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Vanlander AV, Okun JG, de Jaeger A, Smet J, De Latter E, De Paepe B, Dacremont G, Wuyts B, Vanheel B, De Paepe P, Jorens PG, Van Regenmortel N, Van Coster R. Possible pathogenic mechanism of propofol infusion syndrome involves coenzyme q. Anesthesiology 2015; 122:343-52. [PMID: 25296107 DOI: 10.1097/aln.0000000000000484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Propofol is a short-acting intravenous anesthetic agent. In rare conditions, a life-threatening complication known as propofol infusion syndrome can occur. The pathophysiologic mechanism is still unknown. Some studies suggested that propofol acts as uncoupling agent, others suggested that it inhibits complex I or complex IV, or causes increased oxidation of cytochrome c and cytochrome aa3, or inhibits mitochondrial fatty acid metabolism. Although the exact site of interaction is not known, most hypotheses point to the direction of the mitochondria. METHODS Eight rats were ventilated and sedated with propofol up to 20 h. Sequential biopsy specimens were taken from liver and skeletal muscle and used for determination of respiratory chain activities and propofol concentration. Activities were also measured in skeletal muscle from a patient who died of propofol infusion syndrome. RESULTS In rats, authors detected a decrease in complex II+III activity starting at low tissue concentration of propofol (20 to 25 µM), further declining at higher concentrations. Before starting anesthesia, the complex II+III/citrate synthase activity ratio in liver was 0.46 (0.25) and in skeletal muscle 0.23 (0.05) (mean [SD]). After 20 h of anesthesia, the ratios declined to 0.17 (0.03) and 0.12 (0.02), respectively. When measured individually, the activities of complexes II and III remained normal. Skeletal muscle from one patient taken in the acute phase of propofol infusion syndrome also shows a selective decrease in complex II+III activity (z-score: -2.96). CONCLUSION Propofol impedes the electron flow through the respiratory chain and coenzyme Q is the main site of interaction with propofol.
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- Arnaud Vincent Vanlander
- From the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Neurology and Metabolism (A.V.V., J.S., E.D.L., B.D.P., R.V.C.), Department of Critical Care Medicine, Division of Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine (A.d.J.), Department of Clinical Chemistry (B.W.), Department of Emergency Medicine (P.D.P.), Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium; Department of General Pediatrics, Division of Inherited Metabolic Diseases, University Children's Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany (J.G.O.); Department of Pediatrics, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium (G.D.); Physiology Group, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium (B.V.); Department of Critical Care Medicine, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp University, Edegem, Belgium (P.G.J., N.V.R.); and Department of Critical Care Medicine, ZNA Antwerp, Belgium (N.V.R.)
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Fourcade S, Ruiz M, Guilera C, Hahnen E, Brichta L, Naudi A, Portero-Otín M, Dacremont G, Cartier N, Wanders R, Kemp S, Mandel JL, Wirth B, Pamplona R, Aubourg P, Pujol A. Valproic acid induces antioxidant effects in X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy. Hum Mol Genet 2010; 19:2005-14. [PMID: 20179078 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddq082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) is a fatal, axonal demyelinating, neurometabolic disease. It results from the functional loss of a member of the peroxisomal ATP-binding cassette transporter subfamily D (ABCD1), which is involved in the metabolism of very long-chain fatty acids (VLCFA). Oxidative damage of proteins caused by excess of the hexacosanoic acid, the most prevalent VLCFA accumulating in X-ALD, is an early event in the neurodegenerative cascade. We demonstrate here that valproic acid (VPA), a widely used anti-epileptic drug with histone deacetylase inhibitor properties, induced the expression of the functionally overlapping ABCD2 peroxisomal transporter. VPA corrected the oxidative damage and decreased the levels of monounsaturated VLCFA (C26:1 n-9), but not saturated VLCFA. Overexpression of ABCD2 alone prevented oxidative lesions to proteins in a mouse model of X-ALD. A 6-month pilot trial of VPA in X-ALD patients resulted in reversion of the oxidative damage of proteins in peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Thus, we propose VPA as a promising novel therapeutic approach that warrants further clinical investigation in X-ALD.
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- Stéphane Fourcade
- Neurometabolic Disease Lab, Institut of Neuropathology, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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Peroxisomes play an important role in bile acid biosynthesis because the last steps of the synthesis pathway are performed by the beta-oxidation system located inside peroxisomes. As a consequence, C(27)-bile acid intermediates accumulate in several peroxisomal disorders. It has been suggested that C(27)-bile acids are especially toxic and contribute to the liver disease associated with peroxisomal disorders. For this reason, we investigated the toxicity of C(27)-bile acids and the underlying mechanisms. We studied the effects of conjugated and unconjugated C(27)-bile acids on cell viability, mitochondrial respiratory chain function and production of oxygen radicals in the rat hepatoma cell line McA-RH7777. Cell viability decreased progressively after incubation with increasing concentrations of different bile acids with dihydroxycholestanoic acid (DHCA) being clearly the most cytotoxic bile acid. In addition, the different bile acids caused a dose-dependent decrease in ATP synthesis by isolated mitochondria oxidizing malate and glutamate. Finally, there was a dose-dependent stimulation of ROS generation in the presence of C(27)-bile acids. In conclusion, our studies showed that C(27)-bile acids are more cytotoxic than mature C(24)-bile acids. In addition, C(27)-bile acids are potent inhibitors of oxidative phosphorylation and enhance mitochondrial ROS production by inhibiting the respiratory chain.
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- Sacha Ferdinandusse
- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Academic Medical Center at the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Fourcade S, Ruiz M, Camps C, Schlüter A, Houten SM, Mooyer PAW, Pàmpols T, Dacremont G, Wanders RJA, Giròs M, Pujol A. A key role for the peroxisomal ABCD2 transporter in fatty acid homeostasis. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2009; 296:E211-21. [PMID: 18854420 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.90736.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Peroxisomes are essential organelles exerting key functions in fatty acid metabolism such as the degradation of very long-chain fatty acids (VLCFAs). VLCFAs accumulate in X-adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD), a disease caused by deficiency of the Abcd1 peroxisomal transporter. Its closest homologue, Abcd2, exhibits a high degree of functional redundancy on the catabolism of VLCFA, being able to prevent X-ALD-related neurodegeneration in the mouse. In the search for specific roles of Abcd2, we screened fatty acid profiles in organs and primary neurons of mutant knockout mice lacking Abcd2 in basal conditions and under dietary challenges. Our results indicate that ABCD2 plays a role in the degradation of long-chain saturated and omega9-monounsaturated fatty acids and in the synthesis of docosahexanoic acid (DHA). Also, we demonstrated a defective VLCFA beta-oxidation ex vivo in brain slices of Abcd1 and Abcd2 knockouts, using radiolabeled hexacosanoic acid and the precursor of DHA as substrates. As DHA levels are inversely correlated with the incidence of Alzheimer's and several degenerative conditions, we suggest that ABCD2 may act as modulator/modifier gene and therapeutic target in rare and common human disorders.
