title: Overexpression of mouse GlcNAc-1-phosphotransferase-gamma subunit in cells induced an I-cell-like phenotype of mucolipidosis.
abstract: In a screen of signal peptide-containing proteins from a mouse hypothetical protein library, we identified the mouse UDP-GlcNAc:lysosomal enzyme N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphotransferase-gamma chain (GlcNAc-1-phosphotransferase-gamma) (GenBank accession no. , HYP36 in this study). The mouse GlcNAc-1-phosphotransferase-gamma was localized in the Golgi complex in cells and was expressed ubiquitously in mouse tissues, as shown by fluorescence microscope analysis and a semi-quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay, respectively. Domain analysis showed that the mouse GlcNAc-1-phosphotransferase-gamma had a conserved mannose-6-phosphate (M-6-P)-binding domain. Interestingly, we found that overexpression of the mouse GlcNAc-1-phosphotransferase-gamma in fibroblast cell line NIH-3T3 induced accumulation of macromolecules, formation of large cytoplasmic vacuoles and decrease of lysosomal enzymes in cells. This phenotype was reminiscent of inclusion cells (I-cells) that were reported in mucolipidosis diseases caused by abnormal sorting of lysosomal proteins. Transient ectopic expression of GlcNAc-1-phosphotransferase-gamma in endoplasmic reticulum (ER) induced lowered lysosomal enzyme activity in cells. These results suggested on one hand that GlcNAc-1-phosphotransferase-gamma is an essential subunit of the GlcNAc-1-phosphotransferase, and on the other hand, the molecule might not only recognize the substrates of GlcNAc-1-phosphotransferase, but also the lysosomal proteins with M-6-P residuals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Genetics and Developmental Biology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Jiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Chunmei
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiaofeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Hongyan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Dewei
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Yingmin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015870:Gene Expression; D006056:Golgi Apparatus / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D008247:Lysosomes / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D008360:Mannosephosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D009081:Mucolipidoses / Q000201:enzymology / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D017351:N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D041681:NIH 3T3 Cells; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary / Q000235:genetics; D017855:Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups) / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D014617:Vacuoles / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D008360:Mannosephosphates; C027693:mannose-6-phosphate; D017351:N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases; D017855:Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups); C500735:N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphotransferase-gamma subunit, mouse