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Herrero-de-Dios C, Román E, Pla J, Alonso-Monge R. Hog1 Controls Lipids Homeostasis Upon Osmotic Stress in Candida albicans. J Fungi (Basel) 2020; 6:jof6040355. [PMID: 33321998 PMCID: PMC7770603 DOI: 10.3390/jof6040355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2020] [Revised: 11/28/2020] [Accepted: 12/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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As opportunistic pathogen, Candida albicans adapts to different environmental conditions and its corresponding stress. The Hog1 MAPK (Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase) was identified as the main MAPK involved in the response to osmotic stress. It was later shown that this MAPK is also involved in the response to a variety of stresses and therefore, its role in virulence, survival to phagocytes and establishment as commensal in the mouse gastrointestinal tract was reported. In this work, the role of Hog1 in osmotic stress is further analyzed, showing that this MAPK is involved in lipid homeostasis. The hog1 mutant accumulates lipid droplets when exposed to osmotic stress, leading to an increase in cell permeability and delaying the endocytic trafficking routes. Cek1, a MAPK also implicated in the response to osmotic challenge, did not play a role in lipid homeostasis indicating that Hog1 is the main MAP kinase in this response. The alteration on lipid metabolism observed in hog1 mutants is proposed to contribute to the sensitivity to osmotic stress.
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- Carmen Herrero-de-Dios
- Servicio de Bioquímica, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Ctra. Colmenar Km 9, 28034 Madrid, Spain;
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- Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología-IRYCIS, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Plaza de Ramón y Cajal s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (E.R.); (J.P.)
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- Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología-IRYCIS, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Plaza de Ramón y Cajal s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (E.R.); (J.P.)
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- Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología-IRYCIS, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Plaza de Ramón y Cajal s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (E.R.); (J.P.)
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Blanco N, Reidy M, Arroyo J, Cabib E. Crosslinks in the cell wall of budding yeast control morphogenesis at the mother-bud neck. J Cell Sci 2012; 125:5781-9. [PMID: 23077181 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.110460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Previous work has shown that, in cla4Δ cells of budding yeast, where septin ring organization is compromised, the chitin ring at the mother-daughter neck becomes essential for prevention of neck widening and for cytokinesis. Here, we show that it is not the chitin ring per se, but its linkage to β(1-3)glucan that is required for control of neck growth. When in a cla4Δ background, crh1Δ crh2Δ mutants, in which the chitin ring is not connected to β(1-3)glucan, grew very slowly and showed wide and growing necks, elongated buds and swollen cells with large vacuoles. A similar behavior was elicited by inhibition of the Crh proteins. This aberrant morphology matched that of cla4Δ chs3Δ cells, which have no chitin at the neck. Thus, this is a clear case in which a specific chemical bond between two substances, chitin and glucan, is essential for the control of morphogenesis. This defines a new paradigm, in which chemistry regulates growth.
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- Noelia Blanco
- Departamento de Microbiología II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Accumulation of non-superoxide anion reactive oxygen species mediates nitrogen-limited alcoholic fermentation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 76:7918-24. [PMID: 20952643 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01535-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Throughout alcoholic fermentation, nitrogen depletion is one of the most important environmental stresses that can negatively affect the yeast metabolic activity and ultimately leads to fermentation arrest. Thus, the identification of the underlying effects and biomarkers of nitrogen limitation is valuable for controlling, and therefore optimizing, alcoholic fermentation. In this study, reactive oxygen species (ROS), plasma membrane integrity, and cell cycle were evaluated in a wine strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae during alcoholic fermentation in nitrogen-limiting medium under anaerobic conditions. The results indicated that nitrogen limitation leads to an increase in ROS and that the superoxide anion is a minor component of the ROS, but there is increased activity of both Sod2p and Cta1p. Associated with these effects was a decrease in plasma membrane integrity and a persistent cell cycle arrest at G(0)/G(1) phases. Moreover, under these conditions it appears that autophagy, evaluated by ATG8 expression, is induced, suggesting that this mechanism is essential for cell survival but does not prevent the cell cycle arrest observed in slow fermentation. Conversely, nitrogen refeeding allowed cells to reenter cell cycle by decreasing ROS generation and autophagy. Altogether, the results provide new insights on the understanding of wine fermentations under nitrogen-limiting conditions and further indicate that ROS accumulation, evaluated by the MitoTracker Red dye CM-H(2)XRos, and plasma membrane integrity could be useful as predictive markers of fermentation problems.
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Identification of Candida albicans exposed surface proteins in vivo by a rapid proteomic approach. J Proteomics 2010; 73:1404-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2010.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2009] [Revised: 02/05/2010] [Accepted: 02/09/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Carvalho A, Costa-De-Oliveira S, Martins ML, Pina-Vaz C, Rodrigues AG, Ludovico P, Rodrigues F. Multiplex PCR identification of eight clinically relevant Candida species. Med Mycol 2008; 45:619-27. [PMID: 17885953 DOI: 10.1080/13693780701501787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Invasive fungal infections, specifically candidemia, constitute major public health problems with high mortality rates. Therefore, in the last few years, the development of novel diagnostic methods has been considered a critical issue. Herein we describe a multiplex PCR strategy allowing the identification of 8 clinically relevant yeasts of the Candida genus, namely C. albicans, C. glabrata, C. parapsilosis, C. tropicalis, C. krusei, C. guilliermondii, C. lusitaniae and C. dubliniensis. This method is based on the amplification of two fragments from the ITS1 and ITS2 regions by the combination of 2 yeast-specific and 8 species-specific primers in a single PCR reaction. Results from the identification of 231 clinical isolates are presented pointing to the high specificity of this procedure. Furthermore, several Candida isolates were identified directly from clinical specimens which also attests to the method's direct laboratory application. The results from the multiplex reactions with other microorganisms that usually co-infect patients also confirmed its high specificity in the identification of Candida species. Moreover, this method is simple and presents a sensitivity of approximately 2 cells per ml within 5 hours. Furthermore, it allows discrimination of individual Candida species within polyfungal samples. This novel method may therefore provide a clinical diagnostic procedure with direct applicability.
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- A Carvalho
- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
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Osório NS, Carvalho A, Almeida AJ, Padilla-Lopez S, Leão C, Laranjinha J, Ludovico P, Pearce DA, Rodrigues F. Nitric oxide signaling is disrupted in the yeast model for Batten disease. Mol Biol Cell 2007; 18:2755-67. [PMID: 17475770 PMCID: PMC1924819 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e06-11-1053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2006] [Revised: 04/13/2007] [Accepted: 04/19/2007] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The juvenile form of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (JNCLs), or Batten disease, results from mutations in the CLN3 gene, and it is characterized by the accumulation of lipopigments in the lysosomes of several cell types and by extensive neuronal death. We report that the yeast model for JNCL (btn1-Delta) that lacks BTN1, the homologue to human CLN3, has increased resistance to menadione-generated oxidative stress. Expression of human CLN3 complemented the btn1-Delta phenotype, and equivalent Btn1p/Cln3 mutations correlated with JNCL severity. We show that the previously reported decreased levels of L-arginine in btn1-Delta limit the synthesis of nitric oxide (.NO) in both physiological and oxidative stress conditions. This defect in .NO synthesis seems to suppress the signaling required for yeast menadione-induced apoptosis, thus explaining btn1-Delta phenotype of increased resistance. We propose that in JNCL, a limited capacity to synthesize .NO directly caused by the absence of Cln3 function may contribute to the pathology of the disease.