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- Stéphane Fourcade
- Centre de Genètica Mèdica i Molecular, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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Sermet-Gaudelus I, Nove-Josserand R, Loeille GA, Dacremont G, Souberbielle JC, Fritsch J, Laurans M, Moulin P, Cortet B, Salles JP, Ginies JL, Guillot M, Perez-Martin S, Ruiz JC, Montagne V, Cohen-Solal M, Cormier C, Garabédian M, Mallet E. Recommandations pour la prise en charge de la déminéralisation osseuse dans la mucoviscidose. Arch Pediatr 2008; 15:301-12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.arcped.2007.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2007] [Revised: 11/30/2007] [Accepted: 12/11/2007] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Sanders RJ, Ofman R, Dacremont G, Wanders RJA, Kemp S. Characterization of the human omega-oxidation pathway for omega-hydroxy-very-long-chain fatty acids. FASEB J 2008; 22:2064-71. [PMID: 18182499 DOI: 10.1096/fj.07-099150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Very-long-chain fatty acids (VLCFAs) have long been known to be degraded exclusively in peroxisomes via beta-oxidation. A defect in peroxisomal beta-oxidation results in elevated levels of VLCFAs and is associated with the most frequent inherited disorder of the central nervous system white matter, X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy. Recently, we demonstrated that VLCFAs can also undergo omega-oxidation, which may provide an alternative route for the breakdown of VLCFAs. The omega-oxidation of VLCFA is initiated by CYP4F2 and CYP4F3B, which produce omega-hydroxy-VLCFAs. In this article, we characterized the enzymes involved in the formation of very-long-chain dicarboxylic acids from omega-hydroxy-VLCFAs. We demonstrate that very-long-chain dicarboxylic acids are produced via two independent pathways. The first is mediated by an as yet unidentified, microsomal NAD(+)-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase and fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase, which is encoded by the ALDH3A2 gene and is deficient in patients with Sjögren-Larsson syndrome. The second pathway involves the NADPH-dependent hydroxylation of omega-hydroxy-VLCFAs by CYP4F2, CYP4F3B, or CYP4F3A. Enzyme kinetic studies show that oxidation of omega-hydroxy-VLCFAs occurs predominantly via the NAD(+)-dependent route. Overall, our data demonstrate that in humans all enzymes are present for the complete conversion of VLCFAs to their corresponding very-long-chain dicarboxylic acids.
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- Robert-Jan Sanders
- Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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van den Brink DM, van Miert JNI, Dacremont G, Rontani JF, Wanders RJA. Characterization of the final step in the conversion of phytol into phytanic acid. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:26838-44. [PMID: 15866875 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m501861200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Phytol is a branched-chain fatty alcohol that is a naturally occurring precursor of phytanic acid, a fatty acid involved in the pathogenesis of Refsum disease. The conversion of phytol into phytanic acid is generally believed to take place via three enzymatic steps that involve 1) oxidation to its aldehyde, 2) further oxidation to phytenic acid, and 3) reduction of the double bond at the 2,3 position, yielding phytanic acid. Our recent investigations of this mechanism have elucidated the enzymatic steps leading to phytenic acid production, but the final step of the pathway has not been investigated so far. In this study, we describe the characterization of phytenic acid reduction in rat liver. NADPH-dependent conversion of phytenic acid into phytanic acid was detected, although at a slow rate. However, it was shown that phytenic acid can be activated to its CoA ester and that reduction of phytenoyl-CoA is much more efficient than that of phytenic acid. Furthermore, in rat hepatocytes cultured in the presence of phytol, phytenoyl-CoA could be detected, showing that it is a bona fide intermediate of phytol degradation. Subcellular fractionation experiments revealed that phytenoyl-CoA reductase activity is present in peroxisomes and mitochondria. With these findings, we have accomplished the full elucidation of the mechanism by which phytol is converted into phytanic acid.
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- Daan M van den Brink
- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Pediatrics, University of Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Emma Children's Hospital, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Ferdinandusse S, Denis S, Van Roermund CWT, Wanders RJA, Dacremont G. Identification of the peroxisomal β-oxidation enzymes involved in the degradation of long-chain dicarboxylic acids. J Lipid Res 2004; 45:1104-11. [PMID: 15060085 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m300512-jlr200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Dicarboxylic acids (DCAs) are omega-oxidation products of monocarboxylic acids. After activation by a dicarboxylyl-CoA synthetase, the dicarboxylyl-CoA esters are shortened via beta-oxidation. Although it has been studied extensively where this beta-oxidation process takes place, the intracellular site of DCA oxidation has remained controversial. Making use of fibroblasts from patients with defined mitochondrial and peroxisomal fatty acid oxidation defects, we show in this paper that peroxisomes, and not mitochondria, are involved in the beta-oxidation of C16DCA. Additional studies in fibroblasts from patients with X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy, straight-chain acyl-CoA oxidase (SCOX) deficiency, d-bifunctional protein (DBP) deficiency, and rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata type 1, together with direct enzyme measurements with human recombinant l-bifunctional protein (LBP) and DBP expressed in a fox2 deletion mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, show that the main enzymes involved in beta-oxidation of C16DCA are SCOX, both LBP and DBP, and sterol carrier protein X, possibly together with the classic 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase. This is the first indication of a specific function for LBP, which has remained elusive until now.
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- Sacha Ferdinandusse
- Departments of Clinical Chemistry, Emma Children's Hospital, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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van den Brink DM, van Miert JNI, Dacremont G, Rontani JF, Jansen GA, Wanders RJA. Identification of fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase in the breakdown of phytol to phytanic acid. Mol Genet Metab 2004; 82:33-7. [PMID: 15110319 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2004.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2003] [Revised: 01/19/2004] [Accepted: 01/20/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Phytol is a branched chain fatty alcohol, which is abundantly present in nature as part of the chlorophyll molecule. In its free form, phytol is metabolized to phytanic acid, which accumulates in patients suffering from a variety of peroxisomal disorders, including Refsum disease. The breakdown of phytol to phytanic acid takes place in three steps, in which first, the alcohol is converted to the aldehyde, second the aldehyde is converted to phytenic acid, and finally the double bond is reduced to yield phytanic acid. By culturing fibroblasts in the presence of phytol, increases in the levels of phytenic and phytanic acid were detected. Interestingly, fibroblasts derived from patients affected by Sjögren Larsson syndrome (SLS), known to be deficient in microsomal fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase (FALDH) were found to be deficient in this. In addition, fibroblast homogenates of these patients, incubated with phytol in the presence of NAD+ did not produce any phytenic acid. This indicates that FALDH is involved in the breakdown of phytol.
