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Privalova V, Sobczyk Ł, Szlachcic E, Labecka AM, Czarnoleski M. Heat tolerance in Drosophila melanogaster is influenced by oxygen conditions and mutations in cell size control pathways. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2024; 379:20220490. [PMID: 38186282 PMCID: PMC10772611 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0490] [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: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 01/09/2024] Open
Abstract
Understanding metabolic performance limitations is key to explaining the past, present and future of life. We investigated whether heat tolerance in actively flying Drosophila melanogaster is modified by individual differences in cell size and the amount of oxygen in the environment. We used two mutants with loss-of-function mutations in cell size control associated with the target of rapamycin (TOR)/insulin pathways, showing reduced (mutant rictorΔ2) or increased (mutant Mnt1) cell size in different body tissues compared to controls. Flies were exposed to a steady increase in temperature under normoxia and hypoxia until they collapsed. The upper critical temperature decreased in response to each mutation type as well as under hypoxia. Females, which have larger cells than males, had lower heat tolerance than males. Altogether, mutations in cell cycle control pathways, differences in cell size and differences in oxygen availability affected heat tolerance, but existing theories on the roles of cell size and tissue oxygenation in metabolic performance can only partially explain our results. A better understanding of how the cellular composition of the body affects metabolism may depend on the development of research models that help separate various interfering physiological parameters from the exclusive influence of cell size. This article is part of the theme issue 'The evolutionary significance of variation in metabolic rates'.
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- Valeriya Privalova
- Life History Evolution Group, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Kraków, Poland
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- Life History Evolution Group, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Kraków, Poland
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- Life History Evolution Group, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Kraków, Poland
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- Life History Evolution Group, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Kraków, Poland
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- Life History Evolution Group, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Kraków, Poland
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Johansson SA, Dulermo T, Jann C, Smith JD, Pryszlak A, Pignede G, Schraivogel D, Colavizza D, Desfougères T, Rave C, Farwick A, Merten CA, Roy KR, Wei W, Steinmetz LM. Large scale microfluidic CRISPR screening for increased amylase secretion in yeast. LAB ON A CHIP 2023; 23:3704-3715. [PMID: 37483015 PMCID: PMC7614956 DOI: 10.1039/d3lc00111c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/25/2023]
Abstract
Key to our ability to increase recombinant protein production through secretion is a better understanding of the pathways that interact to translate, process and export mature proteins to the surrounding environment, including the supporting cellular machinery that supplies necessary energy and building blocks. By combining droplet microfluidic screening with large-scale CRISPR libraries that perturb the expression of the majority of coding and non-coding genes in S. cerevisiae, we identified 345 genes for which an increase or decrease in gene expression resulted in increased secretion of α-amylase. Our results show that modulating the expression of genes involved in the trafficking of vesicles, endosome to Golgi transport, the phagophore assembly site, the cell cycle and energy supply improve α-amylase secretion. Besides protein-coding genes, we also find multiple long non-coding RNAs enriched in the vicinity of genes associated with endosomal, Golgi and vacuolar processes. We validated our results by overexpressing or deleting selected genes, which resulted in significant improvements in α-amylase secretion. The advantages, in terms of precision and speed, inherent to CRISPR based perturbations, enables iterative testing of new strains for increased protein secretion.
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- S Andreas Johansson
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Genome Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Lesaffre Institute of Science & Technology, Lesaffre, 59700 Marcq-en-Baroeul, France
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Genome Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
- Stanford Genome Technology Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Genome Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Lesaffre Institute of Science & Technology, Lesaffre, 59700 Marcq-en-Baroeul, France
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Genome Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Lesaffre Institute of Science & Technology, Lesaffre, 59700 Marcq-en-Baroeul, France
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- Lesaffre Institute of Science & Technology, Lesaffre, 59700 Marcq-en-Baroeul, France
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- Lesaffre Institute of Science & Technology, Lesaffre, 59700 Marcq-en-Baroeul, France
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- Lesaffre Institute of Science & Technology, Lesaffre, 59700 Marcq-en-Baroeul, France
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Genome Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
- Stanford Genome Technology Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
- Stanford Genome Technology Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Genome Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany.
- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
- Stanford Genome Technology Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA
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Sosa Ponce ML, Remedios MH, Moradi-Fard S, Cobb JA, Zaremberg V. SIR telomere silencing depends on nuclear envelope lipids and modulates sensitivity to a lysolipid. J Cell Biol 2023; 222:e202206061. [PMID: 37042812 PMCID: PMC10103788 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202206061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2022] [Revised: 11/29/2022] [Accepted: 03/24/2023] [Indexed: 04/13/2023] Open
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The nuclear envelope (NE) is important in maintaining genome organization. The role of lipids in communication between the NE and telomere regulation was investigated, including how changes in lipid composition impact gene expression and overall nuclear architecture. Yeast was treated with the non-metabolizable lysophosphatidylcholine analog edelfosine, known to accumulate at the perinuclear ER. Edelfosine induced NE deformation and disrupted telomere clustering but not anchoring. Additionally, the association of Sir4 at telomeres decreased. RNA-seq analysis showed altered expression of Sir-dependent genes located at sub-telomeric (0-10 kb) regions, consistent with Sir4 dispersion. Transcriptomic analysis revealed that two lipid metabolic circuits were activated in response to edelfosine, one mediated by the membrane sensing transcription factors, Spt23/Mga2, and the other by a transcriptional repressor, Opi1. Activation of these transcriptional programs resulted in higher levels of unsaturated fatty acids and the formation of nuclear lipid droplets. Interestingly, cells lacking Sir proteins displayed resistance to unsaturated-fatty acids and edelfosine, and this phenotype was connected to Rap1.
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- Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Oncology, Cumming School of Medicine, Robson DNA Science Centre, Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute, Calgary, Canada
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- Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Oncology, Cumming School of Medicine, Robson DNA Science Centre, Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute, Calgary, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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Zhang Y, van der Zee L, Barberis M. Two-way communication between cell cycle and metabolism in budding yeast: what do we know? Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1187304. [PMID: 37396387 PMCID: PMC10309209 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1187304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023] Open
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Coordination of cell cycle and metabolism exists in all cells. The building of a new cell is a process that requires metabolic commitment to the provision of both Gibbs energy and building blocks for proteins, nucleic acids, and membranes. On the other hand, the cell cycle machinery will assess and regulate its metabolic environment before it makes decisions on when to enter the next cell cycle phase. Furthermore, more and more evidence demonstrate that the metabolism can be regulated by cell cycle progression, as different biosynthesis pathways are preferentially active in different cell cycle phases. Here, we review the available literature providing a critical overview on how cell cycle and metabolism may be coupled with one other, bidirectionally, in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
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- Yanfei Zhang
- Molecular Systems Biology, School of Biosciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom
- Synthetic Systems Biology and Nuclear Organization, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Synthetic Systems Biology and Nuclear Organization, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Molecular Systems Biology, School of Biosciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom
- Synthetic Systems Biology and Nuclear Organization, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Centre for Mathematical and Computational Biology, CMCB, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom
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Wang Q, Li H, Xia Y, Xun L, Liu H. Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rhodanese RDL2 Uses the Arg Residue of the Active-Site Loop for Thiosulfate Decomposition. Antioxidants (Basel) 2021; 10:antiox10101525. [PMID: 34679660 PMCID: PMC8533005 DOI: 10.3390/antiox10101525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2021] [Revised: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Persulfide, polysulfide and thiosulfate are examples of sulfane sulfur containing chemicals that play multiple functions in biological systems. Rhodaneses are widely present in all three kingdoms of life, which catalyze sulfur transfer among these sulfane sulfur-containing chemicals. The mechanism of how rhodaneses function is not well understood. Saccharomyces cerevisiae rhodanese 2 (RDL2) is involved in mitochondrial biogenesis and cell cycle control. Herein, we report a 2.47 Å resolution structure of RDL2 co-crystallized with thiosulfate (PDB entry: 6K6R). The presence of an extra sulfur atom Sδ, forming a persulfide bond with the Sγ atom of Cys106, was observed. Distinct from the persulfide groups in GlpE (PDB entry:1GMX) and rhobov (PDB entry:1BOI), the persulfide group of RDL2 is located in a peanut-like pocket of the neutral electrostatic field and is far away from positively charged amino acid residues of its active-site loop, suggesting no interaction between them. This finding suggests that the positively charged amino acid residues are not involved in the stabilization of the persulfide group. Activity assays indicate that the Arg111 of the active-site loop is critical for the sulfane sulfur transfer. In vitro assays indicate that Arg propels the thiosulfate decomposition. Thus, we propose that Arg can offer a hydrogen bond-rich, acidic-like microenvironment in RDL2 in which thiosulfate decomposes to release sulfane sulfur. Thr of the active-site loop of rhodaneses has the same functions as Arg. Our proposal may explain the catalyzing mechanism of rhodaneses.
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- Qingda Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China; (Q.W.); (Y.X.); (L.X.)
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- School of Medicine, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 260024, China;
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China; (Q.W.); (Y.X.); (L.X.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China; (Q.W.); (Y.X.); (L.X.)
- Department of Chemistry, School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-4630, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China; (Q.W.); (Y.X.); (L.X.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-532-5863-1572
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Kotiang S, Eslami A. Boolean factor graph model for biological systems: the yeast cell-cycle network. BMC Bioinformatics 2021; 22:442. [PMID: 34535069 PMCID: PMC8447535 DOI: 10.1186/s12859-021-04361-8] [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] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 08/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background The desire to understand genomic functions and the behavior of complex gene regulatory networks has recently been a major research focus in systems biology. As a result, a plethora of computational and modeling tools have been proposed to identify and infer interactions among biological entities. Here, we consider the general question of the effect of perturbation on the global dynamical network behavior as well as error propagation in biological networks to incite research pertaining to intervention strategies. Results This paper introduces a computational framework that combines the formulation of Boolean networks and factor graphs to explore the global dynamical features of biological systems. A message-passing algorithm is proposed for this formalism to evolve network states as messages in the graph. In addition, the mathematical formulation allows us to describe the dynamics and behavior of error propagation in gene regulatory networks by conducting a density evolution (DE) analysis. The model is applied to assess the network state progression and the impact of gene deletion in the budding yeast cell cycle. Simulation results show that our model predictions match published experimental data. Also, our findings reveal that the sample yeast cell-cycle network is not only robust but also consistent with real high-throughput expression data. Finally, our DE analysis serves as a tool to find the optimal values of network parameters for resilience against perturbations, especially in the inference of genetic graphs. Conclusion Our computational framework provides a useful graphical model and analytical tools to study biological networks. It can be a powerful tool to predict the consequences of gene deletions before conducting wet bench experiments because it proves to be a quick route to predicting biologically relevant dynamic properties without tunable kinetic parameters. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12859-021-04361-8.
