LIPID VESICLES AS CARRIERS FOR INTRODUCING MATERIALS INTO CULTURED-CELLS - INFLUENCE OF VESICLE LIPID-COMPOSITION ON MECHANISM(S) OF VESICLE INCORPORATION INTO CELLS
LIPID VESICLES AS CARRIERS FOR INTRODUCING MATERIALS INTO CULTURED-CELLS - INFLUENCE OF VESICLE LIPID-COMPOSITION ON MECHANISM(S) OF VESICLE INCORPORATION INTO CELLS
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.73.5.1603
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发表时间:
1976-01-01
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
PAPAHADJOPOULOS, D
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作者:
POSTE, G;PAPAHADJOPOULOS, D
The mechanisms involved in the uptake of uni- and multi-lamellar lipid vesicles by BALB/c mouse 3T3 cells were investigated. Vesicles are incorporated into cells both by endocytosis and by a nonendocytotic mechanism which probably involves fusion of vesicles with the plasma membrane. The nonendocytotic pathway predominates in the uptake of negatively charged vesicles composed of phospholipids that are fluid (phosphatidylserine/phosphatidylcholine) at 37.degree.. Neutral fluid vesicles (phosphatidylcholine) and negatively charged vesicles prepared from solid phospholipids (phosphatidylserine/distearylphosphatidylcholine/dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine) are instead incorporated largely by endocytosis. Uptake of the latter classes of vesicle is reduced (80-90% inhibition) by inhibitors of cellular energy metabolism and by cytochalasin B. Uptake of negatively charged fluid vesicles is reduced by only 30-40% after similar treatments. Prefixation of cells with glutaraldehyde inhibits endocytosis and uptake of neutral and negatively charged solid vesicles, but does not inhibit uptake of fluid charged vesicles. Prefixation of cells with OsO4 prevents uptake of all classes of vesicles. Similar results are obtained with both uni- and multi-lamellar vesicles of the same composition, indicating that vesicle composition rather than size is more important in determining the pathway of uptake into cells. The different pathways involved in vesicle uptake are discussed in relation to the development of possible methods for targeting vesicles to specific intracellular sites.