The membrane environment of endogenous cellular prion protein in primary rat cerebellar neurons
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2005
Citazione:
The membrane environment of endogenous cellular prion protein in primary rat cerebellar neurons / N. Loberto, S. Prioni, A. Bettiga, V. Chigorno, A. Prinetti, S. Sonnino. - In: JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY. - ISSN 0022-3042. - 95:3(2005 Nov), pp. 771-783. [10.1111/j.1471-4159.2005.03397.x]
Abstract:
We studied the membrane environment of cellular prion protein in primary cultured rat cerebellar neurons differentiated in vitro. In these cells, about 45% of total cellular prion protein (corresponding to a 35-fold enrichment) is assocd. with a low-d., sphingolipid- and cholesterol-enriched membrane fraction, that can be sepd. by flotation on sucrose gradient. Biotinylation expts. indicated that almost all prion protein recovered in this fraction was exposed at the cell surface. Prion protein was efficiently sepd. from this fraction by a monoclonal antibody immunosepn. procedure. Under conditions designed to preserve lipid-mediated membrane organization, several proteins were found in the prion protein-enriched membrane domains (i.e. the non-receptor tyrosine kinases Lyn and Fyn and the neuronal glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored protein Thy-1). The prion protein-rich membrane domains contained, as well, about 50% of the sphingolipids, cholesterol and phosphatidylcholine present in the sphingolipid-enriched membrane fraction. All main sphingolipids, including sphingomyelin, neutral glycosphingolipids and gangliosides, were similarly enriched in the prion protein-rich membrane domains. Thus, prion protein plasma membrane environment in differentiated neurons resulted to be a complex entity, whose integrity requires a network of lipid-mediated non-covalent interactions.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Detergent-resistant membrane domains; Gangliosides; GPI-anchored proteins; Neuronal cells; Prion protein; Sphingolipids
Elenco autori:
N. Loberto, S. Prioni, A. Bettiga, V. Chigorno, A. Prinetti, S. Sonnino
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