title: Compensatory expression of human N-acetylglucosaminyl-1-phosphotransferase subunits in mucolipidosis type III gamma.
abstract: The N-Acetylglucosaminyl-1-phosphotransferase plays a key role in the generation of mannose 6-phosphate (M6P) recognition markersessential for efficient transport of lysosomal hydrolases to lysosomes. The phosphotransferase is composed of six subunits (alpha2, beta2, gamma2). The alpha- and beta-subunits are catalytically active and encoded by a single gene, GNPTAB, whereas the gamma-subunit encoded by GNPTG is proposed to recognize conformational structures common to lysosomal enzymes. Defects in GNPTG cause mucolipidosis type III gamma, which is characterized by missorting and cellular loss of lysosomal enzymes leading to lysosomal accumulation of storage material. Using plasmon resonance spectrometry, we showed that recombinant gamma-subunit failed to bind the lysosomal enzyme arylsulfatase A. Additionally, the overexpression of the gamma-subunit in COS7 cells did not result in hypersecretion of newly synthesized lysosomal enzymes expected for competition for binding sites of the endogenous phosphotransferase complex. Analysis of fibroblasts exhibiting a novel mutation in GNPTG (c.619insT, p.K207IfsX7) revealed that the expression of GNPTAB was increased whereas in gamma-subunit overexpressing cells the GNPTAB mRNA was reduced. The data suggest that the gamma-subunit is important for the balance of phosphotransferase subunits rather for general binding of lysosomal enzymes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Martinistrasse 52, Building N27, 20246 Hamburg, Germany. s.pohl@uke.uni-hamburg.de
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pohl
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tiede
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Castrichini
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cantz
authors.forename: Volkmar
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gieselmann
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Braulke
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019556:COS Cells; D002402:Cathepsin D / Q000378:metabolism; D002553:Cerebroside-Sulfatase / Q000378:metabolism; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008360:Mannosephosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D009081:Mucolipidoses / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D009154:Mutation; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017855:Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups) / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D008360:Mannosephosphates; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C027693:mannose-6-phosphate; D017855:Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups); C511050:GNPTAB protein, human; C504791:GNPTG protein, human; D002553:Cerebroside-Sulfatase; D002402:Cathepsin D