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- Daan M van den Brink
- Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Emma Children's Hospital, The Netherlands
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Several different processes involved in the metabolic fate of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, C22:6n-3) and its precursor in the biosynthesis route, C24:6n-3, were studied. In cultured skin fibroblasts, the oxidation rate of [1-14C] 24:6n-3 was 2.7 times higher than for [1-14C]22:6n-3, whereas [1-14C]22:6n-3 was incorporated 7 times faster into different lipid classes than was [1-14C]24:6n-3. When determining the peroxisomal acyl-CoA oxidase activity, similar specific activities for C22:6(n-3)-CoA and C24:6(n-3)-CoA were found in mouse kidney peroxisomes. Thioesterase activity was measured for both substrates in mouse kidney peroxisomes as well as mitochondria, and C22:6(n-3)-CoA was hydrolyzed 1.7 times faster than C24:6(n-3)-CoA. These results imply that the preferred metabolic fate of C24:6(n-3)-CoA, after its synthesis in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), is to move to the peroxisome, where it is beta-oxidized, producing C22:6(n-3)-CoA. This DHA-CoA then preferentially moves back, probably as free fatty acid, to the ER, where it is incorporated into membrane lipids.
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- Sacha Ferdinandusse
- Departments of Clinical Chemistry and Pediatrics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 22700, 1100 DE Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Gloerich J, Denis S, van Grunsven EG, Dacremont G, Wanders RJA, Ferdinandusse S. A novel HPLC-based method to diagnose peroxisomal D-bifunctional protein enoyl-CoA hydratase deficiency. J Lipid Res 2003; 44:640-4. [PMID: 12562856 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.d200039-jlr200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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D-bifunctional protein (D-BP) plays an indispensable role in peroxisomal beta-oxidation, and its inherited deficiency in humans is associated with severe clinical abnormalities. Three different subtypes of D-BP deficiency can be distinguished: 1) a complete deficiency of D-BP (type I), 2) an isolated D-BP enoyl-CoA hydratase deficiency (type II), and 3) an isolated D-BP 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (type III). In this study, we developed a method to measure D-BP dehydrogenase activity independent of D-BP hydratase (D-BP HY) activity to distinguish between D-BP deficiency type I and type II, which until now was only possible by mutation analysis. For this assay, the hydratase domain of D-BP was expressed in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. After a coincubation of yeast homogenate expressing D-BP HY with fibroblast homogenate of patients using the enoyl-CoA ester of the bile acid intermediate trihydroxycholestanoic acid as substrate, D-BP dehydrogenase activity was measured. Fibroblasts of patients with a D-BP deficiency type II displayed D-BP dehydrogenase activity, whereas type I and type III patients did not. This newly developed assay to measure D-BP dehydrogenase activity in fibroblast homogenates provides a quick and reliable method to assign patients with deficient D-BP HY activity to the D-BP deficiency subgroups type I or type II.
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- Jolein Gloerich
- University of Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Laboratory for Genetic Metabolic Diseases (F0-224), P.O. Box 22700, 1100 DE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Mihalik SJ, Steinberg SJ, Pei Z, Park J, Kim DG, Heinzer AK, Dacremont G, Wanders RJA, Cuebas DA, Smith KD, Watkins PA. Participation of two members of the very long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase family in bile acid synthesis and recycling. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:24771-9. [PMID: 11980911 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m203295200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Bile acids are synthesized de novo in the liver from cholesterol and conjugated to glycine or taurine via a complex series of reactions involving multiple organelles. Bile acids secreted into the small intestine are efficiently reabsorbed and reutilized. Activation by thioesterification to CoA is required at two points in bile acid metabolism. First, 3alpha,7alpha,12alpha-trihydroxy-5beta-cholestanoic acid, the 27-carbon precursor of cholic acid, must be activated to its CoA derivative before side chain cleavage via peroxisomal beta-oxidation. Second, reutilization of cholate and other C24 bile acids requires reactivation prior to re-conjugation. We reported previously that homolog 2 of very long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase (VLCS) can activate cholate (Steinberg, S. J., Mihalik, S. J., Kim, D. G., Cuebas, D. A., and Watkins, P. A. (2000) J. Biol. Chem. 275, 15605-15608). We now show that this enzyme also activates chenodeoxycholate, the secondary bile acids deoxycholate and lithocholate, and 3alpha,7alpha,12alpha-trihydroxy-5beta-cholestanoic acid. In contrast, VLCS activated 3alpha,7alpha,12alpha-trihydroxy-5beta-cholestanoate, but did not utilize any of the C24 bile acids as substrates. We hypothesize that the primary function of homolog 2 is in the reactivation and recycling of C24 bile acids, whereas VLCS participates in the de novo synthesis pathway. Results of in situ hybridization, topographic orientation, and inhibition studies are consistent with the proposed roles of these enzymes in bile acid metabolism.
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- Stephanie J Mihalik
- Kennedy Krieger Institute and the Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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Pien K, van Vlem B, van Coster R, Dacremont G, Piette M. An inherited metabolic disorder presenting as ethylene glycol intoxication in a young adult. Am J Forensic Med Pathol 2002; 23:96-100. [PMID: 11953504 DOI: 10.1097/00000433-200203000-00020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Despite the abundance of reports emerging in the literature on metabolic disorders, some disorders remain undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, not only in clinical pathology but also in forensic pathology. The authors report a patient who had recurrent episodes characterized by nausea, vomiting, and signs of dehydration necessitating admission to the hospital. At each admission, he was found to have lactic acidosis. On the first admission, glycolic acid was detected in his blood and he was diagnosed as having ethylene glycol intoxication. Only at the third admission, 2 years after the first, was the possibility of an underlying metabolic disorder considered. Laboratory investigations showed a deficiency of complex I in the mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation. Possible medicolegal implications are discussed.
