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ArticleNature chemistry2025

Quantitative profiling of lipid transport between organelles enabled by subcellular photocatalytic labelling.

Xi Chen, Ru He, Haolin Xiong, Ruohong Wang, Yandong Yin, Yiyun Chen, Zheng-Jiang Zhu

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Article in Nature chemistry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Xi Chen *Interdisciplinary Research Center on Biology and Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5276-2013
Ru He *State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0009-0003-3153-4427
Haolin XiongInterdisciplinary Research Center on Biology and Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Ruohong WangInterdisciplinary Research Center on Biology and Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Yandong YinInterdisciplinary Research Center on Biology and Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Yiyun ChenState Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China. yiyunchen@sioc.ac.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-0916-0994
Zheng-Jiang ZhuInterdisciplinary Research Center on Biology and Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China. jiangzhu@sioc.ac.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-3272-3567

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 22337005National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 22425404National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 92357308Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission) 21JC1405902
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Abstract

Subcellular lipid composition and transport substantially influence the physiological and pathological functions of both cells and organelles. However, lipid transport and turnover between organelles remain poorly understood due to a lack of methods for selectively labelling lipids in organelles. Here we develop a subcellular photocatalytic labelling strategy that enables organelle-selective lipid analysis by mass spectrometry and the quantitative profiling of lipid transport between organelles. We use this approach to quantitatively characterize fatty-acyl-dependent transport of phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylserine lipids between the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria, the nucleus or lysosomes. Further experiments revealed the relative contributions of various biosynthesis pathways to the phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylserine lipid compositions in the mitochondria, nucleus and lysosomes. Lysosome-specific photocatalytic labelling revealed the impact of the mTOR kinase pathway on lysosomal lipid metabolism. Together, this subcellularly localized photocatalytic labelling of lipids quantitatively deciphers the subcellular lipid composition and transport, enhancing our understanding of lipid metabolism in living organisms.

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Lipid MetabolismLipidsOrganellesBiological TransportCatalysisEndoplasmic ReticulumHeLa CellsHumansLysosomesMitochondriaPhosphatidylethanolaminesPhosphatidylserinesPhotochemical ProcessesLipidsPhosphatidylethanolaminesPhosphatidylserines

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