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The role of membrane cholesterol in delta-opioid receptor signaling Correlation with plasma membrane structure
Brejchová, Jana ; Svoboda, Petr (advisor) ; Novotný, Jiří (referee) ; Teisinger, Jan (referee)
Study of HEK293 cells stably expressing fusion protein between delta opioid receptor (δ-OR) and pertussis toxin-insensitive mutant of Gi1α protein, δ-OR-Gi1α (Cys351 -Ile351 ), provided the following results. Decrease of plasma membrane cholesterol content (cholesterol depletion) induced by cyclic oligosaccharide β-cyclodextrin did not affect binding of specific δ-OR agonist, [3 H]DADLE. Neither the maximum number of binding sites nor the affinity of [3 H]DADLE binding was changed by cholesterol depletion. However, the ability of δ-OR to activate cognate trimeric G proteins was impaired. EC50 value of agonist-stimulated [35 S]GTPγS binding was an order of magnitude higher. This effect was observed in case of both control and pertussis toxin-treated cells. It means that cholesterol depletion markedly reduced the efficiency of functional coupling of δ-OR to endogenously expressed pertussis toxin-sensitive G proteins of Gi/Go family as well as covalently bound Gi1α (Cys351 -Ile351 ) protein. Unchanged plasma membrane cholesterol content is therefore important requirement for proper δ-OR function. Detection of the effect of cholesterol depletion on the functional activity of δ-OR was supported by the analysis of changes in biophysical state of plasma membrane using fluorescent membrane probes,...

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