| Literature DB >> 19302789 |
Anne-Marie Marzesco1, Michaela Wilsch-Bräuninger, Véronique Dubreuil, Peggy Janich, Katja Langenfeld, Christoph Thiele, Wieland B Huttner, Denis Corbeil.
Abstract
We previously reported on the occurrence of prominin-1-carrying membrane vesicles that are released into body fluids from microvilli of epithelial cells. This release has been implicated in cell differentiation. Here we have characterized these vesicles released from the differentiated Caco-2 cells. We find that in these vesicles, prominin-1 directly interacts with membrane cholesterol and is associated with a membrane microdomain. The cholesterol depletion using methyl-beta-cyclodextrin resulted in a marked increase in their release, and a dramatic change in the microvillar ultrastructure from a tubular shape to a "pearling" state, with multiple membrane constrictions, suggesting a role of membrane cholesterol in vesicle release from microvilli.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19302789 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.01.048
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEBS Lett ISSN: 0014-5793 Impact factor: 4.124