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Sphingolipid Levels Crucially Modulate Lateral Microdomain Organization of Plasma Membrane in Living Yeast

Sphingolipid Levels Crucially Modulate Lateral Microdomain Organization of Plasma Membrane in Living Yeast

Jaroslav Vecer, Petra Vesela, Jan Malinsky, Petr Herman

FEBS Lett. 2014 Jan 31;588(3):443-9.

PMID: 24333335

Abstract:

We report sphingolipid-related reorganization of gel-like microdomains in the plasma membrane of living Saccharomyces cerevisiae using trans-Parinaric acid (t-PnA) and 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene (DPH). Compared to control, the gel-like domains were significantly reduced in the membrane of a sphingolipid-deficient lcb1-100 mutant. The same reduction resulted from sphingolipid depletion by myriocin. The phenotype could be reverted when a myriocin-induced block in sphingolipid biosynthesis was bypassed by exogenous dihydrosphingosine. Lipid order of less-ordered membrane regions decreased with sphingolipid depletion as well, as documented by DPH fluorescence anisotropy. The data indicate that organization of lateral microdomains is an essential physiological role of these structural lipids.

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Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP13552095	DL-Dihydrosphingosine		13552-09-5	Price

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