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Wimmer B, Friedrich A, Poeltner K, Edobor G, Mosshammer C, Temaj G, Rathner A, Karl T, Krauss J, von Hagen J, Gerner C, Breitenbach M, Hintner H, Bauer JW, Breitenbach-Koller H. En Route to Targeted Ribosome Editing to Replenish Skin Anchor Protein LAMB3 in Junctional Epidermolysis Bullosa. JID Innov 2024; 4:100240. [PMID: 38282649 PMCID: PMC10810840 DOI: 10.1016/j.xjidi.2023.100240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2023] [Revised: 09/24/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/30/2024] Open
Abstract
Severe junctional epidermolysis bullosa is a rare genetic, postpartum lethal skin disease, predominantly caused by nonsense/premature termination codon (PTC) sequence variants in LAMB3 gene. LAMB3 encodes LAMB3, the β subunit of epidermal-dermal skin anchor laminin 332. Most translational reads of a PTC mRNA deliver truncated, nonfunctional proteins, whereas an endogenous PTC readthrough mechanism produces full-length protein at minimal and insufficient levels. Conventional translational readthrough-inducing drugs amplify endogenous PTC readthrough; however, translational readthrough-inducing drugs are either proteotoxic or nonselective. Ribosome editing is a more selective and less toxic strategy. This technique identified ribosomal protein L35/uL29 (ie, RpL35) and RpL35-ligands repurposable drugs artesunate and atazanavir as molecular tools to increase production levels of full-length LAMB3. To evaluate ligand activity in living cells, we monitored artesunate and atazanavir treatment by dual luciferase reporter assays. Production levels of full-length LAMB3 increased up to 200% upon artesunate treatment, up to 150% upon atazanavir treatment, and up to 170% upon combinatorial treatment of RpL35 ligands at reduced drug dosage, with an unrelated PTC reporter being nonresponsive. Proof of bioactivity of RpL35 ligands in selective increase of full-length LAMB3 provides the basis for an alternative, targeted therapeutic route to replenish LAMB3 in severe junctional epidermolysis bullosa.
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- Bjoern Wimmer
- Department of Biosciences and Medical Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences and Medical Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences and Medical Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences and Medical Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences and Medical Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Linz, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences and Medical Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences and Medical Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
- SKM-IP PartGmbB, Munich, Germany
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- Merck KGaA, Gernsheim, Germany
- ryon-Greentech Accelerator, Gernsheim, Germany
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Joint Metabolome Facility, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences and Medical Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergology, University Hospital Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergology, University Hospital Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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Tu X, Wang F, Liti G, Breitenbach M, Yue JX, Li J. Spontaneous Mutation Rates and Spectra of Respiratory-Deficient Yeast. Biomolecules 2023; 13:501. [PMID: 36979436 PMCID: PMC10046086 DOI: 10.3390/biom13030501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2023] [Revised: 03/05/2023] [Accepted: 03/07/2023] [Indexed: 03/12/2023] Open
Abstract
The yeast petite mutant was first discovered in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which shows growth stress due to defects in genes encoding the respiratory chain. In a previous study, we described that deletion of the nuclear-encoded gene MRPL25 leads to mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) loss and the petite phenotype, which can be rescued by acquiring ATP3 mutations. The mrpl25Δ strain showed an elevated SNV (single nucleotide variant) rate, suggesting genome instability occurred during the crisis of mtDNA loss. However, the genome-wide mutation landscape and mutational signatures of mitochondrial dysfunction are unknown. In this study we profiled the mutation spectra in yeast strains with the genotype combination of MRPL25 and ATP3 in their wildtype and mutated status, along with the wildtype and cytoplasmic petite rho0 strains as controls. In addition to the previously described elevated SNV rate, we found the INDEL (insertion/deletion) rate also increased in the mrpl25Δ strain, reinforcing the occurrence of genome instability. Notably, although both are petites, the mrpl25Δ and rho0 strains exhibited different INDEL rates and transition/transversion ratios, suggesting differences in the mutational signatures underlying these two types of petites. Interestingly, the petite-related mutagenesis effect disappeared when ATP3 suppressor mutations were acquired, suggesting a cost-effective mechanism for restoring both fitness and genome stability. Taken together, we present an unbiased genome-wide characterization of the mutation rates and spectra of yeast strains with respiratory deficiency, which provides valuable insights into the impact of respiratory deficiency on genome instability.
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- Xinyu Tu
- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Diagnosis and Therapy, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Diagnosis and Therapy, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China
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- IRCAN, INSERM, Université Côte d’Azur, 06107 Nice, France
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Diagnosis and Therapy, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Diagnosis and Therapy, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China
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Breitenbach M, Cooper TG. From blood to stress - my life investigating cell differentiation. FEMS Yeast Res 2022; 22:6595877. [PMID: 35640885 DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/foac031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2022] [Revised: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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This short retrospective covers more than 50 years of research. I spent most of it doing yeast genetics and genetic engineering. It has been my great privilege to be part of the international group of yeast genetics researchers. With many of them named in this retrospective I am connected in lifelong friendships and the same is true for my students and collaborators. The question which we wanted to ask is "How does the genome of the cell and cell differentiation adapt to changing and stressful environmental conditions?' The two examples we studied were sporulation and pseudohyphal growth. Both forms of differentiation are triggered by the stress of starvation. In the pathway of regulation of pseudohyphal growth, a yeast NADPH oxidase (discovered by our group) plays a major role.
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- Department of Microbiolo0gy, immunology & Biochemistry, University of Tennessee Health Center, Memphis, TN 38163 U.S.A
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Vowinckel J, Hartl J, Marx H, Kerick M, Runggatscher K, Keller MA, Mülleder M, Day J, Weber M, Rinnerthaler M, Yu JSL, Aulakh SK, Lehmann A, Mattanovich D, Timmermann B, Zhang N, Dunn CD, MacRae JI, Breitenbach M, Ralser M. The metabolic growth limitations of petite cells lacking the mitochondrial genome. Nat Metab 2021; 3:1521-1535. [PMID: 34799698 PMCID: PMC7612105 DOI: 10.1038/s42255-021-00477-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2020] [Accepted: 09/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Eukaryotic cells can survive the loss of their mitochondrial genome, but consequently suffer from severe growth defects. 'Petite yeasts', characterized by mitochondrial genome loss, are instrumental for studying mitochondrial function and physiology. However, the molecular cause of their reduced growth rate remains an open question. Here we show that petite cells suffer from an insufficient capacity to synthesize glutamate, glutamine, leucine and arginine, negatively impacting their growth. Using a combination of molecular genetics and omics approaches, we demonstrate the evolution of fast growth overcomes these amino acid deficiencies, by alleviating a perturbation in mitochondrial iron metabolism and by restoring a defect in the mitochondrial tricarboxylic acid cycle, caused by aconitase inhibition. Our results hence explain the slow growth of mitochondrial genome-deficient cells with a partial auxotrophy in four amino acids that results from distorted iron metabolism and an inhibited tricarboxylic acid cycle.
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- Jakob Vowinckel
- Department of Biochemistry and Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Biognosys AG, Schlieren, Switzerland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Biochemistry, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Sequencing Core Facility, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics and Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens, Berlin, Germany
- Institute of Parasitology and Biomedicine 'López-Neyra' (IPBLN, CSIC), Granada, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Institute of Human Genetics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Biochemistry, Berlin, Germany
- The Molecular Biology of Metabolism Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
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- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- The Molecular Biology of Metabolism Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
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- The Molecular Biology of Metabolism Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Biochemistry, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Sequencing Core Facility, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics and Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Helsinki Institute of Life Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Koç University, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Metabolomics Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Biochemistry, Berlin, Germany.
- The Molecular Biology of Metabolism Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.
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Breunig S, Wallner V, Kobler K, Wimmer H, Steinbacher P, Streubel MK, Bischof J, Duschl J, Neuhofer C, Gruber W, Aberger F, Breitenbach M, Russe E, Wechselberger G, Duranton A, Richter K, Rinnerthaler M. The life in a gradient: calcium, the lncRNA SPRR2C and mir542/mir196a meet in the epidermis to regulate the aging process. Aging (Albany NY) 2021; 13:19127-19144. [PMID: 34339392 PMCID: PMC8386546 DOI: 10.18632/aging.203385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2020] [Accepted: 07/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
The turnover of the epidermis beginning with the progenitor cells in the basal layer to the fully differentiated corneocytes is tightly regulated by calcium. Calcium more than anything else promotes the differentiation of keratinocytes which implies the need for a calcium gradient with low concentrations in the stratum basale and high concentrations in the stratum granulosum. One of the hallmarks of skin aging is a collapse of this gradient that has a direct impact on the epidermal fitness. The rise of calcium in the stratum basale reduces cell proliferation, whereas the drop of calcium in the stratum granulosum leads to a changed composition of the cornified envelope. We showed that keratinocytes respond to the calcium induced block of cell division by a large increase of the expression of several miRNAs (hsa-mir542-5p, hsa-mir125a, hsa-mir135a-5p, hsa-mir196a-5p, hsa-mir491-5p and hsa-mir552-5p). The pitfall of this rescue mechanism is a dramatic change in gene expression which causes a further impairment of the epidermal barrier. This effect is attenuated by a pseudogene (SPRR2C) that gives rise to a lncRNA. SPRR2C specifically resides in the stratum granulosum/corneum thus acting as a sponge for miRNAs.
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- Sven Breunig
- Procomcure Biotech, Breitwies, Thalgau, Austria.,Department of Biosciences, Paris-Lodron University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences, Paris-Lodron University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences, Paris-Lodron University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences, Paris-Lodron University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences, Paris-Lodron University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences, Paris-Lodron University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.,EB House Austria, Research Program for Molecular Therapy of Genodermatoses, Department of Dermatology and Allergology, University Hospital of the Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences, Paris-Lodron University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences, Paris-Lodron University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences, Paris-Lodron University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences, Cancer Cluster Salzburg, Paris-Lodron University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences, Paris-Lodron University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hospital of the Barmherzige Brüder, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hospital of the Barmherzige Brüder, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences, Paris-Lodron University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences, Paris-Lodron University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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Rathner A, Rathner P, Friedrich A, Wießner M, Kitzler CM, Schernthaner J, Karl T, Krauß J, Lottspeich F, Mewes W, Hintner H, Bauer JW, Breitenbach M, Müller N, Breitenbach-Koller H, von Hagen J. Drug Development for Target Ribosomal Protein rpL35/uL29 for Repair of LAMB3R635X in Rare Skin Disease Epidermolysis Bullosa. Skin Pharmacol Physiol 2021; 34:167-182. [PMID: 33823521 DOI: 10.1159/000513260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2020] [Accepted: 11/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) describes a family of rare genetic blistering skin disorders. Various subtypes are clinically and genetically heterogeneous, and a lethal postpartum form of EB is the generalized severe junctional EB (gs-JEB). gs-JEB is mainly caused by premature termination codon (PTC) mutations in the skin anchor protein LAMB3 (laminin subunit beta-3) gene. The ribosome in majority of translational reads of LAMB3PTC mRNA aborts protein synthesis at the PTC signal, with production of a truncated, nonfunctional protein. This leaves an endogenous readthrough mechanism needed for production of functional full-length Lamb3 protein albeit at insufficient levels. Here, we report on the development of drugs targeting ribosomal protein L35 (rpL35), a ribosomal modifier for customized increase in production of full-length Lamb3 protein from a LAMB3PTC mRNA. METHODS Molecular docking studies were employed to identify small molecules binding to human rpL35. Molecular determinants of small molecule binding to rpL35 were further characterized by titration of the protein with these ligands as monitored by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy in solution. Changes in NMR chemical shifts were used to map the docking sites for small molecules onto the 3D structure of the rpL35. RESULTS Molecular docking studies identified 2 FDA-approved drugs, atazanavir and artesunate, as candidate small-molecule binders of rpL35. Molecular interaction studies predicted several binding clusters for both compounds scattered throughout the rpL35 structure. NMR titration studies identified the amino acids participating in the ligand interaction. Combining docking predictions for atazanavir and artesunate with rpL35 and NMR analysis of rpL35 ligand interaction, one binding cluster located near the N-terminus of rpL35 was identified. In this region, the nonidentical binding sites for atazanavir and artesunate overlap and are accessible when rpL35 is integrated in its natural ribosomal environment. CONCLUSION Atazanavir and artesunate were identified as candidate compounds binding to ribosomal protein rpL35 and may now be tested for their potential to trigger a rpL35 ribosomal switch to increase production of full-length Lamb3 protein from a LAMB3PTC mRNA for targeted systemic therapy in treating gs-JEB.