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- Karen Pien
- Department of Forensic Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
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Ferdinandusse S, Rusch H, van Lint A, Dacremont G, Wanders R, Vreken P. Stereochemistry of the peroxisomal branched-chain fatty acid α- and β-oxidation systems in patients suffering from different peroxisomal disorders. J Lipid Res 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)30150-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Ferdinandusse S, Rusch H, van Lint AEM, Dacremont G, Wanders RJA, Vreken P. Stereochemistry of the peroxisomal branched-chain fatty acid alpha- and beta-oxidation systems in patients suffering from different peroxisomal disorders. J Lipid Res 2002; 43:438-44. [PMID: 11893780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023] Open
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Phytanic acid (3,7,11,15-tetramethylhexadecanoic acid) is a branched-chain fatty acid derived from dietary sources and broken down in the peroxisome to pristanic acid (2,6,10,14-tetramethylpentadecanoic acid) via alpha-oxidation. Pristanic acid then undergoes beta-oxidation in peroxisomes. Phytanic acid naturally occurs as a mixture of (3S,7R,11R)- and (3R,7R,11R)-diastereomers. In contrast to the alpha-oxidation system, peroxisomal beta-oxidation is stereospecific and only accepts (2S)-isomers. Therefore, a racemase called alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase is required to convert (2R)-pristanic acid into its (2S)-isomer. To further investigate the stereochemistry of the peroxisomal oxidation systems and their substrates, we have developed a method using gas-liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry to analyze the isomers of phytanic, pristanic, and trimethylundecanoic acid in plasma from patients with various peroxisomal fatty acid oxidation defects. In this study, we show that in plasma of patients with a peroxisomal beta-oxidation deficiency, the relative amounts of the two diastereomers of pristanic acid are almost equal, whereas in patients with a defect of alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase, (2R)-pristanic acid is the predominant isomer. Furthermore, we show that in alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase deficiency, not only pristanic acid accumulates, but also one of the metabolites of pristanic acid, 2610-trimethylundecanoic acid, providing direct in vivo evidence for the requirement of this racemase for the complete degradation of pristanic acid.
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- S Ferdinandusse
- University of Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Ofman R, el Mrabet L, Dacremont G, Spijer D, Wanders RJA. Demonstration of dimethylnonanoyl-CoA thioesterase activity in rat liver peroxisomes followed by purification and molecular cloning of the thioesterase involved. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2002; 290:629-34. [PMID: 11785945 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.6245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Peroxisomes play an indispensable role in cellular fatty acid oxidation in higher eukaryotes by catalyzing the chain shortening of a distinct set of fatty acids and fatty acid derivatives including pristanic acid (2,6,10,14-tetramethylpentadecanoic acid). Earlier studies have shown that pristanic acid undergoes three cycles of beta-oxidation in peroxisomes to produce 4,8-dimethylnonanoyl-CoA (DMN-CoA) which is then transported to the mitochondria for full oxidation to CO(2) and H(2)O. In principle, this can be done via two different mechanisms in which DMN-CoA is either converted into the corresponding carnitine ester or hydrolyzed to 4,8-dimethylnonanoic acid plus CoASH. The latter pathway can only be operational if peroxisomes contain 4,8-dimethylnonanoyl-CoA thioesterase activity. In this paper we show that rat liver peroxisomes indeed contain 4,8-dimethylnonanoyl-CoA thioesterase activity. We have partially purified the enzyme involved from peroxisomes and identified the protein as the rat ortholog of a known human thioesterase using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry in combination with the rat EST database. Heterologous expression studies in Escherichia coli established that the enzyme hydrolyzes not only DMN-CoA but also other branched-chain acyl-CoAs as well as straight-chain acyl-CoA-esters. Our data provide convincing evidence for the existence of the second pathway of acyl-CoA transport from peroxisomes to mitochondria by hydrolysis of the CoA-ester in peroxisomes followed by transport of the free acid to mitochondria, reactivation to its CoA-ester, and oxidation to CO(2) and H(2)O. (c)2002 Elsevier Science.
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- R Ofman
- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Emma Children's Hospital, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1100 DE, The Netherlands
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Leroy JG, Seppala R, Huizing M, Dacremont G, De Simpel H, Van Coster RN, Orvisky E, Krasnewich DM, Gahl WA. Dominant inheritance of sialuria, an inborn error of feedback inhibition. Am J Hum Genet 2001; 68:1419-27. [PMID: 11326336 PMCID: PMC1226128 DOI: 10.1086/320598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2001] [Accepted: 03/22/2001] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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"French type" sialuria, a presumably dominant disorder that, until now, had been documented in only five patients, manifests with mildly coarse facies, slight motor delay, and urinary excretion of large quantities (>1 g/d) of free N-acetylneuraminic acid (NeuAc). The basic defect consists of the very rare occurrence of failed feedback inhibition of a rate-limiting enzyme, in this case uridinediphosphate-N-acetylglucosamine (UDP-GlcNAc) 2-epimerase, by a downstream product, in this case cytidine monophosphate (CMP)-NeuAc. We report a new patient with sialuria who has a heterozygous G-->A substitution in nucleotide 848 of the epimerase gene, which results in an R266Q change. The proband's other allele, as expected, had no mutation. However, the heterozygous R266Q mutation was detected in the patient's mother, who has similarly increased urinary levels of free NeuAc, thereby confirming, for the first time, the dominant mode of inheritance of this inborn error. The biochemical diagnosis of the proband was verified by the greatly increased level of free NeuAc in his cultured fibroblasts, the NeuAc distribution, mainly (59%) in the cytoplasm, and by the complete failure of 100 microM CMP-NeuAc to inhibit UDP-GlcNAc 2-epimerase activity in the mutant cells. These findings call for expansion of the phenotype to include adults and for more-extensive assaying of free NeuAc in the urine of children with mild developmental delay. The prevalence of sialuria is probably grossly underestimated.
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- J G Leroy
- Departments of Pediatrics and Medical Genetics, Ghent University School of Medicine, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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Jansen GA, van den Brink DM, Ofman R, Draghici O, Dacremont G, Wanders RJ. Identification of pristanal dehydrogenase activity in peroxisomes: conclusive evidence that the complete phytanic acid alpha-oxidation pathway is localized in peroxisomes. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 283:674-9. [PMID: 11341778 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.4835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Phytanic acid (3,7,11,15-tetramethylhexadecanoic acid) is a branched-chain fatty acid which, due to the methyl-group at the 3-position, can not undergo beta-oxidation unless the terminal carboxyl-group is removed by alpha-oxidation. The structure of the phytanic acid alpha-oxidation machinery in terms of the reactions involved, has been resolved in recent years and includes a series of four reactions: (1) activation of phytanic acid to phytanoyl-CoA, (2) hydroxylation of phytanoyl-CoA to 2-hydroxyphytanoyl-CoA, (3) cleavage of 2-hydroxyphytanoyl-CoA to pristanal and formyl-CoA, and (4) oxidation of pristanal to pristanic acid. The subcellular localization of the enzymes involved has remained enigmatic, with the exception of phytanoyl-CoA hydroxylase and 2-hydroxyphytanoyl-CoA lyase which are both localized in peroxisomes. The oxidation of pristanal to pristanic acid has been claimed to be catalysed by the microsomal aldehyde dehydrogenase FALDH encoded by the ALDH10-gene. Making use of mutant fibroblasts deficient in FALDH activity, we show that phytanic acid alpha-oxidation is completely normal in these cells. Furthermore, we show that pristanal dehydrogenase activity is not fully deficient in FALDH-deficient cells, implying the existence of one or more additional aldehyde dehydrogenases reacting with pristanal. Using subcellular localization studies, we now show that peroxisomes contain pristanal dehydrogenase activity which leads us to conclude that the complete phytanic acid alpha-oxidation pathway is localized in peroxisomes.
