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ArticleLipids2010

Intracellular lipid droplets contain dynamic pools of sphingomyelin: ADRP binds phospholipids with high affinity.

Avery L McIntosh, Stephen M Storey, Barbara P Atshaves

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Article in Lipids, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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25 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Avery L McIntoshDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A&M University, TVMC, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Stephen M Storey
Barbara P Atshaves
Texas A&M University · USMichigan State University · US

Funding

Lipid droplet domains foster lipid storageR01DK070965 · NIDDK · TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH · PI ATSHAVES, BARBARA P · 2007 to 2011
$1.4M
Lipid droplet domains foster lipid storageR56DK070965 · NIDDK · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM · PI ATSHAVES, BARBARA P · 2005 to 2005
$73k
NIDDK NIH HHS DK70965NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK070965NIDDK NIH HHS R56 DK070965
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During the last several years, intracellular lipid droplets have become the focus of intense study. No longer an inert bystander, the lipid droplet is now known as a dynamic organelle contributing lipids to many cellular events. However, while the dynamics of cholesterol efflux from both the plasma membrane and lipid droplets have been studied, less is known regarding the efflux of sphingomyelin from these membranes. In order to address this issue, sphingomyelin efflux kinetics and binding affinities from different intracellular pools were examined. When compared to the plasma membrane, lipid droplets had a smaller exchangeable sphingomyelin efflux pool and the time required to efflux that pool was significantly shorter. Fluorescence binding assays revealed that proteins in the plasma membrane and lipid droplet pool bound sphingomyelin with high affinity. Further characterization identified adipose differentiation-related protein (ADRP) as one of the sphingomyelin binding proteins in the lipid droplet fraction and revealed that ADRP demonstrated saturable binding to 6-((N-(7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazol-4-yl)amino)-hexanoyl)sphingosyl-phosphocholine (NBD-sphingomyelin) and also 2-(6-(7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazol-4-yl)amino)hexanoyl-1-hexadecanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (NBD-phosphatidylcholine) with binding affinities in the nanomolar range. Taken together, these results suggest that lipid droplet associated proteins such as ADRP may play a significant role in regulating the intracellular distribution of phospholipids and lipids in general. Overall, insights from the present work suggest new and important roles for lipid droplets and ADRP in phospholipid metabolism.

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Lipid Metabolism4-Chloro-7-nitrobenzofurazanAnimalsBinding SitesCell MembraneCell NucleusCells, CulturedLipidsMembrane ProteinsMiceMicroscopy, FluorescencePerilipin-2PhosphatidylcholinesPhospholipidsSphingomyelins2-(6-(7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazol-4-yl)amino)hexanoyl-1-hexadecanoylglycero-3-phosphocholine4-Chloro-7-nitrobenzofurazanLipidsMembrane ProteinsN-4-nitrobenzo-2-oxa-1,3-diazoleaminocaproyl sphingosylphosphorylcholinePerilipin-2PhosphatidylcholinesPhospholipidsPlin2 protein, mouseSphingomyelins

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PMID20473576
PMCPMC3065392
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