Lipolysis: cellular mechanisms for lipid mobilization from fat stores

GF Grabner, H Xie, M Schweiger, R Zechner - Nature metabolism, 2021 - nature.com
The perception that intracellular lipolysis is a straightforward process that releases fatty
acids from fat stores in adipose tissue to generate energy has experienced major revisions …

Lipid and glucose metabolism in white adipocytes: pathways, dysfunction and therapeutics

P Morigny, J Boucher, P Arner, D Langin - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
In mammals, the white adipocyte is a cell type that is specialized for storage of energy (in the
form of triacylglycerols) and for energy mobilization (as fatty acids). White adipocyte …

Cytosolic lipolysis and lipophagy: two sides of the same coin

R Zechner, F Madeo, D Kratky - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2017 - nature.com
Fatty acids are the most efficient substrates for energy production in vertebrates and are
essential components of the lipids that form biological membranes. Synthesis of …

FAT SIGNALS-lipases and lipolysis in lipid metabolism and signaling

R Zechner, R Zimmermann, TO Eichmann… - Cell metabolism, 2012 - cell.com
Lipolysis is defined as the catabolism of triacylglycerols stored in cellular lipid droplets.
Recent discoveries of essential lipolytic enzymes and characterization of numerous …

Role of lipids in the formation and maintenance of the cutaneous permeability barrier

KR Feingold, PM Elias - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular …, 2014 - Elsevier
The major function of the skin is to form a barrier between the internal milieu and the hostile
external environment. A permeability barrier that prevents the loss of water and electrolytes …

Dissecting adipose tissue lipolysis: molecular regulation and implications for metabolic disease

TS Nielsen, N Jessen, JOL Jørgensen… - Journal of …, 2014 - jme.bioscientifica.com
Lipolysis is the process by which triglycerides (TGs) are hydrolyzed to free fatty acids (FFAs)
and glycerol. In adipocytes, this is achieved by sequential action of adipose TG lipase …

[HTML][HTML] Lipolysis–a highly regulated multi-enzyme complex mediates the catabolism of cellular fat stores

A Lass, R Zimmermann, M Oberer, R Zechner - Progress in lipid research, 2011 - Elsevier
Lipolysis is the biochemical pathway responsible for the catabolism of triacylglycerol (TAG)
stored in cellular lipid droplets. The hydrolytic cleavage of TAG generates non-esterified fatty …

[HTML][HTML] The triglyceride synthesis enzymes DGAT1 and DGAT2 have distinct and overlapping functions in adipocytes

C Chitraju, TC Walther, RV Farese Jr - Journal of lipid research, 2019 - Elsevier
Mammals store metabolic energy as triacylglycerols (TGs) in adipose tissue. TG synthesis is
catalyzed by the evolutionarily unrelated acyl-CoA: diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT) …

Recent progress in phospholipase A2 research: from cells to animals to humans

M Murakami, Y Taketomi, Y Miki, H Sato… - Progress in lipid …, 2011 - Elsevier
Mammalian genomes encode genes for more than 30 phospholipase A2s (PLA2s) or
related enzymes, which are subdivided into several classes including low-molecular-weight …

Ceramide synthesis in the epidermis

M Rabionet, K Gorgas, R Sandhoff - … Acta (BBA)-Molecular and Cell Biology …, 2014 - Elsevier
The epidermis and in particular its outermost layer the stratum corneum provides terrestrial
vertebrates with a pivotal defensive barrier against water loss, xenobiotics and harmful …