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Altered lipid metabolism is a characteristic feature and potential driving factor of acute kidney injury (AKI). Of the lipids that accumulate in injured renal tissues, ceramides are potent regulators of metabolism and cell fate. Up-regulation of ceramide synthesis is a common feature shared across several AKI etiologies in vitro and in vivo. Furthermore, ceramide accumulation is an early event in the natural history of AKI that precedes cell death and organ dysfunction. Emerging evidence suggests that inhibition of ceramide accumulation may improve renal outcomes in several models of AKI. This review examines the landscape of ceramide metabolism and regulation in the healthy and injured kidney. Furthermore, we discuss the body of literature regarding ceramides as therapeutic targets for AKI and consider potential mechanisms by which ceramides drive kidney pathogenesis.
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- Rebekah J Nicholson
- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
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Ueda N. A Rheostat of Ceramide and Sphingosine-1-Phosphate as a Determinant of Oxidative Stress-Mediated Kidney Injury. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23074010. [PMID: 35409370 PMCID: PMC9000186 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23074010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Revised: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 03/29/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) modulate sphingolipid metabolism, including enzymes that generate ceramide and sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P), and a ROS-antioxidant rheostat determines the metabolism of ceramide-S1P. ROS induce ceramide production by activating ceramide-producing enzymes, leading to apoptosis, while they inhibit S1P production, which promotes survival by suppressing sphingosine kinases (SphKs). A ceramide-S1P rheostat regulates ROS-induced mitochondrial dysfunction, apoptotic/anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family proteins and signaling pathways, leading to apoptosis, survival, cell proliferation, inflammation and fibrosis in the kidney. Ceramide inhibits the mitochondrial respiration chain and induces ceramide channel formation and the closure of voltage-dependent anion channels, leading to mitochondrial dysfunction, altered Bcl-2 family protein expression, ROS generation and disturbed calcium homeostasis. This activates ceramide-induced signaling pathways, leading to apoptosis. These events are mitigated by S1P/S1P receptors (S1PRs) that restore mitochondrial function and activate signaling pathways. SphK1 promotes survival and cell proliferation and inhibits inflammation, while SphK2 has the opposite effect. However, both SphK1 and SphK2 promote fibrosis. Thus, a ceramide-SphKs/S1P rheostat modulates oxidant-induced kidney injury by affecting mitochondrial function, ROS production, Bcl-2 family proteins, calcium homeostasis and their downstream signaling pathways. This review will summarize the current evidence for a role of interaction between ROS-antioxidants and ceramide-SphKs/S1P and of a ceramide-SphKs/S1P rheostat in the regulation of oxidative stress-mediated kidney diseases.
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- Norishi Ueda
- Department of Pediatrics, Public Central Hospital of Matto Ishikawa, 3-8 Kuramitsu, Hakusan 924-8588, Japan
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Chiu CZ, Wang BW, Yu YJ, Shyu KG. Hyperbaric oxygen activates visfatin expression and angiogenesis via angiotensin II and JNK pathway in hypoxic human coronary artery endothelial cells. J Cell Mol Med 2020; 24:2434-2443. [PMID: 31957305 PMCID: PMC7028865 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.14926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2019] [Revised: 07/16/2019] [Accepted: 12/10/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Visfatin is an adipocytokine with important roles in endothelial angiogenesis. Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) has been widely used to treat various medical illness with enhanced angiogenesis. The molecular effects of HBO on visfatin under hypoxia are poorly understood. This study aimed to investigate the effect of HBO on visfatin in hypoxic human coronary arterial endothelial cells (HCAECs). HCAECs under chemical hypoxia (antimycin A, 0.01 mmol/L) were exposed to HBO (2.5 atmosphere absolute; ATA) for 2‐4 hours. Western blot, real‐time polymerase chain reaction, electrophoretic mobility shift assay, luciferase promoter activity, migration and tube formation assay, and in vitro glucose uptake were measured. Visfatin protein expression increased in hypoxic HCAECs with earlier angiotensin II (AngII) secretion and c‐Jun N‐terminal kinase (JNK) phosphorylation, which could be effectively suppressed by the JNK inhibitor (SP600125), AngII antibody or AngII receptor blocker (losartan). In hypoxic HCAECs, HBO further induced earlier expression of visfatin and AngII. Hypoxia significantly increased DNA‐protein binding activity of hypoxia‐inducible factor‐1α (HIF‐1α) and visfatin. Hypoxia, hypoxia with HBO and exogenous addition of AngII also increased promoter transcription to visfatin; SP600125 and losartan blocked this activity. In HCAECs, glucose uptake, migration and tube formation were increased in the presence of hypoxia with HBO, but were inhibited by visfatin small interfering RNA, SP600125 and losartan. In conclusion, HBO activates visfatin expression and angiogenesis in hypoxic HCAECs, an effect mediated by AngII, mainly through the JNK pathway.
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- Chiung-Zuan Chiu
- School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei, Taiwan.,Division of Cardiology, Shin-Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei, Taiwan.,Central Laboratory, Shin-Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Central Laboratory, Shin-Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Shin-Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Iron and Sphingolipids as Common Players of (Mal)Adaptation to Hypoxia in Pulmonary Diseases. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21010307. [PMID: 31906427 PMCID: PMC6981703 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21010307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2019] [Revised: 12/24/2019] [Accepted: 12/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Hypoxia, or lack of oxygen, can occur in both physiological (high altitude) and pathological conditions (respiratory diseases). In this narrative review, we introduce high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE), acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), and Cystic Fibrosis (CF) as examples of maladaptation to hypoxia, and highlight some of the potential mechanisms influencing the prognosis of the affected patients. Among the specific pathways modulated in response to hypoxia, iron metabolism has been widely explored in recent years. Recent evidence emphasizes hepcidin as highly involved in the compensatory response to hypoxia in healthy subjects. A less investigated field in the adaptation to hypoxia is the sphingolipid (SPL) metabolism, especially through Ceramide and sphingosine 1 phosphate. Both individually and in concert, iron and SPL are active players of the (mal)adaptation to physiological hypoxia, which can result in the pathological HAPE. Our aim is to identify some pathways and/or markers involved in the physiological adaptation to low atmospheric pressures (high altitudes) that could be involved in pathological adaptation to hypoxia as it occurs in pulmonary inflammatory diseases. Hepcidin, Cer, S1P, and their interplay in hypoxia are raising growing interest both as prognostic factors and therapeutical targets.
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Shibusawa R, Yamada E, Okada S, Nakajima Y, Bastie CC, Maeshima A, Kaira K, Yamada M. Dapagliflozin rescues endoplasmic reticulum stress-mediated cell death. Sci Rep 2019; 9:9887. [PMID: 31285506 PMCID: PMC6614429 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-46402-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2018] [Accepted: 06/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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The new type 2 diabetes drug, dapagliflozin, reduces blood glucose levels and body weight by inhibiting sodium glucose transporter 2 (SGLT2) in proximal tubular cells. SGLT2 inhibitors might modulate glucose influx into renal tubular cells, thereby regulating the metabolic conditions that cause endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in the cells. In this study, we examined the effect of dapagliflozin on ER stress in the HK-2 proximal tubular cell line and in the kidney of db/db mice to characterise its function in diabetic nephropathy (DN). We found that dapagliflozin regulated ER stress-mediated apoptosis in vitro and in vivo. Only the elf2α-ATF4-CHOP pathway was regulated under these conditions. Notably, the drug rescued C2 ceramide-induced ER stress-mediated apoptosis and ER stress-mediated apoptosis, which might occur in DN, in db/db mice. Our study shows a novel role for dapagliflozin as an inhibitor of ER stress and suggests that dapagliflozin might be useful for the prevention of DN.
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- Ryo Shibusawa
- Department of Medicine and Molecular Science, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, 371-8511, Japan
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- Department of Medicine and Molecular Science, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, 371-8511, Japan.
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- Department of Medicine and Molecular Science, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, 371-8511, Japan
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- Department of Medicine and Molecular Science, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, 371-8511, Japan
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- Division of Biomedical Sciences, Warwick Medical School, Coventry, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigii, Japan
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- Department of Oncology Clinical Development, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, 371-8511, Japan
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- Department of Medicine and Molecular Science, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, 371-8511, Japan
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Bhat OM, Yuan X, Li G, Lee R, Li PL. Sphingolipids and Redox Signaling in Renal Regulation and Chronic Kidney Diseases. Antioxid Redox Signal 2018; 28:1008-1026. [PMID: 29121774 PMCID: PMC5849286 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2017.7129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2017] [Revised: 10/30/2017] [Accepted: 11/04/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Significance: Sphingolipids play critical roles in the membrane biology and intracellular signaling events that influence cellular behavior and function. Our review focuses on the cellular mechanisms and functional relevance of the cross talk between sphingolipids and redox signaling, which may be critically implicated in the pathogenesis of different renal diseases. Recent Advances: Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and sphingolipids can regulate cellular redox homeostasis through the regulation of NADPH oxidase, mitochondrial integrity, nitric oxide synthase (NOS), and antioxidant enzymes. Over the last two decades, there have been significant advancements in the field of sphingolipid research, and it was in 2010 for the first time that sphingolipid receptor modulator was exploited as a therapeutic in humans. The cross talk of sphingolipids with redox signaling pathways becomes an important mechanism in the development of many different diseases such as renal diseases. Critical Issues: The critical issues to be addressed in this review are how sphingolipids interact with the redox signaling pathway to regulate renal function and even result in chronic kidney diseases. Ceramide, sphingosine, and sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) as main signaling sphingolipids are discussed in more detail. Future Directions: Although sphingolipids and ROS may mediate or modulate cellular responses to physiological and pathological stimuli, more translational studies and mechanistic pursuit in a tissue- or cell-specific way are needed to enhance our understanding of this important topic and to develop effective therapeutic strategies to treat diseases associated with redox signaling and sphingolipid cross talk. Antioxid. Redox Signal. 28, 1008-1026.
