Protein sorting by lipid phase-like domains supports emergent signaling function in B lymphocyte plasma membranes
- University of Michigan, United States
Abstract
Diverse cellular signaling events, including B cell receptor (BCR) activation, are hypothesized to be facilitated by domains enriched in specific plasma membrane lipids and proteins that resemble liquid-ordered phase-separated domains in model membranes. This concept remains controversial and lacks direct experimental support in intact cells. Here, we visualize ordered and disordered domains in mouse B lymphoma cell membranes using super-resolution fluorescence localization microscopy, demonstrate that clustered BCR resides within ordered phase-like domains capable of sorting key regulators of BCR activation, and present a minimal, predictive model where clustering receptors leads to their collective activation by stabilizing an extended ordered domain. These results provide evidence for the role of membrane domains in BCR signaling and a plausible mechanism of BCR activation via receptor clustering that could be generalized to other signaling pathways. Overall, these studies demonstrate that lipid mediated forces can bias biochemical networks in ways that broadly impact signal transduction.
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National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R01GM110052)
- Sarah L Veatch
National Science Foundation (MCB 1552439)
- Sarah L Veatch
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Animal experimentation: All experiments were performed in compliance with federal laws and institutional guidelines as approved by the University Committee on Use and Care of Animals (protocol #PRO00005048).
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© 2017, Stone et al.
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Protein sorting by lipid phase-like domains supports emergent signaling function in B lymphocyte plasma membranes
eLife 6:e19891.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.19891
