2. Signaling Pathways
  3. Neuronal Signaling
  4. Glucosylceramide Synthase (GCS)

Glucosylceramide Synthase (GCS)

Glucosylceramide synthase (GCS), converting ceramide to glucosylceramide, catalyzes the first reaction of ceramide glycosylation in sphingolipid metabolism. This glycosylation by GCS is a critical step regulating the modulation of cellular activities by controlling ceramide and glycosphingolipids (GSLs). An increase of ceramide in response to stresses, such as chemotherapy, drives cells to proliferation arrest and apoptosis or autophagy; however, ceramide glycosylation promptly eliminates ceramide and consequently, these induced processes, thus protecting cancer cells. Furthermore, persistently enhanced ceramide glycosylation can increase GSLs, participating in selecting cancer cells to drug resistance. GCS is overexpressed in diverse drug-resistant cancer cells and in tumors of breast, colon, and leukemia that display poor response to chemotherapy. As ceramide glycosylation by GCS is a rate-limiting step in GSL synthesis, inhibition of GCS sensitizes cancer cells to anticancer drugs and eradicates cancer stem cells.

Cat. No. Product Name Effect Purity Chemical Structure
  • HY-17020R
    Miglustat (Standard)
    		Inhibitor
    Miglustat (Standard) is the analytical standard of Miglustat. This product is intended for research and analytical applications. Miglustat (N-Butyldeoxynojirimycin) is an orally active and reversible ceramide glucosyltransferase inhibitor. Miglustat can be used for the research of type I gaucher disease.
    Miglustat (Standard)
  • HY-106392R
    Lucerastat (Standard)
    Lucerastat (Standard) is the analytical standard of Lucerastat. This product is intended for research and analytical applications. Lucerastat, the galactose form of Miglustat, is an orally-available inhibitor of glucosylceramide synthase (GCS). Lucerastat has the potential for Fabry disease study.
    Lucerastat (Standard)
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