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Tolerico M, Merscher S, Fornoni A. Normal and Dysregulated Sphingolipid Metabolism: Contributions to Podocyte Injury and Beyond. Cells 2024; 13:890. [PMID: 38891023 PMCID: PMC11171506 DOI: 10.3390/cells13110890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2024] [Revised: 05/09/2024] [Accepted: 05/16/2024] [Indexed: 06/20/2024] Open
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Podocyte health is vital for maintaining proper glomerular filtration in the kidney. Interdigitating foot processes from podocytes form slit diaphragms which regulate the filtration of molecules through size and charge selectivity. The abundance of lipid rafts, which are ordered membrane domains rich in cholesterol and sphingolipids, near the slit diaphragm highlights the importance of lipid metabolism in podocyte health. Emerging research shows the importance of sphingolipid metabolism to podocyte health through structural and signaling roles. Dysregulation in sphingolipid metabolism has been shown to cause podocyte injury and drive glomerular disease progression. In this review, we discuss the structure and metabolism of sphingolipids, as well as their role in proper podocyte function and how alterations in sphingolipid metabolism contributes to podocyte injury and drives glomerular disease progression.
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- Peggy and Harold Katz Family Drug Discovery Center, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA;
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- Peggy and Harold Katz Family Drug Discovery Center, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA;
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Wei J, Wong LC, Boland S. Lipids as Emerging Biomarkers in Neurodegenerative Diseases. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 25:131. [PMID: 38203300 PMCID: PMC10778656 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25010131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2023] [Revised: 12/11/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
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Biomarkers are molecules that can be used to observe changes in an individual's biochemical or medical status and provide information to aid diagnosis or treatment decisions. Dysregulation in lipid metabolism in the brain is a major risk factor for many neurodegenerative disorders, including frontotemporal dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Thus, there is a growing interest in using lipids as biomarkers in neurodegenerative diseases, with the anionic phospholipid bis(monoacylglycerol)phosphate and (glyco-)sphingolipids being the most promising lipid classes thus far. In this review, we provide a general overview of lipid biology, provide examples of abnormal lysosomal lipid metabolism in neurodegenerative diseases, and discuss how these insights might offer novel and promising opportunities in biomarker development and therapeutic discovery. Finally, we discuss the challenges and opportunities of lipid biomarkers and biomarker panels in diagnosis, prognosis, and/or treatment response in the clinic.
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Quinville BM, Deschenes NM, Ryckman AE, Walia JS. A Comprehensive Review: Sphingolipid Metabolism and Implications of Disruption in Sphingolipid Homeostasis. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22115793. [PMID: 34071409 PMCID: PMC8198874 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22115793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2021] [Revised: 05/23/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Sphingolipids are a specialized group of lipids essential to the composition of the plasma membrane of many cell types; however, they are primarily localized within the nervous system. The amphipathic properties of sphingolipids enable their participation in a variety of intricate metabolic pathways. Sphingoid bases are the building blocks for all sphingolipid derivatives, comprising a complex class of lipids. The biosynthesis and catabolism of these lipids play an integral role in small- and large-scale body functions, including participation in membrane domains and signalling; cell proliferation, death, migration, and invasiveness; inflammation; and central nervous system development. Recently, sphingolipids have become the focus of several fields of research in the medical and biological sciences, as these bioactive lipids have been identified as potent signalling and messenger molecules. Sphingolipids are now being exploited as therapeutic targets for several pathologies. Here we present a comprehensive review of the structure and metabolism of sphingolipids and their many functional roles within the cell. In addition, we highlight the role of sphingolipids in several pathologies, including inflammatory disease, cystic fibrosis, cancer, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, and lysosomal storage disorders.
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Breiden B, Sandhoff K. Mechanism of Secondary Ganglioside and Lipid Accumulation in Lysosomal Disease. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21072566. [PMID: 32272755 PMCID: PMC7178057 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21072566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Revised: 03/26/2020] [Accepted: 04/04/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Gangliosidoses are caused by monogenic defects of a specific hydrolase or an ancillary sphingolipid activator protein essential for a specific step in the catabolism of gangliosides. Such defects in lysosomal function cause a primary accumulation of multiple undegradable gangliosides and glycosphingolipids. In reality, however, predominantly small gangliosides also accumulate in many lysosomal diseases as secondary storage material without any known defect in their catabolic pathway. In recent reconstitution experiments, we identified primary storage materials like sphingomyelin, cholesterol, lysosphingolipids, and chondroitin sulfate as strong inhibitors of sphingolipid activator proteins (like GM2 activator protein, saposin A and B), essential for the catabolism of many gangliosides and glycosphingolipids, as well as inhibitors of specific catabolic steps in lysosomal ganglioside catabolism and cholesterol turnover. In particular, they trigger a secondary accumulation of ganglioside GM2, glucosylceramide and cholesterol in Niemann–Pick disease type A and B, and of GM2 and glucosylceramide in Niemann–Pick disease type C. Chondroitin sulfate effectively inhibits GM2 catabolism in mucopolysaccharidoses like Hurler, Hunter, Sanfilippo, and Sly syndrome and causes a secondary neuronal ganglioside GM2 accumulation, triggering neurodegeneration. Secondary ganglioside and lipid accumulation is furthermore known in many more lysosomal storage diseases, so far without known molecular basis.
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Glycosphingolipids are cell-type-specific components of the outer leaflet of mammalian plasma membranes. Gangliosides, sialic acid–containing glycosphingolipids, are especially enriched on neuronal surfaces. As amphi-philic molecules, they comprise a hydrophilic oligosaccharide chain attached to a hydrophobic membrane anchor, ceramide. Whereas glycosphingolipid formation is catalyzed by membrane-bound enzymes along the secretory pathway, degradation takes place at the surface of intralysosomal vesicles of late endosomes and lysosomes catalyzed in a stepwise fashion by soluble hydrolases and assisted by small lipid-binding glycoproteins. Inherited defects of lysosomal hydrolases or lipid-binding proteins cause the accumulation of undegradable material in lysosomal storage diseases (GM1 and GM2 gangliosidosis; Fabry, Gaucher, and Krabbe diseases; and metachromatic leukodystrophy). The catabolic processes are strongly modified by the lipid composition of the substrate-carrying membranes, and the pathological accumulation of primary storage compounds can trigger an accumulation of secondary storage compounds (e.g., small glycosphingolipids and cholesterol in Niemann-Pick disease).
