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Martins-Santana L, Petrucelli MF, Sanches PR, Almeida F, Martinez-Rossi NM, Rossi A. The StuA Transcription Factor and Alternative Splicing Mechanisms Drive the Levels of MAPK Hog1 Transcripts in the Dermatophyte Trichophyton rubrum. Mycopathologia 2024; 189:37. [PMID: 38704808 DOI: 10.1007/s11046-024-00842-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2024] [Indexed: 05/07/2024]
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Trichophyton rubrum is a human fungal pathogen that causes dermatophytosis, an infection that affects keratinized tissues. Integrated molecular signals coordinate mechanisms that control pathogenicity. Transcriptional regulation is a core regulation of relevant fungal processes. Previous RNA sequencing data revealed that the absence of the transcription factor StuA resulted in the differential expression of the MAPK-related high glycerol osmolarity gene (hog1) in T. rubrum. Here we validated the role of StuA in regulating the transcript levels of hog1. We showed through RT-qPCR that transcriptional regulation controls hog1 levels in response to glucose, keratin, and co-culture with human keratinocytes. In addition, we also detected hog1 pre-mRNA transcripts that underwent alternative splicing, presenting intron retention in a StuA-dependent mechanism. Our findings suggest that StuA and alternative splicing simultaneously, but not dependently, coordinate hog1 transcript levels in T. rubrum. As a means of preventing and treating dermatophytosis, our results contribute to the search for new potential drug therapies based on the molecular aspects of signaling pathways in T. rubrum.
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- Leonardo Martins-Santana
- Department of Genetics, Ribeirão Preto Medical Schoool, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Ribeirão Preto Medical Schoool, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Ribeirão Preto Medical Schoool, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Ribeirão Preto Medical Schoool, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Ribeirão Preto Medical Schoool, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Department of Genetics, Ribeirão Preto Medical Schoool, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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Duveau F, Cordier C, Chiron L, Le Bec M, Pouzet S, Séguin J, Llamosi A, Sorre B, Di Meglio JM, Hersen P. Yeast cell responses and survival during periodic osmotic stress are controlled by glucose availability. eLife 2024; 12:RP88750. [PMID: 38568203 PMCID: PMC10990491 DOI: 10.7554/elife.88750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2024] Open
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Natural environments of living organisms are often dynamic and multifactorial, with multiple parameters fluctuating over time. To better understand how cells respond to dynamically interacting factors, we quantified the effects of dual fluctuations of osmotic stress and glucose deprivation on yeast cells using microfluidics and time-lapse microscopy. Strikingly, we observed that cell proliferation, survival, and signaling depend on the phasing of the two periodic stresses. Cells divided faster, survived longer, and showed decreased transcriptional response when fluctuations of hyperosmotic stress and glucose deprivation occurred in phase than when the two stresses occurred alternatively. Therefore, glucose availability regulates yeast responses to dynamic osmotic stress, showcasing the key role of metabolic fluctuations in cellular responses to dynamic stress. We also found that mutants with impaired osmotic stress response were better adapted to alternating stresses than wild-type cells, showing that genetic mechanisms of adaptation to a persistent stress factor can be detrimental under dynamically interacting conditions.
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- Fabien Duveau
- Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes, UMR 7057 CNRS & Université Paris Diderot, 10 rue Alice Domon et Léonie DuquetParisFrance
- Laboratoire de Biologie et Modélisation de la Cellule, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, CNRS, UMR 5239, Inserm, U1293, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 46 allée d'Italie F-69364LyonFrance
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- Laboratoire Physico Chimie Curie, UMR168, Institut Curie, 16 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005ParisFrance
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- Laboratoire Physico Chimie Curie, UMR168, Institut Curie, 16 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005ParisFrance
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- Laboratoire Physico Chimie Curie, UMR168, Institut Curie, 16 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005ParisFrance
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- Laboratoire Physico Chimie Curie, UMR168, Institut Curie, 16 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005ParisFrance
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- Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes, UMR 7057 CNRS & Université Paris Diderot, 10 rue Alice Domon et Léonie DuquetParisFrance
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- Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes, UMR 7057 CNRS & Université Paris Diderot, 10 rue Alice Domon et Léonie DuquetParisFrance
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- Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes, UMR 7057 CNRS & Université Paris Diderot, 10 rue Alice Domon et Léonie DuquetParisFrance
- Laboratoire Physico Chimie Curie, UMR168, Institut Curie, 16 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005ParisFrance
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- Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes, UMR 7057 CNRS & Université Paris Diderot, 10 rue Alice Domon et Léonie DuquetParisFrance
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- Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes, UMR 7057 CNRS & Université Paris Diderot, 10 rue Alice Domon et Léonie DuquetParisFrance
- Laboratoire Physico Chimie Curie, UMR168, Institut Curie, 16 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005ParisFrance
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Ahmadpour D, Kumar N, Fischbach A, Chawla S, Widlund PO, Nyström T. Syntaxin 5-dependent phosphorylation of the small heat shock protein Hsp42 and its role in protein quality control. FEBS J 2023; 290:4744-4761. [PMID: 37306264 DOI: 10.1111/febs.16886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2022] [Revised: 05/11/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The small heat shock protein Hsp42 and the t-SNARE protein Sed5 have central roles in the sequestration of misfolded proteins into insoluble protein deposits in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. However, whether these proteins/processes interact in protein quality control (PQC) is not known. Here, we show that Sed5 and anterograde trafficking modulate phosphorylation of Hsp42 partially via the MAPK kinase Hog1. Such phosphorylation, specifically at residue S215, abrogated the co-localization of Hsp42 with the Hsp104 disaggregase, aggregate clearance, chaperone activity, and sequestration of aggregates to IPOD and mitochondria. Furthermore, we found that Hsp42 is hyperphosphorylated in old cells leading to a drastic failure in disaggregation. Old cells also displayed a retarded anterograde trafficking, which, together with slow aggregate clearance and hyperphosphorylation of Hsp42, could be counteracted by Sed5 overproduction. We hypothesize that the breakdown of proper PQC during yeast aging may, in part, be due to a retarded anterograde trafficking leading to hyperphosphorylation of Hsp42.
