Pub. Date : 2009 Feb 1
PMID : 18922131
2 Functional Relationships(s)Download |
Sentence | Compound Name | Protein Name | Organism |
1 | SPT (serine palmitoyl transferase) is a key enzyme regulating ceramide synthesis from palmitate and represents a potential molecular target in curbing lipid-induced insulin resistance. | Ceramides | alanine--glyoxylate and serine--pyruvate aminotransferase | Rattus norvegicus |
2 | Silencing SPT expression (approximately 90%) by shRNA or chronic cell incubation with myriocin (for 7 days) markedly suppressed SPT activity and palmitate-driven ceramide synthesis; however, challenging these muscle cells with palmitate still inhibited the hormonal activation of PKB. | Ceramides | alanine--glyoxylate and serine--pyruvate aminotransferase | Rattus norvegicus |