Systematically programmed adaptive evolution reveals potential role of carbon and nitrogen pathways during lipid accumulation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
- Korea Advanced Inst. Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon (Korea, Republic of). Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21+ Program)
- Korea Advanced Inst. Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon (Korea, Republic of). Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21+ Program); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Korea Advanced Inst. Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon (Korea, Republic of). Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21+ Program); Korea Advanced Inst. Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon (Korea, Republic of). KI for the Biocentury
Background: The concept of adaptive evolution implies underlying genetic mutations conferring a selective advantage to an organism under particular environmental conditions. Thus, a flow cytometry-based strategy was used to study the adaptive evolution in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii wild-type strain CC124 and starchless mutant sta6-1 cells, with respect to lipid metabolism under nitrogen-(N) depleted and -replete conditions. Results: The successive sorting and regeneration of the top 25,000 high-lipid content cells of CC124 and sta6-1, combined with nitrogen starvation, led to the generation of a new population with an improved lipid content when compared to the original populations (approximately 175% and 50% lipid increase in sta6-1 and CC124, respectively). During the adaptive evolution period, the major fatty acid components observed in cells were C16:0, C16:1, C18:0, and C18:1-3, and elemental analysis revealed that cellular carbon to nitrogen ratio increased at the end of adaptive evolution period In order to gain an insight into highly stimulated intracellular lipid accumulation in CC124 and sta6-1 resulting from the adaptive evolution, proteomics analyses of newly generated artificial high-lipid content populations were performed. Functional classifications showed the heightened regulation of the major chlorophyll enzymes, and the enzymes involved in carbon fixation and uptake, including chlorophyll-ab-binding proteins and Rubisco activase. The key control protein (periplasmic L-amino acid oxidase (LAO1)) of carbon-nitrogen integration was specifically overexpressed. Glutathione-S-transferases and esterase, the enzymes involved in lipid-metabolism and lipid-body associated proteins, were also induced during adaptive evolution. Conclusions: Adaptive evolution results demonstrate the potential role of photosynthesis in terms of carbon partitioning, flux, and fixation and carbon-nitrogen metabolism during lipid accumulation in microalgae. This strategy can be used as a new tool to develop C. reinhardtii strains and other microalgal strains with desired phenotypes such as high lipid accumulation.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER). Biological Systems Science Division; Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIT)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396; ABC-2013-057282
- OSTI ID:
- 1626956
- Journal Information:
- Biotechnology for Biofuels, Vol. 7, Issue 1; ISSN 1754-6834
- Publisher:
- BioMed CentralCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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