PMID- 34843684 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220323 LR - 20220402 IS - 1539-7262 (Electronic) IS - 0022-2275 (Print) IS - 0022-2275 (Linking) VI - 63 IP - 1 DP - 2022 Jan TI - Loss of plasma membrane lipid asymmetry can induce ordered domain (raft) formation. PG - 100155 LID - S0022-2275(21)00138-3 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jlr.2021.100155 [doi] LID - 100155 AB - In some cases, lipids in one leaflet of an asymmetric artificial lipid vesicle suppress the formation of ordered lipid domains (rafts) in the opposing leaflet. Whether this occurs in natural membranes is unknown. Here, we investigated this issue using plasma membrane vesicles (PMVs) from rat leukemia RBL-2H3 cells. Membrane domain formation and order was assessed by fluorescence resonance energy transfer and fluorescence anisotropy. We found that ordered domains in PMVs prepared from cells by N-ethyl maleimide (NEM) treatment formed up to approximately 37 degrees C, whereas ordered domains in symmetric vesicles formed from the extracted PMV lipids were stable up to 55 degrees C, indicating the stability of ordered domains was substantially decreased in intact PMVs. This behavior paralleled lesser ordered domain stability in artificial asymmetric lipid vesicles relative to the corresponding symmetric vesicles, suggesting intact PMVs exhibit some degree of lipid asymmetry. This was supported by phosphatidylserine mislocalization on PMV outer leaflets as judged by annexin binding, which indicated NEM-induced PMVs are much more asymmetric than PMVs formed by dithiothreitol/paraformaldehyde treatment. Destroying asymmetry by reconstitution of PMVs using detergent dilution also showed stabilization of domain formation, even though membrane proteins remained associated with reconstituted vesicles. Similar domain stabilization was observed in artificial asymmetric lipid vesicles after destroying asymmetry via detergent reconstitution. Proteinase K digestion of proteins had little effect on domain stability in NEM PMVs. We conclude that loss of PMV lipid asymmetry can induce ordered domain formation. The dynamic control of lipid asymmetry in cells may regulate domain formation in plasma membranes. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Kakuda, Shinako AU - Kakuda S AD - Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA. FAU - Suresh, Pavana AU - Suresh P AD - Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA. FAU - Li, Guangtao AU - Li G AD - Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA. FAU - London, Erwin AU - London E AD - Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA. Electronic address: erwin.london@stonybrook.edu. LA - eng GR - R35 GM122493/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20211126 PL - United States TA - J Lipid Res JT - Journal of lipid research JID - 0376606 RN - 0 (Membrane Lipids) SB - IM MH - *Membrane Lipids PMC - PMC8953672 OTO - NOTNLM OT - N-ethyl maleimide OT - annexin OT - dithiothreitol OT - fluorescence anisotropy OT - fluorescence resonance energy transfer OT - leaflet asymmetry OT - lipid rafts OT - liquid ordered OT - membrane domains OT - plasma membrane vesicles COIS- Conflict of interest The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest with the contents of this article. EDAT- 2021/11/30 06:00 MHDA- 2022/03/24 06:00 PMCR- 2021/11/26 CRDT- 2021/11/29 20:11 PHST- 2021/11/05 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/11/23 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/11/24 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/11/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/03/24 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/11/29 20:11 [entrez] PHST- 2021/11/26 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0022-2275(21)00138-3 [pii] AID - 100155 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jlr.2021.100155 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Lipid Res. 2022 Jan;63(1):100155. doi: 10.1016/j.jlr.2021.100155. Epub 2021 Nov 26.