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- Nuno S. Osório
- *Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, 4710 Braga, Portugal
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- *Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, 4710 Braga, Portugal
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- *Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, 4710 Braga, Portugal
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- Center for Aging and Developmental Biology, Aab Institute of Biomedical Sciences, and Departments of Biochemistry and Biophysics and Neurology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 14642; and
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- *Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, 4710 Braga, Portugal
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- Faculty of Pharmacy and Center for Neurosciences and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, 3000 Coimbra, Portugal
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- *Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, 4710 Braga, Portugal
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- Center for Aging and Developmental Biology, Aab Institute of Biomedical Sciences, and Departments of Biochemistry and Biophysics and Neurology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 14642; and
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- *Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, 4710 Braga, Portugal
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Cabib E, Blanco N, Grau C, Rodríguez-Peña JM, Arroyo J. Crh1p and Crh2p are required for the cross-linking of chitin to ?(1-6)glucan in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell wall. Mol Microbiol 2007; 63:921-35. [PMID: 17302808 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05565.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In budding yeast, chitin is found in three locations: at the primary septum, largely in free form, at the mother-bud neck, partially linked to beta(1-3)glucan, and in the lateral wall, attached in part to beta(1-6)glucan. By using a recently developed strategy for the study of cell wall cross-links, we have found that chitin linked to beta(1-6)glucan is diminished in mutants of the CRH1 or the CRH2/UTR2 gene and completely absent in a double mutant. This indicates that Crh1p and Crh2p, homologues of glycosyltransferases, ferry chitin chains from chitin synthase III to beta(1-6)glucan. Deletion of CRH1 and/or CRH2 aggravated the defects of fks1Delta and gas1Delta mutants, which are impaired in cell wall synthesis. A temperature shift from 30 degrees C to 38 degrees C increased the proportion of chitin attached to beta(1-6)glucan. The expression of CRH1, but not that of CRH2, was also higher at 38 degrees C in a manner dependent on the cell integrity pathway. Furthermore, the localization of both Crh1p and Crh2p at the cell cortex, the area where the chitin-beta(1-6)glucan complex is found, was greatly enhanced at 38 degrees C. Crh1p and Crh2p are the first proteins directly implicated in the formation of cross-links between cell wall components in fungi.
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- Enrico Cabib
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Oberholzer U, Iouk TL, Thomas DY, Whiteway M. Functional characterization of myosin I tail regions in Candida albicans. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2005; 3:1272-86. [PMID: 15470256 PMCID: PMC522603 DOI: 10.1128/ec.3.5.1272-1286.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The molecular motor myosin I is required for hyphal growth in the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans. Specific myosin I functions were investigated by a deletion analysis of five neck and tail regions. Hyphal formation requires both the TH1 region and the IQ motifs. The TH2 region is important for optimal hyphal growth. All of the regions, except for the SH3 and acidic (A) regions that were examined individually, were required for the localization of myosin I at the hyphal tip. Similarly, all of the domains were required for the association of myosin I with pelletable actin-bound complexes. Moreover, the hyphal tip localization of cortical actin patches, identified by both rhodamine-phalloidin staining and Arp3-green fluorescent protein signals, was dependent on myosin I. Double deletion of the A and SH3 domains depolarized the distribution of the cortical actin patches without affecting the ability of the mutant to form hyphae, suggesting that myosin I has distinct functions in these processes. Among the six myosin I tail domain mutants, the ability to form hyphae was strictly correlated with endocytosis. We propose that the uptake of cell wall remodeling enzymes and excess plasma membrane is critical for hyphal formation.
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- Ursula Oberholzer
- Genetics Group, Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council of Canada, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B2, Canada.
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Alexandar I, San Segundo P, Venkov P, del Rey F, Vázquez de Aldana CR. Characterization of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae thermosensitive lytic mutant leads to the identification of a new allele of the NUD1 gene. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2005; 36:2196-213. [PMID: 15313466 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2004.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2004] [Revised: 04/01/2004] [Accepted: 04/19/2004] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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To improve our understanding of the factors involved in the osmotic stability of yeast cells, a search for novel conditional Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell lysis mutants was performed. Ten temperature-sensitive (ts) mutant strains of S. cerevisiae were isolated that lyse at the restrictive temperature on hypotonic, but not on osmotically supported medium. The ten mutants fell into four complementation groups: ts1 to ts4. To clone the wild-type gene corresponding to the ts4 mutation, a strategy aimed at complementing the thermosensitive phenotype-using low-copy and high-copy DNA libraries--was followed, but only two extragenic suppressors were identified. Another approach, in which classic genetic methods were combined with the use of yeast artificial chromosomes and traditional cloning procedures, allowed the identification of the NUD1 gene--which codes for a component of the spindle-pole body-as the wild-type gene corresponding to the ts4 mutation. Cloning and sequencing of the defective allele from the chromosome of the mutant cells resulted in the identification of a point mutation that produces a single amino acid change in the protein: a Gly-to-Glu change at position 585 (the nud1-G585E allele). Further analysis revealed that cells carrying this allele show a thermosensitive growth defect. At the restrictive temperature, the cells arrest with large buds, elongated spindles, and duplicated nuclei. In addition, with longer incubation times they are unable to maintain cellular integrity and lyse. Our results have allowed the identification of the first single amino acid mutation in NUD1, and suggest a link between cell cycle progression and cellular integrity.
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- Irina Alexandar
- Departamento de Microbiología y Genética, Instituto de Microbiología-Bioquímica, Universidad de Salamanca/CSIC, Campus Miguel de Unamuno, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
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Alonso-Monge R, Navarro-García F, Román E, Negredo AI, Eisman B, Nombela C, Pla J. The Hog1 mitogen-activated protein kinase is essential in the oxidative stress response and chlamydospore formation in Candida albicans. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2003; 2:351-61. [PMID: 12684384 PMCID: PMC154845 DOI: 10.1128/ec.2.2.351-361.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 232] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Candida albicans mutants with mutations in mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase HOG1 displayed an increased sensitivity to agents producing reactive oxygen species, such as oxidants (menadione, hydrogen peroxide, or potassium superoxide), and UV light. Consistent with this finding, C. albicans Hog1 was activated not only in response to an increase in external osmolarity, as happens with its Saccharomyces cerevisiae homologue, but also in response to hydrogen peroxide. The Hog1-mediated response to oxidative stress was different from that of transcription factor Cap1, the homologue of S. cerevisiae Yap1, as shown by the different sensitivities to oxidants and the kinetics of cell death of cap1Delta, hog1, and hog1 cap1Delta mutants. Deletion of CAP1 did not influence the level of Hog1 phosphorylation, and deletion of HOG1 did not affect Cap1 nuclear localization. Moreover, we show that the HOG1 gene plays a role in chlamydospore formation, another oxygen-related morphogenetic event, as demonstrated by the fact that hog1 cells were unable to generate these thick-walled structures in several media through a mechanism different from that of the EFG1 regulator. This is the first demonstration of the role of the Hog1-mediated MAP kinase pathway in resistance to oxidative stress in pathogenic fungi, and it allows us to propose a molecular model for the oxidative stress response in C. albicans.
