Murine glucose-6-phosphatase-beta deficiency is associated with neutropenia, neutrophil dysfunction, reduced fertility and pregnancy-associated mortality.

• Other Authors: Cheung, Yuk Yin.
• Format: Others
• Language: English; Chinese
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Glucose-6-phosphatase; Glycogen storage disease; Neutropenia; Neutrophils; Glucose-6-Phosphatase; Glycogen Storage Disease Type I
• Online Access: http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b6075315; http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-344948

G6Pase-alpha and G6Pase-beta share kinetic properties and active site structures, which lie on the luminal side of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). For hydrolysis of G6P to glucose, G6Pase-alpha or G6Pase-beta must couple with an ubiquitously expressed ER-transmembrane protein, the G6P transporter (G6PT) that translocates G6P from the cytoplasm into the lumen of the ER. The primary role of the G6Pase/G6PT complex is therefore to provide endogenous glucose to the ER lumen. The essential role of the G6Pase-alpha/G6PT complex in glucose homeostasis has been well established, and the deficiencies in G6Pase-alpha and G6PT cause glycogen storage disease type Ia (GSD-Ia) and GSD-Ib, respectively. Both patients manifest the same metabolic phenotype of disturbed glucose homeostasis. While the metabolic abnormalities of GSD-Ia and GSD-Ib are almost identical, GSD-Ib patients exhibit neutropenia and myeloid dysfunctions which are not observed in GSD-Ia patients. Since G6Pase-beta and G6PT share an ubiquitous expression pattern, we hypothesized that the G6Pase-beta/G6PT complex might be functional in neutrophils and that the myeloid defects in GSD-Ib are due to the loss of activity of that complex. To test this hypothesis, we generated G6Pase-beta-deficient (G6pc3 --/--) mouse strains and showed that G6pc3--/-- mice manifest neutropenia; defects in neutrophil respiratory burst, chemotaxis, and calcium flux; and increased susceptibility to bacterial infection mimicking GSD-Ib patients. Consistent with this, G6pc3--/-- neutrophils exhibit enhanced ER stress and apoptosis. Taken together, the results demonstrate that endogenous glucose production in the ER via G6P translocation and metabolism are critical for normal neutrophil functions and that an ER stress-mediated neutrophil apoptosis is one mechanism underlying myeloid dysfunctions in the G6pc3--/-- mice. === Macrophages are the abundant leukocytes in the decidua throughout pregnancy and were thought to play a vital role in decidual homeostasis, placental development, and maintenance of a successful pregnancy. We hypothesized that endogenous glucose production in the ER might also be critical for normal macrophage function and G6pc3--/-- females manifesting neutropenia, neutrophil and macrophage dysfunctions might suffer from pregnancy-associated complications. Here we show that G6pc3--/-- macrophages exhibited impaired respiratory burst activity and repressed trafficking in vivo during an inflammatory response. The litter size and pregnancy frequency were markedly reduced in female G6pc3--/-- matings as compared to female G6pc3+/--/G6pc3+/+ matings, indicative of reduced fertility. The pregnancy-associated mortality risk was greatly increased in G6pc3--/--. Pathological analyses revealed that the sick or dying G6pc3--/-- mothers were emaciated and suffered from dental dysplasia and otitis media. Consistent with this, parental male and female G6pc3--/-- mice were more neutropenic than their age-matched virgin G6pc3 --/-- mice. Taken together, our results show that macrophage dysfunction, defective macrophage trafficking, neutrophil dysfunction, and enhanced neutropenia underlie the reduced fertility and increased mortality of G6pc3--/-- mothers. === Cheung, Yuk Yin. === Advisers: Janice Chou; Kam Bo Wong. === Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 73-03, Section: B, page: . === Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 92-107). === Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. === Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [201-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. === Abstract also in Chinese.