STEROL DOMAINS IN PHOSPHOLIPID-MEMBRANES - DEHYDROERGOSTEROL POLARIZATION MEASURES MOLECULAR STEROL TRANSFER
STEROL DOMAINS IN PHOSPHOLIPID-MEMBRANES - DEHYDROERGOSTEROL POLARIZATION MEASURES MOLECULAR STEROL TRANSFER
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DOI:
10.1016/0165-022x(92)90043-a
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发表时间:
1992-03-01
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通讯作者:
SCHROEDER, F
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作者:
BUTKO, P;HAPALA, I;SCHROEDER, F
The domain structure of cholesterol in membranes and factors affecting it are not well understood. A method, based on kinetics of DELTA(5,7,9,(11),22)-ergostatetraen-3-beta-ol (dehydroergosterol) fluorescence polarization change and not requiring separation of donor and acceptor membranes, was used to examine sterol domains in three-component cholesterol:dehydroergosterol:phospholipid small unilamellar vesicles (SUV). A new mathematical data treatment was developed to provide a direct correlation between molecular sterol exchange and steady-state dehydroergosterol fluorescence polarization measurements. The method identified multiple kinetic pools of sterol in SUV: a small but rapidly exchanging pool, a predominant slowly exchanging pool, and a very slowly exchangeable (nonexchangeable) pool. The relative sizes of the pools and half-times of exchange were highly dependent on the presence of acidic phospholipids and on cytosolic proteins involved in sterol transfer. Thus, the method provides a direct measure of molecular sterol transfer between membranes without separating donor and acceptor membranes.