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CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY
Volume 20, Issue 3, Pages 391-402Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2013.02.009
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- JSPS KAKENHI [2210583, 22249006]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [25670052, 10J10583, 22249006] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Niemann-Pick type C1 (NPC1) is a polytopic endosomal membrane protein required for efflux of LDL-derived cholesterol from endosomes, and mutations of this protein are associated with Niemann-Pick disease type C, a fatal neurodegenerative disease. At least one prevalent mutation (I1061T) has been shown to cause a folding defect, which results in failure of endosomal localization, leading to a loss-of-function phenotype. Here, we show that several oxysterols and their derivatives act as pharmacological chaperones; binding of these compounds to I1061T NPC1 corrects the localization/maturation defect of the mutant protein. Further, these compounds alleviate intracellular cholesterol accumulation in patient-derived fibroblasts, suggesting that they may have therapeutic potential. These oxysterol derivatives bind to a domain of NPC1 that is different from the known N-terminal sterol-binding domain; i.e., there is an additional sterol-binding site on NPC1.
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