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Decreased GlcNAc 6-O-Sulfotransferase Activity in the Cornea with Macular Corneal Dystrophy

¹ From the Department of Life Science, Aichi University of Education; and the ² Department of Ophthalmology, ³ Division of Pathobiology, and ⁴ Division of Pathology, Juntendo University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

PURPOSE. Macular corneal dystrophy (MCD) is an autosomal recessive inherited disorder that is accompanied by corneal opacity. Explants from MCD-affected corneas have been reported to synthesize low-sulfated KS, suggesting that sulfate groups attached to KS may play critical roles in maintaining corneal transparency. To clear the biosynthetic defect in the MCD cornea, sulfotransferase activities were determined that are presumably involved in the biosynthesis of KS: galactose-6-sulfotransferase (Gal6ST) activity and N-acetylglucosamine 6-O-sulfotransferase (GlcNAc6ST) activity.

METHODS. Gal6ST and GlcNAc6ST activities, which were contained in the corneal extracts from corneas affected by MCD and keratoconus and from normal control corneas, were determined by measuring the transfer of ³⁵SO₄ from [³⁵S]3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate into the Gal residue of partially desulfated KS and the nonreducing terminal GlcNAc residue of GlcNAcß1-3Galß1-4GlcNAc (oligo A), respectively.

RESULTS. The level of Gal6ST activity in corneal extracts from eyes with MCD, which was measured by using partially desulfated KS as an acceptor, was nearly equal to that in eyes with keratoconus and normal control eyes. In contrast, GlcNAc6ST activity in the extracts from MCD-affected corneas, which was measured by using oligo A as an acceptor, was much lower than in those in corneas with keratoconus and in normal control corneas.

CONCLUSIONS. The decrease in GlcNAc6ST activity in the cornea with MCD may result in the occurrence of low- or nonsulfated KS and thereby cause corneal opacity.

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