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Román Á, Hernández ML, Soria-García Á, López-Gomollón S, Lagunas B, Picorel R, Martínez-Rivas JM, Alfonso M. Non-redundant Contribution of the Plastidial FAD8 ω-3 Desaturase to Glycerolipid Unsaturation at Different Temperatures in Arabidopsis. MOLECULAR PLANT 2015; 8:1599-611. [PMID: 26079601 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2015.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2015] [Revised: 05/25/2015] [Accepted: 06/02/2015] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Plastidial ω-3 desaturase FAD7 is a major contributor to trienoic fatty acid biosynthesis in the leaves of Arabidopsis plants. However, the precise contribution of the other plastidial ω-3 desaturase, FAD8, is poorly understood. Fatty acid and lipid analysis of several ω-3 desaturase mutants, including two insertion lines of AtFAD7 and AtFAD8, showed that FAD8 partially compensated the disruption of the AtFAD7 gene at 22 °C, indicating that FAD8 was active at this growth temperature, contrasting to previous observations that circumscribed the FAD8 activity at low temperatures. Our data revealed that FAD8 had a higher selectivity for 18:2 acyl-lipid substrates and a higher preference for lipids other than galactolipids, particularly phosphatidylglycerol, at any of the temperatures studied. Differences in the mechanism controlling AtFAD7 and AtFAD8 gene expression at different temperatures were also detected. Confocal microscopy and biochemical analysis of FAD8-YFP over-expressing lines confirmed the chloroplast envelope localization of FAD8. Co-localization experiments suggested that FAD8 and FAD7 might be located in close vicinity in the envelope membrane. FAD8-YFP over-expressing lines showed a specific increase in 18:3 fatty acids at 22 °C. Together, these results indicate that the function of both plastidial ω-3 desaturases is coordinated in a non-redundant manner.
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- Ángela Román
- Estación Experimental de Aula Dei (EEAD-CSIC), Avda. Montañana 1005, 50059 Zaragoza, Spain; Instituto de la Grasa (IG-CSIC), Campus Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Building 46, Ctra. Utrera km. 1, 41013 Seville, Spain
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- Instituto de la Grasa (IG-CSIC), Campus Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Building 46, Ctra. Utrera km. 1, 41013 Seville, Spain
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- Estación Experimental de Aula Dei (EEAD-CSIC), Avda. Montañana 1005, 50059 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Estación Experimental de Aula Dei (EEAD-CSIC), Avda. Montañana 1005, 50059 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Estación Experimental de Aula Dei (EEAD-CSIC), Avda. Montañana 1005, 50059 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Estación Experimental de Aula Dei (EEAD-CSIC), Avda. Montañana 1005, 50059 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Instituto de la Grasa (IG-CSIC), Campus Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Building 46, Ctra. Utrera km. 1, 41013 Seville, Spain
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- Estación Experimental de Aula Dei (EEAD-CSIC), Avda. Montañana 1005, 50059 Zaragoza, Spain.
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Interaction of Temperature and Photoperiod Increases Growth and Oil Content in the Marine Microalgae Dunaliella viridis. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0127562. [PMID: 25992838 PMCID: PMC4437649 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2015] [Accepted: 04/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic marine microalgae like Dunaliella spp. have great potential as a feedstock for liquid transportation fuels because they grow fast and can accumulate high levels of triacylgycerides with little need for fresh water or land. Their growth rates vary between species and are dependent on environmental conditions. The cell cycle, starch and triacylglycerol accumulation are controlled by the diurnal light:dark cycle. Storage compounds like starch and triacylglycerol accumulate in the light when CO2 fixation rates exceed the need of assimilated carbon and energy for cell maintenance and division during the dark phase. To delineate environmental effects, we analyzed cell division rates, metabolism and transcriptional regulation in Dunaliella viridis in response to changes in light duration and growth temperatures. Its rate of cell division was increased under continuous light conditions, while a shift in temperature from 25°C to 35°C did not significantly affect the cell division rate, but increased the triacylglycerol content per cell several-fold under continuous light. The amount of saturated fatty acids in triacylglycerol fraction was more responsive to an increase in temperature than to a change in the light regime. Detailed fatty acid profiles showed that Dunaliella viridis incorporated lauric acid (C12:0) into triacylglycerol after 24 hours under continuous light. Transcriptome analysis identified potential regulators involved in the light and temperature-induced lipid accumulation in Dunaliella viridis.
