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An improved methodology for the synthesis of 1-C-allyl imino-d-xylitol and -l-arabinitol and their rapid functionalization. Tetrahedron 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2012.12.082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Kouzel IU, Pohlentz G, Storck W, Radamm L, Hoffmann P, Bielaszewska M, Bauwens A, Cichon C, Schmidt MA, Mormann M, Karch H, Müthing J. Association of Shiga toxin glycosphingolipid receptors with membrane microdomains of toxin-sensitive lymphoid and myeloid cells. J Lipid Res 2013; 54:692-710. [PMID: 23248329 PMCID: PMC3617944 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m031781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2012] [Revised: 12/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Glycosphingolipids (GSLs) of the globo-series constitute specific receptors for Shiga toxins (Stxs) released by certain types of pathogenic Escherichia coli strains. Stx-loaded leukocytes may act as transporter cells in the blood and transfer the toxin to endothelial target cells. Therefore, we performed a thorough investigation on the expression of globo-series GSLs in serum-free cultivated Raji and Jurkat cells, representing B- and T-lymphocyte descendants, respectively, as well as THP-1 and HL-60 cells of the monocyte and granulocyte lineage, respectively. The presence of Stx-receptors in GSL preparations of Raji and THP-1 cells and the absence in Jurkat and HL-60 cells revealed high compliance of solid-phase immunodetection assays with the expression profiles of receptor-related glycosyltransferases, performed by qRT-PCR analysis, and Stx2-caused cellular damage. Canonical microdomain association of Stx GSL receptors, sphingomyelin, and cholesterol in membranes of Raji and THP-1 cells was assessed by comparative analysis of detergent-resistant membrane (DRM) and nonDRM fractions obtained by density gradient centrifugation and showed high correlation based on nonparametric statistical analysis. Our comprehensive study on the expression of Stx-receptors and their subcellular distribution provides the basis for exploring the functional role of lipid raft-associated Stx-receptors in cells of leukocyte origin.
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- Ivan U. Kouzel
- Institute for Hygiene, University of Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Hygiene, University of Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Hygiene, University of Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Hygiene, University of Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Hygiene, University of Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Infectiology, University of Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Hygiene, University of Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Hygiene, University of Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Hygiene, University of Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
- Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research (IZKF), University of Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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Camacho L, Meca-Cortés O, Abad JL, García S, Rubio N, Díaz A, Celià-Terrassa T, Cingolani F, Bermudo R, Fernández PL, Blanco J, Delgado A, Casas J, Fabriàs G, Thomson TM. Acid ceramidase as a therapeutic target in metastatic prostate cancer. J Lipid Res 2013; 54:1207-20. [PMID: 23423838 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m032375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Acid ceramidase (AC) catalyzes the hydrolysis of ceramide into sphingosine, in turn a substrate of sphingosine kinases that catalyze its conversion into the mitogenic sphingosine-1-phosphate. AC is expressed at high levels in several tumor types and has been proposed as a cancer therapeutic target. Using a model derived from PC-3 prostate cancer cells, the highly tumorigenic, metastatic, and chemoresistant clone PC-3/Mc expressed higher levels of the AC ASAH1 than the nonmetastatic clone PC-3/S. Stable knockdown of ASAH1 in PC-3/Mc cells caused an accumulation of ceramides, inhibition of clonogenic potential, increased requirement for growth factors, and inhibition of tumorigenesis and lung metastases. We developed de novo ASAH1 inhibitors, which also caused a dose-dependent accumulation of ceramides in PC-3/Mc cells and inhibited their growth and clonogenicity. Finally, immunohistochemical analysis of primary prostate cancer samples showed that higher levels of ASAH1 were associated with more advanced stages of this neoplasia. These observations confirm ASAH1 as a therapeutic target in advanced and chemoresistant forms of prostate cancer and suggest that our new potent and specific AC inhibitors could act by counteracting critical growth properties of these highly aggressive tumor cells.
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- Luz Camacho
- Department of Biomedicinal Chemistry, Research Unit on Bioactive Molecules (RUBAM), Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia, National Research Council (IQAC-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
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Schuchman EH, Simonaro CM. The genetics of sphingolipid hydrolases and sphingolipid storage diseases. Handb Exp Pharmacol 2013:3-32. [PMID: 23579447 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-1368-4_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The relationship of sphingolipids with human disease first arose from the study of sphingolipid storage diseases over 50 years ago. Most of these disorders are due to inherited deficiencies of specific sphingolipid hydrolases, although a small number also result from defects in sphingolipid transport or activator proteins. Due to the primary protein deficiencies sphingolipids and other macromolecules accumulate in cells and tissues of affected patients, leading to a diverse presentation of clinical abnormalities. Over 25 sphingolipid storage diseases have been described to date. Most of the genes have been isolated, disease-causing mutations have been identified, the recombinant proteins have been produced and characterized, and animal models exist for most of the human diseases. Since most sphingolipid hydrolases are enriched within the endosomal/lysosomal system, macromolecules first accumulate within these compartments. However, these abnormalities rapidly spread to other compartments and cause a wide range of cellular dysfunction. This review focuses on the genetics of sphingolipid storage diseases and related hydrolytic enzymes with an emphasis on the relationship between genetic mutations and human disease.
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- Edward H Schuchman
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA.
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Albinet V, Bats ML, Bedia C, Sabourdy F, Garcia V, Ségui B, Andrieu-Abadie N, Hornemann T, Levade T. Genetic disorders of simple sphingolipid metabolism. Handb Exp Pharmacol 2013:127-152. [PMID: 23579453 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-1368-4_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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A better understanding of the functions sphingolipids play in living organisms can be achieved by analyzing the biochemical and physiological changes that result from genetic alterations of sphingolipid metabolism. This review summarizes the current knowledge gained from studies both on human patients and mutant animals (mice, cats, dogs, and cattle) with genetic disorders of sphingolipid metabolism. Genetic alterations affecting the biosynthesis, transport, or degradation of simple sphingolipids are discussed.
