Compositional changes in lipid microdomains of air-blood barrier plasma membranes in pulmonary interstitial edema. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2003; 95:1446-52. [PMID: 12794031 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00208.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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We evaluated in anesthetized rabbits the compositional changes of plasmalemmal lipid microdomains from lung tissue samples after inducing pulmonary interstitial edema (0.5 ml/kg for 3 h, leading to approximately 5% increase in extravascular water). Lipid microdomains (lipid rafts and caveolae) were present in the detergent-resistant fraction (DRF) obtained after discontinuous sucrose density gradient. DRF was enriched in caveolin-1, flotillin, aquaporin-1, GM1, cholesterol, sphingomyelin, and phosphatidylserine, and their contents significantly increased in interstitial edema. The higher DRF content in caveolin, flotillin, and aquaporin-1 and of the ganglioside GM1 suggests an increase both in caveolar domains and in lipid rafts, respectively. Compositional changes could be ascribed to endothelial and epithelial cells that provide most of plasma membrane surface area in the air-blood barrier. Alterations in lipid components in the plasma membrane may reflect rearrangement of floating lipid platforms within the membrane and/or lipid translocation from intracellular stores. Lipid traffic could be stimulated by the marked increase in hydraulic interstitial pressure after initial water accumulation, from approximately -10 to 5 cmH2O, due to the low compliance of the pulmonary tissue, in particular in the basement membranes and in the interfibrillar substance. Compositional changes in lipid microdomains represent a sign of cellular activation and suggest the potential role of mechanotransduction in response to developing interstitial edema.
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- Paola Palestini
- Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Ambientale e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Via Cadore 48, 20052 Monza, MI Italy
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Loberto N, Prioni S, Prinetti A, Ottico E, Chigorno V, Karagogeos D, Sonnino S. The adhesion protein TAG-1 has a ganglioside environment in the sphingolipid-enriched membrane domains of neuronal cells in culture. J Neurochem 2003; 85:224-33. [PMID: 12641744 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2003.01655.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We studied the interactions between gangliosides and proteins at the exoplasmic surface of the sphingolipid-enriched membrane domains by ganglioside photolabeling combined with cell surface biotin labeling. After cell photolabeling with radioactive photoactivable derivatives of GM3, GM1 and GD1b gangliosides, followed by cell surface biotin labeling, sphingolipid-enriched domains were prepared and immunoprecipitated with streptavidin-coupled beads, under experimental conditions preserving the integrity of the lipid domain. About 50% of the total radioactivity linked to proteins was associated with acylated tubulin, about 10% with a 135-kDa protein present as a series of species with pI ranging from 6.5 to 8.0, about 5% with a protein of about 70 kDa and with pI near to 6.5. By immunoprecipitation with streptavidin-coupled beads under conditions disrupting the integrity of the lipid domain, the 135 kDa protein was recovered in the immunoprecipitate, that did not contain tubulin. Thus, the 135 kDa protein has an exoplasmic domain, and it was then identified as the GPI-anchored neural cell adhesion molecule TAG-1. Remarkably, TAG-1 was cross-linked in a similar extent by the photoactivated ganglioside GM3, GM1 and GD1b. The three gangliosides bear different oligosaccharide chains, suggesting that the ganglioside/TAG-1 interaction is not specifically associated with the ganglioside oligosaccharide structure.
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- Nicoletta Loberto
- Center of Excellence on Neurodegenerative Diseases, Study Center for the Biochemistry and Biotechnology of Glycolipids, Department of Medical Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Milan, Segrate, Italy
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Maekawa S, Iino S, Miyata S. Molecular characterization of the detergent-insoluble cholesterol-rich membrane microdomain (raft) of the central nervous system. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2003; 1610:261-70. [PMID: 12648779 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2736(03)00023-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Many fundamental neurological issues such as neuronal polarity, the formation and remodeling of synapses, synaptic transmission, and the pathogenesis of the neuronal cell death are closely related to the membrane dynamics. The elucidation of functional roles of a detergent-insoluble cholesterol-rich domain (raft) could therefore provide good clues to the molecular understanding of these important phenomena, for the participation of the raft in the fundamental cell functions, such as signal transduction and selective transport of lipids and proteins, has been elucidated in nonneural cells. Interestingly, the brain is rich in raft and the brain-derived raft differs in its lipid and protein components from other tissue-derived rafts. Since many excellent reviews are written on the membrane lipid dynamics of this microdomain, signal transduction, and neuronal glycolipids, we review on the characterization of the raft proteins recovered in the detergent-insoluble low-density fraction from rat brain. Special focus is addressed on the biochemical characterization of a neuronal enriched protein, NAP-22, for the lipid organizing activity of this protein has become increasingly clear.
