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Enhancement of Intracellular Accumulation of Copper by Biogenesis of Lipid Droplets in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Revealed by Transcriptomic Analysis

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JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 70, Issue 23, Pages 7170-7179

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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.2c01071

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Saccharomyces cerevisiae; copper enriched by yeast; transcriptomic analysis; lipid droplet; copper homeostasis

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  1. National Key R&D Program of China [2018YFD0500605]

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Copper is an essential micronutrient that is rigorously regulated for homeostasis, and lipid droplets not only serve as a storage pool for copper but also potentially facilitate its trafficking to other organelles within the cell.
Copper is an essential micronutrient for life, whose homeostasis is rigorously regulated to meet the demands of normal biological processes and to minimize the potential toxicity. Copper enriched by yeast is regarded as a safe and bioavailable form of copper supplements. Here, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant strain H247 with expanded storage capability of copper was obtained through atmospheric and room-temperature plasma treatment. Transcriptomic analyses found that transcriptional upregulation of DGA1 might be the major contributor to the enhancement of intracellular copper accumulation in strain H247. The positive correlation between biogenesis of lipid droplets and intracellular accumulation of copper was confirmed by overexpression of the diacylglycerol acyltransferase encoding genes DGA1 and LRO1 or knockout of DGA1. Lipid droplets are not only the storage pool of copper but might prompt the copper trafficking to mitochondria, vacuoles, and Golgi apparatus. These results provide new insights into the sophisticated copper homeostatic mechanisms and the biological functions of lipid droplets.

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