Lactosylceramide is necessary for the biosynthesis of almost all classes of glycosphingolipids and plays a relevant role in pathways involved in neuroinflammation. It is synthesized by the action of galactosyltransferases B4GALT5 and B4GALT6, which transfer galactose from UDP-galactose to glucosylceramide. Lactosylceramide synthase activity was classically determined in vitro by a method based on the incorporation of radiolabeled galactose followed by the chromatographic separation and quantitation of the product by liquid scintillation counting. Here, we used deuterated glucosylceramide as the acceptor substrate and quantitated the deuterated lactosylceramide product by liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). We compared this method with the classical radiochemical method and found that the reactions have similar requirements and provide comparable results in the presence of high synthase activity. Conversely, when the biological source lacked lactosylceramide synthase activity, as in the case of a crude homogenate of human dermal fibroblasts, the radiochemical method failed, while the other provided a reliable measurement. In addition to being very accurate and sensitive, the proposed use of deuterated glucosylceramide and LC-MS/MS for the detection of lactosylceramide synthase in vitro has the relevant advantage of avoiding the costs and discomforts of managing radiochemicals.

Convenient and Sensitive Measurement of Lactosylceramide Synthase Activity Using Deuterated Glucosylceramide and Mass Spectrometry / M. Dei Cas, L. Montavoci, S. Casati, N. Malagolini, F. Dall'Olio, M. Trinchera. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. - ISSN 1422-0067. - 24:6(2023 Mar 10), pp. 5291.1-5291.12. [10.3390/ijms24065291]

Convenient and Sensitive Measurement of Lactosylceramide Synthase Activity Using Deuterated Glucosylceramide and Mass Spectrometry

M. Dei Cas
Primo
;
L. Montavoci
Secondo
;
S. Casati;
2023

Abstract

Lactosylceramide is necessary for the biosynthesis of almost all classes of glycosphingolipids and plays a relevant role in pathways involved in neuroinflammation. It is synthesized by the action of galactosyltransferases B4GALT5 and B4GALT6, which transfer galactose from UDP-galactose to glucosylceramide. Lactosylceramide synthase activity was classically determined in vitro by a method based on the incorporation of radiolabeled galactose followed by the chromatographic separation and quantitation of the product by liquid scintillation counting. Here, we used deuterated glucosylceramide as the acceptor substrate and quantitated the deuterated lactosylceramide product by liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). We compared this method with the classical radiochemical method and found that the reactions have similar requirements and provide comparable results in the presence of high synthase activity. Conversely, when the biological source lacked lactosylceramide synthase activity, as in the case of a crude homogenate of human dermal fibroblasts, the radiochemical method failed, while the other provided a reliable measurement. In addition to being very accurate and sensitive, the proposed use of deuterated glucosylceramide and LC-MS/MS for the detection of lactosylceramide synthase in vitro has the relevant advantage of avoiding the costs and discomforts of managing radiochemicals.
enzyme activity; glycosphingolipid biosynthesis; glycosyltransferase; radiochemicals; tandem mass spectrometry
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   Cellular and molecular mechanisms of the light response in photoreceptor cells of the mammalian retina
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10-mar-2023
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