title: Lipids and the ocular lens.
abstract: The unusually high levels of saturation and thus order contribute to the uniqueness of human lens membranes. In addition, and unlike in most biomembranes, most of the lens lipids are associated with proteins, thus reducing their mobility. The major phospholipid of the human lens is dihydrosphingomyelin. Found in significant quantities only in primate lenses, particularly human ones, this lipid is so extremely stable that it was reported to be the only lipid remaining in a frozen mammoth 40,000 years after its death. Unusually high levels of cholesterol add peculiarity to the composition of lens membranes. Beyond the lateral segregation of lipids into dynamic domains known as rafts, the high abundance of cholesterol in the human lens leads to the formation of patches of pure cholesterol. Changes in human lens lipid composition with age and disease as well as differences among species are greater than those observed for any other biomembrane. The relationships among lens membrane composition, structure, and lipid conformation reviewed in this article are unique to the mammalian lens and offer exciting insights into lens membrane function. This review focuses on findings reported over the last two decades that demonstrate the uniqueness of mammalian lens membranes regarding their morphology and composition. Because the membranes of human lenses do undergo the most dramatic changes with age and cataractogenesis, the final sections of this review address our current knowledge of the unusual composition and organization of adult human lens membranes with and without opacification. Finally, the questions that still remain to be answered are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA. Borchman@louisville.edu
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Borchman
authors.forename: Marta C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Yappert
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D020346:Aquaporins / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002386:Cataract / Q000378:metabolism; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism; D003459:Crystallins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D005136:Eye Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008563:Membrane Lipids / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D054467:Phospholipases A2 / Q000378:metabolism; D053499:Plasma Membrane Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000378:metabolism; D053498:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D020346:Aquaporins; D003459:Crystallins; D005136:Eye Proteins; D005227:Fatty Acids; D008563:Membrane Lipids; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; C030328:aquaporin 0; D002784:Cholesterol; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D053499:Plasma Membrane Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D053498:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D002118:Calcium
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