Production of multiple brain-like ganglioside species is dispensable for fas-induced apoptosis of lymphoid cells.
Activation of an acid sphingomyelinase (aSMase) leading to a biosynthesis of GD3 disialoganglioside has been associated with Fas-induced apoptosis of lymphoid cells. The present study was undertaken to clarify the role of this enzyme in the generation of gangliosides during apoptosis triggered by Fa...
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| author | Iuliana Popa Nicole Therville Stéphane Carpentier Thierry Levade Olivier Cuvillier Jacques Portoukalian |
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| description | Activation of an acid sphingomyelinase (aSMase) leading to a biosynthesis of GD3 disialoganglioside has been associated with Fas-induced apoptosis of lymphoid cells. The present study was undertaken to clarify the role of this enzyme in the generation of gangliosides during apoptosis triggered by Fas ligation. The issue was addressed by using aSMase-deficient and aSMase-corrected cell lines derived from Niemann-Pick disease (NPD) patients. Fas cross-linking elicited a rapid production of large amounts of complex a- and b-series species of gangliosides with a pattern and a chromatographic behavior as single bands reminiscent of brain gangliosides. The gangliosides were synthesized within the first ten minutes and completely disappeared within thirty minutes after stimulation. Noteworthy is the observation that GD3 was not the only ganglioside produced. The production of gangliosides and the onset of apoptotic hallmarks occurred similarly in both aSMase-deficient and aSMase-corrected NPD lymphoid cells, indicating that aSMase activation is not accountable for ganglioside generation. Hampering ganglioside production by inhibiting the key enzyme glucosylceramide synthase did not abrogate the apoptotic process. In addition, GM3 synthase-deficient lymphoid cells underwent Fas-induced apoptosis, suggesting that gangliosides are unlikely to play an indispensable role in transducing Fas-induced apoptosis of lymphoid cells. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e4961721227b456babd636b4e9e6b79b2022-12-21T17:45:38ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032011-01-0165e1997410.1371/journal.pone.0019974Production of multiple brain-like ganglioside species is dispensable for fas-induced apoptosis of lymphoid cells.Iuliana PopaNicole ThervilleStéphane CarpentierThierry LevadeOlivier CuvillierJacques PortoukalianActivation of an acid sphingomyelinase (aSMase) leading to a biosynthesis of GD3 disialoganglioside has been associated with Fas-induced apoptosis of lymphoid cells. The present study was undertaken to clarify the role of this enzyme in the generation of gangliosides during apoptosis triggered by Fas ligation. The issue was addressed by using aSMase-deficient and aSMase-corrected cell lines derived from Niemann-Pick disease (NPD) patients. Fas cross-linking elicited a rapid production of large amounts of complex a- and b-series species of gangliosides with a pattern and a chromatographic behavior as single bands reminiscent of brain gangliosides. The gangliosides were synthesized within the first ten minutes and completely disappeared within thirty minutes after stimulation. Noteworthy is the observation that GD3 was not the only ganglioside produced. The production of gangliosides and the onset of apoptotic hallmarks occurred similarly in both aSMase-deficient and aSMase-corrected NPD lymphoid cells, indicating that aSMase activation is not accountable for ganglioside generation. Hampering ganglioside production by inhibiting the key enzyme glucosylceramide synthase did not abrogate the apoptotic process. In addition, GM3 synthase-deficient lymphoid cells underwent Fas-induced apoptosis, suggesting that gangliosides are unlikely to play an indispensable role in transducing Fas-induced apoptosis of lymphoid cells.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3101221?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Iuliana Popa Nicole Therville Stéphane Carpentier Thierry Levade Olivier Cuvillier Jacques Portoukalian Production of multiple brain-like ganglioside species is dispensable for fas-induced apoptosis of lymphoid cells. PLoS ONE |
| title | Production of multiple brain-like ganglioside species is dispensable for fas-induced apoptosis of lymphoid cells. |
| title_full | Production of multiple brain-like ganglioside species is dispensable for fas-induced apoptosis of lymphoid cells. |
| title_fullStr | Production of multiple brain-like ganglioside species is dispensable for fas-induced apoptosis of lymphoid cells. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Production of multiple brain-like ganglioside species is dispensable for fas-induced apoptosis of lymphoid cells. |
| title_short | Production of multiple brain-like ganglioside species is dispensable for fas-induced apoptosis of lymphoid cells. |
| title_sort | production of multiple brain like ganglioside species is dispensable for fas induced apoptosis of lymphoid cells |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3101221?pdf=render |
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