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- Adriana Rathner
- Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
- Department of Allergology and Dermatology, University Hospital Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
- Department of Allergology and Dermatology, University Hospital Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
- Department of Allergology and Dermatology, University Hospital Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
- Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Czechia
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- Department of Life Science Engineering, Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen, Gießen, Germany
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Weber M, Basu S, González B, Greslehner GP, Singer S, Haskova D, Hasek J, Breitenbach M, W.Gourlay C, Cullen PJ, Rinnerthaler M. Actin Cytoskeleton Regulation by the Yeast NADPH Oxidase Yno1p Impacts Processes Controlled by MAPK Pathways. Antioxidants (Basel) 2021; 10:antiox10020322. [PMID: 33671669 PMCID: PMC7926930 DOI: 10.3390/antiox10020322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2020] [Revised: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 02/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
Abstract
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) that exceed the antioxidative capacity of the cell can be harmful and are termed oxidative stress. Increasing evidence suggests that ROS are not exclusively detrimental, but can fulfill important signaling functions. Recently, we have been able to demonstrate that a NADPH oxidase-like enzyme (termed Yno1p) exists in the single-celled organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This enzyme resides in the peripheral and perinuclear endoplasmic reticulum and functions in close proximity to the plasma membrane. Its product, hydrogen peroxide, which is also produced by the action of the superoxide dismutase, Sod1p, influences signaling of key regulatory proteins Ras2p and Yck1p/2p. In the present work, we demonstrate that Yno1p-derived H2O2 regulates outputs controlled by three MAP kinase pathways that can share components: the filamentous growth (filamentous growth MAPK (fMAPK)), pheromone response, and osmotic stress response (hyperosmolarity glycerol response, HOG) pathways. A key structural component and regulator in this process is the actin cytoskeleton. The nucleation and stabilization of actin are regulated by Yno1p. Cells lacking YNO1 showed reduced invasive growth, which could be reversed by stimulation of actin nucleation. Additionally, under osmotic stress, the vacuoles of a ∆yno1 strain show an enhanced fragmentation. During pheromone response induced by the addition of alpha-factor, Yno1p is responsible for a burst of ROS. Collectively, these results broaden the roles of ROS to encompass microbial differentiation responses and stress responses controlled by MAPK pathways.
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- Manuela Weber
- Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria; (M.W.); (G.P.G.); (S.S.); (M.B.)
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- Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260-1300, USA; (S.B.); (B.G.)
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- Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260-1300, USA; (S.B.); (B.G.)
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria; (M.W.); (G.P.G.); (S.S.); (M.B.)
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria; (M.W.); (G.P.G.); (S.S.); (M.B.)
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- Laboratory of Cell Reproduction, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Videnska 1083, 142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic; (D.H.); (J.H.)
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- Laboratory of Cell Reproduction, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Videnska 1083, 142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic; (D.H.); (J.H.)
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria; (M.W.); (G.P.G.); (S.S.); (M.B.)
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- Kent Fungal Group, School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Kent CT2 9HY, UK;
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- Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260-1300, USA; (S.B.); (B.G.)
- Correspondence: (P.J.C.); (M.R.)
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria; (M.W.); (G.P.G.); (S.S.); (M.B.)
- Correspondence: (P.J.C.); (M.R.)
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Li J, Rinnerthaler M, Hartl J, Weber M, Karl T, Breitenbach-Koller H, Mülleder M, Vowinckel J, Marx H, Sauer M, Mattanovich D, Ata Ö, De S, Greslehner GP, Geltinger F, Burhans B, Grant C, Doronina V, Ralser M, Streubel MK, Grabner C, Jarolim S, Moßhammer C, Gourlay CW, Hasek J, Cullen PJ, Liti G, Ralser M, Breitenbach M. Slow Growth and Increased Spontaneous Mutation Frequency in Respiratory Deficient afo1- Yeast Suppressed by a Dominant Mutation in ATP3. G3 (Bethesda) 2020; 10:4637-4648. [PMID: 33093184 PMCID: PMC7718765 DOI: 10.1534/g3.120.401537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2020] [Accepted: 10/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Abstract
A yeast deletion mutation in the nuclear-encoded gene, AFO1, which codes for a mitochondrial ribosomal protein, led to slow growth on glucose, the inability to grow on glycerol or ethanol, and loss of mitochondrial DNA and respiration. We noticed that afo1- yeast readily obtains secondary mutations that suppress aspects of this phenotype, including its growth defect. We characterized and identified a dominant missense suppressor mutation in the ATP3 gene. Comparing isogenic slowly growing rho-zero and rapidly growing suppressed afo1- strains under carefully controlled fermentation conditions showed that energy charge was not significantly different between strains and was not causal for the observed growth properties. Surprisingly, in a wild-type background, the dominant suppressor allele of ATP3 still allowed respiratory growth but increased the petite frequency. Similarly, a slow-growing respiratory deficient afo1- strain displayed an about twofold increase in spontaneous frequency of point mutations (comparable to the rho-zero strain) while the suppressed strain showed mutation frequency comparable to the respiratory-competent WT strain. We conclude, that phenotypes that result from afo1- are mostly explained by rapidly emerging mutations that compensate for the slow growth that typically follows respiratory deficiency.
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- Jing Li
- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
- Universite Cote d'Azur, CNRS, Inserm, IRCAN, Nice, France
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Rd, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
- Department of Biochemistry, Charité University Medicine, Berlin Germany
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Rd, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
- Department of Biochemistry, Charité University Medicine, Berlin Germany
- The Molecular Biology of Metabolism Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, 1Midland Rd, London NW1 1AT, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Rd, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
- Biognosys AG, Wagistrasse 21, 8952 Schlieren, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Muthgasse 18, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Muthgasse 18, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Muthgasse 18, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
- ACIB GmbH, Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology, Muthgasse 11, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Muthgasse 18, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
- ACIB GmbH, Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology, Muthgasse 11, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Muthgasse 18, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
- ACIB GmbH, Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology, Muthgasse 11, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine, and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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- The Molecular Biology of Metabolism Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, 1Midland Rd, London NW1 1AT, UK
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury Kent CT2 7NJ, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Videnska 1083, Prague 4 142 20, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo, NY 14260
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- Institute for Research on Cancer and Ageing of Nice (IRCAN), CNRS, INSERM, Université Côte d'Azur, 06107 NICE, France
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Rd, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
- Department of Biochemistry, Charité University Medicine, Berlin Germany
- The Molecular Biology of Metabolism Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, 1Midland Rd, London NW1 1AT, UK
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- Michael Breitenbach
- Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Experimental Pharmacology and Oncology Berlin-Buch GmbH, Berlin, Germany
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Breitenbach M, Rinnerthaler M, Weber M, Breitenbach-Koller H, Karl T, Cullen P, Basu S, Haskova D, Hasek J. The defense and signaling role of NADPH oxidases in eukaryotic cells : Review. Wien Med Wochenschr 2018; 168:286-299. [PMID: 30084091 PMCID: PMC6132560 DOI: 10.1007/s10354-018-0640-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2018] [Accepted: 05/14/2018] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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This short review article summarizes what is known clinically and biochemically about the seven human NADPH oxidases. Emphasis is put on the connection between mutations in the catalytic and regulatory subunits of Nox2, the phagocyte defense enzyme, with syndromes like chronic granulomatous disease, as well as a number of chronic inflammatory diseases. These arise paradoxically from a lack of reactive oxygen species production needed as second messengers for immune regulation. Both Nox2 and the six other human NADPH oxidases display signaling functions in addition to the functions of these enzymes in specialized biochemical reactions, for instance, synthesis of the hormone thyroxine. NADPH oxidases are also needed by Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells for the regulation of the actin cytoskeleton in times of stress or developmental changes, such as pseudohyphae formation. The article shows that in certain cancer cells Nox4 is also involved in the re-structuring of the actin cytoskeleton, which is required for cell mobility and therefore for metastasis.
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- Department of Bioscienes, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Bioscienes, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, USA
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- Laboratory of Cell Reproduction, Institute of Microbiology of AS CR, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Cell Reproduction, Institute of Microbiology of AS CR, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic
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Carmona-Gutierrez D, Bauer MA, Zimmermann A, Aguilera A, Austriaco N, Ayscough K, Balzan R, Bar-Nun S, Barrientos A, Belenky P, Blondel M, Braun RJ, Breitenbach M, Burhans WC, Büttner S, Cavalieri D, Chang M, Cooper KF, Côrte-Real M, Costa V, Cullin C, Dawes I, Dengjel J, Dickman MB, Eisenberg T, Fahrenkrog B, Fasel N, Fröhlich KU, Gargouri A, Giannattasio S, Goffrini P, Gourlay CW, Grant CM, Greenwood MT, Guaragnella N, Heger T, Heinisch J, Herker E, Herrmann JM, Hofer S, Jiménez-Ruiz A, Jungwirth H, Kainz K, Kontoyiannis DP, Ludovico P, Manon S, Martegani E, Mazzoni C, Megeney LA, Meisinger C, Nielsen J, Nyström T, Osiewacz HD, Outeiro TF, Park HO, Pendl T, Petranovic D, Picot S, Polčic P, Powers T, Ramsdale M, Rinnerthaler M, Rockenfeller P, Ruckenstuhl C, Schaffrath R, Segovia M, Severin FF, Sharon A, Sigrist SJ, Sommer-Ruck C, Sousa MJ, Thevelein JM, Thevissen K, Titorenko V, Toledano MB, Tuite M, Vögtle FN, Westermann B, Winderickx J, Wissing S, Wölfl S, Zhang ZJ, Zhao RY, Zhou B, Galluzzi L, Kroemer G, Madeo F. Guidelines and recommendations on yeast cell death nomenclature. Microb Cell 2018; 5:4-31. [PMID: 29354647 PMCID: PMC5772036 DOI: 10.15698/mic2018.01.607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2017] [Accepted: 12/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
Elucidating the biology of yeast in its full complexity has major implications for science, medicine and industry. One of the most critical processes determining yeast life and physiology is cel-lular demise. However, the investigation of yeast cell death is a relatively young field, and a widely accepted set of concepts and terms is still missing. Here, we propose unified criteria for the defi-nition of accidental, regulated, and programmed forms of cell death in yeast based on a series of morphological and biochemical criteria. Specifically, we provide consensus guidelines on the differ-ential definition of terms including apoptosis, regulated necrosis, and autophagic cell death, as we refer to additional cell death rou-tines that are relevant for the biology of (at least some species of) yeast. As this area of investigation advances rapidly, changes and extensions to this set of recommendations will be implemented in the years to come. Nonetheless, we strongly encourage the au-thors, reviewers and editors of scientific articles to adopt these collective standards in order to establish an accurate framework for yeast cell death research and, ultimately, to accelerate the pro-gress of this vibrant field of research.
