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Sharma S, Lindau M. t-SNARE Transmembrane Domain Clustering Modulates Lipid Organization and Membrane Curvature. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:18440-18443. [PMID: 29231734 PMCID: PMC5802331 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b10677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The t-SNARE complex plays a central role in neuronal fusion. Its components, syntaxin-1 and SNAP25, are largely present in individual clusters and partially colocalize at the presumptive fusion site. How these protein clusters modify local lipid composition and membrane morphology is largely unknown. In this work, using coarse-grained molecular dynamics, the transmembrane domains (TMDs) of t-SNARE complexes are shown to form aggregates leading to formation of lipid nanodomains, which are enriched in cholesterol, phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate, and gangliosidic lipids. These nano-domains induce membrane curvature that would promote a closer contact between vesicle and plasma membrane.
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- Satyan Sharma
- Laboratory of Nanoscale Cell Biology, Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie , Göttingen 37077 Germany
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- Laboratory of Nanoscale Cell Biology, Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie , Göttingen 37077 Germany.,School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University , Ithaca, New York 14850, United States
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Hájek R, Jirásko R, Lísa M, Cífková E, Holčapek M. Hydrophilic Interaction Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Characterization of Gangliosides in Biological Samples. Anal Chem 2017; 89:12425-12432. [PMID: 29058414 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b03523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) coupled to a negative-ion electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS) method has been developed for the identification of a wide range of gangliosides in biological samples. Gangliosides consist of a backbone of sphingoid base and a polar oligosaccharide chain containing at least one sialic acid. Gangliosides are extracted by chloroform-methanol-water mixture, where an upper aqueous layer containing gangliosides and other polar lipid subclasses is further purified by C18 solid-phase extraction. The optimization of chromatographic conditions includes the column selection, mobile-phase composition, pH value, buffer type, and concentration with the goal to achieve the best chromatographic resolution and MS sensitivity. The identification of gangliosides and other polar lipids is based on accurate m/z values of [M-H]- ions and fragment ions as well measured by high-resolution MS. The detailed interpretation of MS/MS spectra enables the generalization of fragmentation pathways, which is then used for the differentiation of a, b, and c series of gangliosides. The structural assignment is further confirmed by agreement with the predicted retention behavior in HILIC mode on the basis of the correlation among the ganglioside retention, the number of saccharide units, and their sequence. The final HILIC/ESI-MS/MS method is applied for the analysis of porcine brain, human kidney, lungs, plasma, and erythrocytes resulting in unambiguous identification of 145 ganglioside species from 19 subclasses, which represents the highest number of reported gangliosides. Moreover, 71 sulfatides and 59 polar phospholipids (phosphatidylserines, phosphatidylinositols, lysophosphatidylinositols, and phosphatidylglycerols) are detected within a 15 min run.
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- Roman Hájek
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice , Studentská 573, 53210 Pardubice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice , Studentská 573, 53210 Pardubice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice , Studentská 573, 53210 Pardubice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice , Studentská 573, 53210 Pardubice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice , Studentská 573, 53210 Pardubice, Czech Republic
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Modification of Ganglioside Content of Human Gastric Epithelial Cell Membrane Decreases Helicobacter pylori Adhesion. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2017; 65:456-461. [PMID: 28945209 DOI: 10.1097/mpg.0000000000001612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND In polarized cells, ganglioside location determines ganglioside function. Diet alters ganglioside content and composition in cell membranes. Ganglioside acts as a receptor for Helicobacter pylori. H pylori infects the stomach epithelium and may cause peptic ulcer disease and gastric cancer. The present study used purified gangliosides to modify the ganglioside composition of human gastric epithelial cells in vitro to reduce H pylori adhesion. METHODS A human gastric epithelial cell line (NCI-N87) was cultured with a ganglioside mix or with pure ganglioside (GM3 or GD3) at different concentrations (0-30 μg/mL) and ganglioside membrane content of gastric cells was determined after 48 hours. LC/triple quadrupole MS was used to analyse ganglioside concentration. H pylori was inoculated into the culture media of gastric cells previously treated with gangliosides GM3 or GD3 or a combination of GM3 and GD3. RESULTS GD3 and GM3 content increased in the plasma membrane in a dose-dependent manner. Gastric cells treated with GD3 showed more GM3 content than GD3 (P < 0.01). Ganglioside content was modified in the apical membrane, but GM3 and GD3 were also found in the basolateral membrane after treatments. Gastric cells treated with GM3, GD3 or the combination of GM3:GD3 decreased H pylori adhesion to gastric cells at all ganglioside concentrations tested by 80% compared with untreated gastric cells (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS These observations suggest that GD3 and GM3 present in the stomach lumen may be taken up into the apical gastric membrane and decrease H pylori adhesion to the epithelium.
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Chiricozzi E, Pomè DY, Maggioni M, Di Biase E, Parravicini C, Palazzolo L, Loberto N, Eberini I, Sonnino S. Role of the GM1 ganglioside oligosaccharide portion in the TrkA-dependent neurite sprouting in neuroblastoma cells. J Neurochem 2017; 143:645-659. [PMID: 28796418 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.14146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2017] [Revised: 07/12/2017] [Accepted: 08/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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GM1 ganglioside (II3 NeuAc-Gg4 Cer) is known to promote neurite formation in neuroblastoma cells by activating TrkA-MAPK pathway. The molecular mechanism by which GM1 is involved in the neurodifferentiation process is still unknown, however, in vitro and in vivo evidences have suggested that the oligosaccharide portion of this ganglioside could be involved. Here, we report that, similarly to the entire GM1 molecule, its oligosaccharide II3 NeuAc-Gg4, rather than its ceramide (Cer) portion is responsible for the neurodifferentiation process by augmenting neurite elongation and increasing the neurofilament protein expression in murine neuroblastoma cells, Neuro2a. Conversely, asialo-GM1, GM2 and GM3 oligosaccharides are not effective in neurite elongation on Neuro2a cells, whereas the effect exerted by the Fuc-GM1 oligosaccharide (IV2 αFucII3 Neu5Ac-Gg4 ) is similar to that exerted by GM1 oligosaccharide. The neurotrophic properties of GM1 oligosaccharide are exerted by activating the TrkA receptor and the following phosphorylation cascade. By photolabeling experiments performed with a nitrophenylazide containing GM1 oligosaccharide, labeled with tritium, we showed a direct interaction between the GM1 oligosaccharide and the extracellular domain of TrkA receptor. Moreover, molecular docking analyses confirmed that GM1 oligosaccharide binds the TrkA-nerve growth factor complex leading to a binding free energy of approx. -11.5 kcal/mol, acting as a bridge able to increase and stabilize the TrkA-nerve growth factor molecular interactions.
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- Elena Chiricozzi
- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milano, Segrate, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milano, Segrate, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milano, Segrate, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milano, Segrate, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milano, Segrate, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milano, Segrate, Milano, Italy
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Electrospray ionization ion mobility mass spectrometry provides novel insights into the pattern and activity of fetal hippocampus gangliosides. Biochimie 2017; 139:81-94. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2017.05.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2017] [Accepted: 05/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Patel DS, Park S, Wu EL, Yeom MS, Widmalm G, Klauda JB, Im W. Influence of Ganglioside GM1 Concentration on Lipid Clustering and Membrane Properties and Curvature. Biophys J 2017; 111:1987-1999. [PMID: 27806280 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.09.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2016] [Revised: 08/18/2016] [Accepted: 09/19/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Gangliosides are a class of glycosphingolipids (GSLs) with amphiphilic character that are found at the outer leaflet of the cell membranes, where their ability to organize into special domains makes them vital cell membrane components. However, a molecular understanding of GSL-rich membranes in terms of their clustered organization, stability, and dynamics is still elusive. To gain molecular insight into the organization and dynamics of GSL-rich membranes, we performed all-atom molecular-dynamics simulations of bicomponent ganglioside GM1 in 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC) phospholipid bilayers with varying concentrations of GM1 (10%, 20%, and 30%). Overall, the simulations show very good agreement with available experimental data, including x-ray electron density profiles along the membrane normal, NMR carbohydrate proton-proton distances, and x-ray crystal structures. This validates the quality of our model systems for investigating GM1 clustering through an ordered-lipid-cluster analysis. The increase in GM1 concentration induces tighter lipid packing, driven mainly by inter-GM1 carbohydrate-carbohydrate interactions, leading to a greater preference for the positive curvature of GM1-containing membranes and larger cluster sizes of ordered-lipid clusters (with a composite of GM1 and POPC). These clusters tend to segregate and form a large percolated cluster at a 30% GM1 concentration at 293 K. At a higher temperature of 330 K, however, the segregation is not maintained.
