期刊
FEBS LETTERS
卷 583, 期 12, 页码 2136-2141出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.05.047
关键词
Acid ceramidase; Cytokine; beta-Cell; Apoptosis; Diabetes
资金
- Nanjing Medical University [08NMUZ025]
Ceramidase hydrolyzes ceramide and produces sphingosine as a substrate of sphingosine kinase (SPHK), which transforms sphingosine to sphingosine-1-phosphate. It has been reported that cytokines elicit SPHK activation in rat beta-cells. As a sphingosine provider, ceramidase should also be activated. In our previous work, we showed that the increase in mRNA and protein levels in cytokine-treated INS-1 rat beta-cells resulted in chronic activation of neutral ceramidase. Here we found that acid ceramidase (AC) is activated by cytokines at an early stage via tyrosine phosphorylation. In addition, basal AC activity was first detected in INS-1 cells and isolated rat islets, and cytokine-induced cell growth was significantly repressed when AC was pharmacologically inhibited. (C) 2009 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.
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