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Schumacher F, Edwards MJ, Mühle C, Carpinteiro A, Wilson GC, Wilker B, Soddemann M, Keitsch S, Scherbaum N, Müller BW, Lang UE, Linnemann C, Kleuser B, Müller CP, Kornhuber J, Gulbins E. Ceramide levels in blood plasma correlate with major depressive disorder severity and its neutralization abrogates depressive behavior in mice. J Biol Chem 2022; 298:102185. [PMID: 35753355 PMCID: PMC9304786 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2022] [Revised: 05/11/2022] [Accepted: 06/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a severe disease of unknown pathogenesis that will affect ∼10% of people during their lifetime. Therapy for MDD requires prolonged treatment and often fails, predicating a need for novel treatment strategies. Here, we report increased ceramide levels in the blood plasma of MDD patients and in murine stress-induced models of MDD. These blood plasma ceramide levels correlated with the severity of MDD in human patients and were independent of age, sex, or body mass index. In addition, intravenous injection of anti-ceramide antibodies or neutral ceramidase rapidly abrogated stress-induced MDD, and intravenous injection of blood plasma from mice with MDD induced depression-like behavior in untreated mice, which was abrogated by ex vivo pre-incubation of the plasma with anti-ceramide antibodies or ceramidase. Mechanistically, we demonstrate that ceramide accumulated in endothelial cells of the hippocampus of stressed mice, evidenced by the quantitative measurement of ceramide in purified hippocampus endothelial cells. We found ceramide inhibited the activity of phospholipase D (PLD) in endothelial cells in vitro and in the hippocampus in vivo and thereby decreased phosphatidic acid in the hippocampus. Finally, we show intravenous injection of PLD or phosphatidic acid abrogated MDD, indicating the significance of this pathway in MDD pathogenesis. Our data indicate that ceramide controls PLD activity and phosphatidic acid formation in hippocampal endothelial cells and thereby mediates MDD. We propose that neutralization of plasma ceramide could represent a rapid-acting targeted treatment for MDD.
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- Fabian Schumacher
- Department of Molecular Biology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany; Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Pharmacy, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Clinic, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, LVR-Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, LVR-Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany; Department of Psychology, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department für Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Psychiatric Clinics (UPK), University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department für Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Psychiatric Clinics (UPK), University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Pharmacy, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Clinic, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany; Centre for Drug Research, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, Penang, Malaysia
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Clinic, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
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Fakhr Y, Brindley DN, Hemmings DG. Physiological and pathological functions of sphingolipids in pregnancy. Cell Signal 2021; 85:110041. [PMID: 33991614 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2021.110041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2021] [Revised: 05/10/2021] [Accepted: 05/11/2021] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Signaling by the bioactive sphingolipid, sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P), and its precursors are emerging areas in pregnancy research. S1P and ceramide levels increase towards end of gestation, suggesting a physiological role in parturition. However, high levels of circulating S1P and ceramide are correlated with pregnancy disorders such as preeclampsia, gestational diabetes mellitus and intrauterine growth restriction. Expression of placental and decidual enzymes that metabolize S1P and S1P receptors are also dysregulated during pregnancy complications. In this review, we provide an in-depth examination of the signaling mechanism of S1P and ceramide in various reproductive tissues during gestation. These factors determine implantation and early pregnancy success by modulating corpus luteum function from progesterone production to luteolysis through to apoptosis. We also highlight the role of S1P through receptor signaling in inducing decidualization and angiogenesis in the decidua, as well as regulating extravillous trophoblast migration to anchor the placenta into the uterine wall. Recent advances on the role of the S1P:ceramide rheostat in controlling the fate of villous trophoblasts and the role of S1P as a negative regulator of trophoblast syncytialization to a multinucleated placental barrier are discussed. This review also explores the role of S1P in anti-inflammatory and pro-inflammatory signaling, its role as a vasoconstrictor, and the effects of S1P metabolizing enzymes and receptors in pregnancy.
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- Yuliya Fakhr
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2S2, Canada; Women and Children's Health Research Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 1C9, Canada
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- Women and Children's Health Research Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 1C9, Canada; Signal Transduction Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2S2, Canada; Cancer Research Institute of Northern Alberta, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2S2, Canada
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2S2, Canada; Women and Children's Health Research Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 1C9, Canada; Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1, Canada; Cancer Research Institute of Northern Alberta, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2S2, Canada; Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2S2, Canada.
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Liu T, Wang F, LePochat P, Woo JAA, Bukhari MZ, Hong KW, Trotter C, Kang DE. Cofilin-mediated Neuronal Apoptosis via p53 Translocation and PLD1 Regulation. Sci Rep 2017; 7:11532. [PMID: 28912445 PMCID: PMC5599510 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-09996-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2017] [Accepted: 08/01/2017] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Amyloid β (Aβ) accumulation is an early event in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), leading to mitochondrial and synaptic dysfunction, tau accumulation, and eventual neuronal death. While the p53 apoptotic pathway has clearly been associated with Aβ deposits and neuronal apoptosis, the critical upstream factors contributing to p53 activation in AD are not well understood. We have previously shown that cofilin activation plays a pivotal role in Aβ-induced mitochondrial and synaptic dysfunction. In this study, we show that activated cofilin (S3A) preferentially forms a complex with p53 and promotes its mitochondrial and nuclear localization, resulting in transcription of p53-responsive genes and promotion of apoptosis. Conversely, reduction of endogenous cofilin by knockdown or genetic deficiency inhibits mitochondrial and nuclear translocation of p53 in cultured cells and in APP/PS1 mice. This cofilin-p53 pro-apoptotic pathway is subject to negative regulation by PLD1 thorough cofilin inactivation and inhibition of cofilin/p53 complex formation. Finally, activated cofilin is unable to induce apoptosis in cells genetically lacking p53. These findings taken together indicate that cofilin coopts and requires the nuclear and mitochondrial pro-apoptotic p53 program to induce and execute apoptosis, while PLD1 functions in a regulatory multi-brake capacity in this pathway.