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- Owais M Bhat
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
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Lakatos K, Kalomoiris S, Merkely B, Nolta JA, Fierro FA. Mesenchymal Stem Cells Respond to Hypoxia by Increasing Diacylglycerols. J Cell Biochem 2016; 117:300-7. [PMID: 26212931 PMCID: PMC10695329 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.25292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2015] [Accepted: 07/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) are currently being tested clinically for a plethora of conditions, with most approaches relying on the secretion of paracrine signals by MSC to modulate the immune system, promote wound healing, and induce angiogenesis. Hypoxia has been shown to affect MSC proliferation, differentiation, survival and secretory profile. Here, we investigate changes in the lipid composition of human bone marrow-derived MSC after exposure to hypoxia. Using mass spectrometry, we compared the lipid profiles of MSC derived from five different donors, cultured for two days in either normoxia (control) or hypoxia (1% oxygen). Hypoxia induced a significant increase of total triglycerides, fatty acids and diacylglycerols (DG). Remarkably, reduction of DG levels using the phosphatidylcholine-specific phospholipase C inhibitor D609 inhibited the secretion of VEGF and Angiopoietin-2, but increased the secretion of interleukin-8, without affecting significantly their respective mRNA levels. Functionally, incubation of MSC in hypoxia with D609 inhibited the potential of the cells to promote migration of human endothelial cells in a wound/scratch assay. Hence, we show that hypoxia induces in MSC an increase of DG that may affect the angiogenic potential of these cells.
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- Kinga Lakatos
- Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute for Regenerative Cures, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California
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- Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute for Regenerative Cures, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California
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- Institute for Regenerative Cures, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California
- Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California
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Siddique MM, Li Y, Chaurasia B, Kaddai VA, Summers SA. Dihydroceramides: From Bit Players to Lead Actors. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:15371-15379. [PMID: 25947377 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.r115.653204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Sphingolipid synthesis involves a highly conserved biosynthetic pathway that produces fundamental precursors of complex sphingolipids. The final reaction involves the insertion of a double bond into dihydroceramides to generate the more abundant ceramides, which are converted to sphingomyelins and glucosylceramides/gangliosides by the addition of polar head groups. Although ceramides have long been known to mediate cellular stress responses, the dihydroceramides that are transiently produced during de novo sphingolipid synthesis were deemed inert. Evidence published in the last few years suggests that these dihydroceramides accumulate to a far greater extent in tissues than previously thought. Moreover, they have biological functions that are distinct and non-overlapping with those of the more prevalent ceramides. Roles are being uncovered in autophagy, hypoxia, and cellular proliferation, and the lipids are now implicated in the etiology, treatment, and/or diagnosis of diabetes, cancer, ischemia/reperfusion injury, and neurodegenerative diseases. This minireview summarizes recent findings on this emerging class of bioactive lipids.
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- Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia
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- Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia
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- Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia.
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Ueda N. Ceramide-induced apoptosis in renal tubular cells: a role of mitochondria and sphingosine-1-phoshate. Int J Mol Sci 2015; 16:5076-124. [PMID: 25751724 PMCID: PMC4394466 DOI: 10.3390/ijms16035076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2014] [Revised: 02/09/2015] [Accepted: 02/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Ceramide is synthesized upon stimuli, and induces apoptosis in renal tubular cells (RTCs). Sphingosine-1 phosphate (S1P) functions as a survival factor. Thus, the balance of ceramide/S1P determines ceramide-induced apoptosis. Mitochondria play a key role for ceramide-induced apoptosis by altered mitochondrial outer membrane permeability (MOMP). Ceramide enhances oligomerization of pro-apoptotic Bcl-2 family proteins, ceramide channel, and reduces anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins in the MOM. This process alters MOMP, resulting in generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), cytochrome C release into the cytosol, caspase activation, and apoptosis. Ceramide regulates apoptosis through mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs)-dependent and -independent pathways. Conversely, MAPKs alter ceramide generation by regulating the enzymes involving ceramide metabolism, affecting ceramide-induced apoptosis. Crosstalk between Bcl-2 family proteins, ROS, and many signaling pathways regulates ceramide-induced apoptosis. Growth factors rescue ceramide-induced apoptosis by regulating the enzymes involving ceramide metabolism, S1P, and signaling pathways including MAPKs. This article reviews evidence supporting a role of ceramide for apoptosis and discusses a role of mitochondria, including MOMP, Bcl-2 family proteins, ROS, and signaling pathways, and crosstalk between these factors in the regulation of ceramide-induced apoptosis of RTCs. A balancing role between ceramide and S1P and the strategy for preventing ceramide-induced apoptosis by growth factors are also discussed.
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- Norishi Ueda
- Department of Pediatrics, Public Central Hospital of Matto Ishikawa, 3-8 Kuramitsu, Hakusan, Ishikawa 924-8588, Japan.
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Due to the incidence of type-2 diabetes and hypertension, chronic kidney disease (CKD) has emerged as a major public health problem worldwide. CKD results in premature death from accelerated cardiovascular disease and various other complications. Early detection, careful monitoring of renal function, and response to therapeutic intervention are critical for prevention of CKD progression and its complications. Unfortunately, traditional biomarkers of renal function are insufficiently sensitive or specific to detect early stages of disease when therapeutic intervention is most effective. Therefore, more sensitive biomarkers of kidney disease are needed for early diagnosis, monitoring, and effective treatment. CKD results in profound changes in lipid and lipoprotein metabolism that, in turn, contribute to progression of CKD and its cardiovascular complications. Lipids and lipid-derived metabolites play diverse and critically important roles in the structure and function of cells, tissues, and biofluids. Lipidomics is a branch of metabolomics, which encompasses the global study of lipids and their biologic function in health and disease including identification of biomarkers for diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, and therapeutic response for various diseases. This review summarizes recent developments in lipidomics and its application to various kidney diseases including chronic glomerulonephritis, IgA nephropathy, chronic renal failure, renal cell carcinoma, diabetic nephropathy, and acute renal failure in clinical and experimental research. Analytical technologies, data analysis, as well as currently known metabolic biomarkers of kidney diseases are addressed. Future perspectives and potential limitations of lipidomics are discussed.
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- Ying-Yong Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, The College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, PR China; Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California, USA.
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
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- School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, PR China
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Vlassaks E, Mencarelli C, Nikiforou M, Strackx E, Ferraz MJ, Aerts JM, De Baets MH, Martinez-Martinez P, Gavilanes AWD. Fetal asphyxia induces acute and persisting changes in the ceramide metabolism in rat brain. J Lipid Res 2013; 54:1825-33. [PMID: 23625371 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m034447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Fetal asphyctic preconditioning, induced by a brief episode of experimental hypoxia-ischemia, offers neuroprotection to a subsequent more severe asphyctic insult at birth. Extensive cell stress and apoptosis are important contributing factors of damage in the asphyctic neonatal brain. Because ceramide acts as a second messenger for multiple apoptotic stimuli, including hypoxia/ischemia, we sought to investigate the possible involvement of the ceramide pathway in endogenous neuroprotection induced by fetal asphyctic preconditioning. Global fetal asphyxia was induced in rats by clamping both uterine and ovarian vasculature for 30 min. Fetal asphyxia resulted in acute changes in brain ceramide/sphingomyelin metabolic enzymes, ceramide synthase 1, 2, and 5, acid sphingomyelinase, sphingosine-1-phosphate phosphatase, and the ceramide transporter. This observation correlated with an increase in neuronal apoptosis and in astrocyte number. After birth, ceramide and sphingomyelin levels remained high in fetal asphyxia brains, suggesting that a long-term regulation of the ceramide pathway may be involved in the mechanism of tolerance to a subsequent, otherwise lethal, asphyctic event.
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- Evi Vlassaks
- Department of Neuroscience, Maastricht University, School of Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNS), Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Role of mitochondrial Bax, caspases, and MAPKs for ceramide-induced apoptosis in renal proximal tubular cells. Mol Cell Biochem 2013; 379:37-42. [PMID: 23543151 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-013-1624-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2012] [Accepted: 03/21/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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It remains elusive whether crosstalk exists among mitochondrial Bax, caspases, and mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs), and whether epidermal growth factor (EGF), which may activate MAPKs, affects ceramide-induced apoptosis through the crosstalk in renal proximal tubular cells (RPTCs). Effect of ceramide on expression of mitochondrial Bax and phosphorylated (p)-ERK, p38MAPK and JNK, that of MAPKs inhibition, and of EGF in the presence or absence of MAPKs inhibition on ceramide-induced apoptosis were examined in HK-2 cells. Apoptosis and expression of mitochondrial Bax and p-MAPKs were measured by Hoechst 33258 staining and Western blotting. C2-ceramide, but not dihydroC2-ceramide, inactive C2-ceramide, induced apoptosis at 24 h. C2-ceramide enhanced the mitochondrial Bax expression at 1 h, which was peaked at 3-6 h and decreased at 24 h, but remained increased, compared to control. An inhibitor of caspases, zVAD-fmk, ameliorated ceramide-induced apoptosis, suggesting a role of caspases for ceramide-induced apoptosis. C2-ceramide enhanced the expression of p-ERK and p-p38MAPK, but not p-JNK, at 1 h, which was increased till 24 h. An inhibitor of ERK, PD98059, or of p38MAPK, SB202190, failed to affect C2-ceramide-induced apoptosis. EGF, which enhanced the expression of p-ERK and p-p38MAPK but not p-JNK, ameliorated C2-ceramide-induced apoptosis without affecting mitochondrial Bax. Inhibition of ERK or p38MAPK failed to abolish the protective effect of EGF on C2-ceramide-induced apoptosis. Mitochondrial Bax and caspases, but not MAPKs, play a role for ceramide-induced apoptosis in RPTCs. EGF ameliorates ceramide-induced apoptosis in Bax- and MAPKs-independent pathways. The mechanism of ceramide-induced apoptosis and anti-apoptotic effect of EGF deserves further investigations.