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- Dhilon S Patel
- Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering Program, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering Program, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering Program, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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- Korean Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland; Biophysics Program, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering Program, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
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Pirazzini M, Rossetto O, Eleopra R, Montecucco C. Botulinum Neurotoxins: Biology, Pharmacology, and Toxicology. Pharmacol Rev 2017; 69:200-235. [PMID: 28356439 PMCID: PMC5394922 DOI: 10.1124/pr.116.012658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 410] [Impact Index Per Article: 58.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The study of botulinum neurotoxins (BoNT) is rapidly progressing in many aspects.
Novel BoNTs are being discovered owing to next generation sequencing, but their
biologic and pharmacological properties remain largely unknown. The molecular
structure of the large protein complexes that the toxin forms with accessory
proteins, which are included in some BoNT type A1 and B1 pharmacological
preparations, have been determined. By far the largest effort has been dedicated to
the testing and validation of BoNTs as therapeutic agents in an ever increasing
number of applications, including pain therapy. BoNT type A1 has been also exploited
in a variety of cosmetic treatments, alone or in combination with other agents, and
this specific market has reached the size of the one dedicated to the treatment of
medical syndromes. The pharmacological properties and mode of action of BoNTs have
shed light on general principles of neuronal transport and protein-protein
interactions and are stimulating basic science studies. Moreover, the wide array of
BoNTs discovered and to be discovered and the production of recombinant BoNTs endowed
with specific properties suggest novel uses in therapeutics with increasing
disease/symptom specifity. These recent developments are reviewed here to provide an
updated picture of the biologic mechanism of action of BoNTs, of their increasing use
in pharmacology and in cosmetics, and of their toxicology.
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- Marco Pirazzini
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Italy (M.P., O.R., C.M.); Neurologic Department, University-Hospital S. Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy (R.E.); and Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Padova, Italy (C.M.)
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Italy (M.P., O.R., C.M.); Neurologic Department, University-Hospital S. Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy (R.E.); and Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Padova, Italy (C.M.)
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Italy (M.P., O.R., C.M.); Neurologic Department, University-Hospital S. Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy (R.E.); and Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Padova, Italy (C.M.)
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Italy (M.P., O.R., C.M.); Neurologic Department, University-Hospital S. Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy (R.E.); and Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Padova, Italy (C.M.)
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Parveen N, Block S, Zhdanov VP, Rydell GE, Höök F. Detachment of Membrane Bound Virions by Competitive Ligand Binding Induced Receptor Depletion. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:4049-4056. [PMID: 28350474 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b04582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Multivalent receptor-mediated interactions between virions and a lipid membrane can be weakened using competitive nonpathogenic ligand binding. In particular, the subsequent binding of such ligands can induce detachment of bound virions, a phenomenon of crucial relevance for the development of new antiviral drugs. Focusing on the simian virus 40 (SV40) and recombinant cholera toxin B subunit (rCTB), and using (monosialotetrahexosyl)ganglioside (GM1) as their common receptor in a supported lipid bilayer (SLB), we present the first detailed investigation of this phenomenon by employing the quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D) and total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy assisted 2D single particle tracking (SPT) techniques. Analysis of the QCM-D-measured release kinetics made it possible to determine the binding strength of a single SV40-GM1 pair. The release dynamics of SV40, monitored by SPT, revealed that a notable fraction of SV40 becomes mobile just before the release, allowing to estimate the distribution of SV40-bound GM1 receptors just prior to release.
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- Nagma Parveen
- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology , Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology , Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology , Gothenburg, Sweden
- Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Russian Academy of Sciences , Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg , Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology , Gothenburg, Sweden
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Sarbu M, Dehelean L, Munteanu CV, Vukelić Ž, Zamfir AD. Assessment of ganglioside age-related and topographic specificity in human brain by Orbitrap mass spectrometry. Anal Biochem 2017; 521:40-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2017.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2016] [Revised: 01/08/2017] [Accepted: 01/10/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Targeting O-Acetyl-GD2 Ganglioside for Cancer Immunotherapy. J Immunol Res 2017; 2017:5604891. [PMID: 28154831 PMCID: PMC5244029 DOI: 10.1155/2017/5604891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2016] [Revised: 11/18/2016] [Accepted: 12/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Target selection is a key feature in cancer immunotherapy, a promising field in cancer research. In this respect, gangliosides, a broad family of structurally related glycolipids, were suggested as potential targets for cancer immunotherapy based on their higher abundance in tumors when compared with the matched normal tissues. GD2 is the first ganglioside proven to be an effective target antigen for cancer immunotherapy with the regulatory approval of dinutuximab, a chimeric anti-GD2 therapeutic antibody. Although the therapeutic efficacy of anti-GD2 monoclonal antibodies is well documented, neuropathic pain may limit its application. O-Acetyl-GD2, the O-acetylated-derivative of GD2, has recently received attention as novel antigen to target GD2-positive cancers. The present paper examines the role of O-acetyl-GD2 in tumor biology as well as the available preclinical data of anti-O-acetyl-GD2 monoclonal antibodies. A discussion on the relevance of O-acetyl-GD2 in chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy development is also included.
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The sphingolipid family of lipids modulate several cellular processes, including proliferation, cell cycle regulation, inflammatory signaling pathways, and cell death. Several members of the sphingolipid pathway have opposing functions and thus imbalances in sphingolipid metabolism result in deregulated cellular processes, which cause or contribute to diseases and disorders in humans. A key cellular process regulated by sphingolipids is apoptosis, or programmed cell death. Sphingolipids play an important role in both extrinsic and intrinsic apoptotic pathways depending on the stimuli, cell type and cellular response to the stress. During mitochondrial-mediated apoptosis, multiple pathways converge on mitochondria and induce mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization (MOMP). MOMP results in the release of intermembrane space proteins such as cytochrome c and Apaf1 into the cytosol where they activate the caspases and DNases that execute cell death. The precise molecular components of the pore(s) responsible for MOMP are unknown, but sphingolipids are thought to play a role. Here, we review evidence for a role of sphingolipids in the induction of mitochondrial-mediated apoptosis with a focus on potential underlying molecular mechanisms by which altered sphingolipid metabolism indirectly or directly induce MOMP. Data available on these mechanisms is reviewed, and the focus and limitations of previous and current studies are discussed to present important unanswered questions and potential future directions.
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- Gauri A Patwardhan
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 40202, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 40202, USA.,Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 40202, USA.,James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, 505 South Hancock Street, Clinical and Translational Research Building, Room 203, Louisville, KY, 40202, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 40202, USA. .,James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, 505 South Hancock Street, Clinical and Translational Research Building, Room 203, Louisville, KY, 40202, USA.
