Journal
MOLECULAR GENETICS AND METABOLISM
Volume 125, Issue 4, Pages 338-344Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2018.10.007
Keywords
Endothelium; Endothelial nitric oxide synthase; Globotriaosylceramide; Globotriaosylsphingosine; Fabry disease; Alpha-galactosidase A; Lyso-globotriaosylceramide
Funding
- NIH [RO1 DK 055823]
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Fabry disease, a rare, X-linked lysosomal storage disease, arises from deficiency of the lysosomal hydrolase, agalactosidase A (GLA) which disrupts the catabolism of globo- series glycosphingolipids (GSLs). One potential link between GLA deficiency and vascular dysfunction may be changes in endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) function. GLA-deficient EA.hy926 cells were obtained by siRNA knockdown of GLA expression and by mutation of GLA with CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing to investigate the effects of GLA deficiency on eNOS. As previously observed with siRNA knockdown of GLA, globotriaosylceramide (Gb3) accumulated in EA.hy926 cells. In contrast, Gb3 did not accumulate in CRISPR/Cas9 gene edited GLA-deficient cells, but instead, globotetraosylceramide (Gb4). However, in both the siRNA and CRISPR/Cas9 models globotriaosylsphingosine (lysoGb3) was elevated. As was previously observed with siRNA knockdown of GLA expression, CRISPR/Cas9 GLAdeficient cells had lower eNOS activity. Restoring GLA activity in GLA-deficient cells with exogenous GLA treatment improved eNOS activity. In contrast, treating cells with the glucosylceramide synthase inhibitor, eliglustat, decreased NOS activity. These results suggest that eNOS uncoupling is due to GLA deficiency, and not necessarily due to elevated Gb3 per se. It was observed that lyso-Gb3 inhibits eNOS activity.
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