Brown R E
The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, MN 55912, USA.
J Cell Sci. 1998 Jan;111 ( Pt 1)(0 1):1-9. doi: 10.1242/jcs.111.1.1.
Recent cell biological studies suggest that sphingolipids and cholesterol may cluster in biomembranes to form raft-like microdomains. Such lipid domains are postulated to function as platforms involved in the lateral sorting of certain proteins during their trafficking within cells as well as during signal transduction events. Here, the physical interactions that occur between cholesterol and sphingolipids in model membrane systems are discussed within the context of microdomain formation. A model is presented in which the role of cholesterol is refined compared to earlier models.
最近的细胞生物学研究表明,鞘脂和胆固醇可能在生物膜中聚集形成筏样微结构域。据推测,这种脂质结构域在某些蛋白质在细胞内运输以及信号转导过程中作为侧向分选的平台发挥作用。在此,在微结构域形成的背景下讨论了模型膜系统中胆固醇与鞘脂之间发生的物理相互作用。提出了一个模型,其中胆固醇的作用与早期模型相比得到了细化。