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Keerthiraju E, Du C, Tucker G, Greetham D. A Role for COX20 in Tolerance to Oxidative Stress and Programmed Cell Death in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Microorganisms 2019; 7:microorganisms7110575. [PMID: 31752220 PMCID: PMC6920987 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms7110575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2019] [Revised: 11/14/2019] [Accepted: 11/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Industrial production of bioethanol from lignocellulosic materials (LCM′s) is reliant on a microorganism being tolerant to the stresses inherent to fermentation. Previous work has highlighted the importance of a cytochrome oxidase chaperone gene (COX20) in improving yeast tolerance to acetic acid, a common inhibitory compound produced during pre-treatment of LCM’s. The presence of acetic acid has been shown to induce oxidative stress and programmed cell death, so the role of COX20 in oxidative stress was determined. Analysis using flow cytometry revealed that COX20 expression was associated with reduced levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in hydrogen peroxide and metal-induced stress, and there was a reduction in apoptotic and necrotic cells when compared with a strain without COX20. Results on the functionality of COX20 have revealed that overexpression of COX20 induced respiratory growth in Δimp1 and Δcox18, two genes whose presence is essential for yeast respiratory growth. COX20 also has a role in protecting the yeast cell against programmed cell death.
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- Ethiraju Keerthiraju
- School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK; (E.K.); (G.T.)
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- School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK;
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- School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK; (E.K.); (G.T.)
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- School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK; (E.K.); (G.T.)
- School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +44-1484-472378
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Çavuşoğlu BK, Yurttaş L, Cantürk Z. The synthesis, antifungal and apoptotic effects of triazole-oxadiazoles against Candida species. Eur J Med Chem 2017; 144:255-261. [PMID: 29274492 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.12.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2017] [Revised: 11/29/2017] [Accepted: 12/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In search of potent and safe antifungal agents, herein, we report the synthesis, characterization and biological activities of triazole-oxadiazole compounds. The structural verification of the molecules was carried out by 1H NMR, 13C NMR and mass spectral data. The in vitro antifungal and apoptotic activity were investigated against C. albicans, C. parapsilosis, C. krusei and C. glabrata. The compounds namely N-(4-nitrophenyl)-2-[(5-(2-((4-methyl-4H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)thio)ethyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl)thio]acetamide (4e) and N-(6-fluorobenzothiazol-2-yl)-2-[(5-(2-((4-methyl-4H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)thio)ethyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl)thio]acetamide (4i) were detected as the most potent compounds against C. albicans and C. glabrata (MIC90 = 62.5 μg/mL). According to studies on their mechanism of action, it was confirmed that compound 4i has apoptotic effect on four Candida via Annexin V-PI with flow cytometry. The MTT assay revealed that all compounds were determined to be non-toxic against healthy cells in the tested concentrations.
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- Betül Kaya Çavuşoğlu
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey
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Samanfar B, Shostak K, Moteshareie H, Hajikarimlou M, Shaikho S, Omidi K, Hooshyar M, Burnside D, Márquez IG, Kazmirchuk T, Naing T, Ludovico P, York-Lyon A, Szereszewski K, Leung C, Jin JY, Megarbane R, Smith ML, Babu M, Holcik M, Golshani A. The sensitivity of the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, to acetic acid is influenced by DOM34 and RPL36A. PeerJ 2017; 5:e4037. [PMID: 29158977 PMCID: PMC5691786 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2017] [Accepted: 10/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
The presence of acetic acid during industrial alcohol fermentation reduces the yield of fermentation by imposing additional stress on the yeast cells. The biology of cellular responses to stress has been a subject of vigorous investigations. Although much has been learned, details of some of these responses remain poorly understood. Members of heat shock chaperone HSP proteins have been linked to acetic acid and heat shock stress responses in yeast. Both acetic acid and heat shock have been identified to trigger different cellular responses including reduction of global protein synthesis and induction of programmed cell death. Yeast HSC82 and HSP82 code for two important heat shock proteins that together account for 1–2% of total cellular proteins. Both proteins have been linked to responses to acetic acid and heat shock. In contrast to the overall rate of protein synthesis which is reduced, the expression of HSC82 and HSP82 is induced in response to acetic acid stress. In the current study we identified two yeast genes DOM34 and RPL36A that are linked to acetic acid and heat shock sensitivity. We investigated the influence of these genes on the expression of HSP proteins. Our observations suggest that Dom34 and RPL36A influence translation in a CAP-independent manner.
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- Bahram Samanfar
- Department of Biology and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,Agriculture and Ari-Food Canada, Ottawa Research and Development Centre (ORDC), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,Agriculture and Ari-Food Canada, Ottawa Research and Development Centre (ORDC), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Department of Pediatrics , University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Center for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Department of Pediatrics , University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Portugal
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- Department of Biology and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Chemistry, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Research and Innovation Centre, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Department of Pediatrics , University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Health Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Petitjean M, Teste MA, Léger-Silvestre I, François JM, Parrou JL. RETRACTED:A new function for the yeast trehalose-6P synthase (Tps1) protein, as key pro-survival factor during growth, chronological ageing, and apoptotic stress. Mech Ageing Dev 2016; 161:234-246. [PMID: 27507670 DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2016.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2016] [Revised: 07/20/2016] [Accepted: 07/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/our-business/policies/article-withdrawal).
This article has been retracted at the request of Marie-Ange Teste, Isabelle Léger-Silvestre, Jean M François and Jean-Luc Parrou. Marjorie Petitjean could not be reached.
The corresponding author identified major issues and brought them to the attention of the Journal.
These issues span from significant errors in the Material and Methods section of the article and major flaws in cytometry data analysis to data fabrication on the part of one of the authors.
Given these errors, the retracting authors state that the only responsible course of action would be to retract the article, to respect scientific integrity and maintain the standards and rigor of literature from the retracting authors' group as well as the Journal.
The retracting authors sincerely apologize to the readers and editors.
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- LISBP, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INRA, INSA, Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire Eucaryote, CNRS, Université de Toulouse, 118 route de Narbonne, F-31000 Toulouse, France
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- LISBP, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INRA, INSA, Toulouse, France
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- LISBP, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INRA, INSA, Toulouse, France.
