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BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 94, 期 10, 页码 3976-3986出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.123984
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The Ca2+-triggered merger of two apposed membranes is the de. ning step of regulated exocytosis. CHOL is required at critical levels in secretory vesicle membranes to enable efficient, native membrane fusion: CHOL-sphingomyelin enriched microdomains organize the site and regulate fusion efficiency, and CHOL directly supports the capacity for membrane merger by virtue of its negative spontaneous curvature. Specific, structurally dissimilar lipids substitute for CHOL in supporting the ability of vesicles to fuse: diacylglycerol, alpha T, and phosphatidylethanolamine support triggered fusion in CHOL-depleted vesicles, and this correlates quantitatively with the amount of curvature each imparts to the membrane. Lipids of lesser negative curvature than cholesterol do not support fusion. The fundamental mechanism of regulated bilayer merger requires not only a defined amount of membrane-negative curvature, but this curvature must be provided by molecules having a specific, critical spontaneous curvature. Such a local lipid composition is energetically favorable, ensuring the necessary spontaneous'' lipid rearrangements that must occur during native membrane fusion-Ca2+-triggered fusion pore formation and expansion. Thus, different fusion sites or vesicle types can use specific alternate lipidic components, or combinations thereof, to facilitate and modulate the fusion pore.
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