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Willamme R, Alsafra Z, Arumugam R, Eppe G, Remacle F, Levine RD, Remacle C. Metabolomic analysis of the green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cultivated under day/night conditions. J Biotechnol 2015; 215:20-6. [PMID: 25941156 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2015.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2014] [Revised: 04/07/2015] [Accepted: 04/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Biomass composition of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii was studied during two consecutive cycles of 12h light/12h dark. As in our experimental conditions the two synchronized divisions were separated by 20h, it was possible to show that accumulation of dry weight, proteins, chlorophyll and fatty acids mainly depends on cell division, whereas starch accumulation depends on a circadian rhythm as reported previously. Our metabolomics analyses also revealed that accumulation of five (Ser, Val, Leu, Ile and Thr) of the nine free amino acids detected displayed rhythmicity, depending on cell division while Glu was 20-50 times more abundant than the other ones probably because this free amino acid serves not only for protein synthesis but also for biosynthesis of nitrogen compounds. In addition, we performed a thermodynamic-motivated theoretical approach known as 'surprisal analysis'. The results from this analysis showed that cells were close to a steady state all along the 48h of the experiment. In addition, calculation of free energy of cellular metabolites showed that the transition point, i.e. the state which immediately precedes cell division, corresponds to the most unstable stage of the cell cycle and that division is identified as the greatest drop in the free energy of metabolites.
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- Rémi Willamme
- Genetics and Physiology of Microalgae, Institute of Botany, B22, University of Liège, Belgium
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- Centre of Analytical Research and Technology (CART) - LSM/Inorganic Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, B6C, University of Liège, Belgium
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- The Fritz Haber Research Center for Molecular Dynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Centre of Analytical Research and Technology (CART) - LSM/Inorganic Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, B6C, University of Liège, Belgium
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- The Fritz Haber Research Center for Molecular Dynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel; Theoretical Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, B6C, University of Liège, Belgium
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- The Fritz Haber Research Center for Molecular Dynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel; Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Genetics and Physiology of Microalgae, Institute of Botany, B22, University of Liège, Belgium.
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Li-Beisson Y, Beisson F, Riekhof W. Metabolism of acyl-lipids in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2015; 82:504-522. [PMID: 25660108 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2014] [Revised: 01/24/2015] [Accepted: 02/02/2015] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Microalgae are emerging platforms for production of a suite of compounds targeting several markets, including food, nutraceuticals, green chemicals, and biofuels. Many of these products, such as biodiesel or polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), derive from lipid metabolism. A general picture of lipid metabolism in microalgae has been deduced from well characterized pathways of fungi and land plants, but recent advances in molecular and genetic analyses of microalgae have uncovered unique features, pointing out the necessity to study lipid metabolism in microalgae themselves. In the past 10 years, in addition to its traditional role as a model for photosynthetic and flagellar motility processes, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has emerged as a model organism to study lipid metabolism in green microalgae. Here, after summarizing data on total fatty acid composition, distribution of acyl-lipid classes, and major acyl-lipid molecular species found in C. reinhardtii, we review the current knowledge on the known or putative steps for fatty acid synthesis, glycerolipid desaturation and assembly, membrane lipid turnover, and oil remobilization. A list of characterized or putative enzymes for the major steps of acyl-lipid metabolism in C. reinhardtii is included, and subcellular localizations and phenotypes of associated mutants are discussed. Biogenesis and composition of Chlamydomonas lipid droplets and the potential importance of lipolytic processes in increasing cellular oil content are also highlighted.
