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★Accumulation of substrate
1
(CHOP)
Test UPR by :
1.Changes in mRNA and protein levels of Bip, CHOP
2.Phosphorylation of eIF2α
3.Splicing of Xbp1 mRNA
Gaucher Disease
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Patient Number
Relative protein
3.5 *
3 *
quantity
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
BiP
** P < 0.01
β-tubulin
* P < 0.05
Genotype
12
Relative protein
10 **
*
quantity
8 **
*
6
4
2
0
CHOP
β-tubulin
Gnotype
Splicing No splicing
1.2
**
mRNA quantity
1 *
*
0.8
0.6 **
0.4
Spliced xbp1 0.2
0
GAPDH
5
**
EIF2α
* P < 0.01
Genotype
** P < 0.05
6
*
100 BiP
4
80
60 3
(%)
40
20 2
0 1
0 1 10
CBE treatment (days) 0
WT WT+CBE WT+Tg
WT - 1 1
WT+CBE treatment - 0.82±0.24 0.86±0.41
WT+Tg treatment - 5.04±0.42* 3.9±1.28*
4.5
4 CHOP
* P < 0.05
mRNA mRNA
3
2.5 * WT 1 1
2 D409H/D409H 0.155±0.04 0.69±0.08
1.5 D409V/D409V *2.7±0.5 *2.02±0.4
1 KO 0.7±0.06 1.08±0.3
0.5 WT+Tg *3.81 *2.91
0
WT D409H/D409H D409V/D409V KO Thapsigargin
Genotype
Splicing No splicing
3.5
Relative mRNA quantity
3 * * P < 0.05
2.5
*
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
Genotype
Level of Xbp1 splicing is significantly elevated in D409V
homozygous mouse fibroblasts
Gaucher Disease
9 4
*
quantity
5
2
4
1.5
3
1
2
0.5
1
0
0
Normal WT/84GG WT/N370S
Normal WT/N370S WT/84GG
Genotype
Genotype
Genotype
WT -
quantity
1
There are
N370S/N370S 1 *4.4±1.2 elevated levels of
L444P/R120W
R131C/R131C
2
2
3.3±1.7
3±1.1
GBA mRNA in GD
L444P/L444P 3 5.1±1.3* derived and
carrier derived
N370S/WT - *5.7±0.8
WT+CBE - 0.99±0.43
84GG/WT - 1.7±0.1*
fibroblasts
N370S/WT - 5.3±2.3*
GBA mRNA levels in GD fibroblasts
**
CHOP
+1
GBA
Vector
delivery
to living
cells
Luciferase in HEK293 cells
1.6
No Thapsigargin * P < 0.01 *
1.4
Thapsigargin
1.2
Luminscence
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
CAAT mut Normal
Even without ERAD there is UPR (ER stress) that may lead
to death of cells for example in the case of 84GG carriers
and PD
ERAD of mutant GCase variants
Gaucher disease
(mutant GCase)
Parkinson disease
Collaborator:
Dr. M. Filocamo
Gali Maor