Volume 52, Issue 24 pp. 6330-6334
Communication

The Fatty Acid Composition of Diacylglycerols Determines Local Signaling Patterns

Dr. André Nadler

Dr. André Nadler

Cell Biology & Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg (Germany)

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Dr. Gregor Reither

Dr. Gregor Reither

Cell Biology & Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg (Germany)

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Suihan Feng

Suihan Feng

Cell Biology & Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg (Germany)

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Frank Stein

Frank Stein

Cell Biology & Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg (Germany)

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Dr. Sabine Reither

Dr. Sabine Reither

Cell Biology & Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg (Germany)

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Dr. Rainer Müller

Dr. Rainer Müller

Cell Biology & Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg (Germany)

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Priv.-Doz. Dr. Carsten Schultz

Corresponding Author

Priv.-Doz. Dr. Carsten Schultz

Cell Biology & Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg (Germany)

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First published: 29 May 2013
Citations: 65

We thank the Advanced Light Microscopy Facility (ALMF) of EMBL for expert support in microscopy. We acknowledge financial support by the DFG (Transregio 83).

Graphical Abstract

Caged compounds are designed to release biologically active signaling molecules with temporal, spatial, and even subcellular resolution. But how localized does the signal stay? Using the example of diacylglycerol, some signal responses (PKC) are shown to remain spatially distinct while other signals ([Ca2+]i) spread across the entire cell. Surprisingly, this distribution patterns depend on the fatty acid composition of the lipid species.

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