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- Yonghua Li-Beisson
- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), Institut de Biologie Environnementale et Biotechnologie, CEA Cadarache, 13108, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 13108, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
- Aix-Marseille Université, UMR 7265, 13284, Marseille, France
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- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), Institut de Biologie Environnementale et Biotechnologie, CEA Cadarache, 13108, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 13108, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
- Aix-Marseille Université, UMR 7265, 13284, Marseille, France
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- School of Biological Sciences and Center for Biological Chemistry, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA
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Goold H, Beisson F, Peltier G, Li-Beisson Y. Microalgal lipid droplets: composition, diversity, biogenesis and functions. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2015; 34:545-55. [PMID: 25433857 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-014-1711-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2014] [Revised: 11/12/2014] [Accepted: 11/19/2014] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Lipid droplet is the major site of neutral lipid storage in eukaryotic cells, and increasing evidence show its involvement in numerous cellular processes such as lipid homeostasis, signaling, trafficking and inter-organelle communications. Although the biogenesis, structure, and functions of lipid droplets have been well documented for seeds of vascular plants, mammalian adipose tissues, insects and yeasts, relative little is known about lipid droplets in microalgae. Over the past 5 years, the growing interest of microalgae as a platform for biofuel, green chemicals or value-added polyunsaturated fatty acid production has brought algal lipid droplets into spotlight. Studies conducted on the green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and other model microalgae such as Haematococcus and Nannochloropsis species have led to the identification of proteins associated with lipid droplets, which include putative structural proteins different from plant oleosins and animal perilipins, as well as candidate proteins for lipid biosynthesis, mobilization, trafficking and homeostasis. Biochemical and microscopy studies have also started to shed light on the role of chloroplasts in the biogenesis of lipid droplets in Chlamydomonas.
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- Hugh Goold
- CEA, IBEB, Lab Bioenerget Biotechnol Bacteries and Microalgues, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, 13108, France
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Lim JM, Vikramathithan J, Hwangbo K, Ahn JW, Park YI, Choi DW, Jeong WJ. Threonine 286 of fatty acid desaturase 7 is essential for ω-3 fatty acid desaturation in the green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:66. [PMID: 25699037 PMCID: PMC4318421 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2014] [Accepted: 01/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Omega-3 fatty acid desaturases catalyze the conversion of dienoic fatty acids (C18:2 and C16:2) into trienoic fatty acids (C18:3 and C16:3), accounting for more than 50% of the total fatty acids in higher plants and the green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Here, we describe a Thr residue located in the fourth transmembrane domain of fatty acid desaturase 7 (FAD7) that is essential for the biosynthesis of ω-3 fatty acids in C. reinhardtii. The ω-3 fatty acid deficiency in strain CC-620, which contains a putative missense mutation at Thr286 of CrFAD7, was recovered by the overexpression of CC-125 CrFAD7. A Ser substitution in position 286 was able to partially complement the phenotype of the ω-3 fatty acid deficiency, but other substitution variants, such as Tyr, His, Cys, and Gly, failed to do so. Prediction of the phosphorylation target site revealed that Thr286 may be phosphorylated. Analysis of the structural conformation of CC-620 CrFAD7 via topology prediction (and bends in the helix) shows that this missense mutation may collapse the catalytic structure of CrFAD7. Taken together, this study suggests that Thr286 is essential for the maintaining the catalytic structure of CrFAD7.
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- Jong-Min Lim
- Sustainable Bioresource Center, Korea Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology Daejeon, South Korea
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- Sustainable Bioresource Center, Korea Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology Daejeon, South Korea
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- Sustainable Bioresource Center, Korea Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology Daejeon, South Korea ; Department of Biological Science, Chungnam National University Daejeon, South Korea
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- Advanced Radiation Technology Institute - Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute Jeonbuk, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Science, Chungnam National University Daejeon, South Korea
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- Department of Biology Education, Chonnam National University South Korea
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- Sustainable Bioresource Center, Korea Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology Daejeon, South Korea
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Taleb A, Pruvost J, Legrand J, Marec H, Le-Gouic B, Mirabella B, Legeret B, Bouvet S, Peltier G, Li-Beisson Y, Taha S, Takache H. Development and validation of a screening procedure of microalgae for biodiesel production: application to the genus of marine microalgae Nannochloropsis. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2015; 177:224-32. [PMID: 25496942 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.11.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2014] [Revised: 11/14/2014] [Accepted: 11/15/2014] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Nannochloropsis has emerged as a promising alga for biodiesel production. However, the genus consists of 6 species and hundreds of strains making strain selection a challenge. Furthermore, oil productivity is instrumental to economic viability of any algal strain for industrial production, which is dependent on growth rate and oil content. In most cases, these two parameters have been studied independently. Thus, the goal of this study is to provide a combined method for evaluating strain performance in specially designed photobioreactors together with an in-depth lipidomic analyses. The nine strains of Nannochloropsis tested showed considerable variations in productivity and lipidomics highlighting the importance of strain selection. Finally, Nannochloropsis gaditana CCMP527 and Nannochloropsis salina CCMP537 emerged as the two most promising strains, with an oil content of 37 and 27 dry wt% after 11-day nitrogen starvation, respectively, resulting in TAG productivity of 13×10(-3) and 18×10(-3) kg m(-3) d(-1), respectively.