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- Virginie Albinet
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale UMR1037, Centre de Recherches en Cancérologie de Toulouse, Team n°4, Université de Toulouse, CHU Rangueil, 84225, Toulouse Cedex 4, 31432, France
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Lumbroso A, Beaudet I, Toupet L, Le Grognec E, Quintard JP. Stereodivergent Synthesis of Iminosugars from Stannylated Derivatives of (S)-Vinylglycinol. Org Lett 2012; 15:160-3. [DOI: 10.1021/ol303213r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- Alexandre Lumbroso
- Université de Nantes, CNRS, CEISAM, UMR 6230, Faculté des Sciences et des Techniques, 2, rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 Nantes Cedex 3 France, and Institut de Physique de Rennes, CNRS, UMR 6251−Université de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France
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- Université de Nantes, CNRS, CEISAM, UMR 6230, Faculté des Sciences et des Techniques, 2, rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 Nantes Cedex 3 France, and Institut de Physique de Rennes, CNRS, UMR 6251−Université de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France
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- Université de Nantes, CNRS, CEISAM, UMR 6230, Faculté des Sciences et des Techniques, 2, rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 Nantes Cedex 3 France, and Institut de Physique de Rennes, CNRS, UMR 6251−Université de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France
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- Université de Nantes, CNRS, CEISAM, UMR 6230, Faculté des Sciences et des Techniques, 2, rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 Nantes Cedex 3 France, and Institut de Physique de Rennes, CNRS, UMR 6251−Université de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France
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- Université de Nantes, CNRS, CEISAM, UMR 6230, Faculté des Sciences et des Techniques, 2, rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 Nantes Cedex 3 France, and Institut de Physique de Rennes, CNRS, UMR 6251−Université de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France
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Kolter T. Ganglioside biochemistry. ISRN BIOCHEMISTRY 2012; 2012:506160. [PMID: 25969757 PMCID: PMC4393008 DOI: 10.5402/2012/506160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2012] [Accepted: 10/09/2012] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Gangliosides are sialic acid-containing glycosphingolipids. They occur especially on the cellular surfaces of neuronal cells, where they form a complex pattern, but are also found in many other cell types. The paper provides a general overview on their structures, occurrence, and metabolism. Key functional, biochemical, and pathobiochemical aspects are summarized.
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- Thomas Kolter
- Program Unit Membrane Biology & Lipid Biochemistry, LiMES, University of Bonn, Gerhard-Domagk Straße 1, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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Kallemeijn WW, Li KY, Witte MD, Marques ARA, Aten J, Scheij S, Jiang J, Willems LI, Voorn-Brouwer TM, van Roomen CPAA, Ottenhoff R, Boot RG, van den Elst H, Walvoort MTC, Florea BI, Codée JDC, van der Marel GA, Aerts JMFG, Overkleeft HS. Novel activity-based probes for broad-spectrum profiling of retaining β-exoglucosidases in situ and in vivo. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012; 51:12529-33. [PMID: 23139194 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201207771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2012] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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A high-end label: Cyclophellitol aziridine-type activity-based probes allow for ultra-sensitive visualization of mammalian β-glucosidases (GBA1, GBA2, GBA3, and LPH) as well as several non-mammalian β-glucosidases (see picture). These probes offer new ways to study β-exoglucosidases, and configurational isomers of the cyclophellitol aziridine core may give activity-based probes targeting other retaining glycosidase families.
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- Wouter W Kallemeijn
- Department of Medicinal Biochemistry, Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 15, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Novel Activity-Based Probes for Broad-Spectrum Profiling of Retaining β-Exoglucosidases In Situ and In Vivo. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201207771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Aureli M, Bassi R, Loberto N, Regis S, Prinetti A, Chigorno V, Aerts JM, Boot RG, Filocamo M, Sonnino S. Cell surface associated glycohydrolases in normal and Gaucher disease fibroblasts. J Inherit Metab Dis 2012; 35:1081-91. [PMID: 22526844 DOI: 10.1007/s10545-012-9478-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2011] [Revised: 03/05/2012] [Accepted: 03/07/2012] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Gaucher disease (GD) is the most common lysosomal disorder and is caused by an inherited autosomal recessive deficiency in β-glucocerebrosidase. This enzyme, like other glycohydrolases involved in glycosphingolipid (GSL) metabolism, is present in both plasma membrane (PM) and intracellular fractions. We analyzed the activities of CBE-sensitive β-glucosidase (GBA1) and AMP-DNM-sensitive β-glucosidase (GBA2) in total cell lysates and PM of human fibroblast cell lines from control (normal) subjects and from patients with GD clinical types 1, 2, and 3. GBA1 activities in both total lysate and PM of GD fibroblasts were low, and their relative percentages were similar to those of control cells. In contrast, GBA2 activities were higher in GD cells than in control cells, and the degree of increase differed among the three GD types. The increase of GBA2 enzyme activity was correlated with increased expression of GBA2 protein as evaluated by QRT-PCR. Activities of β-galactosidase and β-hexosaminidase in PM were significantly higher for GD cells than for control cells and also showed significant differences among the three GD types, suggesting the occurrence of cross-talk among the enzymes involved in GSL metabolism. Our findings indicate that the profiles of glycohydrolase activities in PM may provide a valuable tool to refine the classification of GD into distinct clinical types.
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- Massimo Aureli
- Department of Medical Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Milan, 20090, Segrate, Italy
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Sarabia F, Vivar-García C, García-Castro M, García-Ruiz C, Martín-Gálvez F, Sánchez-Ruiz A, Chammaa S. A Highly Stereoselective Synthesis of Glycidic Amides Based on a New Class of Chiral Sulfonium Salts: Applications in Asymmetric Synthesis. Chemistry 2012; 18:15190-201. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201201332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2012] [Revised: 08/31/2012] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Lombardo E, van Roomen CPAA, van Puijvelde GH, Ottenhoff R, van Eijk M, Aten J, Kuiper J, Overkleeft HS, Groen AK, Verhoeven AJ, Aerts JMFG, Bietrix F. Correction of liver steatosis by a hydrophobic iminosugar modulating glycosphingolipids metabolism. PLoS One 2012; 7:e38520. [PMID: 23056165 PMCID: PMC3466229 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2011] [Accepted: 05/05/2012] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The iminosugar N-(5′-adamantane-1′-yl-methoxy)-pentyl-1-deoxynoijirimycin (AMP-DNM), an inhibitor of glycosphingolipid (GSL) biosynthesis is known to ameliorate diabetes, insulin sensitivity and to prevent liver steatosis in ob/ob mice. Thus far the effect of GSL synthesis inhibition on pre-existing NASH has not yet been assessed. To investigate it, LDLR(−/−) mice were kept on a western-type diet for 12 weeks to induce NASH. Next, the diet was continued for 6 weeks in presence or not of AMP-DNM in the diet. AMP-DNM treated mice showed less liver steatosis, inflammation and fibrosis. Induction of fatty acid beta-oxydation was observed, as well as a reduction of plasma lipids. Our study demonstrates that AMP-DNM treatment is able to significantly correct pre-existing NASH, suggesting that inhibiting GSL synthesis may represent a novel strategy for the treatment of this pathology.