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- Rebeca Alonso-Monge
- Departamento de Microbiología II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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Ludovico P, Sansonetty F, Silva MT, Côrte-Real M. Acetic acid induces a programmed cell death process in the food spoilage yeast Zygosaccharomyces bailii. FEMS Yeast Res 2003. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2003.tb00143.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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The human immunodeficiency virus protease (HIV-1 PR) was expressed both in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and in mammalian cells. Inducible expression of HIV-1 PR arrested yeast growth, which was followed by cell lysis. The lytic phenotype included loss of plasma membrane integrity and cell wall breakage leading to the release of cell content to the medium. Given that neither poliovirus 2A protease nor 2BC protein, both being highly toxic for S. cerevisiae, were able to produce similar effects, it seems that this lytic phenotype is specific of HIV-1 PR. Drastic alterations in membrane permeability preceded the lysis in yeast expressing HIV-1 PR. Cell killing and lysis provoked by HIV-1 PR were also observed in mammalian cells. Thus, COS7 cells expressing the protease showed increased plasma membrane permeability and underwent lysis by necrosis with no signs of apoptosis. Strikingly, the morphological alterations induced by HIV-1 PR in yeast and mammalian cells were similar in many aspects. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a viral protein with such an activity. These findings contribute to the present knowledge on HIV-1-induced cytopathogenesis.
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- Raquel Blanco
- Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa Consejo Superior Investigaciones Cientificas-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
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Rodriguez-Peña JM, Rodriguez C, Alvarez A, Nombela C, Arroyo J. Mechanisms for targeting of theSaccharomyces cerevisiaeGPI-anchored cell wall protein Crh2p to polarised growth sites. J Cell Sci 2002; 115:2549-58. [PMID: 12045225 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.115.12.2549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The cell wall is an essential structure that preserves the osmotic integrity of fungal cells and determines cellular morphology during developmental programs. The high number of different wall components demands a variety of processes to deliver precursors and synthetic proteins to the proper location at the right time for wall development and modification. Here,the specificity of the mechanisms that regulate the temporal and spatial localisation of cell wall proteins to sites of polarised growth in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is investigated. For this purpose, the localisation of Crh2p, a cell wall glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored mannoprotein that we have recently described as involved in cell wall construction and localised to polarised growth sites, was followed using a Crh2p-GFP fusion protein. Crh2p distribution was studied in several genetic backgrounds affected in different steps of the cell polarity establishment machinery or/and bud morphogenesis. Crh2p is localised at the mother-bud neck in bud1 cells following the random budding pattern characteristic of this mutant. The Crh2p distribution was greatly altered in a cdc42-1mutant, indicating complete dependence on an organised actin cytoskeleton for polarised Crh2p distribution. The usual deposition of Crh2p in a ring at the base of growing buds was lacking in cdc10-11 cells growing under restrictive temperature conditions, whereas Crh2p deposition at the septum region was absent in both cdc10-11 and cdc15-lyt1 cells. These results point to the dependence of Crh2p localisation at the bud-neck on both septins and septum integrity. Furthermore, in the absence of Bni4p, a scaffold protein involved in the targeting of the chitin synthase III complex to the bud neck, Crh2p was not longer found at the neck in large-budded cells undergoing cytokinesis. Finally, Crh2p was not properly localised in cells deleted in CHS5, which encodes a protein involved in the transport of Chs3p, and was completely mislocalised in sbe2/sbe22 mutants,suggesting that the transport systems for Chs3p and Crh2p are to a certain extent coincident. The transport of other GPI-cell wall proteins, such as Cwp1p, however, does not depend on these systems as the localisation of the latter protein was not affected in either of these mutants.
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- Jose M Rodriguez-Peña
- Departamento de Microbiología II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
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Utsugi T, Minemura M, Hirata A, Abe M, Watanabe D, Ohya Y. Movement of yeast 1,3-beta-glucan synthase is essential for uniform cell wall synthesis. Genes Cells 2002; 7:1-9. [PMID: 11856368 DOI: 10.1046/j.1356-9597.2001.00495.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND The cell wall has an important role in maintaining cell shape. In the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the major filamentous component of the cell wall responsible for its rigidity is 1,3-beta-glucan and is synthesized by 1,3-beta-glucan synthase (GS), localized on the plasma membrane. RESULTS Observations of green fluorescent protein (GFP)-conjugated Fks1p, a catalytic subunit of GS, revealed that it is co-localized with cortical actin patches and moves on the cell surface at the sites of cell wall remodelling. Mutants with impaired actin patch movement show immobility of Fks1p-GFP spots, indicating that actin patch motility is required for the movement of Fks1p. Cells with immobilized Fks1p exhibit defective cell wall structure and function. The cell wall thickness of the mutants becomes irregular, eventually leading to cell lysis. CONCLUSION We propose that GS movement is necessary for proper cell wall remodelling.
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- Takahiko Utsugi
- Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Bldg. FSB-101, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture 277-8562 Japan
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Classical microbiology techniques are relatively slow in comparison to other analytical techniques, in many cases due to the need to culture the microorganisms. Furthermore, classical approaches are difficult with unculturable microorganisms. More recently, the emergence of molecular biology techniques, particularly those on antibodies and nucleic acid probes combined with amplification techniques, has provided speediness and specificity to microbiological diagnosis. Flow cytometry (FCM) allows single- or multiple-microbe detection in clinical samples in an easy, reliable, and fast way. Microbes can be identified on the basis of their peculiar cytometric parameters or by means of certain fluorochromes that can be used either independently or bound to specific antibodies or oligonucleotides. FCM has permitted the development of quantitative procedures to assess antimicrobial susceptibility and drug cytotoxicity in a rapid, accurate, and highly reproducible way. Furthermore, this technique allows the monitoring of in vitro antimicrobial activity and of antimicrobial treatments ex vivo. The most outstanding contribution of FCM is the possibility of detecting the presence of heterogeneous populations with different responses to antimicrobial treatments. Despite these advantages, the application of FCM in clinical microbiology is not yet widespread, probably due to the lack of access to flow cytometers or the lack of knowledge about the potential of this technique. One of the goals of this review is to attempt to mitigate this latter circumstance. We are convinced that in the near future, the availability of commercial kits should increase the use of this technique in the clinical microbiology laboratory.
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Alvarez-Barrientos A, Arroyo J, Cantón R, Nombela C, Sánchez-Pérez M. Applications of flow cytometry to clinical microbiology. Clin Microbiol Rev 2000; 13:167-95. [PMID: 10755996 PMCID: PMC100149 DOI: 10.1128/cmr.13.2.167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Classical microbiology techniques are relatively slow in comparison to other analytical techniques, in many cases due to the need to culture the microorganisms. Furthermore, classical approaches are difficult with unculturable microorganisms. More recently, the emergence of molecular biology techniques, particularly those on antibodies and nucleic acid probes combined with amplification techniques, has provided speediness and specificity to microbiological diagnosis. Flow cytometry (FCM) allows single- or multiple-microbe detection in clinical samples in an easy, reliable, and fast way. Microbes can be identified on the basis of their peculiar cytometric parameters or by means of certain fluorochromes that can be used either independently or bound to specific antibodies or oligonucleotides. FCM has permitted the development of quantitative procedures to assess antimicrobial susceptibility and drug cytotoxicity in a rapid, accurate, and highly reproducible way. Furthermore, this technique allows the monitoring of in vitro antimicrobial activity and of antimicrobial treatments ex vivo. The most outstanding contribution of FCM is the possibility of detecting the presence of heterogeneous populations with different responses to antimicrobial treatments. Despite these advantages, the application of FCM in clinical microbiology is not yet widespread, probably due to the lack of access to flow cytometers or the lack of knowledge about the potential of this technique. One of the goals of this review is to attempt to mitigate this latter circumstance. We are convinced that in the near future, the availability of commercial kits should increase the use of this technique in the clinical microbiology laboratory.
