TY - JOUR
T1 - Chinese Hamster Ovary K2 Cell Lipid Droplets Appear to be Metabolic Organelles Involved in Membrane Traffic
AU - Liu, Pingsheng
AU - Ying, Yunshu
AU - Zhao, Yingming
AU - Mundy, Dorothy I.
AU - Zhu, Meifang
AU - Anderson, Richard G W
PY - 2004/1/30
Y1 - 2004/1/30
N2 - The principal lipids in animal cell lipid droplets are cholesterol, cholesterol ester, and triglyceride, but the protein composition of this compartment is largely unknown. Here we report on the proteomic analysis of lipid droplets. Using a combination of mass spectrometry and immunoblotting, we identify nearly 40 specifically associated proteins in droplets isolated from Chinese hamster ovary K2 cells grown in normal medium. The proteins fall in to five groups: structural molecules of the droplet-like adipose differentiation-related protein; multiple enzymes involved in the synthesis, storage, utilization, and degradation of cholesterol esters and triglycerides; multiple, different Rab GTPases known to be involved in regulating membrane traffic; signaling molecules such as p50RhoGAP; and a group of proteins that do not fit any classification but include proteins often found in caveolae/rafts such as caveolin-1 and 2 and flotillin-1. The proteome of droplets isolated from cells grown in the presence of oleate is largely the same except for an increase in the amount of adipose differentiation-related protein, caveolin-1, and a protein thought to be involved in phospholipid recycling called CGI-58. Based on the protein profile, the lipid droplet appears to be a complex, metabolically active organelle that is directly involved in membrane traffic and possibly phospholipid recycling. We propose the name adiposome for this organelle.
AB - The principal lipids in animal cell lipid droplets are cholesterol, cholesterol ester, and triglyceride, but the protein composition of this compartment is largely unknown. Here we report on the proteomic analysis of lipid droplets. Using a combination of mass spectrometry and immunoblotting, we identify nearly 40 specifically associated proteins in droplets isolated from Chinese hamster ovary K2 cells grown in normal medium. The proteins fall in to five groups: structural molecules of the droplet-like adipose differentiation-related protein; multiple enzymes involved in the synthesis, storage, utilization, and degradation of cholesterol esters and triglycerides; multiple, different Rab GTPases known to be involved in regulating membrane traffic; signaling molecules such as p50RhoGAP; and a group of proteins that do not fit any classification but include proteins often found in caveolae/rafts such as caveolin-1 and 2 and flotillin-1. The proteome of droplets isolated from cells grown in the presence of oleate is largely the same except for an increase in the amount of adipose differentiation-related protein, caveolin-1, and a protein thought to be involved in phospholipid recycling called CGI-58. Based on the protein profile, the lipid droplet appears to be a complex, metabolically active organelle that is directly involved in membrane traffic and possibly phospholipid recycling. We propose the name adiposome for this organelle.
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U2 - 10.1074/jbc.M311945200
DO - 10.1074/jbc.M311945200
M3 - Article
C2 - 14597625
AN - SCOPUS:0942287191
SN - 0021-9258
VL - 279
SP - 3787
EP - 3792
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
IS - 5
ER -