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Myelin abnormalities in the optic and sciatic nerves in mice with GM1-gangliosidosis.

Karie A Heinecke, Adrienne Luoma, Alessandra d'Azzo, Daniel A Kirschner, Thomas N Seyfried

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Article in ASN neuro. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Ganglioside GM1 and the Central Nervous System.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  2. Phenotypical changes of satellite glial cells in a murine model of GJournal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2022
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  3. GM1 Gangliosidosis: Mechanisms and Management.The application of clinical genetics · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Karie A HeineckeDepartment of Biology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA.
Adrienne LuomaDepartment of Biology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Committee on Immunology, University of Chicago, IL, USA.
Alessandra d'AzzoDepartment of Genetics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Daniel A KirschnerDepartment of Biology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA.
Thomas N SeyfriedDepartment of Biology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA seyfridt@bc.edu.
Boston College · USSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital · USUniversity of Chicago · US

Funding

Glycosphingolipids in murine neurodegenerative diseasesR01NS055195 · NINDS · BOSTON COLLEGE · PI SEYFRIED, THOMAS N · 2006 to 2009
$1.5M
Glycosphingolipids in Murine Neurodegenerative DiseasesR56NS055195 · NINDS · BOSTON COLLEGE · PI SEYFRIED, THOMAS N · 2012 to 2012
$346k
NINDS NIH HHS NS-055195
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

GM1-gangliosidosis is a glycosphingolipid lysosomal storage disease involving accumulation of GM1 and its asialo form (GA1) primarily in the brain. Thin-layer chromatography and X-ray diffraction were used to analyze the lipid content/composition and the myelin structure of the optic and sciatic nerves from 7- and 10-month old β-galactosidase (β-gal) +/? and β-gal -/- mice, a model of GM1gangliosidosis. Optic nerve weight was lower in the β-gal -/- mice than in unaffected β-gal +/? mice, but no difference was seen in sciatic nerve weight. The levels of GM1 and GA1 were significantly increased in both the optic nerve and sciatic nerve of the β-gal -/- mice. The content of myelin-enriched cerebrosides, sulfatides, and plasmalogen ethanolamines was significantly lower in optic nerve of β-gal -/- mice than in β-gal +/? mice; however, cholesteryl esters were enriched in the β-gal -/- mice. No major abnormalities in these lipids were detected in the sciatic nerve of the β-gal -/- mice. The abnormalities in GM1 and myelin lipids in optic nerve of β-gal -/- mice correlated with a reduction in the relative amount of myelin and periodicity in fresh nerve. By contrast, the relative amount of myelin and periodicity in the sciatic nerves from control and β-gal -/- mice were indistinguishable, suggesting minimal pathological involvement in sciatic nerve. Our results indicate that the greater neurochemical pathology observed in the optic nerve than in the sciatic nerve of β-gal -/- mice is likely due to the greater glycolipid storage in optic nerve.

Indexed as

Animalsbeta-GalactosidaseChromatography, Thin LayerDensitometryGangliosidosis, GM1GenotypeLipid MetabolismMiceMice, TransgenicMyelin SheathOptic NerveSciatic NerveX-Ray Diffractionbeta-GalactosidasecerebrosidesgangliosideslipidsX-ray diffraction

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PMID25694553
PMCPMC4342369
OpenAlexW2134009273

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