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- A Taleb
- GEPEA, Université de Nantes, CNRS, UMR6144, bd de l'Université, CRTT, BP 406, 44602 Saint-Nazaire Cedex, France; Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agricultural and Veterinary Medicine, Lebanese University, Dekwaneh, Beirut, Lebanon; AZM Center for Biotechnology Research and its Applications, Laboratory of Applied Biotechnology, Lebanese University, EDST, Tripoli, Lebanon
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- GEPEA, Université de Nantes, CNRS, UMR6144, bd de l'Université, CRTT, BP 406, 44602 Saint-Nazaire Cedex, France.
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- GEPEA, Université de Nantes, CNRS, UMR6144, bd de l'Université, CRTT, BP 406, 44602 Saint-Nazaire Cedex, France
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- GEPEA, Université de Nantes, CNRS, UMR6144, bd de l'Université, CRTT, BP 406, 44602 Saint-Nazaire Cedex, France
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- GEPEA, Université de Nantes, CNRS, UMR6144, bd de l'Université, CRTT, BP 406, 44602 Saint-Nazaire Cedex, France
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- CEA, IBEB, Lab Bioenerget Biotechnol Bacteries & Microalgues, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, F-13108, France; CNRS, UMR 7265 Biol Veget & Microbiol Environ, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, F-13108, France; Aix Marseille Université, BVME UMR7265, Marseille, F-13284, France
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- CEA, IBEB, Lab Bioenerget Biotechnol Bacteries & Microalgues, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, F-13108, France; CNRS, UMR 7265 Biol Veget & Microbiol Environ, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, F-13108, France; Aix Marseille Université, BVME UMR7265, Marseille, F-13284, France
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- CEA, IBEB, Lab Bioenerget Biotechnol Bacteries & Microalgues, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, F-13108, France; CNRS, UMR 7265 Biol Veget & Microbiol Environ, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, F-13108, France; Aix Marseille Université, BVME UMR7265, Marseille, F-13284, France
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- CEA, IBEB, Lab Bioenerget Biotechnol Bacteries & Microalgues, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, F-13108, France; CNRS, UMR 7265 Biol Veget & Microbiol Environ, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, F-13108, France; Aix Marseille Université, BVME UMR7265, Marseille, F-13284, France
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- CEA, IBEB, Lab Bioenerget Biotechnol Bacteries & Microalgues, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, F-13108, France; CNRS, UMR 7265 Biol Veget & Microbiol Environ, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, F-13108, France; Aix Marseille Université, BVME UMR7265, Marseille, F-13284, France
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agricultural and Veterinary Medicine, Lebanese University, Dekwaneh, Beirut, Lebanon
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- AZM Center for Biotechnology Research and its Applications, Laboratory of Applied Biotechnology, Lebanese University, EDST, Tripoli, Lebanon
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The protein Compromised Hydrolysis of Triacylglycerols 7 (CHT7) acts as a repressor of cellular quiescence in Chlamydomonas. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:15833-8. [PMID: 25313078 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1414567111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Microalgae are prolific photosynthetic organisms that have the potential to sustainably produce high-value chemical feedstocks. However, an industry based on microalgal biomass still is faced with challenges. For example, microalgae tend to accumulate valuable compounds, such as triacylglycerols, only under stress conditions that limit growth. To investigate the fundamental mechanisms at the base of this conundrum--the inverse relationship between biomass production and storage compound accumulation-we applied a combination of cell biological and genetic approaches. Conceptually, nutrient deprivation, which commonly is used to induce the accumulation of triacylglycerol in microalgae, leads to a state of cellular quiescence defined by a halt of cell divisions that is reversible upon nutrient resupply. To identify factors that govern cellular quiescence, we screened for mutants of the model alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii that, in contrast to wild-type cells placed under conditions of nitrogen deprivation, were unable to degrade triacylglycerols following nitrogen resupply. One of the mutants described here in detail, compromised hydrolysis of triacylglycerols 7 (cht7), was severely impaired in regrowth following removal of different conditions inducing cellular quiescence. The mutant carries a deletion affecting four genes, only one of which rescued the quiescence phenotype when reintroduced. It encodes a protein with similarity to mammalian and plant DNA binding proteins. Comparison of transcriptomes indicated a partial derepression of quiescence-related transcriptional programs in the mutant under conditions favorable to growth. Thus, CHT7 likely is a repressor of cellular quiescence and provides a possible target for the engineering of high-biomass/high-triacylglycerol microalgae.