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- Elisa Lombardo
- Departments of Medical Biochemistry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Medical Biochemistry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Biopharmaceutics, Leiden/Amsterdam Center for Drug Research (LACDR), Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Medical Biochemistry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Medical Biochemistry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Biopharmaceutics, Leiden/Amsterdam Center for Drug Research (LACDR), Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Division of Biopharmaceutics, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Medical Biochemistry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Medical Biochemistry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Medical Biochemistry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Liu Z, Courtney AN, Metelitsa LS, Bittman R. C-Glycosphingolipids with an exo-methylene substituent: stereocontrolled synthesis and immunostimulation of mouse and human natural killer T lymphocytes. Chembiochem 2012; 13:1733-7. [PMID: 22782839 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201200374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2012] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- Zheng Liu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Queens College of The City University of New York, Flushing, NY 11367, USA
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Possible therapeutic effects of myxobacterial metabolites on type I Gaucher disease. Gene 2012; 504:156-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.05.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2012] [Revised: 04/29/2012] [Accepted: 05/17/2012] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Adlercreutz D, Yoshimura Y, Mannerstedt K, Wakarchuk WW, Bennett EP, Dovichi NJ, Hindsgaul O, Palcic MM. Thiogalactopyranosides are resistant to hydrolysis by α-galactosidases. Chembiochem 2012; 13:1673-9. [PMID: 22740420 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201200155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2012] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Fluorescently tagged glycosides containing terminal α(1→3) and α(1→4)-linked thiogalactopyranosides have been prepared and tested for resistance to hydrolysis by α-galactosidases. Eight fluorescent glycosides containing either galactose or 5-thiogalactose as the terminal sugar were enzymatically synthesized using galactosyltransferases, with lactosyl glycosides as acceptors and UDP-galactose or UDP-5'-thiogalactose, respectively, as donors. The glycosides were incubated with human α-galactosidase A (CAZy family GH27, a retaining glycosidase), Bacteroides fragilis α-1,3-galactosidase (GH110, an inverting glycosidase), or homogenates of MCF-7 human breast cancer cells or NG108-15 rat glioma cells. Substrate hydrolysis was monitored by capillary electrophoresis with fluorescence detection. All compounds containing terminal O-galactose were readily degraded. Their 5-thiogalactose counterparts were resistant to hydrolysis by human α-galactosidase A and the enzymes present in the cell extracts. B. fragilis α-1,3-galactosidase hydrolyzed both thio- and O-galactoside substrates; however, the thiogalactosides were hydrolyzed at only 1-3 % of the rate of O-galactosides. The hydrolytic resistance of 5-thiogalactose was also confirmed by an in vivo study using cells in culture. The results suggest that 5-thiogalactosides may be useful tools for the study of anabolic pathways in cell extracts or in single cells.
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Castilla J, Rísquez R, Cruz D, Higaki K, Nanba E, Ohno K, Suzuki Y, Díaz Y, Ortiz Mellet C, García Fernández JM, Castillón S. Conformationally-locked N-glycosides with selective β-glucosidase inhibitory activity: identification of a new non-iminosugar-type pharmacological chaperone for Gaucher disease. J Med Chem 2012; 55:6857-65. [PMID: 22762530 DOI: 10.1021/jm3006178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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A series of conformationally locked N-glycosides having a cis-1,2-fused pyranose-1,3-oxazoline-2-thione structure and bearing different substituents at the exocyclic sulfur has been prepared. The polyhydroxylated bicyclic system was built in only three steps by treatment of the corresponding readily available 1,2-anhydrosugar with KSCN using TiO(TFA)(2) as catalyst, followed by S-alkylation and acetyl deprotection. In vitro screening against several glycosidase enzymes showed highly specific inhibition of mammalian β-glucosidase with a marked dependence of the potency upon the nature of the exocyclic substituent. The most potent representative, bearing an S-(ω-hydroxyhexadecyl) substituent, was further assayed as inhibitor of the human lysosomal β-glucocerebrosidase and as pharmacological chaperone in Gaucher disease fibroblasts. Activity enhancements in N370S/N370S mutants analogous to those achieved with the reference compound ambroxol were attained with a more favorable chaperone/inhibitor balance.
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- Javier Castilla
- Department de Química Analítica i Química Orgànica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili , C/Marcel·lí Domingo s/n, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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Hymel D, Peterson BR. Synthetic cell surface receptors for delivery of therapeutics and probes. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2012; 64:797-810. [PMID: 22401875 PMCID: PMC3359398 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2012.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2011] [Revised: 02/18/2012] [Accepted: 02/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Receptor-mediated endocytosis is a highly efficient mechanism for cellular uptake of membrane-impermeant ligands. Cells use this process to acquire nutrients, initiate signal transduction, promote development, regulate neurotransmission, and maintain homeostasis. Natural receptors that participate in receptor-mediated endocytosis are structurally diverse, ranging from large transmembrane proteins to small glycolipids embedded in the outer leaflet of cellular plasma membranes. Despite their vast structural differences, these receptors share common features of binding to extracellular ligands, clustering in dynamic membrane regions that pinch off to yield intracellular vesicles, and accumulation of receptor-ligand complexes in membrane-sealed endosomes. Receptors typically dissociate from ligands in endosomes and cycle back to the cell surface, whereas internalized ligands are usually delivered into lysosomes, where they are degraded, but some can escape and penetrate into the cytosol. Here, we review efforts to develop synthetic cell surface receptors, defined as nonnatural compounds, exemplified by mimics of cholesterol, that insert into plasma membranes, bind extracellular ligands including therapeutics, probes, and endogenous proteins, and engage endocytic membrane trafficking pathways. By mimicking natural mechanisms of receptor-mediated endocytosis, synthetic cell surface receptors have the potential to function as prosthetic molecules capable of seamlessly augmenting the endocytic uptake machinery of living mammalian cells.
