“…Such a control of PLD1 expression by ceramide has been observed in other cell systems such as C6 glial cells and RBL-2H3 mast cells undergoing apoptosis under C2-ceramide treatment (Nakashima and Nozawa, 1999). In addition, ceramide regulates PLD at the level of enzymatic activity, such a regulation being observed in cell-free systems (Singh et al, 2001;Venable et al, 1996;Abousalham et al, 1997;Mansfield et al, 2004). PLD inhibition might result from ceramide inhibition of the translocation of PLD-activating factors such as PKC␣ (Jones and Murray, 1995;Abousalham et al, 1997), PKC1, ADP-ribosylation factor 1 (ARF1), Cdc42 and RhoA (Abousalham et al, 1997), from inhibition of PKC interaction with ARF-activated PLD (Venable et al, 1996) or from a direct interaction of ceramide with the catalytic core of PLDs (Singh et al, 2001).…”