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- Bernadette Breiden
- LIMES Institute, Membrane Biology and Lipid Biochemistry Unit, Universität Bonn, D-53121 Bonn, Germany;,
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- LIMES Institute, Membrane Biology and Lipid Biochemistry Unit, Universität Bonn, D-53121 Bonn, Germany;,
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Sandhoff R, Schulze H, Sandhoff K. Ganglioside Metabolism in Health and Disease. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2018; 156:1-62. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.pmbts.2018.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Marques ARA, Willems LI, Herrera Moro D, Florea BI, Scheij S, Ottenhoff R, van Roomen CPAA, Verhoek M, Nelson JK, Kallemeijn WW, Biela-Banas A, Martin OR, Cachón-González MB, Kim NN, Cox TM, Boot RG, Overkleeft HS, Aerts JMFG. A Specific Activity-Based Probe to Monitor Family GH59 Galactosylceramidase, the Enzyme Deficient in Krabbe Disease. Chembiochem 2017; 18:402-412. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201600561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- André R. A. Marques
- Department of Biochemistry; Academic Medical Center; University of Amsterdam; Meibergdreef 15 1105 AZ Amsterdam The Netherlands
- Present address: Institute of Biochemistry; Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel; Otto-Hahn-Platz 9 24098 Kiel Germany
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- Department of Bio-organic Synthesis; Leiden Institute of Chemistry; Leiden University; Einsteeinweg 55 2300 RA Leiden The Netherlands
- Present address: Department of Chemistry; Simon Fraser University; 8888 University Drive Burnaby V5A 1S6 BC Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry; Academic Medical Center; University of Amsterdam; Meibergdreef 15 1105 AZ Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Bio-organic Synthesis; Leiden Institute of Chemistry; Leiden University; Einsteeinweg 55 2300 RA Leiden The Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry; Academic Medical Center; University of Amsterdam; Meibergdreef 15 1105 AZ Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry; Academic Medical Center; University of Amsterdam; Meibergdreef 15 1105 AZ Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry; Academic Medical Center; University of Amsterdam; Meibergdreef 15 1105 AZ Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry; Leiden Institute of Chemistry; Leiden University; Einsteinweg 55 2300 RA Leiden The Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry; Academic Medical Center; University of Amsterdam; Meibergdreef 15 1105 AZ Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry; Leiden Institute of Chemistry; Leiden University; Einsteinweg 55 2300 RA Leiden The Netherlands
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- Institute of Organic and Analytical Chemistry; Université D'Orléans; Rue de Chartres B. P. 6759 45100 Orléans France
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- Institute of Organic and Analytical Chemistry; Université D'Orléans; Rue de Chartres B. P. 6759 45100 Orléans France
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- Department of Medicine; University of Cambridge; Addenbrooke's Hospital; Hills Road Cambridge CB2 2QQ UK
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- Department of Medicine; University of Cambridge; Addenbrooke's Hospital; Hills Road Cambridge CB2 2QQ UK
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- Department of Medicine; University of Cambridge; Addenbrooke's Hospital; Hills Road Cambridge CB2 2QQ UK
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- Department of Biochemistry; Leiden Institute of Chemistry; Leiden University; Einsteinweg 55 2300 RA Leiden The Netherlands
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- Department of Bio-organic Synthesis; Leiden Institute of Chemistry; Leiden University; Einsteeinweg 55 2300 RA Leiden The Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry; Academic Medical Center; University of Amsterdam; Meibergdreef 15 1105 AZ Amsterdam The Netherlands
- Department of Biochemistry; Leiden Institute of Chemistry; Leiden University; Einsteinweg 55 2300 RA Leiden The Netherlands
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Labeled chemical biology tools for investigating sphingolipid metabolism, trafficking and interaction with lipids and proteins. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2013; 1841:1161-73. [PMID: 24389251 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2013.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2013] [Revised: 12/10/2013] [Accepted: 12/17/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The unraveling of sphingolipid metabolism and function in the last 40 years relied on the extensive study of inherited human disease and specifically-tailored mouse models. However, only few of the achievements made so far would have been possible without chemical biology tools, such as fluorescent and/or radio-labeled and other artificial substrates, (mechanism-based) enzyme inhibitors, cross-linking probes or artificial membrane models. In this review we provide an overview over chemical biology tools that have been used to gain more insight into the molecular basis of sphingolipid-related biology. Many of these tools are still of high relevance for the investigation of current sphingolipid-related questions, others may stimulate the tailoring of novel probes suitable to address recent and future issues in the field. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled Tools to study lipid functions.
