Dynamics and functions of lipid droplets

JA Olzmann, P Carvalho - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
Lipid droplets are storage organelles at the centre of lipid and energy homeostasis. They
have a unique architecture consisting of a hydrophobic core of neutral lipids, which is …

Hepatic lipid droplet homeostasis and fatty liver disease

F Seebacher, A Zeigerer, N Kory, N Krahmer - Seminars in cell & …, 2020 - Elsevier
In cells, lipids are stored in lipid droplets, dynamic organelles that adapt their size,
abundance, lipid and protein composition and organelle interactions to metabolic changes …

A membrane-sensing mechanism links lipid metabolism to protein degradation at the nuclear envelope

S Lee, JW Carrasquillo Rodrı́guez, H Merta… - Journal of Cell …, 2023 - rupress.org
Lipid composition determines organelle identity; however, whether the lipid composition of
the inner nuclear membrane (INM) domain of the ER contributes to its identity is not known …

The many faces of amphipathic helices

M Giménez-Andrés, A Čopič, B Antonny - Biomolecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Amphipathic helices (AHs), a secondary feature found in many proteins, are defined by their
structure and by the segregation of hydrophobic and polar residues between two faces of …

What lipodystrophies teach us about the metabolic syndrome

JP Mann, DB Savage - The Journal of clinical investigation, 2019 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Lipodystrophies are the result of a range of inherited and acquired causes, but all are
characterized by perturbations in white adipose tissue function and, in many instances, its …

Lipodistrophy: a paradigm for understanding the consequences of “overloading” adipose tissue

K Lim, A Haider, C Adams, A Sleigh… - Physiological …, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
Lipodystrophies have been recognized since at least the nineteenth century and, despite
their rarity, tended to attract considerable medical attention because of the severity and …

Components and mechanisms of nuclear mechanotransduction

P Niethammer - Annual review of cell and developmental …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The cell nucleus is best known as the container of the genome. Its envelope provides a
barrier for passive macromolecule diffusion, which enhances the control of gene expression …

Nuclear lipid droplets derive from a lipoprotein precursor and regulate phosphatidylcholine synthesis

K Sołtysik, Y Ohsaki, T Tatematsu, J Cheng… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The origin and physiological significance of lipid droplets (LDs) in the nucleus is not clear.
Here we show that nuclear LDs in hepatocytes are derived from apolipoprotein B (ApoB) …

SUMOylation at the inner nuclear membrane facilitates nuclear envelope biogenesis during mitosis

NO Saik, C Ptak, S Rehman, JD Aitchison… - Journal of Cell …, 2023 - rupress.org
As eukaryotic cells progress through cell division, the nuclear envelope (NE) membrane
must expand to accommodate the formation of progeny nuclei. In Saccharomyces …

Multi-molecular hyperspectral PRM-SRS microscopy

W Zhang, Y Li, AA Fung, Z Li, H Jang, H Zha… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Lipids play crucial roles in many biological processes. Mapping spatial distributions and
examining the metabolic dynamics of different lipid subtypes in cells and tissues are critical …