PMID- 27720987 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170619 LR - 20181113 IS - 1089-8638 (Electronic) IS - 0022-2836 (Print) IS - 0022-2836 (Linking) VI - 428 IP - 24 Pt A DP - 2016 Dec 4 TI - Death Receptor 5 Networks Require Membrane Cholesterol for Proper Structure and Function. PG - 4843-4855 LID - S0022-2836(16)30416-8 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jmb.2016.10.001 [doi] AB - Death receptor 5 (DR5) is an apoptosis-inducing member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily, whose activity has been linked to membrane cholesterol content. Upon ligand binding, DR5 forms large clusters within the plasma membrane that have often been assumed to be manifestations of receptor co-localization in cholesterol-rich membrane domains. However, we have recently shown that DR5 clusters are more than just randomly aggregated receptors. Instead, these are highly structured networks held together by receptor dimers. These dimers are stabilized by specific transmembrane helix-helix interactions, including a disulfide bond in the long isoform of the receptor. The complex relationships among DR5 network formation, transmembrane helix dimerization, membrane cholesterol, and receptor activity has not been established. It is unknown whether the membrane itself plays an active role in driving DR5 transmembrane helix interactions or in the formation of the networks. We show that cholesterol depletion in cells does not inhibit the formation of DR5 networks. However, the networks that form in cholesterol-depleted cells fail to induce caspase cleavage. These results suggest a potential structural difference between active and inactive networks. As evidence, we show that cholesterol is necessary for the covalent dimerization of DR5 transmembrane domains. Molecular simulations and experiments in synthetic vesicles on the DR5 transmembrane dimer suggest that dimerization is facilitated by increased helicity in a thicker bilayer. CI - Copyright A(c) 2016. Published by Elsevier Ltd. FAU - Lewis, Andrew K AU - Lewis AK AD - Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. FAU - Valley, Christopher C AU - Valley CC AD - Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. FAU - Peery, Stephen L AU - Peery SL AD - Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. FAU - Brummel, Benjamin AU - Brummel B AD - Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. FAU - Braun, Anthony R AU - Braun AR AD - Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. FAU - Karim, Christine B AU - Karim CB AD - Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. FAU - Sachs, Jonathan N AU - Sachs JN AD - Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. Electronic address: jnsachs@umn.edu. LA - eng GR - R01 GM107175/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20161006 PL - Netherlands TA - J Mol Biol JT - Journal of molecular biology JID - 2985088R RN - 0 (Membrane Lipids) RN - 0 (Receptors, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand) RN - 97C5T2UQ7J (Cholesterol) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Caspases) SB - IM MH - Caspases/metabolism MH - Cholesterol/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Jurkat Cells MH - Membrane Lipids/*metabolism MH - Models, Biological MH - Protein Conformation MH - *Protein Multimerization MH - Proteolysis MH - Receptors, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand/*chemistry/*metabolism PMC - PMC5394796 MID - NIHMS851023 OTO - NOTNLM OT - cholesterol-rich membrane domains OT - disulfide bond OT - ligand/receptor clustering OT - replica exchange molecular dynamics OT - transmembrane domain EDAT- 2016/10/11 06:00 MHDA- 2017/06/20 06:00 PMCR- 2017/04/18 CRDT- 2016/10/11 06:00 PHST- 2016/01/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/09/16 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2016/10/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/10/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/06/20 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/10/11 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/04/18 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0022-2836(16)30416-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jmb.2016.10.001 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Mol Biol. 2016 Dec 4;428(24 Pt A):4843-4855. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2016.10.001. Epub 2016 Oct 6.