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Sun Y, Zamzow M, Ran H, Zhang W, Quinn B, Barnes S, Witte DP, Setchell KDR, Williams MT, Vorhees CV, Grabowski GA. Tissue-specific effects of saposin A and saposin B on glycosphingolipid degradation in mutant mice. Hum Mol Genet 2013; 22:2435-50. [PMID: 23446636 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddt096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Individual saposin A (A-/-) and saposin B (B-/-)-deficient mice show unique phenotypes caused by insufficient degradation of myelin-related glycosphingolipids (GSLs): galactosylceramide and galactosylsphingosine and sulfatide, respectively. To gain insight into the interrelated functions of saposins A and B, combined saposin AB-deficient mice (AB-/-) were created by knock-in point mutations into the saposins A and B domains on the prosaposin locus. Saposin A and B proteins were undetectable in AB-/- mice, whereas prosaposin, saposin C and saposin D were expressed near wild-type (WT) levels. AB-/- mice developed neuromotor deterioration at >61 days and exhibited abnormal locomotor activity and enhanced tremor. AB-/- mice (~96 days) lived longer than A-/- mice (~85 days), but shorter than B-/- mice (~644 days). Storage materials were observed in Schwann cells and neuronal processes by electron microscopy. Accumulation of p62 and increased levels of LC3-II were detected in the brainstem suggesting altered autophagy. GSL analyses by (liquid chromatography) LC/MS identified substantial increases in lactosylceramide in AB-/- mouse livers. Sulfatide accumulated, but galactosylceramide remained at WT levels, in the AB-/- mouse brains and kidneys. Brain galactosylsphingosine in AB-/- mice was ~68% of that in A-/- mice. These findings indicate that combined saposins A and B deficiencies attenuated GalCer-β-galactosylceramidase and GM1-β-galactosidase functions in the degradation of lactosylceramide preferentially in the liver. Blocking sulfatide degradation from the saposin B deficiency diminished galactosylceramide accumulation in the brain and kidney and galctosylsphingosine in the brain. These analyses of AB-/- mice continue to delineate the tissue differential interactions of saposins in GSL metabolism.
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- Ying Sun
- The Division of Human Genetics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA.
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Insights into Krabbe disease from structures of galactocerebrosidase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011; 108:15169-73. [PMID: 21876145 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1105639108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Krabbe disease is a devastating neurodegenerative disease characterized by widespread demyelination that is caused by defects in the enzyme galactocerebrosidase (GALC). Disease-causing mutations have been identified throughout the GALC gene. However, a molecular understanding of the effect of these mutations has been hampered by the lack of structural data for this enzyme. Here we present the crystal structures of GALC and the GALC-product complex, revealing a novel domain architecture with a previously uncharacterized lectin domain not observed in other hydrolases. All three domains of GALC contribute residues to the substrate-binding pocket, and disease-causing mutations are widely distributed throughout the protein. Our structures provide an essential insight into the diverse effects of pathogenic mutations on GALC function in human Krabbe variants and a compelling explanation for the severity of many mutations associated with fatal infantile disease. The localization of disease-associated mutations in the structure of GALC will facilitate identification of those patients that would be responsive to pharmacological chaperone therapies. Furthermore, our structure provides the atomic framework for the design of such drugs.
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Lysosomal lipid storage diseases, or lipidoses, are inherited metabolic disorders in which typically lipids accumulate in cells and tissues. Complex lipids, such as glycosphingolipids, are constitutively degraded within the endolysosomal system by soluble hydrolytic enzymes with the help of lipid binding proteins in a sequential manner. Because of a functionally impaired hydrolase or auxiliary protein, their lipid substrates cannot be degraded, accumulate in the lysosome, and slowly spread to other intracellular membranes. In Niemann-Pick type C disease, cholesterol transport is impaired and unesterified cholesterol accumulates in the late endosome. In most lysosomal lipid storage diseases, the accumulation of one or few lipids leads to the coprecipitation of other hydrophobic substances in the endolysosomal system, such as lipids and proteins, causing a "traffic jam." This can impair lysosomal function, such as delivery of nutrients through the endolysosomal system, leading to a state of cellular starvation. Therapeutic approaches are currently restricted to mild forms of diseases with significant residual catabolic activities and without brain involvement.
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- Heike Schulze
- Life and Medical Sciences Institute, Membrane Biology and Lipid Biochemistry Unit, University of Bonn, Germany
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Fuller M. Sphingolipids: the nexus between Gaucher disease and insulin resistance. Lipids Health Dis 2010; 9:113. [PMID: 20937139 PMCID: PMC2964722 DOI: 10.1186/1476-511x-9-113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2010] [Accepted: 10/11/2010] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Sphingolipids constitute a diverse array of lipids in which fatty acids are linked through amide bonds to a long-chain base, and, structurally, they form the building blocks of eukaryotic membranes. Ceramide is the simplest and serves as a precursor for the synthesis of the three main types of complex sphingolipids; sphingomyelins, glycosphingolipids and gangliosides. Sphingolipids are no longer considered mere structural spectators, but bioactive molecules with functions beyond providing a mechanically stable and chemically resistant barrier to a diverse array of cellular processes. Although sphingolipids form a somewhat minor component of the total cellular lipid pool, their accumulation in certain cells forms the basis of many diseases. Human diseases caused by alterations in the metabolism of sphingolipids are conventionally inborn errors of degradation, the most common being Gaucher disease, in which the catabolism of glucosylceramide is defective and accumulates. Insulin resistance has been reported in patients with Gaucher disease and this article presents evidence that this is due to perturbations in the metabolism of sphingolipids. Ceramide and the more complex sphingolipids, the gangliosides, are constituents of specialised membrane microdomains termed lipid rafts. Lipid rafts play a role in facilitating and regulating lipid and protein interactions in cells, and their unique lipid composition enables them to carry out this role. The lipid composition of rafts is altered in cell models of Gaucher disease which may be responsible for impaired lipid and protein sorting observed in this disorder, and consequently pathology. Lipid rafts are also necessary for correct insulin signalling, and a perturbed lipid raft composition may impair insulin signalling. Unravelling common nodes of interaction between insulin resistance and Gaucher disease may lead to a better understanding of the biochemical mechanisms behind pathology.
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- Maria Fuller
- Lysosomal Diseases Research Unit, Genetics and Molecular Pathology, SA Pathology, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, 5006 South Australia, Australia.
