N-Myristoylation targets dihydroceramide Delta4-desaturase 1 to mitochondria: partial involvement in the apoptotic effect of myristic acid.
2009
Beauchamp, Erwan, E. | Tekpli, Xavier | Marteil, Gaëlle | Lagadic-Gossmann, Dominique | Legrand, Philippe, P. | Rioux, Vincent, V. | Laboratoire de Biochimie-Nutrition Humaine ; Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-AGROCAMPUS OUEST | Signalisation et Réponses aux Agents Infectieux et Chimiques (SeRAIC) ; Université de Rennes (UR) | Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes (IGDR) ; Université de Rennes (UR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) | Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier - Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux de Montpellier (ICGM ICMMM) ; Université Montpellier 1 (UM1)-Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier (ENSCM)-Institut de Chimie - CNRS Chimie (INC-CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) | ARILAIT RECHERCHES (France)
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Показать больше [+] Меньше [-]Английский. This study was designed to analyze the effect of myristic acid on ceramide synthesis and its related lipoapoptosis pathway. It was previously observed that myristic acid binds dihydroceramide Delta4-desaturase 1 (DES1) through N-myristoylation and activates this enzyme involved in the final de novo ceramide biosynthesis step. In the present study, we show first by immunofluorescence microscopy and subcellular fractionation that DES1 myristoylation targets part of the recombinant protein to the mitochondria in COS-7 cells. In addition, native dihydroceramide Delta4-desaturase activity was found in both the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria in rat hepatocytes. Dihydroceramide conversion to ceramide was increased in COS-7 cells expressing DES1 and incubated with myristic acid. The expression of the wild-type myristoylable DES1-Gly alone, but not the expression of the unmyristoylable mutant DES1-Ala, induced apoptosis of COS-7 cells. Finally, myristic acid alone also increased the production of cellular ceramide and had an apoptotic effect. This effect was potentiated on caspase activity when the myristoylable form of DES1 was expressed. Therefore, these results suggest that the myristoylation of DES1 can target the enzyme to the mitochondria leading to an increase in ceramide levels which in turn contributes to partially explain the apoptosis effect of myristic acid in COS-7 cells.
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