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Acosta-Zaldívar M, Andrés MT, Rego A, Pereira CS, Fierro JF, Côrte-Real M. Human lactoferrin triggers a mitochondrial- and caspase-dependent regulated cell death in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Apoptosis 2015; 21:163-73. [DOI: 10.1007/s10495-015-1199-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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A novel mechanism for the antibacterial effect of silver nanoparticles on Escherichia coli. Biometals 2014; 27:1191-201. [PMID: 25104311 DOI: 10.1007/s10534-014-9782-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2014] [Accepted: 07/28/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Silver nanoparticles are known to have antimicrobial properties and have been used extensively in medicine, although the mechanism(s) of action have not yet been clearly established. In the present study, the findings suggest a novel mechanism for the antibacterial effect of silver nanoparticles on Escherichia coli, namely, the induction of a bacterial apoptosis-like response. We propose a possible mechanism for the bacterial apoptosis-like response that includes the following: accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) (detected with H2DCFDA staining), increased intracellular calcium levels (detected with Fura-2 AM), phosphatidylserine exposure in the outer membrane (detected with Annexin V) which is the hallmarks of early apoptosis, disruption of the membrane potential [detected with DiBAC4(3)], activation of a bacterial caspase-like protein (detected by FITC-VAD-FMK staining) and DNA degradation (detected with TUNEL assay) which is the hallmarks of late apoptosis in bacterial cells treated with silver nanoparticles. We also performed RecA expression assay with western blotting and observed activation of SOS response to repair the damaged DNA. To summarize, silver nanoparticles are involved in the apoptosis-like response in E. coli and the novel mechanisms which were identified in this study, suggest that silver nanoparticles may be an effective antimicrobial agent with far lower propensity for inducing microbial resistance than antibiotics.
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Sukhanova EI, Rogov AG, Severin FF, Zvyagilskaya RA. Phenoptosis in yeasts. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2014; 77:761-75. [PMID: 22817540 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297912070097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The current view on phenoptosis and apoptosis as genetic programs aimed at eliminating potentially dangerous organisms and cells, respectively, is given. Special emphasis is placed on apoptosis (phenoptosis) in yeasts: intracellular defects and a plethora of external stimuli inducing apoptosis in yeasts; distinctive morphological and biochemical hallmarks accompanying apoptosis in yeasts; pro- and antiapoptotic factors involved in yeast apoptosis signaling; consecutive stages of apoptosis from external stimulus to the cell death; a prominent role of mitochondria and other organelles in yeast apoptosis; possible pathways for release of apoptotic factors from the intermembrane mitochondrial space into the cytosol are described. Using some concrete examples, the obvious physiological importance and expediency of altruistic death of yeast cells is shown. Poorly known aspects of yeast apoptosis and prospects for yeast apoptosis study are defined.
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- E I Sukhanova
- Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119071, Russia
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Johnson JG, Janech MG, Van Dolah FM. Caspase-like activity during aging and cell death in the toxic dinoflagellate Karenia brevis. HARMFUL ALGAE 2014; 31:41-53. [PMID: 28040110 DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2013.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2013] [Revised: 08/27/2013] [Accepted: 08/28/2013] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The observation of caspase-like activity during cell death has provided a new framework for understanding the evolutionary and ecological contexts of programmed cell death in phytoplankton. However, additional roles for this caspase-like activity, the enzymes responsible, and the targets of this enzyme activity in phytoplankton remain largely undefined. In the present study, the role of caspase-like activity in aging and ROS-mediated cell death were investigated and death programs both dependent on and independent of caspase-like activity were observed in the toxic dinoflagellate, Karenia brevis. The dual use of in situ caspase 3/7 and TUNEL staining identified previously undescribed death-associated morphotypes in K. brevis. In silico motif analysis identified several enzymes with predicted caspase-like activity in the K. brevis transcriptome, although bona fide caspases are absent. Lastly, computational prediction of downstream caspase substrates, using sequence context and predicted secondary structure, identified proteins involved in a wide range of biological processes including regulation of protein turnover, cell cycle progression, lipid metabolism, coenzyme metabolism, apoptotic and autophagic death. To confirm the computational predictions, a short peptide was designed around the predicated caspase cleavage site in a predicted novel K. brevis caspase 3/7-like target, S-adenosylmethionine synthetase (KbAdoMetS). Cleavage of the peptide substrate with recombinant caspase 3 enzyme was determined by MALDI-TOF MS, confirming that KbAdoMetS is indeed a bona fide caspase substrate. These data identify the involvement of caspase-like activity in both aging and cell death in K. brevis and identify novel executioner enzymes and downstream targets that may be important for bloom termination.
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- Jillian G Johnson
- NOAA Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research, Charleston, SC, USA; Marine Biomedicine and Environmental Sciences Program, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
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- Marine Biomedicine and Environmental Sciences Program, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA; Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
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- NOAA Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research, Charleston, SC, USA; Marine Biomedicine and Environmental Sciences Program, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
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Wanichthanarak K, Cvijovic M, Molt A, Petranovic D. yApoptosis: yeast apoptosis database. DATABASE-THE JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL DATABASES AND CURATION 2013; 2013:bat068. [PMID: 24082050 PMCID: PMC3786231 DOI: 10.1093/database/bat068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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In the past few years, programmed cell death (PCD) has become a popular research area due to its fundamental aspects and its links to human diseases. Yeast has been used as a model for studying PCD, since the discovery of morphological markers of apoptotic cell death in yeast in 1997. Increasing knowledge in identification of components and molecular pathways created a need for organization of information. To meet the demands from the research community, we have developed a curated yeast apoptosis database, yApoptosis. The database structurally collects an extensively curated set of apoptosis, PCD and related genes, their genomic information, supporting literature and relevant external links. A web interface including necessary functions is provided to access and download the data. In addition, we included several networks where the apoptosis genes or proteins are involved, and present them graphically and interactively to facilitate rapid visualization. We also promote continuous inputs and curation by experts. yApoptosis is a highly specific resource for sharing information online, which supports researches and studies in the field of yeast apoptosis and cell death. Database URL:http://www.ycelldeath.com/yapoptosis/
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- Kwanjeera Wanichthanarak
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 10, 41296, Gothenburg, Sweden, Department of Mathematics, Chalmers University of Technology, Chalmers tvärgata 3, 41296, Gothenburg, Sweden, Department of Mathematics, University of Gothenburg, Chalmers tvärgata 3, 41296, Gothenburg, Sweden and Fine Chemicals and Biocatalysis Research, BASF SE, GVF/D - A030, 67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany
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Zea mays leaf extracts protect Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell against oxidative stress-induced cell death. J Acute Med 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jacme.2013.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Silva A, Sampaio-Marques B, Fernandes Â, Carreto L, Rodrigues F, Holcik M, Santos MAS, Ludovico P. Involvement of yeast HSP90 isoforms in response to stress and cell death induced by acetic acid. PLoS One 2013; 8:e71294. [PMID: 23967187 PMCID: PMC3744546 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2013] [Accepted: 06/27/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Acetic acid-induced apoptosis in yeast is accompanied by an impairment of the general protein synthesis machinery, yet paradoxically also by the up-regulation of the two isoforms of the heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) chaperone family, Hsc82p and Hsp82p. Herein, we show that impairment of cap-dependent translation initiation induced by acetic acid is caused by the phosphorylation and inactivation of eIF2α by Gcn2p kinase. A microarray analysis of polysome-associated mRNAs engaged in translation in acetic acid challenged cells further revealed that HSP90 mRNAs are over-represented in this polysome fraction suggesting preferential translation of HSP90 upon acetic acid treatment. The relevance of HSP90 isoform translation during programmed cell death (PCD) was unveiled using genetic and pharmacological abrogation of HSP90, which suggests opposing roles for HSP90 isoforms in cell survival and death. Hsc82p appears to promote survival and its deletion leads to necrotic cell death, while Hsp82p is a pro-death molecule involved in acetic acid-induced apoptosis. Therefore, HSP90 isoforms have distinct roles in the control of cell fate during PCD and their selective translation regulates cellular response to acetic acid stress.
