2021
Desmosterol suppresses macrophage inflammasome activation and protects against vascular inflammation and atherosclerosis
Zhang X, McDonald JG, Aryal B, Canfrán-Duque A, Goldberg EL, Araldi E, Ding W, Fan Y, Thompson BM, Singh AK, Li Q, Tellides G, Ordovás-Montanes J, García Milian R, Dixit VD, Ikonen E, Suárez Y, Fernández-Hernando C. Desmosterol suppresses macrophage inflammasome activation and protects against vascular inflammation and atherosclerosis. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2021, 118: e2107682118. PMID: 34782454, PMCID: PMC8617522, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2107682118.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCholesterol biosynthetic intermediatesBiosynthetic intermediatesDependent inflammasome activationSingle-cell transcriptomicsMitochondrial reactive oxygen species productionFoam cell formationMacrophage foam cellsReactive oxygen species productionHuman coronary artery lesionsConversion of desmosterolTranscriptomic analysisMacrophage cholesterol metabolismPhysiological contextOxygen species productionLiver X receptor ligandsApoptosis-associated speck-like proteinRetinoid X receptor activationX receptor ligandsInflammasome activationAtherosclerotic plaquesSpeck-like proteinCholesterol homeostasisMacrophage inflammasome activationKey moleculesCell formation
2010
Haloperidol disrupts lipid rafts and impairs insulin signaling in SH-SY5Y cells
Sánchez-Wandelmer J, Dávalos A, de la Peña G, Cano S, Giera M, Canfrán-Duque A, Bracher F, Martín-Hidalgo A, Fernández-Hernando C, Lasunción M, Busto R. Haloperidol disrupts lipid rafts and impairs insulin signaling in SH-SY5Y cells. Neuroscience 2010, 167: 143-153. PMID: 20123000, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.01.051.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEffects of haloperidolCholesterol contentLipid raft compositionCholesterol biosynthesisCell cholesterol contentSH-SY5Y cellsNeuroblastoma SH-SY5YHL-60 human cell linesDopamine receptorsMetabolic effectsTherapeutic effectHaloperidolInsulin-Akt signalingImpairs insulinCellular cholesterol homeostasisLipid raftsSH-SY5YFree cholesterolCholesterol homeostasisDependent insulinDrug inhibitionHuman cell linesCell linesPhysiological vehicleInsulin