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- David Hymel
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, United States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, United States
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Richards S, Larson CJ, Koltun ES, Hanel A, Chan V, Nachtigall J, Harrison A, Aay N, Du H, Arcalas A, Galan A, Zhang J, Zhang W, Won KA, Tam D, Qian F, Wang T, Finn P, Ogilvie K, Rosen J, Aoyama R, Plonowski A, Cancilla B, Bentzien F, Yakes M, Mohan R, Lamb P, Nuss J, Kearney P. Discovery and Characterization of an Inhibitor of Glucosylceramide Synthase. J Med Chem 2012; 55:4322-35. [DOI: 10.1021/jm300122u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Steven Richards
- Exelixis, Inc., 210 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco,
California 94080, United States
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- Exelixis, Inc., 210 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco,
California 94080, United States
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- Exelixis, Inc., 210 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco,
California 94080, United States
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- Exelixis, Inc., 210 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco,
California 94080, United States
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- Exelixis, Inc., 210 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco,
California 94080, United States
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- Exelixis, Inc., 210 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco,
California 94080, United States
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- Exelixis, Inc., 210 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco,
California 94080, United States
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- Exelixis, Inc., 210 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco,
California 94080, United States
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- Exelixis, Inc., 210 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco,
California 94080, United States
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- Exelixis, Inc., 210 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco,
California 94080, United States
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- Exelixis, Inc., 210 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco,
California 94080, United States
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- Exelixis, Inc., 210 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco,
California 94080, United States
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- Exelixis, Inc., 210 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco,
California 94080, United States
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- Exelixis, Inc., 210 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco,
California 94080, United States
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- Exelixis, Inc., 210 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco,
California 94080, United States
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- Exelixis, Inc., 210 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco,
California 94080, United States
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- Exelixis, Inc., 210 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco,
California 94080, United States
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- Exelixis, Inc., 210 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco,
California 94080, United States
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- Exelixis, Inc., 210 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco,
California 94080, United States
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- Exelixis, Inc., 210 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco,
California 94080, United States
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- Exelixis, Inc., 210 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco,
California 94080, United States
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- Exelixis, Inc., 210 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco,
California 94080, United States
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- Exelixis, Inc., 210 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco,
California 94080, United States
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- Exelixis, Inc., 210 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco,
California 94080, United States
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- Exelixis, Inc., 210 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco,
California 94080, United States
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- Exelixis, Inc., 210 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco,
California 94080, United States
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- Exelixis, Inc., 210 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco,
California 94080, United States
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- Exelixis, Inc., 210 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco,
California 94080, United States
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- Exelixis, Inc., 210 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco,
California 94080, United States
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Bally M, Dimitrievski K, Larson G, Zhdanov VP, Höök F. Interaction of virions with membrane glycolipids. Phys Biol 2012; 9:026011. [PMID: 22475581 DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/9/2/026011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Cellular membranes contain various lipids including glycolipids (GLs). The hydrophilic head groups of GLs extend from the membrane into the aqueous environment outside the cell where they act as recognition sites for specific interactions. The first steps of interaction of virions with cells often include contacts with GLs. To clarify the details of such contacts, we have used the total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy to explore the interaction of individual unlabelled virus-like particles (or, more specifically, norovirus protein capsids), which are firmly bound to a lipid bilayer, and fluorescent vesicles containing glycosphingolipids (these lipids form a subclass of GLs). The corresponding binding kinetics were earlier found to be kinetically limited, while the detachment kinetics were logarithmic over a wide range of time. Here, the detachment rate is observed to dramatically decrease with increasing concentration of glycosphingolipids from 1% to 8%. This effect has been analytically explained by using a generic model describing the statistics of bonds in the contact area between a virion and a lipid membrane. Among other factors, the model takes the formation of GL domains into account. Our analysis indicates that in the system under consideration, such domains, if present, have a characteristic size smaller than the contact area between the vesicle and the virus-like particle.
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- M Bally
- Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, S-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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Wang Z, Wen L, Ma X, Chen Z, Yu Y, Zhu J, Wang Y, Liu Z, Liu H, Wu D, Zhou D, Li Y. High expression of lactotriaosylceramide, a differentiation-associated glycosphingolipid, in the bone marrow of acute myeloid leukemia patients. Glycobiology 2012; 22:930-8. [PMID: 22411838 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cws061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Glycosphingolipids (GSLs) are information-bearing biomolecules that play critical roles in embryonic development, signal transduction and carcinogenesis. Previous studies indicate that certain GSLs are associated with differentiation in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells. In this study, we collected bone marrow samples from healthy donors and AML patients and analyzed the GSL expression profiles comprehensively using electrospray ionization linear ion-trap mass spectrometry. The results showed that AML patients had higher expression of the GSL lactotriaosylceramide (Lc3), GM3 and neolactotetraosylceramide (nLc4) in their bone marrow than did the healthy donors (P < 0.05), especially the M1 subtype of AML. To further explore the molecular mechanisms of Lc3, we examined the expression of the Lc3 synthase β1,3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase5 (β3Gn-T5) and found that the bone marrow samples of AML patients had 16-fold higher expression of β3Gn-T5 than those of healthy donors (P < 0.05). Our results suggest that AML-associated GSLs Lc3, GM3 and nLc4 are possibly involved in initiation and differentiation of AML.
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- Zheng Wang
- Institutes of Biology and Medical Sciences, First Affiliated Hospital, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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Goddard-Borger ED, Tropak MB, Yonekawa S, Tysoe C, Mahuran DJ, Withers SG. Rapid assembly of a library of lipophilic iminosugars via the thiol-ene reaction yields promising pharmacological chaperones for the treatment of Gaucher disease. J Med Chem 2012; 55:2737-45. [PMID: 22360565 DOI: 10.1021/jm201633y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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A highly divergent route to lipophilic iminosugars that utilizes the thiol-ene reaction was developed to enable the rapid synthesis of a collection of 16 dideoxyiminoxylitols bearing various different lipophilic substituents. Enzyme kinetic analyses revealed that a number of these products are potent, low-nanomolar inhibitors of human glucocerebrosidase that stabilize the enzyme to thermal denaturation by up to 20 K. Cell based assays conducted on Gaucher disease patient derived fibroblasts demonstrated that administration of the compounds can increase lysosomal glucocerebrosidase activity levels by therapeutically relevant amounts, as much as 3.2-fold in cells homozygous for the p.N370S mutation and 1.4-fold in cells homozygous for the p.L444P mutation. Several compounds elicited this increase in enzyme activity over a relatively wide dosage range. The data assembled here illustrate how the lipophilic moiety common to many glucocerebrosidase inhibitors might be used to optimize a lead compound's ability to chaperone the protein in cellulo. The flexibility of this synthetic strategy makes it an attractive approach to the rapid optimization of glycosidase inhibitor potency and pharmacokinetic behavior.
