Mutations in the ABCD1 gene that encodes peroxisomal ABCD1 protein cause X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD), a rare neurodegenerative disorder. More than 70% of the patient fibroblasts with this missense mutation display either a lack or reduction of the ABCD1 protein because of posttranslational degradation. In this study, we analyzed the stability of the missense mutant ABCD1 proteins (p.A616T, p.R617H, and p.R660W) in X-ALD fibroblasts and found that the mutant ABCD1 protein p.A616T has the capacity to recover its function by incubating at low temperature. In the case of such a mutation, chemical compounds that stabilize mutant ABCD1 proteins could be therapeutic candidates. Here, we prepared CHO cell lines stably expressing ABCD1 proteins with a missense mutation in fusion with green fluorescent protein (GFP) at the C-terminal. The stability of each mutant ABCD1-GFP in CHO cells was similar to the corresponding mutant ABCD1 protein in X-ALD fibroblasts. Furthermore, it is of interest that the GFP at the C-terminal was degraded together with the mutant ABCD1 protein. These findings prompted us to use CHO cells expressing mutant ABCD1-GFP for a screening of chemical compounds that can stabilize the mutant ABCD1 protein. We established a fluorescence-based assay method for the screening of chemical libraries in an effort to find compounds that stabilize mutant ABCD1 proteins. The work presented here provides a novel approach to finding therapeutic compounds for X-ALD patients with missense mutations.
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Morita, M., Matsumoto, S., Sato, A., Inoue, K., Kostsin, D. G., Yamazaki, K., … Imanaka, T. (2019). Stability of the ABCD1 protein with a missense mutation: A novel approach to finding therapeutic compounds for X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy. In JIMD Reports (Vol. 44, pp. 23–31). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/8904_2018_118
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