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- G A Jansen
- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Department of Pediatrics, University of Amsterdam, Academic Medical Centre, Emma Children's Hospital, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, 1105 AZ, The Netherlands
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Ferdinandusse S, Denis S, IJlst L, Dacremont G, Waterham HR, Wanders RJ. Subcellular localization and physiological role of α-methylacyl-CoA racemase. J Lipid Res 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)31983-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Ferdinandusse S, Denis S, IJlst L, Dacremont G, Waterham HR, Wanders RJ. Subcellular localization and physiological role of alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase. J Lipid Res 2000; 41:1890-6. [PMID: 11060359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023] Open
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alpha-Methylacyl-CoA racemase plays an important role in the beta-oxidation of branched-chain fatty acids and fatty acid derivatives because it catalyzes the conversion of several (2R)-methyl-branched-chain fatty acyl-CoAs to their (S)-stereoisomers. Only stereoisomers with the 2-methyl group in the (S)-configuration can be degraded via beta-oxidation. Patients with a deficiency of alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase accumulate in their plasma pristanic acid and the bile acid intermediates di- and trihydroxycholestanoic acid, which are all substrates of the peroxisomal beta-oxidation system. Subcellular fractionation experiments, however, revealed that both in humans and rats alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase is bimodally distributed to both the peroxisome and the mitochondrion. Our findings show that the peroxisomal and mitochondrial enzymes are produced from the same gene and that, as a consequence, the bimodal distribution pattern must be the result of differential targeting of the same gene product. In addition, we investigated the physiological role of the enzyme in the mitochondrion. Both in vitro studies with purified heterologously expressed protein and in vivo studies in fibroblasts of patients with an alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase deficiency revealed that the mitochondrial enzyme plays a crucial role in the mitochondrial beta-oxidation of the breakdown products of pristanic acid byconverting (2R,6)-dimethylheptanoyl-CoA to its (S)-stereoisomer.
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- S Ferdinandusse
- Departments of Clinical Chemistry, Emma Children's Hospital, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Ferdinandusse S, Denis S, van Berkel E, Dacremont G, Wanders RJ. Peroxisomal fatty acid oxidation disorders and 58 kDa sterol carrier protein X (SCPx). Activity measurements in liver and fibroblasts using a newly developed method. J Lipid Res 2000; 41:336-42. [PMID: 10706581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023] Open
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Sterol carrier protein X (SCPx) plays a crucial role in the peroxisomal oxidation of branched-chain fatty acids. To investigate whether patients with an unresolved defect in peroxisomal beta-oxidation are deficient for SCPx, we developed a novel and specific assay to measure the activity of SCPx in both liver and fibroblast homogenates. The substrate used in the assay, 3alpha, 7alpha,12alpha-trihydroxy-24-keto-5beta-cholestanoy l-CoA (24-keto-THC-CoA), is produced by preincubating the enoyl-CoA of the bile acid intermediate THCA with a lysate from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae expressing human D-bifunctional protein. After the preincubation period, liver or fibroblast homogenate is added plus CoASH, and the production of choloyl-CoA is determined by HPLC. The specificity of the assay was demonstrated by the finding of a full deficiency in fibroblasts from an SCPx knock-out mouse. In addition to SCPx activity measurements in fibroblasts from patients with a defect in peroxisomal beta-oxidation of unresolved etiology, we studied the stability and activity of SCPx in fibroblasts from patients with Zellweger syndrome, which lack functional peroxisomes. We found that SCPx is not only stable in the cytosol, but displays a higher activity in fibroblasts from patients with Zellweger syndrome than in control fibroblasts. Furthermore, in all patients studied with a defect in peroxisomal beta-oxidation of unknown origin, SCPx was found to be normally active, indicating that human SCPx deficiency remains to be identified.
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- S Ferdinandusse
- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1100 DE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Ferdinandusse S, Denis S, van Berkel E, Dacremont G, Wanders RJ. Peroxisomal fatty acid oxidation disorders and 58 kDa sterol carrier protein X (SCPx): activity measurements in liver and fibroblasts using a newly developed method. J Lipid Res 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)34472-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Ferdinandusse S, Mulders J, IJlst L, Denis S, Dacremont G, Waterham HR, Wanders RJ. Molecular cloning and expression of human carnitine octanoyltransferase: evidence for its role in the peroxisomal beta-oxidation of branched-chain fatty acids. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1999; 263:213-8. [PMID: 10486279 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1999.1340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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To study the putative role of human carnitine octanoyltransferase (COT) in the beta-oxidation of branched-chain fatty acids, we identified and cloned the cDNA encoding human COT and expressed it in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Enzyme activity measurements showed that COT efficiently converts one of the end products of the peroxisomal beta-oxidation of pristanic acid, 4, 8-dimethylnonanoyl-CoA, to its corresponding carnitine ester. Production of the carnitine ester of this branched/medium-chain acyl-CoA within the peroxisome is required for its transport to the mitochondrion where further beta-oxidation occurs. In contrast, 4, 8-dimethylnonanoyl-CoA is not a substrate for carnitine acetyltransferase, another acyltransferase localized in peroxisomes, which catalyzes the formation of carnitine esters of the other products of pristanic acid beta-oxidation, namely acetyl-CoA and propionyl-CoA. Our results shed new light on the function of COT in fatty acid metabolism and point to a crucial role of COT in the beta-oxidation of branched-chain fatty acids.
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- S Ferdinandusse
- Departments of Clinical Chemistry and Pediatrics, Emma Children's Hospital, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, 1100 DE, The Netherlands
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Wanders RJ, Denis S, Ruiter JP, IJlst L, Dacremont G. 2,6-Dimethylheptanoyl-CoA is a specific substrate for long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (LCAD): evidence for a major role of LCAD in branched-chain fatty acid oxidation. Biochim Biophys Acta 1998; 1393:35-40. [PMID: 9714723 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2760(98)00053-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Oxidation of straight-chain fatty acids in mitochondria involves the complicated interaction between a large variety of different enzymes. So far four different mitochondrial straight-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenases have been identified. The physiological function of three of the four acyl-CoA dehydrogenases has been resolved in recent years especially from studies on patients suffering from certain inborn errors of mitochondrial fatty acid beta-oxidation. The physiological role of long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (LCAD) has remained obscure, however. The results described in this paper provide strong evidence suggesting that LCAD plays a central role in branched-chain fatty acid metabolism since it turns out to be the major acyl-CoA dehydrogenase reacting with 2,6-dimethylheptanoyl-CoA, a metabolite of pristanic acid, which itself is the alpha-oxidation product of phytanic acid.