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- Ethan D Goddard-Borger
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z1, Canada
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Decroocq C, Rodríguez-Lucena D, Ikeda K, Asano N, Compain P. Cyclodextrin-Based Iminosugar Click Clusters: The First Examples of Multivalent Pharmacological Chaperones for the Treatment of Lysosomal Storage Disorders. Chembiochem 2012; 13:661-4. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201200005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Aouadi K, Msaddek M, Praly JP. Cycloaddition of a chiral nitrone to allylic motifs: an access to enantiopure sugar-based amino acids displaying a stable glycosidic bond and to 4(S)-4-hydroxy-l-ornithine. Tetrahedron 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2011.12.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Shen J, Zhou Y, Lu T, Peng J, Lin Z, Huang L, Pang Y, Yu L, Huang Y. An integrated chip for immunofluorescence and its application to analyze lysosomal storage disorders. LAB ON A CHIP 2012; 12:317-324. [PMID: 22124660 DOI: 10.1039/c1lc20845d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Immunofluorescence (IF) is a common method to observe protein distribution and localization at the single-cell level through wide-field fluorescence or confocal microscopy. Conventional protocol for IF staining of cells typically requires a large amount of reagents, especially antibodies, and noticeable investment in both labor and time. Microfluidic technologies provide a cost-effective alternative: it can evaluate and optimize experimental conditions, and perform automatic and high-throughput IF staining on-chip. We employed this method to analyze lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs) based on the expression and morphological distribution of LAMP1 and LC3 in starving cells. With pneumatic valves integrated on-chip, the parallel staining process can be completed within a few hours. The total consumption of each antibody solution for the whole experiment is merely 0.3 μL. This device provides a promising tool for automated high-throughput molecular imaging at cell level that can be applied for diagnostic analysis.
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- Jie Shen
- College of Engineering, and Biodynamic Optical Imaging Center (BIOPIC), Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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Frank S, van Die I, Geyer R. Structural characterization of Schistosoma mansoni adult worm glycosphingolipids reveals pronounced differences with those of cercariae. Glycobiology 2012; 22:676-95. [DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cws004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Aguilar-Moncayo M, Takai T, Higaki K, Mena-Barragán T, Hirano Y, Yura K, Li L, Yu Y, Ninomiya H, García-Moreno MI, Ishii S, Sakakibara Y, Ohno K, Nanba E, Ortiz Mellet C, García Fernández JM, Suzuki Y. Tuning glycosidase inhibition through aglycone interactions: pharmacological chaperones for Fabry disease and GM1 gangliosidosis. Chem Commun (Camb) 2012; 48:6514-6. [DOI: 10.1039/c2cc32065g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Xu J, Duan J, Xue C, Feng T, Dong P, Sugawara T, Hirata T. Analysis and comparison of glucocerebroside species from three edible sea cucumbers using liquid chromatography-ion trap-time-of-flight mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2011; 59:12246-12253. [PMID: 22004409 DOI: 10.1021/jf203556s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Sphingolipids constitute a highly diverse and complex class of molecules and exhibit important physiological functions. Glucocerebrosides are anticipated to play a positive role in human nutrition. In this study, complicated glucocerebrosides from three specimens of edible sea cucumbers, specifically, Acaudina molpadioides, Cucumaria frondosa, and Apostichopus japonicus, were rapidly identified using liquid chromatography-ion trap-time-of-flight mass spectrometry (LCMS-IT-TOF), which is a powerful analysis tool. [M + H](+), [M + Na](+), and [M + H - H(2)O](+) in positive electrospray ionization (ESI) mode were used for MS/MS analysis to obtain product ion spectra. Various long-chain bases of glucocerebrosides were found in these sea cucumbers. Two of the most common long-chain bases were 2-amino-1,3-dihydroxy-4-heptadecene (d17:1) and 4,8-sphingadienine (d18:2), which were acylated to form saturated and monounsaturated nonhydroxy and monohydroxy fatty acids with 18-25 carbon atoms. The glucocerebroside molecular species were the most complicated in the sea cucumber C. frondosa and were the simplest in the sea cucumber A. molpadioides.
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- Jie Xu
- College of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, No 5, Yu Shan Road, Qingdao, Shandong Province 266003, China
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Discovery of a new class of glucosylceramide synthase inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2011; 21:6773-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2011.09.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2011] [Revised: 09/08/2011] [Accepted: 09/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A fluorescent probe for GM1 gangliosidosis related β-galactosidase: N-(Dansylamino)hexylaminocarbonylpentyl-1,5-dideoxy-1,5-imino-d-galactitol. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2011; 21:6872-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2011.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2011] [Revised: 09/02/2011] [Accepted: 09/03/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Thin-layer chromatography, overlay technique and mass spectrometry: A versatile triad advancing glycosphingolipidomics. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2011; 1811:875-96. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2011.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2011] [Revised: 03/18/2011] [Accepted: 04/10/2011] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Nikolova-Karakashian MN, Reid MB. Sphingolipid metabolism, oxidant signaling, and contractile function of skeletal muscle. Antioxid Redox Signal 2011; 15:2501-17. [PMID: 21453197 PMCID: PMC3176343 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2011.3940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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SIGNIFICANCE Sphingolipids are a class of bioactive lipids that regulate diverse cell functions. Ceramide, sphingosine, and sphingosine-1-phosphate accumulate in tissues such as liver, brain, and lung under conditions of cellular stress, including oxidative stress. The activity of some sphingolipid metabolizing enzymes, chiefly the sphingomyelinases, is stimulated during inflammation and in response to oxidative stress. Ceramide, the sphingomyelinase product, as well as the ceramide metabolite, sphingosine-1-phosphate, can induce the generation of more reactive oxygen species, propagating further inflammation. RECENT ADVANCES This review article summarizes information on sphingolipid biochemistry and signaling pertinent to skeletal muscle and describes the potential influence of sphingolipids on contractile function. CRITICAL ISSUES It encompasses topics related to (1) the pathways for complex sphingolipid biosynthesis and degradation, emphasizing sphingolipid regulation in various muscle fiber types and subcellular compartments; (2) the emerging evidence that implicates ceramide, sphingosine, and sphingosine-1-phosphate as regulators of muscle oxidant activity, and (3) sphingolipid effects on contractile function and fatigue. FUTURE DIRECTIONS We propose that prolonged inflammatory conditions alter ceramide, sphingosine, and sphingosine-1-phosphate levels in skeletal muscle and that these changes promote the weakness, premature fatigue, and cachexia that plague individuals with heart failure, cancer, diabetes, and other chronic inflammatory diseases.
