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Chen A, Gibney PA. Disruption of GRR1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae rescues tps1Δ growth on fermentable carbon sources. MICROPUBLICATION BIOLOGY 2023; 2023:10.17912/micropub.biology.000927. [PMID: 37602281 PMCID: PMC10436075 DOI: 10.17912/micropub.biology.000927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2023] [Revised: 07/31/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 08/22/2023]
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In Saccharomyces cerevisiae , trehalose-6-phosphate synthase (Tps1) catalyzes the formation of trehalose-6-phophate in trehalose synthesis. Deletion of the TPS1 gene is associated with phenotypes including inability to grow on fermentable carbon sources, survive at elevated temperatures, or sporulate. To further understand these pleiotropic phenotypes, we conducted a genetic suppressor screen and identified a novel suppressor, grr1 Δ, able to restore tps1 Δ growth on rapidly fermentable sugars. However, disruption of GRR1 did not rescue tps1 Δ thermosensitivity. These results support the model that trehalose metabolism has important roles in regulating glucose sensing and signaling in addition to regulating stress resistance.
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- Anqi Chen
- Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States
- Science Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States
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Bonomelli B, Busti S, Martegani E, Colombo S. Active Ras2 in mitochondria promotes regulated cell death in a cAMP/PKA pathway-dependent manner in budding yeast. FEBS Lett 2023; 597:298-308. [PMID: 36527174 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Revised: 11/29/2022] [Accepted: 12/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Previously, we showed that an aberrant accumulation of activated Ras in mitochondria correlates with an increase in apoptosis. In this article, we show that lack of trehalose-6P-synthase, known to trigger apoptosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, induces localization of active Ras proteins in mitochondria, confirming the above-mentioned correlation. Next, by characterizing the ras1Δ and ras2Δ mutants, we show that active Ras2 proteins, which accumulate in the mitochondria following addition of acetic acid (a pro-apoptotic stimulus), are likely the GTPases involved in regulated cell death, while active Ras1 proteins, constitutively localized in mitochondria, might be involved in a pro-survival molecular machinery. Finally, by characterizing the gpa2Δ and cyr1Δ mutants, in which the cAMP/PKA pathway is compromised, we show that active mitochondrial Ras proteins promote apoptosis through the cAMP/PKA pathway.
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- Barbara Bonomelli
- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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Chen A, Smith JR, Tapia H, Gibney PA. Characterizing phenotypic diversity of trehalose biosynthesis mutants in multiple wild strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2022; 12:jkac196. [PMID: 35929793 PMCID: PMC9635654 DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkac196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2022] [Accepted: 07/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, trehalose-6-phospahte synthase (Tps1) and trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase (Tps2) are the main proteins catalyzing intracellular trehalose production. In addition to Tps1 and Tps2, 2 putative regulatory proteins with less clearly defined roles also appear to be involved with trehalose production, Tps3 and Tsl1. While this pathway has been extensively studied in laboratory strains of S. cerevisiae, we sought to examine the phenotypic consequences of disrupting these genes in wild strains. Here we deleted the TPS1, TPS2, TPS3, and TSL1 genes in 4 wild strains and 1 laboratory strain for comparison. Although some tested phenotypes were not shared between all strains, deletion of TPS1 abolished intracellular trehalose, caused inability to grow on fermentable carbon sources and resulted in severe sporulation deficiency for all 5 strains. After examining tps1 mutant strains expressing catalytically inactive variants of Tps1, our results indicate that Tps1, independent of trehalose production, is a key component for yeast survival in response to heat stress, for regulating sporulation, and growth on fermentable sugars. All tps2Δ mutants exhibited growth impairment on nonfermentable carbon sources, whereas variations were observed in trehalose synthesis, thermosensitivity and sporulation efficiency. tps3Δ and tsl1Δ mutants exhibited mild or no phenotypic disparity from their isogenic wild type although double mutants tps3Δ tsl1Δ decreased the amount of intracellular trehalose production in all 5 strains by 17-45%. Altogether, we evaluated, confirmed, and expanded the phenotypic characteristics associated trehalose biosynthesis mutants. We also identified natural phenotypic variants in multiple strains that could be used to genetically dissect the basis of these traits and then develop mechanistic models connecting trehalose metabolism to diverse cellular processes.
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- Anqi Chen
- Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Biology Program, California State University—Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA 93012, USA
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- Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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The pentose phosphate pathway in industrially relevant fungi: crucial insights for bioprocessing. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2021; 105:4017-4031. [PMID: 33950280 PMCID: PMC8140973 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-021-11314-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2021] [Revised: 03/04/2021] [Accepted: 04/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Abstract The pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) is one of the most targeted pathways in metabolic engineering. This pathway is the primary source of NADPH, and it contributes in fungi to the production of many compounds of interest such as polyols, biofuels, carotenoids, or antibiotics. However, the regulatory mechanisms of the PPP are still not fully known. This review provides an insight into the current comprehension of the PPP in fungi and the limitations of this current understanding. It highlights how this knowledge contributes to targeted engineering of the PPP and thus to better performance of industrially used fungal strains. Key points • Type of carbon and nitrogen source as well as oxidative stress influence the PPP. • A complex network of transcription factors regulates the PPP. • Improved understanding of the PPP will allow to increase yields of bioprocesses.
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Janulevicius A, van Doorn GS. Selection for rapid uptake of scarce or fluctuating resource explains vulnerability of glycolysis to imbalance. PLoS Comput Biol 2021; 17:e1008547. [PMID: 33465070 PMCID: PMC7815144 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2020] [Accepted: 11/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Glycolysis is a conserved central pathway in energy metabolism that converts glucose to pyruvate with net production of two ATP molecules. Because ATP is produced only in the lower part of glycolysis (LG), preceded by an initial investment of ATP in the upper glycolysis (UG), achieving robust start-up of the pathway upon activation presents a challenge: a sudden increase in glucose concentration can throw a cell into a self-sustaining imbalanced state in which UG outpaces LG, glycolytic intermediates accumulate and the cell is unable to maintain high ATP concentration needed to support cellular functions. Such metabolic imbalance can result in "substrate-accelerated death", a phenomenon observed in prokaryotes and eukaryotes when cells are exposed to an excess of substrate that previously limited growth. Here, we address why evolution has apparently not eliminated such a costly vulnerability and propose that it is a manifestation of an evolutionary trade-off, whereby the glycolysis pathway is adapted to quickly secure scarce or fluctuating resource at the expense of vulnerability in an environment with ample resource. To corroborate this idea, we perform individual-based eco-evolutionary simulations of a simplified yeast glycolysis pathway consisting of UG, LG, phosphate transport between a vacuole and a cytosol, and a general ATP demand reaction. The pathway is evolved in constant or fluctuating resource environments by allowing mutations that affect the (maximum) reaction rate constants, reflecting changing expression levels of different glycolytic enzymes. We demonstrate that under limited constant resource, populations evolve to a genotype that exhibits balanced dynamics in the environment it evolved in, but strongly imbalanced dynamics under ample resource conditions. Furthermore, when resource availability is fluctuating, imbalanced dynamics confers a fitness advantage over balanced dynamics: when glucose is abundant, imbalanced pathways can quickly accumulate the glycolytic intermediate FBP as intracellular storage that is used during periods of starvation to maintain high ATP concentration needed for growth. Our model further predicts that in fluctuating environments, competition for glucose can result in stable coexistence of balanced and imbalanced cells, as well as repeated cycles of population crashes and recoveries that depend on such polymorphism. Overall, we demonstrate the importance of ecological and evolutionary arguments for understanding seemingly maladaptive aspects of cellular metabolism.
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- Albertas Janulevicius
- Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
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Aberrant Intracellular pH Regulation Limiting Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Activity in the Glucose-Sensitive Yeast tps1Δ Mutant. mBio 2020; 11:mBio.02199-20. [PMID: 33109759 PMCID: PMC7593968 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02199-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Glucose catabolism is the backbone of metabolism in most organisms. In spite of numerous studies and extensive knowledge, major controls on glycolysis and its connections to the other metabolic pathways remain to be discovered. A striking example is provided by the extreme glucose sensitivity of the yeast tps1Δ mutant, which undergoes apoptosis in the presence of just a few millimolar glucose. Previous work has shown that the conspicuous glucose-induced hyperaccumulation of the glycolytic metabolite fructose-1,6-bisphosphate (Fru1,6bisP) in tps1Δ cells triggers apoptosis through activation of the Ras-cAMP-protein kinase A (PKA) signaling pathway. However, the molecular cause of this Fru1,6bisP hyperaccumulation has remained unclear. We now provide evidence that the persistent drop in intracellular pH upon glucose addition to tps1Δ cells likely compromises the activity of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), a major glycolytic enzyme downstream of Fru1,6bisP, due to its unusually high pH optimum. Our work highlights the potential importance of intracellular pH fluctuations for control of major metabolic pathways. Whereas the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae shows great preference for glucose as a carbon source, a deletion mutant in trehalose-6-phosphate synthase, tps1Δ, is highly sensitive to even a few millimolar glucose, which triggers apoptosis and cell death. Glucose addition to tps1Δ cells causes deregulation of glycolysis with hyperaccumulation of metabolites upstream and depletion downstream of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH). The apparent metabolic barrier at the level of GAPDH has been difficult to explain. We show that GAPDH isozyme deletion, especially Tdh3, further aggravates glucose sensitivity and metabolic deregulation of tps1Δ cells, but overexpression does not rescue glucose sensitivity. GAPDH has an unusually high pH optimum of 8.0 to 8.5, which is not altered by tps1Δ. Whereas glucose causes short, transient intracellular acidification in wild-type cells, in tps1Δ cells, it causes permanent intracellular acidification. The hxk2Δ and snf1Δ suppressors of tps1Δ restore the transient acidification. These results suggest that GAPDH activity in the tps1Δ mutant may be compromised by the persistently low intracellular pH. Addition of NH4Cl together with glucose at high extracellular pH to tps1Δ cells abolishes the pH drop and reduces glucose-6-phosphate (Glu6P) and fructose-1,6-bisphosphate (Fru1,6bisP) hyperaccumulation. It also reduces the glucose uptake rate, but a similar reduction in glucose uptake rate in a tps1Δ hxt2,4,5,6,7Δ strain does not prevent glucose sensitivity and Fru1,6bisP hyperaccumulation. Hence, our results suggest that the glucose-induced intracellular acidification in tps1Δ cells may explain, at least in part, the apparent glycolytic bottleneck at GAPDH but does not appear to fully explain the extreme glucose sensitivity of the tps1Δ mutant.