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- A Alvarez-Barrientos
- Departamento de Microbiología II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
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The complete yeast genome contains a large number of genes of unknown biological function. Simple, rapid and reliable specific screens are valuable tools in exploring gene function via systematic phenotypic analysis of large mutant collections. This report provides a new approach for monitoring changes in cell wall strength, based on the deleterious effects caused by ultrasound on the yeast cell surface. Sonication can thus be used for the screening of mutants affected in the architecture or stability of the cell wall, since such mutants are expected to have an altered sensitivity to this treatment compared to that of a wild-type. The experimental procedure, consisting in the quantification of damaged cells after a mild sonication treatment, by means of flow cytometry, can be applied on a large scale. The usefulness of the sonication assay as a primary screen for cell wall-related mutants is evaluated on the collection of calcofluor white-hypersensitive and -resistant mutants obtained by Lussier et al. (1997). A further phenotypic characterization of the sonication-hypersensitive mutants within the calcofluor white collection is also presented.
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- C Ruiz
- Departamento de Microbiología II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Molero G, Cid VJ, Vivar C, Nombela C, Sánchez-Pérez M. Candida albicans exoglucanase as a reporter gene in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1999; 175:143-8. [PMID: 10361719 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1999.tb13613.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The Candida albicans XOG1 gene, previously shown to be a good reporter gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and C. albicans, was tested in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Unlike the budding yeast, S. pombe does not produce exoglucanase activity and hence this system would be applicable to any given strain of this organism. The XOG1 gene was located under the control of the nmt1 promoter and its functionality could be demonstrated even at high temperatures (37 degrees C). The exoglucanase activity can be measured both in vivo and in vitro by either a simple biochemical reaction (on cells or media) or by flow cytometry, because the cells remain viable after the assay.
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- G Molero
- Departamento de Microbiología II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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Alonso-Monge R, Navarro-García F, Molero G, Diez-Orejas R, Gustin M, Pla J, Sánchez M, Nombela C. Role of the mitogen-activated protein kinase Hog1p in morphogenesis and virulence of Candida albicans. J Bacteriol 1999; 181:3058-68. [PMID: 10322006 PMCID: PMC93760 DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.10.3058-3068.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 288] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The relevance of the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase Hog1p in Candida albicans was addressed through the characterization of C. albicans strains without a functional HOG1 gene. Analysis of the phenotype of hog1 mutants under osmostressing conditions revealed that this mutant displays a set of morphological alterations as the result of a failure to complete the final stages of cytokinesis, with parallel defects in the budding pattern. Even under permissive conditions, hog1 mutants displayed a different susceptibility to some compounds such as nikkomycin Z or Congo red, which interfere with cell wall functionality. In addition, the hog1 mutant displayed a colony morphology different from that of the wild-type strain on some media which promote morphological transitions in C. albicans. We show that C. albicans hog1 mutants are derepressed in the serum-induced hyphal formation and, consistently with this behavior, that HOG1 overexpression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae represses the pseudodimorphic transition. Most interestingly, deletion of HOG1 resulted in a drastic increase in the mean survival time of systemically infected mice, supporting a role for this MAP kinase pathway in virulence of pathogenic fungi. This finding has potential implications in antifungal therapy.
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- R Alonso-Monge
- Departamento de Microbiología II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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Jiménez J, Cid VJ, Cenamor R, Yuste M, Molero G, Nombela C, Sánchez M. Morphogenesis beyond cytokinetic arrest in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Cell Biol 1998; 143:1617-34. [PMID: 9852155 PMCID: PMC2132980 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.143.6.1617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The budding yeast lyt1 mutation causes cell lysis. We report here that lyt1 is an allele of cdc15, a gene which encodes a protein kinase that functions late in the cell cycle. Neither cdc15-1 nor cdc15-lyt1 strains are able to septate at 37 degreesC, even though they may manage to rebud. Cells lyse after a shmoo-like projection appears at the distal pole of the daughter cell. Actin polarizes towards the distal pole but the septins remain at the mother-daughter neck. This morphogenetic response reflects entry into a new round of the cell cycle: the preference for polarization from the distal pole was lost in bud1 cdc15 double mutants; double cdc15-lyt1 cdc28-4 mutants, defective for START, did not develop apical projections and apical polarization was accompanied by DNA replication. The same phenomena were caused by mutations in the genes CDC14, DBF2, and TEM1, which are functionally related to CDC15. Apical polarization was delayed in cdc15 mutants as compared with budding in control cells and this delay was abolished in a septin mutant. Our results suggest that the delayed M/G1 transition in cdc15 mutants is due to a septin-dependent checkpoint that couples initiation of the cell cycle to the completion of cytokinesis.
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- J Jiménez
- Departamento de Microbiología II, Facultad de Farmacia
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Compagno C, Porro D, Radice S, Martegani E, Ranzi BM. Selection of yeast cells with a higher plasmid copy number in a Saccharomyces cerevisiae autoselection system. Yeast 1998. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0061(19960315)12:3<199::aid-yea895>3.0.co;2-u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Cid VJ, Adamíková L, Cenamor R, Molina M, Sánchez M, Nombela C. Cell integrity and morphogenesis in a budding yeast septin mutant. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 1998; 144 ( Pt 12):3463-3474. [PMID: 9884239 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-12-3463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The non-sporulating diploid strain V327 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae was previously isolated in a search for thermosensitive autolytic mutants. This strain is very efficient at releasing intracellular proteins into the medium when incubated at high temperatures. The expression of this lytic phenotype depends on a morphogenetic defect, consisting of the appearance of elongated chains of cells. Transmission electron microscopy revealed a mislocalization of septa at semi-permissive temperatures and a total lack of septation together with abnormal cell wall architecture at a non-permissive temperature. The septin-encoding CDC10 gene was cloned by complementation of the pleiotropic phenotype of the V327 mutant. Rescue and sequencing of CDC10 alleles from V327 revealed a point mutation that created a single amino acid change in a region which is well conserved among septins. This new allele was named cdc10-11. The construction of a cdc10-11 haploid strain by substituting the CDC10 gene with the rescued allele permitted further genetic analyses of the mutation and allowed the construction of new homozygous cdc10-11 diploid strains that showed a reduced ability to sporulate. Fusing both the wild-type and the cdc10-11 alleles to green fluorescent protein (GFP) demonstrated that the mutation does not affect the localization of this septin to the bud neck at the standard growth temperature of 24 degrees C, although the morphogenetic phenotype at 37 degrees C parallels the disappearance of Cdc10-GFP at the ring encircling the septum area.