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Farwanah H, Kolter T, Sandhoff K. Mass spectrometric analysis of neutral sphingolipids: Methods, applications, and limitations. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2011; 1811:854-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2011.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2011] [Revised: 05/05/2011] [Accepted: 05/24/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Merrill AH. Sphingolipid and glycosphingolipid metabolic pathways in the era of sphingolipidomics. Chem Rev 2011; 111:6387-422. [PMID: 21942574 PMCID: PMC3191729 DOI: 10.1021/cr2002917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 527] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2011] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Alfred H Merrill
- School of Biology, and the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0230, USA.
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Fröhlich RF, Furneaux RH, Mahuran DJ, Saf R, Stütz AE, Tropak MB, Wicki J, Withers SG, Wrodnigg TM. 1-Deoxy-D-galactonojirimycins with dansyl capped N-substituents as β-galactosidase inhibitors and potential probes for GM1 gangliosidosis affected cell lines. Carbohydr Res 2011; 346:1592-8. [PMID: 21645885 PMCID: PMC3158671 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2011.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2011] [Revised: 05/10/2011] [Accepted: 05/11/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Two simple and reliably accessible intermediates, N-carboxypentyl- and N-aminohexyl-1-deoxy-D-galactonojirimycin were employed for the synthesis of a set of terminally N-dansyl substituted derivatives. Reaction of the terminal carboxylic acid of N-carboxypentyl-1-deoxy-D-galactonojirimycin with N-dansyl-1,6-diaminohexane provided the chain-extended fluorescent derivative. Employing bis(6-dansylaminohexyl)amine, the corresponding branched di-N-dansyl compound was obtained. Partially protected N-aminohexyl-1-deoxy-D-galactonojirimycin served as intermediate for two additional chain-extended fluorescent 1-deoxy-D-galactonojirimycin (1-DGJ) derivatives featuring terminal dansyl groups in the N-alkyl substituent. These new compounds are strong inhibitors of d-galactosidases and may serve as leads en route to pharmacological chaperones for GM1-gangliosidosis.
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- Richard F.G. Fröhlich
- Carbohydrate Chemistry Team, Industrial Research Limited, PO Box 31-310, 5040 Lower Hutt, New Zealand
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- Carbohydrate Chemistry Team, Industrial Research Limited, PO Box 31-310, 5040 Lower Hutt, New Zealand
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Sick Kids Hospital, 555 University Avenue, University of Toronto, Ont., Canada M5G 1X8
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- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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- Glycogroup, Institut für Organische Chemie, Technische Universität Graz, Stremayrgasse 9, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Sick Kids Hospital, 555 University Avenue, University of Toronto, Ont., Canada M5G 1X8
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- Chemistry Department, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- Chemistry Department, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- Glycogroup, Institut für Organische Chemie, Technische Universität Graz, Stremayrgasse 9, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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Timmer MS, Dangerfield EM, Cheng JM, Gulab SA, Stocker BL. Rapid synthesis of 1-deoxygalactonojirimycin using a carbamate annulation. Tetrahedron Lett 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2011.07.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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van den Berg RJBHN, Wennekes T, Ghisaidoobe A, Donker-Koopman WE, Strijland A, Boot RG, van der Marel GA, Aerts JMFG, Overkleeft HS. Assessment of partially deoxygenated deoxynojirimycin derivatives as glucosylceramide synthase inhibitors. ACS Med Chem Lett 2011; 2:519-22. [PMID: 24900342 DOI: 10.1021/ml200050s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2011] [Accepted: 04/07/2011] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Glucosylceramide synthase (GCS) is an approved drug target for the treatment of Gaucher disease and is considered as a valid target for combating other human pathologies, including type 2 diabetes. The clinical drug N-butyldeoxynojirimycin (Zavesca) is thought to inhibit through mimicry of its substrate, ceramide. In this work we demonstrate that, in contrast to what is proposed in this model, the C2-hydroxyl of the deoxynojirimycin core is important for GCS inhibition. Here we show that C6-OH appears of less important, which may set guidelines for the development of GCS inhibitors that have less affinity (in comparison with Zavesca) for other glycoprocessing enzymes, in particular those hydrolases that act on glucosylceramide.
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- Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Hill T, Tropak MB, Mahuran D, Withers SG. Synthesis, Kinetic Evaluation and Cell-Based Analysis of C-Alkylated Isofagomines as Chaperones of β-Glucocerebrosidase. Chembiochem 2011; 12:2151-4. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201100332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2011] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Atilla-Gokcumen GE, Bedigian AV, Sasse S, Eggert US. Inhibition of glycosphingolipid biosynthesis induces cytokinesis failure. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:10010-3. [PMID: 21668028 PMCID: PMC3131740 DOI: 10.1021/ja202804b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Although cells undergo dramatic shape changes during cytokinesis, the role of the plasma membrane and lipids is poorly understood. We report that inactivation of glucosyl ceramide synthase (GCS), either by RNAi or with the small molecule PPMP, causes failure of cleavage furrow ingression. Using mass-spectrometry-based global lipid profiling, we identify individual lipids that are enhanced or depleted due to GCS inhibition. We show that GCS inhibition results in the mislocalization of actin and the ERM proteins, key cytoskeletal proteins that connect the plasma membrane to the actin cortex. Our data suggest that ceramides participate in mediating the interactions between the membrane and the cortex.
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- G. E. Atilla-Gokcumen
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Dept. of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Dept. of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Dept. of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster, Institute for Neurobiology, Münster, Germany
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- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Dept. of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King’s College London, London SE1 1UL, England, UK
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Shvartsburg AA, Isaac G, Leveque N, Smith RD, Metz TO. Separation and classification of lipids using differential ion mobility spectrometry. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2011; 22:1146-55. [PMID: 21953096 PMCID: PMC3187568 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-011-0114-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2010] [Revised: 02/14/2011] [Accepted: 02/15/2011] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Correlations between the dimensions of a 2-D separation create trend lines that depend on structural or chemical characteristics of the compound class and thus facilitate classification of unknowns. This broadly applies to conventional ion mobility spectrometry (IMS)/mass spectrometry (MS), where the major biomolecular classes (e.g., lipids, peptides, nucleotides) occupy different trend line domains. However, strong correlation between the IMS and MS separations for ions of same charge has impeded finer distinctions. Differential IMS (or FAIMS) is generally less correlated to MS and thus could separate those domains better. We report the first observation of chemical class separation by trend lines using FAIMS, here for lipids. For lipids, FAIMS is indeed more independent of MS than conventional IMS, and subclasses (such as phospho-, glycero-, or sphingolipids) form distinct, often non-overlapping domains. Even finer categories with different functional groups or degrees of unsaturation are often separated. As expected, resolution improves in He-rich gases: at 70% He, glycerolipid isomers with different fatty acid positions can be resolved. These results open the door for application of FAIMS to lipids, particularly in shotgun lipidomics and targeted analyses of bioactive lipids.
