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Stieger B, Steiger J, Locher KP. Membrane lipids and transporter function. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2021; 1867:166079. [PMID: 33476785 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2021.166079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2020] [Revised: 12/12/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Transport proteins are essential for cells in allowing the exchange of substances between cells and their environment across the lipid bilayer forming a tight barrier. Membrane lipids modulate the function of transmembrane proteins such as transporters in two ways: Lipids are tightly and specifically bound to transport proteins and in addition they modulate from the bulk of the lipid bilayer the function of transport proteins. This overview summarizes currently available information at the ultrastructural level on lipids tightly bound to transport proteins and the impact of altered bulk membrane lipid composition. Human diseases leading to altered lipid homeostasis will lead to altered membrane lipid composition, which in turn affect the function of transporter proteins.
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- Bruno Stieger
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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Salustiano EJ, da Costa KM, Freire-de-Lima L, Mendonça-Previato L, Previato JO. Inhibition of glycosphingolipid biosynthesis reverts multidrug resistance by differentially modulating ABC transporters in chronic myeloid leukemias. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:6457-6471. [PMID: 32229586 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra120.013090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2020] [Revised: 03/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Multidrug resistance (MDR) in cancer arises from cross-resistance to structurally- and functionally-divergent chemotherapeutic drugs. In particular, MDR is characterized by increased expression and activity of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) superfamily transporters. Sphingolipids are substrates of ABC proteins in cell signaling, membrane biosynthesis, and inflammation, for example, and their products can favor cancer progression. Glucosylceramide (GlcCer) is a ubiquitous glycosphingolipid (GSL) generated by glucosylceramide synthase, a key regulatory enzyme encoded by the UDP-glucose ceramide glucosyltransferase (UGCG) gene. Stressed cells increase de novo biosynthesis of ceramides, which return to sub-toxic levels after UGCG mediates incorporation into GlcCer. Given that cancer cells seem to mobilize UGCG and have increased GSL content for ceramide clearance, which ultimately contributes to chemotherapy failure, here we investigated how inhibition of GSL biosynthesis affects the MDR phenotype of chronic myeloid leukemias. We found that MDR is associated with higher UGCG expression and with a complex GSL profile. UGCG inhibition with the ceramide analog d-threo-1-(3,4,-ethylenedioxy)phenyl-2-palmitoylamino-3-pyrrolidino-1-propanol (EtDO-P4) greatly reduced GSL and monosialotetrahexosylganglioside levels, and co-treatment with standard chemotherapeutics sensitized cells to mitochondrial membrane potential loss and apoptosis. ABC subfamily B member 1 (ABCB1) expression was reduced, and ABCC-mediated efflux activity was modulated by competition with nonglycosylated ceramides. Consistently, inhibition of ABCC-mediated transport reduced the efflux of exogenous C6-ceramide. Overall, UGCG inhibition impaired the malignant glycophenotype of MDR leukemias, which typically overcomes drug resistance through distinct mechanisms. This work sheds light on the involvement of GSL in chemotherapy failure, and its findings suggest that targeted GSL modulation could help manage MDR leukemias.
