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Trybus M, Hryniewicz-Jankowska A, Wójtowicz K, Trombik T, Czogalla A, Sikorski AF. EFR3A: a new raft domain organizing protein? Cell Mol Biol Lett 2023; 28:86. [PMID: 37880612 PMCID: PMC10601247 DOI: 10.1186/s11658-023-00497-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/27/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Membrane rafts play a crucial role in the regulation of many important biological processes. Our previous data suggest that specific interactions of flotillins with MPP1 are responsible for membrane raft domain organization and regulation in erythroid cells. Interaction of the flotillin-based protein network with specific membrane components underlies the mechanism of raft domain formation and regulation, including in cells with low expression of MPP1. METHODS We sought to identify other flotillin partners via the immobilized recombinant flotillin-2-based affinity approach and mass spectrometry technique. The results were further confirmed via immunoblotting and via co-immunoprecipitation. In order to study the effect of the candidate protein on the physicochemical properties of the plasma membrane, the gene was knocked down via siRNA, and fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy and spot-variation fluorescence correlation spectroscopy was employed. RESULTS EFR3A was identified as a candidate protein that interacts with flotillin-2. Moreover, this newly discovered interaction was demonstrated via overlay assay using recombinant EFR3A and flotillin-2. EFR3A is a stable component of the detergent-resistant membrane fraction of HeLa cells, and its presence was sensitive to the removal of cholesterol. While silencing the EFR3A gene, we observed decreased order of the plasma membrane of living cells or giant plasma membrane vesicles derived from knocked down cells and altered mobility of the raft probe, as indicated via fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy and spot-variation fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. Moreover, silencing of EFR3A expression was found to disturb epidermal growth factor receptor and phospholipase C gamma phosphorylation and affect epidermal growth factor-dependent cytosolic Ca2+ concentration. CONCLUSIONS Altogether, our results suggest hitherto unreported flotillin-2-EFR3A interaction, which might be responsible for membrane raft organization and regulation. This implies participation of this interaction in the regulation of multiple cellular processes, including those connected with cell signaling which points to the possible role in human health, in particular human cancer biology.
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- Magdalena Trybus
- Department of Cytobiochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, F. Joliot-Curie 14a, 50-383, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Cytobiochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, F. Joliot-Curie 14a, 50-383, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Biotransformation, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, F. Joliot-Curie 14a, 50-383, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Chair and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of Lublin, Chodzki 1, 20-093, Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Cytobiochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, F. Joliot-Curie 14a, 50-383, Wroclaw, Poland.
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- Research and Development Center, Regional Specialist Hospital, Kamienskiego73a, 51-154, Wroclaw, Poland.
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Biernatowska A, Wójtowicz K, Trombik T, Sikorski AF, Czogalla A. MPP1 Determines the Mobility of Flotillins and Controls the Confinement of Raft-Associated Molecules. Cells 2022; 11:cells11030311. [PMID: 35159121 PMCID: PMC8834348 DOI: 10.3390/cells11030311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2021] [Revised: 01/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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MPP1 (membrane palmitoylated protein 1) belongs to the MAGUK (membrane-associated guanylate kinase homologs) scaffolding protein family. These proteins organize molecules into complexes, thereby maintaining the structural heterogeneity of the plasma membrane (PM). Our previous results indicated that direct, high-affinity interactions between MPP1 and flotillins (raft marker proteins) display dominant PM-modulating capacity in erythroid cells. In this study, with high-resolution structured illuminated imaging, we investigated how these complexes are organized within erythroid cells on the nanometer scale. Furthermore, using other spectroscopic techniques, namely fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) and spot-variation fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (svFCS), we revealed that MPP1 acts as a key raft-capturing molecule, regulating temporal immobilization of flotillin-based nanoclusters, and controls local concentration and confinement of sphingomyelin and Thy-1 in raft nanodomains. Our data enabled us to uncover molecular principles governing the key involvement of MPP1-flotillin complexes in the dynamic nanoscale organization of PM of erythroid cells.
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- Agnieszka Biernatowska
- Department of Cytobiochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, ul. F. Joliot-Curie 14a, 50-383 Wrocław, Poland
- Correspondence: (A.B.); (A.C.); Tel.: +48-71-375-6417 (A.B.); +48-71-375-6356 (A.C.)
