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Prosaposin, a neurotrophic factor, protects neurons against kainic acid-induced neurotoxicity. Anat Sci Int 2021; 96:359-369. [PMID: 33534127 DOI: 10.1007/s12565-021-00605-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Accepted: 01/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Prosaposin (PS) is the precursor of four sphingolipid activator proteins, saposin A-D. PS is both a precursor protein and a neuroprotective factor, and is up-regulated in response to excitotoxicity induced by kainic acid (KA), a glutamate analogue. Excess glutamate release induces neuropathological disorders such as ischemia and seizure. Our group's research revealed that PS immunoreactivity (IR) increased significantly in the hippocampal and cortical neurons on day 3 after KA injection, and high PS levels were maintained even after 3 weeks. The increase in PS, but not saposins, as detected by immunoblotting, suggests that the increase in PS-IR after KA injection was not caused by an increase in saposins acting as lysosomal enzymes after neuronal damage but, rather, by an increase in PS as a neurotrophic factor to improve neuronal survival. An 18-mer peptide (PS18) derived from the PS neurotrophic region significantly protected hippocampal neurons against KA-induced destruction. Furthermore, parvalbumin-positive GABAergic inhibitory interneurons and their axons exhibited intense PS expression. These results suggest that axonally transported PS protects damaged hippocampal pyramidal neurons from KA-induced neurotoxicity. Further in vitro studies that include the transfection of the PS gene will help with clarifying the mechanisms underlying the transport and secretion of PS.
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Nabeka H, Saito S, Li X, Shimokawa T, Khan MSI, Yamamiya K, Kawabe S, Doihara T, Hamada F, Kobayashi N, Matsuda S. Interneurons secrete prosaposin, a neurotrophic factor, to attenuate kainic acid-induced neurotoxicity. IBRO Rep 2017; 3:17-32. [PMID: 30135939 PMCID: PMC6084830 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibror.2017.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2017] [Revised: 07/16/2017] [Accepted: 07/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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PS increased mainly in the axons of PV positive interneurons after kainic acid (KA) injection. Electron microscopy revealed PS containing vesicles in PV positive axons. PS is secreted with secretogranin from synapses. The increased PS in the interneurons was due to increases in PS + 0, as in the choroid plexus. Interneurons produce and secrete intact PS around the hippocampal pyramidal neurons to protect them from KA neurotoxicity.
Prosaposin (PS) is a secretory neurotrophic factor, as well as a regulator of lysosomal enzymes. We previously reported the up-regulation of PS and the possibility of its axonal transport by GABAergic interneurons after exocitotoxicity induced by kainic acid (KA), a glutamate analog. In the present study, we performed double immunostaining with PS and three calcium binding protein markers: parvalbumin (PV), calbindin, and calretinin, for the subpopulation of GABAergic interneurons, and clarified that the increased PS around the hippocampal pyramidal neurons after KA injection existed mainly in the axons of PV positive interneurons. Electron microscopy revealed PS containing vesicles in the PV positive axon. Double immunostaining with PS and secretogranin or synapsin suggested that PS is secreted with secretogranin from synapses. Based on the results from in situ hybridization with two alternative splicing forms of PS mRNA, the increase of PS in the interneurons was due to the increase of PS + 0 (mRNA without 9-base insertion) as in the choroid plexus, but not PS + 9 (mRNA with 9-base insertion). These results were similar to those from the choroid plexus, which secretes an intact form PS + 0 to the cerebrospinal fluid. Neurons, especially PV positive GABAergic interneurons, produce and secrete the intact form of PS around hippocampal pyramidal neurons to protect them against KA neurotoxicity.
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- Hiroaki Nabeka
- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, Yanagido, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Human Anatomy, Oita University Fuculty of Medicine, Yufu, Oita, Japan
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- Medical Education Center, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan
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Nabeka H, Shimokawa T, Doihara T, Saito S, Wakisaka H, Hamada F, Kobayashi N, Matsuda S. A prosaposin-derived Peptide alleviates kainic Acid-induced brain injury. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0126856. [PMID: 25993033 PMCID: PMC4436272 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2015] [Accepted: 04/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Four sphingolipid activator proteins (i.e., saposins A–D) are synthesized from a single precursor protein, prosaposin (PS), which exerts exogenous neurotrophic effects in vivo and in vitro. Kainic acid (KA) injection in rodents is a good model in which to study neurotrophic factor elevation; PS and its mRNA are increased in neurons and the choroid plexus in this animal model. An 18-mer peptide (LSELIINNATEELLIKGL; PS18) derived from the PS neurotrophic region prevents neuronal damage after ischemia, and PS18 is a potent candidate molecule for use in alleviating ischemia-induced learning disabilities and neuronal loss. KA is a glutamate analog that stimulates excitatory neurotransmitter release and induces ischemia-like neuronal degeneration; it has been used to define mechanisms involved in neurodegeneration and neuroprotection. In the present study, we demonstrate that a subcutaneous injection of 0.2 and 2.0 mg/kg PS18 significantly improved behavioral deficits of Wistar rats (n = 6 per group), and enhanced the survival of hippocampal and cortical neurons against neurotoxicity induced by 12 mg/kg KA compared with control animals. PS18 significantly protected hippocampal synapses against KA-induced destruction. To evaluate the extent of PS18- and KA-induced effects in these hippocampal regions, we performed histological evaluations using semithin sections stained with toluidine blue, as well as ordinal sections stained with hematoxylin and eosin. We revealed a distinctive feature of KA-induced brain injury, which reportedly mimics ischemia, but affects a much wider area than ischemia-induced injury: KA induced neuronal degeneration not only in the CA1 region, where neurons degenerate following ischemia, but also in the CA2, CA3, and CA4 hippocampal regions.
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- Hiroaki Nabeka
- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, Yanagido, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Human Anatomy, Oita University Fuculty of Medicine, Yufu, Oita, Japan
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- Medical Education Center, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan
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Nabeka H, Uematsu K, Takechi H, Shimokawa T, Yamamiya K, Li C, Doihara T, Saito S, Kobayashi N, Matsuda S. Prosaposin overexpression following kainic acid-induced neurotoxicity. PLoS One 2014; 9:e110534. [PMID: 25461957 PMCID: PMC4251898 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2014] [Accepted: 09/18/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Because excessive glutamate release is believed to play a pivotal role in numerous neuropathological disorders, such as ischemia or seizure, we aimed to investigate whether intrinsic prosaposin (PS), a neuroprotective factor when supplied exogenously in vivo or in vitro, is up-regulated after the excitotoxicity induced by kainic acid (KA), a glutamate analog. In the present study, PS immunoreactivity and its mRNA expression in the hippocampal and cortical neurons showed significant increases on day 3 after KA injection, and high PS levels were maintained even after 3 weeks. The increase in PS, but not saposins, detected by immunoblot analysis suggests that the increase in PS-like immunoreactivity after KA injection was not due to an increase in saposins as lysosomal enzymes after neuronal damage, but rather to an increase in PS as a neurotrophic factor to improve neuronal survival. Furthermore, several neurons with slender nuclei inside/outside of the pyramidal layer showed more intense PS mRNA expression than other pyramidal neurons. Based on the results from double immunostaining using anti-PS and anti-GABA antibodies, these neurons were shown to be GABAergic interneurons in the extra- and intra-pyramidal layers. In the cerebral cortex, several large neurons in the V layer showed very intense PS mRNA expression 3 days after KA injection. The choroid plexus showed intense PS mRNA expression even in the normal rat, and the intensity increased significantly after KA injection. The present study indicates that inhibitory interneurons as well as stimulated hippocampal pyramidal and cortical neurons synthesize PS for neuronal survival, and the choroid plexus is highly activated to synthesize PS, which may prevent neurons from excitotoxic neuronal damage. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study that demonstrates axonal transport and increased production of neurotrophic factor PS after KA injection.