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- Stephen Kotiang
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, 67260, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, 67260, USA.
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Sagarika P, Dobriyal N, Sahi C. Dosage sensitivity of JDPs, a valuable tool for understanding their function: a case study on Caj1 overexpression-mediated filamentous growth in budding yeast. Curr Genet 2021; 67:407-415. [PMID: 33492464 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-021-01153-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2020] [Revised: 01/02/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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J-domain proteins (JDPs) partner with Hsp70s to oversee proper synthesis, folding, transport and turnover of proteins in the cell. In any subcellular compartment, often multiple JDPs collaborate with a single Hsp70 to perform a variety of functions. Being co-localized, JDPs may exhibit complex genetic and physical interactions with each other, their clients as well as the Hsp70 partners. Even though most JDPs are highly specialized, redundancy between them is possible, making their functional analysis challenging. In the absence of assayable deletion phenotypes, protein overexpression appears to be a powerful alternative strategy to study JDP function. Here, we show that high levels of Caj1, one of the cytosolic JDPs, cause filamentous growth and G2/M arrest in yeast cells. Mutation in the critical HPD motif in the J-domain of Caj1 completely abolished these phenotypes, suggesting that Hsp70 co-chaperone function is important for the dominant-negative phenotypes exhibited by Caj1 overexpression. In this paper, we discuss the possible underlying mechanisms responsible for the pleiotropic phenotypes displayed by Caj1 overexpression in the light of current models proposed for dosage-sensitive genes (DSGs). Finally, we present generalized mechanisms of JDP overexpression-mediated dominant-negative phenotypes in budding yeast.
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- Preeti Sagarika
- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhopal Bypass Road, Room Number 117, Academic Block 3, Bhopal, MP, 462066, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhopal Bypass Road, Room Number 117, Academic Block 3, Bhopal, MP, 462066, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhopal Bypass Road, Room Number 117, Academic Block 3, Bhopal, MP, 462066, India.
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Velázquez D, Albacar M, Zhang C, Calafí C, López-Malo M, Torres-Torronteras J, Martí R, Kovalchuk SI, Pinson B, Jensen ON, Daignan-Fornier B, Casamayor A, Ariño J. Yeast Ppz1 protein phosphatase toxicity involves the alteration of multiple cellular targets. Sci Rep 2020; 10:15613. [PMID: 32973189 PMCID: PMC7519054 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-72391-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Control of the protein phosphorylation status is a major mechanism for regulation of cellular processes, and its alteration often lead to functional disorders. Ppz1, a protein phosphatase only found in fungi, is the most toxic protein when overexpressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. To investigate the molecular basis of this phenomenon, we carried out combined genome-wide transcriptomic and phosphoproteomic analyses. We have found that Ppz1 overexpression causes major changes in gene expression, affecting ~ 20% of the genome, together with oxidative stress and increase in total adenylate pools. Concurrently, we observe changes in the phosphorylation pattern of near 400 proteins (mainly dephosphorylated), including many proteins involved in mitotic cell cycle and bud emergence, rapid dephosphorylation of Snf1 and its downstream transcription factor Mig1, and phosphorylation of Hog1 and its downstream transcription factor Sko1. Deletion of HOG1 attenuates the growth defect of Ppz1-overexpressing cells, while that of SKO1 aggravates it. Our results demonstrate that Ppz1 overexpression has a widespread impact in the yeast cells and reveals new aspects of the regulation of the cell cycle.
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- Diego Velázquez
- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina & Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina & Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina & Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina & Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina & Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
- Institute of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Research Group on Neuromuscular and Mitochondrial Diseases, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, and Biomedical Network Research Centre on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Barcelona, Spain
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- Research Group on Neuromuscular and Mitochondrial Diseases, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, and Biomedical Network Research Centre on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and VILLUM Center for Bioanalytical Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Laboratory of Bioinformatic Approaches in Combinatorial Chemistry and Biology, Department of Functioning of Living Systems, Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia
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- Bordeaux University, IBGC CNRS UMR 5095, Bordeaux, France
- Service Analyses Metaboliques TBMcore CNRS UMS3427/INSERM US05, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and VILLUM Center for Bioanalytical Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina & Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina & Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain.
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Minor Isozymes Tailor Yeast Metabolism to Carbon Availability. mSystems 2019; 4:mSystems00170-18. [PMID: 30834327 PMCID: PMC6392091 DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00170-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2018] [Accepted: 01/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Gene duplication is one of the main evolutionary paths to new protein function. Typically, duplicated genes either accumulate mutations and degrade into pseudogenes or are retained and diverge in function. Some duplicated genes, however, show long-term persistence without apparently acquiring new function. An important class of isozymes consists of those that catalyze the same reaction in the same compartment, where knockout of one isozyme causes no known functional defect. Here we present an approach to assigning specific functional roles to seemingly redundant isozymes. First, gene expression data are analyzed computationally to identify conditions under which isozyme expression diverges. Then, knockouts are compared under those conditions. This approach revealed that the expression of many yeast isozymes diverges in response to carbon availability and that carbon source manipulations can induce fitness phenotypes for seemingly redundant isozymes. A driver of these fitness phenotypes is differential allosteric enzyme regulation, indicating isozyme divergence to achieve more-optimal control of metabolism. Isozymes are enzymes that differ in sequence but catalyze the same chemical reactions. Despite their apparent redundancy, isozymes are often retained over evolutionary time, suggesting that they contribute to fitness. We developed an unsupervised computational method for identifying environmental conditions under which isozymes are likely to make fitness contributions. This method analyzes published gene expression data to find specific experimental perturbations that induce differential isozyme expression. In yeast, we found that isozymes are strongly enriched in the pathways of central carbon metabolism and that many isozyme pairs show anticorrelated expression during the respirofermentative shift. Building on these observations, we assigned function to two minor central carbon isozymes, aconitase 2 (ACO2) and pyruvate kinase 2 (PYK2). ACO2 is expressed during fermentation and proves advantageous when glucose is limiting. PYK2 is expressed during respiration and proves advantageous for growth on three-carbon substrates. PYK2’s deletion can be rescued by expressing the major pyruvate kinase only if that enzyme carries mutations mirroring PYK2’s allosteric regulation. Thus, central carbon isozymes help to optimize allosteric metabolic regulation under a broad range of potential nutrient conditions while requiring only a small number of transcriptional states. IMPORTANCE Gene duplication is one of the main evolutionary paths to new protein function. Typically, duplicated genes either accumulate mutations and degrade into pseudogenes or are retained and diverge in function. Some duplicated genes, however, show long-term persistence without apparently acquiring new function. An important class of isozymes consists of those that catalyze the same reaction in the same compartment, where knockout of one isozyme causes no known functional defect. Here we present an approach to assigning specific functional roles to seemingly redundant isozymes. First, gene expression data are analyzed computationally to identify conditions under which isozyme expression diverges. Then, knockouts are compared under those conditions. This approach revealed that the expression of many yeast isozymes diverges in response to carbon availability and that carbon source manipulations can induce fitness phenotypes for seemingly redundant isozymes. A driver of these fitness phenotypes is differential allosteric enzyme regulation, indicating isozyme divergence to achieve more-optimal control of metabolism.
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Klingenberg M, Groß M, Goyal A, Polycarpou-Schwarz M, Miersch T, Ernst AS, Leupold J, Patil N, Warnken U, Allgayer H, Longerich T, Schirmacher P, Boutros M, Diederichs S. The Long Noncoding RNA Cancer Susceptibility 9 and RNA Binding Protein Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein L Form a Complex and Coregulate Genes Linked to AKT Signaling. Hepatology 2018; 68:1817-1832. [PMID: 29790588 DOI: 10.1002/hep.30102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2018] [Revised: 05/08/2018] [Accepted: 05/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
The identification of viability-associated long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) might be a promising rationale for new therapeutic approaches in liver cancer. Here, we applied an RNA interference screening approach in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell lines to find viability-associated lncRNAs. Among the multiple identified lncRNAs with a significant impact on HCC cell viability, we selected cancer susceptibility 9 (CASC9) due to the strength of its phenotype, expression, and up-regulation in HCC versus normal liver. CASC9 regulated viability across multiple HCC cell lines as shown by clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats interference and single small interfering RNA (siRNA)-mediated and siRNA pool-mediated depletion of CASC9. Further, CASC9 depletion caused an increase in apoptosis and a decrease of proliferation. We identified the RNA binding protein heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein L (HNRNPL) as a CASC9 interacting protein by RNA affinity purification and validated it by native RNA immunoprecipitation. Knockdown of HNRNPL mimicked the loss-of-viability phenotype observed upon CASC9 depletion. Analysis of the proteome (stable isotope labeling with amino acids in cell culture) of CASC9-depleted and HNRNPL-depleted cells revealed a set of coregulated genes which implied a role of the CASC9:HNRNPL complex in AKT signaling and DNA damage sensing. CASC9 expression levels were elevated in patient-derived tumor samples compared to normal control tissue and had a significant association with overall survival of HCC patients. In a xenograft chicken chorioallantoic membrane model, we measured decreased tumor size after knockdown of CASC9. Conclusion: Taken together, we provide a comprehensive list of viability-associated lncRNAs in HCC; we identified the CASC9:HNRNPL complex as a clinically relevant viability-associated lncRNA/protein complex which affects AKT signaling and DNA damage sensing in HCC.