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- Alexandre A Shvartsburg
- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA.
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Accumulation of long-chain glycosphingolipids during aging is prevented by caloric restriction. PLoS One 2011; 6:e20411. [PMID: 21687659 PMCID: PMC3110726 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2011] [Accepted: 05/02/2011] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Background Chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease are major causes of morbidity and mortality that are seen far more commonly in the aged population. Interestingly, kidney function declines during aging even in the absence of underlying renal disease. Declining renal function has been associated with age-related cellular damage and dysfunction with reports of increased levels of apoptosis, necrosis, and inflammation in the aged kidney. Bioactive sphingolipids have been shown to regulate these same cellular processes, and have also been suggested to play a role in aging and cellular senescence. Methodology/Principal Findings We hypothesized that alterations in kidney sphingolipids play a role in the declining kidney function that occurs during aging. To begin to address this, the sphingolipid profile was measured in young (3 mo), middle aged (9 mo) and old (17 mo) C57BL/6 male mice. Interestingly, while modest changes in ceramides and sphingoid bases were evident in kidneys from older mice, the most dramatic elevations were seen in long-chain hexosylceramides (HexCer) and lactosylceramides (LacCer), with C14- and C16-lactosylceramides elevated as much as 8 and 12-fold, respectively. Increases in long-chain LacCers during aging are not exclusive to the kidney, as they also occur in the liver and brain. Importantly, caloric restriction, previously shown to prevent the declining kidney function seen in aging, inhibits accumulation of long-chain HexCer/LacCers and prevents the age-associated elevation of enzymes involved in their synthesis. Additionally, long-chain LacCers are also significantly elevated in human fibroblasts isolated from elderly individuals. Conclusion/Significance This study demonstrates accumulation of the glycosphingolipids HexCer and LacCer in several different organs in rodents and humans during aging. In addition, data demonstrate that HexCer and LacCer metabolism is regulated by caloric restriction. Taken together, data suggest that HexCer/LacCers are important mediators of cellular processes fundamental to mammalian aging.
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Aerts JMFG, Kallemeijn WW, Wegdam W, Joao Ferraz M, van Breemen MJ, Dekker N, Kramer G, Poorthuis BJ, Groener JEM, Cox-Brinkman J, Rombach SM, Hollak CEM, Linthorst GE, Witte MD, Gold H, van der Marel GA, Overkleeft HS, Boot RG. Biomarkers in the diagnosis of lysosomal storage disorders: proteins, lipids, and inhibodies. J Inherit Metab Dis 2011; 34:605-19. [PMID: 21445610 PMCID: PMC3109260 DOI: 10.1007/s10545-011-9308-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2010] [Revised: 01/21/2011] [Accepted: 02/17/2011] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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A biomarker is an analyte indicating the presence of a biological process linked to the clinical manifestations and outcome of a particular disease. In the case of lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs), primary and secondary accumulating metabolites or proteins specifically secreted by storage cells are good candidates for biomarkers. Clinical applications of biomarkers are found in improved diagnosis, monitoring disease progression, and assessing therapeutic correction. These are illustrated by reviewing the discovery and use of biomarkers for Gaucher disease and Fabry disease. In addition, recently developed chemical tools allowing specific visualization of enzymatically active lysosomal glucocerebrosidase are described. Such probes, coined inhibodies, offer entirely new possibilities for more sophisticated molecular diagnosis, enzyme replacement therapy monitoring, and fundamental research.
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- Johannes M F G Aerts
- Sphinx-Amsterdam Lysosome Center, Departments of Medical Biochemistry and Internal Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 15, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Human glycolipid transfer protein (GLTP) expression modulates cell shape. PLoS One 2011; 6:e19990. [PMID: 21625605 PMCID: PMC3097243 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2010] [Accepted: 04/19/2011] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Glycolipid transfer protein (GLTP) accelerates glycosphingolipid (GSL) intermembrane transfer via a unique lipid transfer/binding fold (GLTP-fold) that defines the GLTP superfamily and is the prototype for GLTP-like domains in larger proteins, i.e. phosphoinositol 4-phosphate adaptor protein-2 (FAPP2). Although GLTP-folds are known to play roles in the nonvesicular intracellular trafficking of glycolipids, their ability to alter cell phenotype remains unexplored. In the present study, overexpression of human glycolipid transfer protein (GLTP) was found to dramatically alter cell phenotype, with cells becoming round between 24 and 48 h after transfection. By 48 h post transfection, ∼70% conversion to the markedly round shape was evident in HeLa and HEK-293 cells, but not in A549 cells. In contrast, overexpression of W96A-GLTP, a liganding-site point mutant with abrogated ability to transfer glycolipid, did not alter cell shape. The round adherent cells exhibited diminished motility in wound healing assays and an inability to endocytose cholera toxin but remained viable and showed little increase in apoptosis as assessed by poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase cleavage. A round cell phenotype also was induced by overexpression of FAPP2, which binds/transfers glycolipid via its C-terminal GLTP-like fold, but not by a plant GLTP ortholog (ACD11), which is incapable of glycolipid binding/transfer. Screening for human protein partners of GLTP by yeast two hybrid screening and by immuno-pulldown analyses revealed regulation of the GLTP-induced cell rounding response by interaction with δ-catenin. Remarkably, while δ-catenin overexpression alone induced dendritic outgrowths, coexpression of GLTP along with δ-catenin accelerated transition to the rounded phenotype. The findings represent the first known phenotypic changes triggered by GLTP overexpression and regulated by direct interaction with a p120-catenin protein family member.
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Kolter T. A view on sphingolipids and disease. Chem Phys Lipids 2011; 164:590-606. [PMID: 21570958 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2011.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2011] [Revised: 04/26/2011] [Accepted: 04/28/2011] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Sphingolipid and glycosphingolipid levels and expression of sphingolipid metabolizing enzymes are altered in a variety of diseases or in response to drug treatment. Inherited defects of enzymes and other proteins required for the lysosomal degradation of these lipids lead to human sphingolipidoses. Also genetic defects that affect sphingolipid biosynthesis are known. Although the molecular details are often far from clear, (glyco)sphingolipids have been implicated to play a role in atherosclerosis, insulin resistance, cancer, and infections by pathogens. More general aspects of selected diseases are discussed.
