Expressed glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored horseradish peroxidase identifies co-clustering molecules in individual lipid raft domains

PLoS One. 2014 Mar 26;9(3):e93054. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093054. eCollection 2014.

Abstract

Lipid rafts that are enriched in glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins serve as a platform for important biological events. To elucidate the molecular mechanisms of these events, identification of co-clustering molecules in individual raft domains is required. Here we describe an approach to this issue using the recently developed method termed enzyme-mediated activation of radical source (EMARS), by which molecules in the vicinity within 300 nm from horseradish peroxidase (HRP) set on the probed molecule are labeled. GPI-anchored HRP fusion proteins (HRP-GPIs), in which the GPI attachment signals derived from human decay accelerating factor and Thy-1 were separately connected to the C-terminus of HRP, were expressed in HeLa S3 cells, and the EMARS reaction was catalyzed by these expressed HRP-GPIs under a living condition. As a result, these different HRP-GPIs had differences in glycosylation and localization and formed distinct clusters. This novel approach distinguished molecular clusters associated with individual GPI-anchored proteins, suggesting that it can identify co-clustering molecules in individual raft domains.

MeSH terms

  • CD55 Antigens / metabolism
  • Free Radicals / metabolism
  • GPI-Linked Proteins / genetics
  • GPI-Linked Proteins / metabolism*
  • Glycosylation
  • HeLa Cells
  • Horseradish Peroxidase / genetics
  • Horseradish Peroxidase / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Membrane Microdomains / metabolism*
  • Protein Transport
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / genetics
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / metabolism
  • Thy-1 Antigens / metabolism

Substances

  • CD55 Antigens
  • Free Radicals
  • GPI-Linked Proteins
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • Thy-1 Antigens
  • Horseradish Peroxidase

Grants and funding

The authors have no support or funding to report.