Growth conditions inducing G1 cell cycle arrest enhance lipid production in the oleaginous yeast <i>Lipomyces starkeyi</i>

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  • Yasutaka Morimoto
    Teikyo University 1 Department of Biosciences , , 1-1, Toyosatodai, Utsunomiya, Tochigi , 320-8551, Japan
  • Shigeaki Saitoh
    Institute of Life Science, Kurume University 2 Department of Cell Biology , , 67, Asahi-machi, Kurume, Fukuoka , 830-0011, Japan
  • Yuko Takayama
    Teikyo University 1 Department of Biosciences , , 1-1, Toyosatodai, Utsunomiya, Tochigi , 320-8551, Japan

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<jats:title>ABSTRACT</jats:title> <jats:p>Lipid droplets are cytoplasmic organelles that store lipids for energy and membrane synthesis. The oleaginous yeast Lipomyces starkeyi is one of the most promising lipid producers and has attracted attention as a biofuel source. It is known that the expansion of lipid droplets is enhanced under nutrient-poor conditions. Therefore, we prepared a novel nitrogen-depleted medium (N medium) in which to culture L. starkeyi cells. Lipid accumulation was rapidly induced, and this was reversed by the addition of ammonium. In this condition, cell proliferation stopped, and cells with giant lipid droplets were arrested in G1 phase. We investigated whether cell cycle arrest at a specific phase is required for lipid accumulation. Lipid accumulation was repressed in hydroxyurea-synchronized S phase cells and was increased in nocodazole-arrested G2/M phase cells. Moreover, the enrichment of G1 phase cells seen upon rapamycin treatment induced massive lipid accumulation. From these results, we conclude that L. starkeyi cells store lipids from G2/M phase and then arrest cell proliferation in the subsequent G1 phase, where lipid accumulation is enhanced. Cell cycle control is an attractive approach for biofuel production.</jats:p>

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