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- Hiroaki Nabeka
- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, Yanagido, Gifu, Japan
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- Medical Education Center, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan
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Temporal changes in prosaposin expression in the rat dentate gyrus after birth. PLoS One 2014; 9:e95883. [PMID: 24871372 PMCID: PMC4037173 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2013] [Accepted: 04/01/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Neurogenesis in the hippocampal dentate gyrus occurs constitutively throughout postnatal life. Adult neurogenesis includes a multistep process that ends with the formation of a postmitotic and functionally integrated new neuron. During adult neurogenesis, various markers are expressed, including GFAP, nestin, Pax6, polysialic acid-neural cell adhesion molecule (PSA-NCAM), neuronal nuclei (NeuN), doublecortin, TUC-4, Tuj-1, and calretinin. Prosaposin is the precursor of saposins A–D; it is found in various organs and can be excreted. Strong prosaposin expression has been demonstrated in the developing brain including the hippocampus, and its neurotrophic activity has been proposed. This study investigated changes in prosaposin in the dentate gyrus of young and adult rats using double immunohistochemistry with antibodies to prosaposin, PSA-NCAM, and NeuN. Prosaposin immunoreactivity was intense in the dentate gyrus at postnatal day 3 (P3) and P7, but decreased gradually after P14. In the dentate gyrus at P28, immature PSA-NCAM-positive neurons localized exclusively in the subgranular zone were prosaposin-negative, whereas mature Neu-N-positive neurons were positive for prosaposin. Furthermore, these prosaposin-negative immature neurons were saposin B-positive, suggesting that the neurons take up and degrade prosaposin. In situ hybridization assays showed that prosaposin in the adult dentate gyrus is dominantly the Pro+9 type, a secreted type of prosaposin. These results imply that prosaposin secreted from mature neurons stimulates proliferation and maturation of immature neurons in the dentate gyrus.
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Shimokawa T, Nabeka H, Yamamiya K, Wakisaka H, Takeuchi T, Kobayashi N, Matsuda S. Distribution of prosaposin in rat lymphatic tissues. Cell Tissue Res 2013; 352:685-93. [PMID: 23420452 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-013-1575-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2012] [Accepted: 01/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Prosaposin (PSAP) is as a trophic factor and an activator protein for sphingolipid hydrolase in lysosomes. We generated a specific antibody to PSAP and examined the spatiotemporal distribution of PSAP-immunoreactive (PSAP-IR) cells in the lymphatic tissues of Wistar rats. Immunoblots of tissue homogenates separated electrophoretically showed a single band for PSAP in brain but two bands in spleen. PSAP-IR cells were distributed in both the red and white pulp of the spleen, in both the cortex and medulla of the thymus and in mesenteric lymph nodes. Many PSAP-IR cells were found in the dome portion of Peyer's patches and the number of PSAP-IR cells increased with the age of the rat. To identify the PSAP-IR cells, double- and triple-immunostainings were performed with antibodies against PSAP, CD68 and CD1d. The large number of double- and triple-positive cells suggested that antigen-presenting cells contained much PSAP in these lymphatic tissues. Intense expression of PSAP mRNA, examined by in situ hybridisation, was observed in the red pulp and corona of the spleen. In rats, the PSAP gene generates two alternative splicing forms of mRNA: Pro+9 containing a 9-base insertion and Pro+0 without the insertion. We examined the expression patterns of the alternative splicing forms of PSAP mRNA in the spleen. The presence of both types of mRNA (Pro+9 and Pro+0) indicated that the spleen contains various types of prosaposin-producing and/or secreting cells. These findings suggest diverse functions for PSAP in the immune system.
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- Tetsuya Shimokawa
- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, 791-0212, Japan.
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Hosoda Y, Miyawaki K, Saito S, Chen J, Bing X, Terashita T, Kobayashi N, Araki N, Shimokawa T, Hamada F, Sano A, Tanabe H, Matsuda S. Distribution of prosaposin in the rat nervous system. Cell Tissue Res 2007; 330:197-207. [PMID: 17763872 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-007-0464-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2007] [Accepted: 07/04/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Prosaposin is the precursor of four sphingolipid activator proteins (saposins A, B, C, and D) for lysosomal hydrolases and is abundant in the nervous system and muscle. In addition to its role as a precursor of saposins in lysosomes, intact prosaposin has neurotrophic effects in vivo or in vitro when supplied exogenously. We examined the distribution of prosaposin in the central and peripheral nervous systems and its intracellular distribution. Using a monospecific antisaposin D antibody that crossreacts with prosaposin but not with saposins A, B, or C, immunoblot experiments showed that both the central and peripheral nervous systems express unprocessed prosaposin and little saposin D. Using the antisaposin D antibodies, we demonstrated that prosaposin is abundant in almost all neurons of both the central and peripheral nervous systems, including autonomic nerves, as well as motor and sensory nerves. Immunoelectron microscopy using double staining with antisaposin D and anticathepsin D antibodies showed strong prosaposin immunoreactivity mainly in the lysosomal granules in the neurons in both the central and peripheral nervous systems. The expression of prosaposin mRNA, examined using in situ hybridization, was observed in these same neurons. Our results suggest that prosaposin is synthesized ubiquitously in neurons of both the central and peripheral nervous systems.
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- Yoshiki Hosoda
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, 791-0212, Japan
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Radin NS. Allylic structures in cancer drugs and body metabolites that control cell life and death. Expert Opin Drug Discov 2007; 2:809-21. [DOI: 10.1517/17460441.2.6.809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Metzler DE, Metzler CM, Sauke DJ. Some Pathways of Carbohydrate Metabolism. Biochemistry 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-012492543-4/50023-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- U Bierfreund
- Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Universität Bonn, Germany
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Ferlinz K, Linke T, Bartelsen O, Weiler M, Sandhoff K. Stimulation of lysosomal sphingomyelin degradation by sphingolipid activator proteins. Chem Phys Lipids 1999; 102:35-43. [PMID: 11001559 DOI: 10.1016/s0009-3084(99)00073-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Lysosomal breakdown of glycosphingolipids with short hydrophilic carbohydrate headgroups is achieved by the simultaneous action of specific hydrolases and sphingolipid activator proteins (SAPs). Activator proteins are considered to facilitate the enzyme/substrate interaction between water-soluble enzymes and membrane-bound substrates. Sphingomyelin, containing the small hydrophilic phosphorylcholine moiety, is hydrolysed by acid sphingomyelinase (acid SMase). Recent experimental data on the in vivo and in vitro role of activator proteins in sphingomyelin breakdown by acid SMase are reviewed. These data combined with the results using homogenous protein preparations as well as a liposomal assay system mimicking the physiological conditions suggest that lysosomal sphingomyelin degradation is not critically dependent on any of the known activator proteins. Moreover, evidence is provided that the assumed intramolecular activator domain of acid SMase and especially the presence of negatively charged lipids in the lysosomes are sufficient for sphingomyelin turnover.
