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High-throughput screens using photo-highlighting discover BMP signaling in mitochondrial lipid oxidation

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  • Yong Yu

    (Baylor College of Medicine
    Baylor College of Medicine)

  • Ayse Sena Mutlu

    (Baylor College of Medicine)

  • Harrison Liu

    (San Francisco and University of California, Berkeley)

  • Meng C. Wang

    (Baylor College of Medicine
    Baylor College of Medicine
    Baylor College of Medicine)

Abstract

High-throughput screens at microscopic resolution can uncover molecular mechanisms of cellular dynamics, but remain technically challenging in live multicellular organisms. Here we present a genetic screening method using photo-highlighting for candidate selection on microscopes. We apply this method to stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) microscopy and systematically identify 57 Caenorhabditis elegans mutants with altered lipid distribution. Four of these mutants target the components of the Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP) signaling pathway, revealing that BMP signaling inactivation causes exhaustion of lipid reserves in somatic tissues. Using SRS-based isotope tracing assay to quantitatively track lipid synthesis and mobilization, we discover that the BMP signaling mutants have increased rates of lipid mobilization. Furthermore, this increase is associated with the induction of mitochondrial β-oxidation and mitochondrial fusion. Together these studies demonstrate a photo-highlighting microscopic strategy for genome-scale screens, leading to the discovery of new roles for BMP signaling in linking mitochondrial homeostasis and lipid metabolism.

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  • Yong Yu & Ayse Sena Mutlu & Harrison Liu & Meng C. Wang, 2017. "High-throughput screens using photo-highlighting discover BMP signaling in mitochondrial lipid oxidation," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 8(1), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:8:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-017-00944-3
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00944-3
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