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- Alexandra Silva
- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute/3B’s - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute/3B’s - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute/3B’s - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
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- Department of Biology and Centre d’Enseignement de la Statistique Appliquée à la Médecine, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute/3B’s - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
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- Apoptosis Research Centre, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology and Centre d’Enseignement de la Statistique Appliquée à la Médecine, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute/3B’s - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
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Wloch-Salamon D, Bem A. Types of cell death and methods of their detection in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Appl Microbiol 2012; 114:287-98. [DOI: 10.1111/jam.12024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2012] [Revised: 09/13/2012] [Accepted: 09/19/2012] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- D.M. Wloch-Salamon
- Institute of Environmental Sciences; Jagiellonian University; Krakow Poland
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- Host-Microbe Interactomics; Wageningen University; Wageningen The Netherlands
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Munoz AJ, Wanichthanarak K, Meza E, Petranovic D. Systems biology of yeast cell death. FEMS Yeast Res 2012; 12:249-65. [PMID: 22188402 DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2011.00781.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2011] [Revised: 12/08/2011] [Accepted: 12/09/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Programmed cell death (PCD) (including apoptosis) is an essential process, and many human diseases of high prevalence such as neurodegenerative diseases and cancer are associated with deregulations in the cell death pathways. Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a unicellular eukaryotic organism, shares with multicellular organisms (including humans) key components and regulators of the PCD machinery. In this article, we review the current state of knowledge about cell death networks, including the modeling approaches and experimental strategies commonly used to study yeast cell death. We argue that the systems biology approach will bring valuable contributions to our understanding of regulations and mechanisms of the complex cell death pathways.
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- Ana Joyce Munoz
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
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Portt L, Norman G, Clapp C, Greenwood M, Greenwood MT. Anti-apoptosis and cell survival: a review. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2010; 1813:238-59. [PMID: 20969895 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2010.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 430] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2010] [Revised: 10/04/2010] [Accepted: 10/11/2010] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Type I programmed cell death (PCD) or apoptosis is critical for cellular self-destruction for a variety of processes such as development or the prevention of oncogenic transformation. Alternative forms, including type II (autophagy) and type III (necrotic) represent the other major types of PCD that also serve to trigger cell death. PCD must be tightly controlled since disregulated cell death is involved in the development of a large number of different pathologies. To counter the multitude of processes that are capable of triggering death, cells have devised a large number of cellular processes that serve to prevent inappropriate or premature PCD. These cell survival strategies involve a myriad of coordinated and systematic physiological and genetic changes that serve to ward off death. Here we will discuss the different strategies that are used to prevent cell death and focus on illustrating that although anti-apoptosis and cellular survival serve to counteract PCD, they are nevertheless mechanistically distinct from the processes that regulate cell death.
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- Liam Portt
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Royal Military College, Ontario, Canada
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Silva MT. Bacteria-induced phagocyte secondary necrosis as a pathogenicity mechanism. J Leukoc Biol 2010; 88:885-96. [PMID: 20566623 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0410205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Triggering of phagocyte apoptosis is a major virulence mechanism used by some successful bacterial pathogens. A central issue in the apoptotic death context is that fully developed apoptosis results in necrotic cell autolysis (secondary necrosis) with release of harmful cell components. In multicellular animals, this occurs when apoptosing cells are not removed by scavengers, mainly macrophages. Secondary necrotic lysis of neutrophils and macrophages may occur in infection when extensive phagocyte apoptosis is induced by bacterial cytotoxins and removal of apoptosing phagocytes is defective because the apoptotic process exceeds the available scavenging capacity or targets macrophages directly. Induction of phagocyte secondary necrosis is an important pathogenic mechanism, as it combines the pathogen evasion from phagocyte antimicrobial activities and the release of highly cytotoxic molecules, particularly of neutrophil origin, such as neutrophil elastase. This pathogenicity mechanism therefore promotes the unrestricted multiplication of the pathogen and contributes directly to the pathology of several necrotizing infections, where extensive apoptosis and necrosis of macrophages and neutrophils are present. Here, examples of necrotizing infectious diseases, where phagocyte secondary necrosis is implicated, are reviewed.
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- Manuel T Silva
- Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 823, Porto, Portugal.