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- Department of Biotransformation, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, ul. F. Joliot-Curie 14a, 50-383 Wrocław, Poland;
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, ul. F. Joliot-Curie 14a, 50-383 Wrocław, Poland;
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- Research and Development Center, Regional Specialist Hospital, Kamieńskiego 73a, 51-154 Wrocław, Poland;
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- Department of Cytobiochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, ul. F. Joliot-Curie 14a, 50-383 Wrocław, Poland
- Correspondence: (A.B.); (A.C.); Tel.: +48-71-375-6417 (A.B.); +48-71-375-6356 (A.C.)
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Chytła A, Gajdzik-Nowak W, Biernatowska A, Sikorski AF, Czogalla A. High-Level Expression of Palmitoylated MPP1 Recombinant Protein in Mammalian Cells. MEMBRANES 2021; 11:membranes11090715. [PMID: 34564532 PMCID: PMC8470630 DOI: 10.3390/membranes11090715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2021] [Revised: 09/09/2021] [Accepted: 09/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Our recent studies have pointed to an important role of the MAGUK family member, MPP1, as a crucial molecule interacting with flotillins and involved in the lateral organization of the erythroid plasma membrane. The palmitoylation of MPP1 seems to be an important element in this process; however, studies on the direct effect of palmitoylation on protein–protein or protein–membrane interactions in vitro are still challenging due to the difficulties in obtaining functional post-translationally modified recombinant proteins and the lack of comprehensive protocols for the purification of palmitoylated proteins. In this work, we present an optimized approach for the high-yield overexpression and purification of palmitoylated recombinant MPP1 protein in mammalian HEK-293F cells. The presented approach facilitates further studies on the molecular mechanism of lateral membrane organization and the functional impact of the palmitoylation of MPP1, which could also be carried out for other palmitoylated proteins.
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- Agnieszka Chytła
- Department of Cytobiochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland; (A.C.); (W.G.-N.)
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- Department of Cytobiochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland; (A.C.); (W.G.-N.)
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- Department of Cytobiochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland; (A.C.); (W.G.-N.)
- Correspondence: (A.B.); (A.C.); Tel.: +48-7-1375-417 (A.B.); +48-7-1375-6356 (A.C.)
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- Research and Development Center, Regional Specialist Hospital, Kamieńskiego 73a, 51-154 Wroclaw, Poland;
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- Department of Cytobiochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland; (A.C.); (W.G.-N.)
- Correspondence: (A.B.); (A.C.); Tel.: +48-7-1375-417 (A.B.); +48-7-1375-6356 (A.C.)
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Molecular characterization of direct interactions between MPP1 and flotillins. Sci Rep 2021; 11:14751. [PMID: 34285255 PMCID: PMC8292550 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-93982-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2021] [Accepted: 06/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Flotillins are the major structural proteins in erythroid raft domains. We have shown previously that the dynamic nanoscale organization of raft domains in erythroid cells may depend on flotillin-MPP1 interactions. Here, by using molecular dynamic simulations and a surface plasmon resonance-based approach we determined that high-affinity complexes of MPP1 and flotillins are formed via a so far unidentified region within the D5 domain of MPP1. Significantly, this particular “flotillin binding motif” is of key physiological importance, as overexpression of peptides containing this motif inhibited endogenous MPP1-flotillin interaction in erythroid precursor cells, thereby causing lateral disorganization of raft domains. This was reflected by both reduction in the plasma membrane order and markedly decreased activation of signal transduction via the raft-dependent insulin receptor pathway. Our data highlight new molecular details concerning the mechanism whereby MPP1 functionally links flotillins to exert their physiological role in raft domain formation.
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Chytła A, Gajdzik-Nowak W, Olszewska P, Biernatowska A, Sikorski AF, Czogalla A. Not Just Another Scaffolding Protein Family: The Multifaceted MPPs. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25214954. [PMID: 33114686 PMCID: PMC7662862 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25214954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Revised: 10/16/2020] [Accepted: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Membrane palmitoylated proteins (MPPs) are a subfamily of a larger group of multidomain proteins, namely, membrane-associated guanylate kinases (MAGUKs). The ubiquitous expression and multidomain structure of MPPs provide the ability to form diverse protein complexes at the cell membranes, which are involved in a wide range of cellular processes, including establishing the proper cell structure, polarity and cell adhesion. The formation of MPP-dependent complexes in various cell types seems to be based on similar principles, but involves members of different protein groups, such as 4.1-ezrin-radixin-moesin (FERM) domain-containing proteins, polarity proteins or other MAGUKs, showing their multifaceted nature. In this review, we discuss the function of the MPP family in the formation of multiple protein complexes. Notably, we depict their significant role for cell physiology, as the loss of interactions between proteins involved in the complex has a variety of negative consequences. Moreover, based on recent studies concerning the mechanism of membrane raft formation, we shed new light on a possible role played by MPPs in lateral membrane organization.
