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Anomalous surface distribution of glycosyl phosphatidyl inositol-anchored proteins in neurons lacking acid sphingomyelinase.


ABSTRACT: Acid sphingomyelinase (ASM) converts sphingomyelin (SM) into ceramide. Mutations in the ASM gene cause the mental retardation syndrome Niemann Pick type A (NPA), characterized as a lysosomal disorder because of the SM accumulation in these organelles. We here report that neurons from mice lacking ASM (ASMKO) present increased plasma membrane SM levels evident in detergent-resistant membranes. Paralleling this lipidic alteration, GPI-anchored proteins show an aberrant distribution in both axons and dendrites instead of the axonal enrichment observed in neurons from wild-type mice. Trafficking analysis suggests that this is due to defective internalization from dendrites. Increasing the SM content in wild-type neurons mimics these defects, whereas SM reduction in ASMKO neurons prevents their occurrence. Moreover, expression of active RhoA, which membrane attachment is affected by SM accumulation, rescues internalization rates in ASMKO neurons. These data unveil an unexpected role for ASM in neuronal plasma membrane organization and trafficking providing insight on the molecular mechanisms involved. They also suggest that deficiencies in such processes could be key pathological events in NPA disease.

SUBMITTER: Galvan C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2230584 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Anomalous surface distribution of glycosyl phosphatidyl inositol-anchored proteins in neurons lacking acid sphingomyelinase.

Galvan Cristian C   Camoletto Paola G PG   Cristofani Flavio F   Van Veldhoven Paul P PP   Ledesma Maria Dolores MD  

Molecular biology of the cell 20071121 2


Acid sphingomyelinase (ASM) converts sphingomyelin (SM) into ceramide. Mutations in the ASM gene cause the mental retardation syndrome Niemann Pick type A (NPA), characterized as a lysosomal disorder because of the SM accumulation in these organelles. We here report that neurons from mice lacking ASM (ASMKO) present increased plasma membrane SM levels evident in detergent-resistant membranes. Paralleling this lipidic alteration, GPI-anchored proteins show an aberrant distribution in both axons a  ...[more]

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