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Bento-Oliveira A, Santos FC, Marquês JT, Paulo PMR, Korte T, Herrmann A, Marinho HS, de Almeida RFM. Yeast Sphingolipid-Enriched Domains and Membrane Compartments in the Absence of Mannosyldiinositolphosphorylceramide. Biomolecules 2020; 10:biom10060871. [PMID: 32517183 PMCID: PMC7356636 DOI: 10.3390/biom10060871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2020] [Revised: 05/25/2020] [Accepted: 06/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The relevance of mannosyldiinositolphosphorylceramide [M(IP)2C] synthesis, the terminal complex sphingolipid class in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, for the lateral organization of the plasma membrane, and in particular for sphingolipid-enriched gel domains, was investigated by fluorescence spectroscopy and microscopy. We also addressed how changing the complex sphingolipid profile in the plasma membrane could influence the membrane compartments (MC) containing either the arginine/ H+ symporter Can1p (MCC) or the proton ATPase Pma1p (MCP). To achieve these goals, wild-type (wt) and ipt1Δ cells, which are unable to synthesize M(IP)2C accumulating mannosylinositolphosphorylceramide (MIPC), were compared. Living cells, isolated plasma membrane and giant unilamellar vesicles reconstituted from plasma membrane lipids were labelled with various fluorescent membrane probes that report the presence and organization of distinct lipid domains, global order, and dielectric properties. Can1p and Pma1p were tagged with GFP and mRFP, respectively, in both yeast strains, to evaluate their lateral organization using confocal fluorescence intensity and fluorescence lifetime imaging. The results show that IPT1 deletion strongly affects the rigidity of gel domains but not their relative abundance, whereas no significant alterations could be perceived in ergosterol-enriched domains. Moreover, in these cells lacking M(IP)2C, a clear alteration in Pma1p membrane distribution, but no significant changes in Can1p distribution, were observed. Thus, this work reinforces the notion that sphingolipid-enriched domains distinct from ergosterol-enriched regions are present in the S. cerevisiae plasma membrane and suggests that M(IP)2C is important for a proper hydrophobic chain packing of sphingolipids in the gel domains of wt cells. Furthermore, our results strongly support the involvement of sphingolipid domains in the formation and stability of the MCP, possibly being enriched in this compartment.
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- Andreia Bento-Oliveira
- Centro de Química Estrutural, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal; (A.B.-O.); (F.C.S.); (J.T.M.); (H.S.M.)
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- Centro de Química Estrutural, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal; (A.B.-O.); (F.C.S.); (J.T.M.); (H.S.M.)
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- Centro de Química Estrutural, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal; (A.B.-O.); (F.C.S.); (J.T.M.); (H.S.M.)
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- Centro de Química Estrutural, Instituto Superior Técnico, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal;
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- Department of Biology, Molecular Biophysics, IRI Life Sciences, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10115 Berlin, Germany; (T.K.); (A.H.)
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- Department of Biology, Molecular Biophysics, IRI Life Sciences, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10115 Berlin, Germany; (T.K.); (A.H.)
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- Centro de Química Estrutural, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal; (A.B.-O.); (F.C.S.); (J.T.M.); (H.S.M.)