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Signaling mechanisms of apoptosis-like programmed cell death in unicellular eukaryotes. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2010; 155:341-53. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2010.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2009] [Revised: 01/19/2010] [Accepted: 01/23/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Eisenberg T, Carmona-Gutierrez D, Büttner S, Tavernarakis N, Madeo F. Necrosis in yeast. Apoptosis 2010; 15:257-68. [DOI: 10.1007/s10495-009-0453-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Expressing and functional analysis of mammalian apoptotic regulators in yeast. Cell Death Differ 2009; 17:737-45. [DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2009.177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Hutchison E, Brown S, Tian C, Glass NL. Transcriptional profiling and functional analysis of heterokaryon incompatibility in Neurospora crassa reveals that reactive oxygen species, but not metacaspases, are associated with programmed cell death. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2009; 155:3957-3970. [PMID: 19696111 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.032284-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Heterokaryon incompatibility (HI) is a nonself recognition phenomenon occurring in filamentous fungi that is important for limiting resource plundering and restricting viral transfer between strains. Nonself recognition and HI occurs during hyphal fusion between strains that differ at het loci. If two strains undergo hyphal fusion, but differ in allelic specificity at a het locus, the fusion cell is compartmentalized and undergoes a rapid programmed cell death (PCD). Incompatible heterokaryons show a macroscopic phenotype of slow growth and diminished conidiation, and a microscopic phenotype of hyphal compartmentation and cell death. To understand processes associated with HI and PCD, we used whole-genome microarrays for Neurospora crassa to assess transcriptional differences associated with induction of HI mediated by differences in het-c pin-c haplotype. Our data show that HI is a dynamic and transcriptionally active process. The production of reactive oxygen species is implicated in the execution of HI and PCD in N. crassa, as are several genes involved in phosphatidylinositol and calcium signalling pathways. However, genes encoding mammalian homologues of caspases or apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF) are not required for HI or programmed cell death. These data indicate that PCD during HI occurs via a novel and possibly fungal-specific mechanism, making this pathway an attractive drug target for control of fungal infections.
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- Elizabeth Hutchison
- Plant and Microbial Biology Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3102, USA
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- Plant and Microbial Biology Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3102, USA
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- Plant and Microbial Biology Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3102, USA
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- Plant and Microbial Biology Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3102, USA
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Di Pietro C, Ragusa M, Barbagallo D, Duro LR, Guglielmino MR, Majorana A, Angelica R, Scalia M, Statello L, Salito L, Tomasello L, Pernagallo S, Valenti S, D'Agostino V, Triberio P, Tandurella I, Palumbo GA, La Cava P, Cafiso V, Bertuccio T, Santagati M, Li Destri G, Lanzafame S, Di Raimondo F, Stefani S, Mishra B, Purrello M. The apoptotic machinery as a biological complex system: analysis of its omics and evolution, identification of candidate genes for fourteen major types of cancer, and experimental validation in CML and neuroblastoma. BMC Med Genomics 2009; 2:20. [PMID: 19402918 PMCID: PMC2683874 DOI: 10.1186/1755-8794-2-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2008] [Accepted: 04/30/2009] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Apoptosis is a critical biological phenomenon, executed under the guidance of the Apoptotic Machinery (AM), which allows the physiologic elimination of terminally differentiated, senescent or diseased cells. Because of its relevance to BioMedicine, we have sought to obtain a detailed characterization of AM Omics in Homo sapiens, namely its Genomics and Evolution, Transcriptomics, Proteomics, Interactomics, Oncogenomics, and Pharmacogenomics. METHODS This project exploited the methodology commonly used in Computational Biology (i.e., mining of many omics databases of the web) as well as the High Throughput biomolecular analytical techniques. RESULTS In Homo sapiens AM is comprised of 342 protein-encoding genes (possessing either anti- or pro-apoptotic activity, or a regulatory function) and 110 MIR-encoding genes targeting them: some have a critical role within the system (core AM nodes), others perform tissue-, pathway-, or disease-specific functions (peripheral AM nodes). By overlapping the cancer type-specific AM mutation map in the fourteen most frequent cancers in western societies (breast, colon, kidney, leukaemia, liver, lung, neuroblastoma, ovary, pancreas, prostate, skin, stomach, thyroid, and uterus) to their transcriptome, proteome and interactome in the same tumour type, we have identified the most prominent AM molecular alterations within each class. The comparison of the fourteen mutated AM networks (both protein- as MIR-based) has allowed us to pinpoint the hubs with a general and critical role in tumour development and, conversely, in cell physiology: in particular, we found that some of these had already been used as targets for pharmacological anticancer therapy. For a better understanding of the relationship between AM molecular alterations and pharmacological induction of apoptosis in cancer, we examined the expression of AM genes in K562 and SH-SY5Y after anticancer treatment. CONCLUSION We believe that our data on the Apoptotic Machinery will lead to the identification of new cancer genes and to the discovery of new biomarkers, which could then be used to profile cancers for diagnostic purposes and to pinpoint new targets for pharmacological therapy. This approach could pave the way for future studies and applications in molecular and clinical Medicine with important perspectives both for Oncology as for Regenerative Medicine.
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- Cinzia Di Pietro
- Dipartimento di Scienze BioMediche, Sezione di Biologia Generale, Biologia Cellulare, Genetica Molecolare G Sichel, Unità di Biologia Genomica e dei Sistemi Complessi, Genetica, Bioinformatica, Università di Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.
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Almeida B, Ohlmeier S, Almeida AJ, Madeo F, Leão C, Rodrigues F, Ludovico P. Yeast protein expression profile during acetic acid-induced apoptosis indicates causal involvement of the TOR pathway. Proteomics 2009; 9:720-32. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200700816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Castro A, Lemos C, Falcão A, Glass NL, Videira A. Increased resistance of complex I mutants to phytosphingosine-induced programmed cell death. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:19314-21. [PMID: 18474589 PMCID: PMC2443650 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m802112200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2008] [Revised: 05/07/2008] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We have studied the effects of phytosphingosine (PHS) on cells of the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa. Highly reduced viability, impairment of asexual spore germination, DNA condensation and fragmentation, and production of reactive oxygen species were observed in conidia treated with the drug, suggesting that PHS induces an apoptosis-like death in this fungus. Interestingly, we found that complex I mutants are more resistant to PHS treatment than the wild type strain. This effect appears to be specific because it was not observed in mutants defective in other components of the mitochondrial respiratory chain, pointing to a particular involvement of complex I in cell death. The response of the mutant strains to PHS correlated with their response to hydrogen peroxide. The fact that complex I mutants generate fewer reactive oxygen species than the wild type strain when exposed to PHS likely explains the PHS-resistant phenotype. As compared with the wild type strain, we also found that a strain containing a deletion in the gene encoding an AIF (apoptosis-inducing factor)-like protein is more resistant to PHS and H2O2. In contrast, a strain containing a deletion in a gene encoding an AMID (AIF-homologous mitochondrion-associated inducer of death)-like polypeptide is more sensitive to both drugs. These results indicate that N. crassa has the potential to be a model organism to investigate the molecular basis of programmed cell death in eukaryotic species.