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- Agnieszka Chytła
- Department of Cytobiochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland; (A.C.); (W.G.-N.); (P.O.); (A.B.)
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- Department of Cytobiochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland; (A.C.); (W.G.-N.); (P.O.); (A.B.)
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- Department of Cytobiochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland; (A.C.); (W.G.-N.); (P.O.); (A.B.)
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- Department of Cytobiochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland; (A.C.); (W.G.-N.); (P.O.); (A.B.)
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- Research and Development Center, Regional Specialist Hospital, Kamieńskiego 73a, 51-154 Wroclaw, Poland;
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- Department of Cytobiochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland; (A.C.); (W.G.-N.); (P.O.); (A.B.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +48-71375-6356
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Flotillins: At the Intersection of Protein S-Palmitoylation and Lipid-Mediated Signaling. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21072283. [PMID: 32225034 PMCID: PMC7177705 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21072283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2020] [Revised: 03/19/2020] [Accepted: 03/20/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Flotillin-1 and flotillin-2 are ubiquitously expressed, membrane-associated proteins involved in multifarious cellular events from cell signaling, endocytosis, and protein trafficking to gene expression. They also contribute to oncogenic signaling. Flotillins bind the cytosolic leaflet of the plasma membrane and endomembranes and, upon hetero-oligomerization, serve as scaffolds facilitating the assembly of multiprotein complexes at the membrane-cytosol interface. Additional functions unique to flotillin-1 have been discovered recently. The membrane-binding of flotillins is regulated by S-palmitoylation and N-myristoylation, hydrophobic interactions involving specific regions of the polypeptide chain and, to some extent, also by their oligomerization. All these factors endow flotillins with an ability to associate with the sphingolipid/cholesterol-rich plasma membrane domains called rafts. In this review, we focus on the critical input of lipids to the regulation of the flotillin association with rafts and thereby to their functioning. In particular, we discuss how the recent developments in the field of protein S-palmitoylation have contributed to the understanding of flotillin1/2-mediated processes, including endocytosis, and of those dependent exclusively on flotillin-1. We also emphasize that flotillins affect directly or indirectly the cellular levels of lipids involved in diverse signaling cascades, including sphingosine-1-phosphate and PI(4,5)P2. The mutual relations between flotillins and distinct lipids are key to the regulation of their involvement in numerous cellular processes.
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Podkalicka J, Biernatowska A, Olszewska P, Tabaczar S, Sikorski AF. The microdomain-organizing protein MPP1 is required for insulin-stimulated activation of H-Ras. Oncotarget 2018; 9:18410-18421. [PMID: 29719614 PMCID: PMC5915081 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.24847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2017] [Accepted: 02/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Signaling complexes are localized to distinct plasma-membrane domains which undergo precise spatiotemporal regulation. A crucial link between membrane dynamics and the small GTPase, H-Ras, has been suggested, connecting membrane localization, clustering and scaffolding with its activity and signal transduction. Results of this study suggest a relationship between MPP1 and/or MPP1-dependent plasma-membrane organization and H-Ras activation. Namely, we show here that in HEL cells, MPP1 knock-down lead to the disruption of signaling cascade(s) from the activated insulin receptor. The signal inhibition occurred at the level of H-Ras, as it showed impaired GDP-to-GTP exchange and further interaction with its effector molecule, Raf. Moreover, in these cells H-Ras detergent-resistant membrane localization was not sensitive to insulin treatment which may imply molecular mechanism via which MPP1 affects functions of other proteins which may be connected with functional domain formation. Understanding the link between MPP1 and activation of H-Ras, may provide an important insight into the complexity of Ras related signaling pathways which may become a potential target for associated cancer therapies.