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- R J Wanders
- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Emma Children's Hospital, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 22700, 1100 DE Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Wanders RJ, Romeijn GJ, Wijburg F, Hennekam RC, de Jong J, Wevers RA, Dacremont G. Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome: deficient delta 7-reductase activity in cultured skin fibroblasts and chorionic villus fibroblasts and its application to pre- and postnatal detection. J Inherit Metab Dis 1997; 20:432-6. [PMID: 9266374 DOI: 10.1023/a:1005371104822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- R J Wanders
- University of Amsterdam, Department of Pediatrics, The Netherlands
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Dacremont G, Cocquyt G, Vincent G. Measurement of very long-chain fatty acids, phytanic and pristanic acid in plasma and cultured fibroblasts by gas chromatography. J Inherit Metab Dis 1995; 18 Suppl 1:76-83. [PMID: 9053557 DOI: 10.1007/bf00711430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Two methods are described, both currently used in our laboratory, for the quantitative analysis of very long-chain fatty acids, phytanic acid and pristanic acid in plasma and cultured fibroblasts by gas-liquid chromatography. The first method is based on the procedure developed by Moser and Moser (1991) and the second is based on the method of Onkenhout and colleagues (1989), which is an application of the original method of Lepage and Roy for plasma and fibroblasts. A survey is given of the concentrations of very long-chain fatty acids, pristanic and phytanic acid in plasma and fibroblasts from control subjects and all patients investigated so far in our laboratory.
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- G Dacremont
- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Gent, Belgium
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The direct transesterification method of Lepage and Roy is described as used in our laboratory for the analysis of plasmalogens and polyunsaturated fatty acids in erythrocytes and cultured fibroblasts by gas chromatography. An overview is given of the plasmalogen ratios and docosahexaenoic acid concentrations from controls and patients with different peroxisomal disorders investigated in our laboratory.
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- G Dacremont
- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Gent, Belgium
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Jakobs BS, van den Bogert C, Dacremont G, Wanders RJ. Beta-oxidation of fatty acids in cultured human skin fibroblasts devoid of the capacity for oxidative phosphorylation. Biochim Biophys Acta 1994; 1211:37-43. [PMID: 8123680 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2760(94)90136-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Prolonged treatment of cultured cells with ethidium bromide results in loss of the capacity for oxidative phosphorylation. Because of the tight coupling between mitochondrial beta-oxidation of fatty acids and the activity of the respiratory chain, such cells may be used to study the contribution of mitochondria and peroxisomes to fatty acid beta-oxidation. To investigate this, human skin fibroblasts were cultured in the presence of ethidium bromide for at least 10 cell generations, resulting in a virtually complete absence of oxidative phosphorylation as demonstrated directly in digitonin-permeabilized fibroblasts. The cells showed a lowered ATP/ADP ratio, most likely as the consequence of the inability to generate ATP via oxidative phosphorylation. The loss of the capacity for oxidative phosphorylation was also reflected in an increased cytosolic NADH/NAD+ ratio: the cells showed a highly elevated lactate/pyruvate ratio in the suspending medium when incubated with glucose. The beta-oxidation of octanoic and palmitic acid was dramatically decreased, suggesting that the beta-oxidation of these fatty acids takes place predominantly (> 90%) in mitochondria, at least in the cells studied. In contrast, the rates of pristanic and cerotic acid beta-oxidation were only slightly decreased, suggesting that this is mainly a peroxisomal process. The reduction of beta-oxidation of cerotic and pristanic acid, 27% and 15%, respectively, is most likely due to a lowered ATP level and an increased NADH/NAD(+)-redoxstate in these cells. We conclude that fibroblasts subjected to prolonged treatment with ethidium bromide can be used as a model system to study the substrate specificity and functional characteristics of the peroxisomal beta-oxidation system.
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- B S Jakobs
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Van den Branden C, Collumbien R, Roels F, Dacremont G, Roels H. Altered adrenocortical response under the influence of experimentally increased serum very long chain fatty acids in rats. Pathol Res Pract 1993; 189:558-62. [PMID: 8397390 DOI: 10.1016/s0344-0338(11)80366-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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C 26:0/C 22:0 ratio can be experimentally increased in serum of normal rats by oral administration of hexacosanoic acid (C 26:0) or of thioridazine, an inhibitor of peroxisomal beta-oxidation. This causes a decreased corticosterone response as well as decreased mobilization of cholesterol esters in zona fasciculata interna cells following ACTH administration. Zona fasciculata interna cells and their nuclei are enlarged and contain more Feulgen DNA in thioridazine-fed rats. The similarity of adrenocortical response to inhibition of peroxisomal beta-oxidation and to C 26:0 administration points to raised VLCFA as the common factor which is also operative in many peroxisomal diseases accompanied by adrenocortical function defects.
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- C Van den Branden
- Laboratorium voor Menselijke Anatomie en Embryologie, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
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We have studied the substrate specificity of the inducible (acyl-CoA oxidase I) and non-inducible (acyl-CoA oxidase II) oxidases in peroxisome-enriched fractions from rat kidney. The two oxidases were separated by means of ion-exchange chromatography and shown to accept a variety of acyl-CoA esters as substrates, including lignoceroyl-CoA, palmitoyl-CoA, lauroyl-CoA, caproyl-CoA, and trimethyltridecanoyl-CoA. Glutaryl-CoA was found to react exclusively with the inducible enzyme, and pristanoyl-CoA exclusively with the non-inducible enzyme. We conclude that under normal non-induced conditions both acyl-CoA oxidase I and II contribute to the oxidation of the various acyl-CoA esters with the exception of pristanoyl-CoA and glutaryl-CoA, although the extent to which each enzyme contributes to the oxidation was found to differ between the various acyl-CoA esters.
