Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30448190›Full record

ArticleBioorganic & medicinal chemistry2018

Dose dependent actions of LCL521 on acid ceramidase and key sphingolipid metabolites.

Aiping Bai, Alicja Bielawska, Mehrdad Rahmaniyan, Jacqueline M Kraveka, Jacek Bielawski, Yusuf A Hannun

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. FASEB bioAdvances · 2026
    Article
  2. Review
  3. Article
  4. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Aiping BaiDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, 173 Ashley Ave., Charleston, SC 294255, United States; Lipidomics Shared Resources, Medical University of South Carolina, 173 Ashley Ave., Charleston, SC 29425, United States.
Alicja BielawskaDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, 173 Ashley Ave., Charleston, SC 294255, United States; Lipidomics Shared Resources, Medical University of South Carolina, 173 Ashley Ave., Charleston, SC 29425, United States.
Mehrdad RahmaniyanDepartment of Pediatrics-Hematology/Oncology, Medical University of South Carolina, 173 Ashley Ave., Charleston, SC 294255, United States.
Jacqueline M KravekaDepartment of Pediatrics-Hematology/Oncology, Medical University of South Carolina, 173 Ashley Ave., Charleston, SC 294255, United States.
Jacek BielawskiDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, 173 Ashley Ave., Charleston, SC 294255, United States; Lipidomics Shared Resources, Medical University of South Carolina, 173 Ashley Ave., Charleston, SC 29425, United States.
Yusuf A HannunDepartments of Medicine, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, and Pharmacology and the Stony Brook Cancer Center at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA. Electronic address: yusuf.hannun@stonybrookmedicine.edu.
Medical University of South Carolina · USStony Brook Medicine · US

Funding

Translational Science Laboratory Shared ResourceP30CA138313 · NCI · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI Jian Ouyang · 2009 to 2026
$42.7M
Sphingolipids in Cancer Therapy and AngiogenesisP01CA097132 · NCI · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI YUSUF AWNI HANNUN · 2003 to 2026
$30.8M
THE ROLE OF LACTOSYLCERAMIDE IN RENAL AGING AND DISEASEP20RR017677 · NCRR · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI CROSSON, CRAIG E. · 2002 to 2011
$23.4M
South Carolina Clinical & Translational Research Institute (SCTR)UL1TR000062 · NCATS · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI BRADY, KATHLEEN T. · 2012 to 2014
$9.4M
CERAMIDE ACTIVATED PROTEIN PHOSPHATASESR01CA087584 · NCI · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI HANNUN, YUSUF AWNI · 2000 to 2015
$4.2M
EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH FACILITIES CONSTRUCTIONC06RR018823 · NCRR · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI RAYMOND, JOHN R · 2003 to 2003
$2.9M
Acid Ceramidase, Target for CancerR41CA139637 · NCI · SPHINGOGENE, INC. · PI LIU, XIANG · 2009 to 2009
$441k
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA097132NCI NIH HHS P30 CA138313NCI NIH HHS R01 CA087584NCI NIH HHS R41 CA139637NCRR NIH HHS C06 RR018823NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR017677
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The function of acid ceramidase (ACDase), whose congenital deficiency leads to Farber disease, has been recognized to be vital to tumor cell biology, and inhibition of its activity may be beneficial in cancer therapy. Therefore, manipulation of the activity of this enzyme may have significant effect, especially on cancer cells. LCL521, Di-DMG-B13, is a lysosomotropic inhibitor of ACDase. Here we define complexities in the actions of LCL521 on ACDase. Systematic studies in MCF7 cells showed dose and time divergent action of LCL521 on ACDase protein expression and sphingolipid levels. Low dose of LCL521 (1 µM) effectively inhibited ACDase in cells, but the effects were transient. A higher dose of LCL521 (10 µM) caused a profound decrease of sphingosine and increase of ceramide, but additionally affected the processing and regeneration of the ACDase protein, with biphasic and reversible effects on the expression of ACDase, which paralleled the long term changes of cellular sphingosine and ceramide. Finally, the higher concentrations of LCL521 also inhibited Dihydroceramide desaturase (DES-1). In summary, LCL521 exhibits significant effects on ACDase in a dose and time dependent manner, but dose range and treatment time need to be paid attention to specify its future exploration on ACDase targeted cancer treatment.

Indexed as

AcetatesAcid CeramidaseAminesDose-Response Relationship, DrugEnzyme InhibitorsHumansMCF-7 CellsMolecular StructureSphingolipidsStructure-Activity RelationshipTime FactorsTumor Cells, CulturedAcetatesAcid CeramidaseAminesEnzyme InhibitorsLCL521SphingolipidsAcid ceramidaseB13LCL521LC–MS/MS lipid analysisLysosomesSphingolipids

Identifiers

PMID30448190
PMCPMC6323005
OpenAlexW2900232376

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceTDM
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.