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- Tian Liu
- USF Health Byrd Alzheimer's Institute, Department of Molecular of Medicine, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, 33613, USA
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- USF Health Byrd Alzheimer's Institute, Department of Molecular of Medicine, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, 33613, USA
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- USF Health Byrd Alzheimer's Institute, Department of Molecular of Medicine, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, 33613, USA
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- USF Health Byrd Alzheimer's Institute, Department of Molecular of Medicine, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, 33613, USA
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- USF Health Byrd Alzheimer's Institute, Department of Molecular of Medicine, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, 33613, USA
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- USF Health Byrd Alzheimer's Institute, Department of Molecular of Medicine, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, 33613, USA
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- USF Health Byrd Alzheimer's Institute, Department of Molecular of Medicine, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, 33613, USA
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- USF Health Byrd Alzheimer's Institute, Department of Molecular of Medicine, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, 33613, USA. .,James A. Haley Veteran's Administration Hospital, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
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Rodriguez-Cuenca S, Pellegrinelli V, Campbell M, Oresic M, Vidal-Puig A. Sphingolipids and glycerophospholipids - The "ying and yang" of lipotoxicity in metabolic diseases. Prog Lipid Res 2017; 66:14-29. [PMID: 28104532 DOI: 10.1016/j.plipres.2017.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2016] [Revised: 11/30/2016] [Accepted: 01/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Sphingolipids in general and ceramides in particular, contribute to pathophysiological mechanisms by modifying signalling and metabolic pathways. Here, we present the available evidence for a bidirectional homeostatic crosstalk between sphingolipids and glycerophospholipids, whose dysregulation contributes to lipotoxicity induced metabolic stress. The initial evidence for this crosstalk originates from simulated models designed to investigate the biophysical properties of sphingolipids in plasma membrane representations. In this review, we reinterpret some of the original findings and conceptualise them as a sort of "ying/yang" interaction model of opposed/complementary forces, which is consistent with the current knowledge of lipid homeostasis and pathophysiology. We also propose that the dysregulation of the balance between sphingolipids and glycerophospholipids results in a lipotoxic insult relevant in the pathophysiology of common metabolic diseases, typically characterised by their increased ceramide/sphingosine pools.
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- S Rodriguez-Cuenca
- Metabolic Research Laboratories, Wellcome Trust MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge. Cambridge, UK.
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- Metabolic Research Laboratories, Wellcome Trust MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge. Cambridge, UK
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- Metabolic Research Laboratories, Wellcome Trust MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge. Cambridge, UK
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- Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, FI -20520 Turku, Finland
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- Metabolic Research Laboratories, Wellcome Trust MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge. Cambridge, UK; Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK.
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Studies over the past two decades have identified ceramide as a multifunctional central molecule in the sphingolipid biosynthetic pathway. Given its diverse tumor suppressive activities, molecular understanding of ceramide action will produce fundamental insights into processes that limit tumorigenesis and may identify key molecular targets for therapeutic intervention. Ceramide can be activated by a diverse array of stresses such as heat shock, genotoxic damage, oxidative stress and anticancer drugs. Ceramide triggers a variety of tumor suppressive and anti-proliferative cellular programs such as apoptosis, autophagy, senescence, and necroptosis by activating or repressing key effector molecules. Defects in ceramide generation and metabolism in cancer contribute to tumor cell survival and resistance to chemotherapy. The potent and versatile anticancer activity profile of ceramide has motivated drug development efforts to (re-)activate ceramide in established tumors. This review focuses on our current understanding of the tumor suppressive functions of ceramide and highlights the potential downstream targets of ceramide which are involved in its tumor suppressive action.
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Effects of Aging and Experimentally Induced Modifications of Signal Pathways on Insulin-Induced Shifts of Glucose Metabolism in the Rat Neocortex. NEUROPHYSIOLOGY+ 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s11062-015-9491-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Babenko NA, Kharchenko VS. Modulation of Insulin Sensitivity of Hepatocytes by the Pharmacological Downregulation of Phospholipase D. Int J Endocrinol 2015; 2015:794838. [PMID: 26089893 PMCID: PMC4458285 DOI: 10.1155/2015/794838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2015] [Revised: 04/30/2015] [Accepted: 05/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Background. The role of phospholipase D (PLD) as a positive modulator of glucose uptake activation by insulin in muscle and adipose cells has been demonstrated. The role of PLD in the regulation of glucose metabolism by insulin in the primary hepatocytes has been determined in this study. Methods. For this purpose, we studied effects of inhibitors of PLD on glucose uptake and glycogen synthesis stimulation by insulin. To determine the PLD activity, the method based on determination of products of transphosphatidylation reaction, phosphatidylethanol or phosphatidylbutanol, was used. Results. Inhibition of PLD by a general antagonist (1-butanol) or specific inhibitor, halopemide, or N-hexanoylsphingosine, or by cellular ceramides accumulated in doxorubicin-treated hepatocytes decreased insulin-stimulated glucose metabolism. Doxorubicin-induced hepatocytes resistance to insulin action could be abolished by inhibition of ceramide production. Halopemide could nullify this effect. Addition of propranolol, as well as inhibitors of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3-kinase) (wortmannin, LY294002) or suppressors of Akt phosphorylation/activity, luteolin-7-O-glucoside or apigenin-7-O-glucoside, to the culture media could block cell response to insulin action. Conclusion. PLD plays an important role in the insulin signaling in the hepatocytes. PLD is activated downstream of PI3-kinase and Akt and is highly sensitive to ceramide content in the liver cells.