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- Centro de Química Estrutural, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal; (A.B.-O.); (F.C.S.); (J.T.M.); (H.S.M.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +351-217-500-925
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Belda I, Ruiz J, Alonso A, Marquina D, Santos A. The Biology of Pichia membranifaciens Killer Toxins. Toxins (Basel) 2017; 9:toxins9040112. [PMID: 28333108 PMCID: PMC5408186 DOI: 10.3390/toxins9040112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2017] [Revised: 03/07/2017] [Accepted: 03/20/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The killer phenomenon is defined as the ability of some yeast to secrete toxins that are lethal to other sensitive yeasts and filamentous fungi. Since the discovery of strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae capable of secreting killer toxins, much information has been gained regarding killer toxins and this fact has substantially contributed knowledge on fundamental aspects of cell biology and yeast genetics. The killer phenomenon has been studied in Pichia membranifaciens for several years, during which two toxins have been described. PMKT and PMKT2 are proteins of low molecular mass that bind to primary receptors located in the cell wall structure of sensitive yeast cells, linear (1→6)-β-d-glucans and mannoproteins for PMKT and PMKT2, respectively. Cwp2p also acts as a secondary receptor for PMKT. Killing of sensitive cells by PMKT is characterized by ionic movements across plasma membrane and an acidification of the intracellular pH triggering an activation of the High Osmolarity Glycerol (HOG) pathway. On the contrary, our investigations showed a mechanism of killing in which cells are arrested at an early S-phase by high concentrations of PMKT2. However, we concluded that induced mortality at low PMKT2 doses and also PMKT is indeed of an apoptotic nature. Killer yeasts and their toxins have found potential applications in several fields: in food and beverage production, as biocontrol agents, in yeast bio-typing, and as novel antimycotic agents. Accordingly, several applications have been found for P. membranifaciens killer toxins, ranging from pre- and post-harvest biocontrol of plant pathogens to applications during wine fermentation and ageing (inhibition of Botrytis cinerea, Brettanomyces bruxellensis, etc.).
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- Ignacio Belda
- Department of Microbiology, Biology Faculty, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Microbiology, Biology Faculty, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Microbiology, Biology Faculty, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Microbiology, Biology Faculty, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Microbiology, Biology Faculty, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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Kast A, Voges R, Schroth M, Schaffrath R, Klassen R, Meinhardt F. Autoselection of cytoplasmic yeast virus like elements encoding toxin/antitoxin systems involves a nuclear barrier for immunity gene expression. PLoS Genet 2015; 11:e1005005. [PMID: 25973601 PMCID: PMC4431711 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2014] [Accepted: 01/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Cytoplasmic virus like elements (VLEs) from Kluyveromyces lactis (Kl), Pichia acaciae (Pa) and Debaryomyces robertsiae (Dr) are extremely A/T-rich (>75%) and encode toxic anticodon nucleases (ACNases) along with specific immunity proteins. Here we show that nuclear, not cytoplasmic expression of either immunity gene (PaORF4, KlORF3 or DrORF5) results in transcript fragmentation and is insufficient to establish immunity to the cognate ACNase. Since rapid amplification of 3' ends (RACE) as well as linker ligation of immunity transcripts expressed in the nucleus revealed polyadenylation to occur along with fragmentation, ORF-internal poly(A) site cleavage due to the high A/T content is likely to prevent functional expression of the immunity genes. Consistently, lowering the A/T content of PaORF4 to 55% and KlORF3 to 46% by gene synthesis entirely prevented transcript cleavage and permitted functional nuclear expression leading to full immunity against the respective ACNase toxin. Consistent with a specific adaptation of the immunity proteins to the cognate ACNases, cross-immunity to non-cognate ACNases is neither conferred by PaOrf4 nor KlOrf3. Thus, the high A/T content of cytoplasmic VLEs minimizes the potential of functional nuclear recruitment of VLE encoded genes, in particular those involved in autoselection of the VLEs via a toxin/antitoxin principle. The rather wide-spread and extremely A/T rich yeast virus like elements (VLEs, also termed linear plasmids) which encode toxic anticodon nucleases (ACNases) ensure autoselection in the cytoplasm by preventing functional nuclear capture of the cognate immunity genes, but how? When expressed in the nucleus, the mRNA of the VLE immunity genes is split into fragments to which poly(A) tails are added. Consistently, lowering the A/T content by gene synthesis prevented transcript cleavage and permitted functional nuclear expression providing full immunity against the respective ACNase toxin. Thus, internal poly(A) cleavage is likely to prevent functional nuclear immunity gene expression.
