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Internalization and sorting of plasma membrane sphingolipid analogues in differentiating oligodendrocytes.

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:We studied the formation of early endosomes in differentiating oligodendrocytes and type-2 astrocytes, which are derived from common precursor cells in rat neonates, using fluorescent analogues of lactosylceramide (LacCer) and sulfatide labeled with 4,4-difluoro-5,7-dimethyl-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene++ +-3-pentanoic acid (BODIPY FL C5). These sphingolipid analogues exhibit a concentration-dependent shift in their fluorescence emission maximum from green to red wavelengths that can be used to estimate the relative concentration of an analogue in the intracellular membranes of living cells by quantitative fluorescence microscopy. When oligodendrocytes at various stages of differentiation were incubated with 1 microM BODIPY-sphingolipid at 10 degrees C and washed, yellow/green plasma membrane fluorescence was observed. Quantitative studies confirmed that the amount of BODIPY-LacCer or -sulfatide incorporated into the plasma membrane of a given cell type was identical. When these cells were subsequently warmed to 37 degrees C for 2-10 min to allow internalization to occur, the BODIPY-sphingolipid analogues were distributed in a punctate pattern throughout the cytoplasm. Within individual cells labeled with BODIPY-sulfatide, some endosomes exhibited green fluorescence, whereas others emitted red/orange fluorescence. In contrast, when BODIPY-LacCer was used, only green endosomes were observed. Although this phenomenon could be observed at earlier stages of differentiation, it was most obvious in mature oligodendrocytes, where quantitative measurements of the red/green ratio of individual endosomes suggested about a threefold difference between the concentration of the LacCer and sulfatide analogues in endosomes. These results suggest that "lipid sorting" takes place during endocytosis in mature oligodendrocytes, resulting in selective exclusion of certain lipid species during the internalization process. This sorting event may result in the net addition of lipids to the differentiated oligodendrocyte plasma membrane.

journal_name

J Neurochem

journal_title

Journal of neurochemistry

authors

Watanabe R,Asakura K,Rodriguez M,Pagano RE

doi

10.1046/j.1471-4159.1999.0731375.x

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pub_date

1999-10-01 00:00:00

pages

1375-83

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eissn

0022-3042

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1471-4159

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Internalization and sorting of plasma membrane sphingolipid analogues in differentiating oligodendrocytes.