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Modulation of Plant Mitochondrial VDAC by Phytosterols

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BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume 99, Issue 7, Pages 2097-2106

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CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.07.067

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  1. Fund for Scientific Research (FRS-FNRS)
  2. Communaute Francaise de Belgique
  3. Ministere Francais des Affaires Etrangeres

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We have investigated the effect of cholesterol and two abundant phytosterols (sitosterol and stigmasterol) on the voltage-dependent anion-selective channel (VDAC) purified from mitochondria of bean seeds (Phaseolus coccineus). These sterols differ by the degree of freedom of their lateral chain. We show that VDAC displays sensitivity to the lipid-sterol ratio and to the type of sterol found in the membrane. The main findings of this study are: 1), cholesterol and phytosterols modulate the selectivity but only stigmasterol alters the voltage-dependence of the plant VDAC in the range of sterol fraction found in the plant mitochondria! membrane; 2), VDAC unitary conductance is not affected by the addition of sterols; 3), the effect of sterols on the VDAC is reversible upon sterol depletion with 10 mu M methyl-beta-cyclodextrins; and 4), phytosterols are essential for the channel gating at salt concentration prevailing in vivo. A quantitative analysis of the voltage-dependence indicates that stigmasterol inhibits the transition of the VDAC in the lowest subconductance states.

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