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- K Ferlinz
- Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Universität Bonn, Germany
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Qi X, Kondoh K, Krusling D, Kelso GJ, Leonova T, Grabowski GA. Conformational and amino acid residue requirements for the saposin C neuritogenic effect. Biochemistry 1999; 38:6284-91. [PMID: 10320358 DOI: 10.1021/bi990079o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Prosaposin is the precursor of four activator proteins, termed saposins A, B, C, and D, that are required for much of glycosphingolipid hydrolysis. The intact precursor also has neurite outgrowth activity ex vivo and in vivo that is localized to amino acid residues 22-31 of saposin C. Across species, this saposin C region has a high degree of identity and similarity with amino acids in the analogous region of saposin A. Wild-type and mutant saposins C and A from human and mouse were expressed in E. coli. Pure proteins, synthetic peptide analogues, conformation-specific antibodies, and CD spectroscopy were used to evaluate the basis of the ex vivo neuritogenic effect. Wild-type saposin A had no neuritogenic activity whereas reduced and alkylated saposin A did. Introduction of the conserved saposin A Tyr 30 (Y30) into saposin C at the analogous position 31, a conserved Ala(A)/Gly(G)31, diminished neuritogenic activity by 50-60%. Nondenatured saposin A with an introduced A30 acquired substantial neuritogenic activity. Polyclonal antibodies directed against the NH2-terminus of saposin C cross-reacted well with reduced and alkylated saposins C and A, wild-type saposin C, and saposin A [Y30A], poorly with saposin C [A31Y], and not at all with wild-type saposin A. CD spectra of wild-type and mutant saposins C and A, the corresponding neuritogenic region of saposin C, and the analogous region of saposin A showed that more "saposin C-like" molecules had neuritogenic properties. Those with more "saposin A-like" spectra did not. These studies show that the neuritogenic activity of saposin C requires specific placement of amino acids, and that Y30 of saposin A significantly alters local conformation in this critical region and suppresses neuritogenic activity.
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- X Qi
- Children's Hospital Research Foundation and Departments of Pediatrics and of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry, and Microbiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, USA
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Waring AJ, Chen Y, Faull KF, Stevens R, Sherman MA, Fluharty AL. Porcine cerebroside sulfate activator (saposin B) secondary structure: CD, FTIR, and NMR studies. Mol Genet Metab 1998; 63:14-25. [PMID: 9538512 DOI: 10.1006/mgme.1997.2646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cerebroside sulfate activator protein (CSAct or saposin B) is one of a group of heat stable, low-molecular-weight proteins that appear to share a common structural motif. These have been referred to as saposin-like proteins and are thought to share a multiple amphipathic helical barrel structure with a conserved pattern of disulfide linkages. Porcine kidney CSAct was prepared in high purity and consisted of three major glycosylated subforms. The protein was studied by physical-chemical methods and evaluated by various methods for structural prediction. All suggest that CSAct has high amounts of alpha-helical conformation and little if any beta-sheet. Circular dichroism (CD) studies indicate 45-50% helical conformation depending on buffer and temperature. There was only a moderate loss in helical content with increasing temperature and no indication of thermal denaturation. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) measurements on deuterium hydrated self-films also indicated a predominantly helical structure. Helical axis orientation was investigated by both oriented CD and FTIR dichroism, which suggested that the helical axes were roughly parallel and oriented along the axis of the surface on which the self-films had been deposited. One-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance spectra showed large chemical shift dispersion, indicating a defined tertiary structure with little variation between 6 and 85 degrees C. NOESY spectra failed to show the strong NOE cross peaks expected for a highly helical conformation. This may indicate short-term conformational flexibility within the helices or molecular aggregation at the high protein concentrations employed. These observations are consistent with the 3-4-helix bundle motif suggested for saposin-like proteins by various predictive algorithms.
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- A J Waring
- Department of Pediatrics, Drew University-King Medical Center/University of California Los Angeles 90059, USA
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Vaccaro AM, Tatti M, Ciaffoni F, Salvioli R, Barca A, Scerch C. Effect of saposins A and C on the enzymatic hydrolysis of liposomal glucosylceramide. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:16862-7. [PMID: 9201993 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.27.16862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The degradation of glucosylceramide in lysosomes is accomplished by glucosylceramidase with the assistance of, at least, another protein, saposin C (Sap C), which is generated from a large precursor together with three other similar proteins, saposins A, B, and D. In the present study, we have examined the effects of saposins on the enzymatic hydrolysis of glucosylceramide inserted in large and small phospholipid liposomes. The glucosylceramide contained in large unilamellar vesicles (LUV) was degraded by glucosylceramidase at a rate 7-8-fold lower than glucosylceramide inserted in small unilamellar vesicles (SUV). The separate addition of either Sap A or Sap C to the LUV system partially stimulated the sphingolipid degradation while saposins B and D had no effect. In the presence of both Sap A and Sap C, the rate of sphingolipid degradation was higher than the sum of the rates with the two saposins individually, indicating synergism in their actions. The stimulatory effect of the two saposins depended on the incorporation of an acidic phospholipid such as phosphatidylserine (PS) into LUV. The characteristics of glucosylceramidase activation by Sap C were different from those of Sap A. Sap C increased the rate of hydrolysis of both the artificial water soluble substrate, 4-methylumbelliferyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside, and the lipid substrate, glucosylceramide, while Sap A only stimulated degradation of the sphingolipid. Also the binding properties of Saps A and C were markedly different. At acidic pH values, Sap C bound to PS-containing LUV and promoted the association of glucosylceramidase with the membrane. In contrast, Sap A had poor affinity for the membrane even in the presence of glucosylceramide; moreover, Sap A did not potentiate the capacity of Sap C to mediate glucosylceramidase binding. In conclusion, our results show that both Sap A and Sap C are required for maximal hydrolysis of glucosylceramide inserted in PS-containing LUV, that their effects are synergistic, and that their mode of action is different. Sap C is responsible for the membrane binding of glucosylceramidase, while Sap A stimulation is possibly related to its effect on the conformation of the enzyme. It can be envisaged that Sap A in conjunction with Sap C might have a physiological role in glucosylceramide degradation.
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- A M Vaccaro
- Department of Metabolism and Pathological Biochemistry, Istituto Superiore Sanita', Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Roma, Italy.
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Grabowski GA, Saal HM, Wenstrup RJ, Barton NW. Gaucher disease: a prototype for molecular medicine. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 1996; 23:25-55. [PMID: 8817081 DOI: 10.1016/1040-8428(96)00199-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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- G A Grabowski
- Division of Human Genetics, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039, USA
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Henseler M, Klein A, Glombitza GJ, Suziki K, Sandhoff K. Expression of the three alternative forms of the sphingolipid activator protein precursor in baby hamster kidney cells and functional assays in a cell culture system. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:8416-23. [PMID: 8626540 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.14.8416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Sphingolipid activator proteins (SAPs) are non-enzymatic glycoproteins required for lysosomal degradation of various sphingolipids with short oligosaccharide chains by their respective exohydrolases. Four of these (SAP-A to SAP-D or saposins A to D) are derived from a common precursor by proteolytic processing. Alternative splicing of the SAP-precursor gene results in insertion of additional 6 or 9 bases of exon 8' or 8, respectively, into the SAP-B coding region of the transcribed mRNAs. To examine the features of the three different SAP-precursor proteins (prosaposins), the respective cDNAs were stably expressed in baby hamster kidney cells. Pulse-chase experiments with transfected cells and endocytosis studies on human fibroblasts showed that synthesis, transport, and maturation of all SAP-precursor led to formation of the four mature SAPs (SAP-A to SAP-D). In order to determine the biological function of the three different SAP-B isoforms, SAP-precursor-deficient human fibroblasts were loaded with recombinant SAP-precursor proteins with or without 2- and 3-amino acid insertions, respectively, purified from the medium of the baby hamster kidney cells. They were found to stimulate at nanomolar concentrations the turnover of biosynthetically labeled ceramide, glucosylceramide, and lactosylceramide. Since the physiological function of SAP-B is to stimulate the degradation of sulfatide by arylsulfatase A (EC 3.1.6.1) and globotriaosylceramide by beta-galactosidase (EC 3.2.1.23) loading studies with the respective exogenously labeled lipids on SAP-precursor-deficient fibroblasts were performed. Addition of different purified SAP-precursors to the medium of the lipid-loaded fibroblasts showed positive stimulation of the lipid degradation by all three SAP-B isoforms derived from the SAP-precursors. These findings establish that all three forms of the SAP-B can function as sulfatide/globotriaosylceramide activator.
