2018
Volume 59Issue 6p1-1080
Open Access
COVER: A cellular map of sphingolipid metabolism in the context of organelles that play
a major role in sphingolipid processing is represented. Exogenously supplied odd chain
d17dhSph is taken up from the media and incorporated into de novo sphingolipid metabolism
within minutes. Utilizing mass spectrometry to follow the carbon deficient metabolic
products establishes rates of label incorporation during the distinct temporal phases
shown, which match the sequential transition from ER- to Golgi-based metabolism. The
results can be utilized to assess relative activity for each of these enzymatic components
in the sphingolipid network.(See Snider et al. p. 1046.)...Show more
COVER: A cellular map of sphingolipid metabolism in the context of organelles that play
a major role in sphingolipid processing is represented. Exogenously supplied odd chain
d17dhSph is taken up from the media and incorporated into de novo sphingolipid metabolism
within minutes. Utilizing mass spectrometry to follow the carbon deficient metabolic
products establishes rates of label incorporation during the distinct temporal phases
shown, which match the sequential transition from ER- to Golgi-based metabolism. The
results can be utilized to assess relative activity for each of these enzymatic components
in the sphingolipid network.(See Snider et al. p. 1046.)