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- Alene Kast
- Institut für Molekulare Mikrobiologie und Biotechnologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institut für Molekulare Mikrobiologie und Biotechnologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Fachgebiet Mikrobiologie, Universität Kassel, Kassel, Germany
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- Fachgebiet Mikrobiologie, Universität Kassel, Kassel, Germany
- * E-mail: (RK); (FM)
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- Institut für Molekulare Mikrobiologie und Biotechnologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany
- * E-mail: (RK); (FM)
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A novel Sit4 phosphatase complex is involved in the response to ceramide stress in yeast. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2013; 2013:129645. [PMID: 24082981 PMCID: PMC3777123 DOI: 10.1155/2013/129645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2013] [Revised: 06/28/2013] [Accepted: 07/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Ceramide is a building block for complex sphingolipids in the plasma membrane, but it also plays a significant role in secondary signalling pathways regulating cell proliferation and apoptosis in response to stress. Ceramide activated protein phosphatase activity has been previously observed in association with the Sit4 protein phosphatase. Here we find that sit4Δ mutants have decreased ceramide levels and display resistance to exogenous ceramides and phytosphingosine. Mutants lacking SIT4 or KTI12 display a shift towards nonhydroxylated forms of long chain bases and sphingolipids, suggesting regulation of hydroxylase (SUR2) or ceramide synthase by Sit4p. We have identified novel subunits of the Sit4 complex and have also shown that known Sit4 regulatory subunits—SAP proteins—are not involved in the ceramide response. This is the first observation of separation of function between Sit4 and SAP proteins. We also find that the Sit4p target Elongator is not involved in the ceramide response but that cells deficient in Kti12p—an accessory protein with an undefined regulatory role—have similar ceramide phenotypes to sit4Δ mutants. Therefore, Kti12p may play a similar secondary role in the ceramide response. This evidence points to a novel Sit4-dependent regulatory mechanism in response to ceramide stress.
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Yamagata M, Obara K, Kihara A. Unperverted synthesis of complex sphingolipids is essential for cell survival under nitrogen starvation. Genes Cells 2013; 18:650-9. [DOI: 10.1111/gtc.12062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2012] [Accepted: 04/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Maki Yamagata
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Hokkaido University; Sapporo; 060-0812; Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Hokkaido University; Sapporo; 060-0812; Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Hokkaido University; Sapporo; 060-0812; Japan
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Hage-Sleiman R, Esmerian MO, Kobeissy H, Dbaibo G. p53 and Ceramide as Collaborators in the Stress Response. Int J Mol Sci 2013; 14:4982-5012. [PMID: 23455468 PMCID: PMC3634419 DOI: 10.3390/ijms14034982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2012] [Revised: 01/22/2013] [Accepted: 02/01/2013] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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The sphingolipid ceramide mediates various cellular processes in response to several extracellular stimuli. Some genotoxic stresses are able to induce p53-dependent ceramide accumulation leading to cell death. However, in other cases, in the absence of the tumor suppressor protein p53, apoptosis proceeds partly due to the activity of this "tumor suppressor lipid", ceramide. In the current review, we describe ceramide and its roles in signaling pathways such as cell cycle arrest, hypoxia, hyperoxia, cell death, and cancer. In a specific manner, we are elaborating on the role of ceramide in mitochondrial apoptotic cell death signaling. Furthermore, after highlighting the role and mechanism of action of p53 in apoptosis, we review the association of ceramide and p53 with respect to apoptosis. Strikingly, the hypothesis for a direct interaction between ceramide and p53 is less favored. Recent data suggest that ceramide can act either upstream or downstream of p53 protein through posttranscriptional regulation or through many potential mediators, respectively.
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- Rouba Hage-Sleiman
- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, P.O. Box 11-0236 Riad El Solh, 1107 2020 Beirut, Lebanon; E-Mails: (M.O.E.); (G.D.)
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, P.O. Box 11-0236 Riad El Solh, 1107 2020 Beirut, Lebanon; E-Mail:
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ; Tel.: +961-1-350-000 (ext. 4883)
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, P.O. Box 11-0236 Riad El Solh, 1107 2020 Beirut, Lebanon; E-Mails: (M.O.E.); (G.D.)