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- M Henseler
- Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Universität Bonn, D-53121 Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany
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Qi X, Qin W, Sun Y, Kondoh K, Grabowski GA. Functional organization of saposin C. Definition of the neurotrophic and acid beta-glucosidase activation regions. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:6874-80. [PMID: 8636113 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.12.6874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Saposin C is an essential co-factor for the hydrolysis of glucosylceramide by acid beta-glucosidase in mammals. In addition, prosaposin promotes neurite outgrowth in vitro via sequences in saposin C. The regional organization of these neurotrophic and activation properties of saposin C was elucidated using recombinant or chemically synthesized saposin Cs from various regions of the molecule. Unreduced and reduced proteins were analyzed by electrospray-mass spectrometry to establish the complement of disulfide bonds in selected saposin Cs. Using saposin B as a unreactive backbone, chimeric saposins containing various length segments of saposin B and C localized the neurotrophic and acid beta-glucosidase activation properties to the carboxyl- and NH2-terminal 50% of saposin C, respectively. The peptide spanning residues 22-31 had neurotrophic effects. Molecular modeling and site-directed mutagenesis localized the activation properties of saposin C to the region spanning residues 47-62. Secondary structure was needed for retention of this property. Single substitutions of R and S at the conserved cysteines at 47 or 78 diminished but did not obliterate the activation properties. These results indicate the segregation of neurotrophic and activation properties of saposin C to two different faces of the molecule and suggest a topographic sequestration of the activation region of prosaposin for protection of the cell from adverse hydrolytic activity of acid beta-glucosidase.
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- X Qi
- Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229-3039, USA
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Vaccaro AM, Ciaffoni F, Tatti M, Salvioli R, Barca A, Tognozzi D, Scerch C. pH-dependent conformational properties of saposins and their interactions with phospholipid membranes. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:30576-80. [PMID: 8530492 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.51.30576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Saposins A, B, C, and D are small lysosomal glycoproteins released by proteolysis from a single precursor polypeptide, prosaposin. We have presently investigated the conformational states of saposins and their interaction with membranes at acidic pH values similar to those present in lysosomes. With the use of phase partitioning in Triton X-114, experimental evidence was provided that, upon acidification, saposins (Sap) A, C, and D acquire hydrophobic properties, while the hydrophilicity of Sap B is apparently unchanged. The pH-dependent exposure of hydrophobic domains of Sap C and D paralleled their pH-dependent binding to large unilamellar vesicles composed of phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylserine, and cholesterol. In contrast, the binding of Sap A to the vesicles was very restricted, in spite of its increased hydrophobicity at low pH. A low affinity for the vesicles was also shown by Sap B, a finding consistent with its apparent hydrophilicity both at neutral and acidic pH. At the acidic pH values needed for binding, Sap C and D powerfully destabilized the phospholipid membranes, while Sap A and B minimally affected the bilayer integrity. In the absence of the acidic phospholipid phosphatidylserine, the induced destabilization markedly decreased. Of the four saposins, only Sap C was able to promote the binding of glucosylceramidase to phosphatidylserine-containing membranes. This result is consistent with the notion that Sap C is specifically required by glucosylceramidase to exert its activity. Our finding that an acidic environment induces an increased hydrophobicity in Sap A, C, and D, making the last two saposins able to interact and perturb phospholipid membranes, suggests that this mechanism might be relevant to the mode of action of saposins in lysosomes.
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- A M Vaccaro
- Department of Metabolism and Pathological Biochemistry, Istituto Superiore Sanitá, Rome, Italy
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Vaccaro AM, Salvioli R, Barca A, Tatti M, Ciaffoni F, Maras B, Siciliano R, Zappacosta F, Amoresano A, Pucci P. Structural analysis of saposin C and B. Complete localization of disulfide bridges. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:9953-60. [PMID: 7730378 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.17.9953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Saposins A, B, C, and D are a group of homologous glycoproteins derived from a single precursor, prosaposin, and apparently involved in the stimulation of the enzymatic degradation of sphingolipids in lysosomes. All saposins have six cysteine residues at similar positions. In the present study we have investigated the disulfide structure of saposins B and C using advanced mass spectrometric procedures. Electrospray analysis showed that deglycosylated saposins B and C are mainly present as 79- and 80-residue monomeric polypeptides, respectively. Fast atom bombardment mass analysis of peptide mixtures obtained by a combination of chemical and enzymatic cleavages demonstrated that the pairings of the three disulfide bridges present in each saposin are Cys4-Cys77, Cys7-Cys71, Cys36-Cys47 for saposin B and Cys5-Cys78, Cys8-Cys72, Cys36-Cys47 for saposin C. We have recently shown that saposin C interacts with phosphatidylserine-containing vesicles inducing destabilization of the lipid surface (Vaccaro, A. M., Tatti, M., Ciaffoni, F., Salvioli, R., Serafino, A., and Barca, A. (1994) FEBS Lett. 349, 181-186); this perturbation promotes the binding of the lysosomal enzyme glucosylceramidase to the vesicles and the reconstitution of its activity. It was presently found that the effects of saposin C on phosphatidylserine liposomes and on glucosylceramidase activity are markedly reduced when the three disulfide bonds are irreversibly disrupted. These results stress the importance of the disulfide structure for the functional properties of the saposin.
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- A M Vaccaro
- Laboratorio Metabolismo e Biochimica Patologica, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy
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Vaccaro AM, Tatti M, Ciaffoni F, Salvioli R, Serafino A, Barca A. Saposin C induces pH-dependent destabilization and fusion of phosphatidylserine-containing vesicles. FEBS Lett 1994; 349:181-6. [PMID: 8050562 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(94)00659-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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We have previously shown that saposin C (Sap C), a glucosylceramidase activator protein, interacts with phosphatidylserine (PS) large unilamellar vesicles (LUV), promoting the glucosylceramidase binding to the bilayer [(1993) FEBS Lett. 336, 159-162]. In the present paper the consequences of the Sap C interaction on the lipid organization of the vesicles are reported. It was found that Sap C perturbs the PS bilayer as shown by the release of an encapsulated fluorescent dye. Three different procedures, resonance energy transfer, gel filtration and electron microscopy, indicated that the activator protein is also able to make PS liposomes fuse. The effects of Sap C on PS vesicles were observed at low but not at neutral pH. The lipid composition of the bilayer also affected the Sap C-induced destabilization; in fact, the presence of PS in mixed LUV was essential for significant leakage to occur. These results demonstrate for the first time that Sap C is a protein capable of destabilizing and fusing acidic phospholipid-containing membranes in a pH-dependent fashion.