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- Doryaneh Ahmadpour
- Institute for Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, Center for Aging and Health-AgeCap, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
- Center for Bionics and Pain Research, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden
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- Institute for Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, Center for Aging and Health-AgeCap, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute for Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, Center for Aging and Health-AgeCap, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute for Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, Center for Aging and Health-AgeCap, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute for Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, Center for Aging and Health-AgeCap, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute for Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, Center for Aging and Health-AgeCap, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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Wagner ER, Gasch AP. Advances in S. cerevisiae Engineering for Xylose Fermentation and Biofuel Production: Balancing Growth, Metabolism, and Defense. J Fungi (Basel) 2023; 9:786. [PMID: 37623557 PMCID: PMC10455348 DOI: 10.3390/jof9080786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Revised: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023] Open
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Genetically engineering microorganisms to produce chemicals has changed the industrialized world. The budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is frequently used in industry due to its genetic tractability and unique metabolic capabilities. S. cerevisiae has been engineered to produce novel compounds from diverse sugars found in lignocellulosic biomass, including pentose sugars, like xylose, not recognized by the organism. Engineering high flux toward novel compounds has proved to be more challenging than anticipated since simply introducing pathway components is often not enough. Several studies show that the rewiring of upstream signaling is required to direct products toward pathways of interest, but doing so can diminish stress tolerance, which is important in industrial conditions. As an example of these challenges, we reviewed S. cerevisiae engineering efforts, enabling anaerobic xylose fermentation as a model system and showcasing the regulatory interplay's controlling growth, metabolism, and stress defense. Enabling xylose fermentation in S. cerevisiae requires the introduction of several key metabolic enzymes but also regulatory rewiring of three signaling pathways at the intersection of the growth and stress defense responses: the RAS/PKA, Snf1, and high osmolarity glycerol (HOG) pathways. The current studies reviewed here suggest the modulation of global signaling pathways should be adopted into biorefinery microbial engineering pipelines to increase efficient product yields.
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- Ellen R. Wagner
- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
- Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
- Center for Genomic Science Innovation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
- Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
- Center for Genomic Science Innovation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Kadhim I, Begum N, King W, Xu L, Tang F. Up-regulation of Osh6 boosts an anti-aging membrane trafficking pathway toward vacuoles. MICROBIAL CELL (GRAZ, AUSTRIA) 2022; 9:145-157. [PMID: 35974810 PMCID: PMC9344199 DOI: 10.15698/mic2022.08.783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2021] [Revised: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 06/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Members of the family of oxysterol-binding proteins mediate non-vesicular lipid transport between membranes and contribute to longevity in different manners. We previously found that a 2-fold up-regulation of Osh6, one of seven yeast oxysterol-binding proteins, remedies vacuolar morphology defects in mid-aged cells, partly down-regulates the target of rapamycin complex 1 (TORC1), and increases the replicative lifespan. At the molecular level, Osh6 transports phosphatidylserine (PS) and phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate (PI4P) between the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and the plasma membrane (PM). To decipher how an ER-PM working protein controls vacuolar morphology, we tested genetic interactions between OSH6 and DRS2, whose protein flips PS from the lumen to the cytosolic side of the Golgi, the organelle between ER and vacuoles in many pathways. Up-regulated OSH6 complemented vacuolar morphology of drs2Δ and enriched PI4P on the Golgi, indicating that Osh6 also works on the Golgi. This altered PI4P-enrichment led to a delay in the secretion of the proton ATPase Pma1 to the PM and a rerouting of Pma1 to vacuoles in a manner dependent on the trans-Golgi network (TGN) to late endosome (LE) trafficking pathway. Since the TGN-LE pathway controls endosomal and vacuolar TORC1, it may be the anti-aging pathway boosted by up-regulated Osh6.
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- Ilham Kadhim
- Department of Biology, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR 72204, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR 72204, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR 72204, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR 72204, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR 72204, USA
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Lee J, Levin DE. Differential metabolism of arsenicals regulates Fps1-mediated arsenite transport. J Cell Biol 2022; 221:212996. [PMID: 35139143 PMCID: PMC8932518 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202109034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2021] [Revised: 12/18/2021] [Accepted: 12/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Arsenic is an environmental toxin that exists mainly as pentavalent arsenate and trivalent arsenite. Both forms activate the yeast SAPK Hog1 but with different consequences. We describe a mechanism by which cells distinguish between these arsenicals through one-step metabolism to differentially regulate the bidirectional glycerol channel Fps1, an adventitious port for arsenite. Cells exposed to arsenate reduce it to thiol-reactive arsenite, which modifies a set of cysteine residues in target proteins, whereas cells exposed to arsenite metabolize it to methylarsenite, which modifies an additional set of cysteine residues. Hog1 becomes arsenylated, which prevents it from closing Fps1. However, this block is overcome in cells exposed to arsenite through methylarsenylation of Acr3, an arsenite efflux pump that we found also regulates Fps1 directly. This adaptation allows cells to restrict arsenite entry through Fps1 and also allows its exit when produced from arsenate exposure. These results have broad implications for understanding how SAPKs activated by diverse stressors can drive stress-specific outputs.
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- Jongmin Lee
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA.,Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
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Host Lung Environment Limits Aspergillus fumigatus Germination through an SskA-Dependent Signaling Response. mSphere 2021; 6:e0092221. [PMID: 34878292 PMCID: PMC8653827 DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00922-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Aspergillus fumigatus isolates display significant heterogeneity in growth, virulence, pathology, and inflammatory potential in multiple murine models of invasive aspergillosis. Previous studies have linked the initial germination of a fungal isolate in the airways to the inflammatory and pathological potential, but the mechanism(s) regulating A. fumigatus germination in the airways is unresolved. To explore the genetic basis for divergent germination phenotypes, we utilized a serial passaging strategy in which we cultured a slow germinating strain (AF293) in a murine-lung-based medium for multiple generations. Through this serial passaging approach, a strain emerged with an increased germination rate that induces more inflammation than the parental strain (herein named LH-EVOL for lung homogenate evolved). We identified a potential loss-of-function allele of Afu5g08390 (sskA) in the LH-EVOL strain. The LH-EVOL strain had a decreased ability to induce the SakA-dependent stress pathway, similar to AF293 ΔsskA and CEA10. In support of the whole-genome variant analyses, sskA, sakA, or mpkC loss-of-function strains in the AF293 parental strain increased germination both in vitro and in vivo. Since the airway surface liquid of the lungs contains low glucose levels, the relationship of low glucose concentration on germination of these mutant AF293 strains was examined; interestingly, in low glucose conditions, the sakA pathway mutants exhibited an enhanced germination rate. In conclusion, A. fumigatus germination in the airways is regulated by SskA through the SakA mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway and drives enhanced disease initiation and inflammation in the lungs. IMPORTANCEAspergillus fumigatus is an important human fungal pathogen particularly in immunocompromised individuals. Initiation of growth by A. fumigatus in the lung is important for its pathogenicity in murine models. However, our understanding of what regulates fungal germination in the lung environment is lacking. Through a serial passage experiment using lung-based medium, we identified a new strain of A. fumigatus that has increased germination potential and inflammation in the lungs. Using this serially passaged strain, we found it had a decreased ability to mediate signaling through the osmotic stress response pathway. This finding was confirmed using genetic null mutants demonstrating that the osmotic stress response pathway is critical for regulating growth in the murine lungs. Our results contribute to the understanding of A. fumigatus adaptation and growth in the host lung environment.
