Gene description for CLN8
Gene name ceroid-lipofuscinosis, neuronal 8 (epilepsy, progressive with mental retardation)
Gene symbol CLN8
Other names/aliases C8orf61
EPMR
Species Homo sapiens
 Database cross references - CLN8
ExoCarta ExoCarta_2055
Entrez Gene 2055
HGNC 2079
MIM 607837
UniProt Q9UBY8  
 CLN8 identified in exosomes derived from the following tissue/cell type
Endothelial cells 26027894    
Hepatocellular carcinoma cells 26054723    
 Gene ontology annotations for CLN8
Biological Process
    ceramide metabolic process GO:0006672 IMP
    neuromuscular process controlling posture GO:0050884 IEA
    visual perception GO:0007601 IEA
    regulation of cell size GO:0008361 IEA
    lysosome organization GO:0007040 IEA
    negative regulation of transferase activity GO:0051348 IEA
    neurofilament cytoskeleton organization GO:0060052 IEA
    protein catabolic process GO:0030163 NAS
    negative regulation of apoptotic process GO:0043066 IEA
    age-dependent response to oxidative stress GO:0001306 IEA
    mitochondrial membrane organization GO:0007006 IEA
    nervous system development GO:0007399 IMP
    L-glutamate uptake involved in synaptic transmission GO:0051935 IEA
    neuromuscular process controlling balance GO:0050885 IEA
    photoreceptor cell maintenance GO:0045494 IEA
    cellular protein catabolic process GO:0044257 IEA
    somatic motor neuron differentiation GO:0021523 IEA
    social behavior GO:0035176 IEA
    associative learning GO:0008306 IEA
    negative regulation of proteolysis GO:0045861 NAS
    adult walking behavior GO:0007628 IEA
    ceramide biosynthetic process GO:0046513 NAS
    lipid transport GO:0006869 NAS
    musculoskeletal movement GO:0050881 IEA
    retina development in camera-type eye GO:0060041 IEA
    phospholipid metabolic process GO:0006644 IMP
    lipid biosynthetic process GO:0008610 NAS
    cholesterol metabolic process GO:0008203 IMP
Subcellular Localization
    endoplasmic reticulum membrane GO:0005789 IEA
    endoplasmic reticulum GO:0005783 IDA
    endoplasmic reticulum-Golgi intermediate compartment GO:0005793 IDA
    endoplasmic reticulum-Golgi intermediate compartment membrane GO:0033116 IEA
    integral component of membrane GO:0016021 NAS
    mitochondrion GO:0005739 IEA
 Experiment description of studies that identified CLN8 in exosomes
1
Experiment ID 226
ISEV standards
EM
EV Biophysical techniques
GAPDH
EV Cytosolic markers
CD9|FLOT1
EV Membrane markers
LMNA|H2AFX|ATP5A1|TOMM20
EV Negative markers
EV Particle analysis
Identified molecule mRNA
Identification method Small RNA sequencing (Illumina HiSeq 2000 (Solexa)
PubMed ID 26027894    
Organism Homo sapiens
Experiment description Quantitative and qualitative analysis of small RNAs in human endothelial cells and exosomes provides insights into localized RNA processing, degradation and sorting
Authors Bas W. M. van Balkom, Almut S. Eisele, D. Michiel Pegtel, Sander Bervoets, Marianne C. Verhaar
Journal name Journal of Extracellular Vesicles
Publication year 2015
Sample Endothelial cells
Sample name HMEC-1
Isolation/purification methods Differential ultracentrifugation
Sucrose density gradient
Flotation density 1.10 g/mL
Molecules identified in the study miRNA
Protein
snoRNA
lncRNA
yRNA
snRNA
mRNA
ncRNA
mtRNA
vtRNA
scaRNA
lincRNA
Methods used in the study Small RNA sequencing (Illumina HiSeq 2000 (Solexa)
Western blotting
2
Experiment ID 235
ISEV standards
EM
EV Biophysical techniques
TSG101|Alix|HSC70|GAPDH
EV Cytosolic markers
EV Membrane markers
HSP90B1
EV Negative markers
qNano
EV Particle analysis
Identified molecule mRNA
Identification method RNA Sequencing
PubMed ID 26054723    
Organism Homo sapiens
Experiment description Hepatocellular carcinoma-derived exosomes promote motility of immortalized hepatocyte through transfer of oncogenic proteins and RNAs
Authors He M, Qin H, Poon TC, Sze SC, Ding X, Co NN, Ngai SM, Chan TF, Wong N
Journal name Carcinogenesis
Publication year 2015
Sample Hepatocellular carcinoma cells
Sample name HKCI-8
Isolation/purification methods Differential centrifugation
Filtration
Ultracentrifugation
Sucrose density gradient
Flotation density 1.13-1.19 g/mL
Molecules identified in the study Protein
RNA
Methods used in the study Western blotting
Mass spectrometry
RT-PCR
RNA Sequencing
 Protein-protein interactions for CLN8
  Protein Interactor ExoCarta ID Identification method PubMed Species
No interactions are found.
 Pathways in which CLN8 is involved
No pathways found





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