title: An allostatic control of membrane lipid composition by SREBP1.
abstract: The maintenance of membrane lipid composition within strict limits is critical to maintain optimum cellular function. The biophysical properties of the membrane can be influenced among other factors by the saturation/unsaturation of the phospholipid fatty acyl chain. The rate-limiting enzyme in unsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis is the desaturase enzyme which in turn is regulated by the lipid transcription factor sterol regulatory element binding protein (SREBP1). In this review, we collect some evidence suggesting SREBP1 network as an important allostatic regulator necessary to maintain the pool of unsaturated fatty acid lipid species that can be incorporated into biological membranes.
authors.affiliation: University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke's Treatment Centre, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK. rmh51@cam.ac.uk
authors.forename: Rachel M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Hagen
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rodriguez-Cuenca
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vidal-Puig
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000378:metabolism; D052636:Allostasis / Q000502:physiology; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D044943:Fatty Acid Desaturases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008563:Membrane Lipids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008954:Models, Biological; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D051780:Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008563:Membrane Lipids; D010743:Phospholipids; D051780:Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 1; D002784:Cholesterol; D044943:Fatty Acid Desaturases