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Van Zeebroeck G, Demuyser L, Zhang Z, Cottignie I, Thevelein JM. Nutrient sensing and cAMP signaling in yeast: G-protein coupled receptor versus transceptor activation of PKA. MICROBIAL CELL (GRAZ, AUSTRIA) 2020; 8:17-27. [PMID: 33490229 PMCID: PMC7780724 DOI: 10.15698/mic2021.01.740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2019] [Revised: 09/12/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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A major signal transduction pathway regulating cell growth and many associated physiological properties as a function of nutrient availability in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the protein kinase A (PKA) pathway. Glucose activation of PKA is mediated by G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) Gpr1, and secondary messenger cAMP. Other nutrients, including nitrogen, phosphate and sulfate, activate PKA in accordingly-starved cells through nutrient transceptors, but apparently without cAMP signaling. We have now used an optimized EPAC-based fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) sensor to precisely monitor in vivo cAMP levels after nutrient addition. We show that GPCR-mediated glucose activation of PKA is correlated with a rapid transient increase in the cAMP level in vivo, whereas nutrient transceptor-mediated activation by nitrogen, phosphate or sulfate, is not associated with any significant increase in cAMP in vivo. We also demonstrate direct physical interaction between the Gap1 amino acid transceptor and the catalytic subunits of PKA, Tpk1, 2 and 3. In addition, we reveal a conserved consensus motif in the nutrient transceptors that is also present in Bcy1, the regulatory subunit of PKA. This suggests that nutrient transceptor activation of PKA may be mediated by direct release of bound PKA catalytic subunits, triggered by the conformational changes occurring during transport of the substrate by the transceptor. Our results support a model in which nutrient transceptors are evolutionary ancestors of GPCRs, employing a more primitive direct signaling mechanism compared to the indirect cAMP second-messenger signaling mechanism used by GPCRs for activation of PKA.
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- Griet Van Zeebroeck
- Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Botany and Microbiology, KU Leuven, B-3001 Leuven-Heverlee, Flanders, Belgium
- Center for Microbiology, VIB, Kasteelpark Arenberg 31, B-3001 Leuven-Heverlee, Flanders, Belgium
- These authors made an equal contribution to this work
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- Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Botany and Microbiology, KU Leuven, B-3001 Leuven-Heverlee, Flanders, Belgium
- Center for Microbiology, VIB, Kasteelpark Arenberg 31, B-3001 Leuven-Heverlee, Flanders, Belgium
- These authors made an equal contribution to this work
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- Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Botany and Microbiology, KU Leuven, B-3001 Leuven-Heverlee, Flanders, Belgium
- Center for Microbiology, VIB, Kasteelpark Arenberg 31, B-3001 Leuven-Heverlee, Flanders, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Botany and Microbiology, KU Leuven, B-3001 Leuven-Heverlee, Flanders, Belgium
- Center for Microbiology, VIB, Kasteelpark Arenberg 31, B-3001 Leuven-Heverlee, Flanders, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Botany and Microbiology, KU Leuven, B-3001 Leuven-Heverlee, Flanders, Belgium
- Center for Microbiology, VIB, Kasteelpark Arenberg 31, B-3001 Leuven-Heverlee, Flanders, Belgium
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Schmidt GW, Welkenhuysen N, Ye T, Cvijovic M, Hohmann S. Mig1 localization exhibits biphasic behavior which is controlled by both metabolic and regulatory roles of the sugar kinases. Mol Genet Genomics 2020; 295:1489-1500. [PMID: 32948893 PMCID: PMC7524853 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-020-01715-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2020] [Accepted: 07/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Glucose, fructose and mannose are the preferred carbon/energy sources for the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Absence of preferred energy sources activates glucose derepression, which is regulated by the kinase Snf1. Snf1 phosphorylates the transcriptional repressor Mig1, which results in its exit from the nucleus and subsequent derepression of genes. In contrast, Snf1 is inactive when preferred carbon sources are available, which leads to dephosphorylation of Mig1 and its translocation to the nucleus where Mig1 acts as a transcription repressor. Here we revisit the role of the three hexose kinases, Hxk1, Hxk2 and Glk1, in glucose de/repression. We demonstrate that all three sugar kinases initially affect Mig1 nuclear localization upon addition of glucose, fructose and mannose. This initial import of Mig1 into the nucleus was temporary; for continuous nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of Mig1, Hxk2 is required in the presence of glucose and mannose and in the presence of fructose Hxk2 or Hxk1 is required. Our data suggest that Mig1 import following exposure to preferred energy sources is controlled via two different pathways, where (1) the initial import is regulated by signals derived from metabolism and (2) continuous shuttling is regulated by the Hxk2 and Hxk1 proteins. Mig1 nucleocytoplasmic shuttling appears to be important for the maintenance of the repressed state in which Hxk1/2 seems to play an essential role.
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- Gregor W Schmidt
- Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden.,Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden. .,Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden.
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Gibney PA, Chen A, Schieler A, Chen JC, Xu Y, Hendrickson DG, McIsaac RS, Rabinowitz JD, Botstein D. A tps1Δ persister-like state in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is regulated by MKT1. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0233779. [PMID: 32470059 PMCID: PMC7259636 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0233779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2020] [Accepted: 05/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Trehalose metabolism in yeast has been linked to a variety of phenotypes, including heat resistance, desiccation tolerance, carbon-source utilization, and sporulation. The relationships among the several phenotypes of mutants unable to synthesize trehalose are not understood, even though the pathway is highly conserved. One of these phenotypes is that tps1Δ strains cannot reportedly grow on media containing glucose or fructose, even when another carbon source they can use (e.g. galactose) is present. Here we corroborate the recent observation that a small fraction of yeast tps1Δ cells do grow on glucose, unlike the majority of the population. This is not due to a genetic alteration, but instead resembles the persister phenotype documented in many microorganisms and cancer cells undergoing lethal stress. We extend these observations to show that this phenomenon is glucose-specific, as it does not occur on another highly fermented carbon source, fructose. We further demonstrate that this phenomenon appears to be related to mitochondrial complex III function, but unrelated to inorganic phosphate levels in the cell, as had previously been suggested. Finally, we found that this phenomenon is specific to S288C-derived strains, and is the consequence of a variant in the MKT1 gene.
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- Patrick A. Gibney
- Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
- Calico Life Sciences LLC, South San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Calico Life Sciences LLC, South San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Calico Life Sciences LLC, South San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
- Calico Life Sciences LLC, South San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Vicente RL, Spina L, Gómez JPL, Dejean S, Parrou JL, François JM. Trehalose-6-phosphate promotes fermentation and glucose repression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. MICROBIAL CELL 2018; 5:444-459. [PMID: 30386789 PMCID: PMC6206404 DOI: 10.15698/mic2018.10.651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Abstract
The yeast trehalose-6-phosphate synthase (Tps1) catalyzes the formation of trehalose-6-phosphate (T6P) in trehalose synthesis. Besides, Tps1 plays a key role in carbon and energy homeostasis in this microbial cell, as shown by the well documented loss of ATP and hyper accumulation of sugar phosphates in response to glucose addition in a mutant defective in this protein. The inability of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae tps1 mutant to cope with fermentable sugars is still a matter of debate. We reexamined this question through a quantitative analysis of the capability of TPS1 homologues from different origins to complement phenotypic defects of this mutant. Our results allowed to classify this complementation in three groups. A first group enclosed TPS1 of Klyveromyces lactis with that of S. cerevisiae as their expression in Sctps1 cells fully recovered wild type metabolic patterns and fermentation capacity in response to glucose. At the opposite was the group with TPS1 homologues from the bacteria Escherichia coli and Ralstonia solanacearum, the plant Arabidopsis thaliana and the insect Drosophila melanogaster whose metabolic profiles were comparable to those of a tps1 mutant, notably with almost no accumulation of T6P, strong impairment of ATP recovery and potent reduction of fermentation capacity, albeit these homologous genes were able to rescue growth of Sctps1 on glucose. In between was a group consisting of TPS1 homologues from other yeast species and filamentous fungi characterized by 5 to 10 times lower accumulation of T6P, a weaker recovery of ATP and a 3-times lower fermentation capacity than wild type. Finally, we found that glucose repression of gluconeogenic genes was strongly dependent on T6P. Altogether, our results suggest that the TPS protein is indispensable for growth on fermentable sugars, and points to a critical role of T6P as a sensing molecule that promotes sugar fermentation and glucose repression.
