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Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 32, 1025-1038, Copyright © 1991 by Lipid Research, Inc.

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Use of an unsaturated fatty acid auxotroph of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to modify the lipid composition and function of mitochondrial membranes

BS Tung, ER Unger, B Levin, TA Brasitus and GS Getz
Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, IL 60637.

KD115 (ol1), an unsaturated fatty acid auxotroph of S. cerevisiae, was grown in a semi-synthetic medium supplemented with 3.3 x 10(-4) M palmitoleic (cis 16:1) or palmitelaidic (trans 16:1) acids. The parent strain S288C was studied as a control. The lipid composition (fatty acids, neutral lipids, and phospholipids), respiratory activity (O2 consumption), and ultrastructure were compared in mutant yeast grown with each unsaturated fatty acid supplement. The fatty acid supplement represented 70-80% of the yeast fatty acids. Yeast grown in trans 16:1 contained more squalene, a higher ratio of phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) to phosphatidylcholine (PC), and had 10-20% of the respiratory activity compared to the same yeast grown in cis 16:1. The mitochondrial morphology of yeast in each growth supplement was notably different. The use of mixtures of cis and trans 16:1 in different proportions revealed that the PE/PC ratio, the squalene content, the respiratory defect, and the mitochondrial morphology were all similarly dependent on the fraction of trans 16:1 in the mixtures. As little as 10-20% of cis 16:1 in the mixture was sufficient to abrogate the physiological effects of trans 16:1 on each of the parameters noted above. The combined effects of high content of trans unsaturated fatty acid and the altered phospholipid composition seem to account for the decrease in lipid fluidity, the defective structure and function of the mitochondrial membrane.
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