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- Joanna Podkalicka
- Laboratory of Cytobiochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, 50-383 Wrocław, Poland
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- Laboratory of Cytobiochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, 50-383 Wrocław, Poland
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- Laboratory of Cytobiochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, 50-383 Wrocław, Poland
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- Laboratory of Cytobiochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, 50-383 Wrocław, Poland
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- Laboratory of Cytobiochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, 50-383 Wrocław, Poland
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Sobocińska J, Roszczenko-Jasińska P, Ciesielska A, Kwiatkowska K. Protein Palmitoylation and Its Role in Bacterial and Viral Infections. Front Immunol 2018; 8:2003. [PMID: 29403483 PMCID: PMC5780409 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.02003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2017] [Accepted: 12/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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S-palmitoylation is a reversible, enzymatic posttranslational modification of proteins in which palmitoyl chain is attached to a cysteine residue via a thioester linkage. S-palmitoylation determines the functioning of proteins by affecting their association with membranes, compartmentalization in membrane domains, trafficking, and stability. In this review, we focus on S-palmitoylation of proteins, which are crucial for the interactions of pathogenic bacteria and viruses with the host. We discuss the role of palmitoylated proteins in the invasion of host cells by bacteria and viruses, and those involved in the host responses to the infection. We highlight recent data on protein S-palmitoylation in pathogens and their hosts obtained owing to the development of methods based on click chemistry and acyl-biotin exchange allowing proteomic analysis of protein lipidation. The role of the palmitoyl moiety present in bacterial lipopolysaccharide and lipoproteins, contributing to infectivity and affecting recognition of bacteria by innate immune receptors, is also discussed.
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- Justyna Sobocińska
- Laboratory of Molecular Membrane Biology, Department of Cell Biology, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Molecular Membrane Biology, Department of Cell Biology, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Molecular Membrane Biology, Department of Cell Biology, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Molecular Membrane Biology, Department of Cell Biology, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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Toepfner N, Herold C, Otto O, Rosendahl P, Jacobi A, Kräter M, Stächele J, Menschner L, Herbig M, Ciuffreda L, Ranford-Cartwright L, Grzybek M, Coskun Ü, Reithuber E, Garriss G, Mellroth P, Henriques-Normark B, Tregay N, Suttorp M, Bornhäuser M, Chilvers ER, Berner R, Guck J. Detection of human disease conditions by single-cell morpho-rheological phenotyping of blood. eLife 2018; 7:e29213. [PMID: 29331015 PMCID: PMC5790376 DOI: 10.7554/elife.29213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2017] [Accepted: 01/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Blood is arguably the most important bodily fluid and its analysis provides crucial health status information. A first routine measure to narrow down diagnosis in clinical practice is the differential blood count, determining the frequency of all major blood cells. What is lacking to advance initial blood diagnostics is an unbiased and quick functional assessment of blood that can narrow down the diagnosis and generate specific hypotheses. To address this need, we introduce the continuous, cell-by-cell morpho-rheological (MORE) analysis of diluted whole blood, without labeling, enrichment or separation, at rates of 1000 cells/sec. In a drop of blood we can identify all major blood cells and characterize their pathological changes in several disease conditions in vitro and in patient samples. This approach takes previous results of mechanical studies on specifically isolated blood cells to the level of application directly in blood and adds a functional dimension to conventional blood analysis.
