C2 Ceramide (d14:1/2:0) is a bioactive sphingolipid. Dietary administration of C2 ceramide (d14:1/2:0) (100 μM) induces lipotoxic cardiomyopathy via increasing diastolic and systolic diameter as well as reducing fractional shortening and the number of normal cardiac contractile events in Drosophila.
VO-OHPic is a reversible, noncompetitive, and selective inhibitor of PTEN with an IC50 of 46 nM. It effectively attenuates apoptosis, adverse cardiac remodeling, and the presence of pro-inflammatory M1 macrophages in models of doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy. Additionally, VO-OHPic inhibits autophagy [1] [2] [3].