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ArticleScientific reports2021

Lipotoxic stress alters the membrane lipid profile of extracellular vesicles released by Huh-7 hepatocarcinoma cells.

Sandra Buratta, Y Shimanaka, E Costanzi, S Ni, L Urbanelli, N Kono, F Morena, K Sagini, S Giovagnoli, R Romani and 3 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Sandra Buratta *Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy. sandra.buratta@unipg.it.
Y Shimanaka *Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
E CostanziDepartment of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
S NiGraduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
L UrbanelliDepartment of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
N KonoGraduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
F MorenaDepartment of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
K SaginiDepartment of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
S GiovagnoliDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
R RomaniDepartment of Experimental Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
M GargaroDepartment of Experimental Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
H AraiGraduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
C EmilianiDepartment of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
University of Perugia · ITThe University of Tokyo · JPOslo University Hospital · NO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are well-known mediators in intercellular communication playing pivotal roles in promoting liver inflammation and fibrosis, events associated to hepatic lipotoxicity caused by saturated free fatty acid overloading. However, despite the importance of lipids in EV membrane architecture which, in turn, affects EV biophysical and biological properties, little is known about the lipid asset of EVs released under these conditions. Here, we analyzed phospholipid profile alterations of EVs released by hepatocarcinoma Huh-7 cells under increased membrane lipid saturation induced by supplementation with saturated fatty acid palmitate or Δ9 desaturase inhibition, using oleate, a nontoxic monounsaturated fatty acid, as control. As an increase of membrane lipid saturation induces endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, we also analyzed phospholipid rearrangements in EVs released by Huh-7 cells treated with thapsigargin, a conventional ER stress inducer. Results demonstrate that lipotoxic and/or ER stress conditions induced rearrangements not only into cell membrane phospholipids but also into the released EVs. Thus, cell membrane saturation level and/or ER stress are crucial to determine which lipids are discarded via EVs and EV lipid cargos might be useful to discriminate hepatic lipid overloading and ER stress.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, HepatocellularCell Line, TumorEndoplasmic Reticulum StressExtracellular VesiclesFatty AcidsHumansLiver NeoplasmsMembrane LipidsOleic AcidPalmitic AcidFatty AcidsMembrane LipidsOleic AcidPalmitic Acid

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PMID33633289
PMCPMC7907093
OpenAlexW3131121674

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