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- Nicole Toepfner
- Center of Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Biotechnology CenterTechnische Universität DresdenDresdenGermany
- Department of MedicineUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUnited Kingdom
- Department of PediatricsUniversity Clinic Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität DresdenDresdenGermany
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- Center of Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Biotechnology CenterTechnische Universität DresdenDresdenGermany
- Zellmechanik Dresden GmbHDresdenGermany
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- Center of Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Biotechnology CenterTechnische Universität DresdenDresdenGermany
- Zellmechanik Dresden GmbHDresdenGermany
- ZIK HIKE, Universität GreifswaldGreifswaldGermany
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- Center of Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Biotechnology CenterTechnische Universität DresdenDresdenGermany
- Zellmechanik Dresden GmbHDresdenGermany
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- Center of Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Biotechnology CenterTechnische Universität DresdenDresdenGermany
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- Department of Hematology and OncologyUniversity Clinic Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität DresdenDresdenGermany
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- Department of PediatricsUniversity Clinic Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität DresdenDresdenGermany
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- Department of PediatricsUniversity Clinic Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität DresdenDresdenGermany
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- Center of Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Biotechnology CenterTechnische Universität DresdenDresdenGermany
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- Institute of Infection, Immunity and InflammationUniversity of GlasgowGlasgowUnited Kingdom
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- Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden of the Helmholtz Centre MunichUniversity Hospital and Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität DresdenDresdenGermany
- German Center for Diabetes ResearchNeuherbergGermany
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- Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden of the Helmholtz Centre MunichUniversity Hospital and Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität DresdenDresdenGermany
- German Center for Diabetes ResearchNeuherbergGermany
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell BiologyKarolinska InstitutetStockholmSweden
- Department of Clinical MicrobiologyKarolinska University HospitalStockholmSweden
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell BiologyKarolinska InstitutetStockholmSweden
- Department of Clinical MicrobiologyKarolinska University HospitalStockholmSweden
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell BiologyKarolinska InstitutetStockholmSweden
- Department of Clinical MicrobiologyKarolinska University HospitalStockholmSweden
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell BiologyKarolinska InstitutetStockholmSweden
- Department of Clinical MicrobiologyKarolinska University HospitalStockholmSweden
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- Department of MedicineUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUnited Kingdom
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- Department of PediatricsUniversity Clinic Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität DresdenDresdenGermany
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- Department of Hematology and OncologyUniversity Clinic Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität DresdenDresdenGermany
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- Department of MedicineUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUnited Kingdom
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- Department of PediatricsUniversity Clinic Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität DresdenDresdenGermany
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- Center of Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Biotechnology CenterTechnische Universität DresdenDresdenGermany
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Sarkar S, Bose D, Giri RP, Mukhopadhyay MK, Chakrabarti A. Status of Membrane Asymmetry in Erythrocytes: Role of Spectrin. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2018; 1112:3-11. [PMID: 30637686 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-3065-0_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Spectrin-based proteinaceous membrane skeletal network has been found to be implicated in membrane disorders like hereditary spherocytosis (HS). HS greatly affects eryptosis via loss of membrane asymmetry which is seen to be the case in haemoglobin disorders like thalassemia and sickle cell disease as well. The biological implications of the status of membrane asymmetry are strongly correlated to spectrin interactions with aminophospholipids, e.g. PE and PS. Fluorescence and X-ray reflectivity (XRR) measurements of spectrin interactions with small unilamellar vesicles (SUVs) and cushioned bilayers of phospholipids, respectively, were studied. Both the XRR and fluorescence measurements led to the characterization of spectrin orientation on the surface of lipid bilayer of phosphatidylcholine (PC) and PC/aminophospholipid mixed membrane systems showing formation of a uniform layer of spectrin on top of the mixed phospholipid bilayer. Fluorescence studies show that spectrin interacts with PC and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE)/phosphatidylserine (PS) membranes with binding dissociation constants (Kd) in the nanomolar range indicating the role of spectrin in the maintenance of the overall membrane asymmetry of erythrocytes.
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- Sauvik Sarkar
- Crystallography & Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI, Kolkata, India
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- Crystallography & Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI, Kolkata, India
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- Surface Physics & Material Science Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI, Kolkata, India
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- Surface Physics & Material Science Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI, Kolkata, India
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- Crystallography & Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI, Kolkata, India.
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Biernatowska A, Augoff K, Podkalicka J, Tabaczar S, Gajdzik-Nowak W, Czogalla A, Sikorski AF. MPP1 directly interacts with flotillins in erythrocyte membrane - Possible mechanism of raft domain formation. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2017; 1859:2203-2212. [PMID: 28865798 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2017.08.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2017] [Revised: 08/21/2017] [Accepted: 08/27/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Flotillins are prominent, oligomeric protein components of erythrocyte (RBC) membrane raft domains and are considered to play an important structural role in lateral organization of the plasma membrane. In our previous work on erythroid membranes and giant plasma membrane vesicles (GPMVs) derived from them we have shown that formation of functional domains (resting state rafts) depends on the presence of membrane palmitoylated protein 1 (MPP1/p55), pointing to its new physiological role. Exploration of the molecular mechanism of MPP1 function in organizing membrane domains described here, through searching for its molecular partners in RBC membrane by using different methods, led to the identification of the raft-marker proteins, flotillin 1 and flotillin 2, as hitherto unreported direct MPP1 binding-partners in the RBC membrane. These proteins are found in high molecular-weight complexes in native RBC membrane and, significantly, their presence was shown to be separate from the well-known protein 4.1-dependent interactions of MPP1 with membrane proteins. Furthermore, FLIM analysis revealed that loss of the endogenous MPP1-flotillins interactions resulted in significant changes in RBC membrane-fluidity, emphasizing the physiological importance of such interactions in vivo. Therefore, our data establish a new perspective on the role of MPP1 in erythroid cells and suggests that direct MPP1-flotillins interactions could be the major driving-force behind the formation of raft domains in RBC.
