Diacylglycerol, when simplicity becomes complex

S Carrasco, I Mérida - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2007 - cell.com
Diacylglycerol (DAG) has unique functions as a basic component of membranes, an
intermediate in lipid metabolism and a key element in lipid-mediated signaling. In …

Diacylglycerol kinases: at the hub of cell signalling

I Mérida, A Avila-Flores, E Merino - Biochemical Journal, 2008 - portlandpress.com
DGKs (diacylglycerol kinases) are members of a unique and conserved family of
intracellular lipid kinases that phosphorylate DAG (diacylglycerol), catalysing its conversion …

Diacylglycerol kinases: why so many of them?

F Sakane, S Imai, M Kai, S Yasuda, H Kanoh - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2007 - Elsevier
Diacylglycerol (DAG) kinase (DGK) modulates the balance between the two signaling lipids,
DAG and phosphatidic acid (PA), by phosphorylating DAG to yield PA. To date, ten …

Disruption of diacylglycerol metabolism impairs the induction of T cell anergy

BA Olenchock, R Guo, JH Carpenter, M Jordan… - Nature …, 2006 - nature.com
Anergic T cells have altered diacylglycerol metabolism, but whether that altered metabolism
has a causative function in the induction of T cell anergy is not apparent. To test the …

T cell anergy is reversed by active Ras and is regulated by diacylglycerol kinase-α

Y Zha, R Marks, AW Ho, AC Peterson… - Nature …, 2006 - nature.com
T cell anergy has been correlated with defective signaling by the GTPase Ras, but causal
and mechanistic data linking defective Ras activity with T cell anergy are lacking. Here we …

Protein kinase C and beyond

M Spitaler, DA Cantrell - Nature immunology, 2004 - nature.com
Protein kinase C molecules regulate both positive and negative signal transduction
pathways essential for the initiation and homeostasis of immune responses. There are …

Regulation and functions of diacylglycerol kinases

YV Shulga, MK Topham, RM Epand - Chemical reviews, 2011 - ACS Publications
Diacylglycerol (DAG) is an important lipid that is both an intermediate in lipid biosynthetic
pathways and can act as a signaling lipid. The majority of signaling DAG is generated by …

Overarching roles of diacylglycerol signaling in cancer development and antitumor immunity

M Cooke, MG Kazanietz - Science Signaling, 2022 - science.org
Diacylglycerol (DAG) is a lipid second messenger that is generated in response to
extracellular stimuli and channels intracellular signals that affect mammalian cell …

Cholinergic receptor pathways involved in apoptosis, cell proliferation and neuronal differentiation

RR Resende, A Adhikari - Cell Communication and Signaling, 2009 - Springer
Acetylcholine (ACh) has been shown to modulate neuronal differentiation during early
development. Both muscarinic and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) regulate a …

Enhanced T cell responses due to diacylglycerol kinase ζ deficiency

XP Zhong, EA Hainey, BA Olenchock, MS Jordan… - Nature …, 2003 - nature.com
Much is known about how T cell receptor (TCR) engagement leads to T cell activation;
however, the mechanisms terminating TCR signaling remain less clear. Diacylglycerol …