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- A M Vaccaro
- Department of Metabolism and Pathological Biochemistry, Istituto Superiore Sanità, Roma, Italy
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Qi X, Leonova T, Grabowski GA. Functional human saposins expressed in Escherichia coli. Evidence for binding and activation properties of saposins C with acid beta-glucosidase. J Biol Chem 1994. [PMID: 8206997 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)89454-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Small (80-amino acid) glycoproteins or saposins are important for the in vivo function of several lysosomal hydrolases. Four saposins, A, B, C, and D, are encoded by a single locus termed prosaposin. Saposins C and A are thought to function in vivo as activators of acid beta-glucosidase. The physiologic role of saposin C has been confirmed, whereas that of saposin A role has not. To investigate the effects of saposins C and A on acid beta-glucosidase activity, the coding sequence for the individual saposins was expressed in Escherichia coli and the recombinant proteins purified to homogeneity. Recombinant and natural saposins A and C activated acid beta-glucosidase similarly only in micromolar amounts. Saposin C had specific activation of acid beta-glucosidase activity at < 200 nM. A second phase of activation was achieved at > 1 microM. In comparison, saposin A consistently activated acid beta-glucosidase only at > 1 microM. Two mutant saposins C (Cys382-->Phe and Cys382--Gly) were created and shown to compete with saposin C for a site on acid beta-glucosidase. The mutant saposins did not activate the enzyme. Recombinant saposin A (< 200 nM) competed with saposin C for a site on the enzyme but without activating effects. These studies show that saposin A is not an in vitro activator of acid beta-glucosidase at physiologic concentrations, although binding occurs without activating acid beta-glucosidase. The studies with mutant saposins C indicate that the binding and activation effects of saposins C are distinct events. These results indicate that the saposin C-induced conformational change in the enzyme occurs via highly specific, probably multivalent, interactions between acid beta-glucosidase and saposin C.
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- X Qi
- Division of Human Genetics, Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio
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Zschoche A, Fürst W, Schwarzmann G, Sanhoff K. Hydrolysis of lactosylceramide by human galactosylceramidase and GM1-beta-galactosidase in a detergent-free system and its stimulation by sphingolipid activator proteins, sap-B and sap-C. Activator proteins stimulate lactosylceramide hydrolysis. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1994; 222:83-90. [PMID: 8200356 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1994.tb18844.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Two exo-beta-galactosidases are involved in the lysosomal degradation of glycosphingolipids: GM1-beta-galactosidase (EC 3.2.1.23) and galactosylceramidase (EC 3.2.1.46). Analyses were performed with both enzymes, using lactosylceramides with varying acyl chain lengths as substrates that were inserted into unilamellar liposomes and naturally occurring sphingolipid activator proteins sap-B and sap-C, rather than detergents, to stimulate the reaction. While sap-B was a better activator for the reaction catalyzed by GM1-beta-galactosidase, sap-C preferentially stimulated lactosylceramide hydrolysis by galactosylceramidase. The enzymic hydrolysis of liposome-integrated lactosylceramides was significantly dependent on the structure of the lipophilic aglycon moiety of the lactosylceramide decreasing with increasing length of its fatty acyl chain (C2 > C4 > C6 > C8 > C10 > C18). However, in the presence of detergents the degradation rates were independent of the acyl chain length. Hydrolysis of liposomal lactosylceramide was compared with sap-B-stimulated hydrolysis of liposomal ganglioside GM1 by GM1-beta-galactosidase and sap-C-stimulated degradation of liposomal galactosylceramide by galactosylceramidase. Kinetic and dilution experiments indicated that sap-B forms water-soluble complexes with both lactosylceramide and GM1. These complexes were recognized by GM1-beta-galactosidase as optimal substrates in the same mode, as postulated for the hydrolysis of sulfatides by arylsulfatase A [Fischer, G. and Jatzkewitz, H. (1977) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 481, 561-572]. GM1-beta-galactosidase was more active on these complexes than on glycolipids (GM1 and lactosylceramides) still residing in liposomal membranes. On the other hand, dilution experiments indicated that degradation of galactosylceramide and lactosylceramide by galactosylceramidase proceeds almost exclusively on liposomal surfaces: both activators, sap-C and sap-B, stimulated the hydrolysis of lactosylceramide analogues with long acyl chains more than the hydrolysis of lactosylceramides with short acyl chains.
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- A Zschoche
- Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Universität Bonn, Germany
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Analysis of human acid beta-glucosidase by site-directed mutagenesis and heterologous expression. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)42166-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Vaccaro AM, Tatti M, Ciaffoni F, Salvioli R, Maras B, Barca A. Function of saposin C in the reconstitution of glucosylceramidase by phosphatidylserine liposomes. FEBS Lett 1993; 336:159-62. [PMID: 8262201 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(93)81631-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The function of saposin C (Sap C), a glucosylceramidase activator protein, in the enzyme stimulation by phosphatidylserine (PS) liposomes has been investigated. Using gel filtration experiments evidence was obtained for Sap C binding to PS large unilamellar vesicles (LUV) but not to glucosylceramidase. PS LUV, which by themselves are unable to tightly bind and stimulate the enzyme, acquire the capacity to also bind the enzyme after interaction with Sap C, making it express its full activity. Our results indicate that the primary step in the Sap C mode of action resides in its association with PS membranes; in turn, this association promotes the interaction between the membranes and glucosylceramidase.
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- A M Vaccaro
- Department of Metabolism and Pathological Biochemistry, Istituto Superiore Sanita, Roma, Italy
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Kondoh K, Sano A, Kakimoto Y, Matsuda S, Sakanaka M. Distribution of prosaposin-like immunoreactivity in rat brain. J Comp Neurol 1993; 334:590-602. [PMID: 8408767 DOI: 10.1002/cne.903340407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Prosaposin is the precursor for saposins A, B, C, and D, which are small lysosomal proteins required for the hydrolysis of sphingolipids by specific lysosomal hydrolases. With a monospecific anti-saposin C antibody, which cross-reacts with prosaposin but not with saposin A, B, or D, the present immunoblot experiments showed that the rat brain expresses an unprocessed approximately 72 kDa protein (possibly prosaposin) and little saposin C. Regional analysis demonstrated that prosaposin is abundant in the brainstem, hypothalamus, cerebellum, striatum, and hippocampus, and less abundant in the cerebral cortex. Consistent with this finding, prosaposin-like immunoreactive neurons and fibers as revealed by immunohistochemistry were observed frequently in subcortical regions. The medial septum, diagonal bands, basal nucleus of Meynert, ventral striatum, medial habenular nucleus, and motor nuclei of cranial nerve had significant numbers of immunoreactive neurons. There were also nerve fibers with prosaposin-like immunoreactivity in several projection fields of the above nuclei. Other brain areas that contained prosaposin-like immunoreactive neurons and/or processes were: several brain nuclei (nucleus caudate putamen, globus pallidus, substantia nigra, red nucleus) constituting the so-called extrapyramidal system, reticular thalamic nucleus, entopeduncular nucleus, mammillary nuclei, auditory relay nuclei, cerebellum, sensory cranial nerve nuclei, and the reticular formation. The distribution pattern of prosaposin is apparently different from that of other neuroactive substances so far examined, and thus prosaposin may be involved in novel central events.