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- Marcel Klingenberg
- Division of RNA Biology & Cancer, German Cancer Research Center.,Faculty of Biosciences, Heidelberg University.,Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Heidelberg.,Hartmut Hoffmann-Berling International Graduate School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Heidelberg
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- Division of RNA Biology & Cancer, German Cancer Research Center.,Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Heidelberg
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- Division of RNA Biology & Cancer, German Cancer Research Center
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- Division of Signaling and Functional Genomics, German Cancer Research Center
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- Faculty of Biosciences, Heidelberg University.,Hartmut Hoffmann-Berling International Graduate School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Heidelberg.,Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Heidelberg
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- Department of Experimental Surgery-Cancer Metastasis, Medical Faculty Mannheim, and Centre for Biomedicine and Medical Technology Mannheim, University of Heidelberg
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- Department of Experimental Surgery-Cancer Metastasis, Medical Faculty Mannheim, and Centre for Biomedicine and Medical Technology Mannheim, University of Heidelberg
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- Genomics and Proteomics Core Facility, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Surgery-Cancer Metastasis, Medical Faculty Mannheim, and Centre for Biomedicine and Medical Technology Mannheim, University of Heidelberg
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- Division of Signaling and Functional Genomics, German Cancer Research Center
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- Division of RNA Biology & Cancer, German Cancer Research Center.,Division of Cancer Research, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medical Center, University of Freiburg.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg.,German Cancer Consortium, Freiburg, Germany
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She Y, Tran H. On cross-validation for sparse reduced rank regression. J R Stat Soc Series B Stat Methodol 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/rssb.12295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Yiyuan She
- Florida State University; Tallahassee USA
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- Florida State University; Tallahassee USA
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Ignatius Pang CN, Goel A, Wilkins MR. Investigating the Network Basis of Negative Genetic Interactions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae with Integrated Biological Networks and Triplet Motif Analysis. J Proteome Res 2018; 17:1014-1030. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.7b00649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Chi Nam Ignatius Pang
- Systems
Biology Initiative, School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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- Systems
Biology Initiative, School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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- Systems
Biology Initiative, School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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Bru S, Samper-Martín B, Quandt E, Hernández-Ortega S, Martínez-Laínez JM, Garí E, Rafel M, Torres-Torronteras J, Martí R, Ribeiro MPC, Jiménez J, Clotet J. Polyphosphate is a key factor for cell survival after DNA damage in eukaryotic cells. DNA Repair (Amst) 2017; 57:171-178. [PMID: 28822913 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2017.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2017] [Revised: 07/30/2017] [Accepted: 08/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Cells require extra amounts of dNTPs to repair DNA after damage. Polyphosphate (polyP) is an evolutionary conserved linear polymer of up to several hundred inorganic phosphate (Pi) residues that is involved in many functions, including Pi storage. In the present article, we report on findings demonstrating that polyP functions as a source of Pi when required to sustain the dNTP increment essential for DNA repair after damage. We show that mutant yeast cells without polyP produce less dNTPs upon DNA damage and that their survival is compromised. In contrast, when polyP levels are ectopically increased, yeast cells become more resistant to DNA damage. More importantly, we show that when polyP is reduced in HEK293 mammalian cell line cells and in human dermal primary fibroblasts (HDFa), these cells become more sensitive to DNA damage, suggesting that the protective role of polyP against DNA damage is evolutionary conserved. In conclusion, we present polyP as a molecule involved in resistance to DNA damage and suggest that polyP may be a putative target for new approaches in cancer treatment or prevention.
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- Samuel Bru
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Lleida (IRBLleida), Departament de Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Spain
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- Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Lleida (IRBLleida), Departament de Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Spain
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- Research Group on Neuromuscular and Mitochondrial Disorders, Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Biomedical Network Research Centre on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Research Group on Neuromuscular and Mitochondrial Disorders, Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Biomedical Network Research Centre on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.
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Das S, Sarkar D, Das B. The interplay between transcription and mRNA degradation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. MICROBIAL CELL 2017; 4:212-228. [PMID: 28706937 PMCID: PMC5507684 DOI: 10.15698/mic2017.07.580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
Abstract
The cellular transcriptome is shaped by both the rates of mRNA synthesis in the nucleus and mRNA degradation in the cytoplasm under a specified condition. The last decade witnessed an exciting development in the field of post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression which underscored a strong functional coupling between the transcription and mRNA degradation. The functional integration is principally mediated by a group of specialized promoters and transcription factors that govern the stability of their cognate transcripts by “marking” them with a specific factor termed “coordinator.” The “mark” carried by the message is later decoded in the cytoplasm which involves the stimulation of one or more mRNA-decay factors, either directly by the “coordinator” itself or in an indirect manner. Activation of the decay factor(s), in turn, leads to the alteration of the stability of the marked message in a selective fashion. Thus, the integration between mRNA synthesis and decay plays a potentially significant role to shape appropriate gene expression profiles during cell cycle progression, cell division, cellular differentiation and proliferation, stress, immune and inflammatory responses, and may enhance the rate of biological evolution.
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- Subhadeep Das
- Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
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- Present Address: Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY 12201-2002, USA
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- Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
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González B, Mas A, Beltran G, Cullen PJ, Torija MJ. Role of Mitochondrial Retrograde Pathway in Regulating Ethanol-Inducible Filamentous Growth in Yeast. Front Physiol 2017; 8:148. [PMID: 28424625 PMCID: PMC5372830 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2016] [Accepted: 02/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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In yeast, ethanol is produced as a by-product of fermentation through glycolysis. Ethanol also stimulates a developmental foraging response called filamentous growth and is thought to act as a quorum-sensing molecule. Ethanol-inducible filamentous growth was examined in a small collection of wine/European strains, which validated ethanol as an inducer of filamentous growth. Wine strains also showed variability in their filamentation responses, which illustrates the striking phenotypic differences that can occur among individuals. Ethanol-inducible filamentous growth in Σ1278b strains was independent of several of the major filamentation regulatory pathways [including fMAPK, RAS-cAMP, Snf1, Rpd3(L), and Rim101] but required the mitochondrial retrograde (RTG) pathway, an inter-organellar signaling pathway that controls the nuclear response to defects in mitochondrial function. The RTG pathway regulated ethanol-dependent filamentous growth by maintaining flux through the TCA cycle. The ethanol-dependent invasive growth response required the polarisome and transcriptional induction of the cell adhesion molecule Flo11p. Our results validate established stimuli that trigger filamentous growth and show how stimuli can trigger highly specific responses among individuals. Our results also connect an inter-organellar pathway to a quorum sensing response in fungi.
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- Beatriz González
- Departament de Bioquímica i Biotecnologia, Universitat Rovira i VirgiliTarragona, Spain
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biotecnologia, Universitat Rovira i VirgiliTarragona, Spain
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biotecnologia, Universitat Rovira i VirgiliTarragona, Spain
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University at BuffaloBuffalo, NY, USA
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biotecnologia, Universitat Rovira i VirgiliTarragona, Spain
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Frumkin JP, Patra BN, Sevold A, Ganguly K, Patel C, Yoon S, Schmid MB, Ray A. The interplay between chromosome stability and cell cycle control explored through gene-gene interaction and computational simulation. Nucleic Acids Res 2016; 44:8073-85. [PMID: 27530428 PMCID: PMC5041493 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2016] [Accepted: 08/05/2016] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Chromosome stability models are usually qualitative models derived from molecular-genetic mechanisms for DNA repair, DNA synthesis, and cell division. While qualitative models are informative, they are also challenging to reformulate as precise quantitative models. In this report we explore how (A) laboratory experiments, (B) quantitative simulation, and (C) seriation algorithms can inform models of chromosome stability. Laboratory experiments were used to identify 19 genes that when over-expressed cause chromosome instability in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae To better understand the molecular mechanisms by which these genes act, we explored their genetic interactions with 18 deletion mutations known to cause chromosome instability. Quantitative simulations based on a mathematical model of the cell cycle were used to predict the consequences of several genetic interactions. These simulations lead us to suspect that the chromosome instability genes cause cell-cycle perturbations. Cell-cycle involvement was confirmed using a seriation algorithm, which was used to analyze the genetic interaction matrix to reveal an underlying cyclical pattern. The seriation algorithm searched over 10(14) possible arrangements of rows and columns to find one optimal arrangement, which correctly reflects events during cell cycle phases. To conclude, we illustrate how the molecular mechanisms behind these cell cycle events are consistent with established molecular interaction maps.
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- Jesse P Frumkin
- School of Applied Life Sciences, Keck Graduate Institute, Claremont, CA 91711, USA Mathematics Department, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA 91711, USA
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- School of Applied Life Sciences, Keck Graduate Institute, Claremont, CA 91711, USA
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- School of Applied Life Sciences, Keck Graduate Institute, Claremont, CA 91711, USA
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- Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
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- School of Applied Life Sciences, Keck Graduate Institute, Claremont, CA 91711, USA
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- School of Applied Life Sciences, Keck Graduate Institute, Claremont, CA 91711, USA
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- School of Applied Life Sciences, Keck Graduate Institute, Claremont, CA 91711, USA
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- School of Applied Life Sciences, Keck Graduate Institute, Claremont, CA 91711, USA Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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Overexpression experiments are sometimes considered as qualitative experiments designed to identify novel proteins and study their function. However, in order to draw conclusions regarding protein overexpression through association analyses using large-scale biological data sets, we need to recognize the quantitative nature of overexpression experiments. Here I discuss the quantitative features of two different types of overexpression experiment: absolute and relative. I also introduce the four primary mechanisms involved in growth defects caused by protein overexpression: resource overload, stoichiometric imbalance, promiscuous interactions, and pathway modulation associated with the degree of overexpression.
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- Hisao Moriya
- Research Core for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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Bru S, Martínez-Laínez JM, Hernández-Ortega S, Quandt E, Torres-Torronteras J, Martí R, Canadell D, Ariño J, Sharma S, Jiménez J, Clotet J. Polyphosphate is involved in cell cycle progression and genomic stability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Microbiol 2016; 101:367-80. [PMID: 27072996 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2015] [Revised: 04/04/2016] [Accepted: 04/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Abstract
Polyphosphate (polyP) is a linear chain of up to hundreds of inorganic phosphate residues that is necessary for many physiological functions in all living organisms. In some bacteria, polyP supplies material to molecules such as DNA, thus playing an important role in biosynthetic processes in prokaryotes. In the present study, we set out to gain further insight into the role of polyP in eukaryotic cells. We observed that polyP amounts are cyclically regulated in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and those mutants that cannot synthesise (vtc4Δ) or hydrolyse polyP (ppn1Δ, ppx1Δ) present impaired cell cycle progression. Further analysis revealed that polyP mutants show delayed nucleotide production and increased genomic instability. Based on these findings, we concluded that polyP not only maintains intracellular phosphate concentrations in response to fluctuations in extracellular phosphate levels, but also muffles internal cyclic phosphate fluctuations, such as those produced by the sudden demand of phosphate to synthetize deoxynucleotides just before and during DNA duplication. We propose that the presence of polyP in eukaryotic cells is required for the timely and accurate duplication of DNA.
