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The Fusion of Liposomes to Rat Brain Microsomal Membranes Regulates Phosphatidylserine Synthesis
Author(s) -
Corazzi Lanfranco,
Pistolesi Roberto,
Arienti Giuseppe
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of neurochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.75
H-Index - 229
eISSN - 1471-4159
pISSN - 0022-3042
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1991.tb02582.x
Subject(s) - phosphatidylserine , phosphatidic acid , phosphatidylethanolamine , liposome , phosphatidylinositol , microsome , phosphatidylcholine , chemistry , biochemistry , lipid bilayer fusion , diacylglycerol kinase , phospholipid , membrane , signal transduction , in vitro , protein kinase c
Rat brain microsomal membranes were fused to liposomes prepared with several pure lipids, namely, phosphatidylserine, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidic acid, and mixtures of phosphatidic acid and phosphatidylcholine or phosphatidylethanolamine. The fusion between liposomes and microsomes was measured by the octadecyl rhodamine B chloride method. The extent and other properties of fusion largely depend on the lipid used to prepare liposomes; phosphatidic acid and phosphatidylinositol fuse more extensively than other lipid classes. The activity of serine base exchange is affected by the fusion between rat brain microsomes and lipids. It is strongly inhibited by phosphatidylserine, but it is activated by phosphatidic acid. The inhibition produced by phosphatidylserine on its own synthesis is proposed as a mechanism for controlling the formation of phosphatidylserine in rat brain microsomes.