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, P.O. Box 11-0236 Riad El Solh, 1107 2020 Beirut, Lebanon; E-Mail:
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, P.O. Box 11-0236 Riad El Solh, 1107 2020 Beirut, Lebanon; E-Mail:
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, P.O. Box 11-0236 Riad El Solh, 1107 2020 Beirut, Lebanon; E-Mails: (M.O.E.); (G.D.)
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, P.O. Box 11-0236 Riad El Solh, 1107 2020 Beirut, Lebanon; E-Mail:
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Satwika D, Klassen R, Meinhardt F. Anticodon nuclease encoding virus-like elements in yeast. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2012; 96:345-56. [PMID: 22899498 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4349-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2012] [Revised: 07/31/2012] [Accepted: 08/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A variety of yeast species are known to host systems of cytoplasmic linear dsDNA molecules that establish replication and transcription independent of the nucleus via self-encoded enzymes that are phylogenetically related to those encoded by true infective viruses. Such yeast virus-like elements (VLE) fall into two categories: autonomous VLEs encode all the essential functions for their inheritance, and additional, dependent VLEs, which may encode a toxin-antitoxin system, generally referred to as killer toxin and immunity. In the two cases studied in depth, killer toxin action relies on chitin binding and hydrophobic domains, together allowing a separate toxic subunit to sneak into the target cell. Mechanistically, the latter sabotages codon-anticodon interaction by endonucleolytic cleavage of specific tRNAs 3' of the wobble nucleotide. This primary action provokes a number of downstream effects, including DNA damage accumulation, which contribute to the cell-killing efficiency and highlight the importance of proper transcript decoding capacity for other cellular processes than translation itself. Since wobble uridine modifications are crucial for efficient anticodon nuclease (ACNase) action of yeast killer toxins, the latter are valuable tools for the characterization of a surprisingly complex network regulating the addition of wobble base modifications in tRNA.
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- Dhira Satwika
- Institut für Molekulare Mikrobiologie und Biotechnologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstr. 3, 48149, Münster, Germany
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Expression of budding yeast IPT1 produces mannosyldiinositol phosphorylceramide in fission yeast and inhibits cell growth. Microbiology (Reading) 2012; 158:1219-1228. [DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.056184-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Moreno-Pérez AJ, Martínez-Force E, Garcés R, Salas JJ. Sphingolipid base modifying enzymes in sunflower (Helianthus annuus): cloning and characterization of a C4-hydroxylase gene and a new paralogous Δ8-desaturase gene. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2011; 168:831-839. [PMID: 21256623 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2010.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2010] [Revised: 11/04/2010] [Accepted: 11/04/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Sphingolipids are components of plant cell membranes that participate in the regulation of important physiological processes. Unlike their animal counterparts, plant sphingolipids are characterized by high levels of base C4-hydroxylation. Moreover, desaturation at the Δ8 position predominates over the Δ4 desaturation typically found in animal sphingolipids. These modifications are due to the action of C4-hydroxylases and Δ8-long chain base desaturases, and they are important for complex sphingolipids finally becoming functional. The long chain bases of sunflower sphingolipids have high levels of hydroxylated and unsaturated moieties. Here, a C4-long chain base hydroxylase was functionally characterized in sunflower plant, an enzyme that could complement the sur2Δ mutation when heterologously expressed in this yeast mutant deficient in hydroxylation. This hydroxylase was ubiquitously expressed in sunflower, with the highest levels found in the developing cotyledons. In addition, we identified a new Δ8-long base chain desaturase gene that displays strong homology to a previously reported desaturase gene. This desaturase was also expressed in yeast and was able to change the long chain base composition of the transformed host. We studied the expression of this desaturase and compared it with that of the other isoform described in sunflower. The desaturase form studied in this paper displayed higher expression levels in developing seeds.
