Lipid raft heterogeneity in human peripheral blood T lymphoblasts: a mechanism for regulating the initiation of TCR signal transduction |
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Authors: | Schade Andrew E Levine Alan D |
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Institution: | Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA. |
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Abstract: | Lateral mobility and spatial organization of proteins within the plasma membrane are likely to mediate the initial events coordinating T cell activation. Lipid rafts, distinct cholesterol/sphingolipid-rich membrane microdomains, provide a mechanism for this regulation by concentrating or excluding signaling proteins. We demonstrate in peripheral blood T cell lymphoblasts that immediate early phosphotyrosine signal transduction through the TCR complex is functionally dependent on a distinct population of lipid rafts. Specifically, cholesterol extraction destabilizes the membrane microdomains containing Lck, while the rafts containing the adapter protein linker for activation of T cells remain intact. Heterogeneity in the partitioning of these proteins in resting cells was confirmed by immunoelectron microscopy. After T cell activation, both Lck and the linker for activation of T cells colocalize to 50-100 nm microdomains in the plasma membrane, indicating that sequestration of these proteins into distinct lipid rafts may function to regulate the initiation of T cell signal transduction. |
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