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标题：Altered vitamin E status in Niemann-Pick type C disease
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作者：L. Ulatowski ; R. Parker ; C. Davidson 等
期刊名称：JLR Papers In Press
印刷版ISSN：0022-2275
电子版ISSN：1539-7262
出版年度：2011
卷号：52
期号：7
页码：1400-1410
DOI：10.1194/jlr.M015560
语种：English
出版社：American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
摘要：Vitamin E (α-tocopherol) is the major lipid-soluble antioxidant in many species. Niemann-Pick type C (NPC) disease is a lysosomal storage disorder caused by mutations in the NPC1 or NPC2 gene, which regulates lipid transport through the endocytic pathway. NPC disease is characterized by massive intracellular accumulation of unesterified cholesterol and other lipids in lysosomal vesicles. We examined the roles that NPC1/2 proteins play in the intracellular trafficking of tocopherol. Reduction of NPC1 or NPC2 expression or function in cultured cells caused a marked lysosomal accumulation of vitamin E in cultured cells. In vivo, tocopherol significantly accumulated in murine Npc1 -null and Npc2 -null livers, Npc2 -null cerebella, and Npc1 -null cerebral cortices. Plasma tocopherol levels were within the normal range in Npc1 -null and Npc2 -null mice, and in plasma samples from human NPC patients. The binding affinity of tocopherol to the purified sterol-binding domain of NPC1 and to purified NPC2 was significantly weaker than that of cholesterol (measurements kindly performed by R. Infante, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX). Taken together, our observations indicate that functionality of NPC1/2 proteins is necessary for proper bioavailability of vitamin E and that the NPC pathology might involve tissue-specific perturbations of vitamin E status.
关键词：nutrition ; oxidized lipids ; Niemann-Pick disease