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Nakase M, Tani M, Morita T, Kitamoto HK, Kashiwazaki J, Nakamura T, Hosomi A, Tanaka N, Takegawa K. Mannosylinositol phosphorylceramide is a major sphingolipid component and is required for proper localization of plasma-membrane proteins in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. J Cell Sci 2010; 123:1578-87. [PMID: 20388730 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.059139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, three classes of sphingolipids contain myo-inositol--inositol phosphorylceramide (IPC), mannosylinositol phosphorylceramide (MIPC) and mannosyldiinositol phosphorylceramide [M(IP)(2)C]. No fission yeast equivalent of Ipt1p, the inositolphosphotransferase that synthesizes M(IP)(2)C from MIPC, has been found in the Schizosaccharomyces pombe genome. Analysis of the sphingolipid composition of wild-type cells confirmed that MIPC is the terminal and most abundant complex sphingolipid in S. pombe. Three proteins (Sur1p, Csg2p and Csh1p) have been shown to be involved in the synthesis of MIPC from IPC in S. cerevisiae. The S. pombe genome has three genes (SPAC2F3.01, SPCC4F11.04c and SPAC17G8.11c) that are homologues of SUR1, termed imt1(+), imt2(+) and imt3(+), respectively. To determine whether these genes function in MIPC synthesis in S. pombe, single and multiple gene disruptants were constructed. Single imt disruptants were found to be viable. MIPC was not detected and IPC levels were increased in the triple disruptant, indicating that the three SUR1 homologues are involved in the synthesis of MIPC. GFP-tagged Imt1p, Imt2p and Imt3p localized to Golgi apparatus membranes. The MIPC-deficient mutant exhibited pleiotropic phenotypes, including defects in cellular and vacuolar morphology, and in localization of ergosterols. MIPC seemed to be required for endocytosis of a plasma-membrane-localized amino acid transporter, because sorting of the transporter from the plasma membrane to the vacuole was severely impaired in the MIPC-deficient mutant grown under nitrogen-limiting conditions. These results suggest that MIPC has multiple functions not only in the maintenance of cell and vacuole morphology but also in vesicular trafficking in fission yeast.
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- Mai Nakase
- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Hakozaki 6-10-1, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
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Liu X, Zhang X, Zhang Z. Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase is required for cell wall structure and for tolerance to cell wall-perturbing agents in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FEBS Lett 2010; 584:1245-50. [PMID: 20176017 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2010.02.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2009] [Revised: 02/12/2010] [Accepted: 02/17/2010] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Here we report that deletion of SOD1, the Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is sensitive to cell wall-perturbing agents, such as Calcofluor white and Congo red. The sensitivity was restored by retransformation with wild type SOD1 or the addition of N-acetylcysteine or reduced glutathione to the medium. Additionally, the accumulation of reactive oxygen species was observed in sod1Delta mutant in the presence of Calcofluor white or Congo red. Cell wall analysis indicated an increase of cell wall chitin and cell wall thickness in sod1Delta mutant compared to wild type. These results indicate a novel direct connection between antioxidative functions and cell wall homeostasis.
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- Xiangyong Liu
- Department of Cell Biology, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, China.
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Growth inhibition of Saccharomyces cerevisiae by the plasmid-encoded trimeric (alphabetagamma) zymocin toxin from dairy yeast, Kluyveromyces lactis, depends on a multistep response pathway in budding yeast. Following early processes that mediate cell-surface contact by the chitinase alpha-subunit of zymocin, later steps enable import of the gamma-toxin tRNase subunit and cleavage of target tRNAs that carry modified U34 (wobble uridine) bases. With the emergence of zymocin-like toxins, continued zymocin research is expected to yield new insights into the evolution of yeast pathosystems and their lethal modes of action.
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Paluszynski JP, Klassen R, Meinhardt F. Pichia acaciae killer system: genetic analysis of toxin immunity. Appl Environ Microbiol 2007; 73:4373-8. [PMID: 17483256 PMCID: PMC1932769 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00271-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The gene responsible for self-protection in the Pichia acaciae killer plasmid system was identified by heterologous expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Resistance profiling and conditional toxin/immunity coexpression analysis revealed dose-independent protection by pPac1-2 ORF4 and intracellular interference with toxin function, suggesting toxin reinternalization in immune killer cells.