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Brown AM, Bevan DR. Influence of sequence and lipid type on membrane perturbation by human and rat amyloid β-peptide (1–42). Arch Biochem Biophys 2017; 614:1-13. [DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2016.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2016] [Revised: 11/17/2016] [Accepted: 11/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Sibille E, Berdeaux O, Martine L, Bron AM, Creuzot-Garcher CP, He Z, Thuret G, Bretillon L, Masson EAY. Ganglioside Profiling of the Human Retina: Comparison with Other Ocular Structures, Brain and Plasma Reveals Tissue Specificities. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0168794. [PMID: 27997589 PMCID: PMC5173345 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2016] [Accepted: 12/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Gangliosides make a wide family of glycosphingolipids, highly heterogeneous in both the ceramide moiety and the oligosaccharide chain. While ubiquitously expressed in mammalian tissues, they are particularly abundant in the brain and the peripheral nervous system. Gangliosides are known to play a crucial role in the development, maintenance and functional integrity of the nervous system. However, the expression and roles of gangliosides in the retina, although often considered as a window on the brain, has been far less studied. We performed an in-depth analysis of gangliosides of the human retina, especially using powerful LC/MS methods. We compared the pattern of ganglioside classes and ceramide molecular species of this tissue with other ocular structures and with brain and plasma in elderly human individuals. About a hundred of ganglioside molecular species among 15 distinct classes were detected illustrating the huge structural diversity of these compounds. The retina exhibited a very diverse ganglioside profile and shared several common features with the brain (prominence of tetraosylgangliosides, abundance of d20:1 long chain base and 18:0 fatty acid…). However, the retina stood out with the specific expression of GD3, GT3 and AcGT3, which further presented a peculiar molecular species distribution. The unique ganglioside pattern we observed in the human retina suggests that these ganglioside species play a specific role in the structure and function of this tissue. This lipidomic study, by highlighting retina specific ganglioside species, opens up novel research directions for a better understanding of the biological role of gangliosides in the retina.
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- Estelle Sibille
- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, CNRS, INRA, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, CNRS, INRA, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, CNRS, INRA, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, CNRS, INRA, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
- Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital, Dijon, France
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, CNRS, INRA, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
- Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital, Dijon, France
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- Laboratory for Biology, Imaging, and Engineering of Corneal Grafts, EA2521, Faculty of Medicine, University Jean Monnet, Saint-Etienne, France
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- Laboratory for Biology, Imaging, and Engineering of Corneal Grafts, EA2521, Faculty of Medicine, University Jean Monnet, Saint-Etienne, France
- Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, CNRS, INRA, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, CNRS, INRA, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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Patel P, Kearney JF. Immunological Outcomes of Antibody Binding to Glycans Shared between Microorganisms and Mammals. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2016; 197:4201-4209. [PMID: 27864551 PMCID: PMC5119654 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1600872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2016] [Accepted: 08/04/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Glycans constitute basic cellular components of living organisms across biological kingdoms, and glycan-binding Abs participate in many cellular interactions during immune defense against pathogenic organisms. Glycan epitopes are expressed as carbohydrate-only entities or as oligomers or polymers on proteins and lipids. Such epitopes on glycoproteins may be formed by posttranslational modifications or neoepitopes resulting from metabolic-catabolic processes and can be altered during inflammation. Pathogenic organisms can display host-like glycans to evade the host immune response. However, Abs to glycans, shared between microorganisms and the host, exist naturally. These Abs are able to not only protect against infectious disease, but also are involved in host housekeeping functions and can suppress allergic disease. Despite the reactivity of these Abs to glycans shared between microorganisms and host, diverse tolerance-inducing mechanisms permit the B cell precursors of these Ab-secreting cells to exist within the normal B cell repertoire.
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- Preeyam Patel
- Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294
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Antibody recognition of aberrant glycosylation on the surface of cancer cells. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2016; 44:1-8. [PMID: 27821276 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2016.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2016] [Revised: 09/28/2016] [Accepted: 10/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Carbohydrate-binding antibodies and carbohydrate-based vaccines are being actively pursued as targeted immunotherapies for a broad range of cancers. Recognition of tumor-associated carbohydrates (glycans) by antibodies is predominantly towards terminal epitopes on glycoproteins and glycolipids on the surface of cancer cells. Crystallography along with complementary experimental and computational methods have been extensively used to dissect antibody recognition of glycan epitopes commonly found in cancer. We provide an overview of the structural biology of antibody recognition of tumor-associated glycans and propose potential rearrangements of these targets in the membrane that could dictate the complex biological activities of these antibodies against cancer cells.
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Colin J, Gregory-Pauron L, Lanhers MC, Claudepierre T, Corbier C, Yen FT, Malaplate-Armand C, Oster T. Membrane raft domains and remodeling in aging brain. Biochimie 2016; 130:178-187. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2016.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2016] [Accepted: 08/31/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Du J, Li M, Yuan Z, Guo M, Song J, Xie X, Chen Y. A decision analysis model for KEGG pathway analysis. BMC Bioinformatics 2016; 17:407. [PMID: 27716040 PMCID: PMC5053338 DOI: 10.1186/s12859-016-1285-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2015] [Accepted: 09/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background The knowledge base-driven pathway analysis is becoming the first choice for many investigators, in that it not only can reduce the complexity of functional analysis by grouping thousands of genes into just several hundred pathways, but also can increase the explanatory power for the experiment by identifying active pathways in different conditions. However, current approaches are designed to analyze a biological system assuming that each pathway is independent of the other pathways. Results A decision analysis model is developed in this article that accounts for dependence among pathways in time-course experiments and multiple treatments experiments. This model introduces a decision coefficient—a designed index, to identify the most relevant pathways in a given experiment by taking into account not only the direct determination factor of each Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway itself, but also the indirect determination factors from its related pathways. Meanwhile, the direct and indirect determination factors of each pathway are employed to demonstrate the regulation mechanisms among KEGG pathways, and the sign of decision coefficient can be used to preliminarily estimate the impact direction of each KEGG pathway. The simulation study of decision analysis demonstrated the application of decision analysis model for KEGG pathway analysis. Conclusions A microarray dataset from bovine mammary tissue over entire lactation cycle was used to further illustrate our strategy. The results showed that the decision analysis model can provide the promising and more biologically meaningful results. Therefore, the decision analysis model is an initial attempt of optimizing pathway analysis methodology. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12859-016-1285-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Junli Du
- College of sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, People's Republic of China.,College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, People's Republic of China
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- College of sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, People's Republic of China
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- College of sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, People's Republic of China
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- College of sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA
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- College of sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, People's Republic of China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, People's Republic of China.
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Dubreuil JD, Isaacson RE, Schifferli DM. Animal Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli. EcoSal Plus 2016; 7:10.1128/ecosalplus.ESP-0006-2016. [PMID: 27735786 PMCID: PMC5123703 DOI: 10.1128/ecosalplus.esp-0006-2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 165] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is the most common cause of E. coli diarrhea in farm animals. ETEC are characterized by the ability to produce two types of virulence factors: adhesins that promote binding to specific enterocyte receptors for intestinal colonization and enterotoxins responsible for fluid secretion. The best-characterized adhesins are expressed in the context of fimbriae, such as the F4 (also designated K88), F5 (K99), F6 (987P), F17, and F18 fimbriae. Once established in the animal small intestine, ETEC produce enterotoxin(s) that lead to diarrhea. The enterotoxins belong to two major classes: heat-labile toxins that consist of one active and five binding subunits (LT), and heat-stable toxins that are small polypeptides (STa, STb, and EAST1). This review describes the disease and pathogenesis of animal ETEC, the corresponding virulence genes and protein products of these bacteria, their regulation and targets in animal hosts, as well as mechanisms of action. Furthermore, vaccines, inhibitors, probiotics, and the identification of potential new targets by genomics are presented in the context of animal ETEC.
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- J Daniel Dubreuil
- Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, Québec J2S 7C6, Canada
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- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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Park DH, Wang L, Pittock P, Lajoie G, Whitehead SN. Increased Expression of GM1 Detected by Electrospray Mass Spectrometry in Rat Primary Embryonic Cortical Neurons Exposed to Glutamate Toxicity. Anal Chem 2016; 88:7844-52. [PMID: 27376483 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b01940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Neurons within different brain regions have varying levels of vulnerability to external stress and respond differently to injury. A potential reason to explain this may lie within a key lipid class of the cell's plasma membrane called gangliosides. These glycosphingolipid species have been shown to play various roles in the maintenance of neuronal viability. The purpose of this study is to use electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) and immunohistochemistry to evaluate the temporal expression profiles of gangliosides during the course of neurodegeneration in rat primary cortical neurons exposed to glutamate toxicity. Primary embryonic (E18) rat cortical neurons were cultured to DIV (days in vitro) 14. Glutamate toxicity was induced for 1, 3, 6, and 24 h to injure and kill neurons. Immunofluorescence was used to stain for GM1 and GM3 species, and ESI-MS was used to quantify the ganglioside species expressed within these injured neurons. ESI-MS data revealed that GM1, GM2, and GM3 were up-regulated in neurons exposed to glutamate. Interestingly, using immunofluorescence, we demonstrated that the GM1 increase following glutamate exposure occurred in viable neurons, possibly indicating a potential intrinsic neuroprotective response. To test this potential neuroprotective property, neurons were pretreated with GM1 for 24 h prior to glutamate exposure. Pretreatment with GM1 conferred significant neuroprotection against glutamate-induced cell death. Overall, work from this study validates the use of ESI-MS for cell-derived gangliosides and supports the further development of lipid based strategies to protect against neuron cell death.
