The architecture of Cidec-mediated interfaces between lipid droplets.

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_D48533B2E4A4
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
The architecture of Cidec-mediated interfaces between lipid droplets.
Journal
Cell reports
Author(s)
Ganeva I., Lim K., Boulanger J., Hoffmann P.C., Muriel O., Borgeaud A.C., Hagen WJH, Savage D.B., Kukulski W.
ISSN
2211-1247 (Electronic)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
28/02/2023
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
42
Number
2
Pages
112107
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Lipid droplets (LDs) are intracellular organelles responsible for storing surplus energy as neutral lipids. Their size and number vary enormously. In white adipocytes, LDs can reach 100 μm in diameter, occupying >90% of the cell. Cidec, which is strictly required for the formation of large LDs, is concentrated at interfaces between adjacent LDs and facilitates directional flux of neutral lipids from the smaller to the larger LD. The mechanism of lipid transfer is unclear, in part because the architecture of interfaces between LDs remains elusive. Here we visualize interfaces between LDs by electron cryo-tomography and analyze the kinetics of lipid transfer by quantitative live fluorescence microscopy. We show that transfer occurs through closely apposed monolayers, is slowed down by increasing the distance between the monolayers, and follows exponential kinetics. Our data corroborate the notion that Cidec facilitates pressure-driven transfer of neutral lipids through two "leaky" monolayers between LDs.
Keywords
Lipid Droplets/metabolism, Proteins/metabolism, Lipids, Lipid Metabolism, CP: Cell biology, Cidec, cryo-CLEM, cryo-ET, lipid droplets, lipid transfer
Pubmed
Web of science
Open Access
Yes
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