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Event: 2264
Key Event Title
Lysolecithin cell membrane integration, increased
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Biological Context
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Cellular |
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Key Event Overview
AOPs Including This Key Event
AOP Name | Role of event in AOP | Point of Contact | Author Status | OECD Status |
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Inhibition of NTE leading to delayed neuropathy via LPS cell membrane integration | KeyEvent | Brooke Bowe (send email) | Under development: Not open for comment. Do not cite |
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Homo sapiens | Homo sapiens | NCBI |
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Unspecific |
Key Event Description
Lysophospholipids, including LPC, are widely distributed signaling molecules that regularly interact with cellular membranes. While their presence helps maintain cellular function, usually only small amounts are found in the cell membrane itself (D’Arrigo & Servi, 2010). At high concentrations, however, lysophospholipids undergo increased incorporation into cell membranes which affects their integrity (Farooqui, Horrocks, & Farooqui, 2000; Tan, Ramesh, Toh, & Nguyen, 2020). LPC specifically has been shown to integrate into cell membranes of glial cells in the CNS when present at elevated levels, and that this accumulation can further lead to increased membrane permeability which is harmful to the cells (Elamrani & Blume, 1982; Plemel, et al., 2018).
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References
D’Arrigo, P., & Servi, S. (2010). Synthesis of Lysophospholipids. Molecules, 15(3), 1354–1377.
Elamrani, K., & Blume, A. (1982). Incorporation Kinetics of Lysolecithin into Lecithin Vesicles. Kinetics of Lysolecithin-Induced Vesicle Fusion. Biochemistry, 21(3), 521-526.
Farooqui, A. A., Horrocks, L. A., & Farooqui, T. (2000). Glycerophospholipids in brain: their metabolism, incorporation into membranes, functions, and involvement in neurological disorders. Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, 106(1), 1-29.
Plemel, J. R., Michaels, N. J., Weishaupt, N., Caprariello, A. V., Keough, M. B., Rogers, J. A., . . . Yong, V. W. (2018). Mechanisms of lysophosphatidylcholine-induced demyelination: A primary lipid disrupting myelinopathy. Glia, 66(2), 327-347.
Tan, S. T., Ramesh, T., Toh, X. R., & Nguyen, L. N. (2020). Emerging roles of lysophospholipids in health and disease. Progress in Lipid Research, 80, 101068.