PMID- 34597626 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220324 LR - 20231108 IS - 1539-7262 (Electronic) IS - 0022-2275 (Print) IS - 0022-2275 (Linking) VI - 62 DP - 2021 TI - ATP-binding cassette transporters mediate differential biosynthesis of glycosphingolipid species. PG - 100128 LID - S0022-2275(21)00110-3 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jlr.2021.100128 [doi] LID - 100128 AB - The cytosolic-oriented glucosylceramide (GlcCer) synthase is enigmatic, requiring nascent GlcCer translocation to the luminal Golgi membrane to access glycosphingolipid (GSL) anabolic glycosyltransferases. The mechanism by which GlcCer is flipped remains unclear. To investigate the role of GlcCer-binding partners in this process, we previously made cleavable, biotinylated, photoreactive GlcCer analogs in which the reactive nitrene was closely apposed to the GlcCer head group, while maintaining a C16-acyl chain. GlcCer-binding protein specificity was validated for both photoprobes. Using one probe, XLB, here we identified ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters ABCA3, ABCB4, and ABCB10 as unfractionated microsomal GlcCer-binding proteins in DU-145 prostate tumor cells. siRNA knockdown (KD) of these transporters differentially blocked GSL synthesis assessed in toto and via metabolic labeling. KD of ABCA3 reduced acid/neutral GSL levels, but increased those of LacCer, while KD of ABCB4 preferentially reduced neutral GSL levels, and KD of ABCB10 reduced levels of both neutral and acidic GSLs. Depletion of ABCA12, implicated in GlcCer transport, preferentially decreased neutral GSL levels, while ABCB1 KD preferentially reduced gangliosides, but increased neutral GSL Gb(3). These results imply that multiple ABC transporters may provide distinct but overlapping GlcCer and LacCer pools within the Golgi lumen for anabolism of different GSL series by metabolic channeling. Differential ABC family member usage may fine-tune GSL biosynthesis depending on cell/tissue type. We conclude that ABC transporters provide a new tool for the regulation of GSL biosynthesis and serve as potential targets to reduce selected GSL species/subsets in diseases in which GSLs are dysregulated. CI - Crown Copyright (c) 2021. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Budani, Monique AU - Budani M AD - Division of Molecular Medicine, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. FAU - Auray-Blais, Christiane AU - Auray-Blais C AD - Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universite de Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. FAU - Lingwood, Clifford AU - Lingwood C AD - Division of Molecular Medicine, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: cling@sickkids.on.ca. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20210928 PL - United States TA - J Lipid Res JT - Journal of lipid research JID - 0376606 RN - 0 (ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters) RN - 0 (Glycosphingolipids) SB - IM MH - ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/*metabolism MH - Glycosphingolipids/*biosynthesis MH - Humans MH - Tumor Cells, Cultured PMC - PMC8569594 OTO - NOTNLM OT - ABC transporter OT - GSL anabolism OT - GlcCer pools OT - GlcCer synthase OT - LacCer OT - glucosylceramide flippase OT - glycosphingolipid OT - metabolic channeling OT - metabolic labeling OT - photoprobes COIS- Conflict of interest The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest with the contents of this article. EDAT- 2021/10/02 06:00 MHDA- 2022/03/25 06:00 PMCR- 2021/09/28 CRDT- 2021/10/01 20:14 PHST- 2021/03/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/08/18 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/09/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/10/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/03/25 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/10/01 20:14 [entrez] PHST- 2021/09/28 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0022-2275(21)00110-3 [pii] AID - 100128 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jlr.2021.100128 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Lipid Res. 2021;62:100128. doi: 10.1016/j.jlr.2021.100128. Epub 2021 Sep 28.