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
Vesiclepedia VP_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
Molecular Function
    protein binding GO:0005515 IPI
    ceramide binding GO:0097001 IBA
    ceramide binding GO:0097001 IDA
Biological Process
    phospholipid metabolic process GO:0006644 IBA
    phospholipid metabolic process GO:0006644 IMP
    ceramide metabolic process GO:0006672 IMP
    lipid transport GO:0006869 NAS
    mitochondrial membrane organization GO:0007006 IEA
    lysosome organization GO:0007040 IEA
    nervous system development GO:0007399 IBA
    nervous system development GO:0007399 IMP
    visual perception GO:0007601 IEA
    adult walking behavior GO:0007628 IEA
    cholesterol metabolic process GO:0008203 IMP
    associative learning GO:0008306 IEA
    regulation of cell size GO:0008361 IEA
    lipid biosynthetic process GO:0008610 NAS
    somatic motor neuron differentiation GO:0021523 IEA
    protein catabolic process GO:0030163 NAS
    social behavior GO:0035176 IEA
    negative regulation of neuron apoptotic process GO:0043524 IEA
    photoreceptor cell maintenance GO:0045494 IEA
    negative regulation of proteolysis GO:0045861 NAS
    ceramide biosynthetic process GO:0046513 NAS
    musculoskeletal movement GO:0050881 IEA
    neuromuscular process controlling posture GO:0050884 IEA
    neuromuscular process controlling balance GO:0050885 IEA
    glutamate reuptake GO:0051935 IEA
    lipid homeostasis GO:0055088 IBA
    retina development in camera-type eye GO:0060041 IEA
    neurofilament cytoskeleton organization GO:0060052 IEA
    retinal rod cell apoptotic process GO:0097473 IEA
Subcellular Localization
    mitochondrion GO:0005739 IEA
    endoplasmic reticulum GO:0005783 IBA
    endoplasmic reticulum GO:0005783 IDA
    endoplasmic reticulum membrane GO:0005789 IEA
    endoplasmic reticulum-Golgi intermediate compartment GO:0005793 IDA
    membrane GO:0016020 NAS
    endoplasmic reticulum-Golgi intermediate compartment membrane GO:0033116 IEA
    presynapse GO:0098793 IEA
 Experiment description of studies that identified CLN8 in exosomes
1
Experiment ID 226
MISEV standards
EM
Biophysical techniques
GAPDH|CD9|FLOT1
Enriched markers
LMNA|H2AFX|ATP5A1|TOMM20
Negative markers
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
MISEV standards
EM
Biophysical techniques
TSG101|Alix|HSC70|GAPDH
Enriched markers
HSP90B1
Negative markers
qNano
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
1 TMEM128  
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
2 TMEM107 84314
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
3 FZD7 8324
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
4 VAPA 9218
Affinity Capture-Western Homo sapiens
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
Affinity Capture-Western Homo sapiens
5 PLP1 5354
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
6 C14orf1 11161
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
7 YIPF6 286451
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
8 MTX1 4580
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
9 ARL6IP5 10550
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
10 TMEM134  
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
11 TMEM147 10430
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
12 GABARAPL2 11345
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
13 CD9 928
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
14 UBC 7316
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
15 BNIP3L  
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
16 TMEM11 8834
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
17 RTN4 57142
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
18 TUBB4A 10382
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
19 RRP15  
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
20 NDRG2 57447
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
21 CYB5B 80777
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
22 PTPRN  
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
23 ZUFSP 221302
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
24 STX8 9482
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
25 PLP2 5355
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
26 SELK  
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
27 BNIP3 664
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
28 TMEM14A  
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
29 SPCS2 9789
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
30 GPM6B 2824
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
31 PDIA6 10130
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
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 Pathways in which CLN8 is involved
No pathways found





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