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- Ana Castro
- IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 823, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal
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The pleiotropic effects of heterologous Bax expression in yeast. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2008; 1783:1449-65. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2007.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2007] [Revised: 12/14/2007] [Accepted: 12/30/2007] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Winderickx J, Delay C, De Vos A, Klinger H, Pellens K, Vanhelmont T, Van Leuven F, Zabrocki P. Protein folding diseases and neurodegeneration: Lessons learned from yeast. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2008; 1783:1381-95. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2008.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2007] [Revised: 01/23/2008] [Accepted: 01/24/2008] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Braun RJ, Zischka H. Mechanisms of Cdc48/VCP-mediated cell death — from yeast apoptosis to human disease. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2008; 1783:1418-35. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2008.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2007] [Accepted: 01/16/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Hauptmann P, Lehle L. Kex1 protease is involved in yeast cell death induced by defective N-glycosylation, acetic acid, and chronological aging. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:19151-63. [PMID: 18474590 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m801303200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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N-glycosylation in the endoplasmic reticulum is an essential protein modification and highly conserved in evolution from yeast to humans. The key step of this pathway is the transfer of the lipid-linked core oligosaccharide to the nascent polypeptide chain, catalyzed by the oligosaccharyltransferase complex. Temperature-sensitive oligosaccharyltransferase mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae at the restrictive temperature, such as wbp1-1, as well as wild-type cells in the presence of the N-glycosylation inhibitor tunicamycin display typical apoptotic phenotypes like nuclear condensation, DNA fragmentation, phosphatidylserine translocation, caspase-like activity, and reactive oxygen species accumulation. Since deletion of the yeast metacaspase YCA1 did not abrogate this death pathway, we postulated a different proteolytic process to be responsible. Here, we show that Kex1 protease is involved in the programmed cell death caused by defective N-glycosylation. Its disruption decreases caspase-like activity, production of reactive oxygen species, and fragmentation of mitochondria and, conversely, improves growth and survival of cells. Moreover, we demonstrate that Kex1 contributes also to the active cell death program induced by acetic acid stress or during chronological aging, suggesting that Kex1 plays a more general role in cellular suicide of yeast.
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- Peter Hauptmann
- Lehrstuhl für Zellbiologie und Pflanzenphysiologie, Universität Regensburg, Universitätstrasse 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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Mroczek S, Kufel J. Apoptotic signals induce specific degradation of ribosomal RNA in yeast. Nucleic Acids Res 2008; 36:2874-88. [PMID: 18385160 PMCID: PMC2396418 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm1100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2007] [Revised: 11/26/2007] [Accepted: 11/26/2007] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Organisms exposed to reactive oxygen species, generated endogenously during respiration or by environmental conditions, undergo oxidative stress. Stress response can either repair the damage or activate one of the programmed cell death (PCD) mechanisms, for example apoptosis, and finally end in cell death. One striking characteristic, which accompanies apoptosis in both vertebrates and yeast, is a fragmentation of cellular DNA and mammalian apoptosis is often associated with degradation of different RNAs. We show that in yeast exposed to stimuli known to induce apoptosis, such as hydrogen peroxide, acetic acid, hyperosmotic stress and ageing, two large subunit ribosomal RNAs, 25S and 5.8S, became extensively degraded with accumulation of specific intermediates that differ slightly depending on cell death conditions. This process is most likely endonucleolytic, is correlated with stress response, and depends on the mitochondrial respiratory status: rRNA is less susceptible to degradation in respiring cells with functional defence against oxidative stress. In addition, RNA fragmentation is independent of two yeast apoptotic factors, metacaspase Yca1 and apoptosis-inducing factor Aif1, but it relies on the apoptotic chromatin condensation induced by histone H2B modifications. These data describe a novel phenotype for certain stress- and ageing-related PCD pathways in yeast.
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- Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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Miller-Fleming L, Giorgini F, Outeiro TF. Yeast as a model for studying human neurodegenerative disorders. Biotechnol J 2008; 3:325-38. [PMID: 18228539 DOI: 10.1002/biot.200700217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Protein misfolding and aggregation are central events in many disorders including several neurodegenerative diseases. This suggests that alterations in normal protein homeostasis may contribute to pathogenesis, but the exact molecular mechanisms involved are still poorly understood. The budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is one of the model systems of choice for studies in molecular medicine. Modeling human neurodegenerative diseases in this simple organism has already shown the incredible power of yeast to unravel the complex mechanisms and pathways underlying these pathologies. Indeed, this work has led to the identification of several potential therapeutic targets and drugs for many diseases, including the neurodegenerative diseases. Several features associated with these diseases, such as formation of protein aggregates, cellular toxicity mediated by misfolded proteins, oxidative stress and hallmarks of apoptosis have been faithfully recapitulated in yeast, enabling researchers to take advantage of this powerful model to rapidly perform genetic and compound screens with the aim of identifying novel candidate therapeutic targets and drugs. Here we review the work undertaken to model human brain disorders in yeast, and how these models provide insight into novel therapeutic approaches for these diseases.
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- Leonor Miller-Fleming
- Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Unit, Instituto de Fisiologia, Facultade [corrected] de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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Palermo V, Falcone C, Mazzoni C. Apoptosis and aging in mitochondrial morphology mutants of S. cerevisiae. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2008; 52:479-83. [PMID: 18298044 DOI: 10.1007/bf02932107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Cell viability during chronological aging and after apoptotic stimuli in some yeast mutants with altered mitochondrial morphology was followed; a function for the corresponding genes in the apoptotic process was assessed. MDM30 and DNM1, the genes encoding an F-box protein and the dynamin-related GTPase, respectively, are involved in triggering aging and apoptosis. In contrast, YME1, encoding a subunit of the mitochondrial inner membrane i-AAA proteinase complex, has a protective role in these processes. FIS1, the mitochondrial fission gene, might play a protective role after an apoptotic insult while it seems to promote cell death in aging cells.
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- V Palermo
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Pasteur Institute-Cenci Bolognetti Foundation, University of Rome La Sapienza, 5 00185 Rome, Italy
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Secondary necrosis in multicellular animals: an outcome of apoptosis with pathogenic implications. Apoptosis 2008; 13:463-82. [PMID: 18322800 PMCID: PMC7102248 DOI: 10.1007/s10495-008-0187-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2008] [Accepted: 02/14/2008] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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In metazoans apoptosis is a major physiological process of cell elimination during development and in tissue homeostasis and can be involved in pathological situations. In vitro, apoptosis proceeds through an execution phase during which cell dismantling is initiated, with or without fragmentation into apoptotic bodies, but with maintenance of a near-to-intact cytoplasmic membrane, followed by a transition to a necrotic cell elimination traditionally called “secondary necrosis”. Secondary necrosis involves activation of self-hydrolytic enzymes, and swelling of the cell or of the apoptotic bodies, generalized and irreparable damage to the cytoplasmic membrane, and culminates with cell disruption. In vivo, under normal conditions, the elimination of apoptosing cells or apoptotic bodies is by removal through engulfment by scavengers prompted by the exposure of engulfment signals during the execution phase of apoptosis; if this removal fails progression to secondary necrosis ensues as in the in vitro situation. In vivo secondary necrosis occurs when massive apoptosis overwhelms the available scavenging capacity, or when the scavenger mechanism is directly impaired, and may result in leakage of the cell contents with induction of tissue injury and inflammatory and autoimmune responses. Several disorders where secondary necrosis has been implicated as a pathogenic mechanism will be reviewed.
