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Lipid droplets maintain lipid homeostasis during anaphase for efficient cell separation in budding yeast.


ABSTRACT: The neutral lipids steryl ester and triacylglycerol (TAG) are stored in the membrane-bound organelle lipid droplet (LD) in essentially all eukaryotic cells. It is unclear what physiological conditions require the mobilization or storage of these lipids. Here, we study the budding yeast mutant are1? are2? dga1? lro1?, which cannot synthesize the neutral lipids and therefore lacks LDs. This quadruple mutant is delayed at cell separation upon release from mitotic arrest. The cells have abnormal septa, unstable septin assembly during cytokinesis, and prolonged exocytosis at the division site at the end of cytokinesis. Lipidomic analysis shows a marked increase of diacylglycerol (DAG) and phosphatidic acid, the precursors for TAG, in the mutant during mitotic exit. The cytokinesis and separation defects are rescued by adding phospholipid precursors or inhibiting fatty acid synthesis, which both reduce DAG levels. Our results suggest that converting excess lipids to neutral lipids for storage during mitotic exit is important for proper execution of cytokinesis and efficient cell separation.

SUBMITTER: Yang PL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4966979 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Lipid droplets maintain lipid homeostasis during anaphase for efficient cell separation in budding yeast.

Yang Po-Lin PL   Hsu Tzu-Han TH   Wang Chao-Wen CW   Chen Rey-Huei RH  

Molecular biology of the cell 20160615 15


The neutral lipids steryl ester and triacylglycerol (TAG) are stored in the membrane-bound organelle lipid droplet (LD) in essentially all eukaryotic cells. It is unclear what physiological conditions require the mobilization or storage of these lipids. Here, we study the budding yeast mutant are1Δ are2Δ dga1Δ lro1Δ, which cannot synthesize the neutral lipids and therefore lacks LDs. This quadruple mutant is delayed at cell separation upon release from mitotic arrest. The cells have abnormal sep  ...[more]

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