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología, Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa-CABIMER, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Malta, Msida, Malta
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, USA
- Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medi-cine, Miami, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Brown University, Providence, USA
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale UMR1078, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Etablissement Français du Sang Bretagne, CHRU Brest, Hôpital Morvan, Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire, Brest, France
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- Institute of Cell Biology, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Dept. Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Rowan University, Stratford, USA
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- Center of Molecular and Environmental Biology, Department of Biology, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Departamento de Biologia Molecular, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Institute for Plant Genomics and Biotechnology, Texas A&M University, Texas, USA
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- BioTechMed Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Laboratory Biology of the Nucleus, Institute for Molecular Biology and Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Charleroi, Belgium
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Laboratoire de Biotechnologie Moléculaire des Eucaryotes, Center de Biotechnologie de Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Institute of Biomembranes, Bioenergetics and Molecular Biotechnologies, National Research Council, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Kent Fungal Group, School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute of Biomembranes, Bioenergetics and Molecular Biotechnologies, National Research Council, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Chemistry, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
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- Heinrich Pette Institute, Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Minho, Portugal
- ICVS/3B’s - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
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- Institut de Biochimie et de Génétique Cellulaires, UMR5095, CNRS & Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Department of Biotechnolgy and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
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- Instituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti - Department of Biology and Biotechnology "C. Darwin", La Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Sprott Center for Stem Cell Research, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, DK2800 Lyngby, Denmark
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- Institute for Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute for Molecular Biosciences, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Neurodegeneration, Center for Nanoscale Microscopy and Molecular Physiology of the Brain, Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine, Göttingen, Germany
- Institute of Neuroscience, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Framlington Place, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, United Kingdom
- CEDOC, Chronic Diseases Research Centre, NOVA Medical School, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Malaria Research Unit, SMITh, ICBMS, UMR 5246 CNRS-INSA-CPE-University Lyon, Lyon, France
- Institut of Parasitology and Medical Mycology, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Biological Sciences, UC Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Division of Genetics, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- Kent Fungal Group, School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Biology, Division of Microbiology, University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany
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- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain
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- A.N. Belozersky Institute of physico-chemical biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- School of Plant Sciences and Food Security, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Institute for Biology/Genetics, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Center of Molecular and Environmental Biology, Department of Biology, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Botany and Microbiology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Center for Microbiology, VIB, Leuven-Heverlee, Belgium
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- Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), SBIGEM, CEA-Saclay, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Kent Fungal Group, School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Functional Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven-Heverlee, Belgium
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- Institute of Pharmacy and Molecu-lar Biotechnology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
- Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
- Université Paris Descartes/Paris V, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Descartes/Paris V, Paris, France
- Equipe 11 Labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris, France
- Cell Biology and Metabolomics Platforms, Gustave Roussy Comprehensive Cancer Center, Villejuif, France
- INSERM, U1138, Paris, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie/Paris VI, Paris, France
- Pôle de Biologie, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
- Institute, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- BioTechMed Graz, Graz, Austria
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Streubel MK, Bischof J, Weiss R, Duschl J, Liedl W, Wimmer H, Breitenbach M, Weber M, Geltinger F, Richter K, Rinnerthaler M. Behead and live long or the tale of cathepsin L. Yeast 2017; 35:237-249. [PMID: 29044689 PMCID: PMC5808862 DOI: 10.1002/yea.3286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2017] [Revised: 09/12/2017] [Accepted: 10/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
In recent decades Saccharomyces cerevisiae has proven to be one of the most valuable model organisms of aging research. Pathways such as autophagy or the effect of substances like resveratrol and spermidine that prolong the replicative as well as chronological lifespan of cells were described for the first time in S. cerevisiae. In this study we describe the establishment of an aging reporter that allows a reliable and relative quick screening of substances and genes that have an impact on the replicative lifespan. A cDNA library of the flatworm Dugesia tigrina that can be immortalized by beheading was screened using this aging reporter. Of all the flatworm genes, only one could be identified that significantly increased the replicative lifespan of S.cerevisiae. This gene is the cysteine protease cathepsin L that was sequenced for the first time in this study. We were able to show that this protease has the capability to degrade such proteins as the yeast Sup35 protein or the human α‐synuclein protein in yeast cells that are both capable of forming cytosolic toxic aggregates. The degradation of these proteins by cathepsin L prevents the formation of these unfolded protein aggregates and this seems to be responsible for the increase in replicative lifespan.
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- Maria Karolin Streubel
- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Division of Genetics, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Division of Genetics, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Division of Genetics, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Division of Genetics, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Division of Genetics, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Division of Genetics, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Division of Genetics, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Division of Genetics, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Division of Genetics, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Division of Genetics, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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von der Haar T, Leadsham JE, Sauvadet A, Tarrant D, Adam IS, Saromi K, Laun P, Rinnerthaler M, Breitenbach-Koller H, Breitenbach M, Tuite MF, Gourlay CW. The control of translational accuracy is a determinant of healthy ageing in yeast. Open Biol 2017; 7:rsob.160291. [PMID: 28100667 PMCID: PMC5303280 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.160291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2016] [Accepted: 12/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Life requires the maintenance of molecular function in the face of stochastic processes that tend to adversely affect macromolecular integrity. This is particularly relevant during ageing, as many cellular functions decline with age, including growth, mitochondrial function and energy metabolism. Protein synthesis must deliver functional proteins at all times, implying that the effects of protein synthesis errors like amino acid misincorporation and stop-codon read-through must be minimized during ageing. Here we show that loss of translational accuracy accelerates the loss of viability in stationary phase yeast. Since reduced translational accuracy also reduces the folding competence of at least some proteins, we hypothesize that negative interactions between translational errors and age-related protein damage together overwhelm the cellular chaperone network. We further show that multiple cellular signalling networks control basal error rates in yeast cells, including a ROS signal controlled by mitochondrial activity, and the Ras pathway. Together, our findings indicate that signalling pathways regulating growth, protein homeostasis and energy metabolism may jointly safeguard accurate protein synthesis during healthy ageing.
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- Tobias von der Haar
- Kent Fungal Group, School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NJ, UK
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- Kent Fungal Group, School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NJ, UK
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- Kent Fungal Group, School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NJ, UK
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- Kent Fungal Group, School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NJ, UK
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- Kent Fungal Group, School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NJ, UK
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- Kent Fungal Group, School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NJ, UK
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasser 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasser 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasser 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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- Kent Fungal Group, School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NJ, UK
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- Kent Fungal Group, School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NJ, UK
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Schosserer M, Grillari J, Breitenbach M. The Dual Role of Cellular Senescence in Developing Tumors and Their Response to Cancer Therapy. Front Oncol 2017; 7:278. [PMID: 29218300 PMCID: PMC5703792 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2017.00278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2017] [Accepted: 11/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Cellular senescence describes an irreversible growth arrest characterized by distinct morphology, gene expression pattern, and secretory phenotype. The final or intermediate stages of senescence can be reached by different genetic mechanisms and in answer to different external and internal stresses. It has been maintained in the literature but never proven by clearcut experiments that the induction of senescence serves the evolutionary purpose of protecting the individual from development and growth of cancers. This hypothesis was recently scrutinized by new experiments and found to be partly true, but part of the gene activities now known to happen in senescence are also needed for cancer growth, leading to the view that senescence is a double-edged sword in cancer development. In current cancer therapy, cellular senescence is, on the one hand, intended to occur in tumor cells, as thereby the therapeutic outcome is improved, but might, on the other hand, also be induced unintentionally in non-tumor cells, causing inflammation, secondary tumors, and cancer relapse. Importantly, organismic aging leads to accumulation of senescent cells in tissues and organs of aged individuals. Senescent cells can occur transiently, e.g., during embryogenesis or during wound healing, with beneficial effects on tissue homeostasis and regeneration or accumulate chronically in tissues, which detrimentally affects the microenvironment by de- or transdifferentiation of senescent cells and their neighboring stromal cells, loss of tissue specific functionality, and induction of the senescence-associated secretory phenotype, an increased secretory profile consisting of pro-inflammatory and tissue remodeling factors. These factors shape their surroundings toward a pro-carcinogenic microenvironment, which fuels the development of aging-associated cancers together with the accumulation of mutations over time. We are presenting an overview of well-documented stress situations and signals, which induce senescence. Among them, oncogene-induced senescence and stress-induced premature senescence are prominent. New findings about the role of senescence in tumor biology are critically reviewed with respect to new suggestions for cancer therapy leveraging genetic and pharmacological methods to prevent senescence or to selectively kill senescent cells in tumors.
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- Markus Schosserer
- Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria.,Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria.,Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration, Vienna, Austria.,Christian Doppler Laboratory for Biotechnology of Skin Aging, Vienna, Austria.,Evercyte GmbH, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Cell Biology, Division of Genetics, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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Tosato V, West N, Zrimec J, Nikitin DV, Del Sal G, Marano R, Breitenbach M, Bruschi CV. Bridge-Induced Translocation between NUP145 and TOP2 Yeast Genes Models the Genetic Fusion between the Human Orthologs Associated With Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Front Oncol 2017; 7:231. [PMID: 29034209 PMCID: PMC5626878 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2017.00231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2017] [Accepted: 09/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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In mammalian organisms liquid tumors such as acute myeloid leukemia (AML) are related to spontaneous chromosomal translocations ensuing in gene fusions. We previously developed a system named bridge-induced translocation (BIT) that allows linking together two different chromosomes exploiting the strong endogenous homologous recombination system of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The BIT system generates a heterogeneous population of cells with different aneuploidies and severe aberrant phenotypes reminiscent of a cancerogenic transformation. In this work, thanks to a complex pop-out methodology of the marker used for the selection of translocants, we succeeded by BIT technology to precisely reproduce in yeast the peculiar chromosome translocation that has been associated with AML, characterized by the fusion between the human genes NUP98 and TOP2B. To shed light on the origin of the DNA fragility within NUP98, an extensive analysis of the curvature, bending, thermostability, and B-Z transition aptitude of the breakpoint region of NUP98 and of its yeast ortholog NUP145 has been performed. On this basis, a DNA cassette carrying homologous tails to the two genes was amplified by PCR and allowed the targeted fusion between NUP145 and TOP2, leading to reproduce the chimeric transcript in a diploid strain of S. cerevisiae. The resulting translocated yeast obtained through BIT appears characterized by abnormal spherical bodies of nearly 500 nm of diameter, absence of external membrane and defined cytoplasmic localization. Since Nup98 is a well-known regulator of the post-transcriptional modification of P53 target genes, and P53 mutations are occasionally reported in AML, this translocant yeast strain can be used as a model to test the constitutive expression of human P53. Although the abnormal phenotype of the translocant yeast was never rescued by its expression, an exogenous P53 was recognized to confer increased vitality to the translocants, in spite of its usual and well-documented toxicity to wild-type yeast strains. These results obtained in yeast could provide new grounds for the interpretation of past observations made in leukemic patients indicating a possible involvement of P53 in cell transformation toward AML.