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Liu G, Han F, Yang Y, Xie Y, Jiang H, Mao Y, Wang H, Wang M, Chen R, Yang J, Chen J. Evaluation of sphingolipid metabolism in renal cortex of rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes and the effects of rapamycin. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2010; 26:1493-502. [PMID: 20961887 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Abnormal lipid metabolism contributes to the pathogenesis of diabetes, but it is uncertain whether it plays a role in the development of diabetic nephropathy (DN). While rapamycin was shown to prevent DN development in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats in our previous studies, it is unknown if it intervenes with lipid metabolism. METHODS We divided the rats into four groups: normal control rats, rapamycin-treated normal rats, diabetic rats and rapamycin-treated DN rats. The apoptosis was evaluated by immunohistochemistry. The crude lipid and sphingolipid were extracted from rat renal cortex and analysed by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry. The expression of the three key enzymes in sphingolipid metabolism including serine palmitoyltransferase, acid sphingomyelinase and sphingomyelin synthase was measured by western blot and immunohistochemistry in rat renal cortex. RESULTS The level of apoptosis was increased in diabetic rats, and rapamycin treatment reduced apoptosis. STZ treatment significantly increased formation of many sphingolipids species through elevated de novo synthesis. These changes were inhibited by treatment with rapamycin. CONCLUSIONS Accumulation of sphingolipids contributes to STZ-induced diabetes, and the therapeutic effect of rapamycin on diabetic nephropathy is partly through suppression of sphingolipid abnormality.
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- GuangYi Liu
- Kidney Disease Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Kang MS, Ahn KH, Kim SK, Jeon HJ, Ji JE, Choi JM, Jung KM, Jung SY, Kim DK. Hypoxia-induced neuronal apoptosis is mediated by de novo synthesis of ceramide through activation of serine palmitoyltransferase. Cell Signal 2009; 22:610-8. [PMID: 19932170 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2009.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2009] [Accepted: 11/13/2009] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Cellular hypoxia can lead to cell death or adaptation and has important effects on development, physiology, and pathology. Here, we investigated the role and regulation of ceramide in hypoxia-induced apoptosis of SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells. Hypoxia increased the ceramide concentration; subsequently, we observed biochemical changes indicative of apoptosis, such as DNA fragmentation, nuclear staining, and poly ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) cleavage. The hypoxic cell death was potently inhibited by a caspase inhibitor, zVAD-fmk (benzyloxycarbonyl-Val-Ala-Asp-fluoromethyl ketone). l-Cycloserine, a serine palmitoyltransferase (SPT) inhibitor, and fumonisin B(1) (FB(1)), a ceramide synthase inhibitor, inhibited the hypoxia-induced increase in ceramide, indicating that the increase occurred via the de novo pathway. Hypoxia increased the activity and protein levels of SPT2, suggesting that the hypoxia-induced increase in ceramide is due to the transcriptional up-regulation of SPT2. Specific siRNA of SPT2 prevented hypoxia-induced cell death and ceramide production. However, hypoxia also increased the cellular level of glucosylceramide, which was inhibited by a glucosylceramide synthase (GCS) inhibitor and specific siRNA, but not a ceramidase inhibitor. The increase in glucosylceramide was accompanied by increases in both PARP cleavage and DNA fragmentation. Together, the current results suggest that both SPT and GCS may regulate the cellular level of ceramide, and thus may be critical enzymes for deciding the fate of the cells exposed to hypoxia.
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- Mi Sun Kang
- Department of Environmental & Health Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Chung-Ang University, 221 Huksuk-Dong, Dongjak-Ku, Seoul 156-756, South Korea
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Son JH, Yoo HH, Kim DH. Activation of de novo synthetic pathway of ceramides is responsible for the initiation of hydrogen peroxide-induced apoptosis in HL-60 cells. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. PART A 2007; 70:1310-8. [PMID: 17654249 DOI: 10.1080/15287390701434364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Sphingolipid metabolites in HL-60 cells were analyzed to gain an understanding of their roles in early events underlying hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)-induced apoptosis. Incubation of cells with H2O2 increased the intracellular levels of ceramides and sphinganine, but decreased those of ceramide 1-phosphates (ceramide 1-P) and sphingosine. The levels of sphingomyelins and sphingomyelinase (SMase) activities were not affected by H2O2 treatment. These results were similar to the profiles induced by daunorubicin, an activator of serine palmitoyl CoA transferase (SPT), suggesting that H2O2 stimulated the de novo synthetic pathway of ceramides. L-cycloserine and fumonisin B1 (FB1), specific inhibitors of de novo ceramide biosynthesis, suppressed the elevation of ceramides and sphinganine induced by H2O2, which consequently reduced apoptotic cell death. Collectively, these results demonstrated that H2O2 increased the intracellular concentrations of ceramides via activation of a de novo biosynthetic pathway, and the enhanced ceramides might initiate apoptosis in HL-60 cells.
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- Jung Hyun Son
- Bioanalysis and Biotransformation Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Small lipids such as eicosanoids exert diverse and complex functions. In addition to their role in regulating normal kidney function, these lipids also play important roles in the pathogenesis of kidney diseases. Cyclooxygenase (COX)-derived prostanoids play important role in maintaining renal function, body fluid homeostasis, and blood pressure. Renal cortical COX2-derived prostanoids, particularly (PGI2) and PGE2 play critical roles in maintaining blood pressure and renal function in volume contracted states. Renal medullary COX2-derived prostanoids appear to have antihypertensive effect in individuals challenged with a high salt diet. 5-Lipoxygenase (LO)-derived leukotrienes are involved in inflammatory glomerular injury. LO product 12-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (12-HETE) is associated with pathogenesis of hypertension, and may mediate angiotensin II and TGFbeta induced mesengial cell abnormality in diabetic nephropathy. P450 hydroxylase-derived 20-HETE is a potent vasoconstrictor and is involved in the pathogenesis of hypertension. P450 epoxygenase derived epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) have vasodilator and natriuretic effect. Blockade of EET formation is associated with salt-sensitive hypertension. Ceramide has also been demonstrated to be an important signaling molecule, which is involved in pathogenesis of acute kidney injury caused by ischemia/reperfusion, and toxic insults. Those pathways should provide fruitful targets for intervention in the pharmacologic treatment of renal disease.
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- C-M Hao
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA.
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Small lipids such as eicosanoids exert diverse and complex functions. In addition to their role in regulating normal kidney function, these lipids also play important roles in the pathogenesis of kidney diseases. Increased glomerular cyclooxygenase (COX)1 or COX2 expression has been reported in patients with nephritis and in animal models of nephritis. COX inhibitors have shown beneficial effects on lupus nephritis and passive Heymann nephritis, but not anti-Thy1.1-induced nephritis. 5-Lipoxygenase-derived leukotrienes are involved in inflammatory glomerular injury. Lipoxygenase product 12-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid may mediate angiotensin II and transforming growth factor beta-induced mesangial cell abnormality in diabetic nephropathy. P450 arachidonic acid mono-oxygenase-derived 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid and epoxyeicosatrienoic acids are involved in several forms of kidney injury, including renal injury in metabolic syndrome. Ceramide also has been shown to be an important signaling molecule that is involved in the pathogenesis of acute kidney injury caused by ischemia/reperfusion and toxic insults. Those pathways should provide fruitful targets for intervention in the pharmacologic treatment of renal disease.
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- Chuan-Ming Hao
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
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Russ AL, Haberstroh KM, Rundell AE. Experimental strategies to improve in vitro models of renal ischemia. Exp Mol Pathol 2007; 83:143-59. [PMID: 17490640 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2007.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2006] [Revised: 03/15/2007] [Accepted: 03/15/2007] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Ischemia has elicited a great deal of interest among the scientific community due to its role in life-threatening pathologies such as cancer, stroke, acute renal failure, and myocardial infarction. Oxygen deprivation (hypoxia) associated with ischemia has recently become a subject of intense scrutiny. New investigators may find it challenging to induce hypoxic injury in vitro. Researchers may not always be aware of the experimental barriers that contribute to this phenomenon. Furthermore, ischemia is associated with other major insults, such as excess carbon dioxide (hypercapnia), nutrient deprivation, and accumulation of cellular wastes. Ideally, these conditions should also be incorporated into in vitro models. Therefore, the motivation behind this review is to: i. delineate major in vivo ischemic insults; ii. identify and explain critical in vitro parameters that need to be considered when simulating ischemic pathologies; iii. provide recommendations to improve experiments; and as a result, iv. enhance the validity of in vitro results for understanding clinical ischemic pathologies. Undoubtedly, it is not possible to completely replicate the in vivo environment in an ex vivo model system. In fact, the primary goal of many in vitro studies is to elucidate the role of specific stimuli during in vivo pathological events. This review will present methodologies that may be implemented to improve the applicability of in vitro models for understanding the complex pathological mechanisms of ischemia. Finally, although these topics will be discussed within the context of renal ischemia, many are pertinent for cellular models of other organ systems and pathologies.
