Disruption of a yeast very-long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase gene simulates the cellular phenotype of X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy

被引:10
作者
Watkins, PA [1 ]
Lu, JF
Braiterman, LT
Steinberg, SJ
Smith, KD
机构
[1] Johns Hopkins Univ, Sch Med, Kennedy Krieger Inst, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA
[2] Johns Hopkins Univ, Sch Med, Dept Neurol, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA
[3] Johns Hopkins Univ, Sch Med, Dept Pediat, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA
关键词
peroxisomes; yeast; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; very-long chain fatty acids (VLCFAs); very-long chain acyl-CoA synthetase (VLCS); X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD);
D O I
10.1385/CBB:32:1-3:333
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) is characterized biochemically by elevated levels of saturated very long-chain fatty acids (VLCFAs) in plasma and tissues. Ln X-ALD, peroxisomal very-long-chain acyl-Con synthetase (VT,CS) fails to activate VLCFAs, preventing their degradation via beta-oxidation. However, the product of the defective XALD gene (ALDP) is not a VLCS, but rather a peroxisomal membrane protein (PMP). Disruption of either or both of two yeast PMP genes related to the XALD gene did not produce a biochemical phenotype resembling that found in X-ALD fibroblasts. The authors identified a candidate yeast VLCS gene (the FAT1 locus) by its homology to rat liver VLCS. Disruption of this gene decreased VLCS activity, but had no effect on long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase activity In FAT1-disruption strains, VLCS activity was reduced to 30-40% of wild-type in both a microsome-rich 27,000g supernatant fraction and a peroxisome- and mitochondria-rich pellet fraction of yeast spheroplast homogenates. Separation of the latter organelles by density gradient centrifugation revealed that VLCS activity was peroxisomal and not mitochondrial. VLCS gene-disruption strains had increased cellular VLCFA levels, compared to wild-type yeast. The extent of both the decrease in peroxisomal VLCS activity and the VLCFA accumulation in this yeast model resembles that observed in cells from XALD patients. Characterization of the gene(s) responsible for the residual peroxisomal VLCS activity may suggest new therapeutic approaches in X-ALD.
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页码:333 / 337
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