Analysis of the mobilities of band 3 populations associated with ankyrin protein and junctional complexes in intact murine erythrocytes

Gayani C. Kodippili, Jeff Spector, Jacob Hale, Katie Giger, Michael R. Hughes, Kelly M. McNagny, Connie Birkenmeier, Luanne Peters, Ken Ritchie, Philip S. Low

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Abstract

Current models of the erythrocyte membrane depict three populations of band 3: (i) a population tethered to spectrin via ankyrin, (ii) a fraction attached to the spectrin-actin junctional complex via adducin, and (iii) a freely diffusing population. Because many studies of band 3 diffusion also distinguish three populations of the polypeptide, it has been speculated that the three populations envisioned in membrane models correspond to the three fractions observed in diffusion analyses. To test this hypothesis, we characterized band 3 diffusion by single-particle tracking in wild-type and ankyrin- and adducin-deficient erythrocytes. We report that ∼40% of total band 3 in wild-type murine erythrocytes is attached to ankyrin, whereas ∼33% is immobilized by adducin, and ∼27% is not attached to any cytoskeletal anchor. Moredetailed analyses reveal that mobilities of individual ankyrinand adducin-tethered band 3 molecules are heterogeneous, varying by nearly 2 orders of magnitude and that there is considerable overlap in diffusion coefficients for adducin and ankyrin-tethered populations. Taken together, the data suggest that although the ankyrin- and adducin-immobilized band 3 can be monitored separately, significant heterogeneity still exists within each population, suggesting that structural and compositional properties likely vary considerably within each band 3 complex.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)4129-4138
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Biological Chemistry
Volume287
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 3 2012

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

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