| Generating ceramide from sphingomyelin by alkaline sphingomyelinase in the gut enhances sphingomyelin-induced inhibition of cholesterol uptake in Caco-2 cells. | |
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PMID: 20393874 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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Background Sphingomyelin (SM) is present in dietary products and cell plasma membranes. We previously showed that dietary SM inhibited cholesterol absorption in rats. In the intestinal tract, SM is mainly hydrolyzed by alkaline sphingomyelinase (alk-SMase) to ceramide.Aims We investigated the influence of SM and its hydrolytic products ceramide and sphingosine on cholesterol uptake in intestinal Caco-2 cells.Methods Micelles containing bile salt, monoolein, and (14)C-cholesterol were prepared with or without SM, ceramide,or sphingosine. The micelles were incubated with Caco-2 cells, and uptake of radioactive cholesterol was quantified.Results We found that confluent monolayer Caco-2 cells expressed NPC1L1, and the uptake of cholesterol in the cells was inhibited by ezetimibe, a specific inhibitor of NPC1L1. Incorporation of SM in the cholesterol micelles inhibited cholesterol uptake dose-dependently; 38% inhibition occurred at an equal mole ratio of SM and cholesterol.The inhibition was further enhanced to 45% by pretreating the cholesterol/SM micelles with recombinant alk-SMase, which hydrolyzed SM in the micelles by 85%, indicating ceramide has stronger inhibitory effects on cholesterol uptake. To confirm this, we further replaced SM in the micelles with ceramide and sphingosine, and found that at equal mole ratio to cholesterol, ceramide exhibited stronger inhibitory effect (50% vs 38%) on cholesterol uptake than SM, whereas sphingosine only had a weak effect at high concentrations.Conclusion Both SM and ceramide inhibit cholesterol uptake, the effect of ceramide being stronger than that of SM. Alk-SMase enhances SM-induced inhibition of cholesterol uptake by generating ceramide in the intestinal lumen. |
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Dan Feng; Lena Ohlsson; Wenhua Ling; Ake Nilsson; Rui-Dong Duan |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Digestive diseases and sciences Volume: 55 ISSN: 1573-2568 ISO Abbreviation: Dig. Dis. Sci. Publication Date: 2010 Dec |
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Created Date: 2010-12-21 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7902782 Medline TA: Dig Dis Sci Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 3377-83 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Gastroenterology and Nutrition Laboratory, Biomedical CenterB11, Institution of Clinical Sciences, University of Lund,221 84 Lund, Sweden. |
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