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- Victor J Cid
- Departamento de Microbiología II, Facultad de Farmacia,Universidad Complutense, 28040-Madrid,Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry, Comenius University, Faculty of Natural Sciences,Mlynská dolina CH-1, 842 15 Bratislava,Slovakia
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- Departamento de Microbiología II, Facultad de Farmacia,Universidad Complutense, 28040-Madrid,Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiología II, Facultad de Farmacia,Universidad Complutense, 28040-Madrid,Spain
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- Centro de Citometría de Flujo y Microscopía Confocal,Universidad Complutense, 28040-Madrid,Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiología II, Facultad de Farmacia,Universidad Complutense, 28040-Madrid,Spain
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Ciccaglione AR, Marcantonio C, Costantino A, Equestre M, Geraci A, Rapicetta M. Hepatitis C virus E1 protein induces modification of membrane permeability in E. coli cells. Virology 1998; 250:1-8. [PMID: 9770414 DOI: 10.1006/viro.1998.9380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The E1 gene of hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been cloned and expressed in BL21(DE3)pLys Escherichia coli strain by pET3a vector to analyze changes in membrane permeability produced by this protein. We showed that the expression of E1 (aa 192-383), as well as of two C-terminal fragments (aa 331-383 and aa 341-383) corresponding to the transmembrane (TM) region of this protein, induced a rapid lysis of cells. On the contrary, the expression of a mutant of E1 (aa 192-340), lacking the last 40 amino acids, did not cause cell lysis. The analysis of permeability changes revealed that modification of membrane permeability to several compounds were observed only in clones expressing E1 and C-terminal fragments, while the synthesis of the C-terminal-deleted mutant had little or no effect on permeability. These findings demonstrate that the TM domain of E1 protein has membrane-active properties that may be involved in some aspects of virus-cell interaction.
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- A R Ciccaglione
- Laboratory of Virology, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, Rome, 00161, Italy
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Hernáez ML, Gil C, Pla J, Nombela C. Induced expression of the Candida albicans multidrug resistance gene CDR1 in response to fluconazole and other antifungals. Yeast 1998; 14:517-26. [PMID: 9605502 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0061(19980430)14:6<517::aid-yea250>3.0.co;2-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The Candida albicans CDR1 gene encodes a member of the ABC-type family of multidrug transporters which has been shown to be involved in azole resistance. Using an in-frame gene fusion between the CDR1 open reading frame and the green fluorescent protein allele yEGFP3, an optimized derivative for its use in C. albicans, we show here how the CDR1-yEGFP3 gene expression is induced in response to azoles as well as to other structurally unrelated drugs like cycloheximide. Moderate increases were observed for calcofluor, canavanine, 5'-fluorcytosine, cilofungin and caffeine, while no induction was found for the antifungals benomyl and amphotericin B or hydrogen peroxide at subinhibitory concentrations. The use of confocal microscopy enabled us to localize the Cdr1p fusion protein at the cell periphery, thus suggesting a cytoplasmic membrane localization. These results suggest deregulation of CDR1 gene as a putative mechanism for the generation of azole resistance in this clinically important pathogenic fungus.
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- M L Hernáez
- Departamento de Microbiología II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
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Navarro-García F, Alonso-Monge R, Rico H, Pla J, Sentandreu R, Nombela C. A role for the MAP kinase gene MKC1 in cell wall construction and morphological transitions in Candida albicans. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 1998; 144 ( Pt 2):411-424. [PMID: 9493378 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-2-411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The Candida albicans MKC1 gene encodes a mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase, which has been cloned by complementation of the lytic phenotype associated with Saccharomyces cerevisiae slt2 (mpk1) mutants. In this work, the physiological role of this MAP kinase in the pathogenic fungus C. albicans was characterized and a role for MKC1 in the biogenesis of the cell wall suggested based on the following criteria. First, C. albicans mkc1 delta/mkc1 delta strains displayed alterations in their cell surfaces under specific conditions as evidenced by scanning electron microscopy. Second, an increase in specific cell wall epitopes (O-glycosylated mannoprotein) was shown by confocal microscopy in mkc1 delta/mkc1 delta mutants. Third, the sensitivity to antifungals which inhibit (1,3)-beta-glucan and chitin synthesis was increased in these mutants. In addition, evidence for a role for the MKC1 gene in morphological transitions in C. albicans is presented based on the impairment of pseudohyphal formation of mkc1 delta/mkc1 delta strains on Spider medium and on the effect of its overexpression on Sacch. cerevisiae colony morphology on SLADH medium. Using the two-hybrid system, it was also demonstrated that MKC1 is able to interact specifically with Sacch. cerevisiae Mkk1p and Mkk2p, the MAP-kinase kinases of the PKC1-mediated route of Sacch. cerevisiae, and to activate transcription in Sacch. cerevisiae when bound to a DNA-binding element. These results suggest a role for this MAP kinase in the construction of the cell wall of C. albicans and indicate its potential relevance for the development of novel antifungals.
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MESH Headings
- Antifungal Agents/pharmacology
- Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases/genetics
- Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases/metabolism
- Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases/physiology
- Candida albicans/enzymology
- Candida albicans/genetics
- Candida albicans/ultrastructure
- Cell Wall/enzymology
- Cell Wall/metabolism
- Cell Wall/ultrastructure
- Chitin/metabolism
- DNA, Fungal/genetics
- Flow Cytometry
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect
- Fungal Proteins/metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
- Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal
- Glucans/metabolism
- MAP Kinase Kinase 1
- MAP Kinase Kinase 2
- Membrane Glycoproteins/metabolism
- Microscopy, Confocal
- Microscopy, Electron
- Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
- Plasmids
- Protein Kinase C
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/genetics
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism
- Recombination, Genetic
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolism
- Transcription, Genetic
- beta-Galactosidase/metabolism
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- Federico Navarro-García
- Departamento de Microbiología II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Plaza de Ramón y Cajal s/n, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiología II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Plaza de Ramón y Cajal s/n, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Sección Departamental de Microbiología, Facultad de Farmàcia, Universidad de València, Avinguda Vicent Andrés Estellés, E-46100 Burjassot, València, Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiología II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Plaza de Ramón y Cajal s/n, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Sección Departamental de Microbiología, Facultad de Farmàcia, Universidad de València, Avinguda Vicent Andrés Estellés, E-46100 Burjassot, València, Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiología II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Plaza de Ramón y Cajal s/n, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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Del Mar González M, Díez-Orejas R, Molero G, Álvarez AM, Pla J, Pla J, Nombela C, Sánchez-PéArez M. Phenotypic characterization of a Candida albicans strain deficient in its major exoglucanase. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 1997; 143 ( Pt 9):3023-3032. [PMID: 9308184 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-9-3023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Both alleles of the XOG1 gene of Candida albicans, which encodes a protein with exoglucanase activity, were sequentially disrupted. Enzymic analysis of either cell extracts or culture supernatants of disrupted strains revealed that this gene is responsible for the major exoglucanase activity in C. albicans, although residual exoglucanase activity could still be detected. xog1 null mutants showed similar growth rates in both rich and minimal liquid medium as compared to the wild-type strain, indicating that the enzyme is not essential for C. albicans growth. In addition, no differences were observed between wild-type and xog1 null mutants with respect to their ability to undergo dimorphic transition. However, small but repeatable differences were found between the wild-type and the null mutant with respect to susceptibility to chitin and glucan synthesis inhibitors. Using a murine model of experimental infection, no significant differences in virulence were observed. The xog1 null strain is thus a suitable recipient for studying Candida gene expression using the exoglucanase as a reporter gene.
