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Query: EC:3.1.4.37 (CNPase)
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Fertilized hens' eggs were externally treated with 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic (2,4-D) butyl ester (2.4 mg/egg) before starting incubation. The specific activity of 2',3'-cyclic nucleotide 3'-phosphohydrolase (CNPase) was diminished in the whole brain of animals born from treated eggs, as compared with controls. Myelin was isolated by ultracentrifugation from the central nervous system. Treatment with 2,4-D butyl ester produced a 65% reduction. There were no statistically significant differences in myelin phospholipids, cerebrosides, sulphatides and gangliosides between control and treated animals. Cholesterol was diminished by 12% in the treated group, while cholesterol esters were not detectable in either myelin fraction. Total myelin proteins were also decreased by 40%, without variations in their pattern. There were changes in the following ratios in the myelin of the treated group: lipid/protein, cholesterol/phospholipids, cholesterol/protein, phospholipids/protein. Collectively these findings indicate that 2,4-D butyl ester produced hypomyelination.
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PMID:Chick brain hypomyelination produced by 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic butyl ester treatment. 299 84

Conjugation of small interfering RNA (siRNA) with lipophilic molecules has been demonstrated to enhance cellular uptake in cell culture and to produce efficient endogenous gene silencing in the liver after systemic administration and in neurons after direct local injection. Here, we evaluated the in vivo delivery of siRNAs conjugated with different linkers to cholesterol by targeting CNPase (2'-3'-cyclic nucleotide 3'-phosphodiesterase) in oligodendrocytes. Cholesterol-conjugated siRNAs administered to the rat corpus callosum by intraparenchymal central nervous system (CNS) infusion show improved silencing ability compared with unconjugated siRNA. Furthermore, conjugation of siRNA to cholesterol with a cleavable disulfide linker appears to be beneficial for improving the potency of silencing of CNPase mRNA in oligodendrocytes in vivo. Taken together, these findings indicate that cholesterol-conjugated siRNAs are effective for direct CNS delivery to oligodendrocytes, and that the biocleavable disulfide linker appears to be beneficial for improving the potency of silencing of target mRNA in vivo.
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PMID:Lipophilic siRNAs mediate efficient gene silencing in oligodendrocytes with direct CNS delivery. 2017 Jun 94