我国健康成人红细胞膜脂类的脂酸组成

 本文采用双向簿层层析分离红细胞膜脂类,继以毛细管气相色谱法分析其脂酸含量,检测了15名我国健康成人红细胞膜脂类的脂酸摩尔百分组成。结果表明:各脂类中,脂酸的类别基本相同,但其含量组成相差甚远。如磷脂酰乙醇胺(PE)富含C_(20:4);磷脂酰胆碱(PC)富含C_(18:2);神经鞘磷脂(SM)主要含C_(16:0);磷脂酰丝氨酸(PS)主要含C_(18:0);而以红细胞糖苷脂(GL)中脂酸含量最少。膜总脂中饱和脂酸与不饱和脂酸的含量大致相等,胆碱磷脂(PC+SM)的脂酸饱和度则明显高于氨基磷脂(PE+PS)。     

儿茶素诱导的拟南芥根细胞膜脂变化

儿茶素是一种可以短时间内杀死植物细胞的植物毒素,由于具有强的植物毒性,儿茶素是开发除草剂的理想化合物,它可以诱导植物根系统的死亡.为了研究植物根细胞膜脂对化学胁迫的响应规律,我们运用高通量的脂类组学方法检测了拟南芥根中膜脂分子的组成,比较了儿茶素处理下拟南芥野生型(WS)及磷脂酶Dδ缺失突变体( PLDδ-KO)根中膜脂分子的组成情况、膜脂含量、双键指数及碳链长度值.结果发现,儿茶素处理拟南芥根90 min后,二半乳糖基二酰甘油(DGDG)、单半乳糖基二酰甘油(MGDG)、磷脂酰甘油(PG)、磷脂酰胆碱(PC)及磷脂酰肌醇(PI)的总含量在WS与PLDδ-KO植株根中都显著下降,磷脂酰乙醇胺(PE)和磷脂酰丝氨酸(PS)在WS中下降,在PLDδ-KO中上升.儿茶素处理导致PLDδ-KO植株的PC/PE比值显著下降,WS植株PS碳链长度显著增加.上述结果说明儿茶素处理后,磷脂酶Dδ缺失突变体膜不稳定性增加,PLDδ-KO植株对儿茶素胁迫更加敏感.     

黑腹果蝇成虫生长过程的脂质组分析

果蝇是一种重要的模式生物,为遗传学研究作出了巨大贡献。近几十年来,在发育生物学、行为生物学、神经生物学等领域也都发挥了十分关键的作用。脂质是构成生命的4大类基本物质之一,但关于果蝇脂质组特征研究并不多,尤其是黑腹果蝇在生长发育过程中的脂质组含量变化尚未见报导。为更全面了解果蝇生长发育的特性,本研究应用脂质组学方法,系统地表征了黑腹果蝇成虫生长过程中的337种脂质分子的变化。结果显示,磷脂总量从152.61 ± 4.92 nmol/mg 降低至112.3 ± 3.87 nmol/mg,其中溶血磷脂酰胆碱含量从0.70 ± 0.03 nmol/mg 升高至0.93 ± 0.11 nmol/mg。而中性脂甘油三酯 (TAG) 和甘油二酯 (DAG) 变化最剧烈,伴随果蝇生长,从356.12 ± 34.05 nmol/mg下降至86.99 ± 13.07 nmol/mg。同时,分析了与细胞膜稳定性有关的膜脂碳链长度、双键数目(DBI)和磷脂酰胆碱(PC)/磷脂酰乙醇胺(PE)比值的变化。结果显示,果蝇成虫在生长阶段早中期（8～15 d）细胞膜最稳定,通过增加膜脂双键数目（10%～20%）和升高PC/PE比值（14%）,增强膜稳定性。黑腹果蝇在成虫生长的不同阶段,其脂质分子组成特征不同,我们所发现的黑腹果蝇成虫生长过程中脂质分子含量变化,一方面为在脂质水平研究黑腹果蝇生长调控奠定了重要基础,另一方面也为黑腹果蝇作为研究模型时控制其正常健康生长提供了参考标准。     