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- María Del Mar González
- Department of Microbiology II, Faculty of Pharmacy, University Complutense of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology II, Faculty of Pharmacy, University Complutense of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology II, Faculty of Pharmacy, University Complutense of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Flow and Confocal Cytometry Unit (CCF), Faculty of Pharmacy, University Complutense of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Flow and Confocal Cytometry Unit (CCF), Faculty of Pharmacy, University Complutense of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology II, Faculty of Pharmacy, University Complutense of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology II, Faculty of Pharmacy, University Complutense of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Flow and Confocal Cytometry Unit (CCF), Faculty of Pharmacy, University Complutense of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Becerra M, Cerdán E, González Siso MI. Heterologous Kluyveromyces lactis beta-galactosidase production and release by Saccharomyces cerevisiae osmotic-remedial thermosensitive autolytic mutants. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1997; 1335:235-41. [PMID: 9202185 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4165(97)00048-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The beta-galactosidase from Kluyveromyces lactis is a high molecular weight protein with commercial interest. A major drawback of its industrial production is the high cost associated with extraction and downstream processing due to its intracellular nature. In this work, the effectiveness of the utilization of Saccharomyces cerevisiae LD1 and LHDP1 strains, osmotic-remedial mutants which lyse at 37 degrees C, for the heterologous production and release into the extracellular medium of this protein has been proved. The highest absolute values of released beta-galactosidase have been obtained with the protease-deficient strain LHDP1 by osmotic shock.
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- M Becerra
- Departamento de Bioloxía Celular e Molecular, Facultade de Ciencias, Campus da Zapateira s/n, Coruña, Spain
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Brito N, Avila J, Perez MD, Gonzalez C, Siverio JM. The genes YNI1 and YNR1, encoding nitrite reductase and nitrate reductase respectively in the yeast Hansenula polymorpha, are clustered and co-ordinately regulated. Biochem J 1996; 317 ( Pt 1):89-95. [PMID: 8694791 PMCID: PMC1217490 DOI: 10.1042/bj3170089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The nitrite reductase-encoding gene (YNI1) from the yeast Hansenula polymorpha was isolated from a lambda EMBL3 H. polymorpha genomic DNA library, using as a probe a 481 bp DNA fragment from the gene of Aspergillus nidulans encoding nitrite reductase (niiA). An open reading frame of 3132 bp, encoding a putative protein of 1044 amino acids with high similarity with nitrite reductases from fungi, was located by DNA sequencing in the phages lambdaNB5 and lambdaJA13. Genes YNI1 and YNR1 (encoding nitrate reductase) are clustered, separated by 1700 bp. Northern blot analysis showed that expression of YNI1 and YNR1 is co-ordinately regulated; induced by nitrate and nitrite and repressed by sources of reduced nitrogen, even in the presence of nitrate. A mutant lacking nitrite reductase activity was obtained by deletion of the chromosomal copy of YNI1. The mutant does not grow in nitrate or in nitrite; it exhibits a similar level of transcription of YNR1 to the wild type, but the nitrate reductase enzymic activity is only about 50% of the wild type. In the presence of nitrate the delta ynil::URA3 mutant extrudes approx. 24 nmol of nitrite/h per mg of yeast (wet weight), about five times more than the wild type.
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- N Brito
- Departmento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canarias, Spain
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Martín H, Castellanos MC, Cenamor R, Sánchez M, Molina M, Nombela C. Molecular and functional characterization of a mutant allele of the mitogen-activated protein-kinase gene SLT2(MPK1) rescued from yeast autolytic mutants. Curr Genet 1996; 29:516-22. [PMID: 8662190 DOI: 10.1007/bf02426955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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We have further characterized the functionality of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene SLT2(MPK1), coding for a MAP-kinase homolog essential for cell integrity, which is involved in the Pkc1p signalling pathway. This gene was isolated on the basis of its capacity to complement the thermosensitive-autolytic, osmotic-remediable phenotype of lyt2 mutants. Both slt2delta and lyt2 mutants displayed a caffeine-sensitive phenotype consisting of cell lysis that was not dependent on temperature. Caffeine concentrations affecting the growth of these mutant strains were dependent on the genetic background, the SSD1 allele being very significant in this regard. The SLT2 allele of several lyt2 strains was both rescued and amplified by PCR. The recovered allele was shown to be non-functional as it could not complement the lytic phenotype of both deletion (slt2delta) and lyt2 strains. After nucleotide sequencing of the recovered allele, we found that the defect of lyt2 mutants consists in a substitution of an aspartic acid for a glycine at position 35 of the amino-acid sequence of Slt2p. Gly35 is the third glycine of a glycine cluster (Gly-X-Gly-X-X-Gly), a conserved region in protein kinases and other nucleotide-binding proteins. Keywords Yeast middle dot SLT2 middle dot MAP-kinase middle dot Caffeine
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- H Martín
- Departamento de Microbiología II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, E-28040-Madrid, Spain
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Compagno C, Porro D, Radice S, Martegani E, Ranzi BM. Selection of yeast cells with a higher plasmid copy number in a Saccharomyces cerevisiae autoselection system. Yeast 1996; 12:199-205. [PMID: 8904331 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0061(19960315)12:3%3c199::aid-yea895%3e3.0.co;2-u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Autoselection systems allow the selection of a genetically engineered population independently of the growth medium composition. The structure of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae population transformed with an autoselection plasmid, in which a carbon-source-dependent modulation of the plasmid copy number occurs, was analysed. By means of flow cytometric procedures we tested the cell viability, dynamics of growth and heterologous protein production at single cell level. Such analyses allow the identification and the tracking of a specific cellular sub-population with a higher plasmid copy number which arises after the carbon source shift. The effects of the cellular plasmid distribution on the dynamics of growth are also discussed.
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- C Compagno
- Dipartimento di Fisiologia e Biochimica Generali, Sez. Biochimica Comparata, Universita di Milano, Italy
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Cid VJ, Durán A, del Rey F, Snyder MP, Nombela C, Sánchez M. Molecular basis of cell integrity and morphogenesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Microbiol Rev 1995; 59:345-86. [PMID: 7565410 PMCID: PMC239365 DOI: 10.1128/mr.59.3.345-386.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 218] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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In fungi and many other organisms, a thick outer cell wall is responsible for determining the shape of the cell and for maintaining its integrity. The budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been a useful model organism for the study of cell wall synthesis, and over the past few decades, many aspects of the composition, structure, and enzymology of the cell wall have been elucidated. The cell wall of budding yeasts is a complex and dynamic structure; its arrangement alters as the cell grows, and its composition changes in response to different environmental conditions and at different times during the yeast life cycle. In the past few years, we have witnessed a profilic genetic and molecular characterization of some key aspects of cell wall polymer synthesis and hydrolysis in the budding yeast. Furthermore, this organism has been the target of numerous recent studies on the topic of morphogenesis, which have had an enormous impact on our understanding of the intracellular events that participate in directed cell wall synthesis. A number of components that direct polarized secretion, including those involved in assembly and organization of the actin cytoskeleton, secretory pathways, and a series of novel signal transduction systems and regulatory components have been identified. Analysis of these different components has suggested pathways by which polarized secretion is directed and controlled. Our aim is to offer an overall view of the current understanding of cell wall dynamics and of the complex network that controls polarized growth at particular stages of the budding yeast cell cycle and life cycle.
