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| Content Provider | World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus |
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| Author | Tamura, Atsushi Yui, Nobuhiko |
| Description | Author Affiliation: Tamura A ( From the Department of Organic Biomaterials, Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 101-0062, Japan.); Yui N ( From the Department of Organic Biomaterials, Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 101-0062, Japan yui.org@tmd.ac.jp.) |
| Abstract | Niemann-Pick type C (NPC) disease is characterized by the lysosomal accumulation of cholesterols and impaired autophagic flux due to the inhibited fusion of autophagosomes to lysosomes. We have recently developed ß-cyclodextrin (ß-CD)-threaded biocleavable polyrotaxanes (PRXs), which can release threaded ß-CDs in response to intracellular environments as a therapeutic for NPC disease. The biocleavable PRXs exhibited effective cholesterol reduction ability and negligible toxic effect compared with hydroxypropyl-ß-CD (HP-ß-CD). In this study, we investigated the effect of biocleavable PRX and HP-ß-CD on the impaired autophagy in NPC disease. The NPC patient-derived fibroblasts (NPC1 fibroblasts) showed an increase in the number of LC3-positive puncta compared with normal fibroblasts, even in the basal conditions; the HP-ß-CD treatment markedly increased the number of LC3-positive puncta and the levels of p62 in NPC1 fibroblasts, indicating that autophagic flux was further perturbed. In sharp contrast, the biocleavable PRX reduced the number of LC3-positive puncta and the levels of p62 in NPC1 fibroblasts through an mTOR-independent mechanism. The mRFP-GFP-LC3 reporter gene expression experiments revealed that the biocleavable PRX facilitated the formation of autolysosomes to allow for autophagic protein degradation. Therefore, the ß-CD-threaded biocleavable PRXs may be promising therapeutics for ameliorating not only cholesterol accumulation but also autophagy impairment in NPC disease. |
| ISSN | 00219258 |
| e-ISSN | 1083351X |
| Journal | Journal of Biological Chemistry |
| Issue Number | 15 |
| Volume Number | 290 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (United States) |
| Publisher Date | 2015-04-10 |
| Publisher Place | United States |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Autophagy Drug Effects Fibroblasts Rotaxanes Pharmacology Beta-Cyclodextrins Genetics Biological Transport Carrier Proteins Metabolism Cells, Cultured Cholesterol Immunoblotting Lysosomes Membrane Glycoproteins Microscopy, Confocal Mutation Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C Pathology Phagosomes Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Biochemistry Molecular Biology |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Cell Biology Biochemistry Molecular Biology |
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