Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Lysosome-Dependent Sphingolipid Regulation as a potential therapeutic Target for Cohen Syndrome
doi: 10.1101/2025.09.04.674037
Figure Lengend Snippet: A) Abundance of indicated lipid classes in VPS13B KO cells (clone 2D9) treated with the indicated compounds (10 µM, 24 hours), relative to untreated cells. DLZ (dilazep); AZL (azelastine); RLX (raloxifene); TFPZ (trifluoperazine); CBZP (cyclobenzaprine); SER (sertraline). (*q<0.05, **q<0.01. multiple paired t-tests with Benjamini-Hochberg correction; N=4) B) Volcano plot illustrating relatives changes in individual lipid species in compound treated VPS13B KO cells (clone 2D9) ( upper panel , AZL; lower panel , TFPZ) relative to WT. Cells at 10 µM for 24 hours. sphingomyelin (green); ceramides (magenta) are highlighted. (AZL (N=12); TFPZ (N=6). C) Relative amounts of SM 36:1 (calculated as a fraction of total SM) in VPS12B KO cells treated with the indicated compounds for 6 or 24 hours (10 µM). (*p<0.05, **p<0.01. one-way ANOVA with Šidák correction; N=4) D) Relative amounts of total SM, total CER, SM 36:1 (calculated as a fraction of total SM) and CER 36:1 (calculated as a fraction of total CER) in light (LM) or Heavy (HM) membranes prepared from VPS12B KO cells treated (TFPZ) with not (UT) with TFPZ 10 µM for 24 hours. (*p<0.05, **p<0.01. paired t-test, 2-tails; N=2). E) Relative amounts of SM 36:1 and CER 36:1 (calculated as a fraction of the respective lipid class) in cells treated (AZL) or not (UT) with 10µM AZL for 6 hours in combination with 20 µM fumonisin B1 (FB1) or 5 µM HPA-12. (*p<0.05, **p<0.01. paired t-test, 2-tails; N=3).
Article Snippet: Compounds used in further follow-up experiments were purchased separately: azelastine hydrochloride (MedChemExpress, cat. HY-B0462 for HeLa cells experiments; Sigma-Aldrich, cat. A7611 for brain organoid experiments); brefeldin A (Merck, cat. B6542) cyclobenzaprine hydrochloride (Merck, cat. T8516); dilazep dihydrochloride (MedChemExpress, cat. HY-100957); fumonisin B1 ((Merck, cat. F1147); HPA-12 (MedChemExpress, cat. HY-132182); lovastatin (MedChemExpress, cat. HY-N0504); nocodazole (Apex Bio, cat. A8487); raloxifene (MedChemExpress, cat. HY-13738 for HeLa cells experiments; Sigma-Aldrich, cat. PHR1852 for brain organoid experiments); sertraline hydrochloride (Merck, cat. S6319); trifluoperazine dihydrochloride (Merck, cat. C4542); U18666A (Merck, cat. U3633).
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