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Yaakoub H, Sanchez NS, Ongay-Larios L, Courdavault V, Calenda A, Bouchara JP, Coria R, Papon N. The high osmolarity glycerol (HOG) pathway in fungi †. Crit Rev Microbiol 2021; 48:657-695. [PMID: 34893006 DOI: 10.1080/1040841x.2021.2011834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Abstract
While fungi are widely occupying nature, many species are responsible for devastating mycosis in humans. Such niche diversity explains how quick fungal adaptation is necessary to endow the capacity of withstanding fluctuating environments and to cope with host-imposed conditions. Among all the molecular mechanisms evolved by fungi, the most studied one is the activation of the phosphorelay signalling pathways, of which the high osmolarity glycerol (HOG) pathway constitutes one of the key molecular apparatus underpinning fungal adaptation and virulence. In this review, we summarize the seminal knowledge of the HOG pathway with its more recent developments. We specifically described the HOG-mediated stress adaptation, with a particular focus on osmotic and oxidative stress, and point out some lags in our understanding of its involvement in the virulence of pathogenic species including, the medically important fungi Candida albicans, Cryptococcus neoformans, and Aspergillus fumigatus, compared to the model yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Finally, we also highlighted some possible applications of the HOG pathway modifications to improve the fungal-based production of natural products in the industry.
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- Hajar Yaakoub
- Univ Angers, Univ Brest, GEIHP, SFR ICAT, Angers, France
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- Departamento de Genética Molecular, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Unidad de Biología Molecular, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- EA2106 "Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales", Université de Tours, Tours, France
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- Departamento de Genética Molecular, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Univ Angers, Univ Brest, GEIHP, SFR ICAT, Angers, France
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Huang S, Zhang D, Weng F, Wang Y. Activation of a Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Hog1 by DNA Damaging Agent Methyl Methanesulfonate in Yeast. Front Mol Biosci 2021; 7:581095. [PMID: 33425986 PMCID: PMC7793754 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2020.581095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 11/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Hog1 is a mitogen-activated protein kinase in yeast that primarily regulates cellular responses to hyperosmolarity stress. In this study, we have examined the potential involvement of Hog1 in mediating cellular responses to DNA damaging agents. We find that treatment of yeast cells with DNA damaging agent methyl methanesulfonate (MMS) induces a marked and prolonged Hog1 activation. Distinct from stressors such as arsenite that activates Hog1 via inhibiting its phosphatases, activation of Hog1 by MMS is phosphatase-independent. Instead, MMS impairs a critical phosphor-relay process that normally keeps Hog1 in an inactive state. Functionally, MMS-activated Hog1 is not translocated to the nucleus to regulate gene expression but rather stays in the cytoplasm and regulates MMS-induced autophagy and cell adaptation to MMS stress. These findings reveal a new role of Hog1 in regulating MMS-induced cellular stress.
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- Shan Huang
- Department of Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, United States
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MacGilvray ME, Shishkova E, Place M, Wagner ER, Coon JJ, Gasch AP. Phosphoproteome Response to Dithiothreitol Reveals Unique Versus Shared Features of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Stress Responses. J Proteome Res 2020; 19:3405-3417. [PMID: 32597660 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.0c00253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
To cope with sudden changes in the external environment, the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae orchestrates a multifaceted response that spans many levels of physiology. Several studies have interrogated the transcriptome response to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and the role of regulators such as the Ire1 kinase and Hac1 transcription factors. However, less is known about responses to ER stress at other levels of physiology. Here, we used quantitative phosphoproteomics and computational network inference to uncover the yeast phosphoproteome response to the reducing agent dithiothreitol (DTT) and the upstream signaling network that controls it. We profiled wild-type cells and mutants lacking IRE1 or MAPK kinases MKK1 and MKK2, before and at various times after DTT treatment. In addition to revealing downstream targets of these kinases, our inference approach predicted new regulators in the DTT response, including cell-cycle regulator Cdc28 and osmotic-response kinase Rck2, which we validated computationally. Our results also revealed similarities and surprising differences in responses to different stress conditions, especially in the response of protein kinase A targets. These results have implications for the breadth of signaling programs that can give rise to common stress response signatures.
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- Matthew E MacGilvray
- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Center for Genomic Science Innovation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States.,Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Center for Genomic Science Innovation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States.,Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Center for Genomic Science Innovation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States.,Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States.,Departments of Chemistry and Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States.,Morgridge Institute for Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States.,Center for Genomic Science Innovation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States.,Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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Leech CM, Flynn MJ, Arsenault HE, Ou J, Liu H, Zhu LJ, Benanti JA. The coordinate actions of calcineurin and Hog1 mediate the stress response through multiple nodes of the cell cycle network. PLoS Genet 2020; 16:e1008600. [PMID: 32343701 PMCID: PMC7209309 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2019] [Revised: 05/08/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Upon exposure to environmental stressors, cells transiently arrest the cell cycle while they adapt and restore homeostasis. A challenge for all cells is to distinguish between stress signals and coordinate the appropriate adaptive response with cell cycle arrest. Here we investigate the role of the phosphatase calcineurin (CN) in the stress response and demonstrate that CN activates the Hog1/p38 pathway in both yeast and human cells. In yeast, the MAPK Hog1 is transiently activated in response to several well-studied osmostressors. We show that when a stressor simultaneously activates CN and Hog1, CN disrupts Hog1-stimulated negative feedback to prolong Hog1 activation and the period of cell cycle arrest. Regulation of Hog1 by CN also contributes to inactivation of multiple cell cycle-regulatory transcription factors (TFs) and the decreased expression of cell cycle-regulated genes. CN-dependent downregulation of G1/S genes is dependent upon Hog1 activation, whereas CN inactivates G2/M TFs through a combination of Hog1-dependent and -independent mechanisms. These findings demonstrate that CN and Hog1 act in a coordinated manner to inhibit multiple nodes of the cell cycle-regulatory network. Our results suggest that crosstalk between CN and stress-activated MAPKs helps cells tailor their adaptive responses to specific stressors. In order to survive exposure to environmental stress, cells transiently arrest the cell division cycle while they adapt to the stress. Several kinases and phosphatases are known to control stress adaptation programs, but the extent to which these signaling pathways work together to tune the stress response is not well understood. This study investigates the role of the phosphatase calcineurin in the stress response and shows that calcineurin inhibits the cell cycle in part by stimulating the activity of the Hog1/p-38 stress-activated MAPK in both yeast and human cells. Crosstalk between stress response pathways may help cells mount specific responses to diverse stressors and to survive changes in their environment.
