• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.46-54
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• 2010

Ceramide induces cell death in a variety of cell types however, the underlying molecular mechanisms related to renal epithelial cells remain unclear. The present study was undertaken to determine the role of extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK) in ceramide-induced cell death in renal epithelial cells. An established renal proximal tubular cell line of opossum kidney (OK) cells was used for this research. Ceramide induced apoptotic cell death in these cells. Western blot analysis showed that ceramide induced activation of ERK. The ERK activation and cell death induced by ceramide were prevented by the ERK inhibitor PD98059. Ceramide caused cytochrome C release from mitochondria into the cytosol as well as activation of caspase-3. Both effects were prevented by PD98059. The ceramide-induced cell death was also prevented by a caspase inhibitor. These results suggest that ceramide induces cell death through an ERK-dependent mitochondrial apoptotic pathway in OK cells.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제29권12호
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• pp.1140-1146
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• 2006

Ceramide analogs are potential chemotherapeutic agents. We report that a ceramide analog induces apoptosis in human prostate cancer cells. The ceramide analog induced cell death through an apoptotic mechanism, which was demonstrated by DNA fragmentation, the cleavage of poly ADP ribose polymerase (PARP), and a loss of membrane asymmetry. Treating the cells with ceramide analog resulted in the release of various proapoptotic mitochondrial proteins including cytochrome c and Smac/DIBLO into the cytosol, and a decrease in the mitochondrial membrane potential. In addition, the ceramide analog decreased the phospho-Akt and phospho-Bad levels. The expression of the antiapoptotic Bcl-2 decreased slightly with increasing Bax to Bcl-2 ratio. These results suggest that the ceramide analog induces apoptosis by regulating multiple signaling pathways that involve the mitochondrial pathway.

• Molecular & Cellular Toxicology
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.273-281
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• 2007

Ceramide is involved in cell death as a lipid mediator of stress responses. In this study, we developed an improved method of ceramide quantification based on added synthetic ceramide and thin layer chromatography (TLC) separation, and applied to biological samples. Lipids were extracted from samples spiked with N-oleoyl-D-erythro-sphingosine ($C_{17}$ ceramide) as an internal standard. Ceramide was resolved by TLC, complexed with fatty-acidfree bovine serum albumin (BSA), and deacylated by ceramidase (CDase). The released sphingosine was derivatized with o-phthalaldehyde (OPA) and measured by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The limit of detection for ceramide was about 1-2 pmol and the lower limit of quantification was 5 pmol. Ceramide recovery was approximately 86-93%. Ceramide concentrations were determined in biological samples including cultured cells, mouse tissues, and mouse and human plasma. TLC separation of ceramide provides HPLC chromatogram with a clean background without any interfering peaks and the enhanced solubility of ceramide by BSAceramide complex leads to the increased deacylation of ceramide. The use of an internal standard for the determination of ceramide concentration in these samples provides an accurate and reproducible analytical method, and this method can be applicable to diverse biological samples.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.648-653
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• 2009

p62는 산화스트레스가 주요 원인 중 하나인 퇴행성 뇌질환과 연관된 엉긴 물질(aggregate)의 주요 구성성분이다. 퇴행성 뇌질환과 관련된 것으로 알려진 hydroxydopamin이나 $C_2-ceramide$를 신경모세포종 세포주인 SH-SY5Y에 처리하였을 때 p62의 발현이 유도되며 시간이 지날수록 그 양이 증가되었다. 또한 p62를 과발현시키면 ceramide에 의한 SH-SY5Y 세포의 사멸이 지연되었다. 이 과정에서 P62는 시간이 경과됨에 따라 침전화되며 절단되었다. 이 결과로 p62의 신경보호효과와 여러 종류의 퇴행성 뇌질환에서 p62가 엉긴 물질에서 발견되는 이유를 추측할 수 있다.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 1998

본 연구에서는 자연세포사 (apoptosis)를 유발시키는 것으로 알려진 ceramide를 배양중인 생쥐 과립세포에 처리한 뒤 형광염색, in-situ 3'-end labeling(ISEL), 그리고 flow cytometry 기법을 이용하여, 자연세포사 및 세포주기에 미치는 ceramide의 영향을 조사하였다. Ceramide를 처리하지 않은 대조군에 비하여, ceramide를 처리한 실험군에서 세로의 생존율은 농도에 비레하여 유의하게 감소하였다. 또한 acridine orange에 의한 형광염색 결과, 자연세포사의 양상을 보이는 핵을 갖는 세포의 수가 ceramide의 농도가 증가함에 따라 현저하게 증가되었다. 또한 ISEL을 실시해 본 결과, 자연세포사가 ceramide의 처리농도가 증가됨에 따라 점차적으로 증가되었다. 한편, ceramide를 처리한 과립세포의 세포주기 분석을 위한 flow cytometry 결과도 자연세포사가 일어난 $A_{0}$기에 있는 세포들의 비율이 대조군에 비하여 농도 의존적으로 증가하였으며, $G_{0}$/$G_{1}$ 기에 있는 세포들이 비율은 현저하게 감소됨을 관찰할 수 있었다. 위의 결과로 보아 ceramide는 생쥐 과립세포의 $G_{0}$/$G_{1}$ 기에 특이저긍로 자\ulcorner하여 자연세포사를 유발하며, 난포의 폐쇄시 과립세포의 자연세포사를 유발할 것으로 사료된다.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.144-149
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• 2001

