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Extraosseous Extension Caused by Epidural Hematoma in Gaucher Disease Mimicking Malignant Bone Tumor
Involvement of Acid β-Glucosidase 1 in the Salvage Pathway of Ceramide Formation*
Activation of protein kinase C (PKC) promotes the salvage pathway of
ceramide formation, and acid sphingomyelinase has been implicated, in part, in
providing substrate for this pathway (Zeidan, Y. H., and Hannun, Y. A. (2007)
J. Biol. Chem. 282, 11549–11561). In the present study, we
examined whether acid β-glucosidase 1 (GBA1), which hydrolyzes
glucosylceramide to form lysosomal ceramide, was involved in PKC-regulated
formation of ceramide from recycled sphingosine. Glucosylceramide levels
declined after treatment of MCF-7 cells with a potent PKC activator, phorbol
12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA). Silencing GBA1 by small interfering RNAs
significantly attenuated acid glucocerebrosidase activity and decreased
PMA-induced formation of ceramide by 50%. Silencing GBA1 blocked PMA-induced
degradation of glucosylceramide and generation of sphingosine, the source for
ceramide biosynthesis. Reciprocally, forced expression of GBA1 increased
ceramide levels. These observations indicate that GBA1 activation can generate
the source (sphingosine) for PMA-induced formation of ceramide through the
salvage pathway. Next, the role of PKCδ, a direct effector of PMA, in
the formation of ceramide was determined. By attenuating expression of
PKCδ, cells failed to trigger PMA-induced alterations in levels of
ceramide, sphingomyelin, and glucosylceramide. Thus, PKCδ activation is
suggested to stimulate the degradation of both sphingomyelin and
glucosylceramide leading to the salvage pathway of ceramide formation.
Collectively, GBA1 is identified as a novel source of regulated formation of
ceramide, and PKCδ is an upstream regulator of this pathway