儿茶素诱导的拟南芥根细胞膜脂变化

儿茶素是一种可以短时间内杀死植物细胞的植物毒素,由于具有强的植物毒性,儿茶素是开发除草剂的理想化合物,它可以诱导植物根系统的死亡。为了研究植物根细胞膜脂对化学胁迫的响应规律,我们运用高通量的脂类组学方法检测了拟南芥根中膜脂分子的组成,比较了儿茶素处理下拟南芥野生型（WS）及磷脂酶Dδ缺失突变体（PLDδ KO）根中膜脂分子的组成情况、膜脂含量、双键指数及碳链长度值。结果发现,儿茶素处理拟南芥根90min后,二半乳糖基二酰甘油（DGDG）、单半乳糖基二酰甘油（MGDG）、磷脂酰甘油（PG）、磷脂酰胆碱（PC）及磷脂酰肌醇（PI）的总含量在WS与PLDδ KO植株根中都显著下降,磷脂酰乙醇胺（PE）和磷脂酰丝氨酸（PS）在WS中下降,在PLDδ KO中上升。儿茶素处理导致PLDδ KO植株的PC/PE比值显著下降,WS植株PS碳链长度显著增加。上述结果说明儿茶素处理后,磷脂酶Dδ缺失突变体膜不稳定性增加,PLDδ KO植株对儿茶素胁迫更加敏感。     

苜蓿根瘤菌17560细胞膜膜脂组成分析及DGTS合成基因克隆与表达

【目的】分析一株分离自黑龙江省的苜蓿根瘤菌在低磷胁迫及正常磷含量条件下细胞膜脂的组成,并从该菌中克隆和鉴定细胞膜无磷脂二酰基甘油三甲基高丝氨酸(DGTS)合成基因。【方法】分别在不同磷含量的Sherwood基本培养基中进行根瘤菌培养,采用Bligh-Dyer方法提取细胞膜脂,以文献报道Sinorhizobium meliloti(苜蓿中华根瘤菌)菌株1021的脂类图谱和磷脂PE、PG、PC标准品作为参照,利用薄层层析方法分析不同磷含量条件下培养菌株的细胞膜脂组成。根据GenBank中已发表的DGTS合成基因btaA和btaB序列设计引物,以产DGTS菌株基因组DNA为模板,扩增btaA和btaB同源基因,并在E.coil BL21(DE3)表达。同时检测表达菌株是否合成细胞膜无磷脂DGTS以验证基因功能。对菌株17560进行16S rRNA基因序列分析。【结果】分离自黑龙江省的苜蓿根瘤菌17560与Sinorhizobium meliloti的16S rRNA基因序列相似性高达99.8%,但其细胞膜脂组成明显不同于参比菌株Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021的膜脂组成。在低磷胁迫条件下,该菌株的细胞膜脂主要由OL和DGTS等无磷脂组成,但OL的组成明显不同,该菌株含有3种不同类型的鸟氨酸脂(OLs),而参比菌株Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021只含有一种类型的鸟氨酸脂(OL)。在正常磷含量条件下,该菌株的细胞膜脂主要由PE和一种未知的含氨基磷脂组成,PG与PC的含量均较少,而参比菌株Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021的细胞膜脂主要由PE、PG与PC组成。通过PCR扩增从产DGTS菌株17560中获得1 913 bpDNA片段,经序列分析发现其中有两个ORF与菌株Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021的btaA和btaB基因序列相似性均为99%。将该DNA片段克隆于pET-30a(+)得到重组质粒pLH01,转化宿主菌获得表达菌株E.coli BL21(DE3).pLH01,经IPTG诱导后产生相对分子量约为45 kD和25 kD的蛋白。薄层层析验证重组菌细胞膜脂组成,结果表明,表达菌株E.coliBL21(DE3).pLH01可以在IPTG诱导后合成无磷脂DGTS,而转入空载体pET-30a(+)的阴性对照菌株E.coli BL21(DE3).pET-30a(+)则不能合成。【结论】系统发育地位相同的苜蓿根瘤菌株的细胞膜脂组成明显不同;苜蓿根瘤菌的细胞膜组成随培养基中的磷含量不同而变化,低磷胁迫条件下其细胞膜脂主要由OL和DGTS等无磷脂组成;在Sinorhizobium膜脂中首次发现一种未知的氨基磷脂及3种不同类型的鸟氨酸脂(OLs);从菌株17560中克隆获得2个DGTS合成基因btaA和btaB,在大肠杆菌中成功表达,并证实了所表达基因的功能。     

