RRC ID 53280
著者 Li S, Xu S, Ma Y, Wu S, Feng Y, Cui Q, Chen L, Zhou S, Kong Y, Zhang X, Yu J, Wu M, Zhang SO.
タイトル A Genetic Screen for Mutants with Supersized Lipid Droplets in Caenorhabditis elegans.
ジャーナル G3 (Bethesda)
Abstract To identify genes that regulate the dynamics of lipid droplet (LD) size, we have used the genetically tractable model organism Caenorhabditis elegans, whose wild-type LD population displays a steady state of size with an upper limit of 3 μm in diameter. From a saturated forward genetic screen of 6.7 × 10(5) mutagenized haploid genomes, we isolated 118 mutants with supersized intestinal LDs often reaching 10 μm. These mutants define nine novel complementation groups, in addition to four known genes (maoc-1, dhs-28, daf-22, and prx-10). The nine groups are named drop (lipid droplet abnormal) and categorized into four classes. Class I mutants drop-5 and drop-9, similar to prx-10, are up-regulated in ACS-22-DGAT-2-dependent LD growth, resistant to LD hydrolysis, and defective in peroxisome import. Class II mutants drop-2, drop-3, drop-6, and drop-7 are up-regulated in LD growth, are resistant to LD hydrolysis, but are not defective in peroxisome import. Class III mutants drop-1 and drop-8 are neither up-regulated in LD growth nor resistant to LD hydrolysis, but seemingly up-regulated in LD fusion. Class IV mutant drop-4 is cloned as sams-1 and, different to the other three classes, is ACS-22-independent and hydrolysis-resistant. These four classes of supersized LD mutants should be valuable for mechanistic studies of LD cellular processes including growth, hydrolysis, and fusion.
巻・号 6(8)
ページ 2407-19
公開日 2016-8-9
DOI 10.1534/g3.116.030866
PII g3.116.030866
PMID 27261001
PMC PMC4978895
MeSH Animals Caenorhabditis elegans / genetics* Caenorhabditis elegans / metabolism Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / genetics* Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / isolation & purification Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / metabolism Genome Haploidy Lipid Droplets / metabolism* Lipid Metabolism / genetics* Mutation
IF 2.781
引用数 7
リソース情報
線虫 tm3236 tm2581