National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
J Lipid Res. 2012 Jul;53(7):1245-53. doi: 10.1194/jlr.R024117. Epub 2012 Apr 25.
Lipid droplets are cellular organelles that consists of a neutral lipid core covered by a monolayer of phospholipids and many proteins. They are thought to function in the storage, transport, and metabolism of lipids, in signaling, and as a specialized microenvironment for metabolism in most types of cells from prokaryotic to eukaryotic organisms. Lipid droplets have received a lot of attention in the last 10 years as they are linked to the progression of many metabolic diseases and hold great potential for the development of neutral lipid-derived products, such as biofuels, food supplements, hormones, and medicines. Proteomic analysis of lipid droplets has yielded a comprehensive catalog of lipid droplet proteins, shedding light on the function of this organelle and providing evidence that its function is conserved from bacteria to man. This review summarizes many of the proteomic studies on lipid droplets from a wide range of organisms, providing an evolutionary perspective on this organelle.
脂滴是由中性脂质核心被一层磷脂和许多蛋白质覆盖组成的细胞细胞器。它们被认为在脂质的储存、运输和代谢、信号传递以及作为大多数类型的从原核生物到真核生物的细胞中的代谢的特殊微环境中发挥作用。脂滴在过去的 10 年中受到了很多关注,因为它们与许多代谢疾病的进展有关,并为中性脂质衍生产品的开发提供了很大的潜力,如生物燃料、食品补充剂、激素和药物。对脂滴的蛋白质组学分析产生了脂滴蛋白的综合目录,阐明了这个细胞器的功能,并提供了证据表明其功能从细菌到人类都是保守的。这篇综述总结了来自广泛生物体的许多关于脂滴的蛋白质组学研究,为这个细胞器提供了一个进化的视角。