Brain lipid profiling of triply mouse model with the deficiencies of sialidase neu1, neu4 and ß-hexosaminidase a enzymes
by
 
Pekmezci, Zehra Kevser.

Title
Brain lipid profiling of triply mouse model with the deficiencies of sialidase neu1, neu4 and ß-hexosaminidase a enzymes

Author
Pekmezci, Zehra Kevser.

Personal Author
Pekmezci, Zehra Kevser.

Publication Information
[s.l.]: [s.n.], 2011.

Physical Description
xi, 61 leaves. : ill. + 1 computer laser optical disk.

Abstract
Tay-Sachs disease is a severe lysosomal storage disorder caused by mutations in the HEXA gene coding for α subunit of lysosomal β-hexosaminidase A enzyme, which converts GM2 to GM3 ganglioside. HexA-/- mice, depleted of β-hexosaminidase A enzyme, remain asymptomatic to 1 year of age, so it was thought there is a difference between human and mice lipid degradation. Previously identified a novel ganglioside metabolizing sialidase, Neu4, is abundantly expressed in mouse brain neurons. It was demonstrated that mice with targeted disruption of both HexA and Neu4 genes (HexA-/- Neu4-/-) show accumulating GM2 ganglioside and epileptic seizures with 40% penetrance. Since all mice didn’t show symptoms, it was suggested that Neu4 is not the only sialidase contributing to the metabolic bypass in HexA-/- mice (Seyrantepe et al. 2010). Therefore, we studied the role of another sialidase Neu 1 in glycolipid degradation. We profiled brain glycolipid content of triple deficient mouse model with the deficiency of β-Hexosaminidase A (0% activity), sialidase Neu4 (0% activity) and sialidase Neu 1 (10% activity) (NeoIn) by thin layer chromatography. Analysis of both double (HexA-/-NeoIn-/-) and triple (HexA-/-Neu4-/-NeoIn-/-) mice models showed that sialidase Neu 1 deficency causes not significant difference in brain lipid profile and though also other sialidase/sialidases might have role in glycolipid degradation pathway in mice.

Subject Term
Tay-Sachs disease.
 
Gangliosides.
 
Neurasthenia.
 
Mice as laboratory animals.
 
Thin layer chromatography.

Added Author
Seyrantepe, Volkan.

Added Corporate Author
İzmir Institute of Technology. Molecular Biology and Genetics.

Added Uniform Title
Thesis (Master)--İzmir Institute of Technology: Molecular Biology and Genetics.
 
İzmir Institute of Technology: Molecular Biology and Genetics.--Thesis (Master).

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