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ArticleThe EMBO journal2025

Nuclear envelope-associated lipid droplets are enriched in cholesteryl esters and increase during inflammatory signaling.

Ábel Szkalisity, Lauri Vanharanta, Hodaka Saito, Csaba Vörös, Shiqian Li, Antti Isomäki, Teemu Tomberg, Clare Strachan, Ilya Belevich, Eija Jokitalo and 1 more

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Article in The EMBO journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Heterogeneity, dynamics and organelle interactions of lipid droplets.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors.

Ábel Szkalisity *Department of Anatomy and Stem Cells and Metabolism Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, 00014, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8388-5884
Lauri Vanharanta *Department of Anatomy and Stem Cells and Metabolism Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, 00014, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7902-0009
Hodaka SaitoDepartment of Anatomy and Stem Cells and Metabolism Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, 00014, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3728-2147
Csaba VörösDepartment of Anatomy and Stem Cells and Metabolism Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, 00014, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6198-693X
Shiqian LiDepartment of Anatomy and Stem Cells and Metabolism Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, 00014, Helsinki, Finland.
Antti IsomäkiBiomedicum Imaging Unit, Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, 00290, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8059-0714
Teemu TombergDivision of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, 00014, Helsinki, Finland.
Clare StrachanDivision of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, 00014, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3134-8918
Ilya BelevichElectron Microscopy Unit, Institute of Biotechnology, Helsinki Institute of Life Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Eija JokitaloElectron Microscopy Unit, Institute of Biotechnology, Helsinki Institute of Life Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4159-6934
Elina IkonenDepartment of Anatomy and Stem Cells and Metabolism Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, 00014, Helsinki, Finland. elina.ikonen@helsinki.fi.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8382-1135

Funding

Fondation Leducq (Leducq Foundation) 19CVD04Nemzeti Kutatási Fejlesztési és Innovációs Hivatal (NKFI) OTKA-SNN 139455/ARRSResearch Council of Finland (AKA) 324929Research Council of Finland (AKA) 327732Research Council of Finland (AKA) 331837
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cholesteryl esters (CEs) and triacylglycerols (TAGs) are stored in lipid droplets (LDs), but their compartmentalisation is not well understood. Here, we established a hyperspectral stimulated Raman scattering microscopy system to identify and quantitatively assess CEs and TAGs in individual LDs of human cells. We found that nuclear envelope-associated lipid droplets (NE-LDs) were enriched in cholesteryl esters compared to lipid droplets in the cytoplasm. Correlative light-volume-electron microscopy revealed that NE-LDs projected towards the cytoplasm and associated with type II nuclear envelope (NE) invaginations. The nuclear envelope localization of sterol O-acyltransferase 1 (SOAT1) contributed to NE-LD generation, as trapping of SOAT1 to the NE further increased their number. Upon stimulation by the pro-inflammatory cytokine TNFα, the number of NE-LDs moderately increased. Moreover, TNFα-induced NF-κB nuclear translocation was fine-tuned by SOAT1: increased SOAT1 activity and NE-LDs associated with faster NF-κB translocation, whereas reduced SOAT1 activity and NE-LDs associated with slower NF-κB translocation. Our findings suggest that the NE is enriched in CEs and that cholesterol esterification can modulate nuclear translocation.

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Cholesterol EstersInflammationLipid DropletsNuclear EnvelopeSignal TransductionHumansNF-kappa BSterol O-AcyltransferaseTriglyceridesTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaCholesterol EstersNF-kappa BSterol O-Acyltransferasesterol O-acyltransferase 1TriglyceridesTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaLabel-Free ImagingLipid DropletNeutral LipidNuclear Envelope

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PMID40195500
PMCPMC12084420

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