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- K Kondoh
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Ehime University School of Medicine, Japan
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Berg-Fussman A, Grace M, Ioannou Y, Grabowski G. Human acid beta-glucosidase. N-glycosylation site occupancy and the effect of glycosylation on enzymatic activity. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)82412-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Stevens RL, Faull KF, Conklin KA, Green BN, Fluharty AL. Porcine cerebroside sulfate activator: further structural characterization and disulfide identification. Biochemistry 1993; 32:4051-9. [PMID: 8471613 DOI: 10.1021/bi00066a028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Cerebroside sulfate activator (CS-Act) is a small compact protein which binds and solubilizes certain glycosphingolipids. Following the recent publication of the purification and preliminary sequence of pig kidney CS-Act [Fluharty, A.L., Katona, Z., Meek, W.E., Frei, K., & Fowler, A.V. (1992) Biochem. Med. Metab. Biol. 47, 66-85], we now report the primary sequence of the C-terminal portion of this protein and the assignment of the three disulfide bonds. Cyanogen bromide (CNBr) treatment of native CS-Act produced three major and several minor peptide fragments. Analysis of one HPLC-purified fragment revealed the C-terminus 14 amino acid sequence. This established the length of the native protein at 79 residues. In conjunction with the sequence data for one other major HPLC-purified CNBr fragment, it could be concluded that the three intrachain disulfide bonds were located at half-cystine residues 4 and 77, 7 and 71, and 36 and 47. Mass spectrometry (fast atom bombardment and electrospray ionization) showed the molecular weight of the major component of the CS-Act preparation to be 9720.5 Da, which was in close agreement with the calculated mass of the 79 amino acid peptide with five covalently attached sugar residues and three internal disulfide bonds. The mass spectrometric molecular weight measurements also showed that the CS-Act preparation possessed microheterogeneity in its carbohydrate moiety, as less intense signals corresponded to species containing (in decreasing order of abundance) two, one, four, and three sugar residues.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- R L Stevens
- Department of Biological Chemistry, UCLA School of Medicine 90024
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Zdebska E, Antoniewicz J, Nilsson B, Sandhoff K, Fürst W, Janik P, Kościelak J. Ganglioside binding proteins of calf brain with ubiquitin-like N-terminals. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1992; 210:483-9. [PMID: 1333954 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1992.tb17446.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Two ganglioside-associated protein components I and II have been isolated from crude ganglioside preparations of calf brain by DEAE-Sephadex ion-exchange chromatography. Both components exhibited binding capacity in aqueous media for gangliosides of the 'ganglio' series but not for neutral glycosphingolipids (polyglycosylceramides) and only a low capacity for sialosylparagloboside. Each protein bound individual gangliosides with different efficiency. Upon prolonged incubation of component I with gangliosides, complexes with high (30:1) and low (6:1) glycolipid/protein molar ratios were formed. The latter but not the former complex was able to penetrate Sephadex G-200 beads. Both components inhibited plating efficiency of cultured mouse N2a neuroblastoma cells. The molecular masses of components I and II were determined by SDS/PAGE to be 11-12 kDa and 28 kDa, respectively. Carbohydrates (fucose, mannose, galactose, N-acetylglucosamine, N-acetylgalactosamine, and some sialic acid) were found only in component II. When examined by reverse-phase HPLC each component separated into two major closely migrating peaks which were subsequently examined by Edman degradation. Amino acid sequences of the N-terminal portions of three of these peaks (one peak from component I and both peaks from component II) showed, as far as the sequences were established, identity with the sequence of ubiquitin. It is hypothesized that the proteins may be instrumental in intracellular trafficking of gangliosides.
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- E Zdebska
- Zaklad Biochemii, Instytut Hematologii, Warszawa, Poland
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Kishimoto Y, Hiraiwa M, O'Brien JS. Saposins: structure, function, distribution, and molecular genetics. J Lipid Res 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)40540-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Fürst W, Sandhoff K. Activator proteins and topology of lysosomal sphingolipid catabolism. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1992; 1126:1-16. [PMID: 1606169 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2760(92)90210-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 224] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The lysosomal degradation of several sphingolipids by acid hydrolases is dependent on small non-enzymic cofactors, called sphingolipid activator proteins some of which have been identified as sphingolipid binding proteins. This review summarizes the information available on the structure, function, biosynthesis, gene organization and pathobiochemistry of the known sphingolipid activator proteins. It also offers models for their mode of action and for the topology of lysosomal digestion of glycolipids.
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- W Fürst
- Institute for Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bonn, Germany
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Sano A, Mizuno T, Kondoh K, Hineno T, Ueno S, Kakimoto Y, Morita N. Saposin-C from bovine spleen; complete amino acid sequence and relation between the structure and its biological activity. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1992; 1120:75-80. [PMID: 1554743 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4838(92)90426-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Saposin-C, a small acidic glycoprotein that can activate glucosylceramide-beta-glucosidase, has been isolated from bovine spleen. The complete amino acid sequence of bovine saposin-C was determined by Edman degradation of the purified protein and its fragmented peptides. It contains 80 amino acids, one carbohydrate chain attached to a single asparagine residue and six cysteine residues in oxidized form. The sequence of bovine saposin-C is 76 and 65% identical with the sequences of saposin-C from human spleen and guinea pig liver, respectively. Hydropathy profiles of the sequence of saposin-C from three species were similar despite the significant residue substitutions. Bovine saposin-C had a stronger effect in stimulating bovine beta-glucosidase compared to human saposin-C. However, the effect of human saposin-C in stimulating human enzyme was stronger than that of bovine saposin-C. The region around residue 35, which is next to the extremely hydrophilic region, seems to be important to produce an interaction with the enzyme.
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- A Sano
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Ehime University School of Medicine, Japan
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Hasilik A. The early and late processing of lysosomal enzymes: proteolysis and compartmentation. EXPERIENTIA 1992; 48:130-51. [PMID: 1740186 DOI: 10.1007/bf01923507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Lysosomal enzymes are subjected to a number of modifications including carbohydrate restructuring and proteolytic maturation. Some of these reactions support lysosomal targeting, others are necessary for activation or keeping the enzyme inactive before being segregated, while still others may be adventitious. The non-segregated fraction of the enzyme is secreted and can be isolated from the medium. It is considered that the secreted lysosomal enzymes fulfill certain physiological and pathophysiological roles. By comparing the secreted and the intracellular enzymes it is possible to distinguish between the reactions that occur before and after the segregation. In this review the reactions that may influence the segregation are referred to as the early processing and those characteristic for the enzymes isolated from lysosomal compartments as the late processing. The early processing is characterized mainly by modifications of carbohydrate side chains. In the late processing, proteolytic fragmentation represents the most conspicuous changes. The review focuses on the compartmentation of the reactions and the proteolytic fragmentation of lysosomal enzyme precursors. While a plethora of proteolytic reactions are involved, our knowledge of the proteinases responsible for the particular maturation reactions remains very limited. The review points also to work with cells from patients affected with lysosomal storage disorders, which contributed to our understanding of the lysosomal apparatus.