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- Cassandra M. Leech
- Department of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Program in Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology, Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Fabri JHTM, Rocha MC, Malavazi I. Overview of the Interplay Between Cell Wall Integrity Signaling Pathways and Membrane Lipid Biosynthesis in Fungi: Perspectives for Aspergillus fumigatus. Curr Protein Pept Sci 2019; 21:265-283. [PMID: 31284857 DOI: 10.2174/1389203720666190705164203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2019] [Revised: 06/10/2019] [Accepted: 06/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The cell wall (CW) and plasma membrane are fundamental structures that define cell shape and support different cellular functions. In pathogenic fungi, such as Aspegillus fumigatus, they not only play structural roles but are also important for virulence and immune recognition. Both the CW and the plasma membrane remain as attractive drug targets to treat fungal infections, such as the Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis (IPA), a disease associated with high morbimortality in immunocompromised individuals. The low efficiency of echinocandins that target the fungal CW biosynthesis, the occurrence of environmental isolates resistant to azoles such as voriconazole and the known drawbacks associated with amphotericin toxicity foster the urgent need for fungal-specific drugable targets and/or more efficient combinatorial therapeutic strategies. Reverse genetic approaches in fungi unveil that perturbations of the CW also render cells with increased susceptibility to membrane disrupting agents and vice-versa. However, how the fungal cells simultaneously cope with perturbation in CW polysaccharides and cell membrane proteins to allow morphogenesis is scarcely known. Here, we focus on current information on how the main signaling pathways that maintain fungal cell wall integrity, such as the Cell Wall Integrity and the High Osmolarity Glycerol pathways, in different species often cross-talk to regulate the synthesis of molecules that comprise the plasma membrane, especially sphingolipids, ergosterol and phospholipids to promote functioning of both structures concomitantly and thus, cell viability. We propose that the conclusions drawn from other organisms are the foundations to point out experimental lines that can be endeavored in A. fumigatus.
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- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil
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Wagner ER, Myers KS, Riley NM, Coon JJ, Gasch AP. PKA and HOG signaling contribute separable roles to anaerobic xylose fermentation in yeast engineered for biofuel production. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0212389. [PMID: 31112537 PMCID: PMC6528989 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0212389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2019] [Accepted: 04/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Lignocellulosic biomass offers a sustainable source for biofuel production that does not compete with food-based cropping systems. Importantly, two critical bottlenecks prevent economic adoption: many industrially relevant microorganisms cannot ferment pentose sugars prevalent in lignocellulosic medium, leaving a significant amount of carbon unutilized. Furthermore, chemical biomass pretreatment required to release fermentable sugars generates a variety of toxins, which inhibit microbial growth and metabolism, specifically limiting pentose utilization in engineered strains. Here we dissected genetic determinants of anaerobic xylose fermentation and stress tolerance in chemically pretreated corn stover biomass, called hydrolysate. We previously revealed that loss-of-function mutations in the stress-responsive MAP kinase HOG1 and negative regulator of the RAS/Protein Kinase A (PKA) pathway, IRA2, enhances anaerobic xylose fermentation. However, these mutations likely reduce cells' ability to tolerate the toxins present in lignocellulosic hydrolysate, making the strain especially vulnerable to it. We tested the contributions of Hog1 and PKA signaling via IRA2 or PKA negative regulatory subunit BCY1 to metabolism, growth, and stress tolerance in corn stover hydrolysate and laboratory medium with mixed sugars. We found mutations causing upregulated PKA activity increase growth rate and glucose consumption in various media but do not have a specific impact on xylose fermentation. In contrast, mutation of HOG1 specifically increased xylose usage. We hypothesized improving stress tolerance would enhance the rate of xylose consumption in hydrolysate. Surprisingly, increasing stress tolerance did not augment xylose fermentation in lignocellulosic medium in this strain background, suggesting other mechanisms besides cellular stress limit this strain's ability for anaerobic xylose fermentation in hydrolysate.
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- Ellen R. Wagner
- Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI United States of America
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- Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI United States of America
- Genome Center of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI United States of America
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison WI United States of America
- Morgridge Institute for Research, Madison, WI United States of America
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- Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI United States of America
- Genome Center of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI United States of America
- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI United States of America
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Wang Y, Mousley CJ, Lete MG, Bankaitis VA. An equal opportunity collaboration between lipid metabolism and proteins in the control of membrane trafficking in the trans-Golgi and endosomal systems. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2019; 59:58-72. [PMID: 31039522 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2019.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2019] [Revised: 03/25/2019] [Accepted: 03/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Recent years have witnessed the evolution of the cell biology of lipids into an extremely active area of investigation. Deciphering the involvement of lipid metabolism and lipid signaling in membrane trafficking pathways defines a major nexus of contemporary experimental activity on this front. Significant effort in that direction is invested in understanding the trans-Golgi network/endosomal system where unambiguous connections between membrane trafficking and inositol lipid and phosphatidylcholine metabolism were first discovered. However, powered by new advances in contemporary cell biology, the march of science is rapidly expanding that window of inquiry to include ever more diverse arms of the lipid metabolome, and to include other compartments of the secretory pathway as well.
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- Yaxi Wang
- Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2128, USA
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI), Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843-1114, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2128, USA; Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843-1114, USA.
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Lee J, Levin DE. Intracellular mechanism by which arsenite activates the yeast stress MAPK Hog1. Mol Biol Cell 2018; 29:1904-1915. [PMID: 29846136 PMCID: PMC6085820 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e18-03-0185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Stress-activated MAPKs (SAPKs) respond to a wide variety of stressors. In most cases, the pathways through which specific stress signals are transmitted to the SAPKs are not known. In this study, we delineate the intracellular signaling pathway by which the trivalent toxic metalloid arsenite [As(III)] activates the yeast SAPK Hog1. We demonstrate that, to activate Hog1, As(III) must enter the cell through the glycerol channel Fps1 and must be metabolized to methyl arsenite [MAs(III)] by the dimeric methyltransferase Mtq2:Trm112. We found that Mtq2:Trm1 displays SAM-dependent methyltransferase activity toward both As(III) and MAs(III). Additionally, we present genetic and biochemical evidence that MAs(III), but not As(III), is a potent inhibitor of the protein tyrosine phosphatases (Ptp2 and Ptp3) that normally maintain Hog1 in an inactive state. Inhibition of Ptp2 and Ptp3 by MAs(III) results in elevated Hog1 phosphorylation without activation of the protein kinases that act upstream of the SAPK and raises the possibility that other Hog1-activating stressors act intracellularly at different points along the canonical Hog1 activation pathway. Finally, we show that arsenate [As(V)], a pentavalent form of arsenic, also activates Hog1, but through a pathway that is distinct from that of As(III) and involves activation of the Hog1 MEK Pbs2.
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- Jongmin Lee
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA 02118
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA 02118.,Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118
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Del Bel LM, Brill JA. Sac1, a lipid phosphatase at the interface of vesicular and nonvesicular transport. Traffic 2018; 19:301-318. [PMID: 29411923 DOI: 10.1111/tra.12554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2017] [Revised: 02/02/2018] [Accepted: 02/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The lipid phosphatase Sac1 dephosphorylates phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PI4P), thereby holding levels of this crucial membrane signaling molecule in check. Sac1 regulates multiple cellular processes, including cytoskeletal organization, membrane trafficking and cell signaling. Here, we review the structure and regulation of Sac1, its roles in cell signaling and development and its links to health and disease. Remarkably, many of the diverse roles attributed to Sac1 can be explained by the recent discovery of its requirement at membrane contact sites, where its consumption of PI4P is proposed to drive interorganelle transfer of other cellular lipids, thereby promoting normal lipid homeostasis within cells.