N-acetylsphingosine (C2-ceramide) is a synthetic water-soluble ceramide mimicking the activity of natural ceramides. By fixing chiral conformation on carbon numbers 2 and 3 in the ceramide structure, four chiral C2-ceramides naming d-erythro-, I-erythro-, d-threo-and 1-three C2-ceramide were synthesized. We have investigated the chiral effects of these C2-ceramides on the sphingolipid metabolism, particularly on both the sphingolipid bio- synthetic pathway and on the degradation pathway. In both HL-60 and U937 cells, the chiral C2-ceramide ($10{\mu}\textrm{m}$) showed sphingosine accumulation monitored fluoromatrically by a high performance liquid chromatographic separation of the sphingoid bases. Most importantly, in HL-60 cells, l-erythro C2-ceramide induced a 50 fold increase in sphingosine as compared to the control, while l-threo C2-ceramide exhibited a minimal 7-fold in-crease. In contrast, sphinganine, another sphingoid base, showed less accumulation by any chiral C2-ceramide tested under the same conditions. These results suggested that chiral C2-ceramide primarilyacts on the sphingolipid degradation pathway rather than on the sphingolipid biosynthetic route. The strong $C_0/G_1$ phase arrest in the cell cycle by treatment of I-erythro C2-ceramide indicates that the blockade of the sphingolipid degradation pathway might be concomitantly involved in the dysfunction of the cell cycle. On the other hand, the fact that all chiral C2-ceramides tested failed to inhibit the activity of sphingosine kinase acting on the removal of sphingosine by producing sphingosine-1 -phosphate demonstrates that chiral C2- ceramides may increase sphingosine by activating various ceramidases by which natural ceramides are divided into sphingosine and free fatty acids. However, the precise steps involved in this interaction are still unknown.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.75-82
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• 1999

It has been reported that activation of sphingomyelin pathway and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) inhibit the promotion of colon carcinoma. Ceramide, a metabolite of sphingomyelin, and indomethacin were shown to induce apoptosis in colon carcinoma cells. However, the mechanisms of ceramide- and indomethacin-induced apoptosis in the colon carcinoma cells are not clearly elucidated. Recent studys showed that indomethacin-induced apoptosis in colon cancer cells through the cyclooxygenase-independent pathways, and that may be mediated by generation of ceramide. In this study, we compared effects of ceramide and indomethacin on important modulators of apoptotic processes in HT29 cells, a human colon cancer cell line. Ceramide and indomethacin induced apoptosis dose- and time- dependently. Ceramide and indomethacin increased stress-activated protein kinase (SAPK) activity, and decreased mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activity. The expression of Bak was increased by the treatment of ceramide and indomethacin. The expression of other Bcl-2 related proteins (Mcl-1, $Bcl-X_L,$ Bax) which were known to be expressed in colon epithelial cells was not changed during the ceramide- and indomethacin-induced apoptosis. Our results suggest that ceramide and indomethacin share common mechanisms for induction of apoptosis in HT29 cells.

• 공업화학
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.545-551
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• 2020

인지질과 세라마이드 간 상호적 자가회합 특성을 활용하여 수화 액정형 베시클 제조를 시도하였다. 인지질과 세라마이드의 혼합지질에 에지 액티베이터를 첨가하면 난용성의 세라마이드를 고 함량으로 함유하는 베시클 제조가 가능하였다. 본 연구에서는 인지질, 세라마이드, 에지 액티베이터의 혼합 조성에 따른 수화 액정상의 구조적, 열적 특성 등의 변화를 관측하고, 혼합 조성을 달리하여 만든 베시클의 입자크기 및 베시클 분산액의 안정성을 비교하였다. 실험 결과, 인지질과 세라마이드 간 혼합에서 세라마이드 비율을 최대 70%까지 늘려서, 베시클 분산액 전체 대비 세라마이드를 3.5 wt% 함유되는 제형을 제조할 수 있었다.

• 대한약학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한약학회 2003년도 Proceedings of the Convention of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea Vol.2-2
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• pp.105.2-105.2
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• 2003

Recently, several reports suggest that ceramide formation has been implicated in the apoptosis signaling in response to chemotherapeutic agents. In this study, to enhance paclitaxel-mediated cytotoxicity and endogenous ceramide levels, we blocked ceramide metabolism using an inhibitor of glucosylceramide synthase, l-phenyl-2- dacanoylamino-3-morpholino-l-propanol(PDMP) and SM synthase, D609. Exposure of human breast cancer cells to paclitaxel accumulated de novo ceramide synthesis by enhancement of SPT activity 1.2-fold, whereas ceramide synthase activity was not altered. (omitted)

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.801-812
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• 2021

바이오틴을 피부에 전달하기 위해 고압균질기를 사용하여 바이오틴과 세라마이드를 모두 함유하는 에토좀에 대하여 연구하였다. 바이오틴이 주된 성분으로 사용되었으며, 세라마이드 NP는 인지질 이중층의 지지체로 활용되었다. 바이오틴은 수용성 내부에 포획되었고, 세라마이드 NP는 에토좀의 이중층에 흡착되었다. 세라마이드 NP를 함유한 에토좀의 물성을 살펴보면 소포체의 크기는 80~130 nm, 다분산지수는 0.09~0.16, 제타 전위는 -40~-49 mV로 측정되었다. 세라마이드 NP가 없는 소포체의 크기는 124.80±1.46 nm, 다분산지수와 제타전위는 각각 0.088±0.018과 -45.48±1.27 mV이었다. 따라서 세라마이드 NP가 함유된 에토좀은 세라마이드 NP가 없는 에토좀에 비해 소포체의 물리적 특성이 개선됨을 알 수 있었다. 세라마이드 NP를 함유한 에토좀의 피부흡수율은 12시간 후 6.13~14.98%이었으며, 반면에 세라마이드 NP가 없는 에토좀의 피부흡수율은 7.08%이었다. 결론적으로 세라마이드 NP를 함유한 에토좀은 피부흡수 효율을 향상시킬뿐만 아니라 소포체의 안정성에도 긍정적인 영향을 미쳤다.