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- Rebeca L Vicente
- LISBP; UMR INSA-CNRS 5504 & INRA 792; Toulouse, France.,Fundación Alfonso Martín Escudero; Madrid, Spain
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- LISBP; UMR INSA-CNRS 5504 & INRA 792; Toulouse, France
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- Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse, 118 route de Narbonne, F-31062 Toulouse, France
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- LISBP; UMR INSA-CNRS 5504 & INRA 792; Toulouse, France.,Toulouse White Biotechnology Center, UMS INSA-INRA-CNRS, F-31520 Ramonville
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Tanner LB, Goglia AG, Wei MH, Sehgal T, Parsons LR, Park JO, White E, Toettcher JE, Rabinowitz JD. Four Key Steps Control Glycolytic Flux in Mammalian Cells. Cell Syst 2018; 7:49-62.e8. [PMID: 29960885 PMCID: PMC6062487 DOI: 10.1016/j.cels.2018.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 214] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2017] [Revised: 03/29/2018] [Accepted: 06/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Altered glycolysis is a hallmark of diseases including diabetes and cancer. Despite intensive study of the contributions of individual glycolytic enzymes, systems-level analyses of flux control through glycolysis remain limited. Here, we overexpress in two mammalian cell lines the individual enzymes catalyzing each of the 12 steps linking extracellular glucose to excreted lactate, and find substantial flux control at four steps: glucose import, hexokinase, phosphofructokinase, and lactate export (and not at any steps of lower glycolysis). The four flux-controlling steps are specifically upregulated by the Ras oncogene: optogenetic Ras activation rapidly induces the transcription of isozymes catalyzing these four steps and enhances glycolysis. At least one isozyme catalyzing each of these four steps is consistently elevated in human tumors. Thus, in the studied contexts, flux control in glycolysis is concentrated in four key enzymatic steps. Upregulation of these steps in tumors likely underlies the Warburg effect.
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- Lukas Bahati Tanner
- Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA; Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA; Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA; Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
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Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate couples glycolytic flux to activation of Ras. Nat Commun 2017; 8:922. [PMID: 29030545 PMCID: PMC5640605 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01019-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2016] [Accepted: 08/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Yeast and cancer cells share the unusual characteristic of favoring fermentation of sugar over respiration. We now reveal an evolutionary conserved mechanism linking fermentation to activation of Ras, a major regulator of cell proliferation in yeast and mammalian cells, and prime proto-oncogene product. A yeast mutant (tps1∆) with overactive influx of glucose into glycolysis and hyperaccumulation of Fru1,6bisP, shows hyperactivation of Ras, which causes its glucose growth defect by triggering apoptosis. Fru1,6bisP is a potent activator of Ras in permeabilized yeast cells, likely acting through Cdc25. As in yeast, glucose triggers activation of Ras and its downstream targets MEK and ERK in mammalian cells. Biolayer interferometry measurements show that physiological concentrations of Fru1,6bisP stimulate dissociation of the pure Sos1/H-Ras complex. Thermal shift assay confirms direct binding to Sos1, the mammalian ortholog of Cdc25. Our results suggest that the Warburg effect creates a vicious cycle through Fru1,6bisP activation of Ras, by which enhanced fermentation stimulates oncogenic potency. Yeast and cancer cells both favor sugar fermentation in aerobic conditions. Here the authors describe a conserved mechanism from yeast to mammals where the glycolysis intermediate fructose-1,6-bisphosphate binds Cdc25/Sos1 and couples increased glycolytic flux to increased Ras proto-oncoprotein activity.
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Jiang H, Liu GL, Chi Z, Hu Z, Chi ZM. Genetics of trehalose biosynthesis in desert-derived Aureobasidium melanogenum and role of trehalose in the adaptation of the yeast to extreme environments. Curr Genet 2017; 64:479-491. [PMID: 29018921 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-017-0762-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2017] [Revised: 10/04/2017] [Accepted: 10/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Melanin plays an important role in the stress adaptation of Aureobasidium melanogenum XJ5-1 isolated from the Taklimakan desert. A trehalose-6-phosphate synthase gene (TPS1 gene) was cloned from K5, characterized, and then deleted to determine the role of trehalose in the stress adaptation of the albino mutant K5. No stress response element and heat shock element were found in the promoter of the TPS1 gene. Deletion of the TPS1 gene in the albino mutant rendered a strain DT43 unable to synthesize any trehalose, but DT43 still could grow in glucose, suggesting that its hexokinase was insensitive to inhibition by trehalose-6-phosphate. Overexpression of the TPS1 gene enhanced trehalose biosynthesis in strain ET6. DT43 could not grow at 33 °C, whereas K5, ET6, and XJ5-1 could grow well at this temperature. Compared with K5 and ET6, DT43 was highly sensitive to heat shock treatment, high oxidation, and high desiccation, but all the three strains demonstrated the same sensitivity to UV light and high NaCl concentration. Therefore, trehalose played an important role in the adaptation of K5 to heat shock treatment, high oxidation, and high desiccation.
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- Hong Jiang
- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Yushan-Road, No. 5, Qingdao, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Yushan-Road, No. 5, Qingdao, China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266003, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Yushan-Road, No. 5, Qingdao, China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266003, China
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- Department of Biology, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Yushan-Road, No. 5, Qingdao, China.
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266003, China.
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Central Role of the Trehalose Biosynthesis Pathway in the Pathogenesis of Human Fungal Infections: Opportunities and Challenges for Therapeutic Development. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2017; 81:81/2/e00053-16. [PMID: 28298477 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00053-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Invasive fungal infections cause significant morbidity and mortality in part due to a limited antifungal drug arsenal. One therapeutic challenge faced by clinicians is the significant host toxicity associated with antifungal drugs. Another challenge is the fungistatic mechanism of action of some drugs. Consequently, the identification of fungus-specific drug targets essential for fitness in vivo remains a significant goal of medical mycology research. The trehalose biosynthetic pathway is found in a wide variety of organisms, including human-pathogenic fungi, but not in humans. Genes encoding proteins involved in trehalose biosynthesis are mechanistically linked to the metabolism, cell wall homeostasis, stress responses, and virulence of Candida albicans, Cryptococcus neoformans, and Aspergillus fumigatus. While there are a number of pathways for trehalose production across the tree of life, the TPS/TPP (trehalose-6-phosphate synthase/trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase) pathway is the canonical pathway found in human-pathogenic fungi. Importantly, data suggest that proteins involved in trehalose biosynthesis play other critical roles in fungal metabolism and in vivo fitness that remain to be fully elucidated. By further defining the biology and functions of trehalose and its biosynthetic pathway components in pathogenic fungi, an opportunity exists to leverage this pathway as a potent antifungal drug target. The goal of this review is to cover the known roles of this important molecule and its associated biosynthesis-encoding genes in the human-pathogenic fungi studied to date and to employ these data to critically assess the opportunities and challenges facing development of this pathway as a therapeutic target.
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Deroover S, Ghillebert R, Broeckx T, Winderickx J, Rolland F. Trehalose-6-phosphate synthesis controls yeast gluconeogenesis downstream and independent of SNF1. FEMS Yeast Res 2016; 16:fow036. [PMID: 27189362 DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/fow036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Trehalose-6-P (T6P), an intermediate of trehalose biosynthesis, was identified as an important regulator of yeast sugar metabolism and signaling. tps1Δ mutants, deficient in T6P synthesis (TPS), are unable to grow on rapidly fermentable medium with uncontrolled influx in glycolysis, depletion of ATP and accumulation of sugar phosphates. However, the exact molecular mechanisms involved are not fully understood. We show that SNF1 deletion restores the tps1Δ growth defect on glucose, suggesting that lack of TPS hampers inactivation of SNF1 or SNF1-regulated processes. In addition to alternative, non-fermentable carbon metabolism, SNF1 controls two major processes: respiration and gluconeogenesis. The tps1Δ defect appears to be specifically associated with deficient inhibition of gluconeogenesis, indicating more downstream effects. Consistently, Snf1 dephosphorylation and inactivation on glucose medium are not affected, as confirmed with an in vivo Snf1 activity reporter. Detailed analysis shows that gluconeogenic Pck1 and Fbp1 expression, protein levels and activity are not repressed upon glucose addition to tps1Δ cells, suggesting a link between the metabolic defect and persistent gluconeogenesis. While SNF1 is essential for induction of gluconeogenesis, T6P/TPS is required for inactivation of gluconeogenesis in the presence of glucose, downstream and independent of SNF1 activity and the Cat8 and Sip4 transcription factors.
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- Sofie Deroover
- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 31, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Functional Biology, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 31, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Functional Biology, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 31, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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Vasdekis AE, Stephanopoulos G. Review of methods to probe single cell metabolism and bioenergetics. Metab Eng 2015; 27:115-135. [PMID: 25448400 PMCID: PMC4399830 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2014.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2014] [Revised: 09/18/2014] [Accepted: 09/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Single cell investigations have enabled unexpected discoveries, such as the existence of biological noise and phenotypic switching in infection, metabolism and treatment. Herein, we review methods that enable such single cell investigations specific to metabolism and bioenergetics. Firstly, we discuss how to isolate and immobilize individuals from a cell suspension, including both permanent and reversible approaches. We also highlight specific advances in microbiology for its implications in metabolic engineering. Methods for probing single cell physiology and metabolism are subsequently reviewed. The primary focus therein is on dynamic and high-content profiling strategies based on label-free and fluorescence microspectroscopy and microscopy. Non-dynamic approaches, such as mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance, are also briefly discussed.