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Sun Y, Ran H, Zamzow M, Kitatani K, Skelton MR, Williams MT, Vorhees CV, Witte DP, Hannun YA, Grabowski GA. Specific saposin C deficiency: CNS impairment and acid beta-glucosidase effects in the mouse. Hum Mol Genet 2009; 19:634-47. [PMID: 20015957 PMCID: PMC2807372 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddp531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Saposins A, B, C and D are derived from a common precursor, prosaposin (psap). The few patients with saposin C deficiency develop a Gaucher disease-like central nervous system (CNS) phenotype attributed to diminished glucosylceramide (GC) cleavage activity by acid β-glucosidase (GCase). The in vivo effects of saposin C were examined by creating mice with selective absence of saposin C (C−/−) using a knock-in point mutation (cysteine-to-proline) in exon 11 of the psap gene. In C−/− mice, prosaposin and saposins A, B and D proteins were present at near wild-type levels, but the saposin C protein was absent. By 1 year, the C−/− mice exhibited weakness of the hind limbs and progressive ataxia. Decreased neuromotor activity and impaired hippocampal long-term potentiation were evident. Foamy storage cells were observed in dorsal root ganglion and there was progressive loss of cerebellar Purkinje cells and atrophy of cerebellar granule cells. Ultrastructural analyses revealed inclusions in axonal processes in the spinal cord, sciatic nerve and brain, but no excess of multivesicular bodies. Activated microglial cells and astrocytes were present in thalamus, brain stem, cerebellum and spinal cord, indicating regional pro-inflammatory responses. No storage cells were found in visceral organs of these mice. The absence of saposin C led to moderate increases in GC and lactosylceramide (LacCer) and their deacylated analogues. These results support the view that saposin C has multiple roles in glycosphingolipid (GSL) catabolism as well as a prominent function in CNS and axonal integrity independent of its role as an optimizer/stabilizer of GCase.
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- Ying Sun
- Division of Human Genetics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Alakoskela JM, Vitovic P, Kinnunen PKJ. Screening for the drug-phospholipid interaction: correlation to phospholipidosis. ChemMedChem 2009; 4:1224-51. [PMID: 19551800 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.200900052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Phospholipid bilayers represent a complex, anisotropic environment fundamentally different from bulk oil or octanol, for instance. Even "simple" drug association to phospholipid bilayers can only be fully understood if the slab-of-hydrocarbon approach is abandoned and the complex, anisotropic properties of lipid bilayers reflecting the chemical structures and organization of the constituent phospholipids are considered. The interactions of drugs with phospholipids are important in various processes, such as drug absorption, tissue distribution, and subcellular distribution. In addition, drug-lipid interactions may lead to changes in lipid-dependent protein activities, and further, to functional and morphological changes in cells, a prominent example being the phospholipidosis (PLD) induced by cationic amphiphilic drugs. Herein we briefly review drug-lipid interactions in general and the significance of these interactions in PLD in particular. We also focus on a potential causal connection between drug-induced PLD and steatohepatitis, which is induced by some cationic amphiphilic drugs.
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- Juha-Matti Alakoskela
- Division of Biochemistry, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Helsinki, Haartmaninkatu 8, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
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Sun Y, Witte DP, Ran H, Zamzow M, Barnes S, Cheng H, Han X, Williams MT, Skelton MR, Vorhees CV, Grabowski GA. Neurological deficits and glycosphingolipid accumulation in saposin B deficient mice. Hum Mol Genet 2008; 17:2345-56. [PMID: 18480170 PMCID: PMC2465797 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddn135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Saposin B derives from the multi-functional precursor, prosaposin, and functions as an activity enhancer for several glycosphingolipid (GSL) hydrolases. Mutations in saposin B present in humans with phenotypes resembling metachromatic leukodystrophy. To gain insight into saposin B's physiological functions, a specific deficiency was created in mice by a knock-in mutation of an essential cysteine in exon 7 of the prosaposin locus. No saposin B protein was detected in the homozygotes (B−/−) mice, whereas prosaposin, and saposins A, C and D were at normal levels. B−/− mice exhibited slowly progressive neuromotor deterioration and minor head tremor by 15 months. Excess hydroxy and non-hydroxy fatty acid sulfatide levels were present in brain and kidney. Alcian blue positive (sulfatide) storage cells were found in the brain, spinal cord and kidney. Ultrastructural analyses showed lamellar inclusion material in the kidney, sciatic nerve, brain and spinal cord tissues. Lactosylceramide (LacCer) and globotriaosylceramide (TriCer) were increased in various tissues of B−/− mice supporting the in vivo role of saposin B in the degradation of these lipids. CD68 positive microglial cells and activated GFAP positive astrocytes showed a proinflammatory response in the brains of B−/− mice. These findings delineate the roles of saposin B for the in vivo degradation of several GSLs and its primary function in maintenance of CNS function. B−/− provide a useful model for understanding the contributions of this saposin to GSL metabolism and homeostasis.
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- Ying Sun
- Division of Human Genetics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039, USA
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Schümann J, Facciotti F, Panza L, Michieletti M, Compostella F, Collmann A, Mori L, De Libero G. Differential alteration of lipid antigen presentation to NKT cells due to imbalances in lipid metabolism. Eur J Immunol 2007; 37:1431-41. [PMID: 17492806 DOI: 10.1002/eji.200737160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Deficiencies in enzymes of the lysosomal glycosphingolipid degradation pathway or in lysosomal lipid transfer proteins cause an imbalance in lipid metabolism and induce accumulation of certain lipids. A possible impact of such an imbalance on the presentation of lipid antigens to lipid-reactive T cells has only been hypothesized but not extensively studied so far. Here we demonstrate that presentation of lipid antigens to, and development of, lipid-reactive CD1d-restricted NKT cells, are impaired in mice deficient in the lysosomal enzyme beta-galactosidase (betaGal) or the lysosomal lipid transfer protein Niemann-Pick C (NPC) 2. Importantly, the residual populations of NKT cells selected in betaGal-/- and NPC2-/- mice showed differential TCR and CD4 repertoire characteristics, suggesting that differential selecting CD1d:lipid antigen complexes are formed. Furthermore, we provide direct evidence that accumulation of lipids impairs lipid antigen presentation in both cases. However, the mechanisms by which imbalanced lipid metabolism affected lipid antigen presentation were different. Based on these results, the impact of lipid accumulation should be generally considered in the interpretation of immunological deficiencies found in mice suffering from lipid metabolic disorders.