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- Nataliya A. Babenko
- Department of Physiology of Ontogenesis, Biology Research Institute, Karazin Kharkov National University, Svobody Square 4, Kharkov 61022, Ukraine
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- Department of Physiology of Ontogenesis, Biology Research Institute, Karazin Kharkov National University, Svobody Square 4, Kharkov 61022, Ukraine
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Age-Related Changes in the Phospholipase D-Dependent Signal Pathway of Insulin in the Rat Neocortex. NEUROPHYSIOLOGY+ 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s11062-013-9346-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Bekele RT, Brindley DN. Role of autotaxin and lysophosphatidate in cancer progression and resistance to chemotherapy and radiotherapy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.2217/clp.12.30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Babenko NA, Kharchenko VS. Ceramides inhibit phospholipase D-dependent insulin signaling in liver cells of old rats. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2012; 77:180-6. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006297912020095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Kolesnikov YS, Nokhrina KP, Kretynin SV, Volotovski ID, Martinec J, Romanov GA, Kravets VS. Molecular structure of phospholipase D and regulatory mechanisms of its activity in plant and animal cells. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2012; 77:1-14. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006297912010014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Samadi N, Bekele R, Capatos D, Venkatraman G, Sariahmetoglu M, Brindley DN. Regulation of lysophosphatidate signaling by autotaxin and lipid phosphate phosphatases with respect to tumor progression, angiogenesis, metastasis and chemo-resistance. Biochimie 2010; 93:61-70. [PMID: 20709140 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2010.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2010] [Revised: 08/03/2010] [Accepted: 08/04/2010] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Evidence from clinical, animal and cell culture studies demonstrates that increased autotaxin (ATX) expression is responsible for enhancing tumor progression, cell migration, metastases, angiogenesis and chemo-resistance. These effects depend mainly on the rapid formation of lysophosphatidate (LPA) by ATX. Circulating LPA has a half-life of about 3 min in mice and it is degraded by the ecto-activities of lipid phosphate phosphatases (LPPs). These enzymes also hydrolyze extracellular sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P), a potent signal for cell division, survival and angiogenesis. Many aggressive tumor cells express high ATX levels and low LPP activities. This favors the formation of locally high LPA and S1P concentrations. Furthermore, LPPs attenuate signaling downstream of the activation of G-protein coupled receptors and receptor tyrosine kinases. Therefore, we propose that the low expression of LPPs in many tumor cells makes them hypersensitive to growth promoting and survival signals that are provided by LPA, S1P, platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) and epidermal growth factor (EGF). One of the key signaling pathways in this respect appears to be activation of phospholipase D (PLD) and phosphatidate (PA) production. This is required for the transactivations of the EGFR and PDGFR and also for LPA-induced cell migration. PA also increases the activities of ERK, mTOR, myc and sphingosine kinase-1 (SK-1), which provide individual signals for cells division, survival, chemo-resistance and angiogenesis. This review focuses on the balance of signaling by bioactive lipids including LPA, phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate, PA and S1P versus the action of ceramides. We will discuss how these lipid mediators interact to produce an aggressive neoplastic phenotype.
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- Nasser Samadi
- Signal Transduction Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, School of Molecular and Systems Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, T6G 2S2 Alberta, Canada
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Mateos MV, Salvador GA, Giusto NM. Selective localization of phosphatidylcholine-derived signaling in detergent-resistant membranes from synaptic endings. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2009; 1798:624-36. [PMID: 20026046 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2009.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2009] [Revised: 11/19/2009] [Accepted: 12/14/2009] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Detergent-resistant membranes (DRMs) are a class of specialized microdomains that compartmentalize several signal transduction processes. In this work, DRMs were isolated from cerebral cortex synaptic endings (Syn) on the basis of their relative insolubility in cold Triton X-100 (1%). The lipid composition and marker protein content were analyzed in DRMs obtained from adult and aged animals. Both DRM preparations were enriched in Caveolin, Flotillin-1 and c-Src and also presented significantly higher sphingomyelin (SM) and cholesterol content than purified Syn. Total phospholipid-fatty acid composition presented an increase in 16:0 (35%), and a decrease in 20:4n-6 (67%) and 22:6n-3 (68%) content in DRM from adults when compared to entire synaptic endings. A more dramatic decrease was observed in the 20:4n-6 and 22:6n-3 content in DRMs from aged animals (80%) with respect to the results found in adults. The coexistence of phosphatidylcholine-specific-phospholipase C (PC-PLC) and phospholipase D (PLD) in Syn was previously reported. The presence of these signaling pathways was also investigated in DRMs isolated from adult and aged rats. Both PC-PLC and PLD pathways generate the lipid messenger diacylglycerol (DAG) by catalyzing PC hydrolysis. PC-PLC and PLD1 localization were increased in the DRM fraction. The increase in DAG generation (60%) in the presence of ethanol, confirmed that PC-PLC was also activated when compartmentalized in DRMs. Conversely, PLD2 was excluded from the DRM fraction. Our results show an age-related differential fatty acid composition and a selective localization of PC-derived signaling in synaptic DRMs obtained from adult and aged rats.