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- Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, London Health Sciences Centre, University of Western Ontario , London, Ontario N6A 5A5, Canada
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Delannoy CP, Rombouts Y, Groux-Degroote S, Holst S, Coddeville B, Harduin-Lepers A, Wuhrer M, Elass-Rochard E, Guérardel Y. Glycosylation Changes Triggered by the Differentiation of Monocytic THP-1 Cell Line into Macrophages. J Proteome Res 2016; 16:156-169. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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- Clément P. Delannoy
- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8576 - UGSF - Unité
de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, F 59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8576 - UGSF - Unité
de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, F 59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8576 - UGSF - Unité
de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, F 59000 Lille, France
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- Center
for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8576 - UGSF - Unité
de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, F 59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8576 - UGSF - Unité
de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, F 59000 Lille, France
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- Center
for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8576 - UGSF - Unité
de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, F 59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8576 - UGSF - Unité
de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, F 59000 Lille, France
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UNLABELLED Although comprehensively described during early neuronal development, the role of DNA methylation/demethylation in neuronal lineage and subtype specification is not well understood. By studying two distinct neuronal progenitors as they differentiate to principal neurons in mouse hippocampus and striatum, we uncovered several principles governing neuronal DNA methylation during brain development. (1) The program consists of three stages: an initial genome-wide methylation during progenitor proliferation is followed by loss of methylation during the transition of regional progenitors to "young" hippocampal/striatal neurons, which is then reversed by gain in methylation during maturation to subtype-specific neurons. (2) At the first two stages, gain and loss of methylation are limited to CpGs, whereas during the third maturation stage, methylation also occurs at non-CpG sites in both lineages. (3) Methylation/demethylation, similar to transcription, are initially highly similar in the two lineages, whereas diversification in methylation and transcription during maturation creates subtype-specific methylation differences. (4) Initially, methylation targets all genomic locations, whereas later, during early and late differentiation, the preferred targets are intronic/intergenic sequences with enhancer-like activity. (5) Differentially methylated genes are enriched in sequential neurodevelopmental functions (such as progenitor proliferation, migration, neuritogenesis, and synaptic transmission); upregulated genes represent current and consecutive stage-specific functions, and downregulated genes represent preceding functions that are no longer required. The main conclusion of our work is that the neuronal methylation/demethylation program is predominantly developmental with minimal lineage specificity, except in the final stage of development when neuron subtype-specific differences also emerge. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Our work is the first to describe a set of relatively simple rules that govern DNA methylation and demethylation in neuronal development in vivo. By dividing neurodevelopment to three major stages and applying rules to each of them, we created a matrix that comprehensively describes DNA methylation/demethylation events in two neuronal lineages, with a total of 10 cell types spanning the entire neurodevelopment. Beyond increasing our understanding of the epigenetic regulation of normal development, our work will be useful in deciphering how environmental perturbations, such as gestational toxins, drugs, stress, infection, and offspring neglect/maltreatment, interfere with the developmental methylation program.
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Behavioural traits propagate across generations via segregated iterative-somatic and gametic epigenetic mechanisms. Nat Commun 2016; 7:11492. [PMID: 27173585 PMCID: PMC4869176 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2015] [Accepted: 04/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Parental behavioural traits can be transmitted by non-genetic mechanisms to the offspring. Although trait transmission via sperm has been extensively researched, epidemiological studies indicate the exclusive/prominent maternal transmission of many non-genetic traits. Since maternal conditions impact the offspring during gametogenesis and through fetal/early-postnatal life, the resultant phenotype is likely the aggregate of consecutive germline and somatic effects; a concept that has not been previously studied. Here, we dissected a complex maternally transmitted phenotype, reminiscent of comorbid generalized anxiety/depression, to elementary behaviours/domains and their transmission mechanisms in mice. We show that four anxiety/stress-reactive traits are transmitted via independent iterative-somatic and gametic epigenetic mechanisms across multiple generations. Somatic/gametic transmission alters DNA methylation at enhancers within synaptic genes whose functions can be linked to the behavioural traits. Traits have generation-dependent penetrance and sex specificity resulting in pleiotropy. A transmission-pathway-based concept can refine current inheritance models of psychiatric diseases and facilitate the development of better animal models and new therapeutic approaches. Physiological effects of psychological stress and infection in mothers can increase the incidence of anxiety and psychiatric diseases in offsprings and in subsequent generation. Here, Miklos Toth and colleagues show that intergenerational inheritance of neurological traits is propagated across multiple generations independently by parallel non-genetic mechanisms involving independent segregation of epigenetic specific loci.
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Watanabe H, Okahara K, Naito-Matsui Y, Abe M, Go S, Inokuchi J, Okazaki T, Kobayashi T, Kozutsumi Y, Oka S, Takematsu H. Psychosine-triggered endomitosis is modulated by membrane sphingolipids through regulation of phosphoinositide 4,5-bisphosphate production at the cleavage furrow. Mol Biol Cell 2016; 27:2037-50. [PMID: 27170180 PMCID: PMC4927278 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e15-08-0555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2015] [Accepted: 05/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Endomitosis is a special type of mitosis in which only cytokinesis-the final step of the cell division cycle-is defective, resulting in polyploid cells. Although endomitosis is biologically important, its regulatory aspects remain elusive. Psychosine, a lysogalactosylceramide, prevents proper cytokinesis when supplemented to proliferating cells. Cytokinetic inhibition by psychosine does not inhibit genome duplication. Consequently cells undergo multiple rounds of endomitotic cell cycles, resulting in the formation of giant multiploid cells. Here we successfully quantified psychosine-triggered multiploid cell formation, showing that membrane sphingolipids ratios modulate psychosine-triggered polyploidy in Namalwa cells. Among enzymes that experimentally remodel cellular sphingolipids, overexpression of glucosylceramide synthase to biosynthesize glycosylsphingolipids (GSLs) and neutral sphingomyelinase 2 to hydrolyze sphingomyelin (SM) additively enhanced psychosine-triggered multiploidy; almost all of the cells became polyploid. In the presence of psychosine, Namalwa cells showed attenuated cell surface SM clustering and suppression of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate production at the cleavage furrow, both important processes for cytokinesis. Depending on the sphingolipid balance between GSLs and SM, Namalwa cells could be effectively converted to viable multiploid cells with psychosine.