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- Andreas E Vasdekis
- Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, PO Box 999, Richland, WA 99354, USA.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Room 56-469, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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Understanding bistability in yeast glycolysis using general properties of metabolic pathways. Math Biosci 2014; 255:33-42. [PMID: 24956444 DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2014.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2013] [Revised: 06/03/2014] [Accepted: 06/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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UNLABELLED Glycolysis is the central pathway in energy metabolism in the majority of organisms. In a recent paper, van Heerden et al. showed experimentally and computationally that glycolysis can exist in two states, a global steady state and a so-called imbalanced state. In the imbalanced state, intermediary metabolites accumulate at low levels of ATP and inorganic phosphate. It was shown that Baker's yeast uses a peculiar regulatory mechanism--via trehalose metabolism--to ensure that most yeast cells reach the steady state and not the imbalanced state. RESULTS Here we explore the apparent bistable behaviour in a core model of glycolysis that is based on a well-established detailed model, and study in great detail the bifurcation behaviour of solutions, without using any numerical information on parameter values. CONCLUSION We uncover a rich suite of solutions, including so-called imbalanced states, bistability, and oscillatory behaviour. The techniques employed are generic, directly suitable for a wide class of biochemical pathways, and could lead to better analytical treatments of more detailed models.
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Bendrioua L, Smedh M, Almquist J, Cvijovic M, Jirstrand M, Goksör M, Adiels CB, Hohmann S. Yeast AMP-activated protein kinase monitors glucose concentration changes and absolute glucose levels. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:12863-75. [PMID: 24627493 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.547976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Analysis of the time-dependent behavior of a signaling system can provide insight into its dynamic properties. We employed the nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of the transcriptional repressor Mig1 as readout to characterize Snf1-Mig1 dynamics in single yeast cells. Mig1 binds to promoters of target genes and mediates glucose repression. Mig1 is predominantly located in the nucleus when glucose is abundant. Upon glucose depletion, Mig1 is phosphorylated by the yeast AMP-activated kinase Snf1 and exported into the cytoplasm. We used a three-channel microfluidic device to establish a high degree of control over the glucose concentration exposed to cells. Following regimes of glucose up- and downshifts, we observed a very rapid response reaching a new steady state within less than 1 min, different glucose threshold concentrations depending on glucose up- or downshifts, a graded profile with increased cell-to-cell variation at threshold glucose concentrations, and biphasic behavior with a transient translocation of Mig1 upon the shift from high to intermediate glucose concentrations. Fluorescence loss in photobleaching and fluorescence recovery after photobleaching data demonstrate that Mig1 shuttles constantly between the nucleus and cytoplasm, although with different rates, depending on the presence of glucose. Taken together, our data suggest that the Snf1-Mig1 system has the ability to monitor glucose concentration changes as well as absolute glucose levels. The sensitivity over a wide range of glucose levels and different glucose concentration-dependent response profiles are likely determined by the close integration of signaling with the metabolism and may provide for a highly flexible and fast adaptation to an altered nutritional status.
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- Loubna Bendrioua
- From the Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, 40530 Göteborg, Sweden
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Conrad M, Schothorst J, Kankipati HN, Van Zeebroeck G, Rubio-Texeira M, Thevelein JM. Nutrient sensing and signaling in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2014; 38:254-99. [PMID: 24483210 PMCID: PMC4238866 DOI: 10.1111/1574-6976.12065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 414] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2013] [Revised: 12/23/2013] [Accepted: 01/22/2014] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been a favorite organism for pioneering studies on nutrient-sensing and signaling mechanisms. Many specific nutrient responses have been elucidated in great detail. This has led to important new concepts and insight into nutrient-controlled cellular regulation. Major highlights include the central role of the Snf1 protein kinase in the glucose repression pathway, galactose induction, the discovery of a G-protein-coupled receptor system, and role of Ras in glucose-induced cAMP signaling, the role of the protein synthesis initiation machinery in general control of nitrogen metabolism, the cyclin-controlled protein kinase Pho85 in phosphate regulation, nitrogen catabolite repression and the nitrogen-sensing target of rapamycin pathway, and the discovery of transporter-like proteins acting as nutrient sensors. In addition, a number of cellular targets, like carbohydrate stores, stress tolerance, and ribosomal gene expression, are controlled by the presence of multiple nutrients. The protein kinase A signaling pathway plays a major role in this general nutrient response. It has led to the discovery of nutrient transceptors (transporter receptors) as nutrient sensors. Major shortcomings in our knowledge are the relationship between rapid and steady-state nutrient signaling, the role of metabolic intermediates in intracellular nutrient sensing, and the identity of the nutrient sensors controlling cellular growth.
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- Michaela Conrad
- Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Botany and Microbiology, KU LeuvenLeuven-Heverlee, Flanders, Belgium
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, VIBLeuven-Heverlee, Flanders, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Botany and Microbiology, KU LeuvenLeuven-Heverlee, Flanders, Belgium
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, VIBLeuven-Heverlee, Flanders, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Botany and Microbiology, KU LeuvenLeuven-Heverlee, Flanders, Belgium
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, VIBLeuven-Heverlee, Flanders, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Botany and Microbiology, KU LeuvenLeuven-Heverlee, Flanders, Belgium
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, VIBLeuven-Heverlee, Flanders, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Botany and Microbiology, KU LeuvenLeuven-Heverlee, Flanders, Belgium
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, VIBLeuven-Heverlee, Flanders, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Botany and Microbiology, KU LeuvenLeuven-Heverlee, Flanders, Belgium
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, VIBLeuven-Heverlee, Flanders, Belgium
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van Heerden JH, Wortel MT, Bruggeman FJ, Heijnen JJ, Bollen YJM, Planqué R, Hulshof J, O'Toole TG, Wahl SA, Teusink B. Lost in transition: start-up of glycolysis yields subpopulations of nongrowing cells. Science 2014; 343:1245114. [PMID: 24436182 DOI: 10.1126/science.1245114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 221] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Cells need to adapt to dynamic environments. Yeast that fail to cope with dynamic changes in the abundance of glucose can undergo growth arrest. We show that this failure is caused by imbalanced reactions in glycolysis, the essential pathway in energy metabolism in most organisms. The imbalance arises largely from the fundamental design of glycolysis, making this state of glycolysis a generic risk. Cells with unbalanced glycolysis coexisted with vital cells. Spontaneous, nongenetic metabolic variability among individual cells determines which state is reached and, consequently, which cells survive. Transient ATP (adenosine 5'-triphosphate) hydrolysis through futile cycling reduces the probability of reaching the imbalanced state. Our results reveal dynamic behavior of glycolysis and indicate that cell fate can be determined by heterogeneity purely at the metabolic level.
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- Johan H van Heerden
- Systems Bioinformatics/Amsterdam Institute for Molecules, Medicines and Systems (AIMMS)/Netherlands Institute for Systems Biology, VU University, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Metabolic phenotypes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutants with altered trehalose 6-phosphate dynamics. Biochem J 2013; 454:227-37. [PMID: 23763276 DOI: 10.1042/bj20130587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, synthesis of T6P (trehalose 6-phosphate) is essential for growth on most fermentable carbon sources. In the present study, the metabolic response to glucose was analysed in mutants with different capacities to accumulate T6P. A mutant carrying a deletion in the T6P synthase encoding gene, TPS1, which had no measurable T6P, exhibited impaired ethanol production, showed diminished plasma membrane H⁺-ATPase activation, and became rapidly depleted of nearly all adenine nucleotides which were irreversibly converted into inosine. Deletion of the AMP deaminase encoding gene, AMD1, in the tps1 strain prevented inosine formation, but did not rescue energy balance or growth on glucose. Neither the 90%-reduced T6P content observed in a tps1 mutant expressing the Tps1 protein from Yarrowia lipolytica, nor the hyperaccumulation of T6P in the tps2 mutant had significant effects on fermentation rates, growth on fermentable carbon sources or plasma membrane H⁺-ATPase activation. However, intracellular metabolite dynamics and pH homoeostasis were strongly affected by changes in T6P concentrations. Hyperaccumulation of T6P in the tps2 mutant caused an increase in cytosolic pH and strongly reduced growth rates on non-fermentable carbon sources, emphasizing the crucial role of the trehalose pathway in the regulation of respiratory and fermentative metabolism.
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Disruption of Yarrowia lipolytica TPS1 gene encoding trehalose-6-P synthase does not affect growth in glucose but impairs growth at high temperature. PLoS One 2011; 6:e23695. [PMID: 21931609 PMCID: PMC3171402 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2011] [Accepted: 07/22/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We have cloned the Yarrowia lipolytica TPS1 gene encoding trehalose-6-P synthase by complementation of the lack of growth in glucose of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae tps1 mutant. Disruption of YlTPS1 could only be achieved with a cassette placed in the 3' half of its coding region due to the overlap of its sequence with the promoter of the essential gene YlTFC1. The Yltps1 mutant grew in glucose although the Y. lipolytica hexokinase is extremely sensitive to inhibition by trehalose-6-P. The presence of a glucokinase, insensitive to trehalose-6-P, that constitutes about 80% of the glucose phosphorylating capacity during growth in glucose may account for the growth phenotype. Trehalose content was below 1 nmol/mg dry weight in Y. lipolytica, but it increased in strains expressing YlTPS1 under the control of the YlTEF1 promoter or with a disruption of YALI0D15598 encoding a putative trehalase. mRNA levels of YlTPS1 were low and did not respond to thermal stresses, but that of YlTPS2 (YALI0D14476) and YlTPS3 (YALI0E31086) increased 4 and 6 times, repectively, by heat treatment. Disruption of YlTPS1 drastically slowed growth at 35°C. Homozygous Yltps1 diploids showed a decreased sporulation frequency that was ascribed to the low level of YALI0D20966 mRNA an homolog of the S. cerevisiae MCK1 which encodes a protein kinase that activates early meiotic gene expression.
