The enigma of ceramide synthase regulation in mammalian cells

MS Wegner, S Schiffmann, MJ Parnham… - Progress in lipid …, 2016 - Elsevier
Ceramide synthases (CerS) are key enzymes in the lipid metabolism of eukaryotic cells.
Their products, ceramides (Cer), are components of cellular membranes but also mediate …

Therapeutic potential of targeting ceramide/glucosylceramide pathway in cancer

M Kartal Yandım, E Apohan, Y Baran - Cancer chemotherapy and …, 2013 - Springer
Sphingolipids including ceramides and its derivatives such as ceramide-1-phosphate,
glucosylceramide (GlcCer), and sphingosine-1-phosphate are essential structural …

[HTML][HTML] IP3R1/GRP75/VDAC1 complex mediates endoplasmic reticulum stress-mitochondrial oxidative stress in diabetic atrial remodeling

M Yuan, M Gong, J He, B Xie, Z Zhang, L Meng, G Tse… - Redox Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Rationale Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and mitochondrial dysfunction are important
mechanisms of atrial remodeling, predisposing to the development of atrial fibrillation (AF) in …

A localized hydrogel-mediated chemotherapy causes immunogenic cell death via activation of ceramide-mediated unfolded protein response

A Kar, D Jain, S Kumar, K Rajput, S Pal, K Rana… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Treatment of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is challenging because of its “COLD”
tumor immunosuppressive microenvironment (TIME). Here, we present a hydrogel-mediated …

Novel agents targeting bioactive sphingolipids for the treatment of cancer

A Adan-Gokbulut, M Kartal-Yandim… - Current medicinal …, 2013 - ingentaconnect.com
Sphingolipids are a class of lipids that have important functions in a variety of cellular
processes such as, differentiation, proliferation, senescence, apoptosis and …

The emerging role of extracellular vesicle‐mediated drug resistance in cancers: Implications in advanced prostate cancer

C Soekmadji, CC Nelson - BioMed research international, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Emerging evidence has shown that the extracellular vesicles (EVs) regulate various
biological processes and can control cell proliferation and survival, as well as being …

[HTML][HTML] MnTE-2-PyP protects fibroblast mitochondria from hyperglycemia and radiation exposure

A Chatterjee, IT Sakallioglu, D Murthy, EA Kosmacek… - Redox Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Radiation is a common anticancer therapy for prostate cancer, which transforms tumor-
associated normal fibroblasts to myofibroblasts, resulting in fibrosis. Oxidative stress caused …

Inhibition of sphingosine kinase-2 ablates androgen resistant prostate cancer proliferation and survival

MM Gestaut, JW Antoon, ME Burow… - Pharmacological …, 2014 - Springer
Background Endogenous sphingolipid signaling has been shown to play an important role
in prostate cancer endocrine resistance. Methods The novel SphK2 inhibitor, ABC294640 …

Synergistic enhancement of cell death by triple combination therapy of docetaxel, ultrasound and microbubbles, and radiotherapy on PC3 a prostate cancer cell line

F Almasri, R Karshafian - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
The application of ultrasound and microbubbles (USMB) has been shown to enhance both
chemotherapy and radiotherapy. This study investigated the potential of triple combination …

Glucosylceramide synthase is a novel biomarker of midostaurin-induced cytotoxicity in non-mutant FLT3 positive acute myeloid leukemia cells

HN Şahin, A Adan - Experimed, 2021 - dergipark.org.tr
Objective: Glucosylceramide (GC) synthesized by glucosylce-ramide synthase (GCS) favors
cell survival and proliferation in many cancers. However, it's role in Fms-like tyrosine kinase …