A fast-acting lipid checkpoint in G1 prevents mitotic defects
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ABSTRACT: Lipid synthesis must increase during the cell cycle to double membrane mass, but how insufficient synthesis restricts cell-cycle entry is not understood. Here, we identify a lipid checkpoint in G1 phase of the mammalian cell cycle by using live single-cell imaging, lipidome, and transcriptome analysis in non-transformed cells. We show that synthesis of fatty acids in G1 not only increases lipid mass but extensively shifts the lipid composition to unsaturated phospholipids and neutral lipids. Strikingly, acute lowering of lipid synthesis rapidly activates the PERK/ATF4 endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress pathway that blocks cell-cycle entry by increasing p21 levels, decreasing Cyclin D levels, and suppressing Retinoblastoma protein phosphorylation. Together, our study identifies a rapid anticipatory ER lipid checkpoint in G1 that prevents cells from starting the cell cycle as long as lipid synthesis is low, thereby preventing mitotic failure and cell death, which are triggered by low lipid synthesis much later in mitosis.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE254479 | GEO | 2024/02/22
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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