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Fernandez J, Wilson RA. The sugar sensor, trehalose-6-phosphate synthase (Tps1), regulates primary and secondary metabolism during infection by the rice blast fungus: WillMagnaporthe oryzae's“sweet tooth” become its “Achilles’ heel”? Mycology 2011. [DOI: 10.1080/21501203.2011.563431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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- Jessie Fernandez
- a Department of Plant Pathology , University of Nebraska-Lincoln , 406I Plant Sciences Hall, Lincoln, NE 68583-0722, USA
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- a Department of Plant Pathology , University of Nebraska-Lincoln , 406I Plant Sciences Hall, Lincoln, NE 68583-0722, USA
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Teusink B, Westerhoff HV, Bruggeman FJ. Comparative systems biology: from bacteria to man. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-SYSTEMS BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2011; 2:518-532. [PMID: 20836045 DOI: 10.1002/wsbm.74] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Comparative analyses, as carried out by comparative genomics and bioinformatics, have proven extremely powerful to obtain insight into the identity of specific genes that underlie differences and similarities across species. The central concept developed in this chapter is that important aspects of the functional differences between organisms derive not only from the differences in genetic components (which underlies comparative genomics) but also from dynamic, molecular (physical) interactions. Approaches that aim at identifying such network-based rather than component-based homologies between species we shall call Comparative Systems Biology. It will be illustrated by a number of examples from metabolic networks from prokaryotes, via yeast, to man. The potential for species comparisons, at the genome-scale using classical approaches and at the more detailed level of dynamic molecular networks will be illustrated. In our opinion, comparative systems biology, as a marriage between bioinformatics and systems biology, will offer new insights into the nature of organisms for the benefit of medicine, biotechnology, and drug design. As dynamic modeling is becoming more mainstream in cell biology, the potential of comparative systems biology will become more evident.
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- Bas Teusink
- Systems BioInformatics, Center for Integrative Bioinformatics VU (IBIVU), VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Netherlands Institute Systems Biology (NISB), The Netherlands.,Kluyver Center for Genomics of Industrial Fermentation, The Netherlands
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- Netherlands Institute Systems Biology (NISB), The Netherlands.,Molecular Cell Physiology, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Manchester Centre for Integrative Systems Biology, University of Manchester, UK
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- Systems BioInformatics, Center for Integrative Bioinformatics VU (IBIVU), VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Regulatory Networks Group, NISB, The Netherlands.,Life Sciences, Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI) Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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[Cloning and functional analysis of trehalose -6-phosphate synthase gene from Selaginella pulvinata]. YI CHUAN = HEREDITAS 2010; 32:498-504. [PMID: 20466640 DOI: 10.3724/sp.j.1005.2010.00498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Trehalose-6-phosphate synthase, a key enzyme in trehalose synthesis pathway of plant, plays an important role in response to abiotic stress in xerophilous rock lily and other resurrection plants. In this study, homologous amplification and RACE technique were used to clone gene SpTPS1 for trehalose-6-phosphate synthase from Selaginella pulvinata, which is an endemic xerophilous plant in China. The full-length cDNA is 3223 bp long, containing an open reading frame (ORF) of 2790 bp. Protein sequence comparison showed that the pupative amino acid sequence of this ORF shares high similarity to trehalose-6-phosphate synthases of mode species, especially at the conserved sites of catalytic activity centers. Yeast functional complementation test showed that trehalose-6-phosphate synthase mutant (tps1 big up tri, open), transformed by the ORF of SpTPS1 gene, can restore growth on the medium supplemented with glucose as a sole carbon source. This result indicated that SpTPS1 of S. pulvinata encodes for an active protein and is hopeful to be applied in transgenic improvement of abiotic stress tolerance in plant.
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Noubhani A, Bunoust O, Bonini BM, Thevelein JM, Devin A, Rigoulet M. The trehalose pathway regulates mitochondrial respiratory chain content through hexokinase 2 and cAMP in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:27229-34. [PMID: 19620241 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.029454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In yeast, trehalose is synthesized by a multimeric enzymatic complex: TPS1 encodes trehalose 6-phosphate synthase, which belongs to a complex that is composed of at least three other subunits, including trehalose 6-phosphate phosphatase Tps2 and the redundant regulatory subunits Tps3 and Tsl1. The product of the TPS1 gene plays an essential role in the control of the glycolytic pathway by restricting the influx of glucose into glycolysis. In this paper, we investigated whether the trehalose synthesis pathway could be involved in the control of the other energy-generating pathway: oxidative phosphorylation. We show that the different mutants of the trehalose synthesis pathway (tps1Delta, tps2Delta, and tps1,2Delta) exhibit modulation in the amount of respiratory chains, in terms of cytochrome content and maximal respiratory activity. Furthermore, these variations in mitochondrial enzymatic content are positively linked to the intracellular concentration in cAMP that is modulated by Tps1p through hexokinase2. This is the first time that a pathway involved in sugar storage, i.e. trehalose, is shown to regulate the mitochondrial enzymatic content.
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- Abdelmajid Noubhani
- CNRS, UMR5095 Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaire, 33077 Bordeaux Cedex, France
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Trehalose biosynthesis is involved in sporulation of Stagonospora nodorum. Fungal Genet Biol 2009; 46:381-9. [PMID: 19233304 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2009.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2008] [Revised: 01/30/2009] [Accepted: 02/08/2009] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Stagonospora nodorum is a necrotrophic fungal pathogen that is the causal agent of leaf and glume blotch on wheat. S. nodorum is a polycyclic pathogen, whereby rain-splashed pycnidiospores attach to and colonise wheat tissue and subsequently sporulate again within 2-3weeks. As several cycles of infection are needed for a damaging infection, asexual sporulation is a critical phase of its infection cycle. A non-targeted metabolomics screen for sporulation-associated metabolites identified that trehalose accumulated significantly in concert with asexual sporulation both in vitro and in planta. A reverse-genetics approach was used to investigate the role of trehalose in asexual sporulation. Trehalose biosynthesis was disrupted by deletion of the gene Tps1, encoding a trehalose 6-phosphate synthase, resulting in almost total loss of trehalose during in vitro growth and in planta. In addition, lesion development and pycnidia formation were also significantly reduced in tps1 mutants. Reintroduction of the Tps1 gene restored trehalose biosynthesis, pathogenicity and sporulation to wild-type levels. Microscopic examination of tps1 infected wheat leaves showed that pycnidial formation often halted at an early stage of development. Further examination of the tps1 phenotype revealed that tps1 pycnidiospores exhibited a reduced germination rate while under heat stress, and tps1 mutants had a reduced growth rate while under oxidative stress. This study confirms a link between trehalose biosynthesis and pathogen fitness in S.nodorum.
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Combined inactivation of the Candida albicans GPR1 and TPS2 genes results in avirulence in a mouse model for systemic infection. Infect Immun 2008; 76:1686-94. [PMID: 18268028 DOI: 10.1128/iai.01497-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Inhibition of the biosynthesis of trehalose, a well-known stress protectant in pathogens, is an interesting approach for antifungal or antibacterial therapy. Deletion of TPS2, encoding trehalose-6-phosphate (T6P) phosphatase, results in strongly reduced virulence of Candida albicans due to accumulation of T6P instead of trehalose in response to stress. To further aggravate the deregulation in the pathogen, we have additionally deleted the GPR1 gene, encoding the nutrient receptor that activates the cyclic AMP-protein kinase A signaling pathway, which negatively regulates trehalose accumulation in yeasts. A gpr1 mutant is strongly affected in morphogenesis on solid media as well as in vivo in a mouse model but has only a slightly decreased virulence. The gpr1 tps2 double mutant, on the other hand, is completely avirulent in a mouse model for systemic infection. This strain accumulates very high T6P levels under stress conditions and has a growth defect at higher temperatures. We also show that a tps2 mutant is more sensitive to being killed by macrophages than the wild type or the gpr1 mutant. A double mutant has susceptibility similar to that of the single tps2 mutant. For morphogenesis on solid media, on the other hand, the gpr1 tps2 mutant shows a phenotype similar to that of the single gpr1 mutant. Taken together these results show that there is synergism between Gpr1 and Tps2 and that their combined inactivation results in complete avirulence. Combination therapy targeting both proteins may prove highly effective against pathogenic fungi with increased resistance to the currently used antifungal drugs.
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Chary SN, Hicks GR, Choi YG, Carter D, Raikhel NV. Trehalose-6-phosphate synthase/phosphatase regulates cell shape and plant architecture in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2008; 146:97-107. [PMID: 17981987 PMCID: PMC2230562 DOI: 10.1104/pp.107.107441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2007] [Accepted: 10/19/2007] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The vacuole occupies most of the volume of plant cells; thus, the tonoplast marker delta-tonoplast intrinsic protein-green fluorescent protein delineates cell shape, for example, in epidermis. This permits rapid identification of mutants. Using this strategy, we identified the cell shape phenotype-1 (csp-1) mutant in Arabidopsis thaliana. Beyond an absence of lobes in pavement cells, phenotypes included reduced trichome branching, altered leaf serration and stem branching, and increased stomatal density. This result from a point mutation in AtTPS6 encoding a conserved amino-terminal domain, thought to catalyze trehalose-6-phosphate synthesis and a carboxy-terminal phosphatase domain, is catalyzing a two-step conversion to trehalose. Expression of AtTPS6 in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutants tps1 (encoding a synthase domain) and tps2 (encoding synthase and phosphatase domains) indicates that AtTPS6 is an active trehalose synthase. AtTPS6 fully complemented defects in csp-1. Mutations in class I genes (AtTPS1-AtTPS4) indicate a role in regulating starch storage, resistance to drought, and inflorescence architecture. Class II genes (AtTPS5-AtTPS11) encode multifunctional enzymes having synthase and phosphatase activity. We show that class II AtTPS6 regulates plant architecture, shape of epidermal pavement cells, and branching of trichomes. Thus, beyond a role in development, we demonstrate that the class II gene AtTPS6 is important for controlling cellular morphogenesis.