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- Valentina Tosato
- Ulisse Biomed S.r.l., AREA Science Park, Trieste, Italy.,Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Primorska, Izola, Slovenia.,Yeast Molecular Genetics, ICGEB, AREA Science Park, Trieste, Italy
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- Clinical Pathology, Hospital Maggiore, Trieste, Italy
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Primorska, Izola, Slovenia
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- Biology Faculty, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Genetics Division, Department of Cell Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Yeast Molecular Genetics, ICGEB, AREA Science Park, Trieste, Italy.,Genetics Division, Department of Cell Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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Auer S, Rinnerthaler M, Bischof J, Streubel MK, Breitenbach-Koller H, Geisberger R, Aigner E, Cadamuro J, Richter K, Sopjani M, Haschke-Becher E, Felder TK, Breitenbach M. The Human NADPH Oxidase, Nox4, Regulates Cytoskeletal Organization in Two Cancer Cell Lines, HepG2 and SH-SY5Y. Front Oncol 2017; 7:111. [PMID: 28620580 PMCID: PMC5449459 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2017.00111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2016] [Accepted: 05/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
NADPH oxidases of human cells are not only functional in defense against invading microorganisms and for oxidative reactions needed for specialized biosynthetic pathways but also during the past few years have been established as signaling modules. It has been shown that human Nox4 is expressed in most somatic cell types and produces hydrogen peroxide, which signals to remodel the actin cytoskeleton. This correlates well with the function of Yno1, the only NADPH oxidase of yeast cells. Using two established tumor cell lines, which are derived from hepatic and neuroblastoma tumors, respectively, we are showing here that in both tumor models Nox4 is expressed in the ER (like the yeast NADPH oxidase), where according to published literature, it produces hydrogen peroxide. Reducing this biochemical activity by downregulating Nox4 transcription leads to loss of F-actin stress fibers. This phenotype is reversible by adding hydrogen peroxide to the cells. The effect of the Nox4 silencer RNA is specific for this gene as it does not influence the expression of Nox2. In the case of the SH-SY5Y neuronal cell line, Nox4 inhibition leads to loss of cell mobility as measured in scratch assays. We propose that inhibition of Nox4 (which is known to be strongly expressed in many tumors) could be studied as a new target for cancer treatment, in particular for inhibition of metastasis.
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- Simon Auer
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Cell Biology, Division of Genetics, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Cell Biology, Division of Genetics, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Cell Biology, Division of Genetics, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine III with Hematology, Medical Oncology, Hemostaseology, Infectious Diseases, Rheumatology, Oncologic Center, Laboratory for Immunological and Molecular Cancer Research, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- First Department of Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.,Obesity Research Unit, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Cell Biology, Division of Genetics, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Faculty of Medicine of the University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosovo
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.,Obesity Research Unit, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Cell Biology, Division of Genetics, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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Schosserer M, Minois N, Angerer TB, Amring M, Dellago H, Harreither E, Calle-Perez A, Pircher A, Peter Gerstl M, Pfeifenberger S, Brandl C, Sonntagbauer M, Kriegner A, Linder A, Weinhäusel A, Mohr T, Steiger M, Mattanovich D, Rinnerthaler M, Karl T, Sharma S, Entian KD, Kos M, Breitenbach M, Wilson IBH, Polacek N, Grillari-Voglauer R, Breitenbach-Koller L, Grillari J. Corrigendum: Methylation of ribosomal RNA by NSUN5 is a conserved mechanism modulating organismal lifespan. Nat Commun 2016; 7:11530. [PMID: 27167997 PMCID: PMC4865849 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Nature Communications 6: Article number: 6158 (2015); Published: 30 January 2015; Updated: 11 May 2016 This Article contains an error in the numbering of the C. elegans 25S rRNA site methylated by nsun-5, which was incorrectly given as C3381. The correct methylation site is C2381. The correct version of Fig.
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Vasicova P, Rinnerthaler M, Haskova D, Novakova L, Malcova I, Breitenbach M, Hasek J. Formaldehyde fixation is detrimental to actin cables in glucose-depleted S. cerevisiae cells. Microb Cell 2016; 3:206-214. [PMID: 28357356 PMCID: PMC5349148 DOI: 10.15698/mic2016.05.499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Actin filaments form cortical patches and emanating cables in fermenting cells of
Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This pattern has been shown to be
depolarized in glucose-depleted cells after formaldehyde fixation and staining
with rhodamine-tagged phalloidin. Loss of actin cables in mother cells was
remarkable. Here we extend our knowledge on actin in live glucose-depleted cells
co-expressing the marker of actin patches (Abp1-RFP) with the marker of actin
cables (Abp140-GFP). Glucose depletion resulted in appearance of actin patches
also in mother cells. However, even after 80 min of glucose deprivation these
cells showed a clear network of actin cables labeled with Abp140-GFP in contrast
to previously published data. In live cells with a mitochondrial dysfunction
(rho0 cells), glucose depletion resulted in almost immediate
appearance of Abp140-GFP foci partially overlapping with Abp1-RFP patches in
mother cells. Residual actin cables were clustered in patch-associated bundles.
A similar overlapping “patchy” pattern of both actin markers was observed upon
treatment of glucose-deprived rho+ cells with FCCP (the inhibitor of
oxidative phosphorylation) and upon treatment with formaldehyde. While the
formaldehyde-targeted process stays unknown, our results indicate that published
data on yeast actin cytoskeleton obtained from glucose-depleted cells after
fixation should be considered with caution.
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- Pavla Vasicova
- Laboratory of Cell Reproduction, Institute of Microbiology of the CAS, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Cell Biology, Division of Genetics, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Laboratory of Cell Reproduction, Institute of Microbiology of the CAS, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Cell Reproduction, Institute of Microbiology of the CAS, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Cell Reproduction, Institute of Microbiology of the CAS, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Cell Biology, Division of Genetics, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Laboratory of Cell Reproduction, Institute of Microbiology of the CAS, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic
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Breitenbach JS, Rinnerthaler M, Trost A, Weber M, Klausegger A, Gruber C, Bruckner D, Reitsamer HA, Bauer JW, Breitenbach M. Transcriptome and ultrastructural changes in dystrophic Epidermolysis bullosa resemble skin aging. Aging (Albany NY) 2016; 7:389-411. [PMID: 26143532 PMCID: PMC4505166 DOI: 10.18632/aging.100755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The aging process of skin has been investigated recently with respect to mitochondrial function and oxidative stress. We have here observed striking phenotypic and clinical similarity between skin aging and recessive dystrophic Epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB), which is caused by recessive mutations in the gene coding for collagen VII, COL7A1. Ultrastructural changes, defects in wound healing, and inflammation markers are in part shared with aged skin. We have here compared the skin transcriptomes of young adults suffering from RDEB with that of sex‐ and age‐matched healthy probands. In parallel we have compared the skin transcriptome of healthy young adults with that of elderly healthy donors. Quite surprisingly, there was a large overlap of the two gene lists that concerned a limited number of functional protein families. Most prominent among the proteins found are a number of proteins of the cornified envelope or proteins mechanistically involved in cornification and other skin proteins. Further, the overlap list contains a large number of genes with a known role in inflammation. We are documenting some of the most prominent ultrastructural and protein changes by immunofluorescence analysis of skin sections from patients, old individuals, and healthy controls.
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- Jenny S Breitenbach
- Department of Dermatology and EB House Austria, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Fachbereich Zellbiologie der Universität Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- University Clinic of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Research Program for Ophthalmology and Glaucoma Research, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Fachbereich Zellbiologie der Universität Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology and EB House Austria, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology and EB House Austria, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- University Clinic of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Research Program for Ophthalmology and Glaucoma Research, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- University Clinic of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Research Program for Ophthalmology and Glaucoma Research, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology and EB House Austria, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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Sims J, Bruschi CV, Bertin C, West N, Breitenbach M, Schroeder S, Eisenberg T, Rinnerthaler M, Raspor P, Tosato V. High reactive oxygen species levels are detected at the end of the chronological life span of translocant yeast cells. Mol Genet Genomics 2015; 291:423-35. [PMID: 26423068 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-015-1120-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2015] [Accepted: 09/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
Chromosome translocation is a major genomic event for a cell, affecting almost every of its life aspects ranging from metabolism, organelle maintenance and homeostasis to gene maintenance and expression. By using the bridge-induced translocation system, we defined the effects of induced chromosome translocation on the chronological life span (CLS) of yeast with particular interest to the oxidative stress condition. The results demonstrate that every translocant strain has a different CLS, but all have a high increase in reactive oxygen species and in lipid peroxides levels at the end of the life span. This could be due to the very unique and strong deregulation of the oxidative stress network. Furthermore, the loss of the translocated chromosome occurs at the end of the life span and is locus dependent. Additionally, the RDH54 gene may play a role in the correct segregation of the translocant chromosome, since in its absence there is an increase in loss of the bridge-induced translocated chromosome.
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- Jason Sims
- Yeast Molecular Genetics Group, ICGEB, Area Science Park, Padriciano 99, 34149, Trieste, Italy.,Department of Chromosome Biology, Max Perutz Laboratories, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 9, 1030, Vienna, Austria
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- Yeast Molecular Genetics Group, ICGEB, Area Science Park, Padriciano 99, 34149, Trieste, Italy.,Central European Initiative, Via Genova 9, 34121, Trieste, Italy
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- Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, University of Rennes, 9 Rue Jean Macé, 35700, Rennes, France
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- Yeast Molecular Genetics Group, ICGEB, Area Science Park, Padriciano 99, 34149, Trieste, Italy
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- Genetics Division, Department of Cell Biology, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, 5020, Salzburg, Austria
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- Genetics Division, Department of Cell Biology, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, 5020, Salzburg, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, Humboldtstrasse 50, 8010, Graz, Austria
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- Genetics Division, Department of Cell Biology, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, 5020, Salzburg, Austria
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- Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, University of Primorska, Polje 42, 6310, Izola, Slovenia
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- Yeast Molecular Genetics Group, ICGEB, Area Science Park, Padriciano 99, 34149, Trieste, Italy.
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Breitenbach M, Weber M, Rinnerthaler M, Karl T, Breitenbach-Koller L. Oxidative stress in fungi: its function in signal transduction, interaction with plant hosts, and lignocellulose degradation. Biomolecules 2015; 5:318-42. [PMID: 25854186 PMCID: PMC4496675 DOI: 10.3390/biom5020318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2014] [Revised: 03/19/2015] [Accepted: 03/23/2015] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
Abstract
In this review article, we want to present an overview of oxidative stress in fungal cells in relation to signal transduction, interaction of fungi with plant hosts, and lignocellulose degradation. We will discuss external oxidative stress which may occur through the interaction with other microorganisms or plant hosts as well as internally generated oxidative stress, which can for instance originate from NADPH oxidases or “leaky” mitochondria and may be modulated by the peroxiredoxin system or by protein disulfide isomerases thus contributing to redox signaling. Analyzing redox signaling in fungi with the tools of molecular genetics is presently only in its beginning. However, it is already clear that redox signaling in fungal cells often is linked to cell differentiation (like the formation of perithecia), virulence (in plant pathogens), hyphal growth and the successful passage through the stationary phase.
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- Michael Breitenbach
- Department of Cell Biology, Division of Genetics, University of Salzburg, Salzburg 5020, Austria.
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- Department of Cell Biology, Division of Genetics, University of Salzburg, Salzburg 5020, Austria.
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- Department of Cell Biology, Division of Genetics, University of Salzburg, Salzburg 5020, Austria.
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- Department of Cell Biology, Division of Genetics, University of Salzburg, Salzburg 5020, Austria.
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- Department of Cell Biology, Division of Genetics, University of Salzburg, Salzburg 5020, Austria.
