Lipid droplets and cellular lipid flux

AJ Mathiowetz, JA Olzmann - Nature Cell Biology, 2024 - nature.com
Lipid droplets are dynamic organelles that store neutral lipids, serve the metabolic needs of
cells, and sequester lipids to prevent lipotoxicity and membrane damage. Here we review …

Molecular mechanisms of perilipin protein function in lipid droplet metabolism

E Griseti, AA Bello, E Bieth, B Sabbagh… - FEBS …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Perilipins are abundant lipid droplet (LD) proteins present in all metazoans and also in
Amoebozoa and fungi. Humans express five perilipins, which share a similar domain …

A role for lipophagy in atherosclerosis

T Laval, M Ouimet - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2023 - nature.com
Lipophagy is a type of selective autophagy that targets lipid droplets for degradation. Since
the discovery of lipophagy in 2009, research has uncovered a central role for this process in …

Spartin-mediated lipid transfer facilitates lipid droplet turnover

N Wan, Z Hong, MAH Parson… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Lipid droplets (LDs) are organelles critical for energy storage and membrane lipid
homeostasis, whose number and size are carefully regulated in response to cellular …

Lysosomal damage sensing and lysophagy initiation by SPG20-ITCH

P Gahlot, B Kravic, G Rota, J van den Boom… - Molecular Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Cells respond to lysosomal membrane permeabilization by membrane repair or selective
macroautophagy of damaged lysosomes, termed lysophagy, but it is not fully understood …

The (social) lives, deaths, and biophysical phases of lipid droplets

WM Henne - Current opinion in cell biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Lipid droplets (LDs) are major lipid storage organelles, sequestering energy-rich
triglycerides and serving as nutrient sinks for cellular homeostasis. Observed for over a …

pH-triggered hydrophility-adjustable fluorescent probes for simultaneously imaging lipid droplets and lysosomes and the application in fatty liver detection

S Wu, X Li, M Zhou, Y Cui, W Wu, J Ping, X Guo… - Biosensors and …, 2024 - Elsevier
To study the collaboration between lipid droplets (LDs) and lysosomes, and the lipid change
in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), herein two pH-triggered hydrophility-adjustable …

LC3B is lipidated to large lipid droplets during prolonged starvation for noncanonical autophagy

M Omrane, KB M'Barek, A Santinho, N Nguyen… - Developmental Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Lipid droplets (LDs) store lipids that can be utilized during times of scarcity via autophagic
and lysosomal pathways, but how LDs and autophagosomes interact remained unclear …

[HTML][HTML] ARL8B mediates lipid droplet contact and delivery to lysosomes for lipid remobilization

D Menon, A Bhapkar, B Manchandia, G Charak… - Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
Lipid droplets (LDs) play a crucial role in maintaining cellular lipid balance by storing and
delivering lipids as needed. However, the intricate lipolytic pathways involved in LD turnover …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms and therapeutic implications of selective autophagy in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

S Jin, Y Li, T Xia, Y Liu, S Zhang, H Hu, Q Chang… - Journal of Advanced …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become the most common
chronic liver disease worldwide, whereas there is no approved drug therapy for it due to its …