How the liver mitochondria seamlessly regulate lipogenesis and lipid oxidation is unknown. Here, the authors report two functionally distinct populations of mitochondria, cytoplasmic and lipid droplet-associated mitochondria, and demonstrate that the latter’s lipid oxidation function is impaired in a rat NAFLD model.
- Noble Kumar Talari
- Ushodaya Mattam
- Naresh Babu V. Sepuri
