Lipid droplets can promote drug accumulation and activation
January 13th, 2020 by Ramin Dubey
Nature Chemical Biology, Published online: 13 January 2020; doi:10.1038/s41589-019-0447-7
Lasonolide A is hydrolyzed into a cytotoxic metabolite by a lipid droplet-associated orphan serine hydrolase, showing that lipid droplets can promote drug toxicity by both accumulating and metabolizing drugs in cells.