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Evidence for cardiac sodium-calcium exchanger association with caveolin-3.

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FEBS Lett., 511 (1-3): 113--117 (January 2002)
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(01)03323-3

Abstract

The interaction of cardiac Na$^+$-Ca$^2+$ exchange (NCX1) with caveolin proteins was investigated in sarcolemmal vesicles. Western blots of sarcolemmal vesicles revealed the presence of caveolin-1, -2, and -3. NCX1 co-fractionated more closely with caveolin-3 than caveolin-1 on sucrose density gradients. NCX1 has five possible caveolin-binding motifs and NCX1 co-precipitated specifically with caveolin-3. Molecular sieve column chromatography indicated that this co-precipitation was not due to incomplete solubilization of lipid raft microdomains. Cholesterol chelation in vesicles decreased NCX1 transport activity and caveolin-3 co-precipitation. NCX1 may play a role in caveolar transmembrane signaling in addition to its role in excitation-contraction coupling.

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