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- Eduardo J Salustiano
- Laboratório de Glicobiologia, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho - Centro de Ciências da Saúde C1-042, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Av. Carlos Chagas Filho 373 - Cidade Universitária, CEP 21941-902, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Glicobiologia, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho - Centro de Ciências da Saúde C1-042, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Av. Carlos Chagas Filho 373 - Cidade Universitária, CEP 21941-902, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Glicobiologia, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho - Centro de Ciências da Saúde C1-042, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Av. Carlos Chagas Filho 373 - Cidade Universitária, CEP 21941-902, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Glicobiologia, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho - Centro de Ciências da Saúde C1-042, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Av. Carlos Chagas Filho 373 - Cidade Universitária, CEP 21941-902, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Glicobiologia, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho - Centro de Ciências da Saúde C1-042, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Av. Carlos Chagas Filho 373 - Cidade Universitária, CEP 21941-902, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil
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Felgenhauer J, Tomino L, Selich-Anderson J, Bopp E, Shah N. Dual BRD4 and AURKA Inhibition Is Synergistic against MYCN-Amplified and Nonamplified Neuroblastoma. Neoplasia 2018; 20:965-974. [PMID: 30153557 PMCID: PMC6111011 DOI: 10.1016/j.neo.2018.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2018] [Revised: 07/02/2018] [Accepted: 08/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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A majority of cases of high-risk neuroblastoma, an embryonal childhood cancer, are driven by MYC or MYCN-driven oncogenic signaling. While considered to be directly “undruggable” therapeutically, MYC and MYCN can be repressed transcriptionally by inhibition of Bromodomain-containing protein 4 (BRD4) or destabilized posttranslationally by inhibition of Aurora Kinase A (AURKA). Preclinical and early-phase clinical studies of BRD4 and AURKA inhibitors, however, show limited efficacy against neuroblastoma when used alone. We report our studies on the concomitant use of the BRD4 inhibitor I-BET151 and AURKA inhibitor alisertib. We show that, in vitro, the drugs act synergistically to inhibit viability in four models of high-risk neuroblastoma. We demonstrate that this synergy is driven, in part, by the ability of I-BET151 to mitigate reflexive upregulation of AURKA, MYC, and MYCN in response to AURKA inhibition. We then demonstrate that I-BET151 and alisertib are effective in prolonging survival in four xenograft neuroblastoma models in vivo, and this efficacy is augmented by the addition of the antitubule chemotherapeutic vincristine. These data suggest that epigenetic and posttranslational inhibition of MYC/MYCN-driven pathways may have significant clinical efficacy against neuroblastoma.
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- Joshua Felgenhauer
- Nationwide Children's Hospital, Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders, 700 Children's Drive, Columbus, OH, 43205
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- Nationwide Children's Hospital, Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders, 700 Children's Drive, Columbus, OH, 43205
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- Nationwide Children's Hospital, Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders, 700 Children's Drive, Columbus, OH, 43205
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- The Ohio State University, College of Arts and Sciences, 186 University Hall, Columbus, OH, 43210
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- Nationwide Children's Hospital, Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders, 700 Children's Drive, Columbus, OH, 43205; The Ohio State University, College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, 370 W 9th Ave, Columbus, OH 43210.
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The Role of the Actin Cytoskeleton and Lipid Rafts in the Localization and Function of the ABCC1 Transporter. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1155/2014/105898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters are known to be important factors in multidrug resistance of tumor cells. Lipid rafts have been implicated in their localization in the plasma membrane, where they function as drug efflux pumps. This specific localization in rafts may support the activity of ABC/Abc transporters. This raises questions regarding the nature and composition of the lipid rafts that harbor ABC/Abc transporters and the dependence of ABC/Abc transporters—concerning their localization and activity—on lipid raft constituents. Here we review our work of the past 10 years aimed at evaluating whether ABC/Abc transporters are dependent on a particular membrane environment for their function. What is the nature of this membrane environment and which of the lipid raft constituents are important for this dependency? It turns out that cortical actin is of major importance for stabilizing the localization and function of the ABC/Abc transporter, provided it is localized in an actin-dependent subtype of lipid rafts, as is the case for human ABCC1/multidrug resistance-related protein 1 (MRP1) and rodent Abcc1/Mrp1 but not human ABCB1/P-glycoprotein (PGP). On the other hand, sphingolipids do not appear to be modulators of ABCC1/MRP1 (or Abcc1/Mrp1), even though they are coregulated during drug resistance development.
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Extensive sphingolipid depletion does not affect lipid raft integrity or lipid raft localization and efflux function of the ABC transporter MRP1. Biochem J 2010; 430:519-29. [PMID: 20604746 DOI: 10.1042/bj20091882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We show that highly efficient depletion of sphingolipids in two different cell lines does not abrogate the ability to isolate Lubrol-based DRMs (detergent-resistant membranes) or detergent-free lipid rafts from these cells. Compared with control, DRM/detergent-free lipid raft fractions contain equal amounts of protein, cholesterol and phospholipid, whereas the classical DRM/lipid raft markers Src, caveolin-1 and flotillin display the same gradient distribution. DRMs/detergent-free lipid rafts themselves are severely depleted of sphingolipids. The fatty acid profile of the remaining sphingolipids as well as that of the glycerophospholipids shows several differences compared with control, most prominently an increase in highly saturated C(16) species. The glycerophospholipid headgroup composition is unchanged in sphingolipid-depleted cells and cell-derived detergent-free lipid rafts. Sphingolipid depletion does not alter the localization of MRP1 (multidrug-resistance-related protein 1) in DRMs/detergent-free lipid rafts or MRP1-mediated efflux of carboxyfluorescein. We conclude that extensive sphingolipid depletion does not affect lipid raft integrity in two cell lines and does not affect the function of the lipid-raft-associated protein MRP1.