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- V J Cid
- Departamento de Microbiología II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
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Arroyo J, Boceta M, González ME, Michel M, Carrasco L. Membrane permeabilization by different regions of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 transmembrane glycoprotein gp41. J Virol 1995; 69:4095-102. [PMID: 7769667 PMCID: PMC189144 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.69.7.4095-4102.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The transmembrane glycoprotein (gp41) of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) has been implicated in the cytopathology observed during HIV infection. The first amino acids located at the amino terminus are involved in membrane fusion and syncytium formation, while sequences located at the carboxy terminus have been predicted to interact with membranes and modify membrane permeability. The HIV-1 gp41 gene has been cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli cells by using pET vectors to analyze changes in membrane permeability produced by this protein. This system is well suited for expressing toxic genes in an inducible manner and for analyzing the function of proteins that modify membrane permeability. gp41 enhances the permeability of the bacterial membrane to hygromycin B despite the low level of expression of this protein. To localize the regions of gp41 responsible for these effects, a number of fragments spanning different portions of gp41 were inducibly expressed in E. coli. Two regions of gp41 were shown to increase membrane permeability: one located at the carboxy terminus, where two highly amphipathic helices have been predicted, and another one corresponding to the membrane-spanning domain. Expression of the central region of gp41 comprising this domain was highly lytic for E. coli cells and increased membrane permeability to a number of compounds. These findings are discussed in the light of HIV-induced cytopathology and gp41 structure.
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- J Arroyo
- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain
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�lvarez P, S�nchez M, Molina M, Nombela C. Release of virus-like particles by osmotic shock from a mutant strain of yeast deficient in cell integrity. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1995. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00160833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Navarro-García F, Sánchez M, Pla J, Nombela C. Functional characterization of the MKC1 gene of Candida albicans, which encodes a mitogen-activated protein kinase homolog related to cell integrity. Mol Cell Biol 1995; 15:2197-206. [PMID: 7891715 PMCID: PMC230448 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.15.4.2197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases represent a group of serine/threonine protein kinases playing a central role in signal transduction processes in eukaryotic cells. Using a strategy based on the complementation of the thermosensitive autolytic phenotype of slt2 null mutants, we have isolated a Candida albicans homolog of Saccharomyces cerevisiae MAP kinase gene SLT2 (MPK1), which is involved in the recently outlined PKC1-controlled signalling pathway. The isolated gene, named MKC1 (MAP kinase from C. albicans), coded for a putative protein, Mkc1p, of 58,320 Da that displayed all the characteristic domains of MAP kinases and was 55% identical to S. cerevisiae Slt2p (Mpk1p). The MKC1 gene was deleted in a diploid Candida strain, and heterozygous and homozygous strains, in both Ura+ and Ura- backgrounds, were obtained to facilitate the analysis of the function of the gene. Deletion of the two alleles of the MKC1 gene gave rise to viable cells that grew at 28 and 37 degrees C but, nevertheless, displayed a variety of phenotypic traits under more stringent conditions. These included a low growth yield and a loss of viability in cultures grown at 42 degrees C, a high sensitivity to thermal shocks at 55 degrees C, an enhanced susceptibility to caffeine that was osmotically remediable, and the formation of a weak cell wall with a very low resistance to complex lytic enzyme preparations. The analysis of the functions downstream of the MKC1 gene should contribute to understanding of the connection of growth and morphogenesis in pathogenic fungi.
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- F Navarro-García
- Departamento de Microbiología II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Spain
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Plovins A, Alvarez AM, Ibañez M, Molina M, Nombela C. Use of fluorescein-di-beta-D-galactopyranoside (FDG) and C12-FDG as substrates for beta-galactosidase detection by flow cytometry in animal, bacterial, and yeast cells. Appl Environ Microbiol 1994; 60:4638-41. [PMID: 7811104 PMCID: PMC202038 DOI: 10.1128/aem.60.12.4638-4641.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Fluorescein-di-beta-D-galactopyranoside (FDG) was found to be a useful substrate for beta-galactosidase detection by flow cytometry in gram-negative bacteria, since it entered viable cells and gave a fluorescence emission proportional to the enzymatic activity. C12-FDG, a more lipophilic derivative, gave a very poor signal because of the lack of penetration. On the contrary, C12-FDG was more sensitive than FDG for beta-galactosidase activity determinations in animal cells. In contrast to previous reports, C12-FDG did not enter viable yeast cells, so that the use of the substrate required cell permeabilization. Without this treatment, C12-FDG penetrates only nonviable yeast cells that may occur in populations expressing beta-galactosidase.
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- A Plovins
- Departamento de Microbiología II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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Alvarez P, Sampedro M, Molina M, Nombela C. A new system for the release of heterologous proteins from yeast based on mutant strains deficient in cell integrity. J Biotechnol 1994; 38:81-8. [PMID: 7765580 DOI: 10.1016/0168-1656(94)90149-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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A system has been developed for the release of heterologous proteins from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, based on the use of thermosensitive osmotic-remedial mutants, deficient in cell integrity, that lyse at the non-permissive temperature, thus releasing the bulk of intracellular proteins and leaving behind cell ghosts and debris. The strains developed combine the lyt2 mutation (which is allelic to gene SLT2/MPK1 coding for a MAP kinase homolog), with the disruption of genes PEP4 and PRB1 known to produce a protease-deficient background. Cells transformed with the appropriate bacterial gene, released about 70% of the heterologous protein chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT) in bioreactor cultivation upon switching growth temperature to 37 degrees C, or by osmotic shock of the cells preincubated at 37 degrees C in the presence of 1 M sorbitol. It is suggested that our release system could be advantageous for obtaining large-scale protein preparations for downstream processing without any mechanical breakage of the cells, enzymatic treatment or chemical extraction.
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- P Alvarez
- Departamento de Microbiología II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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Cid VJ, Alvarez AM, Santos AI, Nombela C, Sanchez M. Yeast exo-beta-glucanases can be used as efficient and readily detectable reporter genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast 1994; 10:747-56. [PMID: 7975893 DOI: 10.1002/yea.320100606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Yeast exo-1,3-beta-glucanases are secretable proteins whose function is basically trophic and may also be involved in cell wall glucan hydrolytic processes. Since fluorescein di(beta-D-glucopyranoside) is a fluorogenic substrate detectable and quantifiable by flow cytometry, it was used for testing the ability of the EXG1 gene product of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and its homologous gene in Candida albicans to function as reporter genes. These open reading frames were coupled to different promoters in multicopy plasmids, and exoglucanase activity quantified at flow cytometry. Exoglucanases were found to be useful tools for the study of promoter regions in S. cerevisiae. This technique has the advantage over other reporter gene systems--such as beta-galactosidase fusions--that it does not require permeabilization of yeast cells and therefore it allows the recovery of viable cells--by sorting--after flow cytometry analysis.
