Biological functions of sphingomyelins

JP Slotte - Progress in lipid research, 2013 - Elsevier
Sphingomyelin (SM) is a dominant sphingolipid in membranes of mammalian cells and this
lipid class is specifically enriched in the plasma membrane, the endocytic recycling …

Review of eukaryote cellular membrane lipid Composition, with special attention to the fatty acids

O Ali, A Szabó - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Biological membranes, primarily composed of lipids, envelop each living cell. The intricate
composition and organization of membrane lipids, including the variety of fatty acids they …

Biomolecular condensates create phospholipid-enriched microenvironments

JG Dumelie, Q Chen, D Miller, N Attarwala… - Nature Chemical …, 2024 - nature.com
Proteins and RNA can phase separate from the aqueous cellular environment to form
subcellular compartments called condensates. This process results in a protein–RNA …

Apoptotic death of pancreatic cancer cells induced by polyunsaturated fatty acids varies with double bond number and involves an oxidative mechanism

RA Hawkins, K Sangster… - The Journal of Pathology …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), reported to be cytotoxic at micromolar concentrations
for cancer cells in vitroand in vivo, are currently being tested in clinical trials as anti‐cancer …

The role of intranuclear lipids

E Albi, MPV Magni - Biology of the Cell, 2004 - Elsevier
The presence of phospholipids as a component of chromatin is now well documented and
many enzymes such as sphingomyelinase, sphingomyelin-synthase, reverse sphingomyelin …

Nuclear lipid droplets: a novel nuclear domain

JP Layerenza, P González, MMG De Bravo… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2013 - Elsevier
We investigated nuclear neutral-lipid (NL) composition and organization, as NL may
represent an alternative source for providing fatty acids and cholesterol (C) to membranes …

Membrane lipid compositional sensing by the inducible amphipathic helix of CCT

RB Cornell - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The amphipathic helical (AH) membrane binding motif is recognized as a major device for
lipid compositional sensing [1]. We explore the function and mechanism of sensing by the …

Thematic review series: Sphingolipids. Nuclear sphingolipids: Metabolism and signaling

RW Ledeen, G Wu - Journal of lipid research, 2008 - ASBMB
Sphingolipids are most prominently expressed in the plasma membrane, but recent studies
have pointed to important signaling and regulatory roles in the nucleus. The most abundant …

Behind the stoNE wall: A fervent activity for nuclear lipids

K Samardak, J Bâcle, M Moriel-Carretero - Biochimie, 2024 - Elsevier
The four main types of biomolecules are nucleic acids, proteins, carbohydrates and lipids.
The knowledge about their respective interactions is as important as the individual …

Nuclear sphingolipid metabolism

NC Lucki, MB Sewer - Annual review of physiology, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Nuclear lipid metabolism is implicated in various processes, including transcription, splicing,
and DNA repair. Sphingolipids play roles in numerous cellular functions, and an emerging …