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MESH Headings
- 1-Deoxynojirimycin/analogs & derivatives
- 1-Deoxynojirimycin/pharmacology
- Animals
- Antigen Presentation/drug effects
- Antigen Presentation/immunology
- Antigens, CD1/analysis
- Antigens, CD1/metabolism
- Antigens, CD1d
- CD4 Antigens/analysis
- CD4 Antigens/metabolism
- Dendritic Cells/immunology
- Dendritic Cells/metabolism
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Galactosylceramides/immunology
- Galactosylceramides/metabolism
- Globosides/immunology
- Glycolipids/immunology
- Glycolipids/metabolism
- Humans
- Lipid Metabolism/immunology
- Lipid Metabolism Disorders/genetics
- Lipid Metabolism Disorders/immunology
- Liver/cytology
- Liver/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/metabolism
- Spleen/cytology
- Spleen/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/cytology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
- Thymus Gland/cytology
- Thymus Gland/immunology
- Trihexosylceramides/immunology
- Vesicular Transport Proteins/genetics
- beta-Galactosidase/genetics
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- Jens Schümann
- Experimental Immunology, Department of Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Remmel N, Locatelli-Hoops S, Breiden B, Schwarzmann G, Sandhoff K. Saposin B mobilizes lipids from cholesterol-poor and bis(monoacylglycero)phosphate-rich membranes at acidic pH. FEBS J 2007; 274:3405-20. [PMID: 17561962 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.05873.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Sphingolipid activator proteins (SAPs), GM2 activator protein (GM2AP) and saposins (Saps) A-D are small, enzymatically inactive glycoproteins of the lysosome. Despite of their sequence homology, these lipid-binding and -transfer proteins show different specificities and varying modes of action. Water-soluble SAPs facilitate the degradation of membrane-bound glycosphingolipids with short oligosaccharide chains by exohydrolases at the membrane-water interface. There is strong evidence that degradation of endocytosed components of the cell membrane takes place at intraendosomal and intralysosomal membranes. The inner membranes of the lysosome differ from the limiting membrane of the organelle in some typical ways: the inner vesicular membranes lack a protecting glycocalix, and they are almost free of cholesterol, but rich in bis(monoacylglycero)phosphate (BMP), the anionic marker lipid of lysosomes. In this study, we prepared glycosylated Sap-B free of other Saps by taking advantage of the Pichia pastoris expression system. We used immobilized liposomes as a model for intralysosomal vesicular membranes to probe their interaction with recombinantly expressed Sap-B. We monitored this interaction using SPR spectroscopy and an independent method based on the release of radioactively labelled lipids from liposomal membranes. We show that, after initial binding, Sap-B disturbs the membrane structure and mobilizes the lipids from it. Lipid mobilization is dependent on an acidic pH and the presence of anionic lipids, whereas cholesterol is able to stabilize the liposomes. We also show for the first time that glycosylation of Sap-B is essential to achieve its full lipid-extraction activity. Removal of the carbohydrate moiety of Sap-B reduces its membrane-destabilizing quality. An unglycosylated Sap-B variant, Asn215His, which causes a fatal sphingolipid storage disease, lost the ability to extract membrane lipids at acidic pH in the presence of BMP.
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- Natascha Remmel
- LIMES, Membrane Biology & Lipid Biochemistry Unit, c/o Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, University of Bonn, Germany
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Sun Y, Witte DP, Zamzow M, Ran H, Quinn B, Matsuda J, Grabowski GA. Combined saposin C and D deficiencies in mice lead to a neuronopathic phenotype, glucosylceramide and α-hydroxy ceramide accumulation, and altered prosaposin trafficking. Hum Mol Genet 2007; 16:957-71. [PMID: 17353235 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddm040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Saposins (A, B, C and D) are approximately 80 amino acid stimulators of glycosphingolipid (GSL) hydrolases that derive from a single precursor, prosaposin. In both humans and mice, prosaposin/saposin deficiencies lead to severe neurological deficits. The CD-/- mice with saposin C and D combined deficiencies were produced by introducing genomic point mutations into a critical cysteine in each of these saposins. These mice develop a severe neurological phenotype with ataxia, kyphotic posturing and hind limb paralysis. Relative to prosaposin null mice ( approximately 30 days), CD-/- mice had an extended life span ( approximately 56 days). Loss of Purkinje cells was evident after 6 weeks, and storage bodies were present in neurons of the spinal cord, brain and dorsal root ganglion. Electron microscopy showed well-myelinated fibers and axonal inclusions in the brain and sciatic nerve. Marked accumulations of glucosylceramides and alpha-hydroxy ceramides were present in brain and kidney. Minor storage of lactosylceramide (LacCer) was observed when compared with tissues from the prosaposin null mice, suggesting a compensation in LacCer degradation by saposin B for the saposin C deficiency. Skin fibroblasts and tissues from CD-/- mice showed an increase of intracellular prosaposin, impaired prosaposin secretion, deficiencies of saposins C and D and decreases in saposins A and B. In addition, the deficiency of saposin C in CD-/- mice resulted in cellular decreases of acid beta-glucosidase activity and protein. This CD null mouse model provides a tool to explore the in vivo functional interactions of saposins in GSL metabolism and lysosomal storage diseases, and prosaposin's physiological effects.
