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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biochimie. 2014 Jul 9;0:99–109. doi: 10.1016/j.biochi.2014.06.019

Table 4. Identified Unique Lipid Species and their integration with the Sphingolipid Synthesis Pathway.

Boxed Letter Lipid Name Gender State
A (Sphingomyelinase,
Sphingomyelin
synthase)
SM(d16:1/16:0) Female/Male Normotensive
SM(d16:0/22:0) Female Normotensive
SM(d18:1/20:1) Female/Male Hypertensive
SM(d18:0/22:0) Female Hypertensive
SM(d16:1/20:1) Female/Male Hypertensive
SM(d16:0/20:0) Female Hypertensive
SM(d18:0/24:0) Female Hypertensive
SM(d18:1/22:1) Female Hypertensive
SM(d18:0/15:0) Female/Male Normotensive
SM(d20:0/24:1) Male Normotensive
SM(d16:1/16:0) Female/Male Hypertensive
SM(d18:1/22:0) Male Hypertensive
SM(d16:1/17:0) Male Hypertensive
SM(d16:1/20:1) Female/Male Hypertensive
SM(d17:1/22:0) Male Hypertensive
SM(d18:0/14:0) Male Hypertensive
SM(d18:0/24:1(15Z)) Male Hypertensive
SM(d18:1/20:1) Female/Male Hypertensive

B (Ceramidase,
Ceramide synthase)
Cer(d18:0/18:1(9Z)) Female Normotensive
Cer(d18:1/18:1(9Z)) Female Normotensive
SM(d18:0/12:0) Female/Male Normotensive
SM(d18:0/15:0) Female/Male Normotensive
SM(d18:0/17:0) Female/Male Hypertensive
SM(d16:1/18:0) Female/Male Hypertensive
SM(d16:1/20:1) Female/Male Hypertensive
SM(d18:1/20:0) Female Hypertensive
SM(d18:2/22:1) Female Hypertensive
Cer(d18:0/24:1 (15Z)) Female Hypertensive
SM(d16:1/22:1) Female Hypertensive
SM(d18:0/20:0) Female Hypertensive
SM(d18:0/24:0) Female Hypertensive
SM(d18:1/15:0) Female/Male Hypertensive
SM(d18:2/21:0) Female Hypertensive
Cer(t18:0/26:0) Male Normotensive
CerP(d18:1/24:0) Male Normotensive
SM(d16:1/18:0) Female/Male Normotensive
SM(d18:1/15:0) Female/Male Normotensive
SM(d18:1/16:1) Male Normotensive
SM(d18:2/15:0) Male Normotensive
Cer(d18:1/22:0) Male Hypertensive
SM(d16:1/20:1) Female/Male Hypertensive
SM(d16:1/24:1) Male Hypertensive
SM(d18:0/12:0) Female/Male Hypertensive
SM(d18:0/18:1(9Z)) Male Hypertensive
SM(d18:0/26:1(17Z)) Male Hypertensive
Cer(d16:1/22:0) Male Hypertensive
Cer(d18:0/24:1 (15Z)) Male Hypertensive
Cer(d18:1/18:1(9Z)) Male Hypertensive
Cer(d18:1/26:1 (17Z)) Male Hypertensive
SM(d18:0/17:0) Female/Male Hypertensive
SM(d18:1/25:0) Male Hypertensive

C (Sphingosine kinase,
S-1-P phosphatase)
Sphinganine-phosphate Female Normotensive
C16 Sphingosine-1-phosphate Female Normotensive
(4E,8Z,d18:2) sphingosine Female Normotensive
Penaresidin A Female/Male Hypertensive
Penaresidin A Female/Male Hypertensive

Letters A, B and C indicates the location of enzyme responsible for conversion in the schematic sphingolipid synthesis pathway as depicted in Figure 1 for the identified lipid species. Lipids common to females and males have been indicated by Female/Male.