Entry
Name
Sphingolipid signaling pathway
Description
Sphingomyelin (SM) and its metabolic products are now known to have second messenger functions in a variety of cellular signaling pathways. Particularly, the sphingolipid metabolites, ceramide (Cer) and sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P), have emerged as a new class of potent bioactive molecules. Ceramide can be generated de novo or by hydrolysis of membrane sphingomyelin by sphingomyelinase (SMase). Ceramide is subsequently metabolized by ceramidase to generate sphingosine (Sph) which in turn produces S1P through phosphorylation by sphingosine kinases 1 and 2 (SphK1, 2). Both ceramide and S1P regulate cellular responses to stress, with generally opposing effects. S1P functions as a growth and survival factor, acting as a ligand for a family of G protein-coupled receptors, whereas ceramide activates intrinsic and extrinsic apoptotic pathways through receptor-independent mechanisms.
Class
Environmental Information Processing; Signal transduction
BRITE hierarchy
Pathway map
ko04071 Sphingolipid signaling pathway
Orthology
K00922 PIK3CA_B_D; phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha/beta/delta [EC:2.7.1.153 ]
K02159 BAX; apoptosis regulator BAX
K02161 BCL2; apoptosis regulator Bcl-2
K02580 NFKB1; nuclear factor NF-kappa-B p105 subunit
K02649 PIK3R1_2_3; phosphoinositide-3-kinase regulatory subunit alpha/beta/delta
K03156 TNF, TNFA; tumor necrosis factor superfamily, member 2
K03158 TNFRSF1A, TNFR1, CD120a; tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 1A
K03171 TRADD; tumor necrosis factor receptor type 1-associated DEATH domain protein
K03456 PPP2R1; serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 2A regulatory subunit A
K03916 BDKRB2; bradykinin receptor B2
K04213 OPRD1; delta-type opioid receptor
K04265 ADORA1; adenosine receptor A1
K04268 ADORA3; adenosine receptor A3
K04288 S1PR1, EDG1, CD363; sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor 1
K04290 S1PR3, EDG3; sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor 3
K04292 S1PR2, EDG5; sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor 2
K04293 S1PR4, EDG6; sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor 4
K04295 S1PR5, EDG8; sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor 5
K04346 GNA12; guanine nucleotide-binding protein subunit alpha-12
K04354 PPP2R2; serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 2A regulatory subunit B
K04366 RAF1; RAF proto-oncogene serine/threonine-protein kinase [EC:2.7.11.1 ]
K04368 MAP2K1, MEK1; mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 1 [EC:2.7.12.2 ]
K04369 MAP2K2, MEK2; mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 2 [EC:2.7.12.2 ]
K04382 PPP2C; serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 2A catalytic subunit [EC:3.1.3.16 ]
K04392 RAC1; Ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 1
K04426 MAP3K5, ASK1; mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 5 [EC:2.7.11.25 ]
K04440 JNK; mitogen-activated protein kinase 8/9/10 (c-Jun N-terminal kinase) [EC:2.7.11.24 ]
K04451 TP53, P53; tumor protein p53
K04513 RHOA; Ras homolog gene family, member A
K04630 GNAI; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(i) subunit alpha
K04634 GNAQ; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(q) subunit alpha
K04639 GNA13; guanine nucleotide-binding protein subunit alpha-13
K04716 SGPP1; sphingosine-1-phosphate phosphatase 1 [EC:3.1.3.-]
K04717 SGPP2; sphingosine-1-phosphate phosphotase 2 [EC:3.1.3.-]
K04726 BID; BH3 interacting domain death agonist
K04735 RELA; transcription factor p65
K05665 ABCC1; ATP-binding cassette, subfamily C (CFTR/MRP), member 1 [EC:7.6.2.3 ]
K06276 PDPK1; 3-phosphoinositide dependent protein kinase-1 [EC:2.7.11.1 ]
K07827 KRAS, KRAS2; GTPase KRas
K07860 RAC2; Ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 2
K07861 RAC3; Ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 3
K07983 FCER1G; high affinity immunoglobulin epsilon receptor subunit gamma
K08089 FCER1A; high affinity immunoglobulin epsilon receptor subunit alpha
K08090 MS4A2, FCER1B; high affinity immunoglobulin epsilon receptor subunit beta
K08091 GAB2; GRB2-associated-binding protein 2
K11583 PPP2R3; serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 2A regulatory subunit B''
K11584 PPP2R5; serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 2A regulatory subunit B'
K18953 NSMAF, FAN; factor associated with neutral sphingomyelinase activation
K23727 CERS5_6, LASS5_6; sphingoid base N-palmitoyltransferase
K24621 CERS2_4, LASS2_4; very-long-chain ceramide synthase
K24622 CERS3, LASS3; very-long-chain ceramide synthase / ultra-long-chain ceramide synthase
K26384 SPTSS; serine palmitoyltransferase small subunit
Compound
C01245 D-myo-Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate
C05981 Phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate
C06124 Sphingosine 1-phosphate
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Taha TA, Mullen TD, Obeid LM
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Activation of Pak1/Akt/eNOS signaling following sphingosine-1-phosphate release as part of a mechanism protecting cardiomyocytes against ischemic cell injury.
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Jin ZQ, Goetzl EJ, Karliner JS
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Sphingosine kinase activation mediates ischemic preconditioning in murine heart.
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Melendez AJ
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Sphingosine kinase signalling in immune cells: potential as novel therapeutic targets.
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Osawa Y, Banno Y, Nagaki M, Brenner DA, Naiki T, Nozawa Y, Nakashima S, Moriwaki H
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TNF-alpha-induced sphingosine 1-phosphate inhibits apoptosis through a phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt pathway in human hepatocytes.
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Montfort A, Martin PG, Levade T, Benoist H, Segui B
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FAN (factor associated with neutral sphingomyelinase activation), a moonlighting protein in TNF-R1 signaling.
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Chatterjee S
Title
Neutral sphingomyelinase: past, present and future.
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