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- Ying Sun
- Division of Human Genetics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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Kolter T, Sandhoff K. Sphingolipid metabolism diseases. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2006; 1758:2057-79. [PMID: 16854371 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2006.05.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 261] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2005] [Revised: 04/26/2006] [Accepted: 05/23/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Human diseases caused by alterations in the metabolism of sphingolipids or glycosphingolipids are mainly disorders of the degradation of these compounds. The sphingolipidoses are a group of monogenic inherited diseases caused by defects in the system of lysosomal sphingolipid degradation, with subsequent accumulation of non-degradable storage material in one or more organs. Most sphingolipidoses are associated with high mortality. Both, the ratio of substrate influx into the lysosomes and the reduced degradative capacity can be addressed by therapeutic approaches. In addition to symptomatic treatments, the current strategies for restoration of the reduced substrate degradation within the lysosome are enzyme replacement therapy (ERT), cell-mediated therapy (CMT) including bone marrow transplantation (BMT) and cell-mediated "cross correction", gene therapy, and enzyme-enhancement therapy with chemical chaperones. The reduction of substrate influx into the lysosomes can be achieved by substrate reduction therapy. Patients suffering from the attenuated form (type 1) of Gaucher disease and from Fabry disease have been successfully treated with ERT.
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- Thomas Kolter
- Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie der Universität, Gerhard-Domagk-Str. 1, D-53121 Bonn, Germany.
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Sandhoff K, Kolter T. Biosynthesis and degradation of mammalian glycosphingolipids. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2003; 358:847-61. [PMID: 12803917 PMCID: PMC1693173 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Glycolipids are a large and heterogeneous family of sphingolipids that form complex patterns on eukaryotic cell surfaces. This molecular diversity is generated by only a few enzymes and is a paradigm of naturally occurring combinatorial synthesis. We report on the biosynthetic principles leading to this large molecular diversity and focus on sialic acid-containing glycolipids of the ganglio-series. These glycolipids are particularly concentrated in the plasma membrane of neuronal cells. Their de novo synthesis starts with the formation of the membrane anchor, ceramide, at the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and is continued by glycosyltransferases of the Golgi complex. Recent findings from genetically engineered mice are discussed. The constitutive degradation of glycosphingolipids (GSLs) occurs in the acidic compartments, the endosomes and the lysosomes. Here, water-soluble glycosidases sequentially cleave off the terminal carbohydrate residues from glycolipids. For glycolipid substrates with short oligosaccharide chains, the additional presence of membrane-active sphingolipid activator proteins (SAPs) is required. A considerable part of our current knowledge about glycolipid degradation is derived from a class of human diseases, the sphingolipidoses, which are caused by inherited defects within this pathway. A new post-translational modification is the attachment of glycolipids to proteins of the human skin.
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- Konrad Sandhoff
- Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie der Universität, Gerhard-Domagk-Strasse 1, 53121 Bonn, Germany.
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Sadeghlar F, Remmel N, Breiden B, Klingenstein R, Schwarzmann G, Sandhoff K. Physiological relevance of sphingolipid activator proteins in cultured human fibroblasts. Biochimie 2003; 85:439-48. [PMID: 12770782 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-9084(03)00020-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The physiological degradation of several membrane-bound glycosphingolipids (GSLs) by water-soluble lysosomal exohydrolases requires the assistance of sphingolipid activator proteins (SAPs). Four of these SAPs are synthesized from a single precursor protein (prosaposin). Inherited deficiency of this precursor results in a rare disease in humans with an accumulation of ceramide (Cer) and glycolipids such as glucosylceramide and lactosylceramide (LacCer). In a previous study, we have shown that human SAP-D stimulates the lysosomal degradation of Cer in precursor deficient cells. In order to study the role of SAPs (or saposins) A-D in cellular GSL catabolism, we recently investigated the catabolism of exogenously added [(3)H]labeled ganglioside GM1, Forssman lipid, and endogenously [(14)C]labeled GSLs in SAP-precursor deficient human fibroblasts after the addition of recombinant SAP-A, -B, -C and -D. We found that activator protein deficient cells are still able to slowly degrade gangliosides GM1 and GM3, Forssman lipid and globotriaosylceramide to a significant extent, while LacCer catabolism critically depends on the presence of SAPs. The addition of either of the SAPs, SAP-A, SAP-B or SAP-C, resulted in an efficient hydrolysis of LacCer.
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- Farsaneh Sadeghlar
- Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie der Universität Bonn, Gerhard-Domagk-Strasse 1, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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Pshezhetsky AV, Ashmarina M. Lysosomal multienzyme complex: biochemistry, genetics, and molecular pathophysiology. PROGRESS IN NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2001; 69:81-114. [PMID: 11550799 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6603(01)69045-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Lysosomal enzymes sialidase (alpha-neuraminidase), beta-galactosidase, and N-acetylaminogalacto-6-sulfate sulfatase are involved in the catabolism of glycolipids, glycoproteins, and oligosaccharides. Their functional activity in the cell depends on their association in a multienzyme complex with lysosomal carboxypeptidase, cathepsin A. We review the data suggesting that the integrity of the complex plays a crucial role at different stages of biogenesis of lysosomal enzymes, including intracellular sorting and proteolytic processing of their precursors. The complex plays a protective role for all components, extending their half-life in the lysosome from several hours to several days; and for sialidase, the association with cathepsin A is also necessary for the expression of enzymatic activity. The disintegration of the complex due to genetic mutations in its components results in their functional deficiency and causes severe metabolic disorders: sialidosis (mutations in sialidase), GM1-gangliosidosis and Morquio disease type B (mutations in beta-galactosidase), galactosialidosis (mutations in cathepsin A), and Morquio disease type A (mutations in N-acetylaminogalacto-6-sulfate sulfatase). The genetic, biochemical, and direct structural studies described here clarify the molecular pathogenic mechanisms of these disorders and suggest new diagnostic tools.
