PMID- 30795549 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20191127 LR - 20200309 IS - 2073-4409 (Print) IS - 2073-4409 (Electronic) IS - 2073-4409 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 2 DP - 2019 Feb 21 TI - Neutral Lipid Storage Diseases as Cellular Model to Study Lipid Droplet Function. LID - 10.3390/cells8020187 [doi] LID - 187 AB - Neutral lipid storage disease with myopathy (NLSDM) and with ichthyosis (NLSDI) are rare autosomal recessive disorders caused by mutations in the PNPLA2 and in the ABHD5/CGI58 genes, respectively. These genes encode the adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL) and alpha-beta hydrolase domain 5 (ABHD5) proteins, which play key roles in the function of lipid droplets (LDs). LDs, the main cellular storage sites of triacylglycerols and sterol esters, are highly dynamic organelles. Indeed, LDs are critical for both lipid metabolism and energy homeostasis. Partial or total PNPLA2 or ABHD5/CGI58 knockdown is characteristic of the cells of NLSD patients; thus, these cells are natural models with which one can unravel LD function. In this review we firstly summarize genetic and clinical data collected from NLSD patients, focusing particularly on muscle, skin, heart, and liver damage due to impaired LD function. Then, we discuss how NLSD cells were used to investigate and expand the current structural and functional knowledge of LDs. FAU - Missaglia, Sara AU - Missaglia S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6551-6698 AD - Laboratory of Cellular Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, CRIBENS, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 20145 Milan, Italy. sara.missaglia@unicatt.it. AD - Psychology Department, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 20123 Milan, Italy. sara.missaglia@unicatt.it. FAU - Coleman, Rosalind A AU - Coleman RA AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4379-3824 AD - Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. rcoleman@unc.edu. FAU - Mordente, Alvaro AU - Mordente A AD - Dipartimento di Scienze di Laboratorio ed Infettivologiche, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Roma, Italy. Alvaro.Mordente@unicatt.it. AD - Facolta di Scienze della Formazione, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 20123 Milano, Italy. Alvaro.Mordente@unicatt.it. FAU - Tavian, Daniela AU - Tavian D AD - Laboratory of Cellular Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, CRIBENS, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 20145 Milan, Italy. daniela.tavian@unicatt.it. AD - Psychology Department, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 20123 Milan, Italy. daniela.tavian@unicatt.it. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20190221 PL - Switzerland TA - Cells JT - Cells JID - 101600052 RN - EC 2.3.1.51 (1-Acylglycerol-3-Phosphate O-Acyltransferase) SB - IM MH - 1-Acylglycerol-3-Phosphate O-Acyltransferase/chemistry/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Humans MH - Lipid Droplets/*metabolism/ultrastructure MH - Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Errors/*metabolism MH - *Models, Biological MH - Muscles/pathology/ultrastructure PMC - PMC6406896 OTO - NOTNLM OT - ABHD5 OT - Jordans' anomaly OT - NLSD OT - PNPLA2 OT - cardiomyopathy OT - fibroblasts OT - ichthyosis OT - induced pluripotent stem cells OT - lipid droplet OT - lipid metabolism OT - liver steatosis OT - myopathy COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2019/02/24 06:00 MHDA- 2019/02/24 06:01 PMCR- 2019/02/01 CRDT- 2019/02/24 06:00 PHST- 2019/01/24 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/02/14 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/02/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/02/24 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/02/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/02/24 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2019/02/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - cells8020187 [pii] AID - cells-08-00187 [pii] AID - 10.3390/cells8020187 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Cells. 2019 Feb 21;8(2):187. doi: 10.3390/cells8020187.