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Disease relevance of ceramide

 

Psychiatry related information on ceramide

 

High impact information on ceramide

  • Increased de novo ceramide synthesis triggers apoptosis and is associated with massive cell death during neural tube closure, raising the possibility that neural degeneration in HSN1 is due to ceramide-induced apoptotic cell death [10].
  • These mutations are associated with increased de novo glucosyl ceramide synthesis in lymphoblast cell lines in affected individuals [10].
  • The human specific allele of PapG binds to globoside (GbO4), which consists of the tetrasaccharide GalNAc beta 1-3Gal alpha 1-4Gal beta 1-4Glc linked to ceramide [11].
  • We also found that Pml is essential for induction of programmed cell death by Fas, tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF), ceramide and type I and II interferons (IFNs) [12].
  • In vitro, low nanomolar concentrations of natural ceramide stimulate KSR to autophosphorylate, and transactivate Raf-1 [13].
 

Chemical compound and disease context of ceramide

 

Biological context of ceramide

  • Ceramide synthase mediates daunorubicin-induced apoptosis: an alternative mechanism for generating death signals [18].
  • Daunorubicin-stimulated ceramide elevation, however, did not result from sphingomyelin hydrolysis, but rather from de novo synthesis via activation of the enzyme ceramide synthase [18].
  • Stress is believed to activate sphingomyelinase to generate ceramide, which serves as a second messenger in initiating the apoptotic response [19].
  • Assayed with a natural substrate, n-acetylgalactosaminyl beta 1-4 galactosyl beta 1-4 glucosyl ceramide, which had been isolated from the brain of a patient with Tay--Sachs disease and labeled in the terminal n-acetyl-galactosamine, a value in the heterozygote range was found [20].
  • Phosphorylation of Raf by ceramide-activated protein kinase [21].
 

Anatomical context of ceramide

  • This truncated C8C8 ceramide was soluble in water (but was still able to cross cell membranes) and was utilized by the Golgi apparatus of living cells to produce water-soluble truncated phospholipids and glycolipids that were then secreted into the medium [22].
  • Using different human epithelial cells and primary fibroblasts, we show here an activation of the phosphatidylcholine-specific phospholipase C (PC-PLC) and acidic sphingomyelinase (ASM) by N. gonorrhoeae, resulting in the release of diacylglycerol and ceramide [23].
  • In the present studies, the anticancer drug daunorubicin also stimulated ceramide elevation and apoptosis in P388 and U937 cells [18].
  • NGF binding to mature oligodendrocytes expressing the p75 neurotrophin receptor, but not trkA, resulted in a sustained increase of intracellular ceramide and c-Jun amino-terminal kinase (JNK) activity, which are thought to participate in a signal transduction pathway leading to cell death [24].
  • Here we report that when mouse intestines were protected against microvascular apoptosis, radiation switched as the dose escalated to a previously unrecognized crypt stem cell target, activating ceramide synthase-mediated apoptosis to initiate intestinal damage [4].
 

Associations of ceramide with other chemical compounds

 

Gene context of ceramide

 

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of ceramide

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