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- Alissa L Russ
- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, 206 S. Intramural Dr. West Lafayette, IN 47907-1791, USA
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Itoh Y, Yano T, Sendo T, Sueyasu M, Hirano K, Kanaide H, Oishi R. Involvement of de novo ceramide synthesis in radiocontrast-induced renal tubular cell injury. Kidney Int 2006; 69:288-97. [PMID: 16408118 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5000057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We reported previously that various radiocontrast media cause apoptosis in porcine proximal tubular (LLC-PK(1)) cells, in which reduction in B-cell lymphoma (Bcl)-2 expression and caspase-3 activation are implicated. In the present study, we investigated a role for ceramide in radiocontrast media-induced apoptosis in renal tubular cells. LLC-PK(1) cells were exposed to radiocontrast media for 30 min, followed by incubation for 24 h in normal medium. Cell viability was assessed by 2-(2-methoxy-4-nitrophenyl)-3-(4-nitrophenyl)-5-(2,4-disulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazolium monosodium salt assay, while apoptosis was determined by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling stain. Immunofluorescent stains were performed using antibodies against phosphorylated Akt (pAkt) and cAMP response element binding protein (CREB) (pCREB), and ceramide. The mRNA expression and protein content of Bcl-2 were determined by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and enzyme immunoassay, respectively. In vivo model of contrast-induced renal injury was induced in mice with unilateral renal occlusion. The cell injury induced by the nonionic radiocontrast medium ioversol was reversed by inhibiting de novo ceramide synthesis with fumonisin B(1) (FB(1)) and L-cycloserine, but not by suppressing sphingomyelin breakdown with D609. FB(1) reversed ioversol-induced decrease in the immunoreactivities of pAkt and pCREB, reduction in Bcl-2 expression and caspase-3 activation. Like ioversol, C2 ceramide and the Akt inhibitor Src homology-6 induced apoptosis by reducing pAkt and pCREB-like immunoreactivities, lowering Bcl-2 expression and enhancing caspase-3 activity. Indeed, various radiocontrast media, excluding iodixanol which showed the least nephrotoxicity, enhanced ceramide-like immunoreactivity. The role for de novo ceramide synthesis was also shown in the in vivo model of radiocontrast nephropathy. We demonstrated here for the first time that the enhancement of de novo ceramide synthesis contributes to radiocontrast nephropathy.
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- Y Itoh
- Department of Pharmacy, Kyushu University Hospital, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan.
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Rentz SS, Showker JL, Meredith FI, Riley RT. Inhibition of sphingolipid biosynthesis decreases phosphorylated ERK2 in LLC-PK1 cells. Food Chem Toxicol 2005; 43:123-31. [PMID: 15582204 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2004.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2004] [Accepted: 09/08/2004] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Fumonisin B(1) (FB(1)) is a fungal toxin produced by Fusarium verticillioides that inhibits ceramide synthase (CS), a key enzyme in the de novo sphingolipid biosynthesis pathway. In LLC-PK(1) cells, FB(1) inhibits cell proliferation and induces apoptosis, which can be prevented by inhibitors of serine palmitoyltransferase (SPT). Inhibition of SPT prevents the FB(1)-induced accumulation of free sphinganine, a precursor of ceramide biosynthesis. However, not all of the effects of FB(1) in LLC-PK(1) cells can be explained solely by the increase in free sphingoid bases. The downstream signaling pathways that are affected by FB(1)-induced disruption of sphingolipid biosynthesis are not well understood. This study determined, in LLC-PK(1) cells, changes in p42 MAP kinase (phosphorylated ERK2 [pERK2]) phosphorylation in response to various inhibitors of key enzymes of the de novo sphingolipid biosynthesis pathway (CS, SPT, and glucosylceramide synthase [GlcCer synthase]). The results show that inhibition of any of the three enzymes caused a similar decrease in the extent of phosphorylation of ERK2 with no reduction in total ERK2. The co-treatment of FB(1) (CS inhibitor) with SPT inhibitors or the GlcCer synthase inhibitor had no effect on the FB(1)-induced reduction in pERK2 phosphorylation, indicating that FB(1)-mediated changes in phosphorylation of pERK2 was independent of increases in free sphinganine or its metabolites or a reduction in ceramide. Nonetheless, the decrease in pERK2 phosphorylation was dependent on inhibition of de novo sphingolipid biosynthesis. Decreased pERK2 activity could contribute to the physiological effects of FB(1) in LLC-PK(1) cells that are not due to alteration in pathways modulated by free sphingoid bases and their metabolites but are sensitive to inhibition of glycosphingolipid biosynthesis.
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- Sarah S Rentz
- College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
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Basnakian AG, Ueda N, Hong X, Galitovsky VE, Yin X, Shah SV. Ceramide synthase is essential for endonuclease-mediated death of renal tubular epithelial cells induced by hypoxia-reoxygenation. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2004; 288:F308-14. [PMID: 15479855 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00204.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Ceramide is known to play a role in the cell signaling pathway involved in apoptosis. Most studies suggest that enhanced ceramide generation is the result of hydrolysis of sphingomyelin by sphingomyelinases. However, the role of ceramide synthase in enhanced ceramide generation has not been previously examined in hypoxia-reoxygenation injury. In the present study, we demonstrated that 60-min hypoxia of rat renal tubular epithelial NRK-52E cells in a gas chamber with 95% N2-5% CO2 with glucose deprivation resulted in a significant increase in ceramide generation. The ceramide level further increased after reoxygenation for 60 min. Exposure of cells to hypoxia-reoxygenation resulted in a significant increase in ceramide synthase activity without any significant change in acid or neutral sphingomyelinase. The hypoxia-reoxygenation of NRK-52E cells was also associated with the release of endonuclease G (EndoG) from mitochondria to cytoplasm measured by Western blot analysis and endonuclease activity assay. It further led to the fragmentation of DNA and cell death. A specific inhibitor of ceramide synthase, fumonisin B1 (50 microM), suppressed hypoxia-reoxygenation-induced ceramide generation and provided protection against hypoxia-reoxygenation-induced EndoG release, DNA fragmentation, and cell death. Taken together, our data suggest that hypoxia-reoxygenation results in an activation of ceramide synthase rather than sphingomyelinase and that ceramide synthase-dependent ceramide generation is a key modulator of EndoG-mediated cytotoxicity in hypoxia-reoxygenation injury to renal tubular epithelial cells.
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Bitar FF, Mroueh S, El Khatib M, Bitar H, Tarrabain M, El Sabban M, Obeid M, Nasser M, Dbaibo GS. Tissue-specific ceramide response in the chronically hypoxic rat model mimicking cyanotic heart disease. Prostaglandins Other Lipid Mediat 2004; 72:155-63. [PMID: 14674627 DOI: 10.1016/s1098-8823(03)00073-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Acute hypoxia is associated with apoptosis and increase in ceramide levels in various organs. To assess the effect of chronic hypoxia on ceramide accumulation in the lungs and kidneys, we utilized an animal model mimicking cyanotic heart disease. METHODS Rats were placed in a hypoxic environment at birth and oxygen levels were maintained at 10% in an air-tight Plexiglas chamber. Controls remained in room air. Animals were sacrificed and the lung and kidneys were harvested and weighed at 1 and 4 weeks, respectively. Ceramide levels were measured using a modified diacylglycerol kinase assay. RESULTS Significant polycythemia developed in the hypoxic rats at 1 and 4 weeks. Indexed lung and kidney masses were significantly increased in the hypoxic animals as compared to controls at 1 and 4 weeks, respectively. The ceramide levels in the hypoxic lungs and kidneys were not significantly different from control groups at 1 and 4 weeks. [Ceramide/phosphate ratio in the kidneys was 1.28 +/- 0.17 (C) versus 1.18 +/- 0.12 (H) at 1 week; P = 0.39, and 1.46 +/- 0.08 (C) versus 1.33 +/- 0.15 (H) at 4 weeks (P = 0.44)] and [ceramide/phosphate ratio (pmol/nmol) in the lungs was 2.29 +/- 0.14 (C) versus 1.98 +/- 0.12 (H) at 1 week (P = 0.17), and 2.42 +/- 0.16 (C) versus 2.30 +/- 0.05 (H) at 4 weeks, P = 0.34]. CONCLUSION The response of lungs and kidneys to chronic hypoxia includes increase in indexed mass and lack of ceramide accumulation. This is similar to the response previously reported in the chronically hypoxic brain and heart. Thus, various organs appear to have similar ceramide response pattern to chronic hypoxia.
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- Fadi F Bitar
- Department of Pediatrics, American University of Beirut-Medical Center, Riad El Solh, P.O. Box 11-6023, A#22, Beirut 11072020, Lebanon.
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Hotter G, Palacios L, Sola A. Low O2 and high CO2 in LLC-PK1 cells culture mimics renal ischemia-induced apoptosis. J Transl Med 2004; 84:213-20. [PMID: 14688798 DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.3700026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Ischemia, absence or loss of blood flow in organs always presents as a dual phenomenon: tissue oxygen deficit and CO(2) excess (hypercapnia). Commonly hypoxic cell culture models kept CO(2) at normal nonischemic values. We report a study of apoptosis in an in vitro model of renal hypoxia that mimics in vivo tissue gas atmosphere composition determined during experimental ischemia in rat kidney (low O(2) plus high CO(2)). Renal tubular LLC-PK1 cell were transiently exposed to hypoxia, to hypercapnia or to both conditions (simulated ischemia). Exposure to simulated ischemic atmosphere, but not to low O(2) or high CO(2) alone, induced cell apoptosis in vitro. This suggests that ischemia-induced apoptosis in vivo would be dependent on the natural, joint action of hypoxia and hypercapnia. This should be taken into account in cell culture studies that would like to mimic in vivo ischemic conditions.
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- Gina Hotter
- Department of Medical Bioanalysis, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, IIBB-CSIC, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
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Sinha D, Wang Z, Price VR, Schwartz JH, Lieberthal W. Chemical anoxia of tubular cells induces activation of c-Src and its translocation to the zonula adherens. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2003; 284:F488-97. [PMID: 12419774 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00172.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Cyanide (CN)-induced chemical anoxia of cultured mouse proximal tubular (MPT) cells increased the kinase activity of c-Src by approximately threefold. 4-Amino-5-(4-chlorophenyl)-7-(t-butyl)pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine (PP2), a specific inhibitor of c-Src, prevented Src activation. CN also increased the permeability of MPT cell monolayers, an event ameliorated by PP2. During CN treatment, the proteins of the zonula adherens (ZA; E-cadherin and the catenins) disappeared from their normal location at cell-cell borders and appeared within the cytosol. CN also resulted in the appearance of c-Src at cell-cell borders. PP2 prevented these CN-induced alterations in the distribution of ZA proteins and c-Src. CN also increased the association of c-Src with beta-catenin and p120 and induced a substantial increase in tyrosine phosphorylation of both catenins. PP2 prevented the CN-induced phosphorylation of these catenins. In summary, we show that CN-induced chemical anoxia activates c-Src and induces its translocation to cell-cell junctions where it binds to and phosphorylates beta-catenin and p120. Our findings suggest that these events contribute to the loss of the epithelial barrier function associated with chemical anoxia.
