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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-5-14
pubmed:abstractText
Rats fed with a cholesterol supplement to their diet exhibited an increase in their plasma membrane cholesterol phospholipid (C/P)-lipid molar ratio from 0.72 to 0.98, whereas those fed the hypocholesterolaemic drug clofibrate in their diet exhibited a decrease in this ratio to 0.62. The properties of these membranes were analysed with regard to ligand-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity and the mobility of a fatty acid spin probe which allowed lipid phase separations to be identified. Membranes with elevated C/P ratios exhibited two distinct lipid phase separations, one at around 36 degrees C that was attributed to the external half of the bilayer and one at around 22 degrees C which was attributed to the inner half of the bilayer. Membranes with lowered C/P ratios exhibited a single lipid phase separation occurring at around 21 degrees C which was attributed to the lipids of the inner half of the bilayer. These results were compared with those obtained by manipulation of C/P ratios in vitro using liposome-cholesterol exchange techniques. Dietary manipulation of the C/P ratio of plasma membranes in vivo led to alterations in the fold stimulation of adenylate cyclase by various stimulatory ligands.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0014-5793
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
8
pubmed:volume
183
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
81-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Adenylate cyclase and a fatty acid spin probe detect changes in plasma membrane lipid phase separations induced by dietary manipulation of the cholesterol:phospholipid ratio.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't