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Stincone A, Prigione A, Cramer T, Wamelink MMC, Campbell K, Cheung E, Olin-Sandoval V, Grüning NM, Krüger A, Tauqeer Alam M, Keller MA, Breitenbach M, Brindle KM, Rabinowitz JD, Ralser M. The return of metabolism: biochemistry and physiology of the pentose phosphate pathway. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2014; 90:927-63. [PMID: 25243985 PMCID: PMC4470864 DOI: 10.1111/brv.12140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 758] [Impact Index Per Article: 75.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2014] [Revised: 07/07/2014] [Accepted: 07/16/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
The pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) is a fundamental component of cellular metabolism. The PPP is important to maintain carbon homoeostasis, to provide precursors for nucleotide and amino acid biosynthesis, to provide reducing molecules for anabolism, and to defeat oxidative stress. The PPP shares reactions with the Entner–Doudoroff pathway and Calvin cycle and divides into an oxidative and non-oxidative branch. The oxidative branch is highly active in most eukaryotes and converts glucose 6-phosphate into carbon dioxide, ribulose 5-phosphate and NADPH. The latter function is critical to maintain redox balance under stress situations, when cells proliferate rapidly, in ageing, and for the ‘Warburg effect’ of cancer cells. The non-oxidative branch instead is virtually ubiquitous, and metabolizes the glycolytic intermediates fructose 6-phosphate and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate as well as sedoheptulose sugars, yielding ribose 5-phosphate for the synthesis of nucleic acids and sugar phosphate precursors for the synthesis of amino acids. Whereas the oxidative PPP is considered unidirectional, the non-oxidative branch can supply glycolysis with intermediates derived from ribose 5-phosphate and vice versa, depending on the biochemical demand. These functions require dynamic regulation of the PPP pathway that is achieved through hierarchical interactions between transcriptome, proteome and metabolome. Consequently, the biochemistry and regulation of this pathway, while still unresolved in many cases, are archetypal for the dynamics of the metabolic network of the cell. In this comprehensive article we review seminal work that led to the discovery and description of the pathway that date back now for 80 years, and address recent results about genetic and metabolic mechanisms that regulate its activity. These biochemical principles are discussed in the context of PPP deficiencies causing metabolic disease and the role of this pathway in biotechnology, bacterial and parasite infections, neurons, stem cell potency and cancer metabolism.
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- Anna Stincone
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, U.K.,Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, U.K
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- Max Delbrueck Centre for Molecular Medicine, Robert-Rössle-Str. 10, 13092 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Molekulares Krebsforschungszentrum (MKFZ), Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Metabolic Unit, Department of Clinical Chemistry, VU University Medical Centre Amsterdam, De Boelelaaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, U.K.,Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, U.K
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- Cancer Research UK, Beatson Institute, Switchback Road, Glasgow G61 1BD, U.K
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, U.K.,Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, U.K
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, U.K.,Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, U.K
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- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestr 73, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, U.K.,Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, U.K
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, U.K.,Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, U.K
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, U.K.,Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute (CRI), Li Ka Shing Centre, University of Cambridge, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0RE, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, 08544 NJ, U.S.A
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, U.K.,Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, U.K.,Division of Physiology and Metabolism, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7, U.K
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Chiocchetti AG, Haslinger D, Boesch M, Karl T, Wiemann S, Freitag CM, Poustka F, Scheibe B, Bauer JW, Hintner H, Breitenbach M, Kellermann J, Lottspeich F, Klauck SM, Breitenbach-Koller L. Protein signatures of oxidative stress response in a patient specific cell line model for autism. Mol Autism 2014; 5:10. [PMID: 24512814 PMCID: PMC3931328 DOI: 10.1186/2040-2392-5-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2013] [Accepted: 01/23/2014] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Known genetic variants can account for 10% to 20% of all cases with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Overlapping cellular pathomechanisms common to neurons of the central nervous system (CNS) and in tissues of peripheral organs, such as immune dysregulation, oxidative stress and dysfunctions in mitochondrial and protein synthesis metabolism, were suggested to support the wide spectrum of ASD on unifying disease phenotype. Here, we studied in patient-derived lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs) how an ASD-specific mutation in ribosomal protein RPL10 (RPL10[H213Q]) generates a distinct protein signature. We compared the RPL10[H213Q] expression pattern to expression patterns derived from unrelated ASD patients without RPL10[H213Q] mutation. In addition, a yeast rpl10 deficiency model served in a proof-of-principle study to test for alterations in protein patterns in response to oxidative stress. Methods Protein extracts of LCLs from patients, relatives and controls, as well as diploid yeast cells hemizygous for rpl10, were subjected to two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and differentially regulated spots were identified by mass spectrometry. Subsequently, Gene Ontology database (GO)-term enrichment and network analysis was performed to map the identified proteins into cellular pathways. Results The protein signature generated by RPL10[H213Q] is a functionally related subset of the ASD-specific protein signature, sharing redox-sensitive elements in energy-, protein- and redox-metabolism. In yeast, rpl10 deficiency generates a specific protein signature, harboring components of pathways identified in both the RPL10[H213Q] subjects’ and the ASD patients’ set. Importantly, the rpl10 deficiency signature is a subset of the signature resulting from response of wild-type yeast to oxidative stress. Conclusions Redox-sensitive protein signatures mapping into cellular pathways with pathophysiology in ASD have been identified in both LCLs carrying the ASD-specific mutation RPL10[H213Q] and LCLs from ASD patients without this mutation. At pathway levels, this redox-sensitive protein signature has also been identified in a yeast rpl10 deficiency and an oxidative stress model. These observations point to a common molecular pathomechanism in ASD, characterized in our study by dysregulation of redox balance. Importantly, this can be triggered by the known ASD-RPL10[H213Q] mutation or by yet unknown mutations of the ASD cohort that act upstream of RPL10 in differential expression of redox-sensitive proteins.
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- Andreas G Chiocchetti
- Division of Molecular Genome Analysis, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 580, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.,Department of Cell Biology, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstr. 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria.,Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, J.W. Goethe University, Deutschordenstr. 50, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstr. 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria.,Division of Molecular Genome Analysis, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 580, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.,Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, J.W. Goethe University, Deutschordenstr. 50, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstr. 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstr. 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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- Division of Molecular Genome Analysis, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 580, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, J.W. Goethe University, Deutschordenstr. 50, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, J.W. Goethe University, Deutschordenstr. 50, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstr. 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology, General Hospital Salzburg/PMU, Müllner-Hauptstr. 48, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology, General Hospital Salzburg/PMU, Müllner-Hauptstr. 48, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstr. 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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- Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Protein Analysis Group, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Protein Analysis Group, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Division of Molecular Genome Analysis, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 580, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstr. 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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Breitenbach M, Rinnerthaler M, Hartl J, Stincone A, Vowinckel J, Breitenbach-Koller H, Ralser M. Mitochondria in ageing: there is metabolism beyond the ROS. FEMS Yeast Res 2014; 14:198-212. [PMID: 24373480 DOI: 10.1111/1567-1364.12134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2013] [Revised: 12/19/2013] [Accepted: 12/21/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Mitochondria are responsible for a series of metabolic functions. Superoxide leakage from the respiratory chain and the resulting cascade of reactive oxygen species-induced damage, as well as mitochondrial metabolism in programmed cell death, have been intensively studied during ageing in single-cellular and higher organisms. Changes in mitochondrial physiology and metabolism resulting in ROS are thus considered to be hallmarks of ageing. In this review, we address 'other' metabolic activities of mitochondria, carbon metabolism (the TCA cycle and related underground metabolism), the synthesis of Fe/S clusters and the metabolic consequences of mitophagy. These important mitochondrial activities are hitherto less well-studied in the context of cellular and organismic ageing. In budding yeast, they strongly influence replicative, chronological and hibernating lifespan, connecting the diverse ageing phenotypes studied in this single-cellular model organism. Moreover, there is evidence that similar processes equally contribute to ageing of higher organisms as well. In this scenario, increasing loss of metabolic integrity would be one driving force that contributes to the ageing process. Understanding mitochondrial metabolism may thus be required for achieving a unifying theory of eukaryotic ageing.
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Rinnerthaler M, Lejskova R, Grousl T, Stradalova V, Heeren G, Richter K, Breitenbach-Koller L, Malinsky J, Hasek J, Breitenbach M. Mmi1, the yeast homologue of mammalian TCTP, associates with stress granules in heat-shocked cells and modulates proteasome activity. PLoS One 2013; 8:e77791. [PMID: 24204967 PMCID: PMC3810133 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2013] [Accepted: 09/04/2013] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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As we have shown previously, yeast Mmi1 protein translocates from the cytoplasm to the outer surface of mitochondria when vegetatively growing yeast cells are exposed to oxidative stress. Here we analyzed the effect of heat stress on Mmi1 distribution. We performed domain analyses and found that binding of Mmi1 to mitochondria is mediated by its central alpha-helical domain (V-domain) under all conditions tested. In contrast, the isolated N-terminal flexible loop domain of the protein always displays nuclear localization. Using immunoelectron microscopy we confirmed re-location of Mmi1 to the nucleus and showed association of Mmi1 with intact and heat shock-altered mitochondria. We also show here that mmi1Δ mutant strains are resistant to robust heat shock with respect to clonogenicity of the cells. To elucidate this phenotype we found that the cytosolic Mmi1 holoprotein re-localized to the nucleus even in cells heat-shocked at 40°C. Upon robust heat shock at 46°C, Mmi1 partly co-localized with the proteasome marker Rpn1 in the nuclear region as well as with the cytoplasmic stress granules defined by Rpg1 (eIF3a). We co-localized Mmi1 also with Bre5, Ubp3 and Cdc48 which are involved in the protein de-ubiquitination machinery, protecting protein substrates from proteasomal degradation. A comparison of proteolytic activities of wild type and mmi1Δ cells revealed that Mmi1 appears to be an inhibitor of the proteasome. We conclude that one of the physiological functions of the multifunctional protein module, Mmi1, is likely in regulating degradation and/or protection of proteins thereby indirectly regulating the pathways leading to cell death in stressed cells.
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- Mark Rinnerthaler
- Department Cell Biology, Division Genetics, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Laboratory of Cell Reproduction, Institute of Microbiology of AS CR, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Cell Reproduction, Institute of Microbiology of AS CR, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic
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- Microscopy Unit, Institute of Experimental Medicine of AS CR, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department Cell Biology, Division Genetics, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department Cell Biology, Division Genetics, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Microscopy Unit, Institute of Experimental Medicine of AS CR, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Cell Reproduction, Institute of Microbiology of AS CR, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic
- * E-mail: (JH); (MB)
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- Department Cell Biology, Division Genetics, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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Leadsham JE, Sanders G, Giannaki S, Bastow EL, Hutton R, Naeimi WR, Breitenbach M, Gourlay CW. Loss of cytochrome c oxidase promotes RAS-dependent ROS production from the ER resident NADPH oxidase, Yno1p, in yeast. Cell Metab 2013; 18:279-86. [PMID: 23931758 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2013.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2013] [Revised: 05/14/2013] [Accepted: 06/25/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Many disease states, including the aging process, are associated with the accumulation of mitochondria harboring respiratory dysfunction. Mitochondrial dysfunction is often accompanied by increased ROS levels that can contribute to cellular dysfunction and disease etiology. Here we use the model eukaryote S. cerevisiae to investigate whether reduced cytochrome c oxidase (COX) activity, commonly reported in aging organisms and associated with neurodegenerative disorders, leads to ROS production from mitochondria. We provide evidence that although reduced COX complex activity correlates with ROS accumulation, mitochondria are not the major production center. Instead we show that COX-deficient mitochondria activate Ras upon their outer membrane that establishes a pro-ROS accumulation environment by suppressing antioxidant defenses and the ERAD-mediated turnover of the ER-localized NADPH oxidase Yno1p. Our data suggest that dysfunctional mitochondria can serve as a signaling platform to promote the loss of redox homeostasis, ROS accumulation, and accelerate aging in yeast.
