Membrane mechanisms for signal transduction: The coupling of the meso-scale raft domains to membrane-skeleton-induced compartments and dynamic protein complexes

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• 作者：Akihiro Kusumi^a ; ^b ; ^{akusumi@frontier.kyoto-u.ac.jp} ; ^{kusumiaki@gmail.com} ; Takahiro K. Fujiwara^a ; Nobuhiro Morone^a ; Kenta J. Yoshida^a ; Rahul Chadda^a ; Min Xie^a ; Rinshi S. Kasai^b ; Kenichi G.N. Suzuki^a ; ^c ; ^d
• 关键词：Single-molecule imaging ; Actin-based membrane skeleton ; Picket fence model ; Raft domains ; Dynamic protein complex ; GPI-anchored receptor
• 刊名：Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：186_10849521
• 类别：bio
• 出版时间：April, 2012
• 卷：23
• 期：2
• 页码：126-144
• 文件大小：2458 K

摘要

Virtually all biological membranes on earth share the basic structure of a two-dimensional liquid. Such universality and peculiarity are comparable to those of the double helical structure of DNA, strongly suggesting the possibility that the fundamental mechanisms for the various functions of the plasma membrane could essentially be understood by a set of simple organizing principles, developed during the course of evolution. As an initial effort toward the development of such understanding, in this review, we present the concept of the cooperative action of the hierarchical three-tiered meso-scale (2-300 nm) domains in the plasma membrane: (1) actin membrane-skeleton-induced compartments (40-300 nm), (2) raft domains (2-20 nm), and (3) dynamic protein complex domains (3-10 nm). Special attention is paid to the concept of meso-scale domains, where both thermal fluctuations and weak cooperativity play critical roles, and the coupling of the raft domains to the membrane-skeleton-induced compartments as well as dynamic protein complexes. The three-tiered meso-domain architecture of the plasma membrane provides an excellent perspective for understanding the membrane mechanisms of signal transduction.