Synthesis of a fluorescent derivative of glucosyl ceramide for the sensitive determination of glucocerebrosidase activity |
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Authors: | T Dinur G A Grabowski R J Desnick S Gatt |
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Institution: | 1. Laboratory of Neurochemistry, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel;2. Division of Medical Genetics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029 USA |
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Abstract: | A fluorescent derivative of glucosyl ceramide was synthesized by covalently linking a fluorescent fatty acid, 12-N-methyl-N-(7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazol-4-yl)] aminododecanoic acid to the amino group of sphingosyl-1-O-beta-D-glucoside, glucosyl sphingosine. For hydrolysis by glucocerebrosidase, this substrate was dispersed in mixed micelles with Triton X-100 and sodium taurocholate or in unilamellar liposomes with phosphatidylcholine and the negatively charged lipid, dicetylphosphate. In either micellar or liposomal dispersions of the fluorescent substrate, reaction rates were linear with time and protein concentration, and saturation kinetics were observed. The rate of hydrolysis of this fluorescent substrate was equal to that obtained with radiolabeled glucosyl ceramide. The fluorescent glucosyl ceramide was used to determine glucocerebrosidase activity in extracts of human leukocytes, cultured skin fibroblasts, and various tissues as well as in partially purified splenic and placental glucocerebrosidase preparations. This fluorescent derivative of the natural substrate was not hydrolyzed by aryl beta-glucosidase(s), thereby facilitating the specific and reliable diagnosis of heterozygotes and homozygotes with Gaucher disease. |
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