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- Diviya Sinha
- Renal Section, Evans Biomedical Research Center, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
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Solomon JC, Sharma K, Wei LX, Fujita T, Shi YF. A novel role for sphingolipid intermediates in activation-induced cell death in T cells. Cell Death Differ 2003; 10:193-202. [PMID: 12700647 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Activation-induced cell death (AICD), a process mediated by CD95 and CD95 ligand (CD95L), plays a critical role in regulating homeostasis of the immune system. Although the role of sphingolipids such as ceramides has been suggested to participate in CD95-mediated apoptosis, the exact role of these molecules in this process remains controversial. We employed myriocin, a specific inhibitor of serine palmitoyl-CoA transferase that mediates the first commitment step in sphingolipid synthesis. We found that myriocin could effectively block AICD in T-cell hybridomas and T-cell blasts. However, fumonisin B1, an inhibitor of the final step of ceramide synthesis, or inhibitors of sphingomyelinases did not prevent AICD. Furthermore, ceramide analogues, such as C2 and C6, could not reverse the inhibitory effect of myriocin. Interestingly, sphinganine, an intermediate of ceramide synthesis, completely reversed the inhibitory effect of myriocin, indicating a critical role of sphinganine. Myriocin did not modulate the expression of CD95 or CD95L, instead, it interfered with the early steps of CD95-mediated caspase activation. Therefore, we have uncovered a novel mechanism by which sphingolipid intermediates regulate CD95-mediated apoptosis.
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- J C Solomon
- Department of Immunology, American Red Cross, Rockville, MD 20855, USA
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Perry DK. Serine palmitoyltransferase: role in apoptotic de novo ceramide synthesis and other stress responses. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2002; 1585:146-52. [PMID: 12531548 DOI: 10.1016/s1388-1981(02)00335-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Serine palmitoyltransferase is the first and rate-limiting enzyme of sphingolipid synthesis. As such, it is a central control point in the synthesis of bioactivate sphingolipids, and it plays an important role in mediating cellular stress responses. In this review, its role in mediating these responses is discussed within the context of de novo ceramide synthesis. Furthermore, a discussion is provided of its regulation as discerned from both yeast and mammalian studies.
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- David K Perry
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Hollings Cancer Center, 86 Jonathon Lucas St., P.O. Box 250955, Charleston, SC 29403, USA.
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Basnakian AG, Kaushal GP, Shah SV. Apoptotic pathways of oxidative damage to renal tubular epithelial cells. Antioxid Redox Signal 2002; 4:915-24. [PMID: 12573140 DOI: 10.1089/152308602762197452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Toxic renal failure induced by gentamicin, glycerol, or cisplatin, as well as ischemic renal failure in vivo and hypoxia/reoxygenation of tubular epithelial cells in vitro, induces the production of reactive oxygen metabolites (ROM). Generation of ROM is responsible for the induction of tubular epithelial cell death, which is mediated by caspases and/or endonucleases. Scavenging of ROM protects tubular epithelium from caspase and endonuclease activation and from cell death. Thus, the inhibition of ROM production combined with the pharmacological control of caspase and endonuclease pathways may provide future modalities in the prevention or treatment of acute renal failure in humans.
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Ueda N, Camargo SMR, Hong X, Basnakian AG, Walker PD, Shah SV. Role of ceramide synthase in oxidant injury to renal tubular epithelial cells. J Am Soc Nephrol 2001; 12:2384-2391. [PMID: 11675414 DOI: 10.1681/asn.v12112384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Ceramide has been implicated to play an important role in the cell signaling pathway involved in apoptosis. Most studies that have used the apoptotic model of cellular injury have suggested that enhanced ceramide generation is the result of the breakdown of sphingomyelin by sphingomyelinases. However, the role of ceramide synthase in enhanced ceramide generation in response to oxidant stress has not been previously examined in any tissue. Hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) (1 mM) resulted in a rapid increase in ceramide generation (as measured by in vitro diacylglycerol kinase assay) in LLC-PK1 cells. The intracellular ceramide level was significantly increased at 5 min after exposure of cells to H(2)O(2) and thereafter continuously increased up to 60 min. H(2)O(2) also resulted in a rapid increase (within 5 min) in ceramide synthase activity (as measured by incorporation of [(14)C] from the labeled palmytoyl-CoA into dihydroceramide) in microsomes. In contrast, the exposure of cells to H(2)O(2) did not result in any significant change in sphingomyelin content or acid or neutral sphingomyelinase activity. An increase in ceramide production induced by H(2)O(2) preceded any evidence of DNA damage and cell death. The specific inhibitor of ceramide synthase, fumonisin B1 (50 microM), was able to suppress H(2)O(2)-induced ceramide generation and provided a marked protection against H(2)O(2)-induced DNA strand breaks, DNA fragmentation, and cell death. Taken together, these data provide the first evidence that H(2)O(2) is a regulator of ceramide synthase rather than sphingomyelinases and that ceramide synthase-dependent ceramide generation plays a key role in DNA damage and cell death in oxidant stress to renal tubular epithelial cells.
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- Norishi Ueda
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Division of Nephrology, and Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, Arkansas
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- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Division of Nephrology, and Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, Arkansas
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- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Division of Nephrology, and Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, Arkansas
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- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Division of Nephrology, and Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, Arkansas
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- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Division of Nephrology, and Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, Arkansas
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- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Division of Nephrology, and Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, Arkansas
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Andrieu-Abadie N, Gouazé V, Salvayre R, Levade T. Ceramide in apoptosis signaling: relationship with oxidative stress. Free Radic Biol Med 2001; 31:717-28. [PMID: 11557309 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5849(01)00655-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 206] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Ceramide is one of the major sphingosine-based lipid second messengers that is generated in response to various extracellular agents. However, while widespread attention has focused on ceramide as a second messenger involved in the induction of apoptosis, important issues with regard to the mechanisms of ceramide formation and mode of action remain to be addressed. Several lines of evidence suggest that ceramide and oxidative stress are intimately related in cell death induction. This review focuses on the putative relationships between oxidative stress and sphingolipid metabolism in the apoptotic process and discusses the potential mechanisms that connect and regulate the two phenomena.
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- N Andrieu-Abadie
- INSERM Unit 466, Laboratoire de Biochimie Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rangueil, Toulouse, France.
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Zager RA, Andoh T, Bennett WM. Renal cholesterol accumulation: a durable response after acute and subacute renal insults. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2001; 159:743-52. [PMID: 11485932 PMCID: PMC1850565 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)61745-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/03/2001] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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UNLABELLED Proximal tubular cholesterol levels rise within 18 hours of diverse forms of acute renal tubular injury (eg, myoglobinuria, ischemia/reperfusion, urinary tract obstruction). These increments serve to protect against further bouts of tubular attack (so-called "acquired cytoresistance"). Whether these cholesterol increments are merely transitory, or persist into the maintenance phase of acute renal failure (ARF), has not been previously defined. Furthermore, whether subacute/insidious tubular injury [eg, cyclosporine A (CSA), tacrolimus toxicity], nontubular injury (eg, acute glomerulonephritis), or physiological stress (eg, mild dehydration) impact renal cholesterol homeostasis have not been addressed. This study sought to resolve these issues. Male CD-1 mice were subjected to glycerol-induced ARF. Renal cortical-free cholesterol (FC) and cholesterol ester (CE) levels were determined 3, 5, 7, or 14 days later, and the values contrasted to prevailing blood-urea nitrogen concentrations. The impact of 40 minutes of unilateral renal ischemia plus reflow (3 to 6 days) on mouse cortical FC/CE content was also assessed. Additionally, FC/CE levels were measured in rat renal cortex either 10 days after CSA or tacrolimus therapy, or 48 hours after induction of nephrotoxic serum nephritis. Finally, the impact of overnight dehydration on mouse renal cortical/medullary FC/CE profiles was determined. Compared to sham-treated animals, glycerol, CSA, tacrolimus, ischemia-reperfusion, and nephrotoxic serum each induced dramatic CE +/- FC elevations, rising as much as 10x control values. In the glycerol model, striking correlations (r = 0.99) between FC/CE and blood-urea nitrogen levels were observed. The FC/CE increases were specific to damaged kidney (glycerol did not raise hepatic FC/CE; unilateral renal ischemia did not alter contralateral renal FC/CE levels). Overnight dehydration raised renal CE levels, most notably in the medulla. CONCLUSIONS FC/CE accumulation is a hallmark of the maintenance phase of ischemic and nephrotoxic ARF, and can reflect its severity. That cholesterol accumulation can result from glomerular injury and dehydration suggests that it is a generic renal stress response, with potential relevance extending beyond just the phenomenon of acquired cytoresistance.
