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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 266, Issue 21, 13519-13529, Jul, 1991

Different pathways of uptake and degradation of sphingomyelin by lymphoblastoid cells and the potential participation of the neutral sphingomyelinase

T Levade, S Gatt, A Maret and R Salvayre
Laboratoire de Biochimie, C.H.U. Rangueil, Toulouse Cedex, France.

The metabolism of sphingomyelin (SPM) was investigated in Epstein-Barr virus-transformed lymphoid cell lines from normal individuals and from patients with Niemann-Pick disease Type A (deficient in the acid, lysosomal sphingomyelinase) and familial hypercholesterolemia (lacking the low density lipoprotein receptor). Cells were incubated with the following radioactive or fluorescent SPMs: [choline-methyl-14C] SPM, [oleoyl-3H]SPM, pyrene-propenoyl-SPM (P3:1-SPM), pyrene-butanoyl-SPM (P4-SPM), pyrene-dodecanoyl-SPM (P12-SPM), and pyrene-sulfonylamino- undecanoyl-SPM (PSA11-SPM). Several pathways of uptake and subsequent metabolism of SPM in the lymphoblastoid cells were identified. [choline- methyl-14C]SPM and the P12-analog, administered to the cells in the presence of lipoproteins, were taken up through the apoB/E receptor- dependent pathway of endocytosis and degraded solely by the lysosomal sphingomyelinase. Under similar conditions, the other sphingomyelins, i.e. [oleoyl-3H]SPM, P3:1-SPM, P4-SPM, and PSA11-SPM, were taken up by a low density lipoprotein receptor-independent pathway and degraded mostly by a nonlysosomal sphingomyelinase which also catalyzed their hydrolysis in Niemann-Pick cells. In the absence of serum, all sphingomyelins were taken up by an apoB/E receptor-independent pathway and hydrolyzed by a nonlysosomal sphingomyelinase. Indeed, in vitro assays demonstrated the presence, in lymphoblastoid cells, of the neutral magnesium-activated sphingomyelinase, which was also fully active in the Niemann-Pick cells. In conclusion, our observations are consistent with: (i) the existence in lymphoblastoid cells of several pathways for the uptake and subsequent utilization of SPM; (ii) a major role of lipoproteins for the metabolic routing of the SPM; and (iii) the effect of the structure of the fatty acyl residue of SPM on its possible association with lipoproteins and/or cell membranes.
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