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- Samuel Bru
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Research Group on Neuromuscular and Mitochondrial Disorders, Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Biomedical Network Research Centre on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Research Group on Neuromuscular and Mitochondrial Disorders, Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Biomedical Network Research Centre on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, Sweden
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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Bélanger F, Angers JP, Fortier É, Hammond-Martel I, Costantino S, Drobetsky E, Wurtele H. Mutations in Replicative Stress Response Pathways Are Associated with S Phase-specific Defects in Nucleotide Excision Repair. J Biol Chem 2015; 291:522-37. [PMID: 26578521 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.685883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Nucleotide excision repair (NER) is a highly conserved pathway that removes helix-distorting DNA lesions induced by a plethora of mutagens, including UV light. Our laboratory previously demonstrated that human cells deficient in either ATM and Rad3-related (ATR) kinase or translesion DNA polymerase η (i.e. key proteins that promote the completion of DNA replication in response to UV-induced replicative stress) are characterized by profound inhibition of NER exclusively during S phase. Toward elucidating the mechanistic basis of this phenomenon, we developed a novel assay to quantify NER kinetics as a function of cell cycle in the model organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Using this assay, we demonstrate that in yeast, deficiency of the ATR homologue Mec1 or of any among several other proteins involved in the cellular response to replicative stress significantly abrogates NER uniquely during S phase. Moreover, initiation of DNA replication is required for manifestation of this defect, and S phase NER proficiency is correlated with the capacity of individual mutants to respond to replicative stress. Importantly, we demonstrate that partial depletion of Rfa1 recapitulates defective S phase-specific NER in wild type yeast; moreover, ectopic RPA1-3 overexpression rescues such deficiency in either ATR- or polymerase η-deficient human cells. Our results strongly suggest that reduction of NER capacity during periods of enhanced replicative stress, ostensibly caused by inordinate sequestration of RPA at stalled DNA replication forks, represents a conserved feature of the multifaceted eukaryotic DNA damage response.
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- François Bélanger
- From the Centre de Recherche de l'Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, Québec H1T 2M4, Canada and
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- From the Centre de Recherche de l'Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, Québec H1T 2M4, Canada and the Programme de Biologie Moléculaire
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- From the Centre de Recherche de l'Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, Québec H1T 2M4, Canada and
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- From the Centre de Recherche de l'Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, Québec H1T 2M4, Canada and
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- From the Centre de Recherche de l'Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, Québec H1T 2M4, Canada and Département d'ophtalmologie, and
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- From the Centre de Recherche de l'Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, Québec H1T 2M4, Canada and Département de Médecine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3T 1J4, Canada
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- From the Centre de Recherche de l'Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, Québec H1T 2M4, Canada and Département de Médecine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3T 1J4, Canada
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Perea JA, Deckard A, Haase SB, Harer J. SW1PerS: Sliding windows and 1-persistence scoring; discovering periodicity in gene expression time series data. BMC Bioinformatics 2015; 16:257. [PMID: 26277424 PMCID: PMC4537550 DOI: 10.1186/s12859-015-0645-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2014] [Accepted: 06/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Identifying periodically expressed genes across different processes (e.g. the cell and metabolic cycles, circadian rhythms, etc) is a central problem in computational biology. Biological time series may contain (multiple) unknown signal shapes of systemic relevance, imperfections like noise, damping, and trending, or limited sampling density. While there exist methods for detecting periodicity, their design biases (e.g. toward a specific signal shape) can limit their applicability in one or more of these situations. METHODS We present in this paper a novel method, SW1PerS, for quantifying periodicity in time series in a shape-agnostic manner and with resistance to damping. The measurement is performed directly, without presupposing a particular pattern, by evaluating the circularity of a high-dimensional representation of the signal. SW1PerS is compared to other algorithms using synthetic data and performance is quantified under varying noise models, noise levels, sampling densities, and signal shapes. Results on biological data are also analyzed and compared. RESULTS On the task of periodic/not-periodic classification, using synthetic data, SW1PerS outperforms all other algorithms in the low-noise regime. SW1PerS is shown to be the most shape-agnostic of the evaluated methods, and the only one to consistently classify damped signals as highly periodic. On biological data, and for several experiments, the lists of top 10% genes ranked with SW1PerS recover up to 67% of those generated with other popular algorithms. Moreover, the list of genes from data on the Yeast metabolic cycle which are highly-ranked only by SW1PerS, contains evidently non-cosine patterns (e.g. ECM33, CDC9, SAM1,2 and MSH6) with highly periodic expression profiles. In data from the Yeast cell cycle SW1PerS identifies genes not preferred by other algorithms, hence not previously reported as periodic, but found in other experiments such as the universal growth rate response of Slavov. These genes are BOP3, CDC10, YIL108W, YER034W, MLP1, PAC2 and RTT101. CONCLUSIONS In biological systems with low noise, i.e. where periodic signals with interesting shapes are more likely to occur, SW1PerS can be used as a powerful tool in exploratory analyses. Indeed, by having an initial set of periodic genes with a rich variety of signal types, pattern/shape information can be included in the study of systems and the generation of hypotheses regarding the structure of gene regulatory networks.
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- Jose A Perea
- Department of Mathematics, Duke University, Science Dr, Durham, 27708, NC, USA.
- Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
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- Program in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham, 27708, NC, USA.
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- Center for Systems Biology, Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy, Duke University, Durham, 27708, NC, USA.
- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, 27708, NC, USA.
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- Department of Mathematics, Duke University, Science Dr, Durham, 27708, NC, USA.
- Center for Systems Biology, Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy, Duke University, Durham, 27708, NC, USA.
- Department of Computer Science and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Duke University, Science Dr, Durham, 27708, NC, USA.
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Natesuntorn W, Iwami K, Matsubara Y, Sasano Y, Sugiyama M, Kaneko Y, Harashima S. Genome-wide construction of a series of designed segmental aneuploids in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Sci Rep 2015. [PMID: 26224198 PMCID: PMC4519793 DOI: 10.1038/srep12510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Segmental aneuploidy can play an important role in environmental adaptation. However, study of segmental aneuploids is severely hampered by the difficulty of creating them in a designed fashion. Here, we describe a PCR-mediated chromosome duplication (PCDup) technology that enables the generation of segmental aneuploidy at any desired chromosomal region in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We constructed multiple strains harboring 100 kb to 200 kb segmental duplications covering the whole of the S. cerevisiae genome. Interestingly, some segmental aneuploidies confer stress tolerance, such as to high temperature, ethanol and strong acids, while others induce cell lethality and stress sensitivity, presumably as result of the simultaneous increases in dosages of multiple genes. We suggest that our PCDup technology will accelerate studies into the phenotypic changes resulting from alteration of gene dosage balance of multiple genes and will provide new insights into the adaptive molecular mechanisms in the genome in segmental aneuploidy-derived human diseases.
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- Waranya Natesuntorn
- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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Chan CTY, Deng W, Li F, DeMott MS, Babu IR, Begley TJ, Dedon PC. Highly Predictive Reprogramming of tRNA Modifications Is Linked to Selective Expression of Codon-Biased Genes. Chem Res Toxicol 2015; 28:978-88. [PMID: 25772370 PMCID: PMC4438938 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.5b00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Cells respond to stress by controlling
gene expression at several
levels, with little known about the role of translation. Here, we
demonstrate a coordinated translational stress response system involving
stress-specific reprogramming of tRNA wobble modifications that leads
to selective translation of codon-biased mRNAs representing different
classes of critical response proteins. In budding yeast exposed to
four oxidants and five alkylating agents, tRNA modification patterns
accurately distinguished among chemically similar stressors, with
14 modified ribonucleosides forming the basis for a data-driven model
that predicts toxicant chemistry with >80% sensitivity and specificity.
tRNA modification subpatterns also distinguish SN1 from
SN2 alkylating agents, with SN2-induced increases
in m3C in tRNA mechanistically linked to selective translation
of threonine-rich membrane proteins from genes enriched with ACC and
ACT degenerate codons for threonine. These results establish tRNA
modifications as predictive biomarkers of exposure and illustrate
a novel regulatory mechanism for translational control of cell stress
response.
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- ∥College of Nanoscale Science, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12203, United States
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Zou W, Yan J, Zhao N, Niu S, Huang X. A novel role for the alcohol sensitive ring/PHD finger protein Asr1p in regulating cell cycle mediated by septin-dependent assembly in yeast. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2015; 458:208-13. [PMID: 25646695 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.01.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2015] [Accepted: 01/24/2015] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
Abstract
Septin is a conserved eukaryotic family of GTP-binding filament-forming proteins with functions in cytokinesis and other processes. It has been suggested that the dynamic assembly of septin, including the processes from septin initially localizing to the presumptive bud site to the septin collar finally splitting into two cells, coordinates closely with the checkpoint response of cell cycle. Here, we discovered that over-expression of Alcohol sensitive Ring/PHD finger 1 protein (Asr1p) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae triggered the Swe1p-dependent cell cycle checkpoint for a G2/M transition delay, and this G2/M transition delay was caused by the septin defect. Since it was shown that Asr1p affected actin dynamics through the interaction with Crn1p and crn1 should be epistatic to asr1 in the regulation of actin, the gene knockout of crn1 in the Asr1p over-expression strain restored the defects in septin and cell cycle along with the disordered actin dynamics. Our investigation further showed that the disturbed septin assembly caused by abnormal Asr1p lead to the abnormal localization of the checkpoint proteins such as Gla4/PAK and Cdc5/Polo, and finally triggered the Swe1p-dependent G2/M transition arrest. Additionally, the Ring finger/PHD domains of Asr1p were illustrated to be required but not sufficient for its role in septin. Taken together, our current data suggested a close relationship in the assembly between septin and actin cytoskeleton, which also partially explained how actin cytoskeleton participated in the regulation of the checkpoint of G2/M.