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- A Hasilik
- Institute for Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, University of Münster, Germany
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Schnabel D, Schröder M, Fürst W, Klein A, Hurwitz R, Zenk T, Weber J, Harzer K, Paton B, Poulos A. Simultaneous deficiency of sphingolipid activator proteins 1 and 2 is caused by a mutation in the initiation codon of their common gene. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)50733-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Kondoh K, Hineno T, Sano A, Kakimoto Y. Isolation and characterization of prosaposin from human milk. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1991; 181:286-92. [PMID: 1958198 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(05)81415-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Prosaposin is the precursor protein for saposins, which are small lysosomal proteins required for the hydrolysis of sphingolipids by specific lysosomal hydrolases. Prosaposin, in addition to generating the saposins in the lysosomes, also exists as an unprocessed approximately 70-kDa protein in many tissues and secretory fluids. In this study, we isolated prosaposin from human milk. Milk was fractioned by ammonium sulfate precipitation, then chromatographed with DEAE-Sephacel and G-3000 SW gel permeation-HPLC. A fraction containing prosaposin was finally purified with the anti-saposin C IgG attached affinity column. The protein staining of the purified preparation on SDS-PAGE and the Western blotting showed a single band. The sequence of the initial 10 amino acids from N-terminus of the purified protein was identical to the sequence of prosaposin deduced from cDNA. Although prosaposin itself showed beta-glucosidase activator activity at a slight degree, the activity increased much after trypsin treatment. Western blotting of the trypsin-treated sample confirmed the formation of small saposin-like bands from prosaposin by the action of trypsin.
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- K Kondoh
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Ehime University School of Medicine, Japan
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Fabbro D, Grabowski G. Human acid beta-glucosidase. Use of inhibitory and activating monoclonal antibodies to investigate the enzyme's catalytic mechanism and saposin A and C binding sites. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)98580-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Hineno T, Sano A, Kondoh K, Ueno S, Kakimoto Y, Yoshida K. Secretion of sphingolipid hydrolase activator precursor, prosaposin. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1991; 176:668-74. [PMID: 2025281 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(05)80236-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Sphingolipid hydrolases are activated by activator proteins or saposins. The precursor protein has been expected from the studies on the cDNA for saposins. Here we demonstrate that prosaposin occurs in various kinds of human secretory fluids such as cerebrospinal fluid, semen, milk, pancreatic juice, and bile. However, mature type saposins were not detected in these fluids. In human milk the amount of prosaposin changed during the lactating period; it became high in concentration within a few days after delivery, decreased during the transitional milk lactating stage, and then increased again toward the mature milk lactating stage. Prosaposin was released from human platelets in response to stimulation by thrombin, but mature saposins were not. From the time course of the release of prosaposin induced by thrombin and from the fact that weak platelet agonists, ADP, epinephrine, and collagen, did not cause the release of prosaposin, prosaposin secretion from platelets seemed to be from lysosome like granules. We postulate that some prosaposin works as a precursor for saposins in the lysosomes and the other serves as an extracellular protein with other specific roles.
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- T Hineno
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Ehime University School of Medicine, Japan
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Holtschmidt H, Sandhoff K, Kwon HY, Harzer K, Nakano T, Suzuki K. Sulfatide activator protein. Alternative splicing that generates three mRNAs and a newly found mutation responsible for a clinical disease. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(20)89483-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Koval M, Pagano RE. Intracellular transport and metabolism of sphingomyelin. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1991; 1082:113-25. [PMID: 2007175 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2760(91)90184-j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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SM is unique among the phospholipids because it is restricted to the lumenal aspect of organelles involved in the secretory and endocytic pathways. Given the intracellular sites of SM biosynthesis and hydrolysis, and the interconnections between these sites by vesicle-mediated transport pathways, the basic mechanism for maintaining the intracellular distribution of SM seems clear. It remains to be determined how SM metabolism and transport are coordinated to maintain the SM content of each organelle. For example, the size of the SM pool at the cell surface is maintained by regulation of at least five processes: transport of newly synthesized SM from the Golgi apparatus, plasma membrane lipid recycling, local SM synthesis, local SM hydrolysis, and SM transport from the cell surface to lysosomes. Although SM cannot undergo spontaneous transbilayer movement, SM metabolism generates both DAG, Cer and (indirectly) SPhB which can rapidly 'flip-flop', and thus gain access to the cytoplasmic leaflet of a membrane. It is of particular interest that these lipid species may be involved in the regulation of PK-C, suggesting that SM metabolism could play a role in signal transduction. However, physiological effects of endogenous Cer and SPhB remain elusive, even though the pharmacological effect of SPhB on PK-C is well established. Aside from the direct generation of second messengers, stimulation of SM hydrolysis has also been shown to induce cholesterol movement from the cell surface to intracellular membranes. It is not known whether this reflects the possibility that cholesterol may act as a second messenger. Alternatively, this phenomenon suggests that SM metabolism may cause rapid changes in the physical properties of the cell surface. For example, erythrocytes extensively treated with exogenously-added SMase will undergo endovesiculation It is tempting to speculate that any involvement of SM in the regulation of intracellular processes requires a combination of both the generation of biochemical second messengers and the alteration of membrane biophysical properties that can result from SM metabolism.
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- M Koval
- Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Embryology, Baltimore, MD 21210-3301
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Morimoto S, Yamamoto Y, O'Brien JS, Kishimoto Y. Determination of saposin proteins (sphingolipid activator proteins) in human tissues. Anal Biochem 1990; 190:154-7. [PMID: 2127157 DOI: 10.1016/0003-2697(90)90173-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Saposins are small glycoproteins which are required for sphingolipid hydrolysis by lysosomal hydrolases. Each saposin (A, B, C, and D) stimulates a different enzymatic activity. A new simple HPLC method to determine the levels of saposins A, C, and D in tissue was developed. Tissues were homogenized in 20 vol of water, boiled, and centrifuged. The supernatant was lyophilized and redissolved in 5 ml of water. A 1.5-ml sample of the solution was applied to a reverse-phase HPLC column (C4 column) and eluted with an acetonitrile gradient. Most contaminants eluted from the column prior to the saposins, which were eluted later as a cluster of peaks. This cluster was collected and then analyzed by another HPLC system equipped with an AX-300 anion-exchange column using a NaCl gradient. Saposins D, A, and C eluted from the AX-300 column separately and in that order. Quantitation of the saposins was made by measuring the sizes of each peak. Standard curves made from pure saposins showed that quantification was linear over a range from 1 to 5 micrograms. Saposin B was measured by its stimulation activity on pure human liver GM1 ganglioside beta-galactosidase. Stimulation was linear up to 80 micrograms of saposin B. Application of this method to analysis of human tissues for their saposin content is presented.
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- S Morimoto
- Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093
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Aerts JM, Sa Miranda MC, Brouwer-Kelder EM, Van Weely S, Barranger JA, Tager JM. Conditions affecting the activity of glucocerebrosidase purified from spleens of control subjects and patients with type 1 Gaucher disease. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1990; 1041:55-63. [PMID: 2223847 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4838(90)90122-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Glucocerebrosidase was purified to homogeneity from spleens of control subjects and Type 1 Gaucher disease patients by immunoaffinity chromatography. Activation of the enzyme by taurocholate, phosphatidylserine and sphingolipid activator protein 2 (saposin C; SAP-2) was investigated by titration of combinations of various effectors in the absence and presence of Triton X-100. The specific activity of Type 1 Gaucher glucocerebrosidase was found to be less than 20% of the corresponding control value under most conditions. However, in the presence of optimal amounts of activator protein SAP-2 and phosphatidylserine (and in the absence of Triton X-100 and/or taurocholate), the specific activity of mutant enzyme towards artificial and natural lipid substrates was close to normal when measured at pH 5.0-5.5. At pH values below 5.0, the specific activity of mutant enzyme decreased more rapidly compared to that of control enzyme. The activity of Type 1 Gaucher glucocerebrosidase in the intact cell might, in a comparable manner, be highly dependent on the extent of activation by endogenous activators and on the intralysosomal pH. Values for residual glucocerebrosidase activity, as measured in vitro in extracts of cells and tissues from Type 1 Gaucher disease patients, are indeed highly dependent on the assay conditions employed. Consequently such measurements are of little value in the assessment of the actual capacity for glucosylceramide hydrolysis and for prediction of the clinical severity of the disease.
