title: The fusion of liposomes to rat brain microsomal membranes regulates phosphatidylserine synthesis.
abstract: Rat brain microsomal membranes were fused to liposomes prepared with several pure lipids, namely, phosphatidylserine, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidic acid, and mixtures of phosphatidic acid and phosphatidylcholine or phosphatidylethanolamine. The fusion between liposomes and microsomes was measured by the octadecyl rhodamine B chloride method. The extent and other properties of fusion largely depend on the lipid used to prepare liposomes; phosphatidic acid and phosphatidylinositol fuse more extensively than other lipid classes. The activity of serine base exchange is affected by the fusion between rat brain microsomes and lipids. It is strongly inhibited by phosphatidylserine, but it is activated by phosphatidic acid. The inhibition produced by phosphatidylserine on its own synthesis is proposed as a mechanism for controlling the formation of phosphatidylserine in rat brain microsomes.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Scienze Biochimiche, Perugia, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Corazzi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pistolesi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Arienti
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000502:physiology*; D008081:Liposomes; D008297:Male; D008561:Membrane Fusion; D008861:Microsomes / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010712:Phosphatidic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000378:metabolism; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines / Q000378:metabolism; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism; D010718:Phosphatidylserines / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D008081:Liposomes; D010712:Phosphatidic Acids; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D010718:Phosphatidylserines; D002118:Calcium