An overexpression system was recently developed to produce and purify recombinant, human acid ceramidase. In addition to ceramide hydrolysis, the purified enzyme was able to catalyze ceramide synthesis using [C-14] lauric acid and sphingosine as substrates. Herein we report detailed characterization of this acid ceramidase-associated "reverse activity" and provide evidence that this reaction occurs in situ as well as in vitro. The pH optimum of the reverse reaction was similar to5.5, as compared with similar to4.5 for the hydrolysis reaction. Non-ionic detergents and zinc cations inhibited the activity, whereas most other cations were stimulatory. Of note, sphingomyelin also was very inhibitory toward this reaction, whereas the anionic lipids, phosphatidic acid and phosphatidylserine, were stimulatory. Of various sphingosine stereoisomers tested in the reverse reaction, only the natural, D-erythro form could efficiently serve as a substrate. Using D-erythro-sphingosine and lauric acid as substrates, the reaction followed normal Michaelis-Menten kinetics. The K-m and V-max values toward sphingosine were 23.75 muM and 208.3 pmol/mug/h, respectively, whereas for lauric acid they were 73.76 muM and 232.5 pmol/mug/h, respectively. Importantly, the reverse activity was reduced in cell lysates from a Farber disease patient to the same extent as the acid ceramidase activity. Furthermore, when 12-(N-methyl-N-(7-nitrobenz-2- oxa-1,3-diazol-4-yl)) (NBD)-conjugated lauric acid and sphingosine were added to cultured lymphoblasts from a Farber disease patient in the presence of fumonisin B ( 1), the conversion to NBD-ceramide was reduced similar to30% when compared with normal cells. These data provide important new information on human acid ceramidase and further document its central role in sphingolipid metabolism.
The Synthesis and Biological Characterization of a Ceramide Library
摘要:
A facile synthesis of a combinatorial ceramide library and their activities in the NF-kappaB pathway and in apoptosis induction/prevention were demonstrated. A novel NF-kappaB activating molecule was discovered among ceramide containing beta-galactose, and the structural requirements of ceramides for apoptosis induction was elucidated.
The invention provides a process for preparing sphingolipids, compositions comprising sphingolipids and further components, and for the use of the compositions.
这项发明提供了一种制备鞘脂类物质的过程,包括鞘脂类物质和其他成分的组合物,并用于这些组合物的用途。
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