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- Hiroshi Watanabe
- Laboratory of Biological Chemistry, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- RIKEN Frontier Research System and RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, Wako 351-0198, Japan
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- Division of Glycopathology, Institute of Molecular Biomembranes and Glycobiology, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University, Sendai 981-8558, Japan
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- Division of Glycopathology, Institute of Molecular Biomembranes and Glycobiology, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University, Sendai 981-8558, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Immunology, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada 920-0293, Japan
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- RIKEN Frontier Research System and RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, Wako 351-0198, Japan
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- Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biological Chemistry, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biological Chemistry, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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Al-Bashir N, Mellado W, Filbin MT. Sialic Acid Is Required for Neuronal Inhibition by Soluble MAG but not for Membrane Bound MAG. Front Mol Neurosci 2016; 9:21. [PMID: 27065798 PMCID: PMC4817280 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2016.00021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2015] [Accepted: 03/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Myelin-Associated Glycoprotein (MAG), a major inhibitor of axonal growth, is a member of the immunoglobulin (Ig) super-family. Importantly, MAG (also known as Siglec-4) is a member of the Siglec family of proteins (sialic acid-binding, immunoglobulin-like lectins), MAG binds to complex gangliosides, specifically GD1a and/or GT1b. Therefore, it has been proposed as neuronal receptors for MAG inhibitory effect of axonal growth. Previously, we showed that MAG binds sialic acid through domain 1 at Arg118 and is able to inhibit axonal growth through domain 5. We developed a neurite outgrowth (NOG) assay, in which both wild type MAG and mutated MAG (MAG Arg118) are expressed on cells. In addition we also developed a soluble form NOG in which we utilized soluble MAG-Fc and mutated MAG (Arg118-Fc). Only MAG-Fc is able to inhibit NOG, but not mutated MAG (Arg118)-Fc that has been mutated at its sialic acid binding site. However, both forms of membrane bound MAG- and MAG (Arg118)- expressing cells still inhibit NOG. Here, we review various results from different groups regarding MAG’s inhibition of axonal growth. Also, we propose a model in which the sialic acid binding is not necessary for the inhibition induced by the membrane form of MAG, but it is necessary for the soluble form of MAG. This finding highlights the importance of understanding the different mechanisms by which MAG inhibits NOG in both the soluble fragmented form and the membrane-bound form in myelin debris following CNS damage.
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- Najat Al-Bashir
- Biology Department, Hunter College, City University of New York New York, NY, USA
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- Biology Department, Hunter College, City University of New YorkNew York, NY, USA; Burke-Cornell Medical Research Institute White Plains, NY, USA
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- Biology Department, Hunter College, City University of New York New York, NY, USA
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Moret F, Gobbo M, Reddi E. Conjugation of photosensitisers to antimicrobial peptides increases the efficiency of photodynamic therapy in cancer cells. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2016; 14:1238-50. [PMID: 26014915 DOI: 10.1039/c5pp00038f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Some antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have the ability to penetrate and kill not only pathogenic microorganisms but also cancer cells, while they are less active toward normal eukaryotic cells. Here we have investigated the potential of three AMPs, namely apidaecin 1b (Api), magainin 2 (Mag) and buforin II (Buf), as carriers of drugs for cancer cells by using the hydrophobic photosensitiser 5-(4-carboxyphenyl)-10,15,20-triphenylporphyrin (cTPP) as the drug model, conjugated to the N-terminus of the peptides. Flow cytometry measurements demonstrated that conjugation of cTPP increased its rate and efficiency of uptake in A549 human lung adenocarcinoma cells in the order Mag > Buf > Api. In vitro photodynamic therapy (PDT) experiments showed that the increased uptake of the conjugated cTPP determined 100% cell killing at concentrations in the nanomolar range while micromolar concentrations were required for the same killing effect with unconjugated cTPP. Serum proteins interacted with cTPP conjugated to Buf and Api and slightly interfered with the cellular uptake of these conjugates but not with that of Mag. The data suggest electrostatic interactions of the conjugates with sialic acid and ganglioside rich domains, as lipid rafts of the plasma membrane, followed by cell internalization via non-caveolar dynamin-dependent endocytosis as indicated by the effects of inhibitors of specific endocytic pathways. Our study demonstrated that the three AMPs investigated, Mag in particular, have the ability to carry a hydrophobic cargo inside cancer cells and may therefore represent useful carriers of anticancer drugs, especially those with a poor capacity to penetrate inside the target cells.
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- Francesca Moret
- Department of Biology, University of Padova, via U. Bassi 58/B, 35121 Padova, Italy.
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Birkholz AM, Kronenberg M. Antigen specificity of invariant natural killer T-cells. Biomed J 2016; 38:470-83. [PMID: 27013447 PMCID: PMC6138764 DOI: 10.1016/j.bj.2016.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2014] [Accepted: 11/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Natural killer T-cells, with an invariant T-cell antigen receptor α-chain (iNKT cells), are unique and conserved subset of lymphocytes capable of altering the immune system through their rapid and potent cytokine responses. They are reactive to lipid antigens presented by the CD1d molecule, an antigen-presenting molecule that is not highly polymorphic. iNKT cell responses frequently involve mixtures of cytokines that work against each other, and therefore attempts are underway to develop synthetic antigens that elicit only strong interferon-gamma (IFNγ) or only strong interleukin-4 responses but not both. Strong IFNγ responses may correlate with tighter binding to CD1d and prolonged stimulation of iNKT cells, and this may be useful for vaccine adjuvants and for stimulating anti-tumor responses. iNKT cells are self-reactive although the structure of the endogenous antigen is controversial. By contrast, bacterial and fungal lipids that engage the T-cell receptor and activate IFNγ from iNKT cells have been identified from both pathogenic and commensal organisms and the responses are in some cases highly protective from pathogens in mice. It is possible that the expanding knowledge of iNKT cell antigens and iNKT cell activation will provide the basis for therapies for patients suffering from infectious and immune diseases and cancer.
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- Alysia M Birkholz
- Division of Developmental Immunology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, USA; Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA
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- Division of Developmental Immunology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, USA; Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA.
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Serum Antibodies to Glycans in Peripheral Neuropathies. Mol Neurobiol 2016; 54:1564-1567. [PMID: 26867654 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-016-9775-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2015] [Accepted: 02/02/2016] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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In peripheral neuropathies, such as sensorimotor neuropathies, motor neuron diseases, or the Guillain-Barré syndrome, serum antibodies recognizing saccharide units, portion of oligosaccharides, or oligosaccharide chains, have been found. These antibodies are called anti-glycosphingolipid (GSL) or anti-ganglioside antibodies. However, the information on the aglycone carrying the hydrophilic oligosaccharide remains elusive. The absolute and unique association of GSL to the onset, development and symptomatology of the peripheral neuropathies could be misleading. Here, we report some thoughts on the matter.
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Heredia V, Alasino RV, Leonhard V, Garro AG, Maggio B, Beltramo DM. Sialoganglioside Micelles for Enhanced Paclitaxel Solubility: In Vitro Characterization. J Pharm Sci 2016; 105:268-75. [PMID: 26852858 DOI: 10.1016/j.xphs.2015.10.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2015] [Revised: 09/04/2015] [Accepted: 10/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Efficiency of mono-sialogangliosides to load Paclitaxel (Ptx) has recently been found to depend on the structure of the polysaccharide chain. In this study, we demonstrated that incorporation of only one more sialic acid into the ganglioside molecule, independently of its position, causes a 4-fold increase in Ptx-loading capacity, the maximum being at a 5:1 molar ratio (di-sialoganglioside/Paclitaxel, GD/Ptx). These complexes are stable in solution for at least 3 months, and over 90% of Ptx remains loaded in the micelles after extreme stress conditions such as high-speed centrifugation, lyophilization, or freeze-thaw cycles. Ganglioside micelles protect 50% of the initially loaded Ptx from alkaline hydrolysis after 24 h at pH 10. Dynamic light scattering studies revealed that GD micelles increase their size from 9 to 12 nm when loaded with Ptx. Transmission electron microscopy shows a homogeneous population of spherical micelles either with or without Ptx. In vitro biological activity was similar to that of the free drug. These results provide further options of self-assembled nanostructures of di- and tri-sialogangliosides with a higher loading capacity.
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- Valeria Heredia
- Centro de Excelencia en Productos y Procesos de Córdoba (CEPROCOR), Córdoba, Argentina
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- Centro de Excelencia en Productos y Procesos de Córdoba (CEPROCOR), Córdoba, Argentina; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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- Centro de Excelencia en Productos y Procesos de Córdoba (CEPROCOR), Córdoba, Argentina; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Centro de Excelencia en Productos y Procesos de Córdoba (CEPROCOR), Córdoba, Argentina
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina; Departamento de Química Biológica-CIQUIBIC, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Centro de Excelencia en Productos y Procesos de Córdoba (CEPROCOR), Córdoba, Argentina; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina; Cátedra de Biotecnología, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Católica de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.