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Glucosylceramide has a unique and often ambiguous role in mammalian cells. Activation of glucosylceramide synthase, the enzyme that places a glucosyl moiety onto ceramide, is the first pathway-committed step to the production of more complex glycosphingolipids such as lactosylceramide and gangliosides. Alterations in the level of glucosylceramide are noted in cells and tissues in response to cardiovascular disease, diabetes, skin disorders and cancer. Overall, upregulation of glucosylceramide offers cellular protection and primes certain cells for proliferation. However, prolonged overabundance of glucosylceramide is detrimental, as seen in Gaucher disease in humans.
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Klappe K, Hummel I, Hoekstra D, Kok JW. Lipid dependence of ABC transporter localization and function. Chem Phys Lipids 2009; 161:57-64. [PMID: 19651114 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2009.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2009] [Revised: 06/24/2009] [Accepted: 07/24/2009] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Lipid rafts have been implicated in many cellular functions, including protein and lipid transport and signal transduction. ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters have also been localized in these membrane domains. In this review the evidence for this specific localization will be evaluated and discussed in terms of relevance to ABC transporter function. We will focus on three ABC transporters of the A, B and C subfamily, respectively. Two of these transporters are relevant to multidrug resistance in tumor cells (Pgp/ABCB1 and MRP1/ABCC1), while the third (ABCA1) is extensively studied in relation to the reverse cholesterol pathway and cellular cholesterol homeostasis. We will attempt to derive a generalized model of lipid rafts to which they associate based on the use of various different lipid raft isolation procedures. In the context of lipid rafts, modulation of ABC transporter localization and function by two relevant lipid classes, i.e. sphingolipids and cholesterol, will be discussed.
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- Karin Klappe
- Department of Cell Biology, Section Membrane Cell Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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Townson KH, Speak AO, Greenshields KN, Goodyear CS, Willison HJ, Platt FM. Glycosphingolipid depletion in PC12 cells using iminosugars protects neuronal membranes from anti-ganglioside antibody mediated injury. J Neuroimmunol 2008; 203:33-8. [PMID: 18684516 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2008.06.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2008] [Revised: 06/13/2008] [Accepted: 06/19/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Autoimmune neuropathies are frequently associated with pathogenic anti-ganglioside antibodies targeting ganglioside-rich neuronal and glial membranes. The extent of injury is determined by the concentration of membrane ganglioside and thus reduction might be expected to attenuate disease. In this study, we suppressed ganglioside biosynthesis in PC12 cells with the glucosylceramide synthase inhibitor, N-butyldeoxynojirimycin and observed reduced plasma membrane antibody binding and a major neuroprotective effect in complement-mediated lysis assays. These data demonstrate that iminosugar inhibitors, currently used to treat type 1 Gaucher disease, are also of potential value for depleting antigen and thereby suppressing tissue injury in anti-ganglioside antibody-associated neuropathy.
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- Kate H Townson
- Division of Clinical Neurosciences, Glasgow Biomedical Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Scotland G12 8TA, United Kingdom
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Cerf E, Gasper R, Belani JD, Rychnovsky S, Chang XB, Buyse F, Ruysschaert JM. Multidrug resistance protein 1 is not associated to detergent-resistant membranes. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007; 355:1025-30. [PMID: 17336270 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.02.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2007] [Accepted: 02/14/2007] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Multidrug resistance protein 1 (MRP1) is a member of the ATP-binding cassette superfamily. Using the energy provided by ATP hydrolysis, it transports a broad spectrum of substrates across the plasma membrane, including hormones, leukotriene C(4), bile salts, and anti-cancer drugs. Recent works have suggested that P-glycoprotein is associated to cholesterol and sphingolipid-rich membrane microdomains and that cholesterol upregulates its ATPase and drug transport activities. Confocal microscopy experiments and Triton X-100 extraction of detergent-resistant membranes provide evidence that MRP1 is not located in raft-like structures and that its activity is downregulated by cholesterol. The data are discussed in terms of cholesterol-protein interaction and topology.
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- Emilie Cerf
- Structure et Fonction des Membranes Biologiques, Centre de Biologie Structurale et de Bioinformatique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Boulevard du Triomphe, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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