高效薄层色谱测定湛江等鞭金藻培养过程脂质变化

【目的】研究湛江等鞭金藻(Isochrysis zhangjiangensis)由氮元素丰富至限制培养过程中脂质成分的变化。【方法】利用高效薄层色谱(HPTLC)分离分析微藻中脂质。【结果】随着培养基中营养物质的消耗,细胞逐渐处于胁迫状态,在这种状态下,细胞大量积累贮存脂质—甘油三脂(TAG),组成生物膜系统的单半乳糖甘油二脂(MGDG)、硫代异鼠李糖甘油二脂(SQDG)、磷脂酰甘油(PG)和磷脂酰胆碱(PC)含量降低,而游离脂肪酸(FFA)、甘油二脂(DAG)、双半乳糖甘油二脂(DGDG)、磷脂酰肌醇(PI)和磷脂酰乙醇胺(PE)则相对稳定。【结论】HPTLC可作为一种简便、可靠的微藻中脂质分离分析方法,为研究微藻油脂代谢途径以及甘油三脂(TAG)的调控积累提供有效手段。     

菜豆叶片衰老期间叶绿体被膜膜脂与脂肪酸组分的变化

菜豆叶片叶绿体总脂和被膜膜脂中均含有单半乳糖甘油二脂和双半乳糖甘油二脂,在整个衰老期间两种糖脂的比值变化不大。叶绿体总脂中含有5种磷脂,脂肪酸以不饱和的亚麻酸为主,而被膜膜脂中仅含磷脂酰胆碱和磷脂酰甘油,脂肪酸以饱和的棕榈酸为主,不饱和亚油酸为次。叶片衰老过程中被膜所含两种磷脂比值明显降低,脂肪酸的不饱和指数也因亚麻酸相对含量显著减少、棕榈酸相对含量增加而降低。     

干旱条件下冬小麦幼苗根细胞膜脂组成的变化

干旱条件下小麦幼苗根膜脂总脂肪酸含量、磷脂含量及总脂肪酸双键指数均下降,而游离甾醇含量却明显增加,结果导致游离甾醇／磷脂比率上升。用薄层层析法测得小麦根细胞磷脂主要由磷脂酰胆碱(PC)、磷脂酰乙醇胺(PE)、磷脂酰肌醇(PI)及磷脂酸(PA)组成。干旱降低了各种磷脂的含量,但不改变其相对配比。文中讨论了膜脂代谢变化与植物抗旱性的关系。     

结核分枝杆菌磷脂酰肌醇甘露糖苷的研究进展

磷脂酰肌醇甘露糖苷(phosphatidyl-myo-inositol mannoside,PIM)在结核分枝杆菌细胞膜内外含量丰富,靠磷脂酰肌醇(phosphatidyl-myo-inositol,PI)锚定在细胞膜上,并含有1-6个甘露糖和最多4个酰链。PIM不仅是结核分枝杆菌重要的组成物质,也是合成脂甘露聚糖(lipomannan,LM)和脂阿拉伯甘露聚糖(lipoarabinomannan,LAM)的结构基础。本文就PIM的合成途径、相关酶、与脂蛋白的关系,及PIM在细菌生理和免疫调节中的作用作一简要综述。     

