Triton X-100 promotes a cholesterol-dependent condensation of the plasma membrane
| Autor: | Francesc Tebar, Albert Herms, Thomas Grewal, Adam Kassan, Elena González-Moreno, Albert Pol, Mercedes Ingelmo-Torres, Katharina Gaus, Carlos Enrich, Marta Bosch |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Caveolin 1 Detergents Biochemistry Glycosphingolipids chemistry.chemical_compound Membrane Microdomains Chlorocebus aethiops Fluorescence microscope Animals Molecular Biology Cholesterol Cell Membrane Membrane raft Cell Biology Glycosphingolipid Microscopy Fluorescence Multiphoton Membrane chemistry Solubilization COS Cells Triton X-100 Biophysics Laurdan |
| Zdroj: | Biochemical Journal. 420:373-381 |
| ISSN: | 1470-8728 0264-6021 |
| Popis: | The molecular components of membrane rafts are frequently defined by their biochemical partitioning into detergent-resistant membranes. In the present study, we used a combination of epifluorescence and two-photon microscopy to visualize and quantify whether this insolubility in detergent reflects a pre-existing organization of the PM (plasma membrane). We found that the treatment of cells with cold TX (Triton X-100) promotes a profound remodelling of the PM, including a rapid rearrangement of the glycosphingolipid GM1 and cholesterol into newly formed structures, only partial solubilization of fluid domains and the formation of condensed domains that cover 51% of the remaining membrane. TX does not appear to induce the coalescence of pre-existing domains; instead, the domains that remain after TX treatment seem to be newly formed with a higher degree of condensation than those observed in native membranes. However, when cholesterol was complexed physically by treatment with a second detergent, such as saponin, cholesterol did not separate into the newly formed structures, condensation of the domains was unaltered, and the relative area corresponding to ordered domains increased to occupy 62% of the remaining membrane. Our results suggest that detergent can be used to enrich ordered domains for biochemical analysis, but that TX treatment alone substantially alters the lateral organization of the PM. |
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