Molecular Cloning and Knockdown of Galactocerebrosidase in Zebrafish
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1842 (2014) 665–675 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Biochimica et Biophysica Acta journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/bbadis Molecular cloning and knockdown of galactocerebrosidase in zebrafish: New insights into the pathogenesis of Krabbe's disease Daniela Zizioli a,1, Michela Guarienti a,1,ChiaraTobiab, Giuseppina Gariano b, Giuseppe Borsani c, Roberto Bresciani a,RobertoRoncab, Edoardo Giacopuzzi c, Augusto Preti a, Germano Gaudenzi d, Mirella Belleri b, Emanuela Di Salle b, Gemma Fabrias e, Josefina Casas e,DomenicoRibattif,g, Eugenio Monti a,MarcoPrestab,⁎ a Unit of Biotechnology, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy b Unit of Oncology and Experimental Immunology, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy c Unit of Biology and Genetics, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy d Department of Biology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy e Research Unit on Bioactive Molecules (RUBAM), Department of Biomedicinal Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC), Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain f Department of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Unit of Human Anatomy and Histology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy g National Cancer Institute, Giovanni Paolo II, Bari, Italy article info abstract Article history: The lysosomal hydrolase galactocerebrosidase (GALC) catalyzes the removal of galactose from galactosylceramide Received 2 September 2013 and from other sphingolipids. GALC deficiency is responsible for globoid cell leukodystrophy (GLD), or Krabbe's Received in revised form 17 December 2013 disease, an early lethal inherited neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the accumulation of the neurotoxic Accepted 15 January 2014 metabolite psychosine in the central nervous system (CNS).
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