水分逆境对吊兰叶片膜质组成的影响

测定了吊兰(Chlorophytum comosum)在干旱、正常浇水和渍水三种供水条件下叶片的磷脂组成、膜脂和总磷脂的脂肪酸组成,以及磷脂中4种主要组分PG、PE、PC和PI的脂肪酸组成,观察到干旱使磷脂中PE的相对含量增加,PE脂肪酸中16:0明显减少,而膜脂,总磷脂和PC、PI中饱和脂肪酸增加,但PG脂肪酸组成变化很小。     

The relationship between plasma membrane lipid composition and physical-chemical properties. III. Detailed physical and biochemical analysis of fatty acid-substituted EL4 plasma membranes

Murine leukemia EL4 cells were modified by supplementation of culture media with fatty acids for 24 h. A plasma membrane-enriched fraction was prepared from substituted and normal cells. Analyses were performed to determine fatty acyl composition, phospholipid headgroup composition and cholesterol content. The two major membrane phospholipids, phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) and phosphatidylcholine (PC) were isolated by thin-layer chromatography and ESR measurements were done on liposomes prepared from these lipids as well as on the intact plasma membrane preparations. Slight perturbations in overall plasma membrane lipid composition were observed when EL4 cells were supplemented with a single exogenous fatty acid. This may be consistent with the idea that the incorporation of exogenous fatty acid induces compensatory changes in membrane lipid composition. On the other hand, we observed no significant difference in two ESR motional parameters between the unsubstituted control and various fatty acid-substituted plasma membranes. ESR measurements carried out on PE and PC liposomes derived from 17:0- and 18:2c-substituted membranes also failed to detect major differences between these liposomes and those made from normal EL4 phospholipids. In the case of liposomes prepared from 18:2t,-substituted membranes, the order parameter was significantly changed from the normal. However, the change was in opposite directions in PE and PC, perhaps accounting for the fact that no change parameter is seen in intact 18:2t-substituted plasma membrane. Measurements of order parameter (S) in mixed lipid vesicles showed that at up to 50 mol% mixture of a synthetic PC with plasma membrane PC, the value of S was only marginally different from that of the plasma membrane PC vesicles. We interpret these data as an indication that the two ESR parameters used are not sufficiently sensitive to detect changes due to modifications of the acyl chain composition of a complex biological membrane.     

Enhanced phospholipase B activity and alteration of phospholipids and neutral lipids in Saccharomyces cerevisiae exposed to N-nitrosonornicotine

A tobacco-specific nitrosamine (TSNA), N-nitrosonornicotine (NNN), is a potent carcinogen present in cigarette smoke, and chronic exposure to it can lead to pulmonary cancer. NNN causes changes in phospholipid metabolism and the mechanism is yet to be elucidated. Exposure of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to 50 μM NNN leads to a substantial decrease in phosphatidylserine (PS) by 63%, phosphatidylcholine (PC) by 42% and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) by 36% with a concomitant increase in lysophospholipids (LPL) by 25%. The alteration in phospholipid content was dependent on increasing NNN concentration. Reduced phospholipids were accompanied with increased neutral lipid content. Here we report for the first time that NNN exposure, significantly increases phospholipase B (PLB) activity and the preferred substrate is PC, a major phospholipid responsible for a series of metabolic functions. Furthermore, NNN also promotes the alteration of fatty acid (FA) composition; it increases the long chain fatty acid (C18 series) in phospholipids specifically phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) and PS; while on the contrary it increases short chain fatty acids in cardiolipin (CL). NNN mediated degradation of phospholipids is associated with enhanced PLB activity and alteration of phospholipid composition is accompanied with acyl chain remodelling. Understanding the altered phospholipid metabolism produced by NNN exposure is a worthwhile pursuit because it will help to understand the toxicity of tobacco smoke.     