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- Shohei Maekawa
- Department of Life Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.
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Barrier L, Page G, Barc S, Piriou A, Portoukalian J. Sulfatide and GM1 ganglioside modulate the high-affinity dopamine uptake in rat striatal synaptosomes: evidence for the involvement of their ionic charges. Neurochem Int 2003; 42:305-13. [PMID: 12470704 DOI: 10.1016/s0197-0186(02)00103-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The present study was undertaken to examine the effects of the anionic glycolipids GM1 ganglioside and sulfatide on the high-affinity dopamine (DA) uptake in rat striatal synaptosomes. After 1h of incubation, GM1 stably bound to synaptosomes and modified the activity of the neuronal dopamine transporter (DAT). With 1.2 and 12 microM GM1, V(max) decreased by 13 and 23%, respectively, reflecting a slight reduction of the number of functional uptake sites and K(m) was lowered by 21 and 33%, thus showing an increase of the affinity. Treatment of synaptosomes with 1.2 microM of sulfatide, which possesses an anionic sulfated group, led to a similar decrease of V(max) (19%) than GM1, but to a significantly higher reduction of K(m) (35%). In fact, sulfatide associated to synaptosomes in a 3.5-fold higher extent than GM1. Conversely, when GM1 and sulfatide were replaced by GM1 alcohol and galactosylceramide, respectively, no modification of the DA uptake occurred, although these neutral glycolipids incorporated into the synaptosomes to the same extent as the related anionic compounds.Altogether, these results demonstrate the key role of negative charges linked to the oligosaccharide chains of glycolipids in the modulation of DA transport across the synaptosomal membrane.
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- Laurence Barrier
- Groupe d'Etudes des Mécanismes Cellulaires de l'Ischémie (GEMCI), UPRES EA 1223, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, 34, rue du Jardin des Plantes, BP 199, 86005 Poitiers, France.
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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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Pitto M, Parenti M, Guzzi F, Magni F, Palestini P, Ravasi D, Masserini M. Palmitic is the main fatty acid carried by lipids of detergent-resistant membrane fractions from neural and non-neural cells. Neurochem Res 2002; 27:729-34. [PMID: 12374207 DOI: 10.1023/a:1020240520465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Lipids extracted from detergent-resistant membrane fractions, thought to derive from membrane domains, were analyzed for fatty acid composition. The proportion of palmitic acid in fractions isolated from neurons (cerebellar granule cells) and from neural-like cell lines (neuroblastomaglioma NG108-15) nearly doubled (reaching about 54% of total fatty acids) with respect to cell WCL, indicating their enrichment in palmitic acid-carrying lipids. The proportion of palmitic acid in detergent-resistant fractions obtained from caveolin-transfected NG108-15 cells was comparable with that obtained from caveolin-negative cells, ruling out a specific role of this protein in recruiting palmitoylated lipid species. The enrichment in palmitic acid was remarked also in membrane fractions isolated from non-neuronal cell lines (A431) using either detergents or detergent-free techniques. Lipid fractionation and mass spectrometry experiments show that palmitic acid-rich phosphatidylcholine species are responsible of the peculiar fatty acid composition of these fractions. All together these results suggest that the enrichment in palmitic acid-rich phosphatidylcholine species is a common feature of neural and non-neural cell lines and may play a major role in the biogenesis of membrane domains.
