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A saposin deficiency model in Drosophila: Lysosomal storage, progressive neurodegeneration and sensory physiological decline
Saposin deficiency is a childhood neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disorder (LSD) that can cause premature death within three months of life. Saposins are activator proteins that promote the function of lysosomal hydrolases that mediate the degradation of sphingolipids. There are four saposin pro...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5319729/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27913291 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nbd.2016.11.012 |
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author | Hindle, Samantha J. Hebbar, Sarita Schwudke, Dominik Elliott, Christopher J.H. Sweeney, Sean T. |
author_facet | Hindle, Samantha J. Hebbar, Sarita Schwudke, Dominik Elliott, Christopher J.H. Sweeney, Sean T. |
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description | Saposin deficiency is a childhood neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disorder (LSD) that can cause premature death within three months of life. Saposins are activator proteins that promote the function of lysosomal hydrolases that mediate the degradation of sphingolipids. There are four saposin proteins in humans, which are encoded by the prosaposin gene. Mutations causing an absence or impaired function of individual saposins or the whole prosaposin gene lead to distinct LSDs due to the storage of different classes of sphingolipids. The pathological events leading to neuronal dysfunction induced by lysosomal storage of sphingolipids are as yet poorly defined. We have generated and characterised a Drosophila model of saposin deficiency that shows striking similarities to the human diseases. Drosophila saposin-related (dSap-r) mutants show a reduced longevity, progressive neurodegeneration, lysosomal storage, dramatic swelling of neuronal soma, perturbations in sphingolipid catabolism, and sensory physiological deterioration. Our data suggests a genetic interaction with a calcium exchanger (Calx) pointing to a possible calcium homeostasis deficit in dSap-r mutants. Together these findings support the use of dSap-r mutants in advancing our understanding of the cellular pathology implicated in saposin deficiency and related LSDs. |
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spelling | pubmed-53197292017-02-26 A saposin deficiency model in Drosophila: Lysosomal storage, progressive neurodegeneration and sensory physiological decline Hindle, Samantha J. Hebbar, Sarita Schwudke, Dominik Elliott, Christopher J.H. Sweeney, Sean T. Neurobiol Dis Article Saposin deficiency is a childhood neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disorder (LSD) that can cause premature death within three months of life. Saposins are activator proteins that promote the function of lysosomal hydrolases that mediate the degradation of sphingolipids. There are four saposin proteins in humans, which are encoded by the prosaposin gene. Mutations causing an absence or impaired function of individual saposins or the whole prosaposin gene lead to distinct LSDs due to the storage of different classes of sphingolipids. The pathological events leading to neuronal dysfunction induced by lysosomal storage of sphingolipids are as yet poorly defined. We have generated and characterised a Drosophila model of saposin deficiency that shows striking similarities to the human diseases. Drosophila saposin-related (dSap-r) mutants show a reduced longevity, progressive neurodegeneration, lysosomal storage, dramatic swelling of neuronal soma, perturbations in sphingolipid catabolism, and sensory physiological deterioration. Our data suggests a genetic interaction with a calcium exchanger (Calx) pointing to a possible calcium homeostasis deficit in dSap-r mutants. Together these findings support the use of dSap-r mutants in advancing our understanding of the cellular pathology implicated in saposin deficiency and related LSDs. Academic Press 2017-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5319729/ /pubmed/27913291 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nbd.2016.11.012 Text en © 2016 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Hindle, Samantha J. Hebbar, Sarita Schwudke, Dominik Elliott, Christopher J.H. Sweeney, Sean T. A saposin deficiency model in Drosophila: Lysosomal storage, progressive neurodegeneration and sensory physiological decline |
title | A saposin deficiency model in Drosophila: Lysosomal storage, progressive neurodegeneration and sensory physiological decline |
title_full | A saposin deficiency model in Drosophila: Lysosomal storage, progressive neurodegeneration and sensory physiological decline |
title_fullStr | A saposin deficiency model in Drosophila: Lysosomal storage, progressive neurodegeneration and sensory physiological decline |
title_full_unstemmed | A saposin deficiency model in Drosophila: Lysosomal storage, progressive neurodegeneration and sensory physiological decline |
title_short | A saposin deficiency model in Drosophila: Lysosomal storage, progressive neurodegeneration and sensory physiological decline |
title_sort | saposin deficiency model in drosophila: lysosomal storage, progressive neurodegeneration and sensory physiological decline |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5319729/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27913291 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nbd.2016.11.012 |
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