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- John P Paluszynski
- Institut für Molekulare Mikrobiologie und Biotechnologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstr 3, Münster, Germany
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Gutierrez ALS, Farage L, Melo MN, Mohana-Borges RS, Guerardel Y, Coddeville B, Wieruszeski JM, Mendonça-Previato L, Previato JO. Characterization of glycoinositolphosphoryl ceramide structure mutant strains of Cryptococcus neoformans. Glycobiology 2007; 17:1-11C. [PMID: 17369287 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwm030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In fungi, glycoinositolphosphoryl ceramide (GIPC) biosynthetic pathway produces essential molecules for growth, viability, and virulence. In previous studies, we demonstrated that the opportunistic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans synthesizes a complex family of xylose-(Xyl) branched GIPCs, all of which have not been previously reported in fungi. As an effort to understand the biosynthesis of these sphingolipids, we have now characterized the structures of GIPCs from C. neoformans wild-type (KN99alpha) and mutant strains that lack UDP-Xyl, by disruption of either UDP-glucose dehydrogenase (NE321) or UDP-glucuronic acid decarboxylase (NE178). The structures of GIPCs were determined by a combination of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, tandem mass spectrometry (MS), and gas chromatography-MS. The main and largest GIPC from wild-type strain was identified as an alpha-Manp(1 --> 6)alpha-Manp(1 --> 3)alpha-Manp[beta-Xylp(1 --> 2)]alpha-Manp(1 --> 4)beta-Galp(1 --> 6)alpha-Manp(1 --> 2) Ins-1-P-Ceramide, whereas the most abundant GIPC from both mutant strains was found to be an alpha-Manp(1 --> 3)alpha-Manp(1 --> 4)beta-Galp(1 --> 6)alpha-Manp(1 --> 2)Ins-1-P-Ceramide. The ceramide moieties of C. neoformans wild-type and mutant strains were composed of a C(18) phytosphingosine, which was N-acylated with 2-hydroxy tetra-, or hexacosanoic acid, and 2,3-dihydroxy-tetracosanoic acid. Our structural analysis results indicate that the C. neoformans mutant strains are unable to complete the assembly of the GIPC-oligosaccharide moiety due the absence of Xyl side chain.
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- Ana L S Gutierrez
- Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Cidade Universitária, 21944979, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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Uemura S, Kihara A, Iwaki S, Inokuchi JI, Igarashi Y. Regulation of the transport and protein levels of the inositol phosphorylceramide mannosyltransferases Csg1 and Csh1 by the Ca2+-binding protein Csg2. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:8613-21. [PMID: 17220303 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m606649200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Complex sphingolipids in yeast are known to function in cellular adaptation to environmental changes. One of the yeast complex sphingolipids, mannosylinositol phosphorylceramide (MIPC), is produced by the redundant inositol phosphorylceramide (IPC) mannosyltransferases Csg1 and Csh1. The Ca2+-binding protein Csg2 can form a complex with either Csg1 or Csh1 and is considered to act as a regulatory subunit. However, the role of Csg2 in MIPC synthesis has remained unclear. In this study, we found that Csg1 and Csh1 are N-glycosylated with core-type and mannan-type structures, respectively. Further identification of the glycosylated residues suggests that both Csg1 and Csh1 exhibit membrane topology with their C termini in the cytosol and their mannosyltransferase domains in the lumen. After complexing with Csg2, both Csg1 and Csh1 function in the Golgi, and then are delivered to the vacuole for degradation. However, uncomplexed Csh1 cannot exit from the endoplasmic reticulum. We also demonstrated that Ca2+ stimulates IPC-to-MIPC conversion, because of a Csg2-dependent increase in Csg1 levels. Thus, Csg2 has several regulatory functions for Csg1 and Csh1, including stability, transport, and gene expression.
