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ArticleScientific reports2021

Assessment on the oil accumulation by knockdown of triacylglycerol lipase in the oleaginous diatom Fistulifera solaris.

Yoshiaki Maeda, Kahori Watanabe, Marshila Kaha, Yusuke Yabu, Tomoko Yoshino, Mitsufumi Matsumoto, Tsuyoshi Tanaka

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yoshiaki MaedaDivision of Biotechnology and Life Science, Institute of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan.
Kahori WatanabeDivision of Biotechnology and Life Science, Institute of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan.
Marshila KahaDivision of Biotechnology and Life Science, Institute of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan.
Yusuke YabuDivision of Biotechnology and Life Science, Institute of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan.
Tomoko YoshinoDivision of Biotechnology and Life Science, Institute of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan.
Mitsufumi MatsumotoBiotechnology Laboratory, Electric Power Development CO., Ltd., 1, Yanagisaki-machi, Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, 808-0111, Japan.
Tsuyoshi TanakaDivision of Biotechnology and Life Science, Institute of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan. tsuyo@cc.tuat.ac.jp.
Life Science Institute · JPTokyo University of Agriculture and Technology · JPJ-Power (Japan) · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microalgae are promising producers of biofuel due to higher accumulation of triacylglycerol (TAG). However, further improvement of the lipid metabolism is critical for feasible application of microalgae in industrial production of biofuel. Suppression of lipid degradation pathways is a promising way to remarkably increase the lipid production in model diatoms. In this study, we established an antisense-based knockdown (KD) technique in the marine oleaginous diatom, Fistulifera solaris. This species has a capability to accumulate high content of lipids. Tgl1 KD showed positive impact on cell growth and lipid accumulation in conventional culture in f/2 medium, resulting in higher oil contents compared to wild type strain. However, these impacts of Tgl1 KD were slight when the cells were subjected to the two-stage growth system. The Tgl1 KD resulted in slight change of fatty acid composition; increasing in C14:0, C16:0 and C16:1, and decreasing in C20:5. This study indicates that, although Tgl1 played a certain role in lipid degradation in F. solaris, suppression of only a single type of TAG lipase was not significantly effective to improve the lipid production. Comprehensive understanding of the lipid catabolism in this microalga is essential to further improve the lipid production.

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BiofuelsDiatomsFatty AcidsLipaseLipid MetabolismMicroalgaeOilsTriglyceridesBiofuelsFatty AcidsLipaseOilsTriglycerides

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PMID34686744
PMCPMC8536745
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