title: The plasma membrane Ca2+-ATPase isoform 4 is localized in lipid rafts of cerebellum synaptic plasma membranes.
abstract: Here we describe the association of the synaptosomal plasma membrane Ca2+-ATPase (PMCA) from pig cerebellum with cholesterol/sphingomyelin-rich membrane domains (rafts). The PMCA4 was localized exclusively in rafts prepared by flotation in Nycodenz density gradients of ice-cold Brij 96 extracts. This was corroborated by its colocalization with the raft markers cholesterol, ganglioside GM1, and PrP(C). The remaining PMCA isoforms were found in the detergent-soluble fractions, with the majority of the membrane proteins. Activity assays confirmed the bimodal distribution of the PMCA isoforms in the density gradient, with a lower activity for PMCA4 and greater stimulation by calmodulin than for the other isoforms. By providing an ordered membrane microenvironment, lipid rafts may contribute to the interaction of PMCA4 with proteins involved in Ca2+ signaling at discrete functional positions on the synaptic nerve terminals.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular y Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Extremadura, Avda de Elvas s/n, 06071 Badajoz, Spain.
authors.forename: M Rosario
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Sepúlveda
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berrocal-Carrillo
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gasset
authors.forename: Ana M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Mata
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D027682:Cation Transport Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000201:enzymology*; D021962:Membrane Microdomains / Q000201:enzymology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D053499:Plasma Membrane Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D013552:Swine; D013569:Synapses / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D027682:Cation Transport Proteins; D053499:Plasma Membrane Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases