Review Article

Sphingolipids in High Fat Diet and Obesity-Related Diseases

Table 1

Ceramide regulation by HFD or fatty acids.

TissueExperimental modelCeramide speciesAlterationReference

Liver60% HFD for 5 weeks in Wistar ratsTotal ceramideIncreased[40]
60% HFD for 16 weeks in C57BL/6 miceC14:0, C16:0, C18:0, C20:0, andIncreased [9]
C24:0Decreased
30% HFD with 40% fructose for 2 weeks in Syrian Golden hamstersC14:0, C18:0, C18:1, and C20:0Increased[39]
34% HFD for 3 weeks in Wistar ratsC14:0, C16:0, C18:0, C18:1, and C24:1Increased (nuclei) [29]
C14:0, C16:0, C18:0, Increased (total)
42% HFD for 16 weeks in C57BL/6 miceC18:0, and C20:0Increased [11]
C24:0, C24:1Decreased
42% HFD for 3 weeks in C57BL/6 miceC20:0, C22:0Increased [11]
C24:0, C24:1Decreased
42% HFD for 6 weeks in C57BL/6 miceC18:0, C20:0, C22:0, C24:1, C24:0, and total ceramideIncreased[8]
60% HFD for 4 weeks in C57BL/6 miceC16:0, C22:0, and total ceramideIncreased[12]
0.3 mM palmitate for ≤24 h in primary rat hepatocytesC16:0Increased[43]

Skeletal muscle42% HFD for 16 weeks in C57BL/6 miceC16:0, C18:0Increased[11]
42% HFD for 3 weeks in C57BL/6 miceC18:0Increased[11]
42% HFD for 6 weeks in C57BL/6 miceC16:0, C18:0, C20:0, C22:0, C24:1, C24:0, and total ceramideIncreased[8]
10-week HFD in 25-month-old Wistar ratTotal ceramideIncreased[21]
300 M palmitate for 3 days during differentiation in human myotubesTotal ceramide, primarily C16:0, but except for C24:1Increased[18]
Obese patient samplesC16:0, C18:0, C20:0, C22:0, and total ceramideIncreased[10]
60% HFD for 6 weeks in C57BL/6 miceC16:0, C18:0, C18:1, and total ceramideIncreased[41]
60% HFD for 10 weeks in C57BL/6 miceC16:0, C18:0, C18:1, and total ceramideIncreased[13]
42% HFD for 6 weeks in C57BL/6 miceC16:0, C18:0, and total ceramideIncreased [68]
C24:1Decreased
0.75 mM palmitate for 16 h in C2C12 myotubesC16:0, C22:0, and total ceramideIncreased[12]
60% HFD for 4 weeks in C57BL/6 miceC16:0, C18:0, and total ceramideIncreased[12]
0.75 mM palmitate for 16 h in C2C12 myotubesTotal ceramide, total glucosylceramideIncreased[65]
0.75 mM palmitate for 16 h in C2C12 myotubesTotal ceramideIncreased[23]
1.25 mM palmitate for 14 h in C2C12 myotubesC16:0, C18:0, C24:0, C24:1, and total ceramideIncreased[14]

Adipose tissue42% HFD for 16 weeks in C57BL/6 miceC16:0, C18:0, C20:0, and C22:0Increased[11]
Obese patient samplesC14:0, C16:0, C18:0, C18:1, and C22:1Increased[17]
55% HFD for 18 weeks in C57BL/6 miceC16:0, C18:0Increased [17]
C22:0, C24:0Decreased
60% HFD for 16 weeks in C57BL/6 miceC16:0, C18:0, and C18:1Increased [16]
C16:0, C18:0, and C18:1Increased

Plasma/serum60% HFD for 16 weeks in C57BL/6 miceC16:0, C18:0, C20:0, and C24:1Increased[16]
31% HFD in diabetic Rhesus Macaque monkeys C14:0, C16:0, C18:0, C20:0, C22:0, and C24:0Increased[7]
60% HFD for 13 weeks in C57BL/6 miceC20:0, C22:0, C24:0, and total ceramideIncreased[30]
60% HFD for 8 weeks in Long Evans ratsTotal ceramideIncreased[24]

Aorta100 M palmitate for 8 h in primary bovine aortic endothelial cellsC16:0Increased[89]
60% HFD for 2 weeks in C57BL/6 miceC16:0, C18:0, and C22:0Increased[89]

Heart45% HFD for 16 weeks in 18-month-old C57BL/6 miceTotal ceramideIncreased[19]
41% palmitate-enriched HFD for 12 weeks in C57BL/6C16:0, C20:0, and C20:1Increased[98]
60% HFD for 12 weeks in 40–44-week-old C57BL/6 miceC18:0Increased[20]
60% milk-fat based HFD for 8 weeks in C57BL/6 miced16:1-base ceramideIncreased[25]
60% HFD for 16 weeks in C57BL/6 miceC16:0, C18:0, C18:1, C20:0, and C24:1Increased[15]