Laboratory of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland.
Laboratory of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland.
Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 2024 Aug;173:106602. doi: 10.1016/j.biocel.2024.106602. Epub 2024 Jun 4.
Congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG) are a large family of genetic diseases resulting from defects in the synthesis of glycans and the attachment of glycans to macromolecules. The CDG known as leukocyte adhesion deficiency II (LAD II) is an autosomal, recessive disorder caused by mutations in the SLC35C1 gene, encoding a transmembrane protein of the Golgi apparatus, involved in GDP-fucose transport from the cytosol to the Golgi lumen. In this study, a cell-based model was used as a tool to characterize the molecular background of a therapy based on a fucose-supplemented diet. Such therapies have been successfully introduced in some (but not all) known cases of LAD II. In this study, the effect of external fucose was analyzed in SLC35C1 KO cell lines, expressing 11 mutated SLC35C1 proteins, previously discovered in patients with an LAD II diagnosis. For many of them, the cis-Golgi subcellular localization was affected; however, some proteins were localized properly. Additionally, although mutated SLC35C1 caused different α-1-6 core fucosylation of N-glycans, which explains previously described, more or less severe disorder symptoms, the differences practically disappeared after external fucose supplementation, with fucosylation restored to the level observed in healthy cells. This indicates that additional fucose in the diet should improve the condition of all patients. Thus, for patients diagnosed with LAD II we advocate careful analysis of particular mutations using the SLC35C1-KO cell line-based model, to predict changes in localization and fucosylation rate. We also recommend searching for additional mutations in the human genome of LAD II patients, when fucose supplementation does not influence patients' state.
先天性糖基化障碍(CDG)是一大类遗传疾病,由聚糖合成和聚糖与大分子结合的缺陷引起。白细胞黏附缺陷 II 型(LAD II)是一种常染色体隐性遗传病,由 SLC35C1 基因突变引起,该基因编码高尔基体中的跨膜蛋白,参与 GDP-岩藻糖从细胞质向高尔基体腔的转运。在本研究中,我们使用基于细胞的模型作为工具来描述基于补充岩藻糖饮食的治疗的分子背景。这种治疗方法已成功应用于一些(但不是全部)已知的 LAD II 病例中。在本研究中,分析了 SLC35C1 KO 细胞系中外部岩藻糖的作用,这些细胞系表达了 11 种先前在 LAD II 诊断患者中发现的突变 SLC35C1 蛋白。对于其中许多蛋白,顺式高尔基体亚细胞定位受到影响;然而,一些蛋白正确定位。此外,虽然突变的 SLC35C1 导致 N-聚糖的不同α-1-6 核心岩藻糖基化,这解释了先前描述的或多或少严重的疾病症状,但在外部岩藻糖补充后,这些差异几乎消失,岩藻糖基化恢复到健康细胞观察到的水平。这表明饮食中额外的岩藻糖应该改善所有患者的病情。因此,对于诊断为 LAD II 的患者,我们主张使用 SLC35C1-KO 细胞系模型仔细分析特定突变,以预测定位和岩藻糖基化率的变化。当岩藻糖补充不能影响患者的状态时,我们还建议在 LAD II 患者的人类基因组中搜索额外的突变。