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Low CP, Yang H. Programmed cell death in fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2008; 1783:1335-49. [PMID: 18328827 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2008.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2007] [Revised: 01/25/2008] [Accepted: 02/04/2008] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Yeasts have proven to be invaluable, genetically tractable systems to study various fundamental biological processes including programmed cell death. Recent advances in the elucidation of the molecular pathways underlying apoptotic cell death in yeasts have revealed remarkable similarities to mammalian apoptosis at cellular, organelle and macromolecular levels, thus making a strong case for the relevance of yeast models of regulated cell death. Programmed cell death has been reported in fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, primarily in the contexts of perturbed intracellular lipid metabolism, defective DNA replication, improper mitotic entry, chronological and replicative aging. Here we review the current understanding of the programmed cell death in fission yeast, paying particular attention to lipid-induced cell death. We discuss our recent findings that fission yeast exhibits plasticity of apoptotic and non-apoptotic modes of cell death in response to different lipid stimuli and growth conditions, and that mitochondria, reactive oxygen species and novel cell death mediators including metacaspase Pca1, SpRad9 and Pck1 are involved in the lipotoxic cell death. We also present perspectives on how various aspects of the cell and molecular biology of this organism can be explored to shed light on the governing principles underlying lipid-mediated signaling and cell demise.
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- Choon Pei Low
- Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore
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Almeida B, Silva A, Mesquita A, Sampaio-Marques B, Rodrigues F, Ludovico P. Drug-induced apoptosis in yeast. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2008; 1783:1436-48. [PMID: 18252203 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2008.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2007] [Revised: 12/21/2007] [Accepted: 01/07/2008] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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In order to alter the impact of diseases on human society, drug development has been one of the most invested research fields. Nowadays, cancer and infectious diseases are leading targets for the design of effective drugs, in which the primary mechanism of action relies on the modulation of programmed cell death (PCD). Due to the high degree of conservation of basic cellular processes between yeast and higher eukaryotes, and to the existence of an ancestral PCD machinery in yeast, yeasts are an attractive tool for the study of affected pathways that give insights into the mode of action of both antitumour and antifungal drugs. Therefore, we covered some of the leading reports on drug-induced apoptosis in yeast, revealing that in common with mammalian cells, antitumour drugs induce apoptosis through reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and altered mitochondrial functions. The evidence presented suggests that yeasts may be a powerful model for the screening/development of PCD-directed drugs, overcoming the problem of cellular specificity in the design of antitumour drugs, but also enabling the design of efficient antifungal drugs, targeted to fungal-specific apoptotic regulators that do not have major consequences for human cells.
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- B Almeida
- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal
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Pereira C, Camougrand N, Manon S, Sousa MJ, Côrte-Real M. ADP/ATP carrier is required for mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization and cytochrome c release in yeast apoptosis. Mol Microbiol 2007; 66:571-82. [PMID: 17822411 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05926.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Adenine nucleotide translocator (ANT) is a mitochondrial inner membrane protein involved in the ADP/ATP exchange and is a component of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore (PTP). In mammalian apoptosis, the PTP can mediate mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization (MOMP), which is suspected to be responsible for the release of apoptogenic factors, including cytochrome c. Although release of cytochrome c in yeast apoptosis has previously been reported, it is not known how it occurs. Herein we used yeast genetics to investigate whether depletion of proteins putatively involved in MOMP and cytochrome c release affects these processes in yeast. While deletion of POR1 (yeast voltage-dependent anion channel) enhances apoptosis triggered by acetic acid, H(2)O(2) and diamide, CPR3 (mitochondrial cyclophilin) deletion had no effect. Absence of ADP/ATP carrier (AAC) proteins, yeast orthologues of ANT, protects cells exposed to acetic acid and diamide but not to H(2)O(2). Expression of a mutated form of Aac2p (op1) exhibiting very low ADP/ATP translocase activity indicates that AAC's pro-death role does not require translocase activity. Absence of AAC proteins impairs MOMP and release of cytochrome c, which, together with other mitochondrial inner membrane proteins, is degraded. Our findings point to a crucial role of AAC in yeast apoptosis.
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- Clara Pereira
- Departamento de Biologia-Centro de Biologia, Universidade do Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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Khoury CM, Yang Z, Ismail S, Greenwood MT. Characterization of a novel alternatively spliced human transcript encoding an N-terminally truncated Vps24 protein that suppresses the effects of Bax in an ESCRT independent manner in yeast. Gene 2007; 391:233-41. [PMID: 17331679 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2006.12.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2006] [Revised: 12/19/2006] [Accepted: 12/20/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Elucidating novel anti-apoptotic regulatory pathways is central to further understanding the molecular basis of several pathologies, including cancer. We have previously reported the identification of several mammalian cDNAs effective in preventing the lethal effects of heterologous expression of a pro-apoptotic BAX cDNA in yeast [Yang, Z., Khoury, C., Jean-Baptiste, G., Greenwood, M.T., 2006. Identification of mouse sphingomyelin synthase 1 (SMS1) as a suppressor of Bax mediated cell death in yeast. FEMS Yeast Res. 6, 751-762]. Here we report that one of the Bax suppressors encodes a novel 156 amino acid variant of the human Vps24 protein, Vps24beta, that lacks the N-terminal lipid binding domain of the well characterized 222 residue Vps24 (Vps24alpha). We demonstrate that the VPS24beta cDNA represents an expressed transcript that is likely produced by alternative splicing of the human VPS24 gene. Vps24alpha, but not Vps24beta, prevented the temperature and salt sensitive growth defects observed in a yeast mutant lacking a functional VPS24 gene. In contrast, Vps24beta, but not Vps24alpha, suppressed the inhibitory effects of Bax on yeast growth. Vps24beta protein also suppressed the effects of Bax in mutants lacking other VPS genes suggesting that a functional ESCRT pathway, of which the yeast Vps24p is an essential component, is not required for Vps24beta function. Taken together, we demonstrate that the human VPS24 gene gives rise to two functionally distinct proteins, one of which is involved in the ESCRT pathway and another novel protein that serves an anti-apoptotic role.