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- Wei Zou
- Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, and Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, PR China
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- Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, and Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, PR China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunmin Medical College, Kunming 650101, PR China
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- Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, and Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, PR China
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- Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, and Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, PR China.
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Takabatake A, Kawazoe N, Izawa S. Plasma membrane proteins Yro2 and Mrh1 are required for acetic acid tolerance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2014; 99:2805-14. [PMID: 25503505 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-6278-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2014] [Revised: 11/10/2014] [Accepted: 11/29/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Yro2 and its paralogous protein Mrh1 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae have seven predicted transmembrane domains and predominantly localize to the plasma membrane. Their physiological functions and regulation of gene expression have not yet been elucidated in detail. We herein demonstrated that MRH1 was constitutively expressed, whereas the expression of YRO2 was induced by acetic acid stress and entering the stationary phase. Fluorescence microscopic analysis revealed that Mrh1 and Yro2 were distributed as small foci in the plasma membrane under acetic acid stress conditions. The null mutants of these genes (mrh1∆, yro2∆, and mrh1∆yro2∆) showed delayed growth and a decrease in the productivity of ethanol in the presence of acetic acid, indicating that Yro2 and Mrh1 are involved in tolerance to acetic acid stress.
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- Akiko Takabatake
- Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Kyoto, 606-8585, Japan
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Meurisse J, Bacquin A, Richet N, Charbonnier JB, Ochsenbein F, Peyroche A. Hug1 is an intrinsically disordered protein that inhibits ribonucleotide reductase activity by directly binding Rnr2 subunit. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:13174-85. [PMID: 25378334 PMCID: PMC4245953 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku1095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Rad53 is a conserved protein kinase with a central role in DNA damage response and nucleotide metabolism. We observed that the expression of a dominant-lethal form of RAD53 leads to significant expression changes for at least 16 genes, including the RNR3 and the HUG1 genes, both of which are involved in the control of nucleotide metabolism. We established by multiple biophysical and biochemical approaches that Hug1 is an intrinsically disordered protein that directly binds to the small RNR subunit Rnr2. We characterized the surface of interaction involved in Hug1 binding to Rnr2, and we thus defined a new binding region to Rnr2. Moreover, we show that Hug1 is deleterious to cell growth in the context of reduced RNR activity. This inhibitory effect of Hug1 on RNR activity depends on the binding of Hug1 to Rnr2. We propose a model in which Hug1 modulates Rnr2-Rnr1 association by binding Rnr2. We show that Hug1 accumulates under various physiological conditions of high RNR induction. Hence, both the regulation and the mode of action of Hug1 are different from those of the small protein inhibitors Dif1 and Sml1, and Hug1 can be considered as a regulator for fine-tuning of RNR activity.
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- Julie Meurisse
- CEA, iBiTecS, SBIGeM, Gif-sur-Yvette, F-91191, France CNRS-Université Paris Sud, FRE 3377, Gif-sur-Yvette, F-91191, France
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- CEA, iBiTecS, SBIGeM, Gif-sur-Yvette, F-91191, France CNRS-Université Paris Sud, FRE 3377, Gif-sur-Yvette, F-91191, France
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- CEA, iBiTecS, SBSM, Laboratoire de Biologie Structurale et Radiobiologie, Gif-sur-Yvette, F-91191, France CNRS, UMR8221, Gif-sur-Yvette, F-91191, France
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- CEA, iBiTecS, SBSM, Laboratoire de Biologie Structurale et Radiobiologie, Gif-sur-Yvette, F-91191, France CNRS, UMR8221, Gif-sur-Yvette, F-91191, France
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- CEA, iBiTecS, SBSM, Laboratoire de Biologie Structurale et Radiobiologie, Gif-sur-Yvette, F-91191, France CNRS, UMR8221, Gif-sur-Yvette, F-91191, France
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- CEA, iBiTecS, SBIGeM, Gif-sur-Yvette, F-91191, France CNRS-Université Paris Sud, FRE 3377, Gif-sur-Yvette, F-91191, France
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Abu-Jamous B, Fa R, Roberts DJ, Nandi AK. Comprehensive analysis of forty yeast microarray datasets reveals a novel subset of genes (APha-RiB) consistently negatively associated with ribosome biogenesis. BMC Bioinformatics 2014; 15:322. [PMID: 25267386 PMCID: PMC4262117 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-15-322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2014] [Accepted: 09/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The scale and complexity of genomic data lend themselves to analysis using sophisticated mathematical techniques to yield information that can generate new hypotheses and so guide further experimental investigations. An ensemble clustering method has the ability to perform consensus clustering over the same set of genes from different microarray datasets by combining results from different clustering methods into a single consensus result. RESULTS In this paper we have performed comprehensive analysis of forty yeast microarray datasets. One recently described Bi-CoPaM method can analyse expressions of the same set of genes from various microarray datasets while using different clustering methods, and then combine these results into a single consensus result whose clusters' tightness is tunable from tight, specific clusters to wide, overlapping clusters. This has been adopted in a novel way over genome-wide data from forty yeast microarray datasets to discover two clusters of genes that are consistently co-expressed over all of these datasets from different biological contexts and various experimental conditions. Most strikingly, average expression profiles of those clusters are consistently negatively correlated in all of the forty datasets while neither profile leads or lags the other. CONCLUSIONS The first cluster is enriched with ribosomal biogenesis genes. The biological processes of most of the genes in the second cluster are either unknown or apparently unrelated although they show high connectivity in protein-protein and genetic interaction networks. Therefore, it is possible that this mostly uncharacterised cluster and the ribosomal biogenesis cluster are transcriptionally oppositely regulated by some common machinery. Moreover, we anticipate that the genes included in this previously unknown cluster participate in generic, in contrast to specific, stress response processes. These novel findings illuminate coordinated gene expression in yeast and suggest several hypotheses for future experimental functional work. Additionally, we have demonstrated the usefulness of the Bi-CoPaM-based approach, which may be helpful for the analysis of other groups of (microarray) datasets from other species and systems for the exploration of global genetic co-expression.
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- Basel Abu-Jamous
- />Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH UK
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- />Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH UK
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- />National Health Service Blood and Transplant, Oxford, UK
- />Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- />Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH UK
- />Department of Mathematical Information Technology, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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Comparative proteomics of mitosis and meiosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Proteomics 2014; 109:1-15. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2014.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2013] [Revised: 05/21/2014] [Accepted: 06/08/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Willhite DG, Brigati JR, Selcer KE, Denny JE, Duck ZA, Wright SE. Pheromone responsiveness is regulated by components of the Gpr1p-mediated glucose sensing pathway inSaccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast 2014; 31:361-74. [DOI: 10.1002/yea.3030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2013] [Revised: 06/24/2014] [Accepted: 07/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Paul A, Garcia YA, Zierer B, Patwardhan C, Gutierrez O, Hildenbrand Z, Harris DC, Balsiger HA, Sivils JC, Johnson JL, Buchner J, Chadli A, Cox MB. The cochaperone SGTA (small glutamine-rich tetratricopeptide repeat-containing protein alpha) demonstrates regulatory specificity for the androgen, glucocorticoid, and progesterone receptors. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:15297-308. [PMID: 24753260 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.535229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Steroid hormone receptors are ligand-dependent transcription factors that require the ordered assembly of multichaperone complexes for transcriptional activity. Although heat shock protein (Hsp) 90 and Hsp70 are key players in this process, multiple Hsp70- and Hsp90-associated cochaperones associate with receptor-chaperone complexes to regulate receptor folding and activation. Small glutamine-rich tetratricopeptide repeat-containing protein alpha (SGTA) was recently characterized as an Hsp70 and Hsp90-associated cochaperone that specifically regulates androgen receptor activity. However, the specificity of SGTA for additional members of the steroid hormone receptor superfamily and the mechanism by which SGTA regulates receptor activity remain unclear. Here we report that SGTA associates with and specifically regulates the androgen, glucocorticoid, and progesterone receptors and has no effect on the mineralocorticoid and estrogen receptors in both yeast and mammalian cell-based reporter assays. In both systems, SGTA knockdown/deletion enhances receptor activity, whereas SGTA overexpression suppresses receptor activity. We demonstrate that SGTA binds directly to Hsp70 and Hsp90 in vitro with similar affinities yet predominately precipitates with Hsp70 from cell lysates, suggesting a role for SGTA in early, Hsp70-mediated folding. Furthermore, SGTA expression completely abrogates the regulation of receptor function by FKBP52 (52-kDa FK506-binding protein), which acts at a later stage of the chaperone cycle. Taken together, our data suggest a role for SGTA at distinct steps in the chaperone-dependent modulation of androgen, glucocorticoid, and progesterone receptor activity.
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- Atanu Paul
- From the Border Biomedical Research Center and Department of Biological Sciences and
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- From the Border Biomedical Research Center and Department of Biological Sciences and
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- the Center for Integrated Protein Science at the Department Chemie, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany
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- the Cancer Research Center, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia 30912, and
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- From the Border Biomedical Research Center and Department of Biological Sciences and
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- the Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968
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- From the Border Biomedical Research Center and Department of Biological Sciences and
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- From the Border Biomedical Research Center and Department of Biological Sciences and
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- From the Border Biomedical Research Center and Department of Biological Sciences and
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- the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83844
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- the Center for Integrated Protein Science at the Department Chemie, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany
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- the Cancer Research Center, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia 30912, and
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- From the Border Biomedical Research Center and Department of Biological Sciences and
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Uncoupling reproduction from metabolism extends chronological lifespan in yeast. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:E1538-47. [PMID: 24706810 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1323918111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Studies of replicative and chronological lifespan in Saccharomyces cerevisiae have advanced understanding of longevity in all eukaryotes. Chronological lifespan in this species is defined as the age-dependent viability of nondividing cells. To date this parameter has only been estimated under calorie restriction, mimicked by starvation. Because postmitotic cells in higher eukaryotes often do not starve, we developed a model yeast system to study cells as they age in the absence of calorie restriction. Yeast cells were encapsulated in a matrix consisting of calcium alginate to form ∼3 mm beads that were packed into bioreactors and fed ad libitum. Under these conditions cells ceased to divide, became heat shock and zymolyase resistant, yet retained high fermentative capacity. Over the course of 17 d, immobilized yeast cells maintained >95% viability, whereas the viability of starving, freely suspended (planktonic) cells decreased to <10%. Immobilized cells exhibited a stable pattern of gene expression that differed markedly from growing or starving planktonic cells, highly expressing genes in glycolysis, cell wall remodeling, and stress resistance, but decreasing transcription of genes in the tricarboxylic acid cycle, and genes that regulate the cell cycle, including master cyclins CDC28 and CLN1. Stress resistance transcription factor MSN4 and its upstream effector RIM15 are conspicuously up-regulated in the immobilized state, and an immobilized rim15 knockout strain fails to exhibit the long-lived, growth-arrested phenotype, suggesting that altered regulation of the Rim15-mediated nutrient-sensing pathway plays an important role in extending yeast chronological lifespan under calorie-unrestricted conditions.