Hydrophobic membrane thickness and lipid-protein interactions of the leucine transport system of Lactococcus lactis

The effect of the phospholipid acyl chain carbon number on the activity of the branched-chain amino acid transport system of Lactococcus lactis has been investigated. Major fatty acids identified in a total lipid extract of L. lactis membranes are palmitic acid (16:0), oleic acid (18:1) and the cyclopropane-ring containing lactobacillic acid (19 delta). L. lactis membrane vesicles were fused with liposomes prepared from equimolar mixtures of synthetic phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) and phosphatidylcholine (PC) with cis mono-unsaturated acyl chains. The activity of the branched-chain amino acid carrier is determined by the bulk properties of the membrane (Driessen, A.J.M., Zheng, T., In 't Veld, G., Op den Kamp, J.A.F. and Konings, W.N. (1988) Biochemistry 27, 865-872). PE acts as an activator and PC is ineffective. Counterflow and protonmotive-force driven transport of leucine is sensitive to changes in the acyl chain carbon number of both phospholipids and maximal with dioleoyl-PE/dioleoyl-PC. Above the gel to liquid-crystalline phase transition temperature of the lipid species, membrane fluidity decreased with increasing acyl chain carbon number. Our data suggest that the carbon number of the acyl chains of PE and PC determine to a large extent the activity of the transport system. This might be relevant for the interaction of PE with the transport protein. Variations in the acyl chain composition of PC exert a more general effect on transport activity. The acyl chain composition of phospholipids determines the membrane thickness (Lewis, B.A. and Engelman, D.M. (1983) J. Mol. Biol. 166, 211-217). We therefore propose that the degree of matching between the lipid-bilayer and the hydrophobic thickness of the branched-chain amino acid carrier is an important parameter in lipid-protein interactions.     

Effects of lipids on the transport activity of the reconstituted glucose transport system from rat adipocyte

The glucose transport system, isolated from rat adipocyte membrane fractions, was reconstituted into phospholipid vesicles. Vesicles composed of crude egg yolk phospholipids, containing primarily phosphatidylcholine (PC) and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), demonstrated specific d-glucose uptake. Purified vesicles made of PC and PE also supported such activity but PC or PE by themselves did not. The modulation of this uptake activity has been studied by systematically altering the lipid composition of the reconstituted system with respect to: (1) polar headgroups; (2) acyl chains, and (3) charge. Addition of small amounts (20 mol%) of PS, phosphatidylinositol (PI), cholesterol, or sphingomyelin significantly reduced glucose transport activity. A similar effect was seen with the charged lipid, phosphatidic acid. In the case of PS, this effect was independent of the acyl chain composition. Polar headgroup modification of PE, however, did not appreciably affect transport activity. Free fatty acids, on the other hand, increased or decreased activity based on the degree of saturation and charge. These results indicate that glucose transport activity is sensitive to specific alterations in both the polar headgroup and acyl chain composition of the surrounding membrane lipids.     

Depletion of phosphatidylcholine in yeast induces shortening and increased saturation of the lipid acyl chains: evidence for regulation of intrinsic membrane curvature in a eukaryote

To study the consequences of depleting the major membrane phospholipid phosphatidylcholine (PC), exponentially growing cells of a yeast cho2opi3 double deletion mutant were transferred from medium containing choline to choline-free medium. Cell growth did not cease until the PC level had dropped below 2% of total phospholipids after four to five generations. Increasing contents of phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) and phosphatidylinositol made up for the loss of PC. During PC depletion, the remaining PC was subject to acyl chain remodeling with monounsaturated species replacing diunsaturated species, as shown by mass spectrometry. The remodeling of PC did not require turnover by the SPO14-encoded phospholipase D. The changes in the PC species profile were found to reflect an overall shift in the cellular acyl chain composition that exhibited a 40% increase in the ratio of C16 over C18 acyl chains, and a 10% increase in the degree of saturation. The shift was stronger in the phospholipid than in the neutral lipid fraction and strongest in the species profile of PE. The shortening and increased saturation of the PE acyl chains were shown to decrease the nonbilayer propensity of PE. The results point to a regulatory mechanism in yeast that maintains intrinsic membrane curvature in an optimal range.     

Polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: expression of ethanol tolerance and the FAD2 gene from Arabidopsis thaliana.

The Arabidopsis thaliana delta-12 fatty acid desaturase gene (FAD2) was overexpressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by using the GAL1 promoter. S. cerevisiae harboring the FAD2 gene was capable of forming hexadecadienoyl (16:2) and linoleoyl (18:2) residues in the membrane lipid when cultured in medium containing galactose. Gas-liquid chromatography analysis of total lipids indicated that the transformed S. cerevisiae accumulated these dienoic fatty acyl residues and that they accounted for approximately 50% of the total fatty acyl residues. Phospholipid analysis of this strain indicated that the oleoyl (18:1) residue binding phosphatidylcholine (PC) was mostly converted to the 18:2 residue binding PC, whereas 50% of the palmitoleoyl (16:1) residue binding PC was converted to the 16:2 residue binding PC. A marked effect on the unsaturation of 16:1 and 18:1 was observed when S. cerevisiae harboring the FAD2 gene was cultured at 8 degrees C. To assess the ethanol tolerance of S. cerevisiae producing polyunsaturated fatty acids, the cell viability of this strain in the presence of ethanol was examined. The results indicated that S. cerevisiae cells overexpressing the FAD2 gene had greater resistance to 15% (vol/vol) ethanol than did the control cells.     

Metabolism of unusual membrane phospholipids in the marine sponge Microciona prolifera

Sponges are unique in regard to membrane phospholipid composition. Features virtually without parallel in other organisms are the predominance of the C26-C30 polyenoic acids (demospongic acids) in the phosphatidylethanolamines (PE) and the attachment of identical acyl groups to the glycerol moiety. The biosynthesis and disposition of these unusual phospholipids were followed in the marine sponge Microciona prolifera where PE ( delta 5,9-26:2, delta 5,9-26:2) is a major molecular species. Incorporation experiments with radiolabeled fatty acids, bases, and intact phospholipids revealed the de novo biosynthesis of the two major phosphatides, phosphatidylethanolamines (PE) and phosphatidylcholines (PC), via the cytidine pathway as in higher animals, with ethanolamine selectively incorporated into PE( delta 5,9-26:2, delta 5,9-26:2). Methylation of PE and random acyl chain migration across different phospholipid classes were marginal, but the exchange of PC for PE, apparently mediated by the action of phospholipase, was indicated after uptake of the unnatural PC( delta 9-27:1, delta 9-26:1). The present study demonstrates in the most primitive multicellular animals a phospholipid metabolic pattern similar to that in higher organisms, with unique acyl and phosphoethanolamine transferases apparently involved in the biosynthesis of the (demospongic) di-C26-acyl-PE molecular species.     

Effect of fatty acyl domain of phospholipids on the membrane-channel formation of Staphylococcus aureus alpha-toxin in liposome membrane.

By use of carboxyfluorescein-loaded multilamellar liposomes prepared from synthetic phosphatidylcholine (PC) or sphingomyelin and cholesterol in a molar ratio of 1:1, we studied whether or not fatty acyl domain of the phospholipids affects the membrane-damaging action (or channel formation) of Staphylococcus aureus alpha-toxin on the phospholipid-cholesterol membranes. Our data indicated: (1) that toxin-induced carboxyfluorescein-leakage from the liposomes composed of saturated fatty acyl residue-carrying PC and cholesterol was decreased with increasing chain length of the acyl residues between 12 and 18 carbon atoms, although toxin-binding to the liposomes was not significantly affected by the length of fatty acyl residue; (2) that unsaturated fatty acyl residue in PC or sphingomyelin molecule conferred higher sensitivity to alpha-toxin on the phospholipid-cholesterol liposomes, compared with saturated fatty acyl residues; and (3) that hexamerization of alpha-toxin, estimated by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, occurred more efficiently on the liposomes composed of PC with shorter fatty acyl chain or unsaturated fatty acyl chain. Thus, hydrophobic domain of the phospholipids influences membrane-channel formation of alpha-toxin in the phospholipid-cholesterol membrane, perhaps by modulating packing of phospholipid, cholesterol and the toxin in membrane.     