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- R A Zager
- Department of Medicine, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, University of Washington, 1100 Fairview Ave. N, Rm. D2-190, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
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Riley RT, Enongene E, Voss KA, Norred WP, Meredith FI, Sharma RP, Spitsbergen J, Williams DE, Carlson DB, Merrill AH. Sphingolipid perturbations as mechanisms for fumonisin carcinogenesis. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2001; 109 Suppl 2:301-8. [PMID: 11359699 PMCID: PMC1240679 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.01109s2301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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There is a great deal of evidence that altered sphingolipid metabolism is associated with fumonisin-induced animal diseases including increased apoptotic and oncotic necrosis, and carcinogenesis in rodent liver and kidney. The biochemical consequences of fumonisin disruption of sphingolipid metabolism most likely to alter cell regulation are increased free sphingoid bases and their 1-phosphates, alterations in complex sphingolipids, and decreased ceramide (CER) biosynthesis. Because free sphingoid bases and CER can induce cell death, the fumonisin inhibition of CER synthase can inhibit cell death induced by CER but promote free sphingoid base-induced cell death. Theoretically, at any time the balance between the intracellular concentration of effectors that protect cells from apoptosis (decreased CER, increased sphingosine 1-phosphate) and those that induce apoptosis (increased CER, free sphingoid bases, altered fatty acids) will determine the cellular response. Because the balance between the rates of apoptosis and proliferation is important in tumorigenesis, cells sensitive to the proliferative effect of decreased CER and increased sphingosine 1-phosphate may be selected to survive and proliferate when free sphingoid base concentration is not growth inhibitory. Conversely, when the increase in free sphingoid bases exceeds a cell's ability to convert sphinganine/sphingosine to dihydroceramide/CER or their sphingoid base 1-phosphate, then free sphingoid bases will accumulate. In this case cells that are sensitive to sphingoid base-induced growth arrest will die and insensitive cells will survive. If the cells selected to die are normal phenotypes and the cells selected to survive are abnormal, then cancer risk will increase.
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- R T Riley
- USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Athens, Georgia, USA.
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Carratù MR, Cagiano R, Tattoli M, Trabace L, Borracci P, Cuomo V. Prenatal exposure model simulating CO inhalation in human cigarette smokers: sphingomyelin alterations in the rat sciatic nerve. Toxicol Lett 2000; 117:101-6. [PMID: 11033239 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4274(00)00248-4] [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: 11/24/2022]
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Prenatal exposure to low concentrations of carbon monoxide (CO, 150 ppm) causes long-term alterations in sphingomyelin (SM) homeostasis in peripheral nervous system, but not brain of male rat offspring. In particular, unlike sphinganine (intermediate of complex sphingolipid biosynthesis de novo), the concentrations of sphingosine (intermediate of complex sphingolipid turnover) were increased by 2.35-fold in the sciatic nerve of CO-exposed offspring with respect to controls (P<0.05, overall one-way ANOVA). These subtle alterations were not accompanied by changes in motor activity (F=0.25, df=1/10, n.s., overall one-way-ANOVA). The results suggest that the SM homeostasis in the sciatic nerve is particularly susceptible to prenatal CO exposure resulting in maternal carboxyhaemoglobin (HbCO) levels equivalent to those found in human cigarette smokers.
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- M R Carratù
- Department of Pharmacology and Human Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Bari, Policinico-Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124, Bari, Italy
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Morrissey J, Guo G, McCracken R, Tolley T, Klahr S. Induction of CD14 in tubular epithelial cells during kidney disease. J Am Soc Nephrol 2000; 11:1681-1690. [PMID: 10966493 DOI: 10.1681/asn.v1191681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Analysis of gene expression in a mouse model of unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO) revealed significant induction of CD14 mRNA in kidneys with obstructed ureters. Immunocytochemical analysis indicated that CD14 was upregulated in tubular epithelial cells and this upregulation was not attributable to infiltration of the kidneys by mononuclear cells. This induction of CD14 mRNA was found to occur in BALB/C, C57BL/6, C3H/HeN, and C3H/HeJ mice during UUO. Ischemia/reperfusion of kidneys also induced CD14 mRNA. Mice lacking either of the tumor necrosis factor-alpha receptor (TNFR) genes were also studied; the induction of CD14 was blunted in TNFR 1-knockout mice but not in TNFR2-knockout mice. Apoptosis of tubular cells in lipopolysaccharide-resistant CH3/HeJ mice was significantly (P: < 0. 05) less than that in lipopolysaccharide-responsive CH3/HeN mice during UUO. These results suggest that CD14 is acutely induced in tubular epithelial cells in two mouse models of renal injury. This induction is regulated by tumor necrosis factor-alpha, through TNFR1. CD14 may participate in the apoptosis of tubular epithelial cells on a more chronic basis by activating a pathway that is absent or deficient in C3H/HeJ mice.
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- Jeremiah Morrissey
- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri
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Enongene EN, Sharma RP, Bhandari N, Voss KA, Riley RT. Disruption of sphingolipid metabolism in small intestines, liver and kidney of mice dosed subcutaneously with fumonisin B(1). Food Chem Toxicol 2000; 38:793-9. [PMID: 10930700 DOI: 10.1016/s0278-6915(00)00065-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Fumonisin B(1) is a fungal inhibitor of ceramide synthase, a key enzyme in the de novo biosynthesis of sphingolipids. The resulting increase in tissue free sphinganine (and sometimes sphingosine) is used as a biomarker for fumonisin exposure. This study determined whether a single subcutaneous injection of fumonisin B(1) could cause an increase in free sphingoid bases in the intestinal epithelial cells of mice over 24 hr. It was hypothesized that fumonisin administered subcutaneously would be excreted into the small intestine via biliary excretion, and this should be detectable by increased sphingoid bases in the intestine. A significant time-dependent increase in sphingoid bases occurred in the intestine and liver peaking at 4-8 hr and declining to control levels by 24 hr. In the kidney the increase in free sphinganine was persistent. The parallel time course of the change in sphinganine in the intestine and liver suggested fumonisin B(1) was rapidly excreted into the small intestine. Rapid cell turnover in the intestine could account for the reversal of the sphinganine increase. The rapid return to the control level in liver was unexpected since ceramide synthase inhibition in cultured cells is persistent suggesting that liver handles fumonisin B(1) or sphingoid bases quite differently than kidney.
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- E N Enongene
- Toxicology and Mycotoxin Research Unit, USDA/ARS, Athens, Georgia 30604-5677, USA
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Zager RA. Polyene antibiotics: relative degrees of in vitro cytotoxicity and potential effects on tubule phospholipid and ceramide content. Am J Kidney Dis 2000; 36:238-49. [PMID: 10922301 DOI: 10.1053/ajkd.2000.8967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Polyene antibiotic administration is limited by dose-dependent nephrotoxicity. The latter is believed to be mediated by polyene anchoring to plasma membrane cholesterol, resulting in pore formation, abnormal ion/solute flux, adenosine triphosphate (ATP) declines, and, ultimately, a loss of tubule viability. The relative nephrotoxicity of these agents and their liposomal preparations has remained poorly defined. Thus, freshly isolated mouse proximal tubules or cultured human proximal tubule (HK-2) cells were exposed to either nystatin, amphotericin B, or three different polyene liposomal preparations (Nyotran, AmBisome, or Abelcet; 4 to 64 microg/mL). The impact of these agents on (1) plasma membrane injury (sodium-driven ATP consumption, assessed by ATP-adenosine diphosphate [ADP] ratios); (2) cellular susceptibility to superimposed injury (chemical hypoxia or ferrous ammonium sulfate-mediated oxidative stress; assessed by lactate dehydrogenase release); and (3) membrane cholesterol, phospholipid, and ceramide expression was assessed. Amphotericin B was more cytotoxic than nystatin (approximately 25% to 50% greater ATP-ADP ratio declines). Most of this toxicity could be eliminated by polyene liposomal formulation. Nevertheless, the liposomal polyenes still fully sensitized tubule cells to superimposed chemical hypoxic (antimycin/deoxyglucose), but not oxidant, attack. Nystatin and amphotericin B caused acute increments in tubule sphingomyelin-phosphatidylcholine ratios and ceramide content (indicating an impact on the plasma membrane extending beyond the classic view of pore formation with ion flux). In conclusion, (1) nystatin is seemingly less cytotoxic than amphotericin B (in contrast to the prevailing clinical view); (2) liposomal formulation markedly decreases this cytotoxicity; (3) despite this reduced toxicity, liposomal polyenes are still able to render tubule cells more vulnerable to selected forms of superimposed injury; and (4) acute alterations in plasma membrane phospholipid and ceramide expression are previously unrecognized consequences and potential mediators of polyene-mediated tubular cell attack.
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- R A Zager
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
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A significant corpus of work over the last decade has firmly established an important role for sphingolipids in a variety of important biological processes. Such processes include signaling events related to cell growth, differentiation, programmed cell death, and stress responses. These processes not only involve those sphingolipids that accumulate as a result of a variety of inherited lysosomal storage disorders, but, in addition, sphingolipids associated with long-chain base metabolism. This article reviews the chemical properties, pathways, regulated metabolism, and signaling function of sphingolipids. In addition, the potential roles of sphingolipids in renal-specific processes are considered. While a variety of cellular functions have been ascribed to sphingolipids, in many cases proof of the concept has yet to be well established. Thus, a number of critical questions can be posed in interpreting these studies. Several of these questions are considered.
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- J A Shayman
- Nephrology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 48109-0676, USA.
