Loss of Plasma Membrane Phospholipid Asymmetry Requires Raft Integrity

Plasma membrane phospholipid asymmetry.

Regulation of transbilayer plasma membrane phospholipid asymmetry.

Lipids in biological membranes are asymmetrically distributed across the bilayer; the amine-containing phospholipids are enriched on the cytoplasmic surface of the plasma membrane, while the choline-containing and sphingolipids are enriched on the outer surface. The maintenance of transbilayer lipid asymmetry is essential for normal membrane function, and disruption of this asymmetry is associa...

Loss of phospholipid asymmetry in cell fusion.

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Loss, Restoration, and Maintenance of Plasma Membrane Integrity

A break in the integrity of the plasma membrane immediately compromises this structure’s essential role as a barrier, and this can kill the affected cell. Yet animal cell plasma membranes, unprotected by a cell wall, are highly vulnerable to mechanically induced disruption. Moreover, many tissue environments generate and receive “physiological” levels of mechanical force that impose shear, tens...

Membrane phospholipid asymmetry in human thalassemia.

Phospholipid asymmetry in the red blood cell (RBC) lipid bilayer is well maintained during the life of the cell, with phosphatidylserine (PS) virtually exclusively located in the inner monolayer. Loss of phospholipid asymmetry, and consequently exposure of PS, is thought to play an important role in red cell pathology. The anemia in the human thalassemias is caused by a combination of ineffecti...