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Pons T, Paramonov I, Boullosa C, Ibáñez K, Rojas AM, Valencia A. A common structural scaffold in CTD phosphatases that supports distinct catalytic mechanisms. Proteins 2013; 82:103-18. [PMID: 23900790 DOI: 10.1002/prot.24376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2013] [Revised: 06/28/2013] [Accepted: 07/12/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of the carboxyl-terminal domain (CTD) of the largest RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) subunit is a critical regulatory checkpoint for transcription and mRNA processing. This CTD is unique to eukaryotic organisms and it contains multiple tandem-repeats with the consensus sequence Tyr(1) -Ser(2) -Pro(3) -Thr(4) -Ser(5) -Pro(6) -Ser(7) . Traditionally, CTD phosphatases that use metal-ion-independent (cysteine-based) and metal-ion-assisted (aspartate-based) catalytic mechanisms have been considered to belong to two independent groups. However, using structural comparisons we have identified a common structural scaffold in these two groups of CTD phosphatases. This common scaffold accommodates different catalytic processes with the same substrate specificity, in this case phospho-serine/threonine residues flanked by prolines. Furthermore, this scaffold provides a structural connection between two groups of protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs): Cys-based (classes I, II, and III) and Asp-based (class IV) PTPs. Redundancy in catalytic mechanisms is not infrequent and may arise in specific biological settings. To better understand the activity of the CTD phosphatases, we combined our structural analyses with data on CTD phosphatase expression in different human and mouse tissues. The results suggest that aspartate- and cysteine-based CTD-dephosphorylation acts in concert during cellular stress, when high levels of reactive oxygen species can inhibit the nucleophilic function of the catalytic cysteine, as occurs in mental and neurodegenerative disorders like schizophrenia, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. Moreover, these findings have significant implications for the study of the RNAPII-CTD dephosphorylation in eukaryotes.
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- Tirso Pons
- Structural Biology and BioComputing Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Madrid, Spain
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Hoose SA, Trinh JT, Leitch MC, Kelly MM, McCormick RF, Spyrou CL, Smith R, Polymenis M. Saccharomyces cerevisiae deletion strains with complex DNA content profiles. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2013; 345:72-6. [PMID: 23714007 DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2013] [Accepted: 05/27/2013] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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To identify Saccharomyces cerevisiae genes required for the proper timing of cell cycle transitions, we previously reported a systematic examination of the DNA content of homozygous diploid deletion strains. However, deletion strains with complex DNA content profiles were not examined in that study. Here, we report S. cerevisiae genes that when deleted give rise to DNA content profiles consistent with roles of the corresponding gene products during DNA replication. We also identified a set of genes whose deletion leads to increased DNA content, consistent with defects in mitosis, cytokinesis, or cell separation. Finally, we examined known interactions between the gene products of each group, placing these gene products in functional networks. Taken together, the data we present further validate the roles of the corresponding gene products in these processes, facilitating efforts to delineate gene function critical for genome replication, maintenance, and segregation.
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- Scott A Hoose
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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The fate of the messenger is pre-determined: a new model for regulation of gene expression. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2013; 1829:643-53. [PMID: 23337853 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2013.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2012] [Revised: 01/07/2013] [Accepted: 01/08/2013] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Recent years have seen a rise in publications demonstrating coupling between transcription and mRNA decay. This coupling most often accompanies cellular processes that involve transitions in gene expression patterns, for example during mitotic division and cellular differentiation and in response to cellular stress. Transcription can affect the mRNA fate by multiple mechanisms. The most novel finding is the process of co-transcriptional imprinting of mRNAs with proteins, which in turn regulate cytoplasmic mRNA stability. Transcription therefore is not only a catalyst of mRNA synthesis but also provides a platform that enables imprinting, which coordinates between transcription and mRNA decay. Here we present an overview of the literature, which provides the evidence of coupling between transcription and decay, review the mechanisms and regulators by which the two processes are coupled, discuss why such coupling is beneficial and present a new model for regulation of gene expression. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: RNA Decay mechanisms.
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Makanae K, Kintaka R, Makino T, Kitano H, Moriya H. Identification of dosage-sensitive genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae using the genetic tug-of-war method. Genome Res 2012; 23:300-11. [PMID: 23275495 PMCID: PMC3561871 DOI: 10.1101/gr.146662.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Gene overexpression beyond a permissible limit causes defects in cellular functions. However, the permissible limits of most genes are unclear. Previously, we developed a genetic method designated genetic tug-of-war (gTOW) to measure the copy number limit of overexpression of a target gene. In the current study, we applied gTOW to the analysis of all protein-coding genes in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We showed that the yeast cellular system was robust against an increase in the copy number by up to 100 copies in >80% of the genes. After frameshift and segmentation analyses, we isolated 115 dosage-sensitive genes (DSGs) with copy number limits of 10 or less. DSGs contained a significant number of genes involved in cytoskeletal organization and intracellular transport. DSGs tended to be highly expressed and to encode protein complex members. We demonstrated that the protein burden caused the dosage sensitivity of highly expressed genes using a gTOW experiment in which the open reading frame was replaced with GFP. Dosage sensitivities of some DSGs were rescued by the simultaneous increase in the copy numbers of partner genes, indicating that stoichiometric imbalances among complexes cause dosage sensitivity. The results obtained in this study will provide basic knowledge about the physiology of chromosomal abnormalities and the evolution of chromosomal composition.
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- Koji Makanae
- Research Core for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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Dungrawala H, Hua H, Wright J, Abraham L, Kasemsri T, McDowell A, Stilwell J, Schneider BL. Identification of new cell size control genes in S. cerevisiae. Cell Div 2012; 7:24. [PMID: 23234503 PMCID: PMC3541103 DOI: 10.1186/1747-1028-7-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2012] [Accepted: 12/04/2012] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Cell size homeostasis is a conserved attribute in many eukaryotic species involving a tight regulation between the processes of growth and proliferation. In budding yeast S. cerevisiae, growth to a “critical cell size” must be achieved before a cell can progress past START and commit to cell division. Numerous studies have shown that progression past START is actively regulated by cell size control genes, many of which have implications in cell cycle control and cancer. Two initial screens identified genes that strongly modulate cell size in yeast. Since a second generation yeast gene knockout collection has been generated, we screened an additional 779 yeast knockouts containing 435 new ORFs (~7% of the yeast genome) to supplement previous cell size screens. Upon completion, 10 new strong size mutants were identified: nine in log-phase cells and one in saturation-phase cells, and 97% of the yeast genome has now been screened for cell size mutations. The majority of the logarithmic phase size mutants have functions associated with translation further implicating the central role of growth control in the cell division process. Genetic analyses suggest ECM9 is directly associated with the START transition. Further, the small (whi) mutants mrpl49Δ and cbs1Δ are dependent on CLN3 for cell size effects. In depth analyses of new size mutants may facilitate a better understanding of the processes that govern cell size homeostasis.
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- Huzefa Dungrawala
- Department of Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 3601 4th St Rm, 5C119, Lubbock, TX, 79430, USA.
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Functional analysis with a barcoder yeast gene overexpression system. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2012; 2:1279-89. [PMID: 23050238 PMCID: PMC3464120 DOI: 10.1534/g3.112.003400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2012] [Accepted: 08/22/2012] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Systematic analysis of gene overexpression phenotypes provides an insight into gene function, enzyme targets, and biological pathways. Here, we describe a novel functional genomics platform that enables a highly parallel and systematic assessment of overexpression phenotypes in pooled cultures. First, we constructed a genome-level collection of ~5100 yeast barcoder strains, each of which carries a unique barcode, enabling pooled fitness assays with a barcode microarray or sequencing readout. Second, we constructed a yeast open reading frame (ORF) galactose-induced overexpression array by generating a genome-wide set of yeast transformants, each of which carries an individual plasmid-born and sequence-verified ORF derived from the Saccharomyces cerevisiae full-length EXpression-ready (FLEX) collection. We combined these collections genetically using synthetic genetic array methodology, generating ~5100 strains, each of which is barcoded and overexpresses a specific ORF, a set we termed “barFLEX.” Additional synthetic genetic array allows the barFLEX collection to be moved into different genetic backgrounds. As a proof-of-principle, we describe the properties of the barFLEX overexpression collection and its application in synthetic dosage lethality studies under different environmental conditions.
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For unicellular organisms, the decision to enter the cell cycle can be viewed most fundamentally as a metabolic problem. A cell must assess its nutritional and metabolic status to ensure it can synthesize sufficient biomass to produce a new daughter cell. The cell must then direct the appropriate metabolic outputs to ensure completion of the division process. Herein, we discuss the changes in metabolism that accompany entry to, and exit from, the cell cycle for the unicellular eukaryote Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Studies of budding yeast under continuous, slow-growth conditions have provided insights into the essence of these metabolic changes at unprecedented temporal resolution. Some of these mechanisms by which cell growth and proliferation are coordinated with metabolism are likely to be conserved in multicellular organisms. An improved understanding of the metabolic basis of cell cycle control promises to reveal fundamental principles governing tumorigenesis, metazoan development, niche expansion, and many additional aspects of cell and organismal growth control.