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- B J Wanders
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University Hospital Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Van Veldhoven PP, Vanhove G, Vanhoutte F, Dacremont G, Parmentier G, Eyssen HJ, Mannaerts GP. Identification and purification of a peroxisomal branched chain fatty acyl-CoA oxidase. J Biol Chem 1991; 266:24676-83. [PMID: 1761563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Isoprenoid (branched) fatty acids such as pristanic acid can be degraded via beta-oxidation in peroxisomes. We synthesized 2-methylpalmitoyl-CoA as a model substrate in order to study the first step of the peroxisomal beta-oxidation of branched fatty acids, catalyzed by an acyl-CoA oxidase. 2-Methylpalmitoyl-CoA oxidase activity was found in rat liver homogenates. Subcellular fractionation demonstrated that the oxidase was confined to peroxisomes. 2-Methylpalmitoyl-CoA oxidase was also present in kidney and intestine. It was not induced in liver or in the extrahepatic tissues by treatment of rats with peroxisome proliferators or by feeding diets containing excess isoprenoids. The enzyme was partially purified together with palmitoyl-CoA oxidase and trihydroxycoprostanoyl-CoA oxidase by heat treatment and ammonium sulfate fractionation of liver extracts. The partially purified preparation was chromatographed on various columns. 2-Methylpalmitoyl-CoA oxidase could be separated from the inducible (by peroxisome proliferators) palmitoyl-CoA oxidase and from trihydroxycoprostanoyl-CoA oxidase, but it always coeluted with the noninducible palmitoyl-CoA oxidase, recently described by us (Schepers, L., Van Veldhoven, P. P., Casteels, M., Eyssen, H. J., and Mannaerts, G. P. (1990) J. Biol. Chem. 265, 5242-5246). 2-Methylpalmitoyl-CoA oxidase was purified to near homogeneity in three chromatographic steps (anion exchange, hydroxylapatite, and gel filtration). Its apparent molecular mass is approximately 415 kDa, and it consists of identical subunits of approximately 70 kDa. The enzyme oxidized 2-methylpalmitoyl-CoA twice as rapidly as palmitoyl-CoA and pristanoyl-CoA as rapidly as palmitoyl-CoA, so that it can be considered as a branched fatty acyl-CoA oxidase. Since pristanoyl-CoA is one of its naturally occurring substrates we propose to name this enzyme pristanoyl-CoA oxidase.
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Van Veldhoven P, Vanhove G, Vanhoutte F, Dacremont G, Parmentier G, Eyssen H, Mannaerts G. Identification and purification of a peroxisomal branched chain fatty acyl-CoA oxidase. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)54283-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Van Maldergem L, Espeel M, Roels F, Petit C, Dacremont G, Wanders RJ, Verloes A, Gillerot Y. X-linked recessive chondrodysplasia punctata with XY translocation in a stillborn fetus. Hum Genet 1991; 87:661-4. [PMID: 1937466 DOI: 10.1007/bf00201721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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A case of X-linked recessive chondrodysplasia punctata (CP) is described. The finding of a reciprocal X-Y translocation involving the region distal to Xp22.3 and the presence of fluorescent Yp11.23 regions confirms the localization of X-linked recessive CP at p22.3. No gross peroxisomal abnormalities were present in the propositus.
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- L Van Maldergem
- Centre de Génétique Humaine, Institut de Morphologie Pathologique, Loverval, Belgium
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Espeel M, Roels F, Van Maldergem L, De Craemer D, Dacremont G, Wanders RJ, Hashimoto T. Peroxisomal localization of the immunoreactive beta-oxidation enzymes in a neonate with a beta-oxidation defect. Pathological observations in liver, adrenal cortex and kidney. Virchows Arch A Pathol Anat Histopathol 1991; 419:301-8. [PMID: 1949612 DOI: 10.1007/bf01606521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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A boy born to healthy, unrelated parents, presented at birth with hypotonia and seizures. Very long chain fatty acids in the plasma were strongly elevated; bile acid intermediates and plasmalogen biosynthesis were normal. Acyl-CoA oxidase activity was normal. The patient died at the age of 3 months. The cerebellum and medulla oblongata showed neuronal migration defects. The specific biochemical basis for the impaired peroxisomal beta-oxidation has not been found. The three immunoreactive peroxisomal beta-oxidation enzymes and catalase were localized in the hepatocellular peroxisomes. Aberrant features of the peroxisomes included: a subpopulation of organelles larger than 1 micron, an amorphous nucleoid in many organelles, and invaginations of the peroxisomal membrane into the matrix. Peroxisomes in the proximal renal tubules also contained the three immunoreactive beta-oxidation enzymes. Regularly spaced trilamellar inclusions were seen in hepatic macrophages; they were much more abundant in adrenocortical macrophages. The inclusions were birefringent and resistant to acetone extraction. Distinct hepatic fibrosis had developed over a period of 2.5 months. We speculate that the impaired beta-oxidation is due to a defect at the level of the peroxisomal carnitine octanoyl or -acetyl transferase, responsible for the export of beta-oxidation products.
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- M Espeel
- Department of Human Anatomy and Embryology, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
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Willems PJ, Vits L, Wanders RJ, Coucke PJ, Van der Auwera BJ, Van Elsen AF, Raeymaekers P, Van Broeckhoven C, Schutgens RB, Dacremont G. Linkage of DNA markers at Xq28 to adrenoleukodystrophy and adrenomyeloneuropathy present within the same family. Arch Neurol 1990; 47:665-9. [PMID: 2161209 DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1990.00530060077022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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We present a large kindred that contained patients with either adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) or adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN). The pedigree clearly supported the X-linked mode of inheritance of the nonneonatal form of ALD/AMN. Analysis with DNA markers at Xq28 suggested segregation of both ALD and AMN with an identical haplotype. This indicated that nonneonatal ALD and AMN are caused by a mutation in the same gene at Xq28. It showed, furthermore, that phenotypic differences between ALD and AMN are not necessarily the consequence of allelic heterogeneity due to different mutations within the same gene. The maximal lod score for linkage of the ALD/AMN gene and the multiallelic anonymous DNA marker at DXS52 was 3.0 at a recombination fraction of 0.00. This made a prenatal or presymptomatic diagnosis and heterozygote detection by DNA analysis with this marker reliable.
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- P J Willems
- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Antwerp-UIA, Wilrijk, Belgium
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Van den Branden C, Leeman J, Dacremont G, Collumbien R, Roels F. Experimental inhibition of peroxisomal beta-oxidation in rats: influence on brain myelination. Glia 1990; 3:458-63. [PMID: 2148548 DOI: 10.1002/glia.440030604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Oral administration of thioridazine, an inhibitor of peroxisomal beta-oxidation, to normal rats from weaning till day 60 causes a small increase of the very long chain fatty acid C26 in brain lipids. Myelination in the brain is decreased. In the genu of the corpus callosum the ratio of non-myelinated/myelinated axons is increased. In the commissura anterior the myelin sheaths of the axons are significantly thinner in treated than in control animals. Undernourishment caused by the drug is minimal in this experiment. Area and total DNA of glial nuclei are unaltered in both the genu and the commissura anterior of treated rats. The distribution of chromatin (texture), however, shows small differences in the corpus callosum.
