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Science 11 July 1997:
Vol. 277. no. 5323, pp. 232 - 235
DOI: 10.1126/science.277.5323.232
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Murine Model of Niemann-Pick C Disease: Mutation in a Cholesterol Homeostasis Gene

Stacie K. Loftus, Jill A. Morris, Eugene D. Carstea, Jessie Z. Gu, Christiano Cummings, Anthony Brown, Jane Ellison, Kousaku Ohno, Melissa A. Rosenfeld, Danilo A. Tagle, Peter G. Pentchev, William J. Pavan *

An integrated human-mouse positional candidate approach was used to identify the gene responsible for the phenotypes observed in a mouse model of Niemann-Pick type C (NP-C) disease. The predicted murine NPC1 protein has sequence homology to the putative transmembrane domains of the Hedgehog signaling molecule Patched, to the cholesterol-sensing regions of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase and SREBP cleavage-activating protein (SCAP), and to the NPC1 orthologs identified in human, the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, and the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The mouse model may provide an important resource for studying the role of NPC1 in cholesterol homeostasis and neurodegeneration and for assessing the efficacy of new drugs for NP-C disease.

S. K. Loftus, J. Ellison, W. J. Pavan, Laboratory of Genetic Disease Research, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
J. A. Morris, Laboratory of Gene Transfer, National Human Genome Research Institute, and Developmental and Metabolic Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
E. D. Carstea, C. Cummings, A. Brown, P. G. Pentchev, Developmental and Metabolic Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
J. Z. Gu, M. A. Rosenfeld, D. A. Tagle, Laboratory of Gene Transfer, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
K. Ohno, Department of Neurobiology, School of Life Sciences, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago, 683, Japan.
*   To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: bpavan{at}nhgri.nih.gov

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J. Lipid Res. 41, 673-687
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Alleviation of neuronal ganglioside storage does not improve the clinical course of the Niemann-Pick C disease mouse.
Y. Liu, Y.-P. Wu, R. Wada, E. B. Neufeld, K. A. Mullin, A. C. Howard, P. G. Pentchev, M. T. Vanier, K. Suzuki, and R. L. Proia (2000)
Hum. Mol. Genet. 9, 1087-1092
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Role of Niemann-Pick Type C1 Protein in Intracellular Trafficking of Low Density Lipoprotein-derived Cholesterol.
J. C. Cruz, S. Sugii, C. Yu, and T.-Y. Chang (2000)
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Genetic and Teratogenic Approaches To Craniofacial Development.
D.L. Young, R.A. Schneider, D. Hu, and J.A. Helms (2000)
Critical Reviews in Oral Biology & Medicine 11, 304-317
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Cholesterol accumulation in tissues of the Niemann-Pick type C mouse is determined by the rate of lipoprotein-cholesterol uptake through the coated-pit pathway in each organ.
C. Xie, S. D. Turley, and J. M. Dietschy (1999)
PNAS 96, 11992-11997
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Failure to Cleave Sterol Regulatory Element-binding Proteins (SREBPs) Causes Cholesterol Auxotrophy in Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells with Genetic Absence of SREBP Cleavage-activating Protein.
R. B. Rawson, R. DeBose-Boyd, J. L. Goldstein, and M. S. Brown (1999)
J. Biol. Chem. 274, 28549-28556
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A proteolytic pathway that controls the cholesterol content of membranes, cells, and blood.
M. S. Brown and J. L. Goldstein (1999)
PNAS 96, 11041-11048
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Mutations in the Leucine Zipper Motif and Sterol-sensing Domain Inactivate the Niemann-Pick C1 Glycoprotein.
H. Watari, E. J. Blanchette-Mackie, N. K. Dwyer, M. Watari, E. B. Neufeld, S. Patel, P. G. Pentchev, and J. F. Strauss III (1999)
J. Biol. Chem. 274, 21861-21866
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Oligomerization State Influences the Degradation Rate of 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA Reductase.
H. H. Cheng, L. Xu, H. Kumagai, and R. D. Simoni (1999)
J. Biol. Chem. 274, 17171-17178
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Cholesterol Biosynthesis from Lanosterol. MOLECULAR CLONING, TISSUE DISTRIBUTION, EXPRESSION, CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION, AND REGULATION OF RAT 7-DEHYDROCHOLESTEROL REDUCTASE, A SMITH-LEMLI-OPITZ SYNDROME-RELATED PROTEIN.
S.-H. Bae, J. N. Lee, B. U. Fitzky, J. Seong, and Y.-K. Paik (1999)
J. Biol. Chem. 274, 14624-14631
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A Mammalian Lysosomal Membrane Protein Confers Multidrug Resistance upon Expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
D. L. Hogue, L. Kerby, and V. Ling (1999)
J. Biol. Chem. 274, 12877-12882
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The Niemann-Pick C1 Protein Resides in a Vesicular Compartment Linked to Retrograde Transport of Multiple Lysosomal Cargo.
E. B. Neufeld, M. Wastney, S. Patel, S. Suresh, A. M. Cooney, N. K. Dwyer, C. F. Roff, K. Ohno, J. A. Morris, E. D. Carstea, et al. (1999)
J. Biol. Chem. 274, 9627-9635
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Localization of Niemann-Pick C1 protein in astrocytes: Implications for neuronal degeneration in Niemann- Pick type C disease.
S. C. Patel, S. Suresh, U. Kumar, C. Y. Hu, A. Cooney, E. J. Blanchette-Mackie, E. B. Neufeld, R. C. Patel, R. O. Brady, Y. C. Patel, et al. (1999)
PNAS 96, 1657-1662
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Niemann-Pick C1 protein: Obligatory roles for N-terminal domains and lysosomal targeting in cholesterol mobilization.
H. Watari, E. J. Blanchette-Mackie, N. K. Dwyer, J. M. Glick, S. Patel, E. B. Neufeld, R. O. Brady, P. G. Pentchev, and J. F. Strauss III (1999)
PNAS 96, 805-810
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Cholesterol balance and metabolism in mice with loss of function of Niemann-Pick C protein.
C. Xie, S. D. Turley, P. G. Pentchev, and J. M. Dietschy (1999)
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 276, E336-E344
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Centripetal cholesterol flux to the liver is dictated by events in the peripheral organs and not by the plasma high density lipoprotein or apolipoprotein A-I concentration.
C. D. Jolley, L. A. Woollett, S. D. Turley, and J. M. Dietschy (1998)
J. Lipid Res. 39, 2143-2149
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Sterols regulate processing of carbohydrate chains of wild-type SREBP cleavage-activating protein (SCAP), but not sterol-resistant mutants Y298C or D443N.
A. Nohturfft, M. S. Brown, and J. L. Goldstein (1998)
PNAS 95, 12848-12853
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