Journal
CELLS
Volume 8, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cells8121573
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neutral ceramidase; ceramide accumulation; metabolic syndrome; insulin resistance; type 2 diabetes; Alzheimer's disease; inflammatory bowel disease
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- Kaohsiung Medical University [KMU-DK108004, KMU-TC108A03-0]
- Taiwanese Ministry of Science and Technology [107-2911-I-037-505, 107-2314-B-037-114-MY3, 107-2321-B-037-002-]
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Human pathologies such as Alzheimer's disease, type 2 diabetes-induced insulin resistance, cancer, and cardiovascular diseases have altered lipid homeostasis. Among these imbalanced lipids, the bioactive sphingolipids ceramide and sphingosine-1 phosphate (S1P) are pivotal in the pathophysiology of these diseases. Several enzymes within the sphingolipid pathway contribute to the homeostasis of ceramide and S1P. Ceramidase is key in the degradation of ceramide into sphingosine and free fatty acids. In humans, five different ceramidases are known-acid ceramidase, neutral ceramidase, and alkaline ceramidase 1, 2, and 3-which are encoded by five different genes (ASAH1, ASAH2, ACER1, ACER2, and ACER3, respectively). Notably, the neutral ceramidase N-acylsphingosine amidohydrolase 2 (ASAH2) shows considerable differences between humans and animals in terms of tissue expression levels. Besides, the subcellular localization of ASAH2 remains controversial. In this review, we sum up the results obtained for identifying gene divergence, structure, subcellular localization, and manipulating factors and address the role of ASAH2 along with other ceramidases in human diseases.
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