生物
倍性
细胞生物学
脂质微区
胆固醇
膜
WI-38
细胞老化
成纤维细胞
遗传学
生物化学
细胞培养
基因
端粒
作者
Megumi Nakamura,Hiroshi Kondo,Yukiko Shimada,Abdül Waheed,Yoshiko Ohno‐Iwashita
标识
DOI:10.1016/s0014-4827(03)00343-4
摘要
Recently it has been shown that cholesterol plays indispensable roles in the function of cholesterol-rich microdomains (rafts), such as in ligand-mediated signal transduction. Using a perfringolysin O derivative (BCtheta) that binds selectively to cholesterol in rafts without causing membrane damage (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98 (2001) 4926), we have investigated the effect of in vitro replicative aging of human diploid fibroblasts, TIG-1, on the distribution of plasma membrane cholesterol. The amount of BCtheta-labeled membrane cholesterol decreased during replicative aging of TIG-1 cells, whereas total cholesterol increased somewhat. The relationship was confirmed by double staining with BCtheta and senescence-associated-beta-galactosidase, a biomarker of senescent cells. Cell fractionation experiments revealed decreases in both cholesterol in rafts and a raft marker, flotillin, during replicative aging. In addition, hydroxyurea-induced prematurely senescent cells also showed a lower level of BCtheta-labeled cholesterol than untreated cells, despite maintaining the total amount of cholesterol. When TIG-1 cells were cultured in cholesterol-deficient medium, BCtheta labeling was first diminished and then premature senescence was induced. Taken together with the reduced signaling capacity of aged cells, these results suggest that plasma membrane cholesterol in raft microdomains is more sensitive to senescence than total cholesterol and is a primary target in aging.
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