Isolation of Lipid Rafts from Cultured Mammalian Cells and Their Lipidomics Analysis

Nigora Mukhamedova, Kevin Huynh, Hann Low, Peter J. Meikle, Dmitri Sviridov

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Abstract

Lipid rafts are distinct liquid-ordered domains of plasma membranes of most eukaryotic cells providing platform for signaling pathways. Lipid composition of rafts is critical for their structural integrity and for regulation of signaling pathways originating from rafts. Here we provide a protocol to isolate lipid rafts from cultured human and animal cells and comprehensively analyse their lipid composition.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere3670
Number of pages19
Journalbio-protocol
Volume10
Issue number13
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Jul 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cholesterol
  • Lipid rafts
  • Lipidomics
  • Lipids
  • Membrane

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