putative presence of gel domains (so) is not usually taken into account. We show that in phospholipid:sphingolipid:cholesterol mixtures, in which sphingomyelin (SM) promoted fluidlodomains, dihydrosphingomyelin (DHSM) tended to form rigid domains. Genetic and pharmacological blockade of the dihydroceramide desaturase (Des1), which replaced SM with DHSM in cultured cells, inhibited cell infection by
细胞膜中脂质的侧向组织被认为可调节许多细胞过程。大多数研究集中在液晶(ld)和液序(lo)两个液相的共存。通常不考虑凝胶域(so)的假定存在。我们显示,在
磷脂:鞘脂:
胆固醇混合物中,鞘
磷脂(SM)促进了流体域,二氢鞘
磷脂(DHSM)倾向于形成刚性域。二氢神经酰胺去饱和酶(Des1)的遗传和药理学阻断作用是在培养细胞中用DHSM替代SM,从而抑制了具有复制能力且缺乏HIV-1的细胞感染。DHSM
水平的升高产生了更坚硬的膜,从而抵抗了gp41融合肽的插入,从而抑制了病毒-细胞膜的融合。