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- Agnieszka Biernatowska
- Department of Cytobiochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroc1aw, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Cytobiochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroc1aw, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Cytobiochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroc1aw, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Cytobiochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroc1aw, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Cytobiochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroc1aw, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Cytobiochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroc1aw, Wroclaw, Poland.
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Fuentes NR, Salinas ML, Kim E, Chapkin RS. Emerging role of chemoprotective agents in the dynamic shaping of plasma membrane organization. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. BIOMEMBRANES 2017; 1859:1668-1678. [PMID: 28342710 PMCID: PMC5501766 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2017.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2016] [Revised: 03/15/2017] [Accepted: 03/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
In the context of an organism, epithelial cells by nature are designed to be the defining barrier between self and the outside world. This is especially true for the epithelial cells that form the lining of the digestive tract, which absorb nutrients and serve as a barrier against harmful substances. These cells are constantly bathed by a complex mixture of endogenous (bile acids, mucus, microbial metabolites) and exogenous (food, nutrients, drugs) bioactive compounds. From a cell biology perspective, this type of exposure would directly impact the plasma membrane, which consists of a myriad of complex lipids and proteins. The plasma membrane not only functions as a barrier but also as the medium in which cellular signaling complexes form and function. This property is mediated by the organization of the plasma membrane, which is exquisitely temporally (nanoseconds to minutes) and spatially (nanometers to micrometers) regulated. Since numerous bioactive compounds found in the intestinal lumen can directly interact with lipid membranes, we hypothesize that the dynamic reshaping of plasma membrane organization underlies the chemoprotective effect of select membrane targeted dietary bioactives (MTDBs). This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Membrane Lipid Therapy: Drugs Targeting Biomembranes edited by Pablo V. Escribá.
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- Natividad R Fuentes
- Program in Integrative Nutrition & Complex Diseases, Texas A&M University, USA; Faculty of Toxicology, Texas A&M University, USA
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- Program in Integrative Nutrition & Complex Diseases, Texas A&M University, USA; Department of Nutrition & Food Science, Texas A&M University, USA
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- Program in Integrative Nutrition & Complex Diseases, Texas A&M University, USA; Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M University, USA
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- Program in Integrative Nutrition & Complex Diseases, Texas A&M University, USA; Faculty of Toxicology, Texas A&M University, USA; Department of Nutrition & Food Science, Texas A&M University, USA; Center for Translational Environmental Health Research, Texas A&M University, USA.
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Podkalicka J, Biernatowska A, Majkowski M, Grzybek M, Sikorski AF. MPP1 as a Factor Regulating Phase Separation in Giant Plasma Membrane-Derived Vesicles. Biophys J 2016; 108:2201-11. [PMID: 25954878 PMCID: PMC4423064 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2014] [Revised: 02/26/2015] [Accepted: 03/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The existence of membrane-rafts helps to conceptually understand the spatiotemporal organization of membrane-associated events (signaling, fusion, fission, etc.). However, as rafts themselves are nanoscopic, dynamic, and transient assemblies, they cannot be directly observed in a metabolizing cell by traditional microscopy. The observation of phase separation in giant plasma membrane-derived vesicles from live cells is a powerful tool for studying lateral heterogeneity in eukaryotic cell membranes, specifically in the context of membrane rafts. Microscopic phase separation is detectable by fluorescent labeling, followed by cooling of the membranes below their miscibility phase transition temperature. It remains unclear, however, if this lipid-driven process is tuneable in any way by interactions with proteins. Here, we demonstrate that MPP1, a member of the MAGUK family, can modulate membrane properties such as the fluidity and phase separation capability of giant plasma membrane-derived vesicles. Our data suggest that physicochemical domain properties of the membrane can be modulated, without major changes in lipid composition, through proteins such as MPP1.
