Establishment and characterization of immortalized Schwann cells from murine model of Niemann‐Pick disease type C (spm/spm)
- 1 June 2001
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System
- Vol. 6 (2) , 85-94
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8027.2001.01012.x
Abstract
Abstract Niemann‐Pick disease type C (NPC) is characterized by an accumulation of unesterified cholesterol in the endosomal/lysosomal (E/L) system, resulting in progressive neurodegeneration and death during early childhood. To investigate the cellular pathomechanism of nervous system involvement in NPC, continuous neural cell lines are desirable. In this study, we obtained neuronal and Schwann cell cultures and established spontaneously immortalized Schwann cell lines from dorsal root ganglia and peripheral nerves of NPC model mouse (spm/spm). One of the cell lines, designated SPMS9, had distinct Schwann cell phenotypes and was maintained over 10 months without phenotypic alterations. The level of Npc1 mRNA was markedly decreased, and NPC1 protein was not detectable in SPMS9 cells. These cells contained intracytoplasmic granules positive for filipin cholesterol staining and immunoreactive for GM2 ganglioside. Electron‐microscopically, intracytoplasmic polymorphous membranous inclusions and vacuoles were demonstrated in SPMS9 cells. The treatment with an inhibitor of ceramide‐specific glucosyltransferase, N‐butyldeoxynojirimysin (NB‐DNJ) markedly reduced the intracytoplasmic granular immunofluorescence for GM2 ganglioside in SPMS9 cells, whereas the amount of filipin‐positive granules remained unchanged. The SPMS9 cells retained vesicular fluorescence of cationic dye acriflavine 16–24 hours after loading, indicating the defect of transmembrane efflux pump activity of NPC1 in the E/L compartment in these cells. These immortalized Schwann cells can be useful in studies on the nervous system lesions in NPC.Keywords
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