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Journal of Lipid Research, Vol. 43, 1837-1845, November 2002
Copyright © 2002 by Lipid Research, Inc.

Glucosylceramide modulates membrane traffic along the endocytic pathway

Dan J. Sillence^1,*, Vishwajeet Puri, David L. Marks, Terry D. Butters^*, Raymond A. Dwek^*, Richard E. Pagano and Frances M. Platt^*

^* Glycobiology Institute, Department of Biochemistry, South Parks Road, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thoracic Diseases Research Unit, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, 200 First Street, SW, Rochester, MN 55905-0001

¹ To whom correspondence should be addressed. e-mail: dan{at}glycob.ox.ac.uk

Glycosphingolipids are endocytosed and targeted to the Golgi apparatus, but are mistargeted to lysosomes in numerous sphingolipidoses. Substrate reduction therapy utilizes imino sugars to inhibit glucosylceramide synthase and potentially abrogate the effects of storage. Gaucher disease is a hereditary deficiency in glucocerebrosidase leading to glucosylceramide accumulation; however, Gaucher fibroblasts exhibited normal Golgi transport of lactosylceramide. To better understand the effects of glycosphingolipid accumulation on intracellular trafficking and the use of imino sugar inhibitors, we studied sphingolipid endocytosis in fibroblast and macrophage models for Gaucher disease. Treatment of fibroblasts or RAW macrophages with conduritol B epoxide, an inhibitor of lysosomal glucocerebrosidase, resulted in a change in the endocytic targeting of lactosylceramide from the Golgi to the lysosomes. Co-treatment of macrophages with conduritol B-epoxide and 12–25 µM N-butyldeoxygalactonojirimycin, an inhibitor of glycosphingolipid biosynthesis, prevented the mistargeting of lactosylceramide to the lysosomes and restored trafficking to the Golgi. Surprisingly, higher doses (>25 µM) of NB-DGJ induced targeting of lactosylceramide to the lysosomes, even in the absence of conduritol B-epoxide.

These data demonstrate that both increases and decreases in glucosylceramide levels can dramatically alter the endocytic targeting of lactosylceramide and suggest a role for glucosylceramide in regulation of membrane transport.

Abbreviations: BODIPY-LacCer, N-[5-(5,7-dimethylborondipyrromethenedifluoride)-1-penanoyl]-lactosylsphingosine; CBE, conduritol B epoxide; GalSph, galactosylsphingosine (psychosine); GlcCer, glucosylceramide; GlcSph, glucosylsphingosine; GSL, glycosphingolipid; NB-DHJ, N-butyl deoxyhomonojirimycin; NB-DGJ, N-butyl deoxygalactonojirimycin; NB-DMJ, N-butyl deoxymannojirimycin; PDMP, D,L-threo-1-phenyl-2-decanoylamino-3-morpholino-1-propanol; SLSD, sphingolipid storage disease

Supplementary key words glycosphingolipid • Gaucher disease • Golgi • endocytic trafficking • sphingolipid sorting • BODIPY • microdomain • cholesterol

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