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ArticleScientific reports2017

Incorporation of Fluorescence Ceramide-Based HPLC Assay for Rapidly and Efficiently Assessing Glucosylceramide Synthase In Vivo.

Sachin K Khiste, Salman B Hosain, Yixuan Dong, Mohammad B Uddin, Kartik R Roy, Ronald A Hill, Zhijun Liu, Yong-Yu Liu

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sachin K KhisteDepartment of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA, 71209, USA.
Salman B HosainDepartment of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA, 71209, USA.
Yixuan DongSchool of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University Agriculture Center, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA.
Mohammad B UddinDepartment of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA, 71209, USA.
Kartik R RoyDepartment of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA, 71209, USA.
Ronald A HillDepartment of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA, 71209, USA.
Zhijun LiuSchool of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University Agriculture Center, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA.
Yong-Yu LiuDepartment of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA, 71209, USA. yliu@ulm.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-7968-0162
University of Louisiana at Monroe · USLouisiana State University Agricultural Center · US

Funding

STABILITY' (symptomatic review during biologic therapy) Review in Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseP20GM103424 · NIGMS · LOUISIANA STATE UNIV A&M COL BATON ROUGE · PI Seetharama D Jois · 2012 to 2026
$57.4M
Ceramide glycosylation determines the stemness of cancer stem cellsR15CA167476 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE · PI LIU, YONG-YU · 2013 to 2013
$413k
NCI NIH HHS R15 CA167476NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103424
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glucosylceramide synthase (GCS) is a rate-limiting enzyme catalyzing ceramide glycosylation, thereby regulating cellular ceramide levels and the synthesis of glycosphingolipids (GSLs) in cellular membranes. Alterations of GCS not only affect membrane integrity, but also closely correlate with stem cell pluripotency, cancer drug resistance, GSL storage disorders and other diseases. Enzyme activities measured conventionally with currently available ex-vivo methods do not enable reliable assessment of the roles played by GCS in vivo. We report herein a substrate-incorporation method enabling rapid and efficient assessment of GCS in-vivo activity. Upon nanoparticle-based delivery, fluorescent NBD C6-ceramide was efficiently converted to NBD C6-glucosylceramide in live cells or in mouse tissues, whereupon an HPLC assay enabled detection and quantification of NBD C6-glucosylceramide in the low-femtomolar range. The enzyme kinetics of GCS in live cells and mouse liver were well-described by the Michaelis-Menten model. GCS activities were significantly higher in drug-resistant cancer cells and in tumors overexpressing GCS, but reduced after silencing GCS expression or inhibiting this enzyme. Our studies indicate that this rapid and efficient method provides a valuable means for accurately assessing the roles played by GCS in normal vs. pathological states, including ones involving cancer drug resistance.

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Chromatography, High Pressure LiquidAnimalsCell Line, TumorCeramidesEnzyme ActivationFluorescent DyesGlucosyltransferasesGlycosylationHumansMiceReproducibility of Resultsceramide glucosyltransferaseCeramidesFluorescent DyesGlucosyltransferases

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PMID28592871
PMCPMC5462733
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