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  • Title: Expression, activity, and role of serine palmitoyltransferase in the rat hippocampus after kainate injury.
    Author: He X, Guan XL, Ong WY, Farooqui AA, Wenk MR.
    Journal: J Neurosci Res; 2007 Feb 01; 85(2):423-32. PubMed ID: 17086544.
    Abstract:
    An increase in ceramide species has been shown recently by lipidomic analysis of the rat hippocampus after kainate-induced excitotoxic injury (Guan et al. [2006] FASEB J 20:1152-1161). In this study, we showed increased expression of serine palmitoyltransferase (SPT), the first enzyme in the ceramide biosynthetic pathway, in reactive astrocytes of the hippocampus after kainate injections. The increase in enzyme expression was paralleled by increased SPT enzyme activity in the hippocampus at 2 weeks post-kainate injection. In vitro studies showed that treatment of hippocampal slice cultures with SPT inhibitor ISP-1 (myriocin) or L-cycloserine modulated increases in 16:0, 18:0, and 20:0 ceramide species, and partially reduced kainate-induced cell death. The above findings indicate a role of SPT in ceramide increase after kainate injury, although additional effects of sphingomyelinase cannot be ruled out. They also suggest that SPT activity might contribute to neuronal injury after kainate excitotoxicity.
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