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- Satoshi Uemura
- Division of Glycopathology, Institute of Molecular Biomembrane and Glycobiology, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University, 4-4-1, Komatsushima, Sendai, Miyagi 981-8558, Japan
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Jeske S, Meinhardt F, Klassen R. Extranuclear Inheritance: Virus-Like DNA-Elements in Yeast. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-36832-8_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/31/2023]
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Jablonowski D, Zink S, Mehlgarten C, Daum G, Schaffrath R. tRNAGlu wobble uridine methylation by Trm9 identifies Elongator's key role for zymocin-induced cell death in yeast. Mol Microbiol 2006; 59:677-88. [PMID: 16390459 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04972.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Zymocin-induced cell death in Saccharomyces cerevisiae requires the toxin-target (TOT) effector Elongator, a protein complex with functions in transcription, exocytosis and tRNA modification. In line with the latter, trm9Delta cells lacking a tRNA methylase specific for wobble uridine (U(34)) residues survive zymocin and in excess, the Trm9 substrate tRNA(Glu) copies zymocin protection of Elongator mutants. Phenotypes typical of a tot3/elp3Delta Elongator mutant are absent from trm9Delta cells but copied in a tot3Deltatrm9Delta double mutant suggesting that Elongator acts upstream of Trm9. Consistent with Elongator-dependent tRNA modification being more important to mRNA decoding than Trm9, SUP4 and SOE1TRNA suppressors are highly sensitive to loss of Elongator and tRNA U(34) hypomodification. As Trm9 overexpression counteracts the effect of high-copy tRNA(Glu), zymocin suppression by high-copy tRNA(Glu) may reflect tRNA hypomethylation of trm9Delta cells. Thus, Trm9 methylation may enable recognition of tRNA by zymocin, a notion supported by a dramatic reduction of tRNA(Glu) levels in zymocin-treated cells and by cytotoxic zymocin residues conserved between bacterial nucleases and a tRNA modifying GTPase. In sum, Trm9 is a bona fideTOT pathway component whose methylation may be hijacked by zymocin to target tRNA function and eventually, mRNA translation.
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- Daniel Jablonowski
- Biologicum, Institut für Genetik, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Weinbergweg 10, D-06120 Halle, Saale, Germany
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Klassen R, Jablonowski D, Stark MJR, Schaffrath R, Meinhardt F. Mating-type locus control of killer toxins fromKluyveromyces lactisandPichia acaciae. FEMS Yeast Res 2006; 6:404-13. [PMID: 16630280 DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2005.00006.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Killer-toxin complexes produced by Kluyveromyces lactis and Pichia acaciae inhibit cell proliferation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Analysis of their actions in haploid MATalpha cells revealed that introduction of the opposite mating-type locus (MATa) significantly suppressed antizymosis. Together with resistance expressed by MATa/MATalpha diploids, the reciprocal action of MATa or MATalpha in haploids of opposite mating types suggests that these killer toxins may be subject to MAT locus control. Congruently, derepressing the silent mating-type loci, HMR and HML, by removing individual components of the histone deacetylase complex Sir1-4, either by transposon-tagging or by chemically inactivating the histone deacetylase catalytic subunit Sir2, yields toxin resistance. Consistent with MAT control of toxin action, killer-toxin-insensitive S. cerevisiae mutants (kti) become mating-compromised despite resisting the toxins' cell-cycle effects. Mating inhibition largely depends on the time point of toxin application to the mating mixtures and is less pronounced in Elongator mutants, whose resistance to the toxins' cell-cycle effects is the result of toxin-target process deficiencies. In striking contrast, non-Elongator mutants defective in early-response events such as toxin import/activation hardly recover from toxin-induced mating inhibition. This study reveals a novel effect of yeast killer toxins on mating and sexual reproduction that is independent of their impact on cellular proliferation and cell-cycle progression.
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- Roland Klassen
- Institut für Molekulare Mikrobiologie und Biotechnologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany
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Current awareness on yeast. Yeast 2005; 22:1249-56. [PMID: 16320446 DOI: 10.1002/yea.1170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Zaremberg V, Gajate C, Cacharro LM, Mollinedo F, McMaster CR. Cytotoxicity of an Anti-cancer Lysophospholipid through Selective Modification of Lipid Raft Composition. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:38047-58. [PMID: 16155007 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m502849200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Edelfosine is a prototypical member of the alkylphosphocholine class of antitumor drugs. Saccharomyces cerevisiae was used to screen for genes that modulate edelