Lipid phosphate phosphatases 1 and 3 are localized in distinct lipid rafts

J Biochem. 2006 Nov;140(5):677-86. doi: 10.1093/jb/mvj195. Epub 2006 Sep 27.

Abstract

Lipid phosphate phosphatases (LPPs), integral membrane proteins with six transmembrane domains, dephosphorylate a variety of extracellular lipid phosphates. Although LPP3 is already known to bind to Triton X-100-insoluble rafts, we here report that LPP1 is also associated with lipid rafts distinct from those harboring LPP3. We found that LPP1 was Triton X-100-soluble, but CHAPS-insoluble in LNCaP cells endogenously expressing LPP1 and several LPP1 cDNA-transfected cells including NIH3T3 fibroblasts. In addition to the non-ionic detergent insolubility, LPP1 further possessed several properties formulated for raft-localizing proteins as follows: first, the CHAPS-insolubility was resistant to the actin-disrupting drug cytochalasin D; second, the CHAPS-insoluble LPP1 floated in an Optiprep density gradient; third, the CHAPS insolubility of LPP1 was lost by cholesterol depletion; and finally, the subcellular distribution pattern of LPP1 exclusively overlapped with that of a raft marker, cholera toxin B subunit. Interestingly, confocal microscopic analysis showed that LPP1 was distributed to membrane compartments distinct from those of LPP3. Analysis using various LPP1/LPP3 chimeras revealed that their first extracellular regions determine the different Triton X-100 solubilities. These results indicate that LPP1 and LPP3 are distributed in distinct lipid rafts that may provide unique microenvironments defining their non-redundant physiological functions.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • COS Cells
  • Chlorocebus aethiops
  • Cholic Acids / pharmacology
  • Cytochalasin D / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Isoenzymes / metabolism
  • Membrane Microdomains / enzymology*
  • Mice
  • Microscopy, Confocal
  • NIH 3T3 Cells
  • Octoxynol / pharmacology
  • Phosphatidate Phosphatase / metabolism*
  • Solubility

Substances

  • Cholic Acids
  • Isoenzymes
  • Cytochalasin D
  • Octoxynol
  • lipid phosphate phosphatase
  • Phosphatidate Phosphatase
  • Plpp3 protein, mouse
  • 3-((3-cholamidopropyl)dimethylammonium)-1-propanesulfonate