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      Biosynthesis of galactosylsphingosine (psychosine) in the twitcher mouse.

      Neurochemical Research
      Aging, metabolism, Animals, Brain, enzymology, Brain Stem, Galactosyltransferases, Kidney, Leukodystrophy, Globoid Cell, Liver, Mice, Mice, Neurologic Mutants, Microsomes, Psychosine, biosynthesis, Sphingosine, analogs & derivatives, Spinal Cord

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          In attempts to elucidate the origin of accumulated galactosylsphingosine in the twitcher mouse, a murine model of human globoid cell leukodystrophy (Krabbe's disease), UDP-galactose:sphingosine galactosyltransferase activity was assayed in tissues from normal and twitcher mice. Among several tissues from normal, 20 day postnatal mice, the highest galactosyltransferase activity was found in the brainstem and spinal cord, followed by cerebrum, kidney and liver, in that order. Chronologically, the enzyme activity in the central nervous tissue increased with age, reached a maximum at 25 postnatal days, and declined thereafter. In the kidney and liver, however, the activity remained much the same during development. In the twitcher mouse, developmental change in the enzyme activity was similar to that seen in control mouse, but the decrease in activity in the central nervous tissue after the 25 postnatal days was more rapid. The galactosyltransferase activity and the accumulation of galactosylsphingosine in the tissue of the twitcher mouse were closely related; where and when the enzyme activity was higher, the greater was the accumulation of galactosylsphingosine in the tissue of the twitcher mouse. These results strongly suggest that the accumulated galactosylsphingosine in the twitcher mouse is synthesized mainly by UDP-galactose:sphingosine galactosyltransferase.

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