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- S Narasimha Chary
- Center for Plant Cell Biology, Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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Miranda JA, Avonce N, Suárez R, Thevelein JM, Van Dijck P, Iturriaga G. A bifunctional TPS-TPP enzyme from yeast confers tolerance to multiple and extreme abiotic-stress conditions in transgenic Arabidopsis. PLANTA 2007; 226:1411-21. [PMID: 17628825 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-007-0579-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2007] [Accepted: 06/25/2007] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Improving stress tolerance is a major goal for agriculture. Trehalose is a key molecule involved in drought tolerance in anhydrobiotic organisms. Here we describe the construction of a chimeric translational fusion of yeast trehalose-6-phosphate synthase and trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase. This construct was overexpressed in yeast cells displaying both TPS and TPP enzyme activities and trehalose biosynthesis capacity. In Arabidopsis thaliana, the gene fusion was overexpressed using either the 35S promoter or the stress-regulated rd29A promoter. Transgene insertion in the genome was checked by PCR and transcript expression by RT-PCR. Several independent homozygous lines were selected in the presence of kanamycin and further analyzed. Trehalose was accumulated in all these lines at low levels. No morphological or growth alterations were observed in lines overexpressing the TPS1-TPS2 construct, whereas plants overexpressing the TPS1 alone under the control of the 35S promoter had aberrant growth, color and shape. TPS1-TPS2 overexpressor lines were glucose insensitive, consistent with a suggested role of trehalose/T6P in modulating sugar sensing and carbohydrate metabolism. Moreover, TPS1-TPS2 lines displayed a significant increase in drought, freezing, salt and heat tolerance. This is the first time that trehalose accumulation in plants is shown to protect against freezing and heat stress. Therefore, these results demonstrate that engineering trehalose metabolism with a yeast TPS-TPP bifunctional enzyme confers multiple stress protection in plants, comprising a potential tool to improve stress-tolerance in crops.
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- José A Miranda
- Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Av. Universidad 1001, Col. Chamilpa, Cuernavaca Mor 62209, Mexico
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Water structure in vitro and within Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast cells under conditions of heat shock. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2007; 1780:41-50. [PMID: 17961925 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2007.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2007] [Revised: 09/02/2007] [Accepted: 09/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The OH stretch mode from water and organic hydroxyl groups have strong infrared absorption, the position of the band going to lower frequency with increased H-bonding. This band was used to study water in trehalose and glycerol solutions and in genetically modified yeast cells containing varying amounts of trehalose. Concentration-dependent changes in water structure induced by trehalose and glycerol in solution were detected, consistent with an increase of lower-energy H-bonds and interactions at the expense of higher-energy interactions. This result suggests that these molecules disrupt the water H-bond network in such a way as to strengthen molecule-water interactions while perturbing water-water interactions. The molecule-induced changes in the water H-bond network seen in solution do not translate to observable differences in yeast cells that are trehalose-deficient and trehalose-rich. Although comparison of yeast with low and high trehalose showed no observable effect on intracellular water structure, the structure of water in cells is different from that in bulk water. Cellular water exhibits a larger preference for lower-energy H-bonds or interactions over higher-energy interactions relative to that shown in bulk water. This effect is likely the result of the high concentration of biological molecules present in the cell. The ability of water to interact directly with polar groups on biological molecules may cause the preference seen for lower-energy interactions.
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Jose DA, Mishra S, Ghosh A, Shrivastav A, Mishra SK, Das A. Colorimetric sensor for ATP in aqueous solution. Org Lett 2007; 9:1979-82. [PMID: 17429979 DOI: 10.1021/ol0705797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A new chromogenic complex 1.Zn has been synthesized, and its interactions with different biologically important phosphates have been investigated in aqueous solution (pH approximately 7.2). A visual color change can be detected on binding of ATP to 1.Zn, whereas no such change is observed when other biologically related anions (AMP, ADP, PPi, or Phosphate) are used. Complex 1.Zn can also be used as a staining agent for yeast cells allowing detection under normal light microscopy.
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- D Amilan Jose
- Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
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Conlin LK, Nelson HCM. The natural osmolyte trehalose is a positive regulator of the heat-induced activity of yeast heat shock transcription factor. Mol Cell Biol 2006; 27:1505-15. [PMID: 17145780 PMCID: PMC1800720 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01158-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the intracellular concentration of trehalose increases rapidly in response to many environmental stresses, including heat shock. These high trehalose levels have been correlated with tolerance to adverse conditions and led to the model that trehalose functions as a chemical cochaperone. Here, we show that the transcriptional activity of Hsf1 during the heat shock response depends on trehalose. Strains with low levels of trehalose have a diminished transcriptional response to heat shock, while strains with high levels of trehalose have an enhanced transcriptional response to heat shock. The enhanced transcriptional response does not require the other heat-responsive transcription factors Msn2/4 but is dependent upon heat and Hsf1. In addition, the phosphorylation levels of Hsf1 correlate with both transcriptional activity and the presence of trehalose. These in vivo results support a new role for trehalose, where trehalose directly modifies the dynamic range of Hsf1 activity and therefore influences heat shock protein mRNA levels in response to stress.
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- Laura K Conlin
- University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 813A Stellar-Chance, 422 Curie Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19104-6059, USA
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Mensonides FIC, Brul S, Klis FM, Hellingwerf KJ, Teixeira de Mattos MJ. Activation of the protein kinase C1 pathway upon continuous heat stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is triggered by an intracellular increase in osmolarity due to trehalose accumulation. Appl Environ Microbiol 2005; 71:4531-8. [PMID: 16085846 PMCID: PMC1183310 DOI: 10.1128/aem.71.8.4531-4538.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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This paper reports on physiological and molecular responses of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to heat stress conditions. We observed that within a very narrow range of culture temperatures, a shift from exponential growth to growth arrest and ultimately to cell death occurred. A detailed analysis was carried out of the accumulation of trehalose and the activation of the protein kinase C1 (PKC1) (cell integrity) pathway in both glucose- and ethanol-grown cells upon temperature upshifts within this narrow range of growth temperatures. It was observed that the PKC1 pathway was hardly activated in a tps1 mutant that is unable to accumulate any trehalose. Furthermore, it was observed that an increase of the extracellular osmolarity during a continuous heat stress prevented the activation of the pathway. The results of these analyses support our hypothesis that under heat stress conditions the activation of the PKC1 pathway is triggered by an increase in intracellular osmolarity, due to the accumulation of trehalose, rather than by the increase in temperature as such.
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- Femke I C Mensonides
- Swammerdam Institute of Life Sciences, Department of Molecular Microbial Physiology, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 166, 1018 WV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Gancedo C, Flores CL. The importance of a functional trehalose biosynthetic pathway for the life of yeasts and fungi. FEMS Yeast Res 2004; 4:351-9. [PMID: 14734015 DOI: 10.1016/s1567-1356(03)00222-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The view of the role of trehalose in yeast has changed in the last few years. For a long time considered a reserve carbohydrate, it gained new importance when its function in the acquisition of thermotolerance was demonstrated. More recently the cellular processes in which the trehalose biosynthetic pathway has been implicated range from the control of glycolysis to sporulation and infectivity by certain fungal pathogens. There is now enough experimental evidence to conclude that trehalose 6-phosphate, an intermediate of trehalose biosynthesis, is an important metabolic regulator in such different organisms as yeasts or plants. Its inhibition of hexokinase plays a key role in the control of the glycolytic flux in Saccharomyces cerevisiae but other, likely important, sites of action are still unknown. We present examples of the phenotypes produced by mutations in the two steps of the trehalose biosynthetic pathway in different yeasts and fungi, and whenever possible examine the molecular explanations advanced to interpret them.
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- Carlos Gancedo
- Albert Sols Institute of Biomedical Research, CSIC-UAM, C/ Arturo Duperier 4, 28029 Madrid, Spain.
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The regulation of carbon metabolism in plant cells responds sensitively to the levels of carbon metabolites that are available. The sensing and signalling systems that are involved in this process form a complex web that comprises metabolites, transporters, enzymes, transcription factors and hormones. Exactly which metabolites are sensed is not yet known, but candidates include sucrose, glucose and other hexoses, glucose-6-phosphate, trehalose-6-phosphate, trehalose and adenosine monophosphate. Important components of the signalling pathways include sucrose non-fermenting-1-related protein kinase-1 (SnRK1) and hexokinase; sugar transporters are also implicated. A battery of genes and enzymes involved in carbohydrate metabolism, secondary metabolism, nitrogen assimilation and photosynthesis are under the control of these pathways and fundamental developmental processes such as germination, sprouting, pollen development and senescence are affected by them. Here we review the current knowledge of carbon metabolite sensing and signalling in plants, drawing comparisons with homologous and analogous systems in animals and fungi. We also review the evidence for cross-talk between carbon metabolite and other major signalling systems in plant cells and the prospects for manipulating this fundamentally important aspect of metabolic regulation for crop improvement.
