Determining the turnover of glycosphingolipid species by stable-isotope tracer lipidomics
2016
Skotland, Tore | Ekroos, Kim | Kavaliauskiene, Simona | Bergan, Jonas | Kauhanen, Dimple | Lintonen, Tuulia | Sandvig, Kirsten
In this study we used water soluble stable mass isotope precursors to measure the turnover of endogenous ceramide and glycosphingolipids (GSLs) in HEp-2 cells. Cells incubated in the presence of [13C-U]glucose showed rapid incorporation of hexose residues with an increased mass of 6Da into GSLs. Different turnover rates of GSL classes and their molecular species were observed. Approximately 30% of the glucosylceramide (GlcCer), 50% of the lactosylceramide (LacCer) and 50% of the globotriaosylceramide (Gb3) species showed a much slower turnover than the rest. This demonstrates the existence of different lipid pools, where a certain fraction of species survived for a long time in the cells. The species with the shortest N-amidated fatty acyl groups (C16:0 and C18:0) showed a more rapid turnover than those with the longest N-amidated fatty acids (C24:0 and C24:1). Experiments with addition of [13C-U]serine were performed to study de novo synthesis of ceramide from serine and palmitoyl-CoA. These experiments revealed that de novo synthesis contributes to a minor extent to the total synthesis of new sphingolipids and showed that there is a more rapid formation of the longest ceramide species (C24:0 and C24:1) than of the shortest species (C16:0), i.e. the opposite as observed for the GSLs in the experiments with [13C-U]glucose. In conclusion, this FLUX lipidomics experimental approach with addition of [13C-U]glucose to cells allows us not only to study the total turnover, but also permits observations of lipid intermediates and metabolic flow of endogenous GSL species at the molecular lipid level.
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