作者: Y. Pewzner-Jung , S.T. Tabazavareh , H. Grassmé , K.A. Becker , L. Japtok
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-1993(15)30215-0
关键词: Acid Ceramidase 、 Cystic fibrosis 、 Inhalation 、 Lung 、 Ceramide 、 Pseudomonas aeruginosa 、 Pathogen 、 Medicine 、 Immunology 、 Sphingosine
摘要: Physiological innate defense mechanisms against lung pathogens, and their alterations in lung diseases, are mostly unknown. Tracheal and bronchial sphingosine levels were significantly reduced in tissues from cystic fibrosis patients and mouse models due to reduced activity of acid ceramidase, which generates sphingosine from ceramide. This was shown by various methods including enzymatic assays, immunohistochemistry and mass spectrometry. Inhalation of mice with sphingosine, and its analog FTY720, or with acid …