[HTML][HTML] Differential localization of glucose transporter isoforms in non-polarized mammalian cells: distribution of GLUT1 but not GLUT3 to detergent-resistant …

T Sakyo, T Kitagawa - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Biomembranes, 2002 - Elsevier
T Sakyo, T Kitagawa
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Biomembranes, 2002Elsevier
The hexose transporter family, which mediates a facilitated uptake in mammalian cells,
consists of more than 10 members containing 12 membrane-spanning segments with a
single N-glycosylation site. However, it remains unknown how these isoforms are
functionally organized in the membrane domains. In this report, we describe a differential
distribution of the glucose transporter isoforms GLUT1 and GLUT3 to detergent-resistant
membrane domains (DRMs) in non-polarized mammalian cells. Whereas more than 80% of …
The hexose transporter family, which mediates a facilitated uptake in mammalian cells, consists of more than 10 members containing 12 membrane-spanning segments with a single N-glycosylation site. However, it remains unknown how these isoforms are functionally organized in the membrane domains. In this report, we describe a differential distribution of the glucose transporter isoforms GLUT1 and GLUT3 to detergent-resistant membrane domains (DRMs) in non-polarized mammalian cells. Whereas more than 80% of cellular proteins containing GLUT3 in HeLa cell lines was solubilized by a non-ionic detergent (either Triton X-100 or Lubrol WX) at 4 °C, GLUT1 remained insoluble together with the DRM-associated proteins, such as caveolin-1 and intestinal alkaline phosphatase (IAP). These DRM-associated proteins and the ganglioside GM1 were shown to float to the upper fractions when Triton X-100-solubilized cell extracts were centrifuged on a density gradient. In contrast, GLUT3 as well as most soluble proteins remained in the lower layers. Furthermore, perturbations of DRMs due to depletion of cholesterol by methyl-β-cyclodextrin (mβCD) rendered GLUT1 soluble in Triton X-100. Immunostaining patterns for these isoforms detected by confocal laser scanning microscopy in a living cell were also distinctive. These results suggest that in non-polarized mammalian cells, GLUT1 can be organized into a raft-like DRM domain but GLUT3 may distribute to fluid membrane domains. This differential distribution may occur irrespective of the N-glycosylation state or cell type.
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