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- A V Pshezhetsky
- Servive de Génétique Médicale, Hôpital Sainte-Justine and Département de Pédiatrie, Faculté de Médicine, Université de Montréal, Canada
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Linke T, Wilkening G, Sadeghlar F, Mozcall H, Bernardo K, Schuchman E, Sandhoff K. Interfacial regulation of acid ceramidase activity. Stimulation of ceramide degradation by lysosomal lipids and sphingolipid activator proteins. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:5760-8. [PMID: 11104761 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m006846200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The lysosomal degradation of ceramide is catalyzed by acid ceramidase and requires sphingolipid activator proteins (SAP) as cofactors in vivo. The aim of this study was to investigate how ceramide is hydrolyzed by acid ceramidase at the water-membrane interface in the presence of sphingolipid activator proteins in a liposomal assay system. The degradation of membrane-bound ceramide was significantly increased both in the absence and presence of SAP-D when anionic lysosomal phospholipids such as bis(monoacylglycero)phosphate, phosphatidylinositol, and dolichol phosphate were incorporated into substrate-bearing liposomes. Higher ceramide degradation rates were observed in vesicles with increased membrane curvature. Dilution assays indicated that acid ceramidase remained bound to the liposomal surface during catalysis. Not only SAP-D, but also SAP-C and SAP-A, were found to be stimulators of ceramide hydrolysis in the presence of anionic phospholipids. This finding was confirmed by cell culture studies, in which SAP-A, -C, and -D reduced the amount of ceramide storage observed in fibroblasts of a patient suffering from prosaposin deficiency. Strong protein-lipid interactions were observed for both SAP-D and acid ceramidase in surface plasmon resonance experiments. Maximum binding of SAP-D and acid ceramidase to lipid bilayers occurred at pH 4.0. Our results demonstrate that anionic, lysosomal lipids are required for efficient hydrolysis of ceramide by acid ceramidase.
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- T Linke
- Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
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- U Bierfreund
- Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Universität Bonn, Germany
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Callahan JW. Molecular basis of GM1 gangliosidosis and Morquio disease, type B. Structure-function studies of lysosomal beta-galactosidase and the non-lysosomal beta-galactosidase-like protein. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1999; 1455:85-103. [PMID: 10571006 DOI: 10.1016/s0925-4439(99)00075-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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GM1 gangliosidosis and Morquio B disease are distinct disorders both clinically and biochemically yet they arise from the same beta-galactosidase enzyme deficiency. On the other hand, galactosialidosis and sialidosis share common clinical and biochemical features, yet they arise from two separate enzyme deficiencies, namely, protective protein/cathepsin A and neuraminidase, respectively. However distinct, in practice these disorders overlap both clinically and biochemically so that easy discrimination between them is sometimes difficult. The principle reason for this may be found in the fact that these three enzymes form a unique complex in lysosomes that is required for their stability and posttranslational processing. In this review, I focus mainly on the primary and secondary beta-galactosidase deficiency states and offer some hypotheses to account for differences between GM1 gangliosidosis and Morquio B disease.
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- J W Callahan
- Department of Pediatric Laboratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Harzer K, Paton BC, Christomanou H, Chatelut M, Levade T, Hiraiwa M, O'Brien JS. Saposins (sap) A and C activate the degradation of galactosylceramide in living cells. FEBS Lett 1997; 417:270-4. [PMID: 9409731 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(97)01302-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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In loading tests using galactosylceramide which had been labelled with tritium in the ceramide moiety, living skin fibroblast lines derived from the original prosaposin-deficient patients had a markedly reduced capacity to degrade galactosylceramide. The hydrolysis of galactosylceramide could be partially restored in these cells, up to about half the normal rate, by adding pure saposin A, pure saposin C, or a mixture of these saposins to the culture medium. By contrast, saposins B and D had little effect on galactosylceramide hydrolysis in the prosaposin-deficient cells. Cells from beta-galactocerebrosidase-deficient (Krabbe) patients had a relatively high residual galactosylceramide degradation, which was similar to the rate observed for prosaposin-deficient cells in the presence of saposin A or C. An SV40-transformed fibroblast line from the original saposin C-deficient patient, where saposin A is not affected, showed normal degradation of galactosylceramide. The findings support the hypothesis, which was deduced originally from in vitro experiments, that saposins A and C are the in vivo activators of galactosylceramide degradation. Although the results with saposin C-deficient fibroblasts suggest that the presence of only saposin A allows galactosylceramide breakdown to proceed at a normal rate in fibroblasts, it remains to be determined whether saposins A and C can substitute for each other with respect to their effects on galactosylceramide metabolism in the whole organism.
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- K Harzer
- Institut für Hirnforschung, Universität Tübingen, Germany
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Albrecht B, Pohlentz G, Sandhoff K, Schwarzmann G. Synthesis and mass spectrometric characterization of digoxigenin and biotin labeled ganglioside GM1 and their uptake by and metabolism in cultured cells. Chem Phys Lipids 1997; 86:37-50. [PMID: 9149388 DOI: 10.1016/s0009-3084(97)02658-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Selective acylation of mono-deacetyl lyso-GM1, i.e. beta-D-galactopyranosyl-(1-->3)-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-galactopyr ano syl -(1-->4)-(alpha-D-neuraminyl-(2-->3))-beta-D-galactopyranosyl- (1-->4)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->1)-(2S,3R,4E)-2-amino-4-octa decen-1,3-diol, with N-succinimidyl-[1-14C]stearate afforded labeled mono-deacetyl GM1, i.e. beta-D-galactopyranosyl-(1-->3)-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-galactopyr ano syl- (1-->4)-(alpha-D-neuraminyl-(2-->3)-beta-D-galactopyranosyl-(1-->4)-beta -D- glucopyranosyl-(1-->1)-(2S,3R,4E)-2-[1-14C]octadecanamido-4- octadecen-1, 3-diol, in good yield. Its condensation with either N-succinimidyl-digoxigenyl-3-O-methyl carbonyl-epsilon-amino caproate or N-succinimidyl-D-biotinyl-epsilon-aminocaproate led to radioactive GM1 derivatives carrying a tag for immuno-electron microscopy at the sialic acid residue. These GM1 derivatives could be hydrolyzed to the corresponding GM3 derivatives by treatment with GM1-beta-galactosidase and beta-hexosaminidases. There was no further degradation by sialidases due to the bulky tag in the sialic acid residue. The uptake of biotin labeled GM1 by human skin fibroblasts, rat neuroblastoma cells B104 and human neuroblastoma cells SHSY5Y was 0.85, 0.58 and 1.62 nmol lipid/mg cellular protein, respectively, after an incubation for 66 h at 37 degrees C and was similar to that of untagged GM1. The uptake of digoxigenin labeled GM1 by these cell types was, however, significantly higher (3.1, 6.8, and 20.0 nmol lipid/mg cellular protein, respectively). Both the biotin and digoxigenin labeled GM1 analogs were catabolized to the corresponding GM2 and GM3 derivatives in lysosomes of cultured cells. This demonstrates that these synthetic analogues are suitable for studying, by immuno-electron microscopy, their endocytosis and distribution in intralysosomal membranes.