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Tommasino C, Marconi M, Ciarlo L, Matarrese P, Malorni W. Autophagic flux and autophagosome morphogenesis require the participation of sphingolipids. Apoptosis 2015; 20:645-57. [PMID: 25697338 DOI: 10.1007/s10495-015-1102-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Apoptosis and autophagy are two evolutionary conserved processes that exert a critical role in the maintenance of tissue homeostasis. While apoptosis is a tightly regulated cell program implicated in the removal of damaged or unwanted cells, autophagy is a cellular catabolic pathway that is involved in the lysosomal degradation and recycling of proteins and organelles, and is thereby considered an important cytoprotection mechanism. Sphingolipids (SLs), which are ubiquitous membrane lipids in eukaryotes, participate in the generation of various membrane structures, including lipid rafts and caveolae, and contribute to a number of cellular functions such as cell proliferation, apoptosis and, as suggested more recently, autophagy. For instance, SLs are hypothesized to be involved in several intracellular processes, including organelle membrane scrambling, whilst at the plasma membrane lipid rafts, acting as catalytic domains, strongly contribute to the ignition of critical signaling pathways determining cell fate. In particular, by targeting several shared regulators, ceramide, sphingosine-1-phosphate, dihydroceramide, sphingomyelin and gangliosides seem able to differentially regulate the autophagic pathway and/or contribute to the autophagosome formation. This review illustrates recent studies on this matter, particularly lipid rafts, briefly underscoring the possible implication of SLs and their alterations in the autophagy disturbances and in the pathogenesis of some human diseases.
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- Chiara Tommasino
- Section of Cell Aging and Degeneration, Department of Therapeutic Research and Medicine Evaluation, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy
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Rella A, Farnoud AM, Del Poeta M. Plasma membrane lipids and their role in fungal virulence. Prog Lipid Res 2015; 61:63-72. [PMID: 26703191 DOI: 10.1016/j.plipres.2015.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2015] [Revised: 10/26/2015] [Accepted: 11/04/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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There has been considerable evidence in recent years suggesting that plasma membrane lipids are important regulators of fungal pathogenicity. Various glycolipids have been shown to impart virulent properties in several fungal species, while others have been shown to play a role in host defense. In addition to their role as virulence factors, lipids also contribute to other virulence mechanisms such as drug resistance, biofilm formation, and release of extracellular vesicles. In addition, lipids also affect the mechanical properties of the plasma membrane through the formation of packed microdomains composed mainly of sphingolipids and sterols. Changes in the composition of lipid microdomains have been shown to disrupt the localization of virulence factors and affect fungal pathogenicity. This review gathers evidence on the various roles of plasma membrane lipids in fungal virulence and how lipids might contribute to the different processes that occur during infection and treatment. Insight into the role of lipids in fungal virulence can lead to an improved understanding of the process of fungal pathogenesis and the development of new lipid-mediated therapeutic strategies.
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- Antonella Rella
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5215, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5215, USA
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Rivas-Serna IM, Polakowski R, Shoemaker GK, Mazurak VC, Clandinin MT. Profiling gangliosides from milk products and other biological membranes using LC/MS. J Food Compost Anal 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2015.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Hirano-Sakamaki W, Sugiyama E, Hayasaka T, Ravid R, Setou M, Taki T. Alzheimer's disease is associated with disordered localization of ganglioside GM1 molecular species in the human dentate gyrus. FEBS Lett 2015; 589:3611-6. [PMID: 26484596 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2015.09.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2015] [Revised: 09/19/2015] [Accepted: 09/23/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive dementia associated with loss of memory and cognitive dysfunction. In a previous study, we demonstrated a decrease in b-series gangliosides along with a change in ganglioside molecular species in the hippocampal grey matter of patients with AD. The present study demonstrates the use of imaging mass spectrometry for analyzing the spatial arrangement of ganglioside GM1 (GM1) molecular species in the hippocampus. In AD patients, we found a decrease in the ratio of GM1(d20:1/C18:0) to GM1 d18:1/C18:0) in the outer molecular layer (ML) of the dentate gyrus. Because the outer ML is the region of main input into the hippocampus, our findings may have a direct relationship to the mechanism of dysfunction in AD.
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- Wakako Hirano-Sakamaki
- Third Institute of New Drug Discovery, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., 463-10 Kagasuno, Kawauchi-cho, Tokushima 771-0192, Japan.
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- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 431-3192, Japan
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-5, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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- Brain Bank Consultants, Meibergdreef 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 431-3192, Japan
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- Tokushima Institute, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., 463-10 Kagasuno, Kawauchi-cho, Tokushima 771-0192, Japan
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Williams TL, Urbanc B, Marshall KE, Vadukul DM, Jenkins ATA, Serpell LC. Europium as an inhibitor of Amyloid-β(1-42) induced membrane permeation. FEBS Lett 2015; 589:3228-36. [PMID: 26450778 PMCID: PMC4641243 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2015.09.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2015] [Revised: 09/16/2015] [Accepted: 09/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Europium ions complex with GM1 gangliosides in phospholipid membranes. Europium ions cause inhibition Aβ–membrane interactions. Europium blocks an Aβ receptor protecting against membrane permeation. Discrete Aβ binding events correlate to specific membrane permeation events.
Soluble Amyloid-beta (Aβ) oligomers are a source of cytotoxicity in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The toxicity of Aβ oligomers may arise from their ability to interact with and disrupt cellular membranes mediated by GM1 ganglioside receptors within these membranes. Therefore, inhibition of Aβ–membrane interactions could provide a means of preventing the toxicity associated with Aβ. Here, using Surface Plasmon field-enhanced Fluorescence Spectroscopy, we determine that the lanthanide, Europium III chloride (Eu3+), strongly binds to GM1 ganglioside-containing membranes and prevents the interaction with Aβ42 leading to a loss of the peptides ability to cause membrane permeation. Here we discuss the molecular mechanism by which Eu3+ inhibits Aβ42-membrane interactions and this may lead to protection of membrane integrity against Aβ42 induced toxicity.
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- Thomas L Williams
- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, East Sussex BN1 9QG, UK; Physics Department, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
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- Physics Department, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, East Sussex BN1 9QG, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, East Sussex BN1 9QG, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, East Sussex BN1 9QG, UK.
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Heredia V, Maggio B, Beltramo DM, Dupuy FG. Interfacial stabilization of the antitumoral drug Paclitaxel in monolayers of GM1 and GD1a gangliosides. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2015; 1848:2163-71. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2015.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2015] [Revised: 06/23/2015] [Accepted: 06/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Molecular simulations of glycolipids: Towards mammalian cell membrane models. Biochimie 2015; 120:105-9. [PMID: 26427555 PMCID: PMC4710579 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2015.09.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2015] [Accepted: 09/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Glycolipids are key components of mammalian cell membranes, influencing a diverse range of cellular functions. For example, a number of receptor tyrosine kinases, including the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), are allosterically regulated by the glycolipid monosialodihexosylganglioside (GM3). Recent advances in molecular dynamics methods, especially the development of coarse-grained models, have enabled simulations of increasingly complex models of cell membranes. We demonstrate these methodological developments via a case study of a coarse-grained model for the ganglioside GM3. This glycolipid is included in simulations of a mixed lipid bilayer model reflecting the compositional complexity of a mammalian cell membrane. The resultant membrane model is used to simulate the interactions of GM3 with the transmembrane domain of the EGFR. We review recent progress in molecular dynamics simulations of glycolipids. A coarse-grained model of the ganglioside GM3 is described. The GM3 model is used in coarse-grained simulations of a mammalian cell membrane. We describe the interactions of GM3 with the transmembrane domain of the EGFR.
