Abstract

The sphingolipid metabolic pathway is initiated by the incorporation of palmitoyl CoA, derivative of fatty acids, and ultimately provides substrates for the synthesis of other lipids. Thus the sphingolipid metabolic pathway is highly integrated with other dietary and structural lipid metabolic pathways. Furthermore, the sphingolipid metabolites themselves are bioactive and alter cell metabolism via signaling pathways. We have developed, and continue to develop genetically altered mice with modified expression of key sphingolipid enzyme activities in order to study the role of the pathway in metabolism including their role in diabetes and obesity.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
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National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
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Investigator-Initiated Intramural Research Projects (ZIA)
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1ZIADK056018-07
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8741516
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7
Fiscal Year
2013
Total Cost
$599,767
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  Institution

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National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
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  Publications

Xu, Lingyan; Ma, Xinran; Verma, Narendra Kumar et al. (2018) Ablation of PPAR? in subcutaneous fat exacerbates age-associated obesity and metabolic decline. Aging Cell 17:
Alexaki, Aikaterini; Clarke, Benjamin A; Gavrilova, Oksana et al. (2017) De Novo Sphingolipid Biosynthesis Is Required for Adipocyte Survival and Metabolic Homeostasis. J Biol Chem 292:3929-3939
Taguchi, Yoshimitsu; Allende, Maria L; Mizukami, Hiroki et al. (2016) Sphingosine-1-phosphate Phosphatase 2 Regulates Pancreatic Islet ?-Cell Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Proliferation. J Biol Chem 291:12029-38
Proia, Richard L; Hla, Timothy (2015) Emerging biology of sphingosine-1-phosphate: its role in pathogenesis and therapy. J Clin Invest 125:1379-87
Galvani, Sylvain; Sanson, Marie; Blaho, Victoria A et al. (2015) HDL-bound sphingosine 1-phosphate acts as a biased agonist for the endothelial cell receptor S1P1 to limit vascular inflammation. Sci Signal 8:ra79
Tabeling, Christoph; Yu, Hanpo; Wang, Liming et al. (2015) CFTR and sphingolipids mediate hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 112:E1614-23
Gupta, Sita D; Gable, Kenneth; Alexaki, Aikaterini et al. (2015) Expression of the ORMDLS, modulators of serine palmitoyltransferase, is regulated by sphingolipids in mammalian cells. J Biol Chem 290:90-8
Blaho, Victoria A; Galvani, Sylvain; Engelbrecht, Eric et al. (2015) HDL-bound sphingosine-1-phosphate restrains lymphopoiesis and neuroinflammation. Nature 523:342-6
Weth, Daniela; Benetti, Camilla; Rauch, Caroline et al. (2015) Activated platelets release sphingosine 1-phosphate and induce hypersensitivity to noxious heat stimuli in vivo. Front Neurosci 9:140
Allende, Maria Laura; Proia, Richard L (2014) Simplifying complexity: genetically resculpting glycosphingolipid synthesis pathways in mice to reveal function. Glycoconj J 31:613-22

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