期刊
BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL
卷 424, 期 -, 页码 163-167出版社
PORTLAND PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20091283
关键词
giant plasma-membrane vesicle (GPMV); lipid raft; liquid ordered
资金
- National Science Foundation [MRSEC 0520020]
- National Institutes of Health [AR38910, R21AI073409]
Cell-derived GPMVs (giant plasma-membrane vesicles) enable investigation of lipid phase separation in a system with appropriate biological complexity under physiological conditions, and in the present study were used to investigate the cholesterol-dependence of domain formation and stability. The cholesterol level is directly related to the abundance of the liquid-ordered phase fraction, which is the majority phase in vesicles from untreated cells. Miscibility transition temperature depends on cholesterol and correlates strongly with the presence of detergent-insoluble membrane in cell lysates. Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy reveals two distinct diffusing populations in phase-separated cell membrane-derived vesicles whose diffusivities correspond well to diffusivities in both model systems and live cells. The results of the present study extend previous observations in purified lipid systems to the complex environment of the plasma membrane and provide insight into the effect of cholesterol on lipid phase separation and abundance.
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