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- Lauren M Del Bel
- Cell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Cell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Schutt KL, Moseley JB. Transient activation of fission yeast AMPK is required for cell proliferation during osmotic stress. Mol Biol Cell 2017; 28:1804-1814. [PMID: 28515144 PMCID: PMC5491188 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e17-04-0235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2017] [Revised: 05/05/2017] [Accepted: 05/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Transient activation of the cellular energy sensor AMPK during osmotic stress requires its energy-sensing subunit. Cellular ATP levels decrease during osmotic stress, which triggers energy stress, which in turn requires dynamic activation of AMPK. The heterotrimeric kinase AMPK acts as an energy sensor to coordinate cell metabolism with environmental status in species from yeast through humans. Low intracellular ATP leads to AMPK activation through phosphorylation of the activation loop within the catalytic subunit. Other environmental stresses also activate AMPK, but it is unclear whether cellular energy status affects AMPK activation under these conditions. Fission yeast AMPK catalytic subunit Ssp2 is phosphorylated at Thr-189 by the upstream kinase Ssp1 in low-glucose conditions, similar to other systems. Here we find that hyperosmotic stress induces strong phosphorylation of Ssp2-T189 by Ssp1. Ssp2-pT189 during osmotic stress is transient and leads to transient regulation of AMPK targets, unlike sustained activation by low glucose. Cells lacking this activation mechanism fail to proliferate after hyperosmotic stress. Activation during osmotic stress requires energy sensing by AMPK heterotrimer, and osmotic stress leads to decreased intracellular ATP levels. We observed mitochondrial fission during osmotic stress, but blocking fission did not affect AMPK activation. Stress-activated kinases Sty1 and Pmk1 did not promote AMPK activation but contributed to subsequent inactivation. Our results show that osmotic stress induces transient energy stress, and AMPK activation allows cells to manage this energy stress for proliferation in new osmotic states.
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- Katherine L Schutt
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755
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Jana A, Sinha A, Sarkar S. Phosphoinositide binding profiles of the PX domains of Giardia lamblia. Parasitol Int 2017; 66:606-614. [PMID: 28456494 DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2017.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2016] [Revised: 04/13/2017] [Accepted: 04/23/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The membrane trafficking machinery that functions at the endomembrane system of Giardia lamblia appears to be significantly different from that present in most model eukaryotes. This machinery is important for encystation as cyst wall material is trafficked to the cell surface via encystation-specific vesicles. Since proteins containing the phosphoinositide-binding PX domains are known regulators of vesicular trafficking, BLAST search was used to identify the PX domains of G. lamblia. Six putative PX domain-containing ORFs were identified. Some of the encoded PX domains contained non-canonical amino acid residues in the highly conserved ligand binding pocket. In vitro and in vivo binding studies indicate that these domains have the ability to bind to diverse phosphoinositides. Also, coincidence detection is likely to play a significant role in ligand binding in vivo since domains that bind to the same lipid in vitro, exhibit differences in subcellular localization. Analyses of the expression of these six genes in trophozoites, encysting trophozoites and cysts showed that while the expression of four of the genes were downregulated in cysts, the other two were upregulated. The variation in ligand preference of the individual PX domains and the differential expression of most of the PX-domain encoding genes indicate that these PX domain-containing proteins are likely to perform diverse cellular functions.
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- Ananya Jana
- Department of Biochemistry, Bose Institute, P1/12 CIT Scheme VII M, Kolkata 700054, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Bose Institute, P1/12 CIT Scheme VII M, Kolkata 700054, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Bose Institute, P1/12 CIT Scheme VII M, Kolkata 700054, West Bengal, India.
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Manzanares-Estreder S, Espí-Bardisa J, Alarcón B, Pascual-Ahuir A, Proft M. Multilayered control of peroxisomal activity upon salt stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Microbiol 2017; 104:851-868. [PMID: 28321934 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/12/2017] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Peroxisomes are dynamic organelles and the sole location for fatty acid β-oxidation in yeast cells. Here, we report that peroxisomal function is crucial for the adaptation to salt stress, especially upon sugar limitation. Upon stress, multiple layers of control regulate the activity and the number of peroxisomes. Activated Hog1 MAP kinase triggers the induction of genes encoding enzymes for fatty acid activation, peroxisomal import and β-oxidation through the Adr1 transcriptional activator, which transiently associates with genes encoding fatty acid metabolic enzymes in a stress- and Hog1-dependent manner. Moreover, Na+ and Li+ stress increases the number of peroxisomes per cell in a Hog1-independent manner, which depends instead of the retrograde pathway and the dynamin related GTPases Dnm1 and Vps1. The strong activation of the Faa1 fatty acyl-CoA synthetase, which specifically localizes to lipid particles and peroxisomes, indicates that adaptation to salt stress requires the enhanced mobilization of fatty acids from internal lipid stores. Furthermore, the activation of mitochondrial respiration during stress depends on peroxisomes, mitochondrial acetyl-carnitine uptake is essential for salt resistance and the number of peroxisomes attached to the mitochondrial network increases during salt adaptation, which altogether indicates that stress-induced peroxisomal β-oxidation triggers enhanced respiration upon salt shock.
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- Sara Manzanares-Estreder
- Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia IBV-CSIC, Department of Molecular and Cellular Pathology and Therapy, Jaime Roig 11, Valencia, 46010, Spain.,Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, CSIC-Universitat Politècnica de València, Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación, Department of Biotechnology, Edificio 8E, Ingeniero Fausto Elio s/n, Valencia, 46022, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, CSIC-Universitat Politècnica de València, Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación, Department of Biotechnology, Edificio 8E, Ingeniero Fausto Elio s/n, Valencia, 46022, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia IBV-CSIC, Department of Molecular and Cellular Pathology and Therapy, Jaime Roig 11, Valencia, 46010, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, CSIC-Universitat Politècnica de València, Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación, Department of Biotechnology, Edificio 8E, Ingeniero Fausto Elio s/n, Valencia, 46022, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia IBV-CSIC, Department of Molecular and Cellular Pathology and Therapy, Jaime Roig 11, Valencia, 46010, Spain
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Shen W, Kong C, Xue Y, Liu Y, Cai M, Zhang Y, Jiang T, Zhou X, Zhou M. Kinase Screening in Pichia pastoris Identified Promising Targets Involved in Cell Growth and Alcohol Oxidase 1 Promoter (PAOX1) Regulation. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0167766. [PMID: 27936065 PMCID: PMC5147967 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2016] [Accepted: 11/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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As one of the most commonly used eukaryotic recombinant protein expression systems, P. pastoris relies heavily on the AOX1 promoter (PAOX1), which is strongly induced by methanol but strictly repressed by glycerol and glucose. However, the complicated signaling pathways involved in PAOX1 regulation when supplemented with different carbon sources are poorly understood. Here we constructed a kinase deletion library in P. pastoris and identified 27 mutants which showed peculiar phenotypes in cell growth or PAOX1 regulation. We analyzed both annotations and possible functions of these 27 targets, and then focused on the MAP kinase Hog1. In order to locate its potential downstream components, we performed the phosphoproteome analysis on glycerol cultured WT and Δhog1 strains and identified 157 differentially phosphorylated proteins. Our results identified important kinases involved in P. pastoris cell growth and PAOX1 regulation, which could serve as valuable targets for further mechanistic studies.
