Abstract
Skeletal muscle can store excess fat as subcellular lipid droplets (LDs). While originally viewed as uninteresting static balls of triacylglycerol, it is now clear that myocellular LDs play an active role in myocellular (patho) physiology. In this review we aim to discuss the role of LDs in muscle cell insulin sensitivity and identify parameters which appear to affect this relationship. Moreover, we discuss the application of novel tools permitting detailed examination of these parameters. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Recent Advances in Lipid Droplet Biology edited by Rosalind Coleman and Matthijs Hesselink.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1242-1249 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids |
Volume | 1862 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Oct 2017 |
Event | FASEB Summer Conference on Lipid Droplets: Dynamic Organelles in Metabolism and Beyond - Snowmass, Colombia Duration: 24 Jul 2016 → 29 Jul 2016 |
Keywords
- Skeletal muscle
- Insulin resistance
- PLIN5
- Human
- IMCL
- HUMAN SKELETAL-MUSCLE
- ADIPOSE TRIGLYCERIDE LIPASE
- DIFFERENTIATION-RELATED PROTEIN
- IMAGING MASS-SPECTROMETRY
- FATTY-ACID
- PERILIPIN 5
- WEIGHT-LOSS
- METABOLIC SYNDROME
- CERAMIDE CONTENT
- OBESE SUBJECTS