Abstract
Fumonisin B1is an inhibitor of ceramide synthase, a key enzyme inde novosphingolipid biosynthesis and reacylation of free sphingosine. The purpose of this study was to determine the contribution of increased intracellular free sphinganine and decreased complex sphingolipids on cell growth and cell death induced by fumonisin B1in pig kidney LLC-PK1cells. Fumonisin B1caused an increase in intracellular free sphinganine which preceded depletion of complex sphingolipids, inhibition of cell growth, and cell death. The effects on cell growth and cell death were well correlated with the increase in free sphingoid bases and depletion of complex sphingolipids. Exogenously added sphinganine mimicked the effects of fumonisin, but β-chloroalanine, an inhibitor of serine palmitoyltransferase which is the first enzyme inde novosphingolipid biosynthesis, also inhibited cell growth and increased cell death. When added simultaneously, β-chloroalanine reduced the fumonisin-induced sphinganine increase by approximately 90%; however, it exacerbated the decrease in more complex sphingolipids. The effects of fumonisin on cell growth and cell death were only partially prevented by β-chloroalanine (∼50 to 60%). The results suggest that both the elevation of free sphingoid bases and the decrease in complex sphingolipids contribute to the decreased cell growth and cytolethality of fumonisin B1in pig kidney LLC-PK1cells.
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