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- M V Mateos
- Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de Bahía Blanca, Universidad Nacional del Sur and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, CC 857, B8000FWB Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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Phospholipase D modulation by ceramide in senescence. Mol Cell Biochem 2009; 337:153-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s11010-009-0294-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2009] [Accepted: 10/08/2009] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Kanaho Y, Funakoshi Y, Hasegawa H. Phospholipase D signalling and its involvement in neurite outgrowth. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2009; 1791:898-904. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2009.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2008] [Revised: 03/12/2009] [Accepted: 03/19/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Zeidan YH, Wu BX, Jenkins RW, Obeid LM, Hannun YA. A novel role for protein kinase Cdelta-mediated phosphorylation of acid sphingomyelinase in UV light-induced mitochondrial injury. FASEB J 2007; 22:183-93. [PMID: 17698617 DOI: 10.1096/fj.07-8967com] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Multiple studies have addressed the mechanisms by which ultraviolet (UV) light induces cell death, and a few have focused on stress mediators such as acid sphingomyelinase (ASMase) or protein kinase Cdelta (PKCdelta). Based on a recent study that identified a novel mechanism of activation of ASMase through phosphorylation, the current study was undertaken to determine the upstream mechanisms regulating ASMase in response to UV and to investigate the role of ASMase and its phosphorylation at S508 as an integral event during UV light-induced cell death. Exposure of MCF-7 breast cancer cells to UV light type C (UVC) transiently activated ASMase with maximal activity detected at 10 min postirradiation. A significant increase in C16-ceramide was detected concomitant with a decrease in C16-sphingomyelin. In marked contrast, cells overexpressing the ASMase(S508A) mutant, which could not be phosphorylated, had no change in either ASMase activity or ceramide levels post-UV radiation. Loss of PKCdelta by RNA interference or its inhibition by rottlerin blocked ASMase phosphorylation and membrane targeting, thus implicating PKCdelta upstream of ASMase activation by UV light. Further investigations revealed that UV radiation altered mitochondrial morphology from elongated tubules to fragmented perinuclear organelles, consistent with the onset of the apoptotic cascade. Importantly, cells overexpressing ASMase(S508A) were protected (>50%) from UV light-induced mitochondrial fragmentation. Mechanistically, the results showed that ASMase(S508A) cells had 50% less active Bax than ASMase(WT) cells. These molecular differences culminated in resistance of ASMase(S508) cells to UVC-induced cell death (25%) as compared to ASMase(WT) cells (46%). Taken together, this study provides key molecular insights into activation of ASMase in response to UV light, the role of PKCdelta in this activation, and the role of ASMase in mediating apoptotic responses.
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- Youssef H Zeidan
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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Son YH, Park M, Choy YB, Choi HR, Kim DS, Park KC, Choy JH. One-pot synthetic route to polymer-silica assembled capsule encased with nonionic drug molecule. Chem Commun (Camb) 2007:2799-801. [PMID: 17609780 DOI: 10.1039/b702288c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A novel combinational drug delivery system, in which drug molecules could be dually encapsulated by soft (polymer) and hard (inorganic) vehicles has been successfully prepared via a simple one-pot synthesis; its improved chemotherapeutic efficacy has been verified through in vitro experiments.
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- You-Hwan Son
- Center for Intelligent NanoBio Materials, Division of Nanoscience and Department of Chemistry, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, 120-750, Korea
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Mebarek S, Komati H, Naro F, Zeiller C, Alvisi M, Lagarde M, Prigent AF, Némoz G. Inhibition of de novo ceramide synthesis upregulates phospholipase D and enhances myogenic differentiation. J Cell Sci 2007; 120:407-16. [PMID: 17213336 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.03331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In L6 skeletal myoblasts induced to differentiate by Arg8-vasopressin treatment, a short-lived lowering of ceramide levels was observed, followed by a long-lasting elevation that was prevented by inhibitors of the de novo synthesis pathway, fumonisin B1 and myriocin. Both inhibitors increased the expression of myogenic differentiation markers and cell fusion rate, whereas short-chain ceramides inhibited these responses. Similar drug effects were observed on primary mouse satellite cell differentiation. Furthermore, bacterial sphingomyelinase overexpression suppressed myogenin nuclear accumulation in L6 cells. These data suggested that endogenous ceramide mediates a negative feedback mechanism limiting myogenic differentiation, and that inhibitors of ceramide synthesis promoted myogenesis by removing this control. Phospholipase D (PLD), a recognized target of ceramide, is required for myogenesis, as shown by the negative effects of PLD1 isoform depletion obtained by siRNA treatment. Fumonisin induced an increase in PLD activity of L6 cells, whereas C6-ceramide decreased it. The expression of PLD1 mRNA transcripts was selectively decreased by C6-ceramide, and increased by ceramide synthesis inhibitors. An early step of myogenic response is the PLD1-dependent formation of actin stress fiber-like structures. C6-ceramide addition or overexpression of sphingomyelinase impaired actin fiber formation. Ceramide might thus regulate myogenesis through downregulation of PLD1 expression and activity.
