| Literature DB >> 17482562 |
Judith A Hobert1, Glyn Dawson.
Abstract
Juvenile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (JNCL) results from a deficiency of CLN3, a protein recently identified within detergent-resistant membranes (DRMs). To study the function of CLN3 within these domains we isolated DRMs from control and JNCL-brain and noted that JNCL-derived DRMs are less buoyant than control. Analysis of DRM phospholipids derived from JNCL-brain revealed a reduction of bis(monoacylglycerol)phosphate. Metabolic labeling of JNCL-fibroblasts demonstrated a reduction in the synthesis of bis(monoacylglycerol)phosphate which was restored following complementation with wild-type-CLN3, substantiating our initial observation in brain. Metabolic labeling of cell lines overexpressing wild-type-CLN3 resulted in increased bis(monoacylglycerol)phosphate synthesis, while overexpression of mutant CLN3-L170P decreased bis(monoacylglycerol)phosphate synthesis. These data illustrate a new finding, a strong correlation between CLN3 protein expression and synthesis of bis(monoacylglycerol)phosphate.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17482562 PMCID: PMC2720048 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.04.064
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun ISSN: 0006-291X Impact factor: 3.575