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- Wei Shen
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center for Biomanufacturing (SCICB), Shanghai, China
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- Roche R&D Center (China) Ltd, Pudong, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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Sato TK, Tremaine M, Parreiras LS, Hebert AS, Myers KS, Higbee AJ, Sardi M, McIlwain SJ, Ong IM, Breuer RJ, Avanasi Narasimhan R, McGee MA, Dickinson Q, La Reau A, Xie D, Tian M, Reed JL, Zhang Y, Coon JJ, Hittinger CT, Gasch AP, Landick R. Directed Evolution Reveals Unexpected Epistatic Interactions That Alter Metabolic Regulation and Enable Anaerobic Xylose Use by Saccharomyces cerevisiae. PLoS Genet 2016; 12:e1006372. [PMID: 27741250 PMCID: PMC5065143 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2016] [Accepted: 09/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The inability of native Saccharomyces cerevisiae to convert xylose from plant biomass into biofuels remains a major challenge for the production of renewable bioenergy. Despite extensive knowledge of the regulatory networks controlling carbon metabolism in yeast, little is known about how to reprogram S. cerevisiae to ferment xylose at rates comparable to glucose. Here we combined genome sequencing, proteomic profiling, and metabolomic analyses to identify and characterize the responsible mutations in a series of evolved strains capable of metabolizing xylose aerobically or anaerobically. We report that rapid xylose conversion by engineered and evolved S. cerevisiae strains depends upon epistatic interactions among genes encoding a xylose reductase (GRE3), a component of MAP Kinase (MAPK) signaling (HOG1), a regulator of Protein Kinase A (PKA) signaling (IRA2), and a scaffolding protein for mitochondrial iron-sulfur (Fe-S) cluster biogenesis (ISU1). Interestingly, the mutation in IRA2 only impacted anaerobic xylose consumption and required the loss of ISU1 function, indicating a previously unknown connection between PKA signaling, Fe-S cluster biogenesis, and anaerobiosis. Proteomic and metabolomic comparisons revealed that the xylose-metabolizing mutant strains exhibit altered metabolic pathways relative to the parental strain when grown in xylose. Further analyses revealed that interacting mutations in HOG1 and ISU1 unexpectedly elevated mitochondrial respiratory proteins and enabled rapid aerobic respiration of xylose and other non-fermentable carbon substrates. Our findings suggest a surprising connection between Fe-S cluster biogenesis and signaling that facilitates aerobic respiration and anaerobic fermentation of xylose, underscoring how much remains unknown about the eukaryotic signaling systems that regulate carbon metabolism. The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is being genetically engineered to produce renewable biofuels from sustainable plant material. Efficient biofuel production from plant material requires conversion of the complex suite of sugars found in plant material, including the five-carbon sugar xylose. Because it does not efficiently metabolize xylose, S. cerevisiae has been engineered with a minimal set of genes that should overcome this problem; however, additional genetic changes are required for optimal fermentative conversion of xylose into biofuel. Despite extensive knowledge of the regulatory networks controlling glucose metabolism, less is known about the regulation of xylose metabolism and how to rewire these networks for effective biofuel production. Here we report genetic mutations that enabled the conversion of xylose into bioethanol by a previously ineffective yeast strain. By comparing altered protein and metabolite abundance within yeast cells containing these mutations, we determined that the mutations synergistically alter metabolic pathways to improve the rate of xylose conversion. One change in a gene with well-characterized aerobic mitochondrial functions was found to play an unexpected role in anaerobic conversion of xylose into ethanol. The results of this work will allow others to rapidly generate yeast strains for the conversion of xylose into biofuels and other products.
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- Trey K. Sato
- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- * E-mail: (TKS); (APG); (RL)
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Genome Center of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Genome Center of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Genome Center of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Genome Center of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Microbiology Doctoral Training Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Genome Center of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Genome Center of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Microbiology Doctoral Training Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Wisconsin Energy Institute, J.F. Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Genome Center of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Microbiology Doctoral Training Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- * E-mail: (TKS); (APG); (RL)
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Microbiology Doctoral Training Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- * E-mail: (TKS); (APG); (RL)
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Regulation of MAP kinase Hog1 by calmodulin during hyperosmotic stress. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2016; 1863:2551-2559. [PMID: 27421986 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2016.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2016] [Revised: 07/03/2016] [Accepted: 07/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Mitogen-activated protein kinase (Hog1 in yeast and ortholog p38 in human cells) plays a critical role in the signal transduction pathway that is rapidly activated under multiple stress conditions. Environmental stress stimuli such as hyperosmotic stress cause changes in cellular ATP metabolism required for hyperosmotic stress tolerance. Furthermore, hyperosmotic stress induces rapid Ca2+ signals in eukaryotic cells. These Ca2+ signals can be decoded by Ca2+ sensor calmodulin (CaM). By using genetic and biochemical approaches, we demonstrate that Hog1 is a novel CaM-binding protein, and that CaM-binding to Hog1 is involved in the mediation of the hyperosmotic stress signaling pathway. In addition, we show that p38α, a human ortholog of Hog1, interacts with CaM, suggesting that the CaM-binding feature of Hog1/p38α is evolutionarily conserved in eukaryotic cells. Hog1 is likely involved in cellular ATP regulation through CaM signaling during hyperosmotic stress. Therefore, this work suggests that Hog1 plays an important role in connecting CaM signaling with the hyperosmotic stress pathway by directly interacting with CaM in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
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Córcoles-Sáez I, Hernández ML, Martínez-Rivas JM, Prieto JA, Randez-Gil F. Characterization of the S. cerevisiae inp51 mutant links phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate levels with lipid content, membrane fluidity and cold growth. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2015; 1861:213-26. [PMID: 26724696 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2015.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2015] [Revised: 12/15/2015] [Accepted: 12/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate [PI(4,5)P2] and its derivatives diphosphoinositol phosphates (DPIPs) play key signaling and regulatory roles. However, a direct function of these molecules in lipid and membrane homeostasis remains obscure. Here, we have studied the cold tolerance phenotype of yeast cells lacking the Inp51-mediated phosphoinositide-5-phosphatase. Genetic and biochemical approaches showed that increased metabolism of PI(4,5)P2 reduces the activity of the Pho85 kinase by increasing the levels of the DPIP isomer 1-IP7. This effect was key in the cold tolerance phenotype. Indeed, pho85 mutant cells grew better than the wild-type at 15 °C, and lack of this kinase abolished the inp51-mediated cold phenotype. Remarkably, reduced Pho85 function by loss of Inp51 affected the activity of the Pho85-regulated target Pah1, the yeast phosphatidate phosphatase. Cells lacking Inp51 showed reduced Pah1 abundance, derepression of an INO1-lacZ reporter, decreased content of triacylglycerides and elevated levels of phosphatidate, hallmarks of the pah1 mutant. However, the inp51 phenotype was not associated to low Pah1 activity since deletion of PAH1 caused cold sensitivity. In addition, the inp51 mutant exhibited features not shared by pah1, including a 40%-reduction in total lipid content and decreased membrane fluidity. These changes may influence the activity of membrane-anchored and/or associated proteins since deletion of INP51 slows down the transit to the vacuole of the fluorescent dye FM4-64. In conclusion, our work supports a model in which changes in the PI(4,5)P2 pool affect the 1-IP7 levels modulating the activity of Pho85, Pah1 and likely additional Pho85-controlled targets, and regulate lipid composition and membrane properties.
