title: Signal transduction through lipid second messengers.
abstract: This review emphasizes the generation of glycerolipid and sphingolipid second messengers, and their molecular targets. The role of the phosphatidylinositol transfer protein and phospholipase D in signal transmission, and the structures of the 1, 2-diacylglycerol and calcium-binding sites of protein kinase C are discussed. Further, ceramide signaling through protein kinases and the role of cross-talk in the signaling of apoptosis and inflammation are addressed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Spiegel
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Foster
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kolesnick
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000502:physiology*; D015290:Second Messenger Systems / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D013107:Sphingolipids / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids; D013107:Sphingolipids