Journal
ASN NEURO
Volume 7, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/1759091415568913
Keywords
cerebrosides; gangliosides; lipids; X-ray diffraction
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- National Institutes of Health [NS- 055195]
- Boston College Research Expense Fund
- National Tay-Sachs
- Allied Diseases Association, Inc
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE [R01NS055195, R56NS055195] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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GM1-gangliosidosis is a glycosphingolipid lysosomal storage disease involving accumulation of GM1 and its asialo form (GA1) primarily in the brain. Thin-layer chromatography and X-ray diffraction were used to analyze the lipid content/composition and the myelin structure of the optic and sciatic nerves from 7- and 10-month old beta-galactosidase (beta-gal) +/? and (beta-gal) -/- mice, a model of GM1 gangliosidosis. Optic nerve weight was lower in the beta-gal -/- mice than in unaffected (beta-gal) +/? mice, but no difference was seen in sciatic nerve weight. The levels of GM1 and GA1 were significantly increased in both the optic nerve and sciatic nerve of the beta-gal -/- mice. The content of myelin-enriched cerebrosides, sulfatides, and plasmalogen ethanolamines was significantly lower in optic nerve of beta-gal -/- mice than in (beta-gal) +/? mice; however, cholesteryl esters were enriched in the beta-gal -/- mice. No major abnormalities in these lipids were detected in the sciatic nerve of the beta-gal -/- mice. The abnormalities in GM1 and myelin lipids in optic nerve of beta-gal -/- mice correlated with a reduction in the relative amount of myelin and periodicity in fresh nerve. By contrast, the relative amount of myelin and periodicity in the sciatic nerves from control and beta-gal -/- mice were indistinguishable, suggesting minimal pathological involvement in sciatic nerve. Our results indicate that the greater neurochemical pathology observed in the optic nerve than in the sciatic nerve of beta-gal -/- mice is likely due to the greater glycolipid storage in optic nerve.
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