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- Isaac Córcoles-Sáez
- Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de la Grasa, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Paterna, Valencia, Spain.
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Delayed Turnover of Unphosphorylated Ssk1 during Carbon Stress Activates the Yeast Hog1 Map Kinase Pathway. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0137199. [PMID: 26340004 PMCID: PMC4560374 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2015] [Accepted: 08/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the Hog1 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway coordinates the adaptation to osmotic stress and was recently reported to respond to acute changes in glucose levels. Similarly as in osmotic stress, glucose starvation leads to a transient accumulation of Hog1 in the nucleus. However, the kinetics and the mechanism of Hog1 activation are different for these stress conditions. During osmotic shock the activation of Hog1 can be transduced by either the Sho1 or the Sln1/Ypd1/Ssk1 branch. During glucose starvation the phosphorylation of Hog1 is slower and is completely dependent on Ssk1, but independent of Sho1. To characterize the mechanism of activation of Hog1 during carbon stress, we examined the turnover of Ssk1 protein levels upon glucose starvation in the presence of cycloheximide and monitored protein levels by western blotting. Our data demonstrate that unphosphorylated Ssk1 was quickly degraded during exponential growth and after osmotic stress but remained remarkably stable during glucose limitation. We conclude that glucose starvation induces a delay in the turnover of unphosphorylated Ssk1, which is sufficient to activate the Hog1 MAPK pathway. Although unphosphorylated Ssk1 is known to be degraded by the proteasome, its stabilization is apparently not due to changes in cellular localization or decrease in ubiquitination levels during glucose limitation.
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Protein kinase Snf1 is involved in the proper regulation of the unfolded protein response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biochem J 2015; 468:33-47. [PMID: 25730376 DOI: 10.1042/bj20140734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Glc7 is the only catalytic subunit of the protein phosphatase type 1 in the yeast S. cerevisiae and, together with its regulatory subunits, is involved in many essential processes. Analysis of the non-essential mutants in the regulatory subunits of Glc7 revealed that the lack of Reg1, and no other subunit, causes hypersensitivity to unfolded protein response (UPR)-inducers, which was concomitant with an augmented UPR element-dependent transcriptional response. The Glc7-Reg1 complex takes part in the regulation of the yeast AMP-activated serine/threonine protein kinase Snf1 in response to glucose. We demonstrate in the present study that the observed phenotypes of reg1 mutant cells are attributable to the inappropriate activation of Snf1. Indeed, growth in the presence of limited concentrations of glucose, where Snf1 is active, or expression of active forms of Snf1 in a wild-type strain increased the sensitivity to the UPR-inducer tunicamycin. Furthermore, reg1 mutant cells showed a sustained HAC1 mRNA splicing and KAR2 mRNA levels during the recovery phase of the UPR, and dysregulation of the Ire1-oligomeric equilibrium. Finally, overexpression of protein phosphatases Ptc2 and Ptc3 alleviated the growth defect of reg1 cells under endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress conditions. Altogether, our results reveal that Snf1 plays an important role in the attenuation of the UPR, as well as identifying the protein kinase and its effectors as possible pharmacological targets for human diseases that are associated with insufficient UPR activation.
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Shashkova S, Welkenhuysen N, Hohmann S. Molecular communication: crosstalk between the Snf1 and other signaling pathways. FEMS Yeast Res 2015; 15:fov026. [DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/fov026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/15/2015] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Zacharogianni M, Aguilera-Gomez A, Veenendaal T, Smout J, Rabouille C. A stress assembly that confers cell viability by preserving ERES components during amino-acid starvation. eLife 2014; 3. [PMID: 25386913 PMCID: PMC4270098 DOI: 10.7554/elife.04132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2014] [Accepted: 11/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Nutritional restriction leads to protein translation attenuation that results in the storage and degradation of free mRNAs in cytoplasmic assemblies. In this study, we show in Drosophila S2 cells that amino-acid starvation also leads to the inhibition of another major anabolic pathway, the protein transport through the secretory pathway, and to the formation of a novel reversible non-membrane bound stress assembly, the Sec body that incorporates components of the ER exit sites. Sec body formation does not depend on membrane traffic in the early secretory pathway, yet requires both Sec23 and Sec24AB. Sec bodies have liquid droplet-like properties, and they act as a protective reservoir for ERES components to rebuild a functional secretory pathway after re-addition of amino-acids acting as a part of a survival mechanism. Taken together, we propose that the formation of these structures is a novel stress response mechanism to provide cell viability during and after nutrient stress. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.04132.001 Proteins are needed by living cells to perform vital tasks and are made from building blocks called amino-acids. However, if a cell is starved of amino-acids, protein assembly comes to a halt, and if cells are deprived of amino acids for a long time, the cell may die. To survive short periods of amino-acid starvation, the cell has developed many protective mechanisms. For example, it can start to break down existing proteins, allowing the cell to scavenge and reuse the amino-acids to make other proteins that are more important for short-term survival. The cell may also temporarily halt certain processes: for example, newly constructed proteins may no longer be transported from the cell structure where they are made—called the endoplasmic reticulum—to their final destinations in the cell. However, the protein transport apparatus is also made of proteins and needs to be protected from being broken down so that once starvation ends, the cell can more quickly return to normal working order. Zacharogianni et al. identify a strategy cells use to store and protect part of their protein transport apparatus during times of stress. Starving fruit fly cells of amino-acids causes the cells to form protective stress assemblies incorporating the proteins associated with the ‘exit sites’ that release proteins from the endoplasmic reticulum. These assemblies are called Sec bodies, and when amino-acid starvation ends, these bodies release the exit site components unharmed. This allows the cell to quickly resume protein transport and so speeds the cell's recovery. If the Sec bodies do not form, the cells are more likely to die during amino-acid starvation. The Sec bodies are distinct from previously identified stress assemblies that form in the cell during stress, but they share features with them, such as being liquid droplets. Some of these assemblies have been linked to degenerative diseases like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Further research will be necessary to determine if there are any similar harmful side effects associated with the formation of Sec bodies. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.04132.002
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- Hubrecht Institute, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Hubrecht Institute, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Hubrecht Institute, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Cancino J, Capalbo A, Di Campli A, Giannotta M, Rizzo R, Jung JE, Di Martino R, Persico M, Heinklein P, Sallese M, Luini A. Control systems of membrane transport at the interface between the endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi. Dev Cell 2014; 30:280-94. [PMID: 25117681 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2014.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2014] [Revised: 04/08/2014] [Accepted: 06/23/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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A fundamental property of cellular processes is to maintain homeostasis despite varying internal and external conditions. Within the membrane transport apparatus, variations in membrane fluxes from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to the Golgi complex are balanced by opposite fluxes from the Golgi to the ER to maintain homeostasis between the two organelles. Here we describe a molecular device that balances transport fluxes by integrating transduction cascades with the transport machinery. Specifically, ER-to-Golgi transport activates the KDEL receptor at the Golgi, which triggers a cascade that involves Gs and adenylyl cyclase and phosphodiesterase isoforms and then PKA activation and results in the phosphorylation of transport machinery proteins. This induces retrograde traffic to the ER and balances transport fluxes between the ER and Golgi. Moreover, the KDEL receptor activates CREB1 and other transcription factors that upregulate transport-related genes. Thus, a Golgi-based control system maintains transport homeostasis through both signaling and transcriptional networks.