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A high-throughput fatty acid profiling screen reveals novel variations in fatty acid biosynthesis in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and related algae. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2014; 13:1431-8. [PMID: 25239975 DOI: 10.1128/ec.00128-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Analysis of fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) by gas chromatography (GC) is a common technique for the quantitative and qualitative analysis of acyl lipids. Methods for FAME preparation are typically time-consuming and labor-intensive and require multiple transfers of reagents and products between reaction tubes and autosampler vials. In order to increase throughput and lower the time and materials costs required for FAME preparation prior to GC analysis, we have developed a method in which 10-to-20-mg samples of microbial biomass are transferred to standard GC autosampler vials, transesterified using an emulsion of methanolic trimethylsulfonium hydroxide and hexane, and analyzed directly by GC without further sample handling. This method gives results that are essentially identical to those obtained by the more labor- and material-intensive FAME preparation methods, such as transmethylation with methanolic HCl. We applied this method to the screening of laboratory and environmental isolates of the green alga Chlamydomonas for variations in fatty acid composition. This screening method facilitated two novel discoveries. First, we identified a common laboratory strain of C. reinhardtii, CC-620, completely lacking all ω-3 fatty acids normally found in this organism and showed that this strain contains an inactivating mutation in the CrFAD7 gene, encoding the sole ω-3 desaturase activity in this organism. Second, we showed that some species of Chlamydomonas make Δ6-unsaturated polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) rather than the Δ5 species normally made by the previously characterized laboratory strains of Chlamydomonas, suggesting that there is species-specific variation in the regiospecificity and substrate selectivity of front-end desaturases in this algal genus.
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Mehrshahi P, Johnny C, DellaPenna D. Redefining the metabolic continuity of chloroplasts and ER. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 19:501-7. [PMID: 24679997 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2014.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2013] [Revised: 02/20/2014] [Accepted: 02/21/2014] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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As a hub for plant metabolism, plastids extensively exchange metabolites with the extraplastid environment. For polar metabolites, membrane transporters mediate this exchange, but for many plastid-synthesized nonpolar compounds, such transporters remain elusive. Here, we discuss recent data from transorganellar complementation studies that demonstrate that enzymes in one organelle can directly access nonpolar metabolites from a companion organelle. We propose that a mechanism, based on hemifused-membranes at plastid-endoplasmic reticulum (ER) contact sites, facilitates interorganellar interactions and allows enzymes direct, transporter-independent access to a range of nonpolar compounds in both organelle membranes. In a wider context, interorganellar metabolism at hemifusion interfaces would allow evolution of membrane-spanning pathways for the many thousands of nonpolar metabolites in the plant kingdom to be uncoupled from coevolution with nonpolar metabolite transporters.
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- Payam Mehrshahi
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
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Kotajima T, Shiraiwa Y, Suzuki I. Functional screening of a novel Δ15 fatty acid desaturase from the coccolithophorid Emiliania huxleyi. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2014; 1842:1451-8. [PMID: 25046625 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2014.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2014] [Revised: 07/07/2014] [Accepted: 07/11/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The coccolithophorid Emiliania huxleyi is a bloom-forming marine phytoplankton thought to play a key role as a biological pump that transfers carbon from the surface to the bottom of the ocean, thus contributing to the global carbon cycle. This alga is also known to accumulate a variety of polyunsaturated fatty acids. At 25°C, E. huxleyi produces mainly 14:0, 18:4n-3, 18:5n-3 and 22:6n-3. When the cells were transferred from 25°C to 15°C, the amount of unsaturated fatty acids, i.e. 18:1n-9, 18:3n-3 and 18:5n-3, gradually increased. Among the predicted desaturase genes whose expression levels were up-regulated at low temperature, we identified a gene encoding novel ∆15 fatty acid desaturase, EhDES15, involved in the production of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in E. huxleyi. This desaturase contains a putative transit sequence for localization in chloroplasts and a ∆6 desaturase-like domain, but it does not contain a cytochrome b5 domain nor typical His-boxes found in ∆15 desaturases. Heterologous expression of EhDES15 cDNA in cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 cells increased the level of n-3 fatty acid species, which are produced at low levels in wild-type cells grown at 30°C. The orthologous genes are only conserved in the genomes of prasinophytes and cryptophytes. The His-boxes conserved in orthologues varied from that of the canonical ∆15 desaturases. These results suggested the gene encodes a novel ∆15 desaturase responsible for the synthesis of 18:3n-3 from 18:2n-6 in E. huxleyi.
