Abstract:
:Unilamellar liposomes can be fused at low pH with the plasma membrane of cells that express the hemagglutinin glycoprotein of influenza virus on their surface [van Meer, G., & Simons, K. (1983) J. Cell Biol. 97, 1365-1374]. Here, we have resolved this fusion process into two kinetically distinct steps. The first and more rapid step converts the bound liposome to a form that can no longer be released by neuraminidase. The second step is the actual membrane fusion as measured by the loss of resonance energy transfer between two liposomal fluorescent phospholipids, N-(7-nitro-2,1,3-benzoxadiazol-4-yl)dioleoylphosphatidylethanolami ne (N-NBD-PE) and N-(lissamine rhodamine B sulfonyl)dioleoylphosphatidylethanolamine (N-Rh-PE). In contrast to the first step, the rate of the second one was highly dependent on the liposomal lipid composition and the cell type used. The replacement of 50% of the phosphatidylcholine (PC) in egg PC-cholesterol liposomes by unsaturated phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) species increased the rate of fusion at least 2-fold. Of the PE-containing liposomes that were associated with Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells after 30 s of fusion, 80% had actually fused with the plasma membrane. Fringe pattern fluorescence photobleaching experiments showed that after fusion a fraction of the cell-associated N-Rh-PE diffused laterally in the plasma membrane. Without fusion, the N-Rh-PE was completely immobile. Under optimal conditions, the mobile fractions were 65% on MDCK cells and 78% on baby hamster kidney cells. The mobility was acquired simultaneously with the dilution of the fluorescent phospholipids as measured from the loss of resonance energy transfer. The mobile fraction of N-Rh-PE on the cell surface can therefore be used as a second independent measure of actual membrane fusion. Finally, we observed that upon fusion up to 80% of the nonexchangeable liposome markers cholesterol [14C]oleate and glycerol tri[14C]oleate became accessible to cellular hydrolases. The results showed that this hydrolysis assay can also be used to monitor the second step of the fusion process.
journal_name
Biochemistryjournal_title
Biochemistryauthors
van Meer G,Davoust J,Simons Kdoi
10.1021/bi00335a030subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1985-07-02 00:00:00pages
3593-602issue
14eissn
0006-2960issn
1520-4995journal_volume
24pub_type
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