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Increasing Sphingolipid Synthesis Alleviates Airway Hyperreactivity.

ABSTRACT: Impaired sphingolipid synthesis is linked genetically to childhood asthma and functionally to airway hyperreactivity (AHR). The objective was to investigate whether sphingolipid synthesis could be a target for asthma therapeutics. The effects of GlyH-101 and fenretinide via modulation of de novo sphingolipid synthesis on AHR was evaluated in mice deficient in SPT (serine palmitoyl-CoA transferase), the rate-limiting enzyme of sphingolipid synthesis. The drugs were also used directly in human airway smooth-muscle and epithelial cells to evaluate changes in de novo sphingolipid metabolites and calcium release. GlyH-101 and fenretinide increased sphinganine and dihydroceramides (de novo sphingolipid metabolites) in lung epithelial and airway smooth-muscle cells, decreased the intracellular calcium concentration in airway smooth-muscle cells, and decreased agonist-induced contraction in proximal and peripheral airways. GlyH-101 also decreased AHR in SPT-deficient mice in vivo. This study identifies the manipulation of sphingolipid synthesis as a novel metabolic therapeutic strategy to alleviate AHR.

SUBMITTER: Heras AF

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7605160 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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