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- Chamel M Khoury
- Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2B2
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Sanjuán Szklarz LK, Kozjak-Pavlovic V, Vögtle FN, Chacinska A, Milenkovic D, Vogel S, Dürr M, Westermann B, Guiard B, Martinou JC, Borner C, Pfanner N, Meisinger C. Preprotein Transport Machineries of Yeast Mitochondrial Outer Membrane Are not Required for Bax-induced Release of Intermembrane Space Proteins. J Mol Biol 2007; 368:44-54. [PMID: 17335847 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2006] [Revised: 12/22/2006] [Accepted: 01/04/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The mitochondrial outer membrane contains protein import machineries, the translocase of the outer membrane (TOM) and the sorting and assembly machinery (SAM). It has been speculated that TOM or SAM are required for Bax-induced release of intermembrane space (IMS) proteins; however, experimental evidence has been scarce. We used isolated yeast mitochondria as a model system and report that Bax promoted an efficient release of soluble IMS proteins while preproteins were still imported, excluding an unspecific damage of mitochondria. Removal of import receptors by protease treatment did not inhibit the release of IMS proteins by Bax. Yeast mutants of each Tom receptor and the Tom40 channel were not impaired in Bax-induced protein release. We analyzed a large collection of mutants of mitochondrial outer membrane proteins, including SAM, fusion and fission components, but none of these components was required for Bax-induced protein release. The released proteins included complexes up to a size of 230 kDa. We conclude that Bax promotes efficient release of IMS proteins through the outer membrane of yeast mitochondria while the inner membrane remains intact. Inactivation of the known protein import and sorting machineries of the outer membrane does not impair the function of Bax at the mitochondria.
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- Luiza K Sanjuán Szklarz
- Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, Zentrum für Biochemie und Molekulare Zellforschung, Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Strasse 7, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Kissová I, Plamondon LT, Brisson L, Priault M, Renouf V, Schaeffer J, Camougrand N, Manon S. Evaluation of the Roles of Apoptosis, Autophagy, and Mitophagy in the Loss of Plating Efficiency Induced by Bax Expression in Yeast. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:36187-97. [PMID: 16990272 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m607444200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We found recently that, in yeast cells, the heterologous expression of Bax induces a loss of plating efficiency different from that induced by acute stress because it is associated with the maintenance of plasma membrane integrity (Camougrand, N., Grelaud-Coq, A., Marza, E., Priault, M., Bessoule, J. J., and Manon, S. (2003) Mol. Microbiol. 47, 495-506). Bax effects were neither dependent on the presence of the yeast metacaspase Yca1p and the apoptosis-inducing factor homolog nor associated with the appearance of typical apoptotic markers such as metacaspase activation, annexin V binding, and DNA cleavage. Yeast cells expressing Bax instead displayed autophagic features, including increased accumulation of Atg8p, activation of vacuolar alkaline phosphatase, and the presence of autophagosomes and autophagic bodies. However, the inactivation of autophagy did not prevent and actually slightly accelerated Bax-induced loss of plating efficiency. On the other hand, Bax expression induced a fragmentation of the mitochondrial network, which retained, however, some level of organization in wild-type cells. However, when expressed in cells inactivated for the gene UTH1, previously shown to be involved in mitophagy, Bax induced a complete disorganization of the mitochondrial network. Interestingly, although mitochondrially targeted green fluorescent protein was slowly degraded in the wild-type strain, it remained unaffected in the mutant. Furthermore, the slow loss of plating efficiency in the mutant strain correlated with a loss of plasma membrane integrity. These data suggest that Bax-induced loss of growth capacity is associated with maintenance of plasma membrane integrity dependent on UTH1, suggesting that selective degradation of altered mitochondria is required for a regulated loss of growth capacity.
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- Ingrid Kissová
- UMR5095 CNRS/Université de Bordeaux 2, 1 Rue Camille Saint-Saëns, 33077 Bordeaux Cedex, France
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Glass NL, Dementhon K. Non-self recognition and programmed cell death in filamentous fungi. Curr Opin Microbiol 2006; 9:553-8. [PMID: 17035076 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2006.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2006] [Accepted: 09/27/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Non-self recognition resulting in programmed cell death is a ubiquitous phenomenon in filamentous ascomycete fungi and is termed heterokaryon incompatibility (HI). Recent analyses show that genes containing predicted HET domains are often involved in HI; however, the function of the HET domain is unknown. Autophagy is induced as a consequence of HI, whereas the presence of a predicted transcription factor, VIB-1, is required for HI. Morphological features associated with apoptosis in filamentous fungi are induced by various stresses and drugs, and also during HI. Future analyses will reveal whether common or different genetic mechanisms trigger death by non-self recognition and death by various environmental onslaughts.
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- N Louise Glass
- The Plant and Microbial Biology Department, The University of California Berkeley, CA 94720-3102, USA.
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Choi SY, Gonzalvez F, Jenkins GM, Slomianny C, Chretien D, Arnoult D, Petit PX, Frohman MA. Cardiolipin deficiency releases cytochrome c from the inner mitochondrial membrane and accelerates stimuli-elicited apoptosis. Cell Death Differ 2006; 14:597-606. [PMID: 16888643 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4402020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Cardiolipin (CL) is a mitochondria-specific phospholipid synthesized by CL synthase (CLS). We describe here a human gene for CLS and its analysis via RNAi knockdown on apoptotic progression. Although mitochondrial membrane potential is unchanged in cells containing only 25% of the normal amount of CL, free cytochrome c (cyt. c) is detected in the intermembrane space and the mitochondria exhibit signs of reorganized cristae. However, the release of cyt. c from the mitochondria still requires apoptotic stimulation. Increased sensitivity to apoptotic signals and accelerated rates of apoptosis are observed in CL-deficient cells, followed by elevated levels of secondary necrosis. Apoptosis is thought to progress via binding of truncated Bid (tBid) to mitochondrial CL, followed by CL oxidation which results in cyt. c release. The exaggerated and accelerated apoptosis observed in CL-deficient cells is matched by an accelerated reduction in membrane potential and increased cyt. c release, but not by decreased tBid binding. This study suggests that the CL/cyt. c relationship is important in apoptotic progression and that regulating CL oxidation or/and deacylation could represent a possible therapeutic target.