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- Joanna Podkalicka
- Laboratory of Cytobiochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland; Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
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- Laboratory of Cytobiochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland
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- Laboratory of Cytobiochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland
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- Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden of the Helmholtz Centre Munich at the University Clinic Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany; German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD e.v.), Neuherberg, Germany
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- Laboratory of Cytobiochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland.
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Listowski MA, Leluk J, Kraszewski S, Sikorski AF. Cholesterol Interaction with the MAGUK Protein Family Member, MPP1, via CRAC and CRAC-Like Motifs: An In Silico Docking Analysis. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0133141. [PMID: 26186446 PMCID: PMC4505867 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2014] [Accepted: 06/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Cholesterol is essential for the proper organization of the biological membrane. Therefore, predicting which proteins can bind cholesterol is important in understanding how proteins participate in lateral membrane organization. In this study, a simple bioinformatics approach was used to establish whether MPP1, a member of the MAGUK protein family, is capable of binding cholesterol. Modelled and experimentally-validated fragment structures were mined from online resources and searched for CRAC and CRAC-like motifs. Several of these motifs were found in the primary structure of MPP1, and these were structurally visualized to see whether they localized to the protein surface. Since all of the CRAC and CRAC-like motifs were found at the surface of MPP1 domains, in silico docking experiments were performed to assess the possibility of interaction between CRAC motifs and cholesterol. The results obtained show that MPP1 can bind cholesterol via CRAC and CRAC-like motifs with moderate to high affinity (KI in the nano- to micro-molar range). It was also found that palmitoylation-mimicking mutations (C/F or C/M) did not affect the affinity of MPP1 towards cholesterol. Data presented here may help to understand at least one of the molecular mechanisms via which MPP1 affects lateral organization of the membrane.
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- Marcin A. Listowski
- Department of Cytobiochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra, Poland
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Cytobiochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra, Poland
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Dunn HA, Ferguson SSG. PDZ Protein Regulation of G Protein–Coupled Receptor Trafficking and Signaling Pathways. Mol Pharmacol 2015; 88:624-39. [DOI: 10.1124/mol.115.098509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2015] [Accepted: 03/25/2015] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Kim JY, Song JY, Karnam S, Park JY, Lee JJH, Kim S, Cho SH. Common and distinctive localization patterns of Crumbs polarity complex proteins in the mammalian eye. Gene Expr Patterns 2015; 17:31-7. [PMID: 25636444 DOI: 10.1016/j.gep.2015.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2014] [Revised: 12/19/2014] [Accepted: 01/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Crumbs polarity complex proteins are essential for cellular and tissue polarity, and for adhesion of epithelial cells. In epithelial tissues deletion of any of three core proteins disrupts localization of the other proteins, indicating structural and functional interdependence among core components. Despite previous studies of function and co-localization that illustrated the properties that these proteins share, it is not known whether an individual component of the complex plays a distinct role in a unique cellular and developmental context. In order to investigate this question, we primarily used confocal imaging to determine the expression and subcellular localization of the core Crumbs polarity complex proteins during ocular development. Here we show that in developing ocular tissues core Crumbs polarity complex proteins, Crb, Pals1 and Patj, generally appear in an overlapping pattern with some exceptions. All three core complex proteins localize to the apical junction of the retinal and lens epithelia. Pals1 is also localized in the Golgi of the retinal cells and Patj localizes to the nuclei of the apically located subset of progenitor cells. These findings suggest that core Crumbs polarity complex proteins exert common and independent functions depending on cellular context.
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- Jin Young Kim
- Shriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center and Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
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- Shriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center and Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
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- Shriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center and Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
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- Shriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center and Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
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- Shriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center and Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
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- Shriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center and Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
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- Shriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center and Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
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Membrane rafts in the erythrocyte membrane: a novel role of MPP1p55. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2015; 842:61-78. [PMID: 25408337 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-11280-0_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Hryniewicz-Jankowska A, Augoff K, Biernatowska A, Podkalicka J, Sikorski AF. Membrane rafts as a novel target in cancer therapy. Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 2014; 1845:155-65. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2014.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2013] [Revised: 12/16/2013] [Accepted: 01/17/2014] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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