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- Tomonori Kotajima
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan; CREST, JST, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan; CREST, JST, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan; CREST, JST, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan.
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Rosenberg JN, Kobayashi N, Barnes A, Noel EA, Betenbaugh MJ, Oyler GA. Comparative analyses of three Chlorella species in response to light and sugar reveal distinctive lipid accumulation patterns in the Microalga C. sorokiniana. PLoS One 2014; 9:e92460. [PMID: 24699196 PMCID: PMC3974682 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2013] [Accepted: 02/21/2014] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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While photosynthetic microalgae, such as Chlorella, serve as feedstocks for nutritional oils and biofuels, heterotrophic cultivation can augment growth rates, support high cell densities, and increase triacylglycerol (TAG) lipid content. However, these species differ significantly in their photoautotrophic and heterotrophic characteristics. In this study, the phylogeny of thirty Chlorella strains was determined in order to inform bioprospecting efforts and detailed physiological assessment of three species. The growth kinetics and lipid biochemistry of C. protothecoides UTEX 411, C. vulgaris UTEX 265, and C. sorokiniana UTEX 1230 were quantified during photoautotrophy in Bold's basal medium (BBM) and heterotrophy in BBM supplemented with glucose (10 g L−1). Heterotrophic growth rates of UTEX 411, 265, and 1230 were found to be 1.5-, 3.7-, and 5-fold higher than their respective autotrophic rates. With a rapid nine-hour heterotrophic doubling time, Chlorella sorokiniana UTEX 1230 maximally accumulated 39% total lipids by dry weight during heterotrophy compared to 18% autotrophically. Furthermore, the discrete fatty acid composition of each strain was examined in order to elucidate lipid accumulation patterns under the two trophic conditions. In both modes of growth, UTEX 411 and 265 produced 18∶1 as the principal fatty acid while UTEX 1230 exhibited a 2.5-fold enrichment in 18∶2 relative to 18∶1. Although the total lipid content was highest in UTEX 411 during heterotrophy, UTEX 1230 demonstrated a two-fold increase in its heterotrophic TAG fraction at a rate of 28.9 mg L−1 d−1 to reach 22% of the biomass, corresponding to as much as 90% of its total lipids. Interestingly, UTEX 1230 growth was restricted during mixotrophy and its TAG production rate was suppressed to 18.2 mg L−1 d−1. This constraint on carbon flow raises intriguing questions about the impact of sugar and light on the metabolic regulation of microalgal lipid biosynthesis.
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- Julian N Rosenberg
- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America; Synaptic Research LLC, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America; Synaptic Research LLC, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America; Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
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Detailed identification of fatty acid isomers sheds light on the probable precursors of triacylglycerol accumulation in photoautotrophically grown Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2013; 13:256-66. [PMID: 24337111 DOI: 10.1128/ec.00280-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a model alga for studying triacylglycerol (TAG) accumulation in the photosynthetic production of biofuel. Previous studies were conducted under photoheterotrophic growth conditions in medium supplemented with acetate and/or ammonium. We wanted to demonstrate TAG accumulation under truly photoautotrophic conditions without reduced elements. We first reidentified all lipid components and fatty acids by mass spectrometry, because the currently used identification knowledge relies on data obtained in the 1980s. Accordingly, various isomers of fatty acids, which are potentially useful in tracing the flow of fatty acids leading to the accumulation of TAG, were detected. In strain CC1010 grown under photoautotrophic conditions, TAG accumulated to about 57.5 mol% of total lipids on a mole fatty acid basis after the transfer to nitrogen-deficient conditions. The content of monogalactosyl diacylglycerol, sulfoquinovosyl diacylglycerol, and phosphatidylglycerol decreased drastically. The accumulated TAG contained 16:0 as the major acid and 16:4(4,7,10,13), 18:2(9,12), and 18:3(9,12,15), which are typically found in chloroplast lipids. Additionally, 18:1(11) and 18:3(5,9,12), which are specific to extrachloroplast lipids, were also abundant in the accumulated TAG. Photosynthesis and respiration slowed markedly after the shift to nitrogen-deficient conditions. These results suggest that fatty acids for the production of TAG were supplied not only from chloroplast lipids but also from other membranes within the cells, although the possibility of de novo synthesis cannot be excluded. Under nitrogen-replete conditions, supplementation with a high concentration of CO2 promoted TAG production in the cells grown photoautotrophically, opening up the possibility to the continuous production of TAG using CO2 produced by industry.
