Isolation and Analysis of Detergent-Resistant Membrane Fractions

Author(s):  
Massimo Aureli ◽  
Sara Grassi ◽  
Sandro Sonnino ◽  
Alessandro Prinetti
2005 ◽  
Vol 434 (1) ◽  
pp. 150-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamen S. Koumanov ◽  
Cedric Tessier ◽  
Albena B. Momchilova ◽  
Dominique Rainteau ◽  
Claude Wolf ◽  
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2003 ◽  
Vol 302 (4) ◽  
pp. 898-903 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes V Swinnen ◽  
Paul P Van Veldhoven ◽  
Leen Timmermans ◽  
Ellen De Schrijver ◽  
Koen Brusselmans ◽  
...  

2004 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 2186-2193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha L. Hale ◽  
Jean-Christophe Marvaud ◽  
Michel R. Popoff ◽  
Bradley G. Stiles

ABSTRACT Clostridium perfringens iota-toxin consists of two separate proteins identified as a cell binding protein, iota b (Ib), which forms high-molecular-weight complexes on cells generating Na+/K+-permeable pores through which iota a (Ia), an ADP-ribosyltransferase, presumably enters the cytosol. Identity of the cell receptor and membrane domains involved in Ib binding, oligomer formation, and internalization is currently unknown. In this study, Vero (toxin-sensitive) and MRC-5 (toxin-resistant) cells were incubated with Ib, after which detergent-resistant membrane microdomains (DRMs) were extracted with cold Triton X-100. Western blotting revealed that Ib oligomers localized in DRMs extracted from Vero, but not MRC-5, cells while monomeric Ib was detected in the detergent-soluble fractions of both cell types. The Ib protoxin, previously shown to bind Vero cells but not form oligomers or induce cytotoxicity, was detected only in the soluble fractions. Vero cells pretreated with phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C before addition of Ib indicated that glycosylphosphatidyl inositol-anchored proteins were minimally involved in Ib binding or oligomer formation. While pretreatment of Vero cells with filipin (which sequesters cholesterol) had no effect, methyl-β-cyclodextrin (which extracts cholesterol) reduced Ib binding and oligomer formation and delayed iota-toxin cytotoxicity. These studies showed that iota-toxin exploits DRMs for oligomer formation to intoxicate cells.


2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (10) ◽  
pp. 2876 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabine Lüthje ◽  
Teresa Martinez-Cortes

Class III peroxidases are heme-containing proteins of the secretory pathway with a high redundance and versatile functions. Many soluble peroxidases have been characterized in great detail, whereas only a few studies exist on membrane-bound isoenzymes. Membrane localization of class III peroxidases has been demonstrated for tonoplast, plasma membrane and detergent resistant membrane fractions of different plant species. In silico analysis revealed transmembrane domains for about half of the class III peroxidases that are encoded by the maize (Zea mays) genome. Similar results have been found for other species like thale-cress (Arabidopsis thaliana), barrel medic (Medicago truncatula) and rice (Oryza sativa). Besides this, soluble peroxidases interact with tonoplast and plasma membranes by protein–protein interaction. The topology, spatiotemporal organization, molecular and biological functions of membrane-bound class III peroxidases are discussed. Besides a function in membrane protection and/or membrane repair, additional functions have been supported by experimental data and phylogenetics.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. e91706 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabine A. Lauer ◽  
Srinivas Iyer ◽  
Timothy Sanchez ◽  
Christian V. Forst ◽  
Brent Bowden ◽  
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Protist ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 165 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivone de Andrade Rosa ◽  
Georgia Atella ◽  
Marlene Benchimol

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