New insight into the interaction of TRAF2 C-terminal domain with lipid raft microdomains |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy;2. Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics, Biomedical Engineering Department, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.;3. Center NAST, Nanoscience, Nanotechnology, Innovative Instrumentation, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy |
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| Abstract: | In this study we provide the first evidence of the interaction of a truncated-TRAF2 with lipid raft microdomains. We have analyzed this interaction by measuring the diffusion coefficient of the protein in large and giant unilamellar vesicles (LUVs and GUVs, respectively) obtained both from synthetic lipid mixtures and from natural extracts. Steady-state fluorescence measurements performed with synthetic vesicles indicate that this truncated form of TRAF2 displays a tighter binding to raft-like LUVs with respect to the control (POPC-containing LUVs), and that this process depends on the protein oligomeric state. Generalized Polarization measurements and spectral phasor analysis revealed that truncated-TRAF2 affects the membrane fluidity, especially when vesicles are heated up at physiological temperature. The addition of nanomolar concentration of TRAF2 in GUVs also seems to exert a mechanical action, as demonstrated by the formation of intraluminal vesicles, a process in which ganglioside GM1 plays a crucial role. |
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