| 2007 |
ORP8 localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum via its C-terminal transmembrane span and binds 25-hydroxycholesterol, identifying it as an ER oxysterol-binding protein. Silencing ORP8 in THP-1 macrophages increased ABCA1 expression and cholesterol efflux to lipid-free apolipoprotein A-I; the effect was partially attenuated by mutation of the DR4 element in the ABCA1 promoter and synergized with LXR agonist treatment, indicating ORP8 negatively regulates ABCA1 transcription involving both LXR and E-box functions. |
RNA interference (siRNA), ABCA1 promoter-luciferase reporter assays, cholesterol efflux assays, ligand binding studies |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
17991739
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| 2011 |
ORP8 binds cholesterol in vitro (in addition to 25-hydroxycholesterol). ORP8 overexpression in mouse liver reduced nuclear SREBP-1 and SREBP-2 and their target gene mRNAs, and suppressed cholesterol biosynthesis. Yeast two-hybrid, BiFC, and co-immunoprecipitation identified nuclear pore component Nup62 as a direct interaction partner of ORP8; ORP8 and Nup62 co-localize at the nuclear envelope, and depletion of Nup62 inhibited the effect of ORP8 overexpression on nSREBPs. |
In vitro cholesterol binding, adenoviral overexpression in mouse liver, [3H]acetate pulse-labeling, yeast two-hybrid, bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC), co-immunoprecipitation, confocal immunofluorescence, Nup62 RNAi |
PloS one |
Medium |
21698267
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| 2012 |
ORP8 silencing in RAW264.7 macrophages increased expression and altered subcellular distribution of its interaction partner Nup62 (including intranuclear localization), enhanced cell migration, and promoted a more pronounced microtubule cytoskeleton. ORP8 competed with Exo70 for binding to Nup62, and Nup62 knockdown abolished the migration-enhancing effect of ORP8 silencing, placing Nup62 downstream of ORP8 in migration control. |
Stable shRNA lentiviral knockdown, microarray transcriptomics, confocal microscopy, migration assays, Nup62 RNAi epistasis |
Experimental cell research |
Medium |
22683860
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| 2014 |
Yeast two-hybrid screening followed by pulldown and co-immunoprecipitation identified SPAG5/Astrin as an interaction partner of ORP8. Overexpressed ORP8 recruited SPAG5 onto ER membranes in interphase cells. ORP8 overexpression or 25-hydroxycholesterol treatment caused G2/M accumulation in HepG2 cells; ORP8 knockdown strongly inhibited the oxysterol-induced G2/M arrest, and SPAG5 knockdown reduced the cell-cycle effects of both ORP8 overexpression and 25-OHC, placing SPAG5 downstream of ORP8. |
Yeast two-hybrid, pulldown, co-immunoprecipitation, flow cytometry cell cycle analysis, RNAi knockdown epistasis |
Experimental cell research |
Medium |
24424245
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| 2015 |
ORP5 and ORP8 are ER integral membrane proteins that tether the ER to the plasma membrane via PH domain interaction with PI4P. Their OSBP-related domains (ORDs) carry either PI4P or phosphatidylserine (PS) and exchange these lipids between bilayers, mediating PI4P/PS countertransport: delivering PI4P to ER-localized Sac1 phosphatase for degradation and PS from ER to PM. Gain- and loss-of-function experiments showed these activities control PM PI4P levels and selectively enrich PS at the PM. |
Gain- and loss-of-function experiments, lipid transfer assays, subcellular fractionation, imaging of ER-PM contacts |
Science (New York, N.Y.) |
High |
26206935
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| 2015 |
ORP8 overexpression triggered apoptosis in HCC cells coinciding with relocation of cytoplasmic Fas to the cell plasma membrane and FasL upregulation. ORP8-induced Fas translocation was p53-dependent, and FasL induction occurred via the ER stress response. |
ORP8 overexpression in HCC cell lines and primary cells, co-culture with T cells/Jurkat cells, western blot, confocal microscopy, xenograft tumor model |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
25596532
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| 2016 |
In addition to ER-PM contact sites, ORP5 and ORP8 localize to ER-mitochondria contacts (MAM) and interact physically with the outer mitochondrial membrane protein PTPIP51. A functional lipid transfer (ORD) domain was required for this MAM localization. ORP5/ORP8 depletion caused defects in mitochondria morphology and respiratory function. |
Confocal and electron microscopy, co-immunoprecipitation with PTPIP51, domain deletion analysis, mitochondrial respiration assays, RNAi knockdown |
EMBO reports |
High |
27113756
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| 2017 |
The pleckstrin homology (PH) domain of ORP8 mediates recruitment to ER-PM contact sites via binding to PtdIns(4,5)P2, not PtdIns(4)P. The ORD of ORP8 can extract and transport multiple phosphoinositides in vitro. Knockdown of both ORP5 and ORP8 increases PM PtdIns(4,5)P2 levels with little effect on PtdIns(4)P, indicating PtdIns(4,5)P2 can serve as a co-exchanger for cargo lipid transport by ORP8. |
In vitro lipid extraction/transport assays with purified ORD, PM recruitment assays, PH domain binding studies, siRNA double knockdown with lipid level measurements |
Nature communications |
High |
28970484
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| 2020 |
ORP8 overexpression in non-small cell lung cancer cells induced apoptosis via release of cytochrome c from mitochondria into the cytoplasm. |
ORP8 overexpression, western blot and confocal microscopy for cytochrome c release, MTS/anchorage-independent growth assays |
Oncology reports |
Low |
