Aminoadipate {delta}-Semialdehyde Synthase mRNA Knockdown Reduces the Lysine Requirement of a Mouse Hepatic Cell Line  

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Cleveland, Beth M. ; Kiess, Aaron S. ; Blemings, Kenneth P

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: JN: The Journal of Nutrition vol. 138 no. 11 (Nov. 2008), page 2143.
Topik: Nutrient Physiology; Metabolism; and Nutrient-Nutrient Interactions

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: J42.K.2008.02 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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{alpha}-Aminoadipate {delta}-semialdehyde synthase (AASS) is the bifunctional enzyme containing the lysine {alpha}-ketoglutarate reductase (LKR) and saccharopine dehydrogenase activities responsible for the first 2 steps in the irreversible catabolism of lysine. A rare disease in humans, familial hyperlysinemia, can be caused by very low LKR activity and, as expected, reduces the lysine "requirement" of the individual. This concept was applied to a murine hepatic cell line (ATCC, FL83B) utilizing RNA interference (RNAi) to achieve AASS mRNA knockdown. Cells were antibiotic selected for stable transfection of 2 plasmids that express different short hairpin RNA sequences for AASS knockdown. Compared with the wild-type cell line, AASS mRNA abundance was reduced 79.0 ± 6.4% (P < 0.05), resulting in a 29.8 ± 5.2% (P < 0.05) reduction in AASS protein abundance, 41.3 ± 10.0% (P < 0.05) less LKR activity, and a reduction in lysine oxidation by 50.7 ± 11.8%. To determine the effect of AASS knockdown on the lysine requirement, cells were grown in media containing 12.5, 25.0, 50.0, 100, or 200 µmol/L lysine. Using a segmented model approach for growth rate analysis, the lysine requirement of the cell line with AASS silencing was 43.4 ± 1.7 µmol/L, ~26% lower (P < 0.05), than the lysine requirement of the wild-type cell line. These results indicate AASS knockdown decreases the lysine requirement of the cell via a reduction of lysine catabolism through the saccharopine pathway, providing the initial proof in principle that RNAi can be used to reduce the nutrient requirement of a system.

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