Uses
D-threo-PDMP is a potent glucoceramide synthase (GCS) inhibitor, which reduces the glycosphingolipids on the cell surface by inhibiting glycosylation, reduces the total length of the axon plexus and the number of axon branch points, and inhibits neurite growth[1][2].
References
[1] Carmen García-Ruiz, et al. Defective TNF-alpha-mediated hepatocellular apoptosis and liver damage in acidic sphingomyelinase knockout mice. J Clin Invest. 2003 Jan;111(2):197-208. DOI:
10.1172/JCI16010[2] Dong Hoon Kwak, et al. Ganglioside GM3 inhibits the high glucose- and TGF-beta1-induced proliferation of rat glomerular mesangial cells. Life Sci. 2005 Sep 30;77(20):2540-51. DOI:
10.1016/j.lfs.2005.01.034