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- B Albrecht
- Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Universität Bonn, Germany
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Kase R, Bierfreund U, Klein A, Kolter T, Itoh K, Suzuki M, Hashimoto Y, Sandhoff K, Sakuraba H. Only sphingolipid activator protein B (SAP-B or saposin B) stimulates the degradation of globotriaosylceramide by recombinant human lysosomal alpha-galactosidase in a detergent-free liposomal system. FEBS Lett 1996; 393:74-6. [PMID: 8804427 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(96)00863-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The degradation of globotriaosylceramide (GbO-se3Cer) by insect-cell derived recombinant human alpha-galactosidase (EC 3.2.1.22) was carried out in a detergent-free liposomal system in order to mimic intralysosomal conditions. GbOse3Cer incorporated into unilamellar liposomes was used as the substrate, and naturally occurring sphingolipid activator proteins, rather than detergents, were used to stimulate the enzyme reaction. The degradation of GbOse3Cer was dependent on the presence of both alpha-galactosidase and sphingolipid activator protein B (SAP-B or saposin B). It proceeded optimally at pH 4.6, and was enhanced by increasing amounts of both alpha-galactosidase (0.24-24 mU/50 microliters assay) and SAP-B (0-5 micrograms/50 microliters assay). The enzyme reaction was not affected by SAP-A, SAP-C, or SAP-D. Therefore, our results indicate that only SAP-B is essential for the degradation of GbOse3Cer by alpha-galactosidase.
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- R Kase
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Japan.
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Albrecht B, Pütz U, Schwarzmann G. Synthesis of fluorescent and radioactive analogues of two lactosylceramides and glucosylceramide containing beta-thioglycosidic bonds that are resistant to enzymatic degradation. Carbohydr Res 1995; 276:289-308. [PMID: 8542603 DOI: 10.1016/0008-6215(95)00189-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Condensation of 2-S-(2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-beta-D-galactopyranosyl)-2- thiopseudourea hydrobromide with 2,3,6-tri-O-benzoyl-4-O-trifluoromethylsulfonyl-beta-D-galactopyra nosyl- (1-->1)-(2S,3R,4E)-3-O-benzoyl-2-dichloroacetamido-4-octa decen-1,3-diol afforded S-(2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-beta-D-galactopyranosyl)-(1-->4)-2,3,6-tri-O- benzoyl-4-thio-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->1)-(2S,3R,4E)-3-O-benzoy l-2- dichloroacetamido-4-octadecen-1,3-diol in good yield. Removal of the protecting groups, followed by selective N-acylation of the sphingosine amino group with either a fluorescent or a radioactive fatty acid, gave labeled lactosylceramide analogues in good yield. Since these products contained a beta-thioglycosidic bond between the two sugar moieties, they were totally resistant to the action of acid lysosomal glycosidases. Likewise, condensation of 2-S-(2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-2- thiopseudourea hydrobromide and 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-beta-D-galactopyranosyl-(1-->4)-2,3,6- tri-O-acetyl-1-S-acetyl-1-thio-beta-D-glucopyranose with (2R,3R,4E)-3-O-benzoyl-2-dichloroacetamido-1-iodo-4-octad ecen-3-ol in methanolic sodium acetate afforded the corresponding beta-thioglycosides 14 and 16, respectively, in good yield. These beta-thioglycosides were converted into glucosylceramide and lactosylceramide analogues following removal of the protecting groups and by subsequent selective N-acylation using either a fluorescent or adioactive fatty acid N-succinimidyl ester. Whereas the glucosylthioceramides thus obtained proved to be completely undegradable by lysosomal glucocerebrosidase, the lactosylceramides containing the beta-thioglycosidic bond between the lactose and the ceramide residues could be degraded by lysosomal GM1-beta-galactosidase to give the corresponding glucosylthioceramides. These compound did not yield to any further enzymatic degradation.
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- B Albrecht
- Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Universität Bonn, Germany
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Schwarzmann G, Hofmann P, Pütz U, Albrecht B. Demonstration of direct glycosylation of nondegradable glucosylceramide analogs in cultured cells. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:21271-6. [PMID: 7673162 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.36.21271] [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: 01/26/2023] Open
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After uptake by various cells (human skin fibroblasts, rat neuroblastoma B 104, human neuroblastoma SHSY5Y, murine cerebellar cells), a radioactive and a fluorescent analog of a nondegradable glucosylceramide with sulfur in the glycosidic link were glycosylated to a cell-specific pattern of glycolipid analogs. These results, for the first time, show that a glucosylceramide analog can be conveyed from the plasma membrane of cultured cells to those Golgi compartments that function in the early glycosylation steps of glycolipids. This observation is further confirmed by the fact that the cationic ionophore monensin, known to impede membrane flow from proximal to distal Golgi cisternae, inhibited the formation of complex ganglioside analogs but not those of lactosylceramide, sialyl lactosylceramide (GM3), and disialyl lactosylceramide (GD3).
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- G Schwarzmann
- Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie Universität, Bonn, Germany
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Munford RS, Sheppard PO, O'Hara PJ. Saposin-like proteins (SAPLIP) carry out diverse functions on a common backbone structure. J Lipid Res 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)41485-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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