N-[(1S,2R,3E)-1-[(4-O-β-D-Galactopyranosyl-β-D-glucopyranosyl)oxymethyl]-2-hydroxy-3-heptadecenyl]hexadecanamide

C16 Lactosylceramide is an endogenous bioactive sphingolipid.¹ It forms membrane microdomains with Lyn kinase and the α_i subunits of inhibitory G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), suggesting a role in cell signaling. Plasma levels of C16 lactosylceramide are elevated in insulin-resistant cattle.² C16 Lactosylceramide is also upregulated in a mouse model of Niemann-Pick type C1 disease, a neurodegenerative cholesterol-sphingolipid lysosomal storage disorder.³

ChEBI: Beta-D-galactosyl-(1->4)-beta-D-glucosyl-(1<->1)-N-hexadecanoylsphingosine is a beta-D-galactosyl-(1->4)-beta-D-glucosyl-(1<->1')-N-acylsphingosine in which the acyl group specified is hexadecanoyl. It has a role as a mouse metabolite. It is functionally related to a hexadecanoic acid.

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2. Rico, J.E., Bandaru, V.V., Dorskind, J.M., et al. Plasma ceramides are elevated in overweight Holstein dairy cows experiencing greater lipolysis and insulin resistance during the transition from late pregnancy to early lactation J. Dairy Sci. 98(11),7757-7770(2015).
3. Praggastis, M., Tortelli, B., Zhang, J., et al. A murine Niemann-Pick C1 I1061T knock-in model recapitulates the pathological features of the most prevalent human disease allele J. Neurosci. 35(21),8091-8106(2015).