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- Ling Cai
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9038, USA.
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Ho HJ, Lin TI, Chang HH, Haase SB, Huang S, Pyne S. Parametric modeling of cellular state transitions as measured with flow cytometry. BMC Bioinformatics 2012; 13 Suppl 5:S5. [PMID: 22537009 PMCID: PMC3358665 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-13-s5-s5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Background Gradual or sudden transitions among different states as exhibited by cell populations in a biological sample under particular conditions or stimuli can be detected and profiled by flow cytometric time course data. Often such temporal profiles contain features due to transient states that present unique modeling challenges. These could range from asymmetric non-Gaussian distributions to outliers and tail subpopulations, which need to be modeled with precision and rigor. Results To ensure precision and rigor, we propose a parametric modeling framework StateProfiler based on finite mixtures of skew t-Normal distributions that are robust against non-Gaussian features caused by asymmetry and outliers in data. Further, we present in StateProfiler a new greedy EM algorithm for fast and optimal model selection. The parsimonious approach of our greedy algorithm allows us to detect the genuine dynamic variation in the key features as and when they appear in time course data. We also present a procedure to construct a well-fitted profile by merging any redundant model components in a way that minimizes change in entropy of the resulting model. This allows precise profiling of unusually shaped distributions and less well-separated features that may appear due to cellular heterogeneity even within clonal populations. Conclusions By modeling flow cytometric data measured over time course and marker space with StateProfiler, specific parametric characteristics of cellular states can be identified. The parameters are then tested statistically for learning global and local patterns of spatio-temporal change. We applied StateProfiler to identify the temporal features of yeast cell cycle progression based on knockout of S-phase triggering cyclins Clb5 and Clb6, and then compared the S-phase delay phenotypes due to differential regulation of the two cyclins. We also used StateProfiler to construct the temporal profile of clonal divergence underlying lineage selection in mammalian hematopoietic progenitor cells.
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- Hsiu J Ho
- Department of Applied Mathematics and Institute of Statistics, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan
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Hoose SA, Rawlings JA, Kelly MM, Leitch MC, Ababneh QO, Robles JP, Taylor D, Hoover EM, Hailu B, McEnery KA, Downing SS, Kaushal D, Chen Y, Rife A, Brahmbhatt KA, Smith R, Polymenis M. A systematic analysis of cell cycle regulators in yeast reveals that most factors act independently of cell size to control initiation of division. PLoS Genet 2012; 8:e1002590. [PMID: 22438835 PMCID: PMC3305459 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2011] [Accepted: 01/25/2012] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Upstream events that trigger initiation of cell division, at a point called START in yeast, determine the overall rates of cell proliferation. The identity and complete sequence of those events remain unknown. Previous studies relied mainly on cell size changes to identify systematically genes required for the timely completion of START. Here, we evaluated panels of non-essential single gene deletion strains for altered DNA content by flow cytometry. This analysis revealed that most gene deletions that altered cell cycle progression did not change cell size. Our results highlight a strong requirement for ribosomal biogenesis and protein synthesis for initiation of cell division. We also identified numerous factors that have not been previously implicated in cell cycle control mechanisms. We found that CBS, which catalyzes the synthesis of cystathionine from serine and homocysteine, advances START in two ways: by promoting cell growth, which requires CBS's catalytic activity, and by a separate function, which does not require CBS's catalytic activity. CBS defects cause disease in humans, and in animals CBS has vital, non-catalytic, unknown roles. Hence, our results may be relevant for human biology. Taken together, these findings significantly expand the range of factors required for the timely initiation of cell division. The systematic identification of non-essential regulators of cell division we describe will be a valuable resource for analysis of cell cycle progression in yeast and other organisms. What determines when cells begin a new round of cell division also dictates how fast cells multiply. Knowing which cellular pathways and how these pathways affect the machinery of cell division will allow modulations of cell proliferation. Baker's yeast is suited for genetic and biochemical studies of eukaryotic cell division. Previous studies relied mainly on cell size changes to identify systematically factors that control initiation of cell division. Here, we measured the DNA content of each non-essential single gene deletion strain to identify genes required for the correct timing of cell cycle transitions. Our comprehensive strategy revealed new pathways that control cell division. We expect that this study will be a valuable resource for numerous future analyses of mechanisms that control cell division in yeast and other organisms, including humans.
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- Scott A. Hoose
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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Trcek T, Larson DR, Moldón A, Query CC, Singer RH. Single-molecule mRNA decay measurements reveal promoter- regulated mRNA stability in yeast. Cell 2012; 147:1484-97. [PMID: 22196726 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2011.11.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 198] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2010] [Revised: 07/27/2011] [Accepted: 11/22/2011] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Messenger RNA decay measurements are typically performed on a population of cells. However, this approach cannot reveal sufficient complexity to provide information on mechanisms that may regulate mRNA degradation, possibly on short timescales. To address this deficiency, we measured cell cycle-regulated decay in single yeast cells using single-molecule FISH. We found that two genes responsible for mitotic progression, SWI5 and CLB2, exhibit a mitosis-dependent mRNA stability switch. Their transcripts are stable until mitosis, when a precipitous decay eliminates the mRNA complement, preventing carryover into the next cycle. Remarkably, the specificity and timing of decay is entirely regulated by their promoter, independent of specific cis mRNA sequences. The mitotic exit network protein Dbf2p binds to SWI5 and CLB2 mRNAs cotranscriptionally and regulates their decay. This work reveals the promoter-dependent control of mRNA stability, a regulatory mechanism that could be employed by a variety of mRNAs and organisms.
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- Tatjana Trcek
- Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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Estela A, Pla-Martín D, Sánchez-Piris M, Sesaki H, Palau F. Charcot-Marie-Tooth-related gene GDAP1 complements cell cycle delay at G2/M phase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae fis1 gene-defective cells. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:36777-86. [PMID: 21890626 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.260042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Mutations in the GDAP1 gene are responsible of the Charcot-Marie-Tooth CMT4A, ARCMT2K, and CMT2K variants. GDAP1 is a mitochondrial outer membrane protein that has been related to the fission pathway of the mitochondrial network dynamics. As mitochondrial dynamics is a conserved process, we reasoned that expressing GDAP1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains defective for genes involved in mitochondrial fission or fusion could increase our knowledge of GDAP1 function. We discovered a consistent relation between Fis1p and the cell cycle because fis1Δ cells showed G(2)/M delay during cell cycle progression. The fis1Δ phenotype, which includes cell cycle delay, was fully rescued by GDAP1. By contrast, clinical missense mutations rescued the fis1Δ phenotype except for the cell cycle delay. In addition, both Fis1p and human GDAP1 interacted with β-tubulins Tub2p and TUBB, respectively. A defect in the fis1 gene may induce abnormal location of mitochondria during budding mitosis, causing the cell cycle delay at G(2)/M due to its anomalous interaction with microtubules from the mitotic spindle. In the case of neurons harboring defects in GDAP1, the interaction between mitochondria and the microtubule cytoskeleton would be altered, which might affect mitochondrial axonal transport and movement within the cell and may explain the pathophysiology of the GDAP1-related Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
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- Anna Estela
- Genetics and Molecular Medicine Unit, Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Valencia, Spain
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Outwin E, Carpenter G, Bi W, Withers MA, Lupski JR, O'Driscoll M. Increased RPA1 gene dosage affects genomic stability potentially contributing to 17p13.3 duplication syndrome. PLoS Genet 2011; 7:e1002247. [PMID: 21901111 PMCID: PMC3161930 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2011] [Accepted: 07/03/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A novel microduplication syndrome involving various-sized contiguous duplications in 17p13.3 has recently been described, suggesting that increased copy number of genes in 17p13.3, particularly PAFAH1B1, is associated with clinical features including facial dysmorphism, developmental delay, and autism spectrum disorder. We have previously shown that patient-derived cell lines from individuals with haploinsufficiency of RPA1, a gene within 17p13.3, exhibit an impaired ATR-dependent DNA damage response (DDR). Here, we show that cell lines from patients with duplications specifically incorporating RPA1 exhibit a different although characteristic spectrum of DDR defects including abnormal S phase distribution, attenuated DNA double strand break (DSB)-induced RAD51 chromatin retention, elevated genomic instability, and increased sensitivity to DNA damaging agents. Using controlled conditional over-expression of RPA1 in a human model cell system, we also see attenuated DSB-induced RAD51 chromatin retention. Furthermore, we find that transient over-expression of RPA1 can impact on homologous recombination (HR) pathways following DSB formation, favouring engagement in aberrant forms of recombination and repair. Our data identifies unanticipated defects in the DDR associated with duplications in 17p13.3 in humans involving modest RPA1 over-expression.
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- Emily Outwin
- Human DNA Damage Response Disorders Group, Genome Damage and Stability Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
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- Human DNA Damage Response Disorders Group, Genome Damage and Stability Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Medical Genetics Laboratories, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Medical Genetics Laboratories, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Human DNA Damage Response Disorders Group, Genome Damage and Stability Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
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Lee SH, Kim PJ, Jeong H. Global organization of protein complexome in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. BMC SYSTEMS BIOLOGY 2011; 5:126. [PMID: 21843333 PMCID: PMC3169507 DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-5-126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2011] [Accepted: 08/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND Proteins in organisms, rather than act alone, usually form protein complexes to perform cellular functions. We analyze the topological network structure of protein complexes and their component proteins in the budding yeast in terms of the bipartite network and its projections, where the complexes and proteins are its two distinct components. Compared to conventional protein-protein interaction networks, the networks from the protein complexes show more homogeneous structures than those of the binary protein interactions, implying the formation of complexes that cause a relatively more uniform number of interaction partners. In addition, we suggest a new optimization method to determine the abundance and function of protein complexes, based on the information of their global organization. Estimating abundance and biological functions is of great importance for many researches, by providing a quantitative description of cell behaviors, instead of just a "catalogues" of the lists of protein interactions. RESULTS With our new optimization method, we present genome-wide assignments of abundance and biological functions for complexes, as well as previously unknown abundance and functions of proteins, which can provide significant information for further investigations in proteomics. It is strongly supported by a number of biologically relevant examples, such as the relationship between the cytoskeleton proteins and signal transduction and the metabolic enzyme Eno2's involvement in the cell division process. CONCLUSIONS We believe that our methods and findings are applicable not only to the specific area of proteomics, but also to much broader areas of systems biology with the concept of optimization principle.