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- C Van den Branden
- Laboratorium voor Menselijke Anatomie, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
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Elewaut A, Dacremont G, Robberecht E, Leroy J, De Baets MH. IgA isotyping of antigliadin antibodies. A possible clue for a less invasive diagnosis of coeliac disease. Clin Chim Acta 1989; 183:285-94. [PMID: 2805354 DOI: 10.1016/0009-8981(89)90362-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to measure serum antigliadin antibodies (AGA) of IgG and IgA classes. The assay was modified to measure IgA1 and IgA2 subclasses with monoclonal anti-IgA subclass antibodies. Serum IgG- and IgA-AGA levels were elevated in patients with coeliac disease (CD) but an overlap was seen with control sera. IgA-AGA isotyping using monoclonal anti-human IgA1 and IgA2 antibodies increased the sensitivity and specificity of the assay to almost 100%. All patients with active untreated CD and none of the control groups had elevated IgA1-AGA and IgA2-AGA. In order to measure the relative distribution of IgA1-AGA versus IgA2-AGA an IgA1/IgA2 ratio was calculated. In patients with active untreated CD a ratio of 2.8 was found, declining to 2.2 during treatment. A gluten challenge increased the ratio to 3.4. These findings suggest that IgA1-AGA subclass measurements are a useful screening test before small bowel biopsies are performed. This method can also be used to assess the results of a gluten free diet.
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- A Elewaut
- Department of Internal Medicine, State University of Ghent, Belgium
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Thioridazine, an inhibitor of peroxisomal beta-oxidation, was administered orally to nursing rats during the period of maximal myelination in the pups (8-21 days postnatally). Under the experimental conditions, thioridazine causes accumulation of C24 and C26 fatty acids in pup brain lipids, an effect we consider to be a typical consequence of inhibited peroxisomal beta-oxidation. In the corpus callosum of treated pups, the relationship between axon diameter and myelin sheath thickness is altered compared with matched controls. Thioridazine also induces undernourishment effects in 21 day-old rats. Body and brain weight are severely reduced. Liver peroxisomes show a starvation-type metabolism. Undernourishment is known to influence myelination in developing rat brain. However, known consequences of undernourishment, such as decreased myelin concentration in whole brain, decreased percentage of myelinated fibers, and decreased granule-to-Purkinje cell ratio are not present.
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Three kittens in a litter of Persian cats showed, from the age of eight weeks, tremor, ataxia, dysmetria, progressive weakness and emaciation. Cytoplasmic vacuolation was observed in neurons, mesenchymal and epithelial cells of tissues taken post mortem. The alpha-mannosidase activity of brain tissue of one cat tested was 4.8 per cent of control values and the urine of two cats contained large amounts of mannose-rich oligosaccharides.
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, State University of Ghent, Belgium
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Van den Branden C, Vamecq J, Dacremont G, Premereur N, Roels F. Short and long term influence of phenothiazines on liver peroxisomal fatty acid oxidation in rodents. FEBS Lett 1987; 222:21-6. [PMID: 3653398 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(87)80184-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Evidence is given that phenothiazines depress hepatic peroxisomal fatty acid oxidation in vivo. After oral administration to rats thioridazine and chlorpromazine inhibit peroxisomal beta-oxidation, evaluated by H2O2 production, during 2 weeks. In mice, this effect could not be demonstrated. However, in both species VLCFA are increased after short and long term drug administration. Electron microscopy reveals the presence of membranous structures in liver cytoplasm or lysosomes. The inhibition by thioridazine of peroxisomal beta-oxidation does not lead to hepatic peroxisome proliferation. The activities of enzymes related to fatty acid breakdown are not increased and liver peroxisomes are microscopically normal.
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Dacremont G, De Baets M, Kaufman JM, Elewaut A, Vermeulen A. Inhibition of adenylate cyclase activity of human thyroid membranes by gangliosides. Biochim Biophys Acta 1984; 770:142-7. [PMID: 6696905 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(84)90123-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Gangliosides inhibit basal, thyrotropin-induced and fluoride-induced adenylate cyclase activity of human thyroid membranes in physiological conditions. In contrast neutral glycolipids, phospholipids and neuraminic acid containing oligosaccharides show no effect. The efficacy of inhibition is more dependent upon the position of the sialic acid residues than upon their absolute number. In general gangliosides with disialyl groups are more inhibitory than those with single sialyl moieties. The inhibitory effects of the individual gangliosides on the two modes of stimulation are parallel. This parallelism suggests that the inhibitory effect is located at the postreceptor level and that the gangliosides interact directly with the adenylate cyclase system. A possible role of thyroid membrane gangliosides as suppressive cofactors of adenylate cyclase is discussed in relation to recent findings of stimulating anti-ganglioside antibodies in Graves' disease.
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HeLa cells, labeled with Na235SO4, release into the culture medium 35SO4 bound to plasma membrane vesicles next to 35SO4-glycoproteins and free 35SO4. Plasma membrane vesicles, experimentally produced by treatment with formaldehyde, contain 35SO4 and their surface can be stained with high iron diamine. Scanning of chromatograms of the trypsinate from labeled cells demonstrates radioactivity on the spot of heparan sulfate. It is concluded that HeLa cells synthesize heparan sulfate, which is incorporated at the plasma membrane and released by shedding of small vesicles.
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Van Dessel G, Lagrou A, Hilderson HJ, Dierick W, Dacremont G. Quantitative determination of the neutral glycosyl ceramides in bovine thyroid gland. Biochimie 1977; 59:839-48. [PMID: 603792 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-9084(77)80216-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Dacremont G, Cocquyt G. Simple method for the determination of di-n-propylacetic acid in serum. Acta Paediatr Belg 1977; 30:41-4. [PMID: 324233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Eight bands of gangliosides, from human polymorphonuclear leukocytes were demonstrated by thin-layer chromatography. Bands 4 and 5 were isolated and purified in sufficient amounts to allow their biochemical identification by thin-layer chromatography, gas chromatography and sequential action of glycosidases and neuraminidase. The major ganglioside was characterised as N-acetylneuraminylgalactosyl-beta-N-acetylglucosaminyl-beta-galactosyl-beta-glucosylceramide. A second ganglioside was tentatively identified as N-acetylneuraminyl-galactosyl-beta-N-acetylglucosaminyl-beta-(N-acetylneuraminyl)galactosyl-beta-glucosylceramide. Both gangliosides isolated were hydrolysed by neuraminidase. However, treatment of the intact cells with neuraminidase did not alter the ganglioside pattern.
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Van Dessel G, Lagrou A, Hilderson HJ, Dierick W, Dacremont G. [Proceedings: Lipid composition of bovine thyroid gland. IV. Glycolipids]. Arch Int Physiol Biochim 1975; 83:412-4. [PMID: 54117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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