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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-1-21
pubmed:abstractText
UPAR is a GPI anchored protein, which is found in both lipid rafts and in more fluid regions of the plasma membrane. We have studied the role of the ligand uPA on uPAR localization and on the composition of the lipid membrane microdomains. We have analyzed the glycosphingolipid environment of uPAR in detergent resistant membrane (DRM) fractions prepared by cell lysis with 1% Triton X-100 and fractionated by sucrose gradient centrifugation obtained from HEK293-uPAR cells. The uPAR specific lipid membrane microdomain has been separated from the total DRM fraction by immunoprecipitation with an anti-uPAR specific antibody under conditions that preserve membrane integrity. We have also tested uPA-induced ERK phosphorylation in the presence of methyl-beta-cyclodextrin, which is known to disrupt lipid rafts by sequestering cholesterol from such domains. Our results show that uPAR is partially associated with DRM and this association is increased by ligands, is independent of the catalytic activity of uPA, and is required for intracellular signalling. In the absence of ligands, uPAR experiences a lipid environment very similar to that of total DRM, enriched in sphingomyelin and glycosphingolipids. However, after treatment of cells with uPA or ATF the lipid environment is strongly impoverished of neutral glycosphingolipids.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
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pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0006-3002
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
1778
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
250-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17963689-Catalysis, pubmed-meshheading:17963689-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:17963689-Cholesterol, pubmed-meshheading:17963689-Detergents, pubmed-meshheading:17963689-Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:17963689-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17963689-Immunoprecipitation, pubmed-meshheading:17963689-Lipids, pubmed-meshheading:17963689-Membrane Microdomains, pubmed-meshheading:17963689-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:17963689-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:17963689-Protein Transport, pubmed-meshheading:17963689-Receptors, Cell Surface, pubmed-meshheading:17963689-Receptors, Urokinase Plasminogen Activator, pubmed-meshheading:17963689-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:17963689-Sphingolipids, pubmed-meshheading:17963689-Sulfur Radioisotopes, pubmed-meshheading:17963689-Tritium, pubmed-meshheading:17963689-Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
uPA binding increases UPAR localization to lipid rafts and modifies the receptor microdomain composition.
pubmed:affiliation
Molecular Genetics Unit, DIBIT, H. S. Raffaele, Department of Molecular Biology and Functional Genomics, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't