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The Accumulation of Oleosins Determines the Size of Seed Oilbodies in Arabidopsis^[W],[OA]

^a Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
^b Cell and Developmental Biology Department, John Innes Centre, Norwich, NR4 7UH, United Kingdom
^c SemBioSys Genetics, Calgary, Alberta T1Y 7L3, Canada

¹ To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail mmmolone{at}ucalgary.ca; fax 403-220-0704.

We investigated the role of the oilbody proteins in developing and germinating Arabidopsis thaliana seeds. Seed oilbodies are simple organelles comprising a matrix of triacylglycerol surrounded by a phospholipid monolayer embedded and covered with unique proteins called oleosins. Indirect observations have suggested that oleosins maintain oilbodies as small single units preventing their coalescence during seed desiccation. To understand the role of oleosins during seed development or germination, we created lines of Arabidopsis in which a major oleosin is ablated or severely attenuated. This was achieved using RNA interference techniques and through the use of a T-DNA insertional event, which appears to interrupt the major (18 kD) seed oleosin gene of Arabidopsis and results in ablation of expression. Oleosin suppression resulted in an aberrant phenotype of embryo cells that contain unusually large oilbodies that are not normally observed in seeds. Changes in the size of oilbodies caused disruption of storage organelles, altering accumulation of lipids and proteins and causing delay in germination. The aberrant phenotypes were reversed by reintroducing a recombinant oleosin. Based on this direct evidence, we have shown that oleosins are important proteins in seed tissue for controlling oilbody structure and lipid accumulation.

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