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- Nigel G Halford
- Crop Performance and Improvement, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ, UK.
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Bonini BM, Van Dijck P, Thevelein JM. Uncoupling of the glucose growth defect and the deregulation of glycolysis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Tps1 mutants expressing trehalose-6-phosphate-insensitive hexokinase from Schizosaccharomyces pombe. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2003; 1606:83-93. [PMID: 14507429 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2728(03)00086-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae inactivation of trehalose-6-phosphate (Tre6P) synthase (Tps1) encoded by the TPS1 gene causes a specific growth defect in the presence of glucose in the medium. The growth inhibition is associated with deregulation of the initial part of glycolysis. Sugar phosphates, especially fructose-1,6-bisphosphate (Fru1,6bisP), hyperaccumulate while the levels of ATP, Pi and downstream metabolites are rapidly depleted. This was suggested to be due to the absence of Tre6P inhibition on hexokinase. Here we show that overexpression of Tre6P (as well as glucose-6-phosphate (Glu6P))-insensitive hexokinase from Schizosaccharomyces pombe in a wild-type strain does not affect growth on glucose but still transiently enhances initial sugar phosphate accumulation. We have in addition replaced the three endogenous glucose kinases of S. cerevisiae by the Tre6P-insensitive hexokinase from S. pombe. High hexokinase activity was measured in cell extracts and growth on glucose was somewhat reduced compared to an S. cerevisiae wild-type strain but expression of the Tre6P-insensitive S. pombe hexokinase never caused the typical tps1Delta phenotype. Moreover, deletion of TPS1 in this strain expressing only the Tre6P-insensitive S. pombe hexokinase still resulted in a severe drop in growth capacity on glucose as well as sensitivity to millimolar glucose levels in the presence of excess galactose. In this case, poor growth on glucose was associated with reduced rather than enhanced glucose influx into glycolysis. Initial glucose transport was not affected. Apparently, deletion of TPS1 causes reduced activity of the S. pombe hexokinase in vivo. Our results show that Tre6P inhibition of hexokinase is not the major mechanism by which Tps1 controls the influx of glucose into glycolysis or the capacity to grow on glucose. In addition, they show that a Tre6P-insensitive hexokinase can still be controlled by Tps1 in vivo.
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- Beatriz M Bonini
- Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Botany and Microbiology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 31, B-3001 Leuven-Heverlee, Flanders, Belgium
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Schluepmann H, Pellny T, van Dijken A, Smeekens S, Paul M. Trehalose 6-phosphate is indispensable for carbohydrate utilization and growth in Arabidopsis thaliana. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003; 100:6849-54. [PMID: 12748379 PMCID: PMC164535 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1132018100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 326] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Genes for trehalose metabolism are widespread in higher plants. Insight into the physiological role of the trehalose pathway outside of resurrection plant species is lacking. To address this lack of insight, we express Escherichia coli genes for trehalose metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana, which manipulates trehalose 6-phosphate (T6P) contents in the transgenic plants. Plants expressing otsA [encoding trehalose phosphate synthase (TPS)] accumulate T6P whereas those expressing either otsB [encoding trehalose phosphate phosphatase (TPP)] or treC [encoding trehalose phosphate hydrolase (TPH)] contain low levels of T6P. Expression of treF (encoding trehalase) yields plants with unaltered T6P content and a phenotype not distinguishable from wild type when grown on soil. The marked phenotype obtained of plants accumulating T6P is opposite to that of plants with low T6P levels obtained by expressing either TPP or TPH and consistent with a critical role for T6P in growth and development. Supplied sugar strongly inhibits growth of plants with reduced T6P content and leads to accumulation of respiratory intermediates. Remarkably, sugar improves growth of TPS expressors over wild type, a feat not previously accomplished by manipulation of metabolism. The data indicate that the T6P intermediate of the trehalose pathway controls carbohydrate utilization and thence growth via control of glycolysis in a manner analogous to that in yeast. Furthermore, embryolethal A. thaliana tps1 mutants are rescued by expression of E. coli TPS, but not by supply of trehalose, suggesting that T6P control over primary metabolism is indispensable for development.
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Winderickx J, Holsbeeks I, Lagatie O, Giots F, Thevelein J, de Winde H. From feast to famine; adaptation to nutrient availability in yeast. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2002. [DOI: 10.1007/3-540-45611-2_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/14/2023]
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Van Dijck P, De Rop L, Szlufcik K, Van Ael E, Thevelein JM. Disruption of the Candida albicans TPS2 gene encoding trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase decreases infectivity without affecting hypha formation. Infect Immun 2002; 70:1772-82. [PMID: 11895938 PMCID: PMC127825 DOI: 10.1128/iai.70.4.1772-1782.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Deletion of trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase, encoded by TPS2, in Saccharomyces cerevisiae results in accumulation of trehalose-6-phosphate (Tre6P) instead of trehalose under stress conditions. Since trehalose is an important stress protectant and Tre6P accumulation is toxic, we have investigated whether Tre6P phosphatase could be a useful target for antifungals in Candida albicans. We have cloned the C. albicans TPS2 (CaTPS2) gene and constructed heterozygous and homozygous deletion strains. As in S. cerevisiae, complete inactivation of Tre6P phosphatase in C. albicans results in 50-fold hyperaccumulation of Tre6P, thermosensitivity, and rapid death of the cells after a few hours at 44 degrees C. As opposed to inactivation of Tre6P synthase by deletion of CaTPS1, deletion of CaTPS2 does not affect hypha formation on a solid glucose-containing medium. In spite of this, virulence of the homozygous deletion mutant is strongly reduced in a mouse model of systemic infection. The pathogenicity of the heterozygous deletion mutant is similar to that of the wild-type strain. CaTPS2 is a new example of a gene not required for growth under standard conditions but required for pathogenicity in a host. Our results suggest that Tre6P phosphatase may serve as a potential target for antifungal drugs. Neither Tre6P phosphatase nor its substrate is present in mammals, and assay of the enzymes is simple and easily automated for high-throughput screening.
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- Patrick Van Dijck
- Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology and Flemish Institute for Biotechnology, Instituut voor Plantkunde en Microbiologie, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B-3001 Heverlee, Flanders, Belgium.
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Toh TH, Kayingo G, van der Merwe MJ, Kilian SG, Hallsworth JE, Hohmann S, Prior BA. Implications of FPS1 deletion and membrane ergosterol content for glycerol efflux from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FEMS Yeast Res 2001; 1:205-11. [PMID: 12702345 DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2001.tb00035.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The deletion of the gene encoding the glycerol facilitator Fps1p was associated with an altered plasma membrane lipid composition in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The S. cerevisiae fps1delta strain respectively contained 18 and 26% less ergosterol than the wild-type strain, at the whole-cell level and at the plasma membrane level. Other mutants with deficiencies in glycerol metabolism were studied to investigate any possible link between membrane ergosterol content and intracellular glycerol accumulation. In these mutants a modification in intracellular glycerol concentration, or in intra- to extracellular glycerol ratio was accompanied by a reduction in plasma membrane ergosterol content. However, there was no direct correlation between ergosterol content and intracellular glycerol concentration. Lipid composition influences the membrane permeability for solutes during adaptation of yeast cells to osmotic stress. In this study, ergosterol supplementation was shown to partially suppress the hypo-osmotic sensitivity phenotype of the fps1delta strain, leading to more efficient glycerol efflux, and improved survival. The erg-1 disruption mutant, which is unable to synthesise ergosterol, survived and recovered from the hypo-osmotic shock more successfully when the concentration of exogenously supplied ergosterol was increased. The results obtained suggest that a higher ergosterol content facilitates the flux of glycerol across the plasma membrane of S. cerevisiae cells.
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- T H Toh
- Department of Microbiology, University of Stellenbosch, Matieland, South Africa
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Leyman B, Van Dijck P, Thevelein JM. An unexpected plethora of trehalose biosynthesis genes in Arabidopsis thaliana. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2001; 6:510-3. [PMID: 11701378 DOI: 10.1016/s1360-1385(01)02125-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Trehalose accumulation has been documented in many organisms, such as bacteria and fungi, where it serves a storage and stress-protection role. Although conspicuously absent in most plants, trehalose biosynthesis genes were discovered recently in higher plants. We have uncovered a family of 11 TPS genes in Arabidopsis thaliana, one of which encodes a trehalose-6-phosphate (Tre6P) synthase, and a subfamily of which might encode the still elusive Tre6P phosphatases. A regulatory role in carbon metabolism is likely but might not be restricted to the TPS control of hexokinase activity as documented for yeast. Incompatibility between high trehalose levels and chaperone-assisted protein folding might be a reason why plants have evolved to accumulate some alternative stress-protection compounds to trehalose.
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- B Leyman
- Vlaams Interuniversitair Instituut voor Biotechnologie-VIB, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 31, B-3001 Leuven-Heverlee, Flanders, Belgium.
