RGD Reference Report - Neutral sphingomyelinase 2 induces dopamine uptake through regulation of intracellular calcium. - Rat Genome Database

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Neutral sphingomyelinase 2 induces dopamine uptake through regulation of intracellular calcium.

Authors: Kim, SK  Ahn, KH  Ji, JE  Choi, JM  Jeon, HJ  Jung, SY  Jung, KM  Kim, DK 
Citation: Kim SK, etal., Cell Signal. 2010 May;22(5):865-70. doi: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2010.01.012. Epub 2010 Jan 21.
RGD ID: 10041064
Pubmed: PMID:20096352   (View Abstract at PubMed)
DOI: DOI:10.1016/j.cellsig.2010.01.012   (Journal Full-text)

Ceramide serves as a second messenger produced from sphingomyelin by the activation of sphingomyelinase (SMase). Here, we suggest that neutral SMase 2 (nSMase2) may regulate dopamine (DA) uptake. nSMase2 siRNA-transfected PC12 cells showed lower levels of nSMase activity and ceramide than scramble siRNA-transfected and control cells. Interestingly, transfection of nSMase2 siRNA or pretreatment with the nSMase2-specific inhibitor GW4869 resulted in decreased DA uptake. Reciprocally, exposure of PC12 cells to cell-permeable C(6)-ceramide induced a concentration-dependent increase in DA uptake. Removal of extracellular calcium by EGTA increased DA uptake in scramble-transfected and control cells, but not in nSMase2 siRNA-transfected or GW4869-pretreated cells. Moreover, siRNA-transfected cells showed higher levels of intracellular calcium than scramble cells, while C(6)-ceramide treatment resulted in decreased intracellular calcium compared to vehicle treatment alone. Taken together, these data suggest that nSMase2 may increase DA uptake through inducing ceramide production and thereby decreasing intracellular calcium levels.



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Biological Process

  
Object SymbolSpeciesTermQualifierEvidenceWithNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
Smpd3Ratdopamine uptake  IMP  RGD 
Smpd3Ratnegative regulation of cytosolic calcium ion concentration  IMP  RGD 
Smpd3Ratpositive regulation of ceramide biosynthetic process  IMP  RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Smpd3  (sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase 3)


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