Visualization of nuclei in Aspergillus oryzae with EGFP and analysis of the number of nuclei in each conidium by FACS

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Aspergillus oryzae has been reported to form conidia with multinuclei. In order to analyze nuclei in living cells, we developed an expression system of the A. nidulans histone H2B protein tagged by EGFP (H2B::EGFP). In both A. oryzae niaD300 and A. nidulans FGSC89 transformants expressing H2B::EGFP, fluorescence was detected in nuclear regions of hyphae and conidia. While a conidium contained only one fluorescent spot in the A. nidulans transformant, approximately 66% of conidia had two, 24% had one, and 10% had three or more in the A. oryzae transformant. The conidia expressing H2B::EGFP were put through FACS (fluorescence-activated cell sorting) analysis and two sharp peaks, corresponding to one and two nuclei in each conidium, were noted in the A. oryzae transformant. In addition, the A. oryzae uninucleate conidia that were successfully isolated by FACS reproduced conidia with almost the same number distribution of nuclei as that of the original. Conidia of five A. oryzae strains used in sake brewing were scored for the number of nuclei, showing that a varied number of nuclei existed in each conidium and some strains had a small number of uninucleate conidia.

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Maruyama, J. I., Nakajima, H., & Kitamoto, K. (2001). Visualization of nuclei in Aspergillus oryzae with EGFP and analysis of the number of nuclei in each conidium by FACS. Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry, 65(7), 1504–1510. https://doi.org/10.1271/bbb.65.1504

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