Regulation of phospholipid distribution in the lipid bilayer by flippases and scramblases

T Sakuragi, S Nagata - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2023 - nature.com
Cellular membranes function as permeability barriers that separate cells from the external
environment or partition cells into distinct compartments. These membranes are lipid …

Regulation of membrane protein structure and function by their lipid nano-environment

I Levental, E Lyman - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2023 - nature.com
Transmembrane proteins comprise~ 30% of the mammalian proteome, mediating
metabolism, signalling, transport and many other functions required for cellular life. The …

The lipid flippase SLC47A1 blocks metabolic vulnerability to ferroptosis

Z Lin, J Liu, F Long, R Kang, G Kroemer, D Tang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Ferroptosis is a type of regulated necrosis caused by unrestricted lipid peroxidation and
subsequent plasma membrane rupture. However, the lipid remodeling mechanism that …

Fluorescent probes for lipid membranes: from the cell surface to organelles

AS Klymchenko - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Biomembranes are ubiquitous lipid structures that delimit the cell surface and
organelles and operate as platforms for a multitude of biomolecular processes. The …

Cytosolic delivery of nucleic acids: The case of ionizable lipid nanoparticles

M Schlich, R Palomba, G Costabile… - Bioengineering & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ionizable lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are the most clinically advanced nano‐delivery system
for therapeutic nucleic acids. The great effort put in the development of ionizable lipids with …

Molecular dynamics simulation of an entire cell

JA Stevens, F Grünewald, PAM van Tilburg… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The ultimate microscope, directed at a cell, would reveal the dynamics of all the cell's
components with atomic resolution. In contrast to their real-world counterparts …

The diversity and breadth of cancer cell fatty acid metabolism

SR Nagarajan, LM Butler, AJ Hoy - Cancer & Metabolism, 2021 - Springer
Tumor cellular metabolism exhibits distinguishing features that collectively enhance
biomass synthesis while maintaining redox balance and cellular homeostasis. These …

Dietary lipids induce ferroptosis in caenorhabditiselegans and human cancer cells

MA Perez, L Magtanong, SJ Dixon, JL Watts - Developmental cell, 2020 - cell.com
Dietary lipids impact development, homeostasis, and disease, but links between specific
dietary fats and cell fates are poorly understood. Ferroptosis is an iron-dependent form of …

Innate immune detection of lipid oxidation as a threat assessment strategy

D Zhivaki, JC Kagan - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2022 - nature.com
Oxidized phospholipids that result from tissue injury operate as immunomodulatory signals
that, depending on the context, lead to proinflammatory or anti-inflammatory responses. In …

Structural and functional consequences of reversible lipid asymmetry in living membranes

M Doktorova, JL Symons, I Levental - Nature chemical biology, 2020 - nature.com
Maintenance of lipid asymmetry across the two leaflets of the plasma membrane (PM)
bilayer is a ubiquitous feature of eukaryotic cells. Loss of this asymmetry has been widely …