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- Jorge Cancino
- Istituto di Biochimica delle Proteine, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131 Napoli, Italy; Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131 Napoli, Italy; Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Andrés Bello, Quillota 980, Viña del Mar 2520000, Chile.
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- Istituto di Biochimica delle Proteine, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131 Napoli, Italy; Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131 Napoli, Italy
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- Istituto di Biochimica delle Proteine, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131 Napoli, Italy
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- Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, Via Nazionale 8/A, 66030 Santa Maria Imbaro (Chieti), Italy
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- Istituto di Biochimica delle Proteine, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131 Napoli, Italy; Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131 Napoli, Italy
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- Istituto di Biochimica delle Proteine, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131 Napoli, Italy; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Istituto di Ricerca Diagnostica e Nucleare (SDN), 80143 Napoli, Italy
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- Istituto di Biochimica delle Proteine, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131 Napoli, Italy
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- Istituto di Biochimica delle Proteine, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131 Napoli, Italy; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Istituto di Ricerca Diagnostica e Nucleare (SDN), 80143 Napoli, Italy
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- Institut für Biochemie Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, CrossOver Charitéplatz 1/Sitz, Virchowweg 6, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, Via Nazionale 8/A, 66030 Santa Maria Imbaro (Chieti), Italy
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- Istituto di Biochimica delle Proteine, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131 Napoli, Italy; Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131 Napoli, Italy.
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Luini A, Mavelli G, Jung J, Cancino J. Control systems and coordination protocols of the secretory pathway. F1000PRIME REPORTS 2014; 6:88. [PMID: 25374666 PMCID: PMC4191269 DOI: 10.12703/p6-88] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Like other cellular modules, the secretory pathway and the Golgi complex are likely to be supervised by control systems that support homeostasis and optimal functionality under all conditions, including external and internal perturbations. Moreover, the secretory apparatus must be functionally connected with other cellular modules, such as energy metabolism and protein degradation, via specific rules of interaction, or “coordination protocols”. These regulatory devices are of fundamental importance for optimal function; however, they are generally “hidden” at steady state. The molecular components and the architecture of the control systems and coordination protocols of the secretory pathway are beginning to emerge through studies based on the use of controlled transport-specific perturbations aimed specifically at the detection and analysis of these internal regulatory devices.
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- Alberto Luini
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto di Biochimica delle Proteine (IBP)Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131 NapoliItaly
- Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM)Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131 NapoliItaly
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- Istituto di Analisi dei Sistemi ed Informatica Antonio Ruberti, Consiglio Nazionale delle RicercheViale Manzoni 30, 00185 RomaItaly
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- Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico-SDN80143 NapoliItaly
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto di Biochimica delle Proteine (IBP)Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131 NapoliItaly
- Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Andrés BelloQuillota 980, 2520000 Viña del MarChile
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Regulation of glucose-dependent gene expression by the RNA helicase Dbp2 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics 2014; 198:1001-14. [PMID: 25164881 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.114.170019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Cellular homeostasis requires a fine balance between energy uptake, utilization, and growth. Dbp2 is a member of the DEAD-box protein family in Saccharomyces cerevisiae with characterized ATPase and helicase activity in vitro. DEAD-box RNA helicases are a class of enzymes that utilize ATP hydrolysis to remodel RNA and/or RNA-protein (RNP) composition. Dbp2 has been proposed to utilize its helicase activity in vivo to promote RNA-protein complex assembly of both messenger (m)RNAs and long noncoding (lnc)RNAs. Previous work from our laboratory demonstrated that loss of DBP2 enhances the lncRNA-dependent transcriptional induction of the GAL genes by abolishing glucose-dependent repression. Herein, we report that either a carbon source switch or glucose deprivation results in rapid export of Dbp2 to the cytoplasm. Genome-wide RNA sequencing identified a new class of antisense hexose transporter transcripts that are specifically upregulated upon loss of DBP2. Further investigation revealed that both sense and antisense hexose transporter (HXT) transcripts are aberrantly expressed in DBP2-deficient cells and that this expression pathway can be partially mimicked in wild-type cells by glucose depletion. We also find that Dbp2 promotes ribosome biogenesis and represses alternative ATP-producing pathways, as loss of DBP2 alters the transcript levels of ribosome biosynthesis (snoRNAs and associated proteins) and respiration gene products. This suggests that Dbp2 is a key integrator of nutritional status and gene expression programs required for energy homeostasis.
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Mutations in SNF1 complex genes affect yeast cell wall strength. Eur J Cell Biol 2013; 92:383-95. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2014.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2013] [Revised: 12/19/2013] [Accepted: 01/02/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Tan J, Brill JA. Cinderella story: PI4P goes from precursor to key signaling molecule. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2013; 49:33-58. [PMID: 24219382 DOI: 10.3109/10409238.2013.853024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Phosphatidylinositol lipids are signaling molecules involved in nearly all aspects of cellular regulation. Production of phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PI4P) has long been recognized as one of the first steps in generating poly-phosphatidylinositol phosphates involved in actin organization, cell migration, and signal transduction. In addition, progress over the last decade has brought to light independent roles for PI4P in membrane trafficking and lipid homeostasis. Here, we describe recent advances that reveal the breadth of processes regulated by PI4P, the spectrum of PI4P effectors, and the mechanisms of spatiotemporal control that coordinate crosstalk between PI4P and cellular signaling pathways.
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- Julie Tan
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto , Toronto, Ontario , Canada and
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De Matteis MA, Wilson C, D'Angelo G. Phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate: The Golgi and beyond. Bioessays 2013; 35:612-22. [DOI: 10.1002/bies.201200180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 260] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine; Naples; Italy
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- Institute of Protein Biochemistry; National Research Council (CNR); Naples; Italy
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Borklu Yucel E, Ulgen KO. Assessment of crosstalks between the Snf1 kinase complex and sphingolipid metabolism in S. cerevisiae via systems biology approaches. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2013; 9:2914-31. [DOI: 10.1039/c3mb70248k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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