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Lipid and protein membrane components associated with cholesterol uptake by mycoplasmas
Authors:Hava Efrati  Shlomo Rottem  Shmuel Razin
Institution:Department of Membranes and Ultrastructure, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem Israel
Abstract:Membranes of Mycoplasma species take up 2–4 times more exogenous cholesterol than membranes of Acholeplasma species. To test whether the lower cholesterol uptake capacity of Acholeplasma is due to the high glycolipid content of their membranes, the phospholipids of Acholeplasma laidlawii and Mycoplasma capricolum membranes were hydrolyzed by phospholipase A2. Digestion removed about 30% of the polar lipids of A. laidlawii, leaving the glycolipids and phospholglycolipids intact, and about 70% of the polar lipids of M. capricolum, the residue consisting mostly of sphingomyelin. Cholesterol uptake by the treated membranes from phosphatidylcholine/cholesterol vesicles decreased in rough proportion to the amount of polar lipid removed, indicating that the glycolipids in A. laidlawii membranes can participate in cholesterol uptake.Trypsin digestion of growing cells and isolated membranes of M. capricolum decreased cholesterol uptake by about one-half. Similar treatment of A. laidlawii cells and membranes had no effect on cholesterol uptake. These findings suggest the existence of protease-sensitive receptors on the cell surface of M. capricolum responsible for tighter contact with the cholesterol/phosphatidylcholine vesicles. It is proposed that the ability of Mycoplasma species to take up large quantities of exogenous cholesterol and phospholipids depends on the presence of protein receptors for cholesterol donors, receptors which are absent in Acholeplasma species.
Keywords:Cholesterol uptake  Glycolipid  Sphingomyelin  (Mycoplasma)
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