Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34355743›Full record

ArticleDevelopment (Cambridge, England)2021

Sequestration to lipid droplets promotes histone availability by preventing turnover of excess histones.

Roxan A Stephenson, Jonathon M Thomalla, Lili Chen, Petra Kolkhof, Roger P White, Mathias Beller, Michael A Welte

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Article in Development (Cambridge, England), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Heterogeneity, dynamics and organelle interactions of lipid droplets.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2026
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  10. Essential Biology of Lipid Droplets.Annual review of biochemistry · 2025
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  16. Finishing the egg.Genetics · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Roxan A StephensonDepartment of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6380-9275
Jonathon M ThomallaDepartment of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3968-4764
Lili ChenDepartment of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3041-8542
Petra KolkhofInstitute for Mathematical Modeling of Biological Systems, Systems Biology of Lipid Metabolism, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf 40225, Germany.
Roger P WhiteDepartment of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5648-4719
Mathias BellerInstitute for Mathematical Modeling of Biological Systems, Systems Biology of Lipid Metabolism, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf 40225, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0987-0080
Michael A WelteDepartment of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5741-4720
University of Rochester · USHeinrich Heine University Düsseldorf · DE

Funding

Lipid droplets as protein sequestration sitesR01GM102155 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI WELTE, MICHAEL ANDREAS · 2013 to 2025
$4.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM102155
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Because both dearth and overabundance of histones result in cellular defects, histone synthesis and demand are typically tightly coupled. In Drosophila embryos, histones H2B, H2A and H2Av accumulate on lipid droplets (LDs), which are cytoplasmic fat storage organelles. Without LD binding, maternally provided H2B, H2A and H2Av are absent; however, how LDs ensure histone storage is unclear. Using quantitative imaging, we uncover when during oogenesis these histones accumulate, and which step of accumulation is LD dependent. LDs originate in nurse cells (NCs) and are transported to the oocyte. Although H2Av accumulates on LDs in NCs, the majority of the final H2Av pool is synthesized in oocytes. LDs promote intercellular transport of the histone anchor Jabba and thus its presence in the ooplasm. Ooplasmic Jabba then prevents H2Av degradation, safeguarding the H2Av stockpile. Our findings provide insight into the mechanism for establishing histone stores during Drosophila oogenesis and shed light on the function of LDs as protein-sequestration sites.

Indexed as

AnimalsCarrier ProteinsDrosophilaDrosophila ProteinsFemaleHistonesLipid DropletsOocytesOogenesisCarrier ProteinsDrosophila ProteinsHistonesjabba protein, DrosophilaDrosophila oogenesisHistonesLipid dropletsProteasomeProtein sequestrationProtein turnover

Identifiers

PMID34355743
PMCPMC8380457
OpenAlexW3187060569

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