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- Sang Hoon Lee
- IceLab, Department of Physics, Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden
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Yoshikawa K, Tanaka T, Ida Y, Furusawa C, Hirasawa T, Shimizu H. Comprehensive phenotypic analysis of single-gene deletion and overexpression strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast 2011; 28:349-61. [PMID: 21341307 DOI: 10.1002/yea.1843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2010] [Accepted: 01/02/2011] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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We quantified the growth behaviour of all available single-gene deletion and overexpression strains of budding yeast. Genome-wide analyses enabled the extraction of the genes and identification of the functional categories for which genetic perturbation caused the change of growth behaviour. Statistical analyses revealed defective growth for 646 deletion and 1302 overexpression strains. We classified these deleted and overexpressed genes into known functional categories, and identified several functional categories having fragility and robustness for cellular growth. We also screened the deletion and overexpression strains that exhibited a significantly higher growth rate than the strain without genetic perturbation, and found that three deletion and two overexpression strains were high-growth strains. The genes and functional categories identified in the analysis might provide useful information on designing industrially useful yeast strains.
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- Katsunori Yoshikawa
- Department of Bioinformatic Engineering, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University, 1-5 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Cox MB, Johnson JL. The role of p23, Hop, immunophilins, and other co-chaperones in regulating Hsp90 function. Methods Mol Biol 2011; 787:45-66. [PMID: 21898226 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-295-3_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Molecular chaperones are a diverse group of highly conserved proteins that transiently interact with partially folded polypeptide chains during normal cellular processes, such as protein translation, translocation, and disassembly of protein complexes (1). Prior to folding or after denaturation, hydrophobic residues that are normally sequestered within a folded protein are exposed to the aqueous environment and are prone to aggregation or misfolding. Multiple classes of molecular chaperones, such as Hsp70s and Hsp40s, recognize and transiently bind polypeptides with exposed hydrophobic stretches in order to prevent misfolding. Other types of chaperones, such as Hsp90, have more specialized functions in that they appear to interact with only a subset of cellular proteins. This chapter focuses on the role of Hsp90 and partner co-chaperones in promoting the folding and activation of a diverse group of proteins with critical roles in cellular signaling and function.
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- Marc B Cox
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA
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Liu KH, Shen WC. Mating differentiation in Cryptococcus neoformans is negatively regulated by the Crk1 protein kinase. Fungal Genet Biol 2010; 48:225-40. [PMID: 21111055 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2010.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2010] [Revised: 11/12/2010] [Accepted: 11/13/2010] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Cryptococcus neoformans is a heterothallic basidiomycete that grows vegetatively as yeast and filamentous hyphae are produced in the sexual state. Previous studies have shown that C. neoformans Cwc1 and Cwc2 are two central photoregulators which form a complex to inhibit the production of sexual filaments upon light treatment. To reveal the detailed regulatory mechanisms, a genome wide mutagenesis screen was conducted and components in the Cwc1/Cwc2 complex mediated pathway have been identified. In this study, one suppressor mutant, DJ22, is characterized and T-DNA is found to disrupt the C. neoformans CRK1 gene, a homologue of Saccharomyces cerevisiae IME2 and Ustilago maydis crk1. Ime2 is a meiosis-specific gene with the conserved Ser/Thr kinase domain and TXY dual phosphorylation site. Consistent with the findings of other suppressors in our screen, C. neoformans Crk1 plays a negative role in the mating process. Dikaryotic filaments, basidia, and basidiospores are produced earlier in the crk1 mutant crosses and mating efficiency is also increased. Artificial elevation of the CRK1 mRNA level inhibits mating. Interestingly, monokaryotic fruiting is defective both in the MATα crk1 mutant and CRK1 overexpression strains. Our studies demonstrate that C. neoformans CRK1 gene functions as a negative regulator in the mating differentiation.
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- Kuang-Hung Liu
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University, No. 1 Roosevelt Road, Taipei, Taiwan
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Otero JM, Papadakis MA, Udatha DBRKG, Nielsen J, Panagiotou G. Yeast biological networks unfold the interplay of antioxidants, genome and phenotype, and reveal a novel regulator of the oxidative stress response. PLoS One 2010; 5:e13606. [PMID: 21049050 PMCID: PMC2963615 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2010] [Accepted: 09/20/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Identifying causative biological networks associated with relevant phenotypes is essential in the field of systems biology. We used ferulic acid (FA) as a model antioxidant to characterize the global expression programs triggered by this small molecule and decipher the transcriptional network controlling the phenotypic adaptation of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS By employing a strict cut off value during gene expression data analysis, 106 genes were found to be involved in the cell response to FA, independent of aerobic or anaerobic conditions. Network analysis of the system guided us to a key target node, the FMP43 protein, that when deleted resulted in marked acceleration of cellular growth (∼15% in both minimal and rich media). To extend our findings to human cells and identify proteins that could serve as drug targets, we replaced the yeast FMP43 protein with its human ortholog BRP44 in the genetic background of the yeast strain Δfmp43. The conservation of the two proteins was phenotypically evident, with BRP44 restoring the normal specific growth rate of the wild type. We also applied homology modeling to predict the 3D structure of the FMP43 and BRP44 proteins. The binding sites in the homology models of FMP43 and BRP44 were computationally predicted, and further docking studies were performed using FA as the ligand. The docking studies demonstrated the affinity of FA towards both FMP43 and BRP44. CONCLUSIONS This study proposes a hypothesis on the mechanisms yeast employs to respond to antioxidant molecules, while demonstrating how phenome and metabolome yeast data can serve as biomarkers for nutraceutical discovery and development. Additionally, we provide evidence for a putative therapeutic target, revealed by replacing the FMP43 protein with its human ortholog BRP44, a brain protein, and functionally characterizing the relevant mutant strain.
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- Jose M. Otero
- Department of Systems Biology, Center for Microbial Biotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Systems Biology, Center for Biological Sequence Analysis, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Systems Biology, Center for Microbial Biotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
- Department of Systems Biology, Center for Biological Sequence Analysis, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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Correia I, Alonso-Monge R, Pla J. MAPK cell-cycle regulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida albicans. Future Microbiol 2010; 5:1125-41. [DOI: 10.2217/fmb.10.72] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The cell cycle is the sequential set of events that living cells undergo in order to duplicate. This process must be tightly regulated as alterations may lead to diseases such as cancer. The molecular events that control the cell cycle are directional and involve regulatory molecules such as cyclins and cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs). The budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has become a model to study this complex system since it shares several mechanisms with higher eukaryotes. Signal transduction pathways are biochemical mechanisms that sense environmental changes and there is recent evidence that they control the progression through the cell cycle in response to several stimuli. In response to pheromone, the budding yeast arrests the cell cycle in the G1 phase at the START stage. Activation of the pheromone response pathway leads to the phosphorylation of Far1, which inhibits the function of complexes formed by G1 cyclins (Cln1 and Cln2) and the CDK (Cdc28), blocking the transition to the S phase. This response prepares the cells to fuse cytoplasms and nuclei to generate a diploid cell. Activation of the Hog1 MAP kinase in response to osmotic stress or arsenite leads to the transient arrest of the cell cycle in G1 phase, which is mediated by direct phosphorylation of the CDK inhibitor, Sic1, and by downregulation of cyclin expression. Osmotic stress also induces a delay in G2 phase by direct phosphorylation of Hsl7 via Hog1, which results in the accumulation of Swe1. As a consequence, cell cycle arrest allows cells to survive upon stress. Finally, cell wall damage can induce cell cycle arrest at G2 via the cell integrity MAPK Slt2. By linking MAPK signal transduction pathways to the cell cycle machinery, a tight and precise control of the cell division takes place in response to environmental changes. Research into similar MAPK-mediated cell cycle regulation in the opportunistic pathogen Candida albicans may result in the development of new antifungal therapies.
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- Inês Correia
- Departamento de Microbiología II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Plaza de Ramón y Cajal s/n, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiología II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Plaza de Ramón y Cajal s/n, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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Chavel CA, Dionne HM, Birkaya B, Joshi J, Cullen PJ. Multiple signals converge on a differentiation MAPK pathway. PLoS Genet 2010; 6:e1000883. [PMID: 20333241 PMCID: PMC2841618 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2009] [Accepted: 02/14/2010] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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An important emerging question in the area of signal transduction is how information from different pathways becomes integrated into a highly coordinated response. In budding yeast, multiple pathways regulate filamentous growth, a complex differentiation response that occurs under specific environmental conditions. To identify new aspects of filamentous growth regulation, we used a novel screening approach (called secretion profiling) that measures release of the extracellular domain of Msb2p, the signaling mucin which functions at the head of the filamentous growth (FG) MAPK pathway. Secretion profiling of complementary genomic collections showed that many of the pathways that regulate filamentous growth (RAS, RIM101, OPI1, and RTG) were also required for FG pathway activation. This regulation sensitized the FG pathway to multiple stimuli and synchronized it to the global signaling network. Several of the regulators were required for MSB2 expression, which identifies the MSB2 promoter as a target “hub” where multiple signals converge. Accessibility to the MSB2 promoter was further regulated by the histone deacetylase (HDAC) Rpd3p(L), which positively regulated FG pathway activity and filamentous growth. Our findings provide the first glimpse of a global regulatory hierarchy among the pathways that control filamentous growth. Systems-level integration of signaling circuitry is likely to coordinate other regulatory networks that control complex behaviors. Signal integration is an essential feature of information flow through signal transduction pathways. The mechanisms by which signals from multiple pathways become integrated into a coordinated response remain unclear. We show that multiple pathways that regulate filamentous growth converge on a differentiation-dependent MAPK pathway. Our findings indicate that more extensive communication occurs between signaling pathways that control the filamentation response than has previously been appreciated. We suggest that global communication hierarchies regulate information flow in other systems, particularly higher eukaryotes where multiple pathways typically function simultaneously to modulate a complex response.
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- Colin A. Chavel
- Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
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