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Cao LC, Honeyman T, Jonassen J, Scheid C. Oxalate-induced ceramide accumulation in Madin-Darby canine kidney and LLC-PK1 cells. Kidney Int 2000; 57:2403-11. [PMID: 10844609 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2000.00099.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Oxalate exposure produces oxidant stress in renal epithelial cells leading to death of some cells and adaptation of others. The pathways involved in these diverse actions remain unclear, but appear to involve activation of phospholipase A2 (PLA2) and redistribution of membrane phospholipids. The present studies examined the possibility that oxalate actions may also involve increased accumulation of ceramide, a lipid-signaling molecule implicated in a variety of pathways, including those leading to apoptotic cell death. METHODS Ceramide accumulation was examined in renal epithelial cells from pig kidney (LLC-PK1 cells) and from dog kidney [Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK cells)] using the diacylglycerol kinase assay. Sphingomyelin degradation was assessed by monitoring the disappearance of 3H-sphingomyelin from cells that had been prelabeled with [3H]-choline. The effects of oxalate were compared with those of other oxidants (peroxide, xanthine/xanthine oxidase), other organic acids (formate and citrate), and a known activator of sphingomyelinase in these cells [tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha)]. Separate studies determined whether oxalate-induced accumulation of ceramide could be blocked by pretreatment with antioxidants [Mn (III) tetrakis (1-methyl-4-pyridyl) porphyrin (Mn TMPyP, a superoxide dismutase mimetic) or N-acetylcysteine (NAC; an antioxidant)], with an inhibitor of ceramide synthase [fumonisin B1 (FB1)] or with an inhibitor of PLA2 [arachidonyl trifluoromethylketone (AACOCF3)]. RESULTS Oxalate exposure produced a significant time- and concentration-dependent increase in cellular ceramide. A reciprocal decrease in 3H-sphingomyelin was observed under these conditions. Increases in cellular ceramide levels were also observed after treatment with other oxidants (hydrogen peroxide, and xanthine/xanthine oxidase), activators of sphingomyelinase (TNF-alpha), exogenous sphingomyelinase, or arachidonic acid. Formate produced similar (albeit smaller) effects, and citrate did not. The oxidant-induced increases in ceramide were attenuated by pretreatment with NAC (a glutathione precursor) and MnTMPyP (a superoxide dismutase mimetic), suggesting a role for cellular redox states. The oxalate-induced increase in ceramide was also attenuated by pretreatment with AACOCF3, suggesting a role for PLA2. Pretreatment with FB1 produced a small but statistically insignificant attenuation of the response to oxalate. CONCLUSIONS Oxalate exposure produces a marked accumulation of ceramide in renal epithelial cells by a process that is redox sensitive and mediated in part by activation of PLA2. Since cellular sphingomyelin decreased as ceramide increased, it seems likely that oxalate actions are mediated, at least in part, by an increase in sphingomyelinase activity, although alterations in ceramide synthase are also possible. Further study is required to define the steps involved in oxalate actions and to determine the extent to which ceramide signaling mediates oxalate actions.
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- L C Cao
- Department of Physiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655-0127, USA
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Huwiler A, Kolter T, Pfeilschifter J, Sandhoff K. Physiology and pathophysiology of sphingolipid metabolism and signaling. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2000; 1485:63-99. [PMID: 10832090 DOI: 10.1016/s1388-1981(00)00042-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 308] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- A Huwiler
- Zentrum der Pharmakologie, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt, Germany.
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Zager RA, Burkhart KM, Johnson A. Sphingomyelinase and membrane sphingomyelin content: determinants ofProximal tubule cell susceptibility to injury. J Am Soc Nephrol 2000; 11:894-902. [PMID: 10770967 DOI: 10.1681/asn.v115894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Ceramides acutely accumulate in proximal tubules during injury. Pathogenic relevance of this change is suggested by observations that adding ceramide to tubular cells alters superimposed hypoxic and toxic attack. Ceramide accumulation during cell injury is thought to arise from sphingomyelinase (SMase)-mediated sphingomyelin (SM) hydrolysis +/- decreased catabolism. Thus, ceramide addition to cells cannot precisely simulate pathophysiologic events. Therefore, this study assessed direct effects of SMase activity on tubular cell viability under basal conditions and during superimposed attack. Cultured human proximal tubule (HK-2) cells were exposed to differing SMase doses. Its effects on cell phospholipids, ceramides, proliferation rates, and susceptibility to injury (ATP depletion, Fe-mediated oxidant stress) were assessed. Because SMase reduces cell SM content, the effect of exogenous SM on membrane injury (intact cells, isolated vesicles) was also tested. Finally, because SM decreases membrane fluidity, the impact of a fluidizing agent (A(2)C) on membrane injury (phospholipase A(2), lipid peroxidation) was addressed. SMase reduced HK-2 SM content by approximately 33%, but only modest ceramide increments resulted (suggesting high endogenous ceramidase activity). SMase, by itself, caused no cell death (lactate dehydrogenase release). However, it was mildly antiproliferative, and it dramatically predisposed to both ATP depletion- and Fe-mediated attack. SMase also predisposed isolated vesicles to damage, suggesting that its impact on intact cells reflects a direct membrane effect. Adding SM to intact cells (or vesicles) mitigated ATP depletion and Fe- and phospholipase A(2)-induced damage. In contrast, A(2)C rendered membranes more vulnerable to attack. SMase predisposes tubular cells to superimposed ATP depletion and oxidant injury. This may be explained by SM losses, and not simply cytotoxic ceramide gains, given that SM can directly decrease cell/membrane damage. The ability of SM to decrease membrane fluidity may explain, at least in part, its cytoprotective effect.
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- Richard A Zager
- The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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The de novo pathway of sphingolipid synthesis has been implicated as an alternative to sphingomyelinase activation in generating an apoptotic response through ceramide. A chemotherapy agent was used to activate this pathway in a human T-cell line in order to investigate the role of de novo ceramide synthesis in apoptosis. In data obtained from intact cell radiolabeling studies, it was observed that the first and rate-limiting enzyme in de novo synthesis, serine palmitoyltransferase, is activated and controls the production of ceramide through this pathway. Furthermore, using agents that selectively inhibit ceramide production by this pathway, partial protection from cell death was observed that was independent of caspase activation. These results reveal that serine palmitoyltransferase, an enzyme that controls sphingolipid synthesis for housekeeping functions, is activated during apoptosis and serves to mediate events in this process.
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- D K Perry
- Medical University of South Carolina, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Charleston 29425, USA.
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It has been generally accepted that a catastrophic breakdown of regulated cellular homeostasis, known as necrosis, is the mode of cellular injury in various forms of acute renal failure. One of the major advances in our understanding of cell death has been the recognition that the pathways traditionally associated with apoptosis as described in the landmark study by Kerr, Wyllie, and Currie in 1972 maybe very critical in the form of cell injury associated with necrosis. The pathway that is followed by the cell varies with both nature and severity of insults and may evolve from an apoptotic to a necrotic form of cell death. It is also likely that there are some common pathways that are shared and regulated in the two modes of cell death. In this review, we first describe evidence for the role of apoptotic pathways in ischemic acute renal failure, and then consider the potential mechanisms that may participate in this model of acute renal tubular injury. We then summarize the current information of apoptotic pathways related to other common causes of acute renal failure including endotoxin-induced, toxic acute renal failure and transplant rejection. A better understanding of the mechanisms of apoptosis could lead to safer and more specific therapeutic interventions for acute renal failure.
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- N Ueda
- Department of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock 72205, USA
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Ueda N, Shah SV. Tubular cell damage in acute renal failure-apoptosis, necrosis, or both. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2000; 15:318-23. [PMID: 10692516 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/15.3.318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- N Ueda
- Department of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR72205, USA
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Hernandez OM, Discher DJ, Bishopric NH, Webster KA. Rapid activation of neutral sphingomyelinase by hypoxia-reoxygenation of cardiac myocytes. Circ Res 2000; 86:198-204. [PMID: 10666416 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.86.2.198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Elevated levels of oxygen free radicals have been implicated in the pathways of reperfusion injury to myocardial tissue. The targets for free radicals may include specific as well as random intracellular components, and part of the cellular response is the induction of extracellularly activated and stress-activated kinases. The intermediate signals that initiate these stress responses are not known. Here we show that one of the earliest responses of cardiac myocytes to hypoxia and reoxygenation is the activation of neutral sphingomyelinase and accumulation of ceramide. Ceramide increased abruptly after reoxygenation, peaking at 10 minutes with 225+/-40% of the control level. Neutral sphingomyelinase activity was induced with similar kinetics, and both activities remained elevated for several hours. c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) was also activated within the same time frame. Treatment of cardiac myocytes with extracellular ceramides also activated JNK. Pretreating cells with antioxidants quenched sphingomyelinase activation, ceramide accumulation, and JNK activation. Ceramide did not accumulate in reoxygenated nonmuscle fibroblasts, and JNK was not activated by reoxygenation in these cells. The results identify neutral sphingomyelinase activation as one of the earliest responses of cardiac myocytes to the redox stress imposed by hypoxia-reoxygenation. The results are consistent with a pathway of ceramide-mediated activation of JNK.
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- O M Hernandez
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Miami Medical Center, FL 33136, USA
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Miller C, Kennington L, Cooney R, Kohjimoto Y, Cao LC, Honeyman T, Pullman J, Jonassen J, Scheid C. Oxalate toxicity in renal epithelial cells: characteristics of apoptosis and necrosis. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2000; 162:132-41. [PMID: 10637137 DOI: 10.1006/taap.1999.8835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Studies in various tissues, including the kidney, have demonstrated that toxins elicit apoptosis under certain conditions and necrosis under others. The nature of the response has important consequences for the injured tissue in that necrotic cells elicit inflammatory responses, whereas apoptotic cells do not. Thus, there has been considerable interest in defining the mode of cell death elicited by known cytotoxins. The present studies examined the response of renal epithelial cells to oxalate, a metabolite excreted by the kidney that produces oxidant stress and death of renal cells at pathophysiological concentrations. These studies employed LLC-PK1 cells, a renal epithelial cell line from pig kidney and NRK-52E (NRK) cells, a line from normal rat kidney, and compared the effects of oxalate with those of known apoptotic agents. Changes in cellular and nuclear morphology, in nuclear size, in ceramide production, and in DNA integrity were assessed. The ability of bcl-2, an anti-apoptotic gene product, to attenuate oxalate toxicity was also assessed. These studies indicated that oxalate-induced death of renal epithelial cells exhibits several features characteristic of apoptotic cell death, including increased production of ceramide, increased abundance of apoptotic bodies, and marked sensitivity to the level of expression of the anti-apoptotic gene bcl-2. Oxalate-induced cell death also exhibits several characteristics of necrotic cell death in that the majority of the cells exhibited cellular and nuclear swelling after oxalate treatment and showed little evidence of DNA cleavage by TUNEL assay. These results suggest that toxic concentrations of oxalate trigger both forms of cell death in renal epithelial cells.