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- J M Aerts
- E.C. Slater Institute for Biochemical Research, University of Amsterdam, Academic Medical Centre, The Netherlands
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Mendelson CR, Boggaram V. Hormonal and developmental regulation of pulmonary surfactant synthesis in fetal lung. BAILLIERE'S CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM 1990; 4:351-78. [PMID: 2248600 DOI: 10.1016/s0950-351x(05)80055-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Pulmonary surfactant, a unique developmentally regulated, phospholipid-rich lipoprotein, is synthesized by the type II cells of the pulmonary alveolus, where it is stored in organelles termed lamellar bodies. The principal surface-active component of surfactant, dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine, a disaturated form of phosphatidylcholine, acts in concert with the surfactant-associated proteins to reduce alveolar surface tension. Relatively large amounts of phosphatidylglycerol also are present in lung surfactants of a number of species, including man. The role of phosphatidylglycerol in surfactant function has not been elucidated; however, its presence in increased amounts in pulmonary surfactant is correlated with enhanced fetal lung maturity. Surfactant glycerophospholipid synthesis in fetal lung tissue is regulated by a number of hormones and factors, including glucocorticoids, prolactin, insulin, oestrogens, androgens, thyroid hormones, and catecholamines acting through cyclic AMP. In studies with human fetal lung in organ culture, we have observed that glucocorticoids, in combination with prolactin and/or insulin, increase the rate of lamellar body phosphatidylcholine synthesis and alter lamellar body glycerophospholipid composition to one reflective of surfactant secreted by the human fetal lung at term. Four surfactant-associated proteins, SP-A, SP-B, SP-C and SP-D, have recently been characterized. Recognition of their potential importance in the reduction of alveolar surface tension and in endocytosis and reutilization of secreted surfactant by type II cells has stimulated rapid advancement of knowledge concerning the structures of the surfactant proteins and their genes, as well as their developmental and hormonal regulation in fetal lung tissue. The genes encoding SP-A, SP-B and SP-C are expressed in a cell-specific manner and are independently regulated in fetal lung tissue during development. SP-A gene expression occurs exclusively in the type II cell and is initiated after 75% of gestation is complete. In the human fetus, expression of the SP-B and SP-C genes is detectable much earlier in development than SP-A, before the time of appearance of differentiated type II cells. It is apparent from studies using human and rabbit fetal lung in culture that cyclic AMP and glucocorticoids serve important roles in the regulation of SP-A gene expression. While the effects of cyclic AMP are exerted primarily at the level of gene transcription in human fetal lung tissue, glucocorticoids have stimulatory effects on SP-A gene transcription and inhibitory effects on SP-A mRNA stability. In addition, cyclic AMP and glucocorticoids act synergistically to increase SP-A gene transcription in human fetal lung in vitro.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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Brown RE, Jarvis KL, Hyland KJ. Purification and characterization of glycolipid transfer protein from bovine brain. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1990; 1044:77-83. [PMID: 2340310 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2760(90)90221-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Bovine brain contains a lipid transfer protein that is specific for neutral glycosphingolipids and gangliosides but does not stimulate phospholipid or neutral lipid intermembrane transfer (Brown, R.E., Stephenson, F.A., Markello, T., Barenholz, Y. and Thompson, T.E. (1985) Chem. Phys. Lipids 38, 79-93). This report describes a new procedure for purifying glycolipid transfer protein from bovine brain as well as a characterization of the resulting protein. Chief among the newly introduced approaches are dye-ligand and fast protein cation-exchange liquid chromatography. Other modifications include increasing the overall scale of purification, incorporating a pH precipitation step and adding different proteinase inhibitors. The resulting procedure simplifies and accelerates the purification process while yielding a homogeneous protein. The purified protein has a molecular weight near 23 kDa as estimated by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Chromatofocusing reveals that glycolipid transfer protein activity co-elutes with the 23 kDa protein and has an isoelectric point near pH 9.0. A similar isoelectric point is observed using denaturing isoelectric focusing conditions. The protein's amino acid composition reveals high levels of amino acids with non-polar side chains (48%). Based on the findings reported here and on previously published data, bovine brain glycolipid transfer protein has been compared to other lipid transfer proteins as well as lysosomal sphingolipid activator proteins.
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- R E Brown
- Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin 55912
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Grabowski GA, Gatt S, Horowitz M. Acid beta-glucosidase: enzymology and molecular biology of Gaucher disease. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 1990; 25:385-414. [PMID: 2127241 DOI: 10.3109/10409239009090616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Human lysosomal beta-glucosidase (D-glucosyl-acylsphingosine glucohydrolase, EC 3.2.1.45) is a membrane-associated enzyme that cleaves the beta-glucosidic linkage of glucosylceramide (glucocerebroside), its natural substrate, as well as synthetic beta-glucosides. Experiments with cultured cells suggest that in vivo this glycoprotein requires interaction with negatively charged lipids and a small acidic protein, SAP-2, for optimal glucosylceramide hydrolytic rates. In vitro, detergents (Triton X-100 or bile acids) or negatively charged ganglioside or phospholipids and one of several "activator proteins" increase hydrolytic rate of lipid and water-soluble substrates. Using such in vitro assay systems and active site-directed covalent inhibitors, kinetic and structural properties of the active site have been elucidated. The defective activity of this enzyme leads to the variants of Gaucher disease, the most prevalent lysosomal storage disease. The nonneuronopathic (type 1) and neuronopathic (types 2 and 3) variants of this inherited (autosomal recessive) disease but panethnic, but type 1 is most prevalent in the Ashkenazi Jewish population. Several missense mutations, identified in the structural gene for lysosomal beta-glucosidase from Gaucher disease patients, are presumably casual to the specifically altered posttranslational oligosaccharide processing or stability of the enzyme as well as the altered in vitro kinetic properties of the residual enzyme from patient tissues.
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- G A Grabowski
- Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029
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Sano A, Hineno T, Mizuno T, Kondoh K, Ueno S, Kakimoto Y, Inui K. Sphingolipid hydrolase activator proteins and their precursors. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1989; 165:1191-7. [PMID: 2610686 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(89)92728-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Activator proteins for sphingolipid hydrolases (saposins) are small acidic, heat-stable glycoproteins that stimulate the hydrolysis of sphingolipids by lysosomal enzymes. The molecular mass of each stimulator is about 10 kDa, but glycosylated forms of higher mass exist too. The distribution and developmental changes in two saposins and their precursor proteins were studied with the aid of monospecific antibodies against saposin-B and saposin-C. They show a wide distribution in rat organs and forms intermediate between saposin and prosaposin (the precursor protein containing four different saposin units) could be seen. The amount of saposin and the degree of processing from prosaposin are quite different in different tissues. The saposins are the dominant forms in spleen, lung, liver, and kidney, while skeletal muscle, heart, and brain contain mainly precursor forms. In human blood, leukocytes contain mainly saposin, while plasma contains mainly precursor forms and platelets show many forms. Their subcellular distribution was studied using rat liver. The saposins of approximately 20 kDa are dominant in the light mitochondrial, mitochondrial, and microsomal fractions, following the distribution of the activity of a lysosomal marker enzyme. The nuclear fraction exhibits bands corresponding to non-glycosylated saposin. The soluble fraction contained much precursor forms. A developmental study of rat brain showed that the concentration of saposin precursors increased with age.
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- A Sano
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Ehime University School of Medicine, Japan
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