Hepatic lipid droplets: A balancing act between energy storage and metabolic dysfunction in NAFLD.
Hepatic lipid droplets: A balancing act between energy storage and metabolic dysfunction in NAFLD.
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10.1016/j.molmet.2020.101115
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发表时间:
2021-08
影响因子:
8.1
通讯作者:
Mashek DG
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Mashek DG
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is defined by the abundance of lipid droplets (LDs) in hepatocytes. While historically considered simply depots for energy storage, LDs are increasingly recognized to impact a wide range of biological processes that influence cellular metabolism, signaling, and function. While progress has been made toward understanding the factors leading to LD accumulation (i.e. steatosis) and its progression to advanced stages of NAFLD and/or systemic metabolic dysfunction, much remains to be resolved. This review covers many facets of LD biology. We provide a brief overview of the major pathways of lipid accretion and degradation that contribute to steatosis and how they are altered in NAFLD. The major focus is on the relationship between LDs and cell function and the detailed mechanisms that couple or uncouple steatosis from the severity and progression of NAFLD and systemic comorbidities. The importance of specific lipids and proteins within or on LDs as key components that determine whether LD accumulation is linked to cellular and metabolic dysfunction is presented. We discuss emerging areas of LD biology and future research directions that are needed to advance our understanding of the role of LDs in NAFLD etiology. Impairments in LD breakdown appear to contribute to disease progression, but inefficient incorporation of fatty acids (FAs) into LD-containing triacylglycerol (TAG) and the consequential changes in FA partitioning also affect NAFLD etiology. Increased LD abundance in hepatocytes does not necessarily equate to cellular dysfunction. While LD accumulation is the prerequisite step for most NAFLD cases, the protein and lipid composition of LDs are critical factors in determining the progression from simple steatosis. Further defining the detailed molecular mechanisms linking LDs to metabolic dysfunction is important for designing effective therapeutic approaches targeting NAFLD and its comorbidities. Numerous pathways contribute to the synthesis and degradation of hepatic LDs. The protein and lipid composition of LDs largely dictate whether steatosis is coupled or uncoupled from local or systemic metabolic dysfunction. Genetic variants provide insights into mechanisms that link LDs to NAFLD etiology. The spatial regulation of LD metabolism is poorly understood despite known heterogeneity in LD accumulation with NAFLD.
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DOI:
10.1002/hep.29273
发表时间:
2017-10
期刊:
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.)
影响因子:
--
作者:
BasuRay S;Smagris E;Cohen JC;Hobbs HH
通讯作者:
Hobbs HH
影响因子:
13.5
作者:
Bril, Fernando;Barb, Diana;Cusi, Kenneth
通讯作者:
Cusi, Kenneth
影响因子:
5.3
作者:
Chen, Xiaoting;Chan, Hung;Wu, William K. K.
通讯作者:
Wu, William K. K.
影响因子:
6.5
作者:
Bu, So Young;Mashek, Douglas G.
通讯作者:
Mashek, Douglas G.
影响因子:
8.2
作者:
Amrutkar, Manoj;Kern, Matthias;Mahlapuu, Margit
通讯作者:
Mahlapuu, Margit