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Helena Van Overloop1, Gerd Van der Hoeven, Paul P Van Veldhoven

  • 1Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Faculteit Geneeskunde, Departement Moleculaire Celbiologie, Afdeling Farmacologie, Leuven, Belgium.

Journal of Lipid Research
|March 18, 2005
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Acidic conditions can transform ceramides into O-acylated sphingenine and sphingenine derivatives. These O-acylated compounds, potential sphingoid base analogs, can form during storage in certain solvents.

Area of Science:

  • Lipid biochemistry
  • Organic chemistry
  • Analytical chemistry

Background:

  • Ceramides are vital lipids involved in cellular functions.
  • Understanding ceramide stability and degradation pathways is crucial for research.
  • Acidic conditions can induce structural rearrangements in ceramides.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the transformation of ceramides under acidic conditions.
  • To identify the resulting degradation products.
  • To develop a method for detecting these products in ceramide solutions.

Main Methods:

  • Exposure of truncated and long-chain ceramides to acidic conditions.
  • Analysis of reaction products using chromatography.
  • Derivatization of amino groups for enhanced detection.

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Main Results:

  • Ceramides transform into O-acylated sphingenine and sphingenine under acidic conditions.
  • These transformations occur in solvents like chloroform and methanol.
  • A sensitive method for detecting O-acylated sphingoid bases in picomole quantities was developed.

Conclusions:

  • Ceramide degradation into O-acylated sphingoid bases is a concern under acidic storage conditions.
  • Methanol or dichloromethane are recommended for long-term ceramide storage.
  • The developed analytical method enables sensitive detection of these degradation products.