Long-chain fatty acid transport in bacteria andyeast. Paradigms for defining the mechanism underlying this protein-mediated process

Protein-mediated transport of exogenous long-chain fatty acids across the membrane has been defined in a number of different systems. Central to understanding the mechanism underlying this process is the development of the appropriate experimental systems which can be manipulated using the tools of molecular genetics. Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae are ideally suited as model systems to study this process in that both [1] exhibit saturable long-chain fatty acid transport at low ligand concentration; [2] have specific membrane-bound and membrane-associated proteins that are components of the transport apparatus; and [3] can be easily manipulated using the tools of molecular genetics. In E. coli, this process requires the outer membrane-bound fatty acid transport protein FadL and the inner membrane associated fatty acyl CoA synthetase (FACS). FadL appears to represent a substrate specific channel for long-chain fatty acids while FACS activates these compounds to CoA thioesters thereby rendering this process unidirectional. This process requires both ATP generated from either substrate-level or oxidative phosphorylation and the proton electrochemical gradient across the inner membrane. In S. cerevisiae, the process of long-chain fatty acid transport requires at least the membrane-bound protein Fat1p. Exogenously supplied fatty acids are activated by the fatty acyl CoA synthetases Faa1p and Faa4p but unlike the case in E. coli, there is not a tight linkage between transport and activation. Studies evaluating the growth parameters in the presence of long-chain fatty acids and long-chain fatty acid transport profiles of a fat1 strain support the hypothesis that Fat1p is required for optimal levels of long-chain fatty acid transport.     

Phospholipid effects on SGLT1-mediated glucose transport in rabbit ileum brush border membrane vesicles

In small intestine, sodium-glucose cotransporter SGLT1 provides the main mechanism for sugar uptake. We investigated the effect of membrane phospholipids (PL) on this transport in rabbit ileal brush border membrane vesicles (BBMV). For this, PL of different charge, length, and saturation were incorporated into BBMV. Transport was measured related to (i) membrane surface charge (membrane-bound MC540 fluorescence), (ii) membrane thickness (PL incorporation of different acyl chain length), and (iii) membrane fluidity (r_12AS, fluorescence anisotropy of 12-AS).Compared to phosphatidylcholine (PC) carrying a neutral head group, inhibition of SGLT1 increased considerably with the acidic phosphatidic acid (PA) and phosphatidylinositol (PI) that increase membrane negative surface charge. The order of PL potency was PI>PA > PE = PS > PC. Inhibition by acidic PA-oleate was 5-times more effective than with neutral PE (phosphatidylethanolamine)-oleate. Lineweaver-Burk plot indicated uncompetitive inhibition of SGLT1 by PA.When membrane thickness was increased by neutral PC of varying acyl chain length, transport was increasingly inhibited by 16:1 PC to 22:1 PC. Even more pronounced inhibition was observed with mono-unsaturated instead of saturated acyl chains which increased membrane fluidity (indicated by decreased r_12AS).In conclusion, sodium-dependent glucose transport of rabbit ileal BBMV is modulated by (i) altered membrane surface charge, (ii) length of acyl chains via membrane thickness, and (iii) saturation of PL acyl chains altering membrane fluidity. Transport was attenuated by charged PL with longer and unsaturated acyl residues. Alterations of PL may provide a principle for attenuating dietary glucose uptake.