32323800
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| 2022 |
ORP5 and ORP8 localize to MAM subdomains enriched in phosphatidic acid and control lipid droplet (LD) biogenesis at these sites. ORP5/8 regulate seipin recruitment to MAM-LD contacts; loss of ORP5/8 impairs LD biogenesis, and intact ER-mitochondria contact sites are required for this ORP5/8 function. |
Fluorescence microscopy, siRNA knockdown, seipin localization assays, LD biogenesis quantification, ER-mitochondria contact site disruption |
The Journal of cell biology |
Medium |
35969857
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| 2023 |
ORP8 functions as a lipophagy receptor by localizing to lipid droplets and directly interacting with phagophore-anchored LC3/GABARAPs to mediate LD encapsulation by autophagosomes. This function is independent of ORP8's lipid transporter activity. Upon lipophagy induction, AMPK phosphorylates ORP8, enhancing its affinity for LC3/GABARAPs. ORP8 deletion or disruption of the ORP8-LC3/GABARAP interaction causes LD and triglyceride accumulation; ORP8 overexpression alleviates liver lipid accumulation in ob/ob mice, and Osbpl8−/− mice show liver lipid clearance defects. |
Co-immunoprecipitation (ORP8-LC3/GABARAP), AMPK phosphorylation assays, ORP8 KO mice, ob/ob mouse ORP8 overexpression, lipid transfer domain mutants, LD and triglyceride quantification |
Protein & cell |
High |
37707322
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| 2023 |
Crystal structure of the ORP8 lipid transport domain (ORD8) was solved, revealing a β-barrel fold with anti-parallel β-strands and a large cavity (~1860 Å3) as the lipid-binding site. The lid region is required for stable lipid binding and slows transport while stabilizing cargo; fluorescence assays showed differential transport efficiencies for PS versus PI4P. |
X-ray crystallography, computer docking simulations, fluorescence lipid transport assays, comparative experiments between lid-deleted and full-length ORD8 |
Cells |
High |
37566053
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| 2023 |
STIM1-formed ER-PM junctions are required for PI4P/PS exchange by ORP5 and ORP8. ORP5 and ORP8 operate as a rheostat setting junctional PI4P/PtdSer ratio with reciprocal modes: ORP5 sets low and ORP8 sets high junctional PI4P/PtdSer ratio. This ratio controls STIM1-STIM1 and STIM1-Orai1 interactions, SERCA pump activity, Ca2+ oscillation patterns, and NFAT nuclear translocation. Targeting the ORDs to the STIM1 ER subdomain reversed ORP5/ORP8 function. |
Targeted ORD domain expression at PM vs ER subdomains, targeted PtdSer-specific PLA1a1, Ca2+ imaging, NFAT translocation assays, STIM1 interaction measurements |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
Medium |
37607230
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| 2023 |
Sec22b co-precipitates with ORP8 at ER-phagosome membrane contact sites. Wild-type but not lipid-transfer-mutant ORP8 rescues phagosomal PI4P levels and reduces antigen degradation in Sec22b knockdown cells, and restores phagolysosome fusion, establishing that ORP8's PS/PI4P exchange activity downstream of Sec22b tethering controls phagosome maturation. |
Co-immunoprecipitation (Sec22b–ORP8), siRNA knockdown, phagosomal lipid quantification, antigen degradation assays, phagolysosome fusion assays with ORP8 mutant rescue |
Communications biology |
Medium |
37794132
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| 2023 |
ORP8 overexpression in renal cell carcinoma cells accelerated ubiquitin-mediated proteasomal degradation of Stathmin1, leading to increased microtubule polymerization and suppression of RCC cell growth, migration, and invasion. |
ORP8 overexpression and knockdown, proteasome inhibitor experiments, western blot for Stathmin1, microtubule polymerization assays, functional cell assays |
Experimental cell research |
Low |
37054771
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| 2025 |
Osbpl8 remodels lipid metabolism in macrophages by inhibiting excessive IRE1α-XBP1-related ER stress. Osbpl8 delivered via extracellular vesicles from anti-inflammatory BMDMs suppressed inflammatory responses and lipotoxicity in hepatocytes during MASH. |
LC-MS/MS proteomic identification, shRNA knockdown, palmitic acid lipotoxicity model, IRE1α-XBP1 pathway markers, AAV-shRNA in vivo |
Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) |
Low |
40448016
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| 2026 |
OSBPL8 recruits GPX1 to the ER membrane, where GPX1 directly reduces peroxidized phosphatidic acid (PA-OOH) generated by ROS. This GPX1-OSBPL8 axis drives a noncanonical ferroptosis pathway at the ER (distinct from GPX4-dependent plasma membrane ferroptosis); ROS-driven lipid peroxidation accumulates at the ER before plasma membrane rupture. Knockdown of either OSBPL8 or GPX1 promotes ROS-induced ferroptosis and suppresses tumor growth. |
Co-immunoprecipitation (GPX1-OSBPL8), subcellular fractionation (ER lipid peroxidation), siRNA knockdown, in vivo tumor growth assays, lipidomics (PA peroxidation) |
Cell |
High |
41720096
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| 2025 |
Glycosphingolipids (GM3 and SM4) are required to maintain ORP8 (and ORP5) localization to ER-PM membrane contact sites. Genetic deletion or pharmacological inhibition of GM3/SM4 biosynthetic enzymes displaced PI4KIIIα and its adaptor EFR3A from the PM, reducing PM PI4P content and disrupting ORP8 PM interactions, consequently reducing PS transport to the PM. |
High-resolution imaging, genetic deletion and pharmacological inhibition of GSL biosynthesis enzymes, quantitative lipid measurements (PI4P, PS) |
bioRxivpreprint |
Low |
bio_10.1101_2025.09.26.678863
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