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Glucosylceramide metabolism in Gaucher diseases and effects of chaperone versus substrate reduction therapies

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Ceramide, glucosylceramide shift between the Golgi apparatus and lysosomes. Ceramides (Cer), generated in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), are transported to the Golgi apparatus, where UDP-glucosylceramide synthase (UGCG synthase) converts Cer to glucosylceramide (GC) on the cytosolic side of the Golgi (Halter et al 2007; Hanada 2010). After, GC is transported back into the ER. To transport ceramide to lysosome, GS, GCase, and saposin C (reaction facilitator) are embedded within intralysosomal membrane where cleavage of the lipid tail will occur (Tamargo et al 2012). Eliglustat inhibits UGCG synthase. Ambroxol increases GCase enzyme activity.

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Halter D, Neumann S, van Dijk SM, et al. Pre- and post-Golgi translocation of glucosylceramide in glycosphingolipid synthesis. J Cell Biol 2007;179(1):101-15.
Hanada K. Intracellular trafficking of ceramide by ceramide transfer protein. Proc Jpn Acad Ser B Phys Biol Sci 2010;86(4):426-37.
Tamargo RJ, Velayati A, Goldin E, Sidransky E. The role of saposin C in Gaucher disease. Mol Genet Metab 2012;106(3):257-63.

(Source: Ivanova MM, Dao J, Kasaci N, et al. Cellular and biochemical response to chaperone versus substrate reduction therapies in neuropathic Gaucher disease. PLoS One 2021;16[10]:e0247211. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International [CC BY 4.0] license, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.)