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Ghering AB, Davidson WS. Ceramide structural features required to stimulate ABCA1-mediated cholesterol efflux to apolipoprotein A-I. J Lipid Res 2006; 47:2781-8. [PMID: 16990644 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m600380-jlr200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Ceramide is a component of the sphingomyelin cycle and a well-established lipid signaling molecule. We recently reported that ceramide specifically increased ABCA1-mediated cholesterol efflux to apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I), a critical process that leads to the formation of cardioprotective HDL. In this report, we characterize the structural features of ceramide required for this effect. C2 dihydroceramide, which contains a fully saturated acyl chain and is commonly used as a negative control for ceramide apoptotic signaling, stimulated a 2- to 5-fold increase in ABCA1-mediated cholesterol efflux to apoA-I over a 0-60 muM concentration range without the cell toxicity apparent with native C2 ceramide. Compared with C2 ceramide, C6 and C8 ceramides with medium-length N-acyl chains showed a similar extent of efflux stimulation (a 2- to 5-fold increase) but at a higher onset concentration than the less hydrophobic C2 ceramide. In contrast, the reduced and methylated ceramide analogs, N,N-dimethyl sphingosine and N,N,N-trimethyl sphingosine, failed to stimulate cholesterol efflux. We found that changes in the native spatial orientation at either of two chiral carbon centers (or both) resulted in an approximately 50% decrease compared with native ceramide-stimulated cholesterol efflux. These data show that the overall ceramide shape and the amide bond are critical for the cholesterol efflux effect and suggest that ceramide acts through a protein-mediated pathway to affect ABCA1 activity.
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- Amy B Ghering
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45237-0507, USA
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Chen JS, Exton JH. Sites on phospholipase D2 phosphorylated by PKCα. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 333:1322-6. [PMID: 15979581 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.06.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2005] [Accepted: 06/06/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The phosphorylation sites in phospholipase D2 (PLD2) induced by activation of protein kinase Calpha (PKCalpha) in COS 7 cells were analyzed by mass spectrometry. Ser134, 146, and 243, and Thr72, 99/100, and 252 were identified. These sites were mutated to Ala and the double mutation of Ser243 and Thr252 eliminated the phosphorylation. However, the PLD2 activity, and the binding between PKCalpha and PLD2 were unaffected by the mutations. We conclude that phosphorylation of these residues is not required for PLD2 activation by PKCalpha, and that protein-protein interaction between PLD2 and PKCalpha is sufficient to activate PLD2.
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- Jun-Song Chen
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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Ten years after the isoforms of mammalian phospholipase D (PLD), PLD1 and 2, were cloned, their roles in the brain remain speculative but several lines of evidence now implicate these enzymes in basic cell functions such as vesicular trafficking as well as in brain development. Many mitogenic factors, including neurotransmitters and growth factors, activate PLD in neurons and astrocytes. Activation of PLD downstream of protein kinase C seems to be a required step for astroglial proliferation. The characteristic disruption of the PLD signaling pathway by ethanol probably contributes to the delay of brain growth in fetal alcohol syndrome. The post-natal increase of PLD activities concurs with synapto- and myelinogenesis in the brain and PLD is apparently involved in neurite formation. In the adult and aging brain, PLD activity has antiapoptotic properties suppressing ceramide formation. Increased PLD activities in acute and chronic neurodegeneration as well as in inflammatory processes are evidently due to astrogliosis and may be associated with protective responses of tissue repair and remodeling. ARF-regulated PLD participates in receptor endocytosis as well as in exocytosis of neurotransmitters where PLD seems to favor vesicle fusion by modifications of the shape and charge of lipid membranes. Finally, PLD activities contribute free choline for the synthesis of acetylcholine in the brain. Novel tools such as RNA interference should help to further elucidate the roles of PLD isoforms in brain physiology and pathology.
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- Jochen Klein
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Amarillo, Texas 79106, USA.
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Mansfield PJ, Hinkovska-Galcheva V, Borofsky MS, Shayman JA, Boxer LA. Phagocytic signaling molecules in lipid rafts of COS-1 cells transfected with FcgammaRIIA. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 331:132-8. [PMID: 15845369 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.02.191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2005] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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COS-1 cells bearing FcgammaRIIA were used as a model to demonstrate co-localization of several enzymes previously shown to regulate neutrophil phagocytosis. In COS-1 cells, phospholipase D (PLD) in the membrane fraction was activated during phagocytosis. PLD was found almost exclusively in lipid rafts, along with RhoA and ARF1. Protein kinase C-delta (PKCdelta) and Raf-1 translocated to lipid rafts. In neutrophils, ceramide levels increase during phagocytosis, indicating that FcgammaRIIA engagement initiates ceramide generation. Applying this model, we transfected COS-1 cells with FcgammaRIIA that had been mutated in the ITAM region, rendering them unable to ingest particles. When the mutant receptors were engaged, ceramide was generated and MAPK was activated normally, thus these processes did not require actual ingestion of particles. These results indicate that signaling proteins for phagocytosis are either constitutively present in, or are recruited to, lipid rafts where they are readily available to activate one another.
