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ArticleNeural plasticity2015

Alterations of the Ceramide Metabolism in the Peri-Infarct Cortex Are Independent of the Sphingomyelinase Pathway and Not Influenced by the Acid Sphingomyelinase Inhibitor Fluoxetine.

R Brunkhorst, F Friedlaender, N Ferreirós, S Schwalm, A Koch, G Grammatikos, S Toennes, C Foerch, J Pfeilschifter, W Pfeilschifter

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Article in Neural plasticity, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Translatome analysis in acute ischemic stroke: Astrocytes and microglia exhibit differences in poststroke alternative splicing of expressed transcripts.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2024
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  6. Ceramide in cerebrovascular diseases.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2023
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  7. Involvement of Ceramide Metabolism in Cerebral Ischemia.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2022
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  8. Glycosphingolipids.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2021
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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

R BrunkhorstDepartment of Neurology, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany ; Institute of General Pharmacology and Toxicology, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
F FriedlaenderDepartment of Neurology, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany ; Institute of General Pharmacology and Toxicology, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
N FerreirósInstitute of Clinical Pharmacology, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
S SchwalmInstitute of General Pharmacology and Toxicology, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
A KochInstitute of General Pharmacology and Toxicology, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
G GrammatikosInstitute of General Pharmacology and Toxicology, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany ; Department of Internal Medicine I, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
S ToennesInstitute of Forensic Medicine, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
C FoerchDepartment of Neurology, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
J PfeilschifterInstitute of General Pharmacology and Toxicology, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
W PfeilschifterDepartment of Neurology, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Goethe University Frankfurt · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ceramides induce important intracellular signaling pathways, modulating proliferation, migration, apoptosis, and inflammation. However, the relevance of the ceramide metabolism in the reconvalescence phase after stroke is unclear. Besides its well-known property as a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, fluoxetine has been reported to inhibit the acid sphingomyelinase (ASM), a key regulator of ceramide levels which derives ceramide from sphingomyelin. Furthermore, fluoxetine has shown therapeutic potential in a randomized controlled rehabilitation trial in stroke patients. Our aim was to investigate and modulate ceramide concentrations in the peri-infarct cortex, whose morphological and functional properties correlate with long-term functional outcome in stroke. We show that certain ceramide species are modulated after experimental stroke and that these changes do not result from alterations of ASM activity, but rather from nontranscriptional induction of the ceramide de novo pathway. Unexpectedly, although reducing lesion size, fluoxetine did not improve functional outcome in our model and had no significant influence on ASM activity or the concentration of ceramides. The ceramide metabolism could emerge as a potential therapeutic target in the reconvalescence phase after stroke, as its accumulation in the peri-infarct cortex potentially influences membrane functions as well as signaling events in the tissue essential for neurological recovery.

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AnimalsCeramidesCerebral CortexCerebral InfarctionEnzyme InhibitorsFluoxetineIntracranial ThrombosisMetabolic Networks and PathwaysMiceMice, Inbred C57BLSelective Serotonin Reuptake InhibitorsSphingomyelin PhosphodiesteraseStrokeTreatment OutcomeCeramidesEnzyme InhibitorsFluoxetineSelective Serotonin Reuptake InhibitorsSphingomyelin Phosphodiesterase

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