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- V J Cid
- Departamento de Microbiología II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
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Cannon RD, Timberlake WE, Gow NA, Bailey D, Brown A, Gooday GW, Hube B, Monod M, Nombela C, Navarro F. Molecular biological and biochemical aspects of fungal dimorphism. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY MYCOLOGY : BI-MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR HUMAN AND ANIMAL MYCOLOGY 1994; 32 Suppl 1:53-64. [PMID: 7722802 DOI: 10.1080/02681219480000721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- R D Cannon
- Department of Oral Biology and Oral Pathology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Molero G, Yuste-Rojas M, Montesi A, Vázquez A, Nombela C, Sanchez M. A cdc-like autolytic Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant altered in budding site selection is complemented by SPO12, a sporulation gene. J Bacteriol 1993; 175:6562-70. [PMID: 8407833 PMCID: PMC206767 DOI: 10.1128/jb.175.20.6562-6570.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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LYT1 is an essential gene for the growth and morphogenesis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. A detailed characterization of mutants carrying the lyt1-1 allele showed that this mutation was recessive and pleiotropic, affecting both mitotic and meiotic functions. At the nonpermissive temperature of 37 degrees C, lyt1 haploid strains budded at a distal position (instead of an axial one, as in wild-type haploid strains) and underwent autolysis when the buds were almost the size of the mother cells. These mitotic alterations in cell stability and budding topology were dependent on growth and protein synthesis. Autolysis was prevented by inhibiting DNA synthesis (with hydroxyurea) or by blocking the assembly of microtubules (with benomyl), suggesting that loss of cell viability must occur at a fixed mitotic cycle stage after DNA synthesis and mitotic spindle assembly. On the other hand, lyt1-1/lyt1-1 diploids failed to sporulate at both 24 and 37 degrees C. Taking into account these characteristics, the lyt1 mutant could be considered a cdc-like mutant. By genetic transformation of an appropriate lyt1 strain with a genomic library, ligated to the multicopy vector YEp13, we isolated a gene capable of complementing mitotic alterations but not the meiotic defect. This was the sporulation-specific gene SPO12, which is expressed under the control of the locus MAT in meiosis and is also expressed in the mitotic cycle (V. Parkes and L. H. Johnston, Nucleic Acids Res. 20:5617-5623, 1992). A significant level of SPO12 mRNA can be detected when this gene is inserted in a multicopy plasmid.
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- G Molero
- Departmento de Microbiología II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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Martín H, Arroyo J, Sánchez M, Molina M, Nombela C. Activity of the yeast MAP kinase homologue Slt2 is critically required for cell integrity at 37 degrees C. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1993; 241:177-84. [PMID: 8232202 DOI: 10.1007/bf00280215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Deletion of the SLT2 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which codes for a homologue of MAP (mitogen-activated) protein kinases, causes an autolytic lethal phenotype in cells grown at 37 degrees C. The gene encodes domains characteristic of protein kinases, which include a lysine (at position 54) that lies 19 residues from a glycine-rich cluster, considered to be the putative ATP binding site. The ability of three mutant alleles of SLT2 generated by site-directed mutagenesis, namely E54 (glutamic acid), R54 (arginine) and F54 (phenylalanine), to complement slt2 mutants was tested. All three failed to complement the autolytic phenotype and were unable to restore growth and viability of cells. A strain obtained by transplacement of slt2-F54 also behaved as a thermosensitive autolytic mutant. By immunoprecipitation with polyclonal antibodies raised against Slt2 protein expressed in Escherichia coli, it was possible to confirm that alteration of the lysine-54 residue did not affect the stability of the protein, thus allowing us to conclude that activity of the Slt2 protein kinase is critically required for growth and morphogenesis of S. cerevisiae at 37 degrees C. A significant fraction of the mutant cell population lysed at 24 degrees C and the cells displayed a characteristic alteration of the surface consisting of a typical depression in an area of the cell wall. At 37 degrees C, the cell surface was clearly disorganized.
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- H Martín
- Departamento de Microbiología II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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Martegani E, Brambilla L, Porro D, Ranzi BM, Alberghina L. Alteration of cell population structure due to cell lysis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells overexpressing the GAL4 gene. Yeast 1993; 9:575-82. [PMID: 8346673 DOI: 10.1002/yea.320090603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Transformed Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells overexpressing the Escherichia coli LacZ gene and the transcriptional activator GAL4, release in the external medium a fraction (from 2 to 10%) of the total beta-galactosidase activity (Porro et al., 1992b). It is known that this abnormal release of a cytoplasmic protein is related to a partial cell lysis of the yeast population, which is likely to be caused by the overexpression of the transcriptional activator GAL4. In the present paper we have characterized the GAL4-induced cell lysis phenomenon. The expression of the GAL4 gene causes morphological modifications and alteration of the cell size distribution. The cell lysis is independent of the expression of the heterologous LacZ gene and occurs in a specific subpopulation of cells (the parent cells) independently of the genealogical age, growth phase conditions and cell cycle progression. Lysis is preceded by a loss of the plasma membrane integrity as indicated by the uptake of ethidium bromide in unfixed cells. Computer analysis of simulated protein distributions indicates that cell lysis takes place in a sizeable aliquot (about 50%) of the parent cells, therefore profoundly altering the age structure of the population.
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- E Martegani
- Dipartimento di Fisiologia e Biochimica Generali, Università di Milano, Italy
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Expression of mutations and protein release by yeast conditional autolytic mutants in batch and continuous cultures. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 1993. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00167142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Seven temperature-sensitive cell lysis (cly) mutant strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae were isolated which lyse at the restrictive temperature on hypotonic but not on osmotically supported medium. The seven mutants fell into four complementation groups, CLY12 to CLY15. The wild-type CLY15 gene was isolated by complementation of the cly15 temperature-sensitive growth defect. Sequence analysis revealed that the complementing DNA fragment encoded a partial PKC1 gene, which has previously been isolated as an S. cerevisiae homolog of mammalian protein kinase C genes (D. E. Levin, F. O. Fields, R. Kunisawa, J. M. Bishop, and J. Thorner, Cell 62:213-224, 1990). Subsequent genetic analysis showed that CLY15 and PKC1 represent identical loci in the yeast genome. A truncated PKC1 gene encoding only the predicted catalytic domain of Pkc1p was able to complement pkc1 mutant strains. Similar to what has been reported recently (D. E. Levin and E. Bartlett-Heubusch, J. Cell Biol. 116:1221-1229, 1992), we observed that cells deleted for the PKC1 gene are viable when grown on osmotically stabilized medium but are osmotically fragile and lyse rapidly after a shift to hypotonic medium. As shown by light and electron microscopic examinations, the delta pkc1 strain exhibits many cells with a strongly elongated bud or chains of incompletely budded cells when grown on solid medium.
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Paravicini G, Cooper M, Friedli L, Smith DJ, Carpentier JL, Klig LS, Payton MA. The osmotic integrity of the yeast cell requires a functional PKC1 gene product. Mol Cell Biol 1992; 12:4896-905. [PMID: 1406668 PMCID: PMC360422 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.12.11.4896-4905.1992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Seven temperature-sensitive cell lysis (cly) mutant strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae were isolated which lyse at the restrictive temperature on hypotonic but not on osmotically supported medium. The seven mutants fell into four complementation groups, CLY12 to CLY15. The wild-type CLY15 gene was isolated by complementation of the cly15 temperature-sensitive growth defect. Sequence analysis revealed that the complementing DNA fragment encoded a partial PKC1 gene, which has previously been isolated as an S. cerevisiae homolog of mammalian protein kinase C genes (D. E. Levin, F. O. Fields, R. Kunisawa, J. M. Bishop, and J. Thorner, Cell 62:213-224, 1990). Subsequent genetic analysis showed that CLY15 and PKC1 represent identical loci in the yeast genome. A truncated PKC1 gene encoding only the predicted catalytic domain of Pkc1p was able to complement pkc1 mutant strains. Similar to what has been reported recently (D. E. Levin and E. Bartlett-Heubusch, J. Cell Biol. 116:1221-1229, 1992), we observed that cells deleted for the PKC1 gene are viable when grown on osmotically stabilized medium but are osmotically fragile and lyse rapidly after a shift to hypotonic medium. As shown by light and electron microscopic examinations, the delta pkc1 strain exhibits many cells with a strongly elongated bud or chains of incompletely budded cells when grown on solid medium.
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- G Paravicini
- GLAXO Institute for Molecular Biology, Geneva, Switzerland
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