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- Pamela J Mansfield
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Albert AP, Piper AS, Large WA. Role of phospholipase D and diacylglycerol in activating constitutive TRPC-like cation channels in rabbit ear artery myocytes. J Physiol 2005; 566:769-80. [PMID: 15919706 PMCID: PMC1464787 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2005.090852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Previously we have described a constitutively active Ca2+-permeable non-selective cation channel in freshly dispersed rabbit ear artery myocytes that has similar properties to canonical transient receptor potential (TRPC) channel proteins. In the present study we have investigated the transduction pathways responsible for stimulating constitutive channel activity in these myocytes. Application of the pharmacological inhibitors of phosphatidylcholine-phospholipase D (PC-PLD), butan-1-ol and C2 ceramide, produced marked inhibition of constitutive channel activity in cell-attached patches and also butan-1-ol produced pronounced suppression of resting membrane conductance measured with whole-cell recording whereas the inactive isomer butan-2-ol had no effect on constitutive whole-cell or channel activity. In addition butan-1-ol had no effect on channel activity evoked by the diacylglycerol (DAG) analogue 1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerol (OAG). Inhibitors of PC-phospholipase C (PC-PLC) and phospholipase A2 (PLA2) had no effect on constitutive channel activity. Application of a purified PC-PLD enzyme and its metabolite phosphatidic acid to inside-out patches markedly increased channel activity. The phosphatidic acid phosphohydrolase (PAP) inhibitor dl-propranolol also inhibited constitutive and phosphatidic acid-induced increases in channel activity but had no effect on OAG-evoked responses. The DAG lipase and DAG kinase inhibitors, RHC80267 and R59949 respectively, which inhibit DAG metabolism, produced transient increases in channel activity which were mimicked by relatively high concentrations (40 microm) of OAG. The protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor chelerythrine did not prevent channel activation by OAG but blocked the secondary inhibitory response of OAG. It is proposed that endogenous DAG is involved in the activation of channel activity and that its effects on channel activity are concentration-dependent with higher concentrations of DAG also inhibiting channel activity through activation of PKC. This study indicates that constitutive cation channel activity in ear artery myocytes is mediated by DAG which is generated by PC-PLD via phosphatidic acid which represents a novel activation pathway of cation channels in vascular myocytes.
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- A P Albert
- Division of Basic Medical Sciences, Ion Channel and Cell Signalling, St George's, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 ORE, UK.
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Yang Z, Asico LD, Yu P, Wang Z, Jones JE, Bai RK, Sibley DR, Felder RA, Jose PA. D5 dopamine receptor regulation of phospholipase D. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2005; 288:H55-61. [PMID: 15598876 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00627.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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D(1)-like receptors have been reported to decrease oxidative stress in vascular smooth muscle cells by decreasing phospholipase D (PLD) activity. However, the PLD isoform regulated by D(1)-like receptors (D(1) or D(5)) and whether abnormal regulation of PLD by D(1)-like receptors plays a role in the pathogenesis of hypertension are unknown. The hypothesis that the D(5) receptor is the D(1)-like receptor that inhibits PLD activity and serves to regulate blood pressure was tested using D(5) receptor mutant mice (D(5)(-/-)). We found that in the mouse kidney, PLD2, like the D(5) receptor, is mainly expressed in renal brush-border membranes, whereas PLD1 is mainly expressed in renal vessels with faint staining in brush-border membranes and collecting ducts. Total renal PLD activity is increased in D(5)(-/-) mice relative to congenic D(5) wild-type (D(5)(+/+)) mice. PLD2, but not PLD1, expression is greater in D(5)(-/-) than in D(5)(+/+) mice. The D(5) receptor agonist fenoldopam decreases PLD2, but not PLD1, expression and activity in human embryonic kidney-293 cells heterologously expressing the human D(5) receptor, effects that are blocked by the D(5) receptor antagonist SCH-23390. These studies show that the D(5) receptor regulates PLD2 activity and expression. The hypertension in the D(5)(-/-) mice is associated with increased PLD expression and activity. Impaired D(5) receptor regulation of PLD2 may play a role in the pathogenesis of hypertension.
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- Zhiwei Yang
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University Medical Center, 3800 Reservoir Rd. NW, Washington, DC 20057, USA
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Schatter B, Jin S, Löffelholz K, Klein J. Cross-talk between phosphatidic acid and ceramide during ethanol-induced apoptosis in astrocytes. BMC Pharmacol 2005; 5:3. [PMID: 15694004 PMCID: PMC549038 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2210-5-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2004] [Accepted: 02/04/2005] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Background Ethanol inhibits proliferation in astrocytes, an effect that was recently linked to the suppression of phosphatidic acid (PA) formation by phospholipase D (PLD). The present study investigates ethanol's effect on the induction of apoptosis in astrocytes and the formation of ceramide, an apoptotic signal. Evidence is presented that the formation of PA and ceramide may be reciprocally linked during ethanol exposure. Results In cultured rat cortical astrocytes, ethanol (0.3–1 %, v/v) induced nuclear fragmentation and DNA laddering indicative of apoptosis. Concomitantly, in cells prelabeled with [3H]-serine, ethanol caused a dose-dependent, biphasic increase of the [3H]-ceramide/ [3H]-sphingomyelin ratio after 1 and 18 hours of incubation. As primary alcohols such as ethanol and 1-butanol were shown to inhibit the phospholipase D (PLD)-mediated formation of PA, a mitogenic lipid messenger, we tested their effects on ceramide formation. In astrocytes prelabeled with [3H]-serine, ethanol and 1-butanol, in contrast to t-butanol, significantly increased the formation of [3H]-ceramide. Moreover, exogenous PA, added to transiently permeabilized astrocytes, suppressed ethanol-induced [3H]-ceramide formation. Vice versa, addition of C2-ceramide to astrocytes inhibited PLD activity induced by serum or phorbol ester. Conclusion We propose that the formation of ceramide in ethanol-exposed astrocytes is secondary to the disruption of phospholipase D signaling. Ethanol reduces the PA:ceramide ratio in fetal astrocytes, a mechanism which likely participates in ethanol-induced glial apoptosis during brain development.
