Molecular cloning of Chinese hamster ceramide glucosyltransferase and its enhanced expression in peroxisome-defective mutant Z65 cells
In: Archives of biochemistry and biophysics, Jg. 403 (2002-07-26), Heft 2
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To clarify the metabolic bases of characteristic increases in the concentrations of glucosylceramide (CMH) and GM3 in peroxisome-defective mutant Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells (Z65), we measured the ceramide glucosyltransferase (CGT) and beta-glucosidase activities in Z65 and CHO-K1 cells, and found that the former enzyme was responsible for the accumulation of CMH in Z65 cells. Inhibition of CGT by D,L-threo-1-phenyl-2-decanoylamino-3-morpholino-1-propanol (PDMP) caused a marked reduction in a incorporation of [3-14C]serine to CMH in both CHO-K1 and Z65 cells, but resulted in the accumulation of ceramide in Z65 cells in a concentration higher than that in CHO-K1 cells. Then, we cloned the cDNA encoding CGT from CHO-K1 cells, which exhibited sequence homology with the human gene product (98.7%). Northern blot analysis of CGT revealed increased expression of it in Z65 cells compared with that in CHO-K1 cells, which probably caused the simultaneous increase in GM3. With an immunohistochemical procedure, GM3 was found to be more strongly expressed in the cell membrane of Z65 cells than in CHO-K1 cells.
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Molecular cloning of Chinese hamster ceramide glucosyltransferase and its enhanced expression in peroxisome-defective mutant Z65 cells
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Iwamori, Masao ; Sakakihara, Yoichi ; Bei, Lin ; Saito, Makiko ; Fujiki, Yukio ; Fukushima, Yasushi ; Tatsumi, Ken ; Igarashi, Takashi |
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Zeitschrift: | Archives of biochemistry and biophysics, Jg. 403 (2002-07-26), Heft 2 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2002 |
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ISSN: | 0003-9861 (print) |
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