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- C Miller
- Department of Physiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA
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Liu G, Kleine L, Hébert RL. Advances in the signal transduction of ceramide and related sphingolipids. Crit Rev Clin Lab Sci 1999; 36:511-73. [PMID: 10656539 DOI: 10.1080/10408369991239240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Recently, the sphingolipid metabolites ceramide, sphingosine, ceramide 1-P, and sphingosine 1-P have been implicated as second messengers involved in many different cellular functions. Publications on this topic are appearing at a rapidly increasing rate and new developments in this field are also appearing rapidly. It is thus important to summarize the results obtained from many different laboratories and from different fields of research to obtain a clearer picture of the importance of sphingolipid metabolites. This article reviews the studies from the last few years and includes the effects of a variety of extracellular agents on sphingolipid signal transduction pathways in different tissues and cells and on the mechanisms of regulation. Sphingomyelin exists in a number of functionally distinct pools and is composed of distinct molecular species. Sphingomyelin metabolites may be formed by many different pathways. For example, the generation of ceramide from sphingomyelin can be catalyzed by at least five different sphingomyelinases. A large variety of stimuli can induce the generation of ceramide, leading to activation or inhibition of various cellular events such as proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, and inflammation. The effect of ceramide on these physiological processes is due to its many different downstream targets. It can activate ceramide-activated protein kinases and ceramide-activated protein phosphatases. It also activates or inhibits PKCs, PLD, PLA2, PC-PLC, nitric oxide synthase, and the ERK and SAPK/JNK signaling cascades. Ceramide activates or inhibits transcription factors, modulates calcium homeostasis and interacts with the retinoblastoma protein to regulate cell cycle progression. Most of the work in this field has involved the study of ceramide effects, but the roles of the other three sphingomyelin metabolites is now attracting much attention. The complex interactions between signaling components and ceramide and the controls regulating these interactions are now being identified and are presented in this review.
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- G Liu
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Riley RT, Plattner RD. Fermentation, partial purification, and use of serine palmitoyltransferase inhibitors from Isaria (= Cordyceps) sinclairii. Methods Enzymol 1999; 311:348-61. [PMID: 10563339 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(00)11095-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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- R T Riley
- Toxicology and Mycotoxin Research Unit, Russell Agricultural Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture/ARS, Athens, Georgia 30604-5677, USA
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Kalhorn T, Zager RA. Renal cortical ceramide patterns during ischemic and toxic injury: assessments by HPLC-mass spectrometry. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1999; 277:F723-33. [PMID: 10564235 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.1999.277.5.f723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Ceramides are a class of signaling molecules that can acutely accumulate in tissues as part of a "stress response." They are classically measured by the diacylglycerol kinase assay, which, in general, measures total ceramide rather than individual moieties within the diverse ceramide family. The present study was undertaken to 1) adapt current HPLC-mass spectrometry technology for measuring individual renal ceramides, and 2) use this technique to more fully characterize the nature of the renal ceramide "stress" reaction. Renal cortical tissues were obtained from CD-1 mice under control conditions and 2 or 18 h after renal injury (ischemia-reperfusion and glycerol-mediated myohemoglobinuria). C24, C22, and C16 ceramides were identified in normal renal cortex, constituting 70, 10, and 20% of the total ceramide pool, respectively. Within each of these families, heterogeneity was apparent because of differing degrees of unsaturation (0-3 double bonds) in the constituent fatty acid of ceramide. Renal injury dramatically changed ceramide profiles: 1) total ceramide increased by approximately 300%; 2) although all ceramides participated in this reaction, they did so to differing degrees; 3) this caused pronounced changes in ceramide distribution patterns; 4) injury induced a striking shift toward unsaturated (vs. saturated) fatty acids within the C22 and C24 (but not the C16) ceramide pools; and 5) the extent of these qualitative changes differed according to the etiology of the initiating renal damage. Thus we conclude that ceramide stress response involves major qualitative (and not simply quantitative) changes in ceramide expression that are partially disease dependent. These findings underscore the fact that simply measuring total renal ceramide content (e.g., by diacylglycerol kinase assay) substantially oversimplifies the nature and, hence, the potential implications of the ceramide stress reaction.
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- T Kalhorn
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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Zager RA, Burkhart KM, Johnson AC, Sacks BM. Increased proximal tubular cholesterol content: implications for cell injury and "acquired cytoresistance". Kidney Int 1999; 56:1788-97. [PMID: 10571787 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00745.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Acute renal failure (ARF) leads to secondary adaptive changes that serve to protect proximal tubules from subsequent ischemic or toxic damage [so-called "acquired cytoresistance" (CR)]. A characteristic of CR is increased plasma membrane resistance to attack. Therefore, this study sought to identify potential changes in plasma membrane lipid composition in CR tubules/renal cortex and, if present, to test whether they might mechanistically contribute to the CR state. METHODS Renal cortices/isolated tubules were obtained from CR mouse kidneys (18-hr postinduction of ischemia reperfusion, myoglobinuria, or ureteral obstruction). Their plasma membrane phospholipid/cholesterol profiles were compared with those observed in either control tissues or tissues obtained one to two hours post-renal damage (that is, prior to emergence of CR). RESULTS Either no changes or inconsistent changes in phospholipid profiles were observed in CR tissues. Conversely, CR (vs. control) tissues demonstrated a consistent 25 to 50% increase in membrane cholesterol content. To ascertain whether cholesterol impacts tubule susceptibility to injury, its levels were reduced in proximal tubule (HK-2) cells with either (a) mevastatin, (b) a cholesterol "stripping" agent, (c) cholesterol oxidase, or (d) cholesterol esterase. Then cell susceptibility to injury [adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) depletion; Fe-mediated oxidant stress] was assessed. In each instance, cholesterol reductions dramatically sensitized to superimposed injury (for example, a 2 to 3 times increase in the % of lactate dehydrogenase release). When cholesterol levels were restored to normal in CR tubules (with a "stripping" agent), an increased tubule susceptibility to injury resulted. Because cholesterol decreases membrane fluidity, the impact of a membrane-fluidizing agent (A2C) on cell injury was assessed. A2C dramatically sensitized HK-2 cells to superimposed attack. CONCLUSIONS ARF leads to an up-regulation of proximal tubule cholesterol content. The latter may then contribute to acquired CR, possibly by stabilizing the plasma membrane via its antifluidizing effect.
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- R A Zager
- The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
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Riley RT, Voss KA, Norred WP, Bacon CW, Meredith FI, Sharma RP. Serine palmitoyltransferase inhibition reverses anti-proliferative effects of ceramide synthase inhibition in cultured renal cells and suppresses free sphingoid base accumulation in kidney of BALBc mice. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY 1999; 7:109-118. [PMID: 21781915 DOI: 10.1016/s1382-6689(98)00047-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/1998] [Revised: 11/17/1998] [Accepted: 11/30/1998] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to determine the ability of the fungal serine palmitoyltransferase (SPT) inhibitor, myriocin, to prevent the anti-proliferative and cytotoxic effects of fumonisin B(1) in cultured pig kidney epithelial cells, LLC-PK(1). In an earlier study with LLC-PK(1) cells, β-chloroalanine (a nonspecific SPT inhibitor) was found to inhibit the fumonisin-induced accumulation of free sphinganine by >90% but only partially reversed (50-60%) fumonisin's antiproliferative and cytotoxic effects. β-Chloroalanine is not the ideal SPT inhibitor for this type of study because it also inhibits other pyridoxal 5'-phosphate-dependent enzymes. A potent and selective fungal SPT inhibitor (myriocin) was partially purified from liquid cultures of Isaria (=Cordyceps) sinclairii by a combination of organic extraction and column chromatography. The various fractions were bioassayed for their ability to inhibit fumonisin-induced sphinganine accumulation in LLC-PK(1) cells. The activity in partially purified material was compared to the activity of highly purified myriocin and the results expressed as myriocin equivalents. The estimated IC(50) and IC(95) for inhibition of fumonisin-induced sphinganine accumulation were approximately 1.8 and 22 nM, respectively. The IC(95) concentration of the fungal SPT inhibitor reversed the antiproliferative effects and prevented fumonisin-induced apoptosis after 48 h exposure to 50 μM fumonisin B(1). The SPT inhibitor was also effective at reducing free sphinganine in vivo. Free sphinganine concentration was reduced 60% in kidney of mice injected i.p. with SPT inhibitor plus fumonisin B(1) when compared to fumonisin B(1) alone. The ability of SPT inhibition to reduce fumonisin B(1)-induced sphinganine accumulation in vivo may be useful in the development of therapeutic agents for treatment of animals suspected to have been exposed to toxic levels of fumonisin in feeds.
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- R T Riley
- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Toxicology and Mycotoxin Research Unit, P.O. Box 5677, Athens, GA 30604-5677, USA
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Since their discovery over 100 years ago, sphingolipids have caught the eyes and the imagination of scientists. Modern science has made many new insights on the cell biology and day-to-day functions of many integral sphingolipids, especially those of ceramide. Ceramide is recognized as a vital second messenger in the signal transduction process mediated by receptors of many cytokines and growth factors. A great part of our current understanding of ceramide has been achieved from apoptosis-related studies, however recent data in the fields of immunology, endocrinology and neurobiology, also suggest a fundamental involvement of ceramide in the onset of diseases. Therefore, understanding the biology of ceramide could be a key to unraveling many biological mechanisms and provide information for the treatment of some common diseases.
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- K Sharma
- Department of Immunology, Jerome H. Holland Laboratory, American Red Cross, Rockville, MD 20855, USA
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