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- Beate Schatter
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Amarillo, Texas, USA
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Bobeszko M, Krzemiński P, Pomorski P, Dygas A, Barańska J. Expression and regulation of phospholipase D isoforms in sphingosine and phorbol ester-stimulated glioma C6 cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004; 317:689-96. [PMID: 15081395 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.03.105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Previously we have reported that in glioma C6 cells, sphingosine stimulatory effect on phospholipase D (PLD) activity is independent of protein kinase C [Cell. Signal. 12 (2000) 399]. In this paper we have shown that this effect was also GTPgammaS independent and was completely inhibited by the plasma membrane methyl-beta-cyclodextrin cholesterol depletion what destroys caveolae structure. On the contrary, phorbol ester (12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate, TPA)-mediated PLD activity was enhanced by GTPgammaS and was only partially decreased by methyl-beta-cyclodextrin. We have also shown that TPA significantly increased expression of PLD1a and PLD1b mRNAs and had lower effect on PLD2 mRNA. Sphingosine only slightly increased expression of PLD mRNA isoforms and did not cause synergistic effect when applied together with TPA. These results indicate that TPA, but not sphingosine, stimulates transcriptional activity of PLD isoforms. We also suggest that TPA stimulates primarily PLD1, while sphingosine affects PLD2 activity. This last process might occur at plasma membrane lipid microdomains.
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- Marta Bobeszko
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, 3 Pasteura Street, Warsaw 02-093, Poland
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It has been well documented that protein kinase C (PKC) plays an important role in regulation of phospholipase D (PLD) activity. Although PKC regulation of PLD1 activity has been studied extensively, the role of PKC in PLD2 regulation remains to be established. In the present study it was demonstrated that phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) induced PLD2 activation in COS-7 cells. PLD2 was also phosphorylated on both serine and threonine residues after PMA treatment. PKC inhibitors Ro-31-8220 and bisindolylmaleimide I inhibited both PMA-induced PLD2 phosphorylation and activation. However, Gö 6976, a PKC inhibitor relatively specific for conventional PKC isoforms, almost completely abolished PLD2 phosphorylation by PMA but only slightly inhibited PLD2 activation. Furthermore, time course studies showed that phosphorylation of PLD2 lagged behind its activation by PMA. Concentration curves for PMA action on PLD2 phosphorylation and activation also showed that PLD2 was activated by PMA at concentrations at which PMA didn't induce phosphorylation. A kinase-deficient mutant of PKCalpha stimulated PLD2 activity to an even higher level than wild type PKCalpha. Co-expression of wild type PKCalpha, but not PKCdelta, greatly enhanced both basal and PMA-induced PLD2 phosphorylation. A PKCdelta-specific inhibitor, rottlerin, failed to inhibit PMA-induced PLD2 phosphorylation and activation. Co-immunoprecipitation studies indicated an association between PLD2 and PKCalpha under basal conditions that was further enhanced by PMA. Time course studies of the effects of PKCalpha on PLD2 showed that as the phosphorylation of PLD2 increased, its activity declined. In summary, the data demonstrated that PLD2 is activated and phosphorylated by PMA and PKCalpha in COS-7 cells. However, the phosphorylation is not required for PKCalpha to activate PLD2. It is suggested that interaction rather than phosphorylation underscores the activation of PLD2 by PKC in vivo and that phosphorylation may contribute to the inactivation of the enzyme.
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- Jun-Song Chen
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
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Mansfield PJ, Carey SS, Hinkovska-Galcheva V, Shayman JA, Boxer LA. Ceramide inhibition of phospholipase D and its relationship to RhoA and ARF1 translocation in GTP gamma S-stimulated polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Blood 2003; 103:2363-8. [PMID: 14615385 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2002-11-3341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Phospholipase D (PLD) regulates the polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) functions of phagocytosis, degranulation, and oxidant production. Ceramide inhibition of PLD suppresses PMN function. In streptolysin O-permeabilized PMNs, PLD was directly activated by guanosine 5'-[gamma-thio]triphosphate (GTP gamma S) stimulation of adenosine diphosphate (ADP)-ribosylation factor (ARF) and Rho, stimulating release of lactoferrin from specific granules of permeabilized PMNs; PLD activation and degranulation were inhibited by C2-ceramide but not dihydro-C2-ceramide. To investigate the mechanism of ceramide's inhibitory effect on PLD, we used a cell-free system to examine PLD activity and translocation from cytosol to plasma membrane of ARF, protein kinase C (PKC)alpha and beta, and RhoA, all of which can activate PLD. GTP gamma S-activated cytosol stimulated PLD activity and translocation of ARF, PKC alpha and beta, and RhoA when recombined with cell membranes. Prior incubation of PMNs with 10 microM C2-ceramide inhibited PLD activity and RhoA translocation, but not ARF1, ARF6, PKC alpha, or PKC beta translocation. However, in intact PMNs stimulated with N-formyl-1-methionyl-1-leucyl-1-phenylalamine (FMLP) or permeabilized PMNs stimulated with GTP gamma S, C2-ceramide did not inhibit RhoA translocation. Exogenous RhoA did not restore ceramide-inhibited PLD activity but bound to membranes despite ceramide treatment. These observations suggest that, although ceramide may affect RhoA in some systems, ceramide inhibits PLD through another mechanism, perhaps related to the ability of ceramide to inhibit phosphatidylinositol-bisphosphate (PIP2) interaction with PLD.
