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SUBMITTER: Tang W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC11004178 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tang Wenwen W Luan Yi Y Yuan Qianying Q Li Ao A Chen Song S Menacherry Stanley S Young Lawrence L Wu Dianqing D
Nature communications 20240409 1
Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), which cannot be synthesized by animals and must be supplied from the diet, have been strongly associated with human health. However, the mechanisms for their accretion remain poorly understood. Here, we show that LDL receptor-related protein 5 (LRP5), but not its homolog LRP6, selectively transports unesterified PUFAs into a number of cell types. The LDLa ligand-binding repeats of LRP5 directly bind to PUFAs and are required and sufficient for PUFA transport. ...[more]