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Thorpe GW, Reodica M, Davies MJ, Heeren G, Jarolim S, Pillay B, Breitenbach M, Higgins VJ, Dawes IW. Superoxide radicals have a protective role during H2O2 stress. Mol Biol Cell 2013; 24:2876-84. [PMID: 23864711 PMCID: PMC3771949 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e13-01-0052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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H2O2-stressed yeast cells increase superoxide radical production, dependent on the mitochondrial respiratory chain. This is protective during H2O2 stress at low levels; however, higher superoxide levels are deleterious. This hormesis may further elucidate the role of reactive oxygen species in oxidative stress and aging. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) consist of potentially toxic, partly reduced oxygen species and free radicals. After H2O2 treatment, yeast cells significantly increase superoxide radical production. Respiratory chain complex III and possibly cytochrome b function are essential for this increase. Disruption of complex III renders cells sensitive to H2O2 but not to the superoxide radical generator menadione. Of interest, the same H2O2-sensitive mutant strains have the lowest superoxide radical levels, and strains with the highest resistance to H2O2 have the highest levels of superoxide radicals. Consistent with this correlation, overexpression of superoxide dismutase increases sensitivity to H2O2, and this phenotype is partially rescued by addition of small concentrations of menadione. Small increases in levels of mitochondrially produced superoxide radicals have a protective effect during H2O2-induced stress, and in response to H2O2, the wild-type strain increases superoxide radical production to activate this defense mechanism. This provides a direct link between complex III as the main source of ROS and its role in defense against ROS. High levels of the superoxide radical are still toxic. These opposing, concentration-dependent roles of the superoxide radical comprise a form of hormesis and show one ROS having a hormetic effect on the toxicity of another.
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- Geoffrey W Thorpe
- Ramaciotti Centre for Gene Function Analysis, School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia Heart Research Institute, Newtown, NSW 2042, Australia Internal Medicine I, Paracelsus Medical University, 5020 Salzburg, Austria Department of Cell Biology, University of Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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Bauer JW, Brandl C, Haubenreisser O, Wimmer B, Weber M, Karl T, Klausegger A, Breitenbach M, Hintner H, von der Haar T, Tuite MF, Breitenbach-Koller L. Specialized yeast ribosomes: a customized tool for selective mRNA translation. PLoS One 2013; 8:e67609. [PMID: 23861776 PMCID: PMC3704640 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2012] [Accepted: 05/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Evidence is now accumulating that sub-populations of ribosomes - so-called specialized ribosomes - can favour the translation of subsets of mRNAs. Here we use a large collection of diploid yeast strains, each deficient in one or other copy of the set of ribosomal protein (RP) genes, to generate eukaryotic cells carrying distinct populations of altered ‘specialized’ ribosomes. We show by comparative protein synthesis assays that different heterologous mRNA reporters based on luciferase are preferentially translated by distinct populations of specialized ribosomes. These mRNAs include reporters carrying premature termination codons (PTC) thus allowing us to identify specialized ribosomes that alter the efficiency of translation termination leading to enhanced synthesis of the wild-type protein. This finding suggests that these strains can be used to identify novel therapeutic targets in the ribosome. To explore this further we examined the translation of the mRNA encoding the extracellular matrix protein laminin β3 (LAMB3) since a LAMB3-PTC mutant is implicated in the blistering skin disease Epidermolysis bullosa (EB). This screen identified specialized ribosomes with reduced levels of RP L35B as showing enhanced synthesis of full-length LAMB3 in cells expressing the LAMB3-PTC mutant. Importantly, the RP L35B sub-population of specialized ribosomes leave both translation of a reporter luciferase carrying a different PTC and bulk mRNA translation largely unaltered.
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- Johann W. Bauer
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
- Department of Dermatology, General Hospital Salzburg/PMU, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology, General Hospital Salzburg/PMU, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
- Department of Dermatology, General Hospital Salzburg/PMU, Salzburg, Austria
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- Kent Fungal Group, School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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- Kent Fungal Group, School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
- * E-mail: (MFT); (LB-K)
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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Ralser M, Kuhl H, Ralser M, Werber M, Lehrach H, Breitenbach M, Timmermann B. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae W303-K6001 cross-platform genome sequence: insights into ancestry and physiology of a laboratory mutt. Open Biol 2013; 2:120093. [PMID: 22977733 PMCID: PMC3438534 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.120093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2012] [Accepted: 07/06/2012] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain W303 is a widely used model organism. However, little is known about its genetic origins, as it was created in the 1970s from crossing yeast strains of uncertain genealogy. To obtain insights into its ancestry and physiology, we sequenced the genome of its variant W303-K6001, a yeast model of ageing research. The combination of two next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies (Illumina and Roche/454 sequencing) yielded an 11.8 Mb genome assembly at an N50 contig length of 262 kb. Although sequencing was substantially more precise and sensitive than whole-genome tiling arrays, both NGS platforms produced a number of false positives. At a 378× average coverage, only 74 per cent of called differences to the S288c reference genome were confirmed by both techniques. The consensus W303-K6001 genome differs in 8133 positions from S288c, predicting altered amino acid sequence in 799 proteins, including factors of ageing and stress resistance. The W303-K6001 (85.4%) genome is virtually identical (less than equal to 0.5 variations per kb) to S288c, and thus originates in the same ancestor. Non-S288c regions distribute unequally over the genome, with chromosome XVI the most (99.6%) and chromosome XI the least (54.5%) S288c-like. Several of these clusters are shared with Σ1278B, another widely used S288c-related model, indicating that these strains share a second ancestor. Thus, the W303-K6001 genome pictures details of complex genetic relationships between the model strains that date back to the early days of experimental yeast genetics. Moreover, this study underlines the necessity of combining multiple NGS and genome-assembling techniques for achieving accurate variant calling in genomic studies.
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- Markus Ralser
- Department of Biochemistry and Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK.
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Tosato V, Grüning NM, Breitenbach M, Arnak R, Ralser M, Bruschi CV. Warburg effect and translocation-induced genomic instability: two yeast models for cancer cells. Front Oncol 2013; 2:212. [PMID: 23346549 PMCID: PMC3548335 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2012.00212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2012] [Accepted: 12/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Yeast has been established as an efficient model system to study biological principles underpinning human health. In this review we focus on yeast models covering two aspects of cancer formation and progression (i) the activity of pyruvate kinase (PK), which recapitulates metabolic features of cancer cells, including the Warburg effect, and (ii) chromosome bridge-induced translocation (BIT) mimiking genome instability in cancer. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an excellent model to study cancer cell metabolism, as exponentially growing yeast cells exhibit many metabolic similarities with rapidly proliferating cancer cells. The metabolic reconfiguration includes an increase in glucose uptake and fermentation, at the expense of respiration and oxidative phosphorylation (the Warburg effect), and involves a broad reconfiguration of nucleotide and amino acid metabolism. Both in yeast and humans, the regulation of this process seems to have a central player, PK, which is up-regulated in cancer, and to occur mostly on a post-transcriptional and post-translational basis. Furthermore, BIT allows to generate selectable translocation-derived recombinants ("translocants"), between any two desired chromosomal locations, in wild-type yeast strains transformed with a linear DNA cassette carrying a selectable marker flanked by two DNA sequences homologous to different chromosomes. Using the BIT system, targeted non-reciprocal translocations in mitosis are easily inducible. An extensive collection of different yeast translocants exhibiting genome instability and aberrant phenotypes similar to cancer cells has been produced and subjected to analysis. In this review, we hence provide an overview upon two yeast cancer models, and extrapolate general principles for mimicking human disease mechanisms in yeast.
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- Valentina Tosato
- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Trieste, Italy
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- Division of Cytogenetics; National Institute of Genetics; Mishima; Japan
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There is growing evidence that the metabolic network is an integral regulator of cellular physiology. Dynamic changes in metabolite concentrations, metabolic flux, or network topology act as reporters of biological or environmental signals, and are required for the cell to trigger an appropriate biological reaction. Changes in the metabolic network are recognized by specific sensory macromolecules and translated into a transcriptional or translational response. The protein family of sirtuins, discovered more than 30 years ago as regulators of silent chromatin, seems to fulfill the role of a metabolic sensor during aging and conditions of caloric restriction. The archetypal sirtuin, yeast silentinformationregulator2 (SIR2), is an NAD+ dependent protein deacetylase that interacts with metabolic enzymes glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and alcohol dehydrogenase, as well as enzymes involved in NAD(H) synthesis, that provide or deprive NAD+ in its close proximity. This influences sirtuin activity, and facilitates a dynamic response of the metabolic network to changes in metabolism with effects on physiology and aging. The molecular network downstream Sir2, however, is complex. In just two orders, Sir2’s metabolism related interactions span half of the yeast proteome, and are connected with virtually every physiological process. Thus, although it is fundamental to analyze single molecular mechanisms, it is at the same time crucial to consider this genome-scale complexity when correlating single molecular events with complex phenotypes such as aging, cell growth, or stress resistance.
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- Markus Ralser
- Department of Biochemistry, Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, University of Cambridge Cambridge, UK
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Simon-Nobbe B, Kodzius R, Kajava A, Ferreira F, Kungl A, Achatz G, Crameri R, Ebner C, Breitenbach M. Structure of an IgE-Binding Peptide from Fungal Enolases. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 2012. [DOI: 10.1159/000053679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Oxidative damage to cellular constituents has frequently been associated with aging in a wide range of organisms. The power of yeast genetics and biochemistry has provided the opportunity to analyse in some detail how reactive oxygen and nitrogen species arise in cells, how cells respond to the damage that these reactive species cause, and to begin to dissect how these species may be involved in the ageing process. This chapter reviews the major sources of reactive oxygen species that occur in yeast cells, the damage they cause and how cells sense and respond to this damage.
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- May T Aung-Htut
- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia,
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Breitenbach M, Laun P, Dickinson JR, Klocker A, Rinnerthaler M, Dawes IW, Aung-Htut MT, Breitenbach-Koller L, Caballero A, Nyström T, Büttner S, Eisenberg T, Madeo F, Ralser M. The role of mitochondria in the aging processes of yeast. Subcell Biochem 2012; 57:55-78. [PMID: 22094417 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2561-4_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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This chapter reviews the role of mitochondria and of mitochondrial metabolism in the aging processes of yeast and the existing evidence for the "mitochondrial theory of aging mitochondrial theory of aging ". Mitochondria are the major source of ATP in the eukaryotic cell but are also a major source of reactive oxygen species reactive oxygen species (ROS) and play an important role in the process of apoptosis and aging. We are discussing the mitochondrial theory of aging mitochondrial theory of aging (TOA), its origin, similarity with other TOAs, and its ramifications which developed in recent decades. The emphasis is on mother cell-specific aging mother cell-specific aging and the RLS (replicative lifespan) with only a short treatment of CLS (chronological lifespan). Both of these aging processes may be relevant to understand also the aging of higher organisms, but they are biochemically very different, as shown by the fact the replicative aging occurs on rich media and is a defect in the replicative capacity of mother cells, while chronological aging occurs in postmitotic cells that are under starvation conditions in stationary phase leading to loss of viability, as discussed elsewhere in this book. In so doing we also give an overview of the similarities and dissimilarities of the various aging processes of the most often used model organisms for aging research with respect to the mitochondrial theory of aging mitochondrial theory of aging.
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- Michael Breitenbach
- Division of Genetics, Department of Cell Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria,
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A concerted balance between proliferation and apoptosis is essential to the survival of multicellular organisms. Thus, apoptosis per se, although it is a destructive process leading to the death of single cells, also serves as a pro-survival mechanism pro-survival mechanism that ensures healthy organismal development and acts as a life-prolonging or anti-aging anti-aging program. The discovery that yeast also possess a functional and, in many cases, highly conserved apoptotic machinery has made it possible to study the relationships between aging and apoptosis in depth using a well-established genetic system and the powerful tools available to yeast researchers for investigating complex physiological and cytological interactions. The aging process of yeast, be it replicative replicative or chronological chronological aging, is closely related to apoptosis, although it remains unclear whether apoptosis is a causal feature of the aging process or vice versa. Nevertheless, experimental results obtained during the past several years clearly demonstrate that yeast serve as a powerful and versatile experimental system for understanding the interconnections between these two fundamentally important cellular and physiological pathways.