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- Marina Pitto
- Department of Experimental, Environmental Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
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Haldar K, Mohandas N, Samuel BU, Harrison T, Hiller NL, Akompong T, Cheresh P. Protein and lipid trafficking induced in erythrocytes infected by malaria parasites. Cell Microbiol 2002; 4:383-95. [PMID: 12102685 DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-5822.2002.00204.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum develops in a parasitophorous vacuolar membrane (PVM) within the mature red cell and extensively modifies structural and antigenic properties of this host cell. Recent studies shed significant new, mechanistic perspective on the underlying processes. There is finally, definitive evidence that despite the absence of endocytosis, transmembrane proteins in the host red cell membrane are imported in to the PVM. These are not major erythrocyte proteins but components that reside in detergent resistant membrane (DRM) rafts in red cell membrane and are detected in rafts in the PVM. Disruption of either erythrocyte or vacuolar rafts is detrimental to infection suggesting that raft proteins and lipids are essential for the parasitization of the red cell. On secretory export of parasite proteins: an ER secretory signal (SS) sequence is required for protein secretion to the PV. Proteins carrying an additional plastid targeting sequence (PTS) are also detected in the PV but subsequently delivered to the plastid organelle within the parasite, suggesting that the PTS may have a second function as an endocytic sorting signal. A distinct but yet undefined peptidic motif underlies protein transport across the PVM to the red cell (although all of the published data does not yet fit this model). Further multiple exported proteins transit through secretory 'cleft' structures, suggesting that clefts may be sorting compartments assembled by the parasite in the red cell.
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- Kasturi Haldar
- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University, 303 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
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Goebel J, Forrest K, Morford L, Roszman TL. Differential localization of IL‐2‐ and ‐15 receptor chains in membrane rafts of human T cells. J Leukoc Biol 2002. [DOI: 10.1189/jlb.72.1.199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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- Jens Goebel
- Departments of Pediatrics and University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington
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- Departments of Pediatrics and University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington
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- Immunology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington
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Tubulin forms the microtubule and regulates certain G-protein-mediated signaling pathways. Both functions rely on the GTP-binding properties of tubulin. Signal transduction through Galpha(q)-regulated phospholipase Cbeta1 (PLCbeta1) is activated by tubulin through a direct transfer of GTP from tubulin to Galpha(q). However, at high tubulin concentrations, inhibition of PLCbeta1 is observed. This report demonstrates that tubulin inhibits PLCbeta1 by binding the PLCbeta1 substrate phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2). Tubulin binding of PIP2 was specific, because PIP2 but not phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate, phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, or inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate inhibited microtubule assembly. PIP2 did not affect GTP binding or GTP hydrolysis by tubulin. Muscarinic agonists promoted microtubule depolymerization and translocation of tubulin to the plasma membrane. PIP2 augmented this process in both Sf9 cells, containing a recombinant PLCbeta1 pathway, and SK-N-SH neuroblastoma cells. Colocalization of tubulin and PIP2 at the plasma membrane was demonstrated with confocal laser immunofluorescence microscopy. Although tubulin bound to both Galpha(q) and PLCbeta1, PIP2 facilitated the interaction between tubulin and PLCbeta1 but not that between tubulin and Galpha(q). However, PIP2 did augment formation of tubulin--Galpha(q)-PLCbeta1 complexes. Subsequent to potentiating PLCbeta1 activation, sustained agonist-independent membrane binding of tubulin at PIP2- and PLCbeta1-rich sites appeared to inhibit Galpha(q) coupling to PLCbeta1. Furthermore, colchicine increased membrane-associated tubulin and also inhibited PLCbeta1 activity in SK-N-SH cells. Thus, tubulin, depending on local membrane concentration, may serve as a positive or negative regulator of phosphoinositide hydrolysis. Rapid changes in membrane lipid composition or in the cytoskeleton might modify neuronal signaling through such a mechanism.