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Fillinger S, Chaveroche MK, van Dijck P, de Vries R, Ruijter G, Thevelein J, d'Enfert C. Trehalose is required for the acquisition of tolerance to a variety of stresses in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2001; 147:1851-1862. [PMID: 11429462 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-147-7-1851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Trehalose is a non-reducing disaccharide found at high concentrations in Aspergillus nidulans conidia and rapidly degraded upon induction of conidial germination. Furthermore, trehalose is accumulated in response to a heat shock or to an oxidative shock. The authors have characterized the A. nidulans tpsA gene encoding trehalose-6-phosphate synthase, which catalyses the first step in trehalose biosynthesis. Expression of tpsA in a Saccharomyces cerevisiae tps1 mutant revealed that the tpsA gene product is a functional equivalent of the yeast Tps1 trehalose-6-phosphate synthase. The A. nidulans tpsA-null mutant does not produce trehalose during conidiation or in response to various stress conditions. While germlings of the tpsA mutant show an increased sensitivity to moderate stress conditions (growth at 45 degrees C or in the presence of 2 mM H(2)O(2)), they display a response to severe stress (60 min at 50 degrees C or in the presence of 100 mM H(2)O(2)) similar to that of wild-type germlings. Furthermore, conidia of the tpsA mutant show a rapid loss of viability upon storage. These results are consistent with a role of trehalose in the acquisition of stress tolerance. Inactivation of the tpsA gene also results in increased steady-state levels of sugar phosphates but does not prevent growth on rapidly metabolizable carbon sources (glucose, fructose) as seen in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This suggests that trehalose 6-phosphate is a physiological inhibitor of hexokinase but that this control is not essential for proper glycolytic flux in A. nidulans. Interestingly, tpsA transcription is not induced in response to heat shock or during conidiation, indicating that trehalose accumulation is probably due to a post-translational activation process of the trehalose 6-phosphate synthase.
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- Sabine Fillinger
- Unité Microbiologie et Environnement, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France1
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- Unité Microbiologie et Environnement, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France1
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- Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, VIB and Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kardinaal Mercierlaan 92, B-3001 Leuven-Heverlee, Flanders, Belgium2
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- Molecular Genetics of Industrial Micro-organisms, Wageningen University, Dreijenlaan 2, 6703HA Wageningen, The Netherlands3
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- Molecular Genetics of Industrial Micro-organisms, Wageningen University, Dreijenlaan 2, 6703HA Wageningen, The Netherlands3
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- Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, VIB and Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kardinaal Mercierlaan 92, B-3001 Leuven-Heverlee, Flanders, Belgium2
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- Unité Microbiologie et Environnement, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France1
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De Silva-Udawatta MN, Cannon JF. Roles of trehalose phosphate synthase in yeast glycogen metabolism and sporulation. Mol Microbiol 2001; 40:1345-56. [PMID: 11442833 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02477.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Trehalose is a major storage carbohydrate in budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Alterations in trehalose synthesis affect carbon source-dependent growth, accumulation of glycogen and sporulation. Trehalose is synthesized by trehalose phosphate synthase (TPS), which is a complex of at least four proteins. In this work, we show that the Tps1p subunit protein catalyses trehalose phosphate synthesis in the absence of other TPS components. The tps1-H223Y allele (glc6-1) that causes a semidominant decrease in glycogen accumulation exhibits greater enzyme activity than wild-type TPS1 because, unlike the wild-type enzyme, TPS activity in tps1-H223Y cells is not inhibited by phosphate. Poor sporulation in tps1 null diploids is caused by reduced expression of meiotic inducers encoded by IME1, IME2 and MCK1. Furthermore, high-copy MCK1 or heterozygous hxk2 mutations can suppress the tps1 sporulation trait. These results suggest that the trehalose-6-phosphate inhibition of hexokinase activity is required for full induction of MCK1 in sporulating yeast cells.
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- M N De Silva-Udawatta
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, MO 65212, USA
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Glycogen and trehalose are the two glucose stores of yeast cells. The large variations in the cell content of these two compounds in response to different environmental changes indicate that their metabolism is controlled by complex regulatory systems. In this review we present information on the regulation of the activity of the enzymes implicated in the pathways of synthesis and degradation of glycogen and trehalose as well as on the transcriptional control of the genes encoding them. cAMP and the protein kinases Snf1 and Pho85 appear as major actors in this regulation. From a metabolic point of view, glucose-6-phosphate seems the major effector in the net synthesis of glycogen and trehalose. We discuss also the implication of the recently elucidated TOR-dependent nutrient signalling pathway in the control of the yeast glucose stores and its integration in growth and cell division. The unexpected roles of glycogen and trehalose found in the control of glycolytic flux, stress responses and energy stores for the budding process, demonstrate that their presence confers survival and reproductive advantages to the cell. The findings discussed provide for the first time a teleonomic value for the presence of two different glucose stores in the yeast cell.
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- J François
- Centre de Bioingenierie Gilbert Durand, UMR-CNRS 5504, UMR-INRA 792, Département de Génie Biochimique et Alimentaire, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées, 135 Avenue de Rangeuil, 31077 Toulouse Cedex 04, France.
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Golovleva L, Golovlev E. Microbial cellular biology and current problems of metabolic engineering. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s1381-1177(00)00104-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Aquaporin water channels facilitate the transmembrane diffusion of water and higher organisms possess a large number of isoforms. The genome of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae contains two highly similar aquaporin genes, AQY1 and AQY2. AQY1 has been shown to encode a functional water channel but only in certain laboratory strains. Here we show that the AQY2 gene is interrupted by an 11 bp deletion in 23 of the 27 laboratory strains tested, with the exception of strains from the sigma 1278b background, which also exhibit a functional Aqy1p. However, although the AQY2 gene from sigma 1278b is highly homologous to functional aquaporins, we did not observe Aqy2p-mediated water transport in Xenopus oocytes. A survey of 52 yeast strains revealed that all industrial and wild yeasts carry the allele encoding a functional Aqy1p, while none of these strains appear to have a functional Aqy2p. We conclude that natural and industrial conditions provide selective pressure to maintain AQY1 but apparently not AQY2.
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- V Laizé
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Göteborg University, Box 462, SE-40530 Göteborg, Sweden
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Noubhani A, Bunoust O, Rigoulet M, Thevelein JM. Reconstitution of ethanolic fermentation in permeabilized spheroplasts of wild-type and trehalose-6-phosphate synthase mutants of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2000; 267:4566-76. [PMID: 10880982 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01511.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, TPS1-encoded trehalose-6-phosphate synthase (TPS) exerts an essential control on the influx of glucose into glycolysis, presumably by restricting hexokinase activity. Deletion of TPS1 results in severe hyperaccumulation of sugar phosphates and near absence of ethanol formation. To investigate whether trehalose 6-phosphate (Tre6P) is the sole mediator of hexokinase inhibition, we have reconstituted ethanolic fermentation from glucose in permeabilized spheroplasts of the wild-type, tps1Delta and tps2Delta (Tre6P phosphatase) strains. For the tps1Delta strain, ethanol production was significantly lower and was associated with hyperaccumulation of Glu6P and Fru6P. A tps2Delta strain shows reduced accumulation of Glu6P and Fru6P both in intact cells and in permeabilized spheroplasts. These results are not consistent with Tre6P being the sole mediator of hexokinase inhibition. Reconstitution of ethanolic fermentation in permeabilized spheroplasts with glycolytic intermediates indicates additional target site(s) for the Tps1 control. Addition of Tre6P partially shifts the ethanol production rate and the metabolite pattern in permeabilized tps1Delta spheroplasts to those of the wild-type strain, but only with glucose as substrate. This is observed at a very high ratio of glucose to Tre6P. Inhibition of hexokinase activity by Tre6P is less efficiently counteracted by glucose in permeabilized spheroplasts compared to cell extracts, and this effect is largely abolished by deletion of TPS2 but not TPS1. In permeabilized spheroplasts, hexokinase activity is significantly lower in a tps2Delta strain compared to a wild-type strain and this difference is strongly reduced by additional deletion of TPS1. These results indicate that Tps1-mediated protein-protein interactions are important for control of glucose influx into yeast glycolysis, that Tre6P inhibition of hexokinase might not be competitive with respect to glucose in vivo and that also Tps2 appears to play a role in the control of hexokinase activity.
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- A Noubhani
- Laboratorium voor Moleculaire Celbiologie, Institute of Botany and Microbiology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Flanders, Belgium
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Improved protocols for quantitative determination of metabolites from biological samples using high performance ionic-exchange chromatography with conductimetric and pulsed amperometric detection. Enzyme Microb Technol 2000; 26:715-723. [PMID: 10862877 DOI: 10.1016/s0141-0229(00)00163-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Simple and reliable protocols are described for an extensive analysis of metabolites in extracts from different biological sources. The separation was performed by high performance ionic-exchange chromatography (HPIC) at alkaline pH using two types of chromatography columns and two detection methods. Organic acids and inorganic anions were separated on an ionPac AS11 column using a 0.5 to 35 mM Na0H gradient. Detection limits in the range of milligrams per liter were achieved by use of a conductivity detector equipped with an anion self-regenerating suppressor. Twelve phosphorylated compounds belonging to the glycolytic and the pentose phosphate pathways could be resolved on a CarboPac PA1 column using a Na0H/Na-acetate gradient. Quantification was achieved by pulsed amperometry with detection limits in the micromolar range. Cell extracts obtained by extraction in boiling buffered ethanol described previously could be directly injected onto HPIC columns for the separation of metabolites because the extraction procedure affected neither the retention time nor the stability of most of the metabolites, and yielded very clean chromatograms. These improved protocols were applied for a dynamic analysis of intracellular metabolites in Saccharomyces cerevisiae in response to a glucose pulse.
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Golovlev EL, Golovleva LA. Physiology of microbial cells and metabolic engineering. Microbiology (Reading) 2000. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02756185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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