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Garidel P, Kaconis Y, Heinbockel L, Wulf M, Gerber S, Munk A, Vill V, Brandenburg K. Self-Organisation, Thermotropic and Lyotropic Properties of Glycolipids Related to their Biological Implications. Open Biochem J 2015; 9:49-72. [PMID: 26464591 PMCID: PMC4598379 DOI: 10.2174/1874091x01509010049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2013] [Revised: 02/27/2014] [Accepted: 03/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Glycolipids are amphiphilic molecules which bear an oligo- or polysaccharide as hydrophilic head group and hydrocarbon chains in varying numbers and lengths as hydrophobic part. They play an important role in life science as well as in material science. Their biological and physiological functions are quite diverse, ranging from mediators of cell-cell recognition processes, constituents of membrane domains or as membrane-forming units. Glycolipids form an exceptional class of liquid-crystal mesophases due to the fact that their self-organisation obeys more complex rules as compared to classical monophilic liquid-crystals. Like other amphiphiles, the supra-molecular structures formed by glycolipids are driven by their chemical structure; however, the details of this process are still hardly understood. Based on the synthesis of specific glycolipids with a clearly defined chemical structure, e.g., type and length of the sugar head group, acyl chain linkage, substitution pattern, hydrocarbon chain lengths and saturation, combined with a profound physico-chemical characterisation of the formed mesophases, the principles of the organisation in different aggregate structures of the glycolipids can be obtained. The importance of the observed and formed phases and their properties are discussed with respect to their biological and physiological relevance. The presented data describe briefly the strategies used for the synthesis of the used glycolipids. The main focus, however, lies on the thermotropic as well as lyotropic characterisation of the self-organised structures and formed phases based on physico-chemical and biophysical methods linked to their potential biological implications and relevance.
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- Patrick Garidel
- Physikalische Chemie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle/Wittenberg, Mühlpforte 1, D-06108 Halle/Saale, Germany
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- Forschungszentrum Borstel, Leibniz-Zentrum für Medizin und Biowissenschaften, Parkallee 1-40, D-23845 Borstel, Germany
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- Forschungszentrum Borstel, Leibniz-Zentrum für Medizin und Biowissenschaften, Parkallee 1-40, D-23845 Borstel, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 6, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 6, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 6, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 6, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- Forschungszentrum Borstel, Leibniz-Zentrum für Medizin und Biowissenschaften, Parkallee 1-40, D-23845 Borstel, Germany
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Masson EAY, Sibille E, Martine L, Chaux-Picquet F, Bretillon L, Berdeaux O. Apprehending ganglioside diversity: a comprehensive methodological approach. J Lipid Res 2015; 56:1821-35. [PMID: 26142958 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.d060764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2015] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Gangliosides (GGs) make a wide family of glycosphingolipids ubiquitously expressed in mammalian tissues and particularly abundant in the brain and nervous system. They exhibit a huge diversity due to structural variations in both their oligosaccharidic chain and ceramide moiety, which represent a real analytical challenge. Since their discovery in the 1940s, methods have persistently improved until the emergence of LC/MS, which offers a high level of specificity and sensitivity and is suitable with high-throughput profiling studies. We describe here a comprehensive approach relying on various techniques and aiming at fully characterizing GGs in biological samples. First, total GG content was determined by a biochemical assay. Second, GG class composition was assessed by high-performance thin-layer chromatography followed by colorimetric revelation. Then, ceramide types of GG classes were identified, and their relative quantification was performed thanks to the development of a powerful and reliable LC/MS method. Finally, ceramides were structurally characterized, and minor and less common GG classes were identified using high-resolution MS. These methods were applied to the rat retina to provide an exhaustive description of its GG composition, giving the base for a better understanding of the precise roles of GGs in this tissue.
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- Elodie A Y Masson
- CNRS, UMR6265 Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, F-21000 Dijon, France INRA, UMR1324 Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, F-21000 Dijon, France Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté UMR Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, F-21000 Dijon, France
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- CNRS, UMR6265 Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, F-21000 Dijon, France INRA, UMR1324 Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, F-21000 Dijon, France Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté UMR Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, F-21000 Dijon, France
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- CNRS, UMR6265 Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, F-21000 Dijon, France INRA, UMR1324 Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, F-21000 Dijon, France Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté UMR Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, F-21000 Dijon, France
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- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de l'Université de Bourgogne, UMR 6302 CNRS, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, F-21000 Dijon, France
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- CNRS, UMR6265 Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, F-21000 Dijon, France INRA, UMR1324 Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, F-21000 Dijon, France Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté UMR Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, F-21000 Dijon, France
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- CNRS, UMR6265 Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, F-21000 Dijon, France INRA, UMR1324 Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, F-21000 Dijon, France Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté UMR Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, F-21000 Dijon, France
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Ledeen RW, Wu G. The multi-tasked life of GM1 ganglioside, a true factotum of nature. Trends Biochem Sci 2015; 40:407-18. [PMID: 26024958 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2015.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2015] [Revised: 04/22/2015] [Accepted: 04/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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GM1 ganglioside occurs widely in vertebrate tissues, where it exhibits many essential functions, both in the plasma membrane and intracellular loci. Its essentiality is revealed in the dire consequences resulting from genetic deletion. This derives from its key roles in several signalosome systems, characteristically located in membrane rafts, where it associates with specific proteins that have glycolipid-binding domains. Thus, GM1 interacts with proteins that modulate mechanisms such as ion transport, neuronal differentiation, G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), immune system reactivities, and neuroprotective signaling. The latter occurs through intimate association with neurotrophin receptors, which has relevance to the etiopathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases and potential therapies. Here, we review the current state of knowledge of these GM1-associated mechanisms.
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- Robert W Ledeen
- Department of Neurology and Neurosciences, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 185 South Orange Avenue, Newark, NJ 07103, USA.
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosciences, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 185 South Orange Avenue, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
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Bian L, Yang J, Sun Y. Isolation and purification of monosialotetrahexosylgangliosides from pig brain by extraction and liquid chromatography. Biomed Chromatogr 2015; 29:1604-11. [PMID: 25845558 DOI: 10.1002/bmc.3467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2014] [Revised: 01/13/2015] [Accepted: 02/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Monosialotetrahexosylganglioside (GM1), one of glycosphingolipids containing sialic acid, plays particularly important role in fighting against paralysis, dementia and other diseases caused by brain and nerve damage. In this work, a simple and highly efficient method with high yield was developed for isolation and purification of GM1 from pig brain. The method consisted of an extraction by chloroform-methanol-water and a two-step chromatographic separation by DEAE-Sepharose Fast Flow anion-exchange medium and Sephacryl S-100 HR size-exclusion medium. The purified GM1 was proved to be homogeneous and had a purity of >98.0% by high-performance anion-exchange and size-exclusion chromatography. The molecular weight was 30.0 kDa by high-performance size-exclusion chromatography and 1546.9 Da by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. The chromogenic reaction by resorcinol-hydrochloric acid solution indicated that the purified GM1 showed a specific chromogenic reaction of sialic acid. Through this isolation and purification program, ~1.0 mg of pure GM1 could be captured from 500 g wet pig brain tissue and the yield of GM1 was around 0.022%, which was higher than the yields by other methods. The method may provide an alternative for isolation and purification of GM1 in other biological tissues.
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- Liujiao Bian
- College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China.,Weapon Industry 521 Hospital, Xi'an, 710065, China
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- College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China
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Grouleff J, Irudayam SJ, Skeby KK, Schiøtt B. The influence of cholesterol on membrane protein structure, function, and dynamics studied by molecular dynamics simulations. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2015; 1848:1783-95. [PMID: 25839353 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2015.03.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2014] [Revised: 03/24/2015] [Accepted: 03/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The plasma membrane, which encapsulates human cells, is composed of a complex mixture of lipids and embedded proteins. Emerging knowledge points towards the lipids as having a regulating role in protein function. Furthermore, insight from protein crystallography has revealed several different types of lipids intimately bound to membrane proteins and peptides, hereby possibly pointing to a site of action for the observed regulation. Cholesterol is among the lipid membrane constituents most often observed to be co-crystallized with membrane proteins, and the cholesterol levels in cell membranes have been found to play an essential role in health and disease. Remarkably little is known about the mechanism of lipid regulation of membrane protein function in health as well as in disease. Herein, we review molecular dynamics simulation studies aimed at investigating the effect of cholesterol on membrane protein and peptide properties. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Lipid-protein interactions.
