Abstract
Positively charged ion species and charged lipids play specific roles in biochemical processes, especially those involving cell membranes. The cell membrane and phase separation domains are attractive research targets to study signal transduction. The phase separation structure and functions of cell-sized liposomes containing charged lipids and cholesterol have been investigated earlier, and the domain structure has also been studied in a membrane model, containing the yeast sterol ergosterol. The present study investigates phase-separated domain structure alterations in membranes containing charged lipids when cholesterol is substituted with ergosterol. This study finds that ergosterol increases the homogeneity of membranes containing charged lipids. Cholesterol-containing membranes are more sensitive to a charged state, and ergosterol-containing liposomes show lower responses to charged lipids. These findings may improve our understanding of the differences in both yeast and mammalian cells, as well as the interactions of proteins with lipids during signal transduction.
Funder
Intelligent Cosmos Foundation
Konica Minolta Science and Technology Foundation
Shorai Foundation For Science And Technology
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Aomori Prefectural Industrial Technology Research Center
Subject
Filtration and Separation,Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous),Process Chemistry and Technology
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