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- Thomas Kolter
- LiMES-Laboratory of Lipid Biochemistry, Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie der Universität, Bonn, Germany.
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Benito JM, García Fernández JM, Mellet CO. Pharmacological chaperone therapy for Gaucher disease: a patent review. Expert Opin Ther Pat 2011; 21:885-903. [DOI: 10.1517/13543776.2011.569162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Oulaïdi F, Gallienne E, Compain P, Martin OR. 1-C-Alkyl imino-d-xylitol and -l-arabinitol derivatives obtained via nucleophilic addition to pentose-derived N-tert-butanesulfinyl imines: sugar- versus chiral auxiliary-induced stereoselectivity. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetasy.2011.02.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Ghisaidoobe A, Bikker P, de Bruijn ACJ, Godschalk FD, Rogaar E, Guijt MC, Hagens P, Halma JM, van't Hart SM, Luitjens SB, van Rixel VHS, Wijzenbroek M, Zweegers T, Donker-Koopman WE, Strijland A, Boot R, van der Marel G, Overkleeft HS, Aerts JMFG, van den Berg RJBHN. Identification of potent and selective glucosylceramide synthase inhibitors from a library of N-alkylated iminosugars. ACS Med Chem Lett 2011; 2:119-23. [PMID: 24900289 DOI: 10.1021/ml100192b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2010] [Accepted: 11/23/2010] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Glucosylceramide synthase (GCS) is an important target for clinical drug development for the treatment of lysosomal storage disorders and a promising target for combating type 2 diabetes. Iminosugars are useful leads for the development of GCS inhibitors; however, the effective iminosugar type GCS inhibitors reported have some unwanted cross-reactivity toward other glyco-processing enzymes. In particular, iminosugar type GCS inhibitors often also inhibit to some extent human acid glucosylceramidase (GBA1) and the nonlysosomal glucosylceramidase (GBA2), the two enzymes known to process glucosylceramide. Of these, GBA1 itself is a potential drug target for the treatment of the lysosomal storage disorder, Gaucher disease, and selective GBA1 inhibitors are sought after as potential chemical chaperones. The physiological importance of GBA2 in glucosylceramide processing in relation to disease states is less clear, and here, selective inhibitors can be of use as chemical knockout entities. In this communication, we report our identification of a highly potent and selective N-alkylated l-ido-configured iminosugar. In particular, the selectivity of 27 for GCS over GBA1 is striking.
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- Amar Ghisaidoobe
- Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Integration of lipidomics and transcriptomics data towards a systems biology model of sphingolipid metabolism. BMC SYSTEMS BIOLOGY 2011; 5:26. [PMID: 21303545 PMCID: PMC3047436 DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-5-26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2010] [Accepted: 02/08/2011] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Background Sphingolipids play important roles in cell structure and function as well as in the pathophysiology of many diseases. Many of the intermediates of sphingolipid biosynthesis are highly bioactive and sometimes have antagonistic activities, for example, ceramide promotes apoptosis whereas sphingosine-1-phosphate can inhibit apoptosis and induce cell growth; therefore, quantification of the metabolites and modeling of the sphingolipid network is imperative for an understanding of sphingolipid biology. Results In this direction, the LIPID MAPS Consortium is developing methods to quantitate the sphingolipid metabolites in mammalian cells and is investigating their application to studies of the activation of the RAW264.7 macrophage cell by a chemically defined endotoxin, Kdo2-Lipid A. Herein, we describe a model for the C16-branch of sphingolipid metabolism (i.e., for ceramides with palmitate as the N-acyl-linked fatty acid, which is selected because it is a major subspecies for all categories of complex sphingolipids in RAW264.7 cells) integrating lipidomics and transcriptomics data and using a two-step matrix-based approach to estimate the rate constants from experimental data. The rate constants obtained from the first step are further refined using generalized constrained nonlinear optimization. The resulting model fits the experimental data for all species. The robustness of the model is validated through parametric sensitivity analysis. Conclusions A quantitative model of the sphigolipid pathway is developed by integrating metabolomics and transcriptomics data with legacy knowledge. The model could be used to design experimental studies of how genetic and pharmacological perturbations alter the flux through this important lipid biosynthetic pathway.
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Ternes P, Wobbe T, Schwarz M, Albrecht S, Feussner K, Riezman I, Cregg JM, Heinz E, Riezman H, Feussner I, Warnecke D. Two pathways of sphingolipid biosynthesis are separated in the yeast Pichia pastoris. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:11401-14. [PMID: 21303904 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.193094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Although the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has only one sphingolipid class with a head group based on phosphoinositol, the yeast Pichia pastoris as well as many other fungi have a second class, glucosylceramide, which has a glucose head group. These two sphingolipid classes are in addition distinguished by a characteristic structure of their ceramide backbones. Here, we investigate the mechanisms controlling substrate entry into the glucosylceramide branch of the pathway. By a combination of enzymatic in vitro studies and lipid analysis of genetically engineered yeast strains, we show that the ceramide synthase Bar1p occupies a key branching point in sphingolipid biosynthesis in P. pastoris. By preferring dihydroxy sphingoid bases and C(16)/C(18) acyl-coenzyme A as substrates, Bar1p produces a structurally well defined group of ceramide species, which is the exclusive precursor for glucosylceramide biosynthesis. Correlating with the absence of glucosylceramide in this yeast, a gene encoding Bar1p is missing in S. cerevisiae. We could not successfully investigate the second ceramide synthase in P. pastoris that is orthologous to S. cerevisiae Lag1p/Lac1p. By analyzing the ceramide and glucosylceramide species in a collection of P. pastoris knock-out strains in which individual genes encoding enzymes involved in glucosylceramide biosynthesis were systematically deleted, we show that the ceramide species produced by Bar1p have to be modified by two additional enzymes, sphingolipid Δ4-desaturase and fatty acid α-hydroxylase, before the final addition of the glucose head group by the glucosylceramide synthase. Together, this set of four enzymes specifically defines the pathway leading to glucosylceramide biosynthesis.
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- Philipp Ternes
- Department of Plant Biochemistry, Albrecht von Haller Institute for Plant Sciences, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany
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Basic structural and functional characteristics of the epidermal barrier in wild mammals living in different habitats and climates. EUR J WILDLIFE RES 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/s10344-011-0499-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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