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- Julie Grouleff
- Department of Chemistry and Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry and Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry and Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry and Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
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GM1 Ganglioside: Past Studies and Future Potential. Mol Neurobiol 2015; 53:1824-1842. [DOI: 10.1007/s12035-015-9136-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2014] [Accepted: 02/22/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Allende ML, Proia RL. Simplifying complexity: genetically resculpting glycosphingolipid synthesis pathways in mice to reveal function. Glycoconj J 2014; 31:613-22. [PMID: 25351657 PMCID: PMC4245496 DOI: 10.1007/s10719-014-9563-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2014] [Accepted: 10/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Glycosphingolipids (GSLs) are a group of plasma-membrane lipids notable for their extremely diverse glycan head groups. The metabolic pathways for GSLs, including the identity of the biosynthetic enzymes needed for synthesis of their glycans, are now well understood. Many of their cellular functions, which include plasma-membrane organization, regulation of cell signaling, endocytosis, and serving as binding sites for pathogens and endogenous receptors, have also been established. However, an understanding of their functions in vivo had been lagging. Studies employing genetic manipulations of the GSL synthesis pathways in mice have been used to systematically reduce the large numbers and complexity of GSL glycan structures, allowing the in vivo functions of GSLs to be revealed from analysis of the resulting phenotypes. Findings from these studies have produced a clearer picture of the role of GSLs in mammalian physiology, which is the topic of this review.
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- Maria Laura Allende
- Genetics of Development and Disease Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Room 9D-06; 10 Center DR MSC 1821, Bethesda, MD, 20892-1821, USA
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Capability of ganglioside GM1 in modulating interactions, structure, location and dynamics of peptides/proteins: biophysical approaches. Glycoconj J 2014; 31:435-47. [DOI: 10.1007/s10719-014-9554-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Del Favero E, Brocca P, Rondelli V, Motta S, Raudino A, Cantu' L. Optimizing the crowding strategy: sugar-based ionic micelles in the dilute-to-condensed regime. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2014; 30:9157-9164. [PMID: 25035176 DOI: 10.1021/la501963y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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In the present study, we explore the effect of concentration on micelles made by different gangliosides, which are ionic biological glycolipids bearing multisugar headgroups with huge steric hindrance. Moreover, strong preferential interactions exist among like-conformer headgroups that can keep the ganglioside micelles in a trapped configuration. We extend the well-known ionic-amphiphiles paradigm, where local condensation and micelle crowding are matched by forming larger aggregates at increasing concentration. In fact, we force the balance between interparticle and intraparticle interactions while allowing for like conformers to modulate rebalancing. In the vast experimental framework, obtained by Small Angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) experiments, a theoretical model, accounting for a collective conformational transition of the bulky headgroups, is developed and successfully tested. It allows us to shed some light on the nature and coupling of the intermolecular forces involved in the interactions among glycolipid micelles. Energy minimization leads to complex behavior of the aggregation number on increasing concentration, fully consistent with the experimental landscape. From a biological perspective, this result could be reflected in the properties of ganglioside-enriched rafts on cell membranes, with a nonlinear structural response to approaching bodies such as charged proteins.
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- Elena Del Favero
- Department of Medical Biotechnologies and Traslational Medicine, University of Milano, LITA , Via F.lli Cervi 93, 20090 Segrate, Milano, Italy
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The challenges of understanding glycolipid functions: An open outlook based on molecular simulations. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2014; 1841:1130-45. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2013.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2013] [Revised: 12/29/2013] [Accepted: 12/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Puff N, Watanabe C, Seigneuret M, Angelova MI, Staneva G. Lo/Ld phase coexistence modulation induced by GM1. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2014; 1838:2105-14. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2014.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2013] [Revised: 04/30/2014] [Accepted: 05/03/2014] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Krengel U, Bousquet PA. Molecular recognition of gangliosides and their potential for cancer immunotherapies. Front Immunol 2014; 5:325. [PMID: 25101077 PMCID: PMC4104838 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2014] [Accepted: 06/27/2014] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Gangliosides are sialic-acid-containing glycosphingolipids expressed on all vertebrate cells. They are primarily positioned in the plasma membrane with the ceramide part anchored in the membrane and the glycan part exposed on the surface of the cell. These lipids have highly diverse structures, not the least with respect to their carbohydrate chains, with N-acetylneuraminic acid (NeuAc) and N-glycolylneuraminic acid (NeuGc) being the two most common sialic-acid residues in mammalian cells. Generally, human healthy tissue is deficient in NeuGc, but this molecule is expressed in tumors and in human fetal tissues, and was hence classified as an onco-fetal antigen. Gangliosides perform important functions through carbohydrate-specific interactions with proteins, for example, as receptors in cell–cell recognition, which can be exploited by viruses and other pathogens, and also by regulating signaling proteins, such as the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and the vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR), through lateral interaction in the membrane. Through both mechanisms, tumor-associated gangliosides may affect malignant progression, which makes them attractive targets for cancer immunotherapies. In this review, we describe how proteins recognize gangliosides, focusing on the molecular recognition of gangliosides associated with cancer immunotherapy, and discuss the importance of these molecules in cancer research.
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- Ute Krengel
- Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo , Oslo , Norway
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Molecular dynamics study of GM1 ganglioside complex with amyloid β peptide (Aβ42) in lipid membrane. J Mol Liq 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2014.01.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Number of sialic acid residues in ganglioside headgroup affects interactions with neighboring lipids. Biophys J 2014; 105:1421-31. [PMID: 24047994 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.07.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2013] [Revised: 07/01/2013] [Accepted: 07/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Monolayers of binary mixtures of 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC) and asialo-(GA1), disialo-(GD1b) and trisialo-(GT1b) gangliosides were used to determine the effect of ganglioside headgroup charge and geometry on its interactions with the neighboring zwitterionic lipid. Surface pressure versus molecular area isotherm measurements along with concurrent fluorescence microscopy of the monolayers at the air-water interface were complemented with atomic force microscopy imaging of monolayers deposited on solid substrates. Results were used to further develop a proposed geometric packing model that the complementary geometry of DPPC and monosialoganglioside GM1 headgroups affects their close molecular packing, inducing condensation of the layer at small mol % of ganglioside. For GA1, GD1b, and GT1b, a similar condensing effect, followed by a fluidizing effect is seen that varies with glycosphingolipid concentration, but results do not directly follow from geometric arguments because less DPPC is needed to condense ganglioside molecules with larger cross-sectional areas. The variations in critical packing mole ratios can be explained by global effects of headgroup charge and resultant dipole moments within the monolayer. Atomic force microscopy micrographs further support the model of ganglioside-induced DPPC condensation with condensed domains composed of a striped phase of condensed DPPC and DPPC/ganglioside geometrically packed complexes at low concentrations.
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Soluble Aβ oligomers are rapidly sequestered from brain ISF in vivo and bind GM1 ganglioside on cellular membranes. Neuron 2014; 82:308-19. [PMID: 24685176 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.02.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/07/2014] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Soluble Aβ oligomers contribute importantly to synaptotoxicity in Alzheimer's disease, but their dynamics in vivo remain unclear. Here, we found that soluble Aβ oligomers were sequestered from brain interstitial fluid onto brain membranes much more rapidly than nontoxic monomers and were recovered in part as bound to GM1 ganglioside on membranes. Aβ oligomers bound strongly to GM1 ganglioside, and blocking the sialic acid residue on GM1 decreased oligomer-mediated LTP impairment in mouse hippocampal slices. In a hAPP transgenic mouse model, substantial levels of GM1-bound Aβ₄₂ were recovered from brain membrane fractions. We also detected GM1-bound Aβ in human CSF, and its levels correlated with Aβ₄₂, suggesting its potential as a biomarker of Aβ-related membrane dysfunction. Together, these findings highlight a mechanism whereby hydrophobic Aβ oligomers become sequestered onto GM1 ganglioside and presumably other lipids on neuronal membranes, where they may induce progressive functional and structural changes.
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