期刊
BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES
卷 1798, 期 3, 页码 453-460出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2009.11.003
关键词
Sphingolipid; Ordered domain; Calcium effect; Vesicle aggregation; Cholesterol
资金
- National Graduate School in Informational and Structural Biology
- Abo Akademi University
- Academy of Finland
- Sigrid Juselius foundation
- Magnus Ehrnrooth foundation
- Medicinska understodsforeningen Liv och Halsa
Inositol phosphorylceramides (IPCs) are a class of anionic sphingolipids with a single inositol-phosphate head group coupled to ceramide. IPCs and more complex glycosylated IPCs have been identified in fungi, plants and protozoa but not in mammals. IPCs have also been identified in detergent resistant membranes in several organisms. Here we report on the membrane properties of the saturated N-palmitoyl-IPC (P-IPC) in one component bilayers as well as in complex bilayers together with 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine and cholesterol. The membrane properties of P-IPC were shown to be affected by calcium. According to anisotropy changes reported by DPH, the gel-to-liquid transition temperature (T-m) of P-IPC was 48 degrees C. Addition of 5 mM CaCl2 during vesicle preparation markedly increased the T-m (65 degrees C). According to fluorescence quenching experiments in complex lipid mixtures, P-IPC formed sterol containing domains in an otherwise fluid environment. The P-IPC containing domains melted at a lower temperature and appeared to contain less sterol as compared to domains containing N-palmitoyl-sphingomyelin. Calcium further reduced the sterol content of the ordered domains and also increased the thermal stability of the domains. Calcium also induced vesicle aggregation of unilamellar vesicles containing P-IPC, as was observed by 4D confocal microscopy and dynamic light scattering. We believe that IPCs and the calcium induced effects could be important in numerous membrane associated cellular processes such as membrane fusion and in membrane raft linked processes. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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