Tenascins are associated with lipid rafts isolated from mouse brain

Lipid rafts are microdomains of the plasma membrane which are enriched in glycosphingolipids and specific proteins. The reported interactions of several raft-associated proteins (such as, e.g., F3) with tenascin C and tenascin R prompted us to consider that these oligomeric multidomain glycoproteins of the extracellular matrix (ECM) could associate with rafts. Here, we show punctate immunocytochemical distributions of tenascin C (TN-C) and tenascin R (TN-R) at the membrane surface of neural cells resembling the pattern reported for raft-associated proteins. Moreover, cholesterol depletion with methyl-beta-cyclodextrin reduced the punctate surface staining of TN-C. Consistently, TN-C was associated with lipid rafts of neonatal mouse brain according to sucrose density gradient centrifugation experiments. Furthermore, TN-R was also found in rafts prepared from myelin of adult mice. Thus, brain-derived tenascins are able to associate with lipid rafts. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved.

Baader, SL (author)
Franken, S (author)
Pesheva, P (author)
Schilling, K (author)
Rauch, UweLund University,Lunds universitet,Kärlväggsbiologi,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Vessel Wall Biology,Lund University Research Groups(Swepub:lu)pat-ura (author)
Gieselmann, V (author)
KärlväggsbiologiForskargrupper vid Lunds universitet (creator_code:org_t)

In:Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications294:3, s. 742-7471090-2104

By the author/editor: Kappler, J; Baader, SL; Franken, S; Pesheva, P; Schilling, K; Rauch, Uwe; show more...; Gieselmann, V; show less...

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