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- S-Y Choi
- Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Center for Developmental Genetics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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Braun RJ, Zischka H, Madeo F, Eisenberg T, Wissing S, Büttner S, Engelhardt SM, Büringer D, Ueffing M. Crucial mitochondrial impairment upon CDC48 mutation in apoptotic yeast. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:25757-67. [PMID: 16822868 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m513699200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Mutation in CDC48 (cdc48(S565G)), a gene essential in the endo-plasmic reticulum (ER)-associated protein degradation (ERAD) pathway, led to the discovery of apoptosis as a mechanism of cell death in the unicellular organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Elucidating Cdc48p-mediated apoptosis in yeast is of particular interest, because Cdc48p is the highly conserved yeast orthologue of human valosin-containing protein (VCP), a pathological effector for polyglutamine disorders and myopathies. Here we show distinct proteomic alterations in mitochondria in the cdc48(S565G) yeast strain. These observed molecular alterations can be related to functional impairment of these organelles as suggested by respiratory deficiency of cdc48(S565G) cells. Mitochondrial dysfunction in the cdc48(S565G) strain is accompanied by structural damage of mitochondria indicated by the accumulation of cytochrome c in the cytosol and mitochondrial enlargement. We demonstrate accumulation of reactive oxygen species produced predominantly by the cytochrome bc1 complex of the mitochondrial respiratory chain as suggested by the use of inhibitors of this complex. Concomitantly, emergence of caspase-like enzymatic activity occurs suggesting a role for caspases in the cell death process. These data strongly point for the first time to a mitochondrial involvement in Cdc48p/VCP-dependent apoptosis.
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- Ralf J Braun
- GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Human Genetics, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, Munich-Neuherberg D-85764, Germany
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Sokolov S, Pozniakovsky A, Bocharova N, Knorre D, Severin F. Expression of an expanded polyglutamine domain in yeast causes death with apoptotic markers. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2006; 1757:660-6. [PMID: 16784720 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2006.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2006] [Revised: 04/26/2006] [Accepted: 05/04/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Huntington's disease is caused by specific mutations in huntingtin protein. Expansion of a polyglutamine (polyQ) repeat of huntingtin leads to protein aggregation in neurons followed by cell death with apoptotic markers. The connection between the aggregation and the degeneration of neurons is poorly understood. Here, we show that the physiological consequences of expanded polyQ domain expression in yeast are similar to those in neurons. In particular, expression of expanded polyQ in yeast causes apoptotic changes in mitochondria, caspase activation, nuclear DNA fragmentation and death. Similar to neurons, at the late stages of expression the expanded polyQ accumulates in the nuclei and seems to affect the cell cycle of yeast. Interestingly, nuclear localization of the aggregates is dependent on functional caspase Yca1. We speculate that the aggregates in the nuclei disturb the cell cycle and thus contribute to the development of the cell death process in both systems. Our data show that expression of the polyQ construct in yeast can be used to model patho-physiological effects of polyQ expansion in neurons.
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- Sviatoslav Sokolov
- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia
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Outeiro TF, Giorgini F. Yeast as a drug discovery platform in Huntington's and Parkinson's diseases. Biotechnol J 2006; 1:258-69. [PMID: 16897706 DOI: 10.1002/biot.200500043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The high degree of conservation of cellular and molecular processes between the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and higher eukaryotes have made it a valuable system for numerous studies of the basic mechanisms behind devastating illnesses such as cancer, infectious disease, and neurodegenerative disorders. Several studies in yeast have already contributed to our basic understanding of cellular dysfunction in both Huntington's and Parkinson's disease. Functional genomics approaches currently being undertaken in yeast may lead to novel insights into the genes and pathways that modulate neuronal cell dysfunction and death in these diseases. In addition, the budding yeast constitutes a valuable system for identification of new drug targets, both via target-based and non-target-based drug screening. Importantly, yeast can be used as a cellular platform to analyze the cellular effects of candidate compounds, which is critical for the development of effective therapeutics. While the molecular mechanisms that underlie neurodegeneration will ultimately have to be tested in neuronal and animal models, there are several distinct advantages to using simple model organisms to elucidate fundamental aspects of protein aggregation, amyloid toxicity, and cellular dysfunction. Here, we review recent studies that have shown that amyloid formation by disease-causing proteins and many of the resulting cellular deficits can be faithfully recapitulated in yeast. In addition, we discuss new yeast-based techniques for screening candidate therapeutic compounds for Huntington's and Parkinson's diseases.
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Robson GD. Programmed cell death in the aspergilli and other filamentous fungi. Med Mycol 2006; 44:S109-S114. [DOI: 10.1080/13693780600835765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Current awareness on yeast. Yeast 2005; 22:1249-56. [PMID: 16320446 DOI: 10.1002/yea.1170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Silva RD, Sotoca R, Johansson B, Ludovico P, Sansonetty F, Silva MT, Peinado JM, Côrte-Real M. Hyperosmotic stress induces metacaspase- and mitochondria-dependent apoptosis inSaccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Microbiol 2005; 58:824-34. [PMID: 16238630 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04868.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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During the last years, several reports described an apoptosis-like programmed cell death process in yeast in response to different environmental aggressions. Here, evidence is presented that hyperosmotic stress caused by high glucose or sorbitol concentrations in culture medium induces in Saccharomyces cerevisiae a cell death process accompanied by morphological and biochemical indicators of apoptotic programmed cell death, namely chromatin condensation along the nuclear envelope, mitochondrial swelling and reduction of cristae number, production of reactive oxygen species and DNA strand breaks, with maintenance of plasma membrane integrity. Disruption of AIF1 had no effect on cell survival, but lack of Yca1p drastically reduced metacaspase activation and decreased cell death indicating that this death process was associated to activation of this protease. Supporting the involvement of mitochondria and cytochrome c in caspase activation, the mutant strains cyc1Deltacyc7Delta and cyc3Delta, both lacking mature cytochrome c, displayed a decrease in caspase activation associated to increased cell survival when exposed to hyperosmotic stress. These findings indicate that hyperosmotic stress triggers S. cerevisiae into an apoptosis-like programmed cell death that is mediated by a caspase-dependent mitochondrial pathway partially dependent on cytochrome c.
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- Rui D Silva
- Departamento de Biologia-Centro de Biologia Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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