Stefanski Katherine M, Huang Hui, Luu Dustin D, Hutchison James M, Saksena Nilabh, Fisch Alexander J, Hasaka Thomas P, Bauer Joshua A, Kenworthy Anne K, Van Horn Wade D, Sanders Charles R
Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
bioRxiv. 2024 Dec 11:2024.10.28.620521. doi: 10.1101/2024.10.28.620521.
Development of an understanding of membrane nanodomains colloquially known as "lipid rafts" has been hindered by a lack of pharmacological tools to manipulate rafts and protein affinity for rafts. We screened 24,000 small molecules for modulators of the affinity of peripheral myelin protein 22 (PMP22) for rafts in giant plasma membrane vesicles (GPMVs). Hits were counter-screened against another raft protein, MAL, and tested for impact on raft , leading to two classes of compounds. Class I molecules altered the raft affinity of PMP22 and MAL and also reduced raft formation in a protein-dependent manner. Class II molecules modulated raft formation in a protein-independent manner. This suggests independent forces work collectively to stabilize lipid rafts. Both classes of compounds altered membrane fluidity in cells and modulated TRPM8 channel function. These compounds provide new tools for probing lipid raft function in cells and for furthering our understanding of raft biophysics.
对通常被称为“脂筏”的膜纳米结构域的理解发展一直受到缺乏用于操纵脂筏的药理学工具以及蛋白质对脂筏亲和力的阻碍。我们在巨型质膜囊泡(GPMV)中筛选了24000种小分子,以寻找外周髓鞘蛋白22(PMP22)对脂筏亲和力的调节剂。对筛选出的阳性化合物针对另一种脂筏蛋白MAL进行反向筛选,并测试其对脂筏的影响,从而得到了两类化合物。I类分子改变了PMP22和MAL的脂筏亲和力,并且还以蛋白质依赖的方式减少了脂筏的形成。II类分子以蛋白质非依赖的方式调节脂筏的形成。这表明独立的作用力共同作用以稳定脂筏。两类化合物都改变了细胞中的膜流动性并调节了TRPM8通道功能。这些化合物为探究细胞中脂筏的功能以及深化我们对脂筏生物物理学的理解提供了新工具。