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http://dx.doi.org/10.4062/biomolther.2008.16.3.243

Activity Change of Sphingomyelin Anabolic Enzymes during Dimethylnitrosamine-induced Hepatic Fibrosis in Rats  

Sacket, Santosh J. (Laboratory of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy (BK21 Project) and Longevity Life Science and Technology Institutes, Pusan National University)
Im, Dong-Soon (Laboratory of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy (BK21 Project) and Longevity Life Science and Technology Institutes, Pusan National University)
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Biomolecules & Therapeutics / v.16, no.3, 2008 , pp. 243-248 More about this Journal
Abstract
In the present study, we investigated activity change of sphingomyelin anabolic enzymes such as sphingomyelin synthase and ceramide synthase. Sprague-Dawley male rats treated with 10 mg/kg of DMN intraperitoneally were used as a hepatic fibrosis model. Sphingomyelin synthase and ceramide synthase activities were measured in 1-week, 2-week, 3-week and 4-week DMN-treated rats along with respective control group rats. We found the increased sphingomyelin synthase activity in 4-week DMN-treated liver but not in kidney. Ceramide synthase activity was significantly increased in DMN-treated kidney after 2-week treatment and in DMN-treated liver after 3-week treatment. Although further investigation is necessary to elucidate meanings of sphingolipid metabolites during the liver fibrosis, activity change of sphingolipid anabolic enzymes may imply that sphingolipid metabolism and sphingolipid metabolites could be involved in liver fibrosis especially under oxidative stress.
Keywords
Dimethylnitrosamine; Hepatic fibrosis; Sphingomyelin cycle;
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