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Cagnon C, Mirabella B, Nguyen HM, Beyly-Adriano A, Bouvet S, Cuiné S, Beisson F, Peltier G, Li-Beisson Y. Development of a forward genetic screen to isolate oil mutants in the green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2013; 6:178. [PMID: 24295516 PMCID: PMC4176504 DOI: 10.1186/1754-6834-6-178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2013] [Accepted: 11/20/2013] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Oils produced by microalgae are precursors to biodiesel. To achieve a profitable production of biodiesel from microalgae, identification of factors governing oil synthesis and turnover is desirable. The green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is amenable to genetic analyses and has recently emerged as a model to study oil metabolism. However, a detailed method to isolate various types of oil mutants that is adapted to Chlamydomonas has not been reported. RESULTS We describe here a forward genetic approach to isolate mutants altered in oil synthesis and turnover from C. reinhardtii. It consists of a three-step screening procedure: a primary screen by flow cytometry of Nile red stained transformants grown in 96-deep-well plates under three sequential conditions (presence of nitrogen, then absence of nitrogen, followed by oil remobilization); a confirmation step using Nile red stained biological triplicates; and a validation step consisting of the quantification by thin layer chromatography of oil content of selected strains. Thirty-one mutants were isolated by screening 1,800 transformants generated by random insertional mutagenesis (1.7%). Five showed increased oil accumulation under the nitrogen-replete condition and 13 had altered oil content under nitrogen-depletion. All mutants were affected in oil remobilization. CONCLUSION This study demonstrates that various types of oil mutants can be isolated in Chlamydomonas based on the method set-up here, including mutants accumulating oil under optimal biomass growth. The strategy conceived and the protocol set-up should be applicable to other microalgal species such as Nannochloropsis and Chlorella, thus serving as a useful tool in Chlamydomonas oil research and algal biotechnology.
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- Caroline Cagnon
- CEA Cadarache, Institute of Environmental Biology and Biotechnology, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance F-13108, France
- CNRS, UMR7265, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance F-13108, France
- Aix-Marseille Université, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance F-13108, France
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- CEA Cadarache, Institute of Environmental Biology and Biotechnology, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance F-13108, France
- CNRS, UMR7265, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance F-13108, France
- Aix-Marseille Université, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance F-13108, France
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- CEA Cadarache, Institute of Environmental Biology and Biotechnology, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance F-13108, France
- CNRS, UMR7265, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance F-13108, France
- Aix-Marseille Université, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance F-13108, France
- Present address: Institut des Sciences Moléculaires de Marseille, UMR 7313, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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- CEA Cadarache, Institute of Environmental Biology and Biotechnology, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance F-13108, France
- CNRS, UMR7265, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance F-13108, France
- Aix-Marseille Université, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance F-13108, France
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- CEA Cadarache, Institute of Environmental Biology and Biotechnology, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance F-13108, France
- CNRS, UMR7265, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance F-13108, France
- Aix-Marseille Université, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance F-13108, France
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- CEA Cadarache, Institute of Environmental Biology and Biotechnology, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance F-13108, France
- CNRS, UMR7265, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance F-13108, France
- Aix-Marseille Université, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance F-13108, France
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- CEA Cadarache, Institute of Environmental Biology and Biotechnology, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance F-13108, France
- CNRS, UMR7265, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance F-13108, France
- Aix-Marseille Université, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance F-13108, France
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- CEA Cadarache, Institute of Environmental Biology and Biotechnology, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance F-13108, France
- CNRS, UMR7265, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance F-13108, France
- Aix-Marseille Université, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance F-13108, France
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- CEA Cadarache, Institute of Environmental Biology and Biotechnology, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance F-13108, France
- CNRS, UMR7265, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance F-13108, France
- Aix-Marseille Université, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance F-13108, France
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