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- Division of Genetics, Department of Cell Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria,
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Grüning NM, Rinnerthaler M, Bluemlein K, Mülleder M, Wamelink MMC, Lehrach H, Jakobs C, Breitenbach M, Ralser M. Pyruvate kinase triggers a metabolic feedback loop that controls redox metabolism in respiring cells. Cell Metab 2011; 14:415-27. [PMID: 21907146 PMCID: PMC3202625 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2011.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2011] [Revised: 05/23/2011] [Accepted: 06/22/2011] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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In proliferating cells, a transition from aerobic to anaerobic metabolism is known as the Warburg effect, whose reversal inhibits cancer cell proliferation. Studying its regulator pyruvate kinase (PYK) in yeast, we discovered that central metabolism is self-adapting to synchronize redox metabolism when respiration is activated. Low PYK activity activated yeast respiration. However, levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) did not increase, and cells gained resistance to oxidants. This adaptation was attributable to accumulation of the PYK substrate phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP). PEP acted as feedback inhibitor of the glycolytic enzyme triosephosphate isomerase (TPI). TPI inhibition stimulated the pentose phosphate pathway, increased antioxidative metabolism, and prevented ROS accumulation. Thus, a metabolic feedback loop, initiated by PYK, mediated by its substrate and acting on TPI, stimulates redox metabolism in respiring cells. Originating from a single catalytic step, this autonomous reconfiguration of central carbon metabolism prevents oxidative stress upon shifts between fermentation and respiration.
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- Nana-Maria Grüning
- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestrasse 73, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Laschober GT, Ruli D, Hofer E, Muck C, Carmona-Gutierrez D, Ring J, Hutter E, Ruckenstuhl C, Micutkova L, Brunauer R, Jamnig A, Trimmel D, Herndler-Brandstetter D, Brunner S, Zenzmaier C, Sampson N, Breitenbach M, Fröhlich KU, Grubeck-Loebenstein B, Berger P, Wieser M, Grillari-Voglauer R, Thallinger GG, Grillari J, Trajanoski Z, Madeo F, Lepperdinger G, Jansen-Dürr P. Identification of evolutionarily conserved genetic regulators of cellular aging. Aging Cell 2010; 9:1084-97. [PMID: 20883526 PMCID: PMC2997327 DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2010.00637.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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To identify new genetic regulators of cellular aging and senescence, we performed genome-wide comparative RNA profiling with selected human cellular model systems, reflecting replicative senescence, stress-induced premature senescence, and distinct other forms of cellular aging. Gene expression profiles were measured, analyzed, and entered into a newly generated database referred to as the GiSAO database. Bioinformatic analysis revealed a set of new candidate genes, conserved across the majority of the cellular aging models, which were so far not associated with cellular aging, and highlighted several new pathways that potentially play a role in cellular aging. Several candidate genes obtained through this analysis have been confirmed by functional experiments, thereby validating the experimental approach. The effect of genetic deletion on chronological lifespan in yeast was assessed for 93 genes where (i) functional homologues were found in the yeast genome and (ii) the deletion strain was viable. We identified several genes whose deletion led to significant changes of chronological lifespan in yeast, featuring both lifespan shortening and lifespan extension. In conclusion, an unbiased screen across species uncovered several so far unrecognized molecular pathways for cellular aging that are conserved in evolution.
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- Gerhard T Laschober
- Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Austrian Academy of SciencesRennweg 10, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute for Molecular Biosciences, University of GrazHumboldtstrasse 50, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Graz University of TechnologyPetersgasse 14, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Austrian Academy of SciencesRennweg 10, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute for Molecular Biosciences, University of GrazHumboldtstrasse 50, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute for Molecular Biosciences, University of GrazHumboldtstrasse 50, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Austrian Academy of SciencesRennweg 10, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute for Molecular Biosciences, University of GrazHumboldtstrasse 50, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Austrian Academy of SciencesRennweg 10, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Austrian Academy of SciencesRennweg 10, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Austrian Academy of SciencesRennweg 10, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Austrian Academy of SciencesRennweg 10, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Austrian Academy of SciencesRennweg 10, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Austrian Academy of SciencesRennweg 10, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Austrian Academy of SciencesRennweg 10, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute for Molecular Biosciences, University of GrazHumboldtstrasse 50, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Austrian Academy of SciencesRennweg 10, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Aging and Immortalization Research, Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life SciencesVienna, Austria
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- Aging and Immortalization Research, Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life SciencesVienna, Austria
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- Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Graz University of TechnologyPetersgasse 14, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Aging and Immortalization Research, Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life SciencesVienna, Austria
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- Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Graz University of TechnologyPetersgasse 14, 8010 Graz, Austria
- Biocenter, Section for Bioinformatics, Innsbruck Medical UniversityInnsbruck, Austria
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- Institute for Molecular Biosciences, University of GrazHumboldtstrasse 50, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Austrian Academy of SciencesRennweg 10, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Austrian Academy of SciencesRennweg 10, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Lettner T, Zeidler U, Gimona M, Hauser M, Breitenbach M, Bito A. Candida albicans AGE3, the ortholog of the S. cerevisiae ARF-GAP-encoding gene GCS1, is required for hyphal growth and drug resistance. PLoS One 2010; 5:e11993. [PMID: 20700541 PMCID: PMC2916835 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2010] [Accepted: 07/12/2010] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Hyphal growth and multidrug resistance of C. albicans are important features for virulence and antifungal therapy of this pathogenic fungus. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Here we show by phenotypic complementation analysis that the C. albicans gene AGE3 is the functional ortholog of the yeast ARF-GAP-encoding gene GCS1. The finding that the gene is required for efficient endocytosis points to an important functional role of Age3p in endosomal compartments. Most C. albicans age3Delta mutant cells which grew as cell clusters under yeast growth conditions showed defects in filamentation under different hyphal growth conditions and were almost completely disabled for invasive filamentous growth. Under hyphal growth conditions only a fraction of age3Delta cells shows a wild-type-like polarization pattern of the actin cytoskeleton and lipid rafts. Moreover, age3Delta cells were highly susceptible to several unrelated toxic compounds including antifungal azole drugs. Irrespective of the AGE3 genotype, C-terminal fusions of GFP to the drug efflux pumps Cdr1p and Mdr1p were predominantly localized in the plasma membrane. Moreover, the plasma membranes of wild-type and age3Delta mutant cells contained similar amounts of Cdr1p, Cdr2p and Mdr1p. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE The results indicate that the defect in sustaining filament elongation is probably caused by the failure of age3Delta cells to polarize the actin cytoskeleton and possibly of inefficient endocytosis. The high susceptibility of age3Delta cells to azoles is not caused by inefficient transport of efflux pumps to the cell membrane. A possible role of a vacuolar defect of age3Delta cells in drug susceptibility is proposed and discussed. In conclusion, our study shows that the ARF-GAP Age3p is required for hyphal growth which is an important virulence factor of C. albicans and essential for detoxification of azole drugs which are routinely used for antifungal therapy. Thus, it represents a promising antifungal drug target.
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- Thomas Lettner
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité Biologie et Pathogénicité Fongiques, Paris, France
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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Netzer NC, Breitenbach M. Metabolic changes through hypoxia in humans and in yeast as a comparable cell model. Sleep Breath 2010; 14:221-5. [PMID: 20535573 DOI: 10.1007/s11325-010-0342-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2009] [Revised: 02/10/2010] [Accepted: 02/17/2010] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND In several investigations on mountaineers under moderate hypoxia, at altitudes between 2,500 m and 4,500 m, weight loss occurs, fat levels in the serum and insulin resistance (in diabetic mountaineers) are reduced. Animal studies with different time dosage regimens of hypoxia in animal cages revealed different and partly confusing results regarding fat metabolism under hypoxia. HYPOTHESES Hypothesis for the change in glucose and fat metabolism include a HIF promoted higher leptin rate under hypoxia and an increased glucose transport in peripheral organs. DISCUSSION This short review discusses some of the different investigations in this topic. In a second part it is shown how studies of metabolism in yeast cells with an upregulated glycolysis in the cell itself under hypoxic conditions could help to better understand metabolic changes under hypoxia.
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- Nikolaus C Netzer
- Hermann Buhl Institute for Hypoxia and Sleep Medicine Research, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.
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Klinger H, Rinnerthaler M, Lam YT, Laun P, Heeren G, Klocker A, Simon-Nobbe B, Dickinson JR, Dawes IW, Breitenbach M. Quantitation of (a)symmetric inheritance of functional and of oxidatively damaged mitochondrial aconitase in the cell division of old yeast mother cells. Exp Gerontol 2010; 45:533-42. [PMID: 20382214 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2010.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2009] [Revised: 03/24/2010] [Accepted: 03/25/2010] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Asymmetric segregation of oxidatively damaged proteins is discussed in the literature as a mechanism in cell division cycles which at the same time causes rejuvenation of the daughter cell and aging of the mother cell. This process must be viewed as cooperating with the cellular degradation processes like autophagy, proteasomal degradation and others. Together, these two mechanisms guarantee survival of the species and prevent clonal senescence of unicellular organisms, like yeast. It is widely believed that oxidative damage to proteins is primarily caused by oxygen radicals and their follow-up products produced in the mitochondria. As we have shown previously, old yeast mother cells in contrast to young cells contain reactive oxygen species and undergo programmed cell death. Here we show that aconitase of the mitochondrial matrix is readily inactivated by oxidative stress, but even in its inactive form is relatively long-lived and retains fluorescence in the Aco1p-eGFP form. The fluorescent protein is distributed between old mothers and their daughters approximately corresponding to the different sizes of mother and daughter cells. However, the remaining active enzyme is primarily inherited by the daughter cells. This indicates that asymmetric distribution of the still active enzyme takes place and a mechanism for discrimination between active and inactive enzyme must exist. As the aconitase remains mitochondrial during aging and cell division, our findings could indicate discrimination between active and no longer active mitochondria during the process.
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- Harald Klinger
- Department of Cell Biology, Division of Genetics, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, Salzburg, Austria
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Hackl M, Brunner S, Fortschegger K, Schreiner C, Micutkova L, Mück C, Laschober GT, Lepperdinger G, Sampson N, Berger P, Herndler-Brandstetter D, Wieser M, Kühnel H, Strasser A, Rinnerthaler M, Breitenbach M, Mildner M, Eckhart L, Tschachler E, Trost A, Bauer JW, Papak C, Trajanoski Z, Scheideler M, Grillari-Voglauer R, Grubeck-Loebenstein B, Jansen-Dürr P, Grillari J. miR-17, miR-19b, miR-20a, and miR-106a are down-regulated in human aging. Aging Cell 2010; 9:291-6. [PMID: 20089119 PMCID: PMC2848978 DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2010.00549.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 279] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Aging is a multifactorial process where deterioration of body functions is driven by stochastic damage while counteracted by distinct genetically encoded repair systems. To better understand the genetic component of aging, many studies have addressed the gene and protein expression profiles of various aging model systems engaging different organisms from yeast to human. The recently identified small non-coding miRNAs are potent post-transcriptional regulators that can modify the expression of up to several hundred target genes per single miRNA, similar to transcription factors. Increasing evidence shows that miRNAs contribute to the regulation of most if not all important physiological processes, including aging. However, so far the contribution of miRNAs to age-related and senescence-related changes in gene expression remains elusive. To address this question, we have selected four replicative cell aging models including endothelial cells, replicated CD8+ T cells, renal proximal tubular epithelial cells, and skin fibroblasts. Further included were three organismal aging models including foreskin, mesenchymal stem cells, and CD8+ T cell populations from old and young donors. Using locked nucleic acid-based miRNA microarrays, we identified four commonly regulated miRNAs, miR-17 down-regulated in all seven; miR-19b and miR-20a, down-regulated in six models; and miR-106a down-regulated in five models. Decrease in these miRNAs correlated with increased transcript levels of some established target genes, especially the cdk inhibitor p21/CDKN1A. These results establish miRNAs as novel markers of cell aging in humans.
