The development and progression of colorectal cancer (CRC), a major cause of cancer-related death in the western world, is accompanied with alterations of sphingolipid (SL) composition in colon tumors. A number of enzymes involved in the SL metabolism have been found to be deregulated in human colon tumors, in experimental rodent studies, and in human colon cancer cells in vitro. Therefore, the enzymatic pathways that modulate SL levels have received a significant attention, due to their possible contribution to CRC development, or as potential therapeutic targets. Many of these enzymes are associated with an increased sphingosine-1-phosphate/ceramide ratio, which is in turn linked with increased colon cancer cell survival, proliferation and cancer progression. Nevertheless, more attention should also be paid to the more complex SLs, including specific glycosphingolipids, such as lactosylceramides, which can be also deregulated during CRC development. In this review, we focus on the potential roles of individual SLs/SL metabolism enzymes in colon cancer, as well as on the pros and cons of employing the current in vitro models of colon cancer cells for lipidomic studies investigating the SL metabolism in CRC.
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- alkalická ceramidasa genetika metabolismus MeSH
- ceramidy metabolismus MeSH
- fosfotransferasy s alkoholovou skupinou jako akceptorem genetika metabolismus MeSH
- kyselá ceramidasa genetika metabolismus MeSH
- laktosylceramidy metabolismus MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- lysofosfolipidy metabolismus MeSH
- metabolismus lipidů genetika MeSH
- modely nemocí na zvířatech MeSH
- nádorové buňky kultivované MeSH
- nádory tračníku enzymologie genetika patologie MeSH
- neutrální ceramidasa genetika metabolismus MeSH
- protoonkogenní proteiny c-akt genetika metabolismus MeSH
- regulace genové exprese u nádorů * MeSH
- sfingolipidy metabolismus MeSH
- sfingosin-N-acyltransferasa genetika metabolismus MeSH
- sfingosin analogy a deriváty metabolismus MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
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- lidé MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- přehledy MeSH
Immunohistochemical studies of the presence of lactosylceramide (LacCer) in lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs) were done using anti-LacCer monoclonal antibody of the CDw 17 type (clone MG-2). No sign of an association between LacCer and the lysosomal system in normal cells was observed, except for histiocytes active in phagocytosis. A comparative study of a group of LSDs showed a general tendency for LacCer to increase in storage cells in Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC), and types A and B, GM1 gangliosidosis, acid lipase deficiency, glycogen storage disease type II and mucopolysaccharidoses. LacCer accumulated in storage cells despite normal activity of relevant lysosomal degrading enzymes. The accumulation of LacCer displayed variability within storage cell populations, and was mostly expressed in neurons in NPC. An absence of the increase in LacCer in storage cells above control levels was seen in neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (neurons and cardiocytes) and in Fabry disease. Gaucher and Krabbe cells showed significantly lower levels, or even the absence, of LacCer compared with control macrophages. Results of immunohistochemistry were corroborated by semiquantitative lipid thin-layer chromatography (TLC). It is suggested that different associations of LacCer with the lysosomal storage process may reflect differences in glycosphingolipid turnover induced by the storage-compromised lysosomal/endosomal system.
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- biologické markery analýza MeSH
- CD antigeny analýza metabolismus MeSH
- chromatografie na tenké vrstvě metody MeSH
- dítě MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- financování vládou MeSH
- histiocyty chemie metabolismus patologie MeSH
- imunohistochemie metody MeSH
- játra chemie metabolismus patologie MeSH
- laktosylceramidy analýza metabolismus MeSH
- lyzozomální nemoci z ukládání klasifikace metabolismus patologie MeSH
- makrofágy chemie metabolismus patologie MeSH
- mozková kůra chemie metabolismus patologie MeSH
- neurony chemie metabolismus patologie MeSH
- slezina chemie metabolismus patologie MeSH
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- dítě MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- Publikační typ
- srovnávací studie MeSH