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ReviewGlycoconjugate journal2017

Epigenetic regulation of ganglioside expression in neural stem cells and neuronal cells.

Yutaka Itokazu, Yi-Tzang Tsai, Robert K Yu

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Review in Glycoconjugate journal, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Gangliosides in molecular interactions and cell regulation.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2026
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  7. Human genetic defects of sphingolipid synthesis.Journal of inherited metabolic disease · 2025
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  11. Ganglioside GM1 and the Central Nervous System.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  13. Gangliosides in Neurodegenerative Diseases.Advances in neurobiology · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yutaka ItokazuDepartment of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA.
Yi-Tzang TsaiDepartment of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA.
Robert K YuDepartment of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA. ryu@augusta.edu.
Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center · USAugusta University · US

Funding

Spingoglycolipids of normal and pathological brainsR01NS011853 · NINDS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI YU, ROBERT K. · 1985 to 2010
$3.5M
ROLE OF GLYCOLIPIDS IN EXPERIMENTAL NEUROPATHYR01NS026994 · NINDS · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI YU, ROBERT K. · 1988 to 2012
$3.3M
Glycolipids of Neural Stem CellsR01NS100839 · NINDS · AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY · PI ITOKAZU, YUTAKA · 2018 to 2022
$1.7M
Effects of Gangliosides on Neural Stem Cells: Role in NeuroregenerationI01BX001388 · VA · CHARLIE NORWOOD VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI YU, ROBERT K. · 2012 to 2015
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BLRD VA I01 BX001388Mizutani Foundation for Glycoscience 150026NINDS NIH HHS NS 11853NINDS NIH HHS NS 26994NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS011853NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS026994NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS100839U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 1 IO1BX001388
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The structural diversity and localization of cell surface glycosphingolipids (GSLs), including gangliosides, in glycolipid-enriched microdomains (GEMs, also known as lipid rafts) render them ideally suited to play important roles in mediating intercellular recognition, interactions, adhesion, receptor function, and signaling. Gangliosides, sialic acid-containing GSLs, are most abundant in the nerve tissues. The quantity and expression pattern of gangliosides in brain change drastically throughout development and these changes are mainly regulated through stage-specific expression of glycosyltransferase genes. We previously demonstrated for the first time that efficient histone acetylation of the glycosyltransferase genes in mouse brain contributes to the developmental alteration of ganglioside expression. We further demonstrated that acetylation of histones H3 and H4 on the N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase I (GalNAcT, GA2/GM2/GD2/GT2-synthase; B4galnt1) gene promoter resulted in recruitment of trans-activation factors. In addition, we showed that epigenetic activation of the GalNAcT gene was detected and accompanied by an apparent induction of neuronal differentiation of neural stem cells (NSCs) responding to an exogenous supplement of ganglioside GM1. Most recently, we found that nuclear GM1 binds with acetylated histones on the promoters of the GalNAcT as well as on the NeuroD1 genes in differentiated neurons. Here, we will introduce epigenetic regulation of ganglioside synthase genes in neural development and neuronal differentiation of NSCs.

Indexed as

Epigenesis, GeneticAnimalsGangliosidesHistone CodeHumansNeural Stem CellsNeurogenesisGangliosidesBrain developmentDNA methylationEpigeneticsGangliosideGlycosyltransferaseHistone acetylationNeural stem cellNeuronal differentiationNeuronal progenitor cell

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PMID27540730
PMCPMC6260978
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