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Palestini P, Botto L, Guzzi F, Calvi C, Ravasi D, Masserini M, Pitto M. Developmental changes in the protein composition of sphingolipid- and cholesterol-enriched membrane domains of rat cerebellar granule cells. J Neurosci Res 2002; 67:729-38. [PMID: 11891786 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The biological role of cell membrane domains has been investigated in a number of eukariotic cells, but less attention has been paid to the neuron. In the present investigation, we assessed the changes in lipid and protein composition of detergent-resistant membrane fractions prepared from cultured rat cerebellar granule cells, during differentiation and maturation in vitro. At any stage of the cell life, low-density, detergent-resistant fractions, characterised by the specific presence of prion protein, were enriched in glycolipids, cholesterol, and sphingomyelin. The enrichment in sphingomyelin was developmentally regulated, increasing continuously during cell differentiation and maturation. Concerning proteins, domains were enriched in Fyn and TAG-1, which present exclusively within this fraction at any stage of cell culture, and in GAP-43, mainly during the differentiation stage. On the other side, proteins affecting signal transduction and cytoskeleton-related proteins (heterotrimeric G-proteins, protein kinase C, MARCKS, tubulin), were not enriched within detergent-resistant fractions during cell differentiation, but were recovered within this fraction in mature neurons. These results indicate that during different cellular life stages, specific proteins are recruited within detergent-resistant membrane domains of the neuron and suggest their involvement in specific physiological phenomena (differentiation, maturation and/or aging).
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- Paola Palestini
- Department of Experimental, Environmental Medicine and Biotechnologies (DIMESAB), University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy.
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Suginta W, Karoulias N, Aitken A, Ashley RH. Chloride intracellular channel protein CLIC4 (p64H1) binds directly to brain dynamin I in a complex containing actin, tubulin and 14-3-3 isoforms. Biochem J 2001; 359:55-64. [PMID: 11563969 PMCID: PMC1222121 DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3590055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Mammalian chloride intracellular channel (CLIC) (p64-related) proteins are widely expressed, with an unusual dual localization as both soluble and integral membrane proteins. The molecular basis for their cellular localization and ion channel activity remains unclear. To help in addressing these problems, we identified novel rat brain CLIC4 (p64H1) binding partners by affinity chromatography, mass spectrometric analysis and microsequencing. Brain CLIC4 binds dynamin I, alpha-tubulin, beta-actin, creatine kinase and two 14-3-3 isoforms; the interactions are confirmed in vivo by immunoprecipitation. Gel overlay and reverse pull-down assays indicate that the binding of CLIC4 to dynamin I and 14-3-3zeta is direct. In HEK-293 cells, biochemical and immunofluorescence analyses show partial co-localization of recombinant CLIC4 with caveolin and with functional caveolae, which is consistent with a dynamin-associated role for CLIC4 in caveolar endocytosis. We speculate that brain CLIC4 might be involved in the dynamics of neuronal plasma membrane microdomains (micropatches) containing caveolin-like proteins and might also have other cellular roles related to membrane trafficking. Our results provide the basis for new hypotheses concerning novel ways in which CLIC proteins might be associated with cell membrane remodelling, the control of cell shape, and anion channel activity.
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- W Suginta
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, UK
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Masserini M, Ravasi D. Role of sphingolipids in the biogenesis of membrane domains. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2001; 1532:149-61. [PMID: 11470236 DOI: 10.1016/s1388-1981(01)00128-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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In recent years, a huge interest in sphingolipid- and cholesterol-enriched membrane domains has risen, after their involvement in fundamental membrane-associated events such as signal transmission, cell adhesion and lipid/protein sorting was postulated. Theoretical considerations and several experimental data suggest that sphingolipids play an important role in the biogenesis and function of domains. In fact, their physicochemical features, different from those of other membrane lipids, allow their interaction either with other sphingolipids or with other membrane components and external ligands. Owing to these features, sphingolipids may undergo segregation and represent a nucleation point for co-clustering with other lipids and proteins in a complex, functional domain. Moreover, sphingolipids confer dynamic properties on domains, a fundamental feature for the modulation of their postulated functions.
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- M Masserini
- Department of Experimental, Environmental Medicine and Biotechnology, University of Milan-Bicocca, Via Cadore 48, 20052 Monza, Italy.
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