Proteomic of lipid rafts in the exocrine pancreas from diet-induced obese rats

Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2007 Apr 13;355(3):813-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.02.037. Epub 2007 Feb 15.

Abstract

In the present work, we induced obesity in rats with high-energy-starch diet and studied exocrine pancreas response. The zymogen granule (ZG) or purified plasma membrane (PM) from the exocrine pancreas was used for the isolation of the detergent-resistant membranes (DRMs). Based on high content of cholesterol, GM1, the bile salt dependent lipase (BSDL), and GP2 enrichment, the low-density fractions were defined as lipid rafts. Additionally, the rafts vesicles were determined by immunogold labeling with anti BSDL. By combining MALDI-TOF/MS and nano-LC ESI Q-TOF MS/MS proteomic identification we have selected 33 proteins from the lipid rafts which were classified into at least four functional families. Our data suggest that the acinar PM from the diet-induced obesity rats may be organized into lipid rafts, and characterization of rafts proteome can contribute to improve our understanding of food digestion under obesity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Membrane / chemistry*
  • Cell Membrane / ultrastructure
  • Diet
  • Male
  • Membrane Microdomains / chemistry*
  • Membrane Microdomains / metabolism
  • Obesity / metabolism*
  • Pancreas, Exocrine / chemistry*
  • Pancreas, Exocrine / metabolism
  • Proteins / analysis
  • Proteomics*
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley

Substances

  • Proteins