Abstract
Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) internalization, degradation, and receptor recycling is a fundamental process underlying hypercholesterolemia, a high blood cholesterol concentration, affecting more than 40% of the western population. Membrane contact sites influence endosomal dynamics, plasma membrane lipid composition, and cellular cholesterol distribution. However, if we focus on LDL-related trafficking events we mostly discuss them in an isolated fashion, without cellular context. It is our goal to change this perspective and to highlight that all steps from LDL internalization to receptor recycling are likely associated with dynamic membrane contact sites in which endosomes engage with the endoplasmic reticulum and other organelles.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 826379 |
Journal | Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology |
Volume | 10 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISSN | 2296-634X |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 24 Jan 2022 |
MoE publication type | A2 Review article in a scientific journal |
Fields of Science
- BINDING
- CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT
- EGRESS
- ENDOSOMES
- ER CONTACT
- INSIGHTS
- MODULATES ENDOCYTOSIS
- NIR2
- PLASMA-MEMBRANE
- TRAFFICKING
- endosomal degradation
- endosomal recycling
- hypercholesterolemia
- low-density lipoprotein (LDL)
- low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR)
- membrane contact site
- 3111 Biomedicine
- 1182 Biochemistry, cell and molecular biology