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- Pamela J Mansfield
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 48109, USA
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Gidwani A, Brown HA, Holowka D, Baird B. Disruption of lipid order by short-chain ceramides correlates with inhibition of phospholipase D and downstream signaling by FcepsilonRI. J Cell Sci 2003; 116:3177-87. [PMID: 12829737 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Specialized plasma membrane domains known as lipid rafts participate in signal transduction and other cellular processes, and their liquid-ordered properties appear to be important for their function. We investigated the possibility of using amphiphiles to disrupt lipid rafts and thereby inhibit IgE-FcepsilonRI signaling. We find that short-chain ceramides - C2-ceramide and C6-ceramide - decrease plasma membrane lipid order and reduce the extent of fluorescence resonance energy transfer between lipid-raft-associated molecules on intact cells; by contrast, biologically inactive C2-dihydroceramide does neither. Structural perturbations by these ceramides parallel their inhibitory effects on antigen-stimulated Ca2+ mobilization in RBL mast cells in the presence and absence of extracellular Ca2+. Similar inhibition of Ca2+ mobilization is caused by n-butanol, which prevents phosphatidic acid production by phospholipase D, but not by t-butanol, which does not prevent phosphatidic acid production. These results and previously reported effects of short-chain ceramides on phospholipase D activity prompted us to compare the effects of C2-ceramide, C2-dihydroceramide and C16-ceramide on phospholipase D1 and phospholipase D2 activities in vitro. We find that the effects of these ceramides on phospholipase D1 activity strongly correlate with their effects on antigen-stimulated Ca2+ mobilization and with their disruption of lipid order. Our results indicate that phospholipase D activity is upstream of antigen-stimulated Ca2+ mobilization in these cells, and they demonstrate that ceramides can serve as useful probes for investigating roles of plasma membrane structure and phospholipase D activity in cellular signaling.
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- Arun Gidwani
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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Mei J, Wang CN, O'Brien L, Brindley DN. Cell-permeable ceramides increase basal glucose incorporation into triacylglycerols but decrease the stimulation by insulin in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Int J Obes (Lond) 2003; 27:31-9. [PMID: 12532151 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2002] [Revised: 07/10/2002] [Accepted: 07/16/2002] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate mechanisms for the regulation of glucose incorporation into triacylgycerols in adipocytes by ceramides, which mediate some actions of tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha). DESIGN The effects of C(2)- and C(6)-ceramides (N-acetyl- and N-hexanoyl-sphingosines, respectively) on glucose uptake and incorporation into triacylglycerols and pathways of signal tansduction were measured in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. RESULTS C(6)-ceramide increased basal 2-deooxyglucose uptake but decreased insulin-stimulated uptake without changing the EC(50) for insulin. Incubating 3T3-L1 adipocytes from 2 to 24 h with C(2)-ceramide progressively increased glucose incorporation into the fatty acid and especially the glycerol moieties of triacylglycerol. These effects were accompanied by increased GLUT1 synthesis resulting from ceramide-induced activation phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, ribosomal S6 kinase and mitogen-activated protein kinase. C(2)-ceramide also increased p21-activated kinase and protein kinase B activities. However, C(2)-ceramide decreased the insulin-stimulated component of these signalling pathways and also glucose incorporation into triacylglycerol after 2 h. CONCLUSIONS Cell-permeable ceramides can mimic some effects of TNFalpha in producing insulin resistance. However, ceramides also mediate long-term effects that enable 3T3 L1 adipocytes to take up glucose and store triacylglycerols in the absence of insulin. These observations help to explain part of the nature and consequence of TNFalpha-induced insulin resistance and the control of fat accumulation in adipocytes in insulin resistance and obesity.
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- J Mei
- Department of Biochemistry (Signal Transduction Research Group), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Abousalham A, Hobman TC, Dewald J, Garbutt M, Brindley DN. Cell-permeable ceramides preferentially inhibit coated vesicle formation and exocytosis in Chinese hamster ovary compared with Madin-Darby canine kidney cells by preventing the membrane association of ADP-ribosylation factor. Biochem J 2002; 361:653-61. [PMID: 11802796 PMCID: PMC1222349 DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3610653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Differential effects of acetyl(C2-) ceramide (N-acetylsphingosine) were studied on coated vesicle formation from Golgi-enriched membranes of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) and Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells. C2-ceramide blocked the translocation of ADP-ribosylation factor-1 (ARF-1) and protein kinase C-alpha (PKC-alpha) to the membranes from CHO cells, but not those of MDCK cells. Consequently, C2-ceramide blocked the stimulation of phospholipase D1 (PLD1) by the cytosol and guanosine 5'-[gamma-thio]triphosphate (GTP[S]) in membranes from CHO cells. Basal specific activity of PLD1 and the concentration of ARF-1 were 3-4 times higher in Golgi-enriched membranes from MDCK cells compared with CHO cells. Moreover, PLD1 activity in MDCK cells was stimulated less by cytosol and GTP[S]. PLD2 was not detectable in the Golgi-enriched membranes. Incubation of intact CHO cells or their Golgi-enriched membranes with C2-ceramide also inhibited COP1 vesicle formation by membranes from CHO, but not MDCK, cells. Specificity was demonstrated, since dihydro-C2-ceramide had no significant effect on ARF-1 translocation, PLD1 activation or vesicle formation in membranes from both cell types. C2-ceramide also decreased the secretion of virus-like particles to a greater extent in CHO compared with MDCK cells, whereas dihydro-C2-ceramide had no significant effect. The results demonstrate a biological effect of C2-ceramide in CHO cells by decreasing ARF-1 and PKC-alpha binding to Golgi-enriched membranes, thereby preventing COP1 vesicle formation.
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- Abdelkarim Abousalham
- Department of Biochemistry, Signal Transduction Research Group, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2S2, Canada
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