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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 269, Issue 1, Pages 143-148Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.2271
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aminopeptidase N/CD13; microdomains; raft; cyclodextrin; GM1 ganglioside
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Ectopeptidases play important roles in cell activation, proliferation, and communication. Human monocytic cells express considerable amounts of aminopeptidase N/CD13, a transmembrane protein previously proposed to play a role in the regulation of neuropeptides and chemotactic mediators as well as in adhesion and cell-cell interactions. Here, we report for the first time that aminopeptidase N/CD13 in monocytes is partially localized in detergent-insoluble membrane microdomains enriched in cholesterol, glycolipids, and glycosylphosphoinositol-anchored proteins, referred to as rafts. Raft fractions of monocytes were characterized by the presence of GM1 ganglioside as raft marker molecule and by the high level of tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins. Furthermore, similar to polarized cells, rafts in monocytic cells lack Na+, K+-ATPase. Cholesterol depletion of monocytes by methyl-beta-cyclodextrin greatly reduces raft localization of aminopeptidase N/CD13 without affecting ala-p-nitroanilide cleaving activity of cells. (C) 2000 Academic Press.
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