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- Matthias Hackl
- Aging and Immortalization Research, Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life SciencesVienna, Austria, Muthgasse 18, A-1190 Vienna
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- Departments of Immunology, Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Austrian Academy of SciencesRennweg 10, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria (IBA)
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- Aging and Immortalization Research, Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life SciencesVienna, Austria, Muthgasse 18, A-1190 Vienna
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- Aging and Immortalization Research, Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life SciencesVienna, Austria, Muthgasse 18, A-1190 Vienna
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- Molecular and Cell Biology, Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Austrian Academy of SciencesRennweg 10, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria (IBA)
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- Molecular and Cell Biology, Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Austrian Academy of SciencesRennweg 10, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria (IBA)
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- Extracellular Matrix Research, Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Austrian Academy of SciencesRennweg 10, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria (IBA)
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- Extracellular Matrix Research, Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Austrian Academy of SciencesRennweg 10, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria (IBA)
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- Endocrinology, Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Austrian Academy of SciencesRennweg 10, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria (IBA)
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- Endocrinology, Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Austrian Academy of SciencesRennweg 10, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria (IBA)
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- Departments of Immunology, Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Austrian Academy of SciencesRennweg 10, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria (IBA)
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- Aging and Immortalization Research, Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life SciencesVienna, Austria, Muthgasse 18, A-1190 Vienna
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- Department of Natural Sciences, Institute of Physiology, University of Veterinary Medicine ViennaVeterinärplatz 1, A-1210 Wien, Austria
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- Department of Natural Sciences, Institute of Physiology, University of Veterinary Medicine ViennaVeterinärplatz 1, A-1210 Wien, Austria
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- Department of Genetics, University of SalzburgHeilbrunnerstraße 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Genetics, University of SalzburgHeilbrunnerstraße 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology, Medical University of ViennaA-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology, Medical University of ViennaA-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology, Medical University of ViennaA-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology, SALK and Paracelsus Medical UniversitySalzburg, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology, SALK and Paracelsus Medical UniversitySalzburg, Austria
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- Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics and Christian Doppler Laboratory for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Graz University of TechnologyPetersgasse 14, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics and Christian Doppler Laboratory for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Graz University of TechnologyPetersgasse 14, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics and Christian Doppler Laboratory for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Graz University of TechnologyPetersgasse 14, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Aging and Immortalization Research, Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life SciencesVienna, Austria, Muthgasse 18, A-1190 Vienna
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- Departments of Immunology, Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Austrian Academy of SciencesRennweg 10, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria (IBA)
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- Molecular and Cell Biology, Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Austrian Academy of SciencesRennweg 10, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria (IBA)
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- Aging and Immortalization Research, Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life SciencesVienna, Austria, Muthgasse 18, A-1190 Vienna
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Rid R, Önder K, Hawranek T, Laimer M, Bauer JW, Holler C, Simon-Nobbe B, Breitenbach M. Isolation and immunological characterization of a novel Cladosporium herbarum allergen structurally homologous to the α/β hydrolase fold superfamily. Mol Immunol 2010; 47:1366-77. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2009.11.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2009] [Revised: 11/18/2009] [Accepted: 11/21/2009] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Rid R, Onder K, Trost A, Bauer J, Hintner H, Ritter M, Jakab M, Costa I, Reischl W, Richter K, MacDonald S, Jendrach M, Bereiter-Hahn J, Breitenbach M. H2O2-dependent translocation of TCTP into the nucleus enables its interaction with VDR in human keratinocytes: TCTP as a further module in calcitriol signalling. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2010; 118:29-40. [PMID: 19815065 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2009.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2009] [Revised: 09/27/2009] [Accepted: 09/29/2009] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
Translationally controlled tumour protein (TCTP) is an evolutionarily highly conserved molecule implicated in many processes related to cell cycle progression, proliferation and growth, to the protection against harmful conditions including apoptosis and to the human allergic response. We are showing here that after application of mild oxidative stress, human TCTP relocates from the cytoplasm to the nuclei of HaCaT keratinocytes where it directly associates with the ligand-binding domain of endogenous vitamin D(3) receptor (VDR) through its helical domain 2 (AA 71-132). Interestingly, the latter harbours a putative nuclear hormone receptor coregulatory LxxLL-like motif which seems to be involved in the interaction. Moreover, we demonstrate that VDR transcriptionally induces the expression of TCTP by binding to a previously unknown VDR response element within the TCTP promotor. Conversely, ectopically overexpressed TCTP downregulates the amount of VDR on both mRNA as well as protein level. These data, to conclude, suggest a kind of feedback regulation between TCTP and VDR to regulate a variety of (Ca(2+) dependent) cellular effects and in this way further underscore the physiological relevance of this novel protein-protein interaction.
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MESH Headings
- Active Transport, Cell Nucleus/drug effects
- Active Transport, Cell Nucleus/physiology
- Biomarkers, Tumor/genetics
- Biomarkers, Tumor/metabolism
- Calcitriol/pharmacology
- Calcitriol/physiology
- Cell Line, Transformed
- Cell Nucleus/metabolism
- Cytoplasm/metabolism
- DNA/metabolism
- Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay
- Feedback, Physiological/physiology
- Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
- Gene Expression/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/physiology
- Humans
- Hydrogen Peroxide/pharmacology
- Immunoprecipitation
- Keratinocytes/drug effects
- Keratinocytes/metabolism
- Oxidative Stress/drug effects
- Oxidative Stress/physiology
- Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics
- Protein Binding/drug effects
- Protein Binding/physiology
- Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs/physiology
- Receptors, Calcitriol/genetics
- Receptors, Calcitriol/metabolism
- Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
- Signal Transduction/drug effects
- Signal Transduction/physiology
- Tumor Protein, Translationally-Controlled 1
- Two-Hybrid System Techniques
- Vitamin D Response Element/genetics
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- Raphaela Rid
- Department of Cell Biology, Division of Genetics, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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Eisenberg T, Knauer H, Schauer A, Büttner S, Ruckenstuhl C, Carmona-Gutierrez D, Ring J, Schroeder S, Magnes C, Antonacci L, Fussi H, Deszcz L, Hartl R, Schraml E, Criollo A, Megalou E, Weiskopf D, Laun P, Heeren G, Breitenbach M, Grubeck-Loebenstein B, Herker E, Fahrenkrog B, Fröhlich KU, Sinner F, Tavernarakis N, Minois N, Kroemer G, Madeo F. Induction of autophagy by spermidine promotes longevity. Nat Cell Biol 2009; 11:1305-14. [PMID: 19801973 DOI: 10.1038/ncb1975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1110] [Impact Index Per Article: 74.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2009] [Accepted: 07/30/2009] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Ageing results from complex genetically and epigenetically programmed processes that are elicited in part by noxious or stressful events that cause programmed cell death. Here, we report that administration of spermidine, a natural polyamine whose intracellular concentration declines during human ageing, markedly extended the lifespan of yeast, flies and worms, and human immune cells. In addition, spermidine administration potently inhibited oxidative stress in ageing mice. In ageing yeast, spermidine treatment triggered epigenetic deacetylation of histone H3 through inhibition of histone acetyltransferases (HAT), suppressing oxidative stress and necrosis. Conversely, depletion of endogenous polyamines led to hyperacetylation, generation of reactive oxygen species, early necrotic death and decreased lifespan. The altered acetylation status of the chromatin led to significant upregulation of various autophagy-related transcripts, triggering autophagy in yeast, flies, worms and human cells. Finally, we found that enhanced autophagy is crucial for polyamine-induced suppression of necrosis and enhanced longevity.
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- Tobias Eisenberg
- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria
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Rid R, Onder K, MacDonald S, Lang R, Hawranek T, Ebner C, Hemmer W, Richter K, Simon-Nobbe B, Breitenbach M. Alternaria alternata TCTP, a novel cross-reactive ascomycete allergen. Mol Immunol 2009; 46:3476-87. [PMID: 19683813 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2009.07.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2009] [Accepted: 07/26/2009] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Defining more comprehensively the allergen repertoire of the ascomycete Alternaria alternata is undoubtedly of immense medical significance since this mold represents one of the most important, worldwide occurring fungal species responsible for IgE-mediated hypersensitivity reactions ranging from rhinitis and ocular symptoms to severe involvement of the lower respiratory tract including asthma with its life-threatening complications. Performing a hybridization screening of an excised A. alternata cDNA library with a radioactively labeled Cladosporium herbarum TCTP probe, we were able to identify, clone and purify the respective A. alternata homologue of TCTP which again represents a multifunctional protein that has been evolutionarily conserved from unicellular eukaryotes like yeasts to humans and appears, summarizing current literature, to be involved in housekeeping processes such as cell growth as well as cell-cycle progression, the protection of cells against various stress conditions including for instance apoptosis, and in higher organisms even in the allergic response. In this context, our present study characterizes recombinant A. alternata TCTP as a novel minor allergen candidate that displays a prevalence of IgE reactivity of approximately 4% and interestingly shares common, cross-reactive IgE epitopes with its C. herbarum and human counterparts as determined via Western blotting and in vitro inhibition approaches.
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- Raphaela Rid
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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Heeren G, Rinnerthaler M, Laun P, von Seyerl P, Kössler S, Klinger H, Hager M, Bogengruber E, Jarolim S, Simon-Nobbe B, Schüller C, Carmona-Gutierrez D, Breitenbach-Koller L, Mück C, Jansen-Dürr P, Criollo A, Kroemer G, Madeo F, Breitenbach M. The mitochondrial ribosomal protein of the large subunit, Afo1p, determines cellular longevity through mitochondrial back-signaling via TOR1. Aging (Albany NY) 2009; 1:622-36. [PMID: 20157544 PMCID: PMC2806038 DOI: 10.18632/aging.100065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2009] [Accepted: 07/10/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
Yeast
mother cell-specific aging constitutes a model of replicative aging as it
occurs in stem cell populations of higher eukaryotes. Here, we present a
new long-lived yeast deletion mutation,afo1 (for aging factor one),
that confers a 60% increase in replicative lifespan. AFO1/MRPL25
codes for a protein that is contained in the large subunit of the
mitochondrial ribosome. Double mutant experiments indicate that the
longevity-increasing action of the afo1 mutation is independent of
mitochondrial translation, yet involves the cytoplasmic Tor1p as well as
the growth-controlling transcription factor Sfp1p. In their final cell
cycle, the long-lived mutant cells do show the phenotypes of yeast
apoptosis indicating that the longevity of the mutant is not caused by an
inability to undergo programmed cell death. Furthermore, the afo1 mutation
displays high resistance against oxidants. Despite the respiratory
deficiency the mutant has paradoxical increase in growth rate compared to
generic petite mutants. A comparison of the single and double mutant
strains for afo1 and fob1 shows that the longevity phenotype
of afo1 is independent of the formation of ERCs (ribosomal DNA
minicircles). AFO1/MRPL25 function establishes a new connection
between mitochondria, metabolism and aging.
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- Gino Heeren
- Department of Cell Biology, Division of Genetics, University of Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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Pöll V, Denk U, Shen HD, Panzani RC, Dissertori O, Lackner P, Hemmer W, Mari A, Crameri R, Lottspeich F, Rid R, Richter K, Breitenbach M, Simon-Nobbe B. The vacuolar serine protease, a cross-reactive allergen from Cladosporium herbarum. Mol Immunol 2009; 46:1360-73. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2008.11.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2008] [Revised: 11/24/2008] [Accepted: 11/25/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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