ReviewLipid insights2015
Membrane Contact Sites: Complex Zones for Membrane Association and Lipid Exchange.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
- Neuro-glial lipid imbalance in a Drosophila model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 8.Acta neuropathologica communications · 2026Article
- Influence of PLIN5 and lipid composition on lipid droplet contact sites with other organelles.Biochemistry and biophysics reports · 2026Article
- Uncovering synaptic and cellular nanoarchitecture of brain tissue via seamlessbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- The Endoplasmic Reticulum-Plasma Membrane Tethering Protein Ice2 Controls Lipid Droplet Size via the Regulation of Phosphatidylcholine inJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The role of extended synaptotagmin at membrane contact sites in cancer research.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2023Review
- ER-PM membrane contact site regulation by yeast ORPs and membrane stress pathways.PLoS genetics · 2022Article
- Relevance of Membrane Contact Sites in Cancer Progression.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2020Review
- Sticking With It: ER-PM Membrane Contact Sites as a Coordinating Nexus for Regulating Lipids and Proteins at the Cell Cortex.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2020Review
- Analysis of Low Molecular Weight Substances and Related Processes Influencing Cellular Cholesterol Efflux.Pharmaceutical medicine · 2019Review
- Lipid transport required to make lipids of photosynthetic membranes.Photosynthesis research · 2018Review
- Lipotoxicty in yeast: a focus on plasma membrane signalling and membrane contact sites.FEMS yeast research · 2018Review
- Endoplasmic reticulum-plasma membrane contact sites integrate sterol and phospholipid regulation.PLoS biology · 2018Article
- The plasma membrane proteome of Medicago truncatula roots as modified by arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis.Mycorrhiza · 2018Article
- Intracellular and Plasma Membrane Events in Cholesterol Transport and Homeostasis.Journal of lipids · 2018Review
- Human Adenoviruses, Cholesterol Trafficking, and NF-κB Signaling.Journal of immunological sciences · 2018Article
- Cellular cholesterol homeostasis and Alzheimer's disease.Journal of lipid research · 2017Review
- Identification of the N-terminal transmembrane domain of StarD7 and its importance for mitochondrial outer membrane localization and phosphatidylcholine transfer.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Anoctamins/TMEM16 Proteins: Chloride Channels Flirting with Lipids and Extracellular Vesicles.Annual review of physiology · 2017Review
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Abstract
Lipid transport between membranes within cells involves vesicle and protein carriers, but as agents of nonvesicular lipid transfer, the role of membrane contact sites has received increasing attention. As zones for lipid metabolism and exchange, various membrane contact sites mediate direct associations between different organelles. In particular, membrane contact sites linking the plasma membrane (PM) and the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) represent important regulators of lipid and ion transfer. In yeast, cortical ER is stapled to the PM through membrane-tethering proteins, which establish a direct connection between the membranes. In this review, we consider passive and facilitated models for lipid transfer at PM-ER contact sites. Besides the tethering proteins, we examine the roles of an additional repertoire of lipid and protein regulators that prime and propagate PM-ER membrane association. We conclude that instead of being simple mediators of membrane association, regulatory components of membrane contact sites have complex and multilayered functions.
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