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We show these effects of psychosine are attenuated by pre-treatment with the sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor agonist pFTY720 (fingolimod) (IC50\u223c100\u2005nM). Psychosine (1\u2005\u03bcM, 10\u2005\u03bcM) also enhances LPS-induced (EC50\u223c100\u2005ng\/ml) production of pro-inflammatory cytokines in mouse astrocytes, which is also attenuated by pFTY720 (1\u2005\u03bcM). Most notably, for the first time, we show that psychosine, at a concentration found in the brains of patients with Krabbe disease (EC50\u223c100\u2005nM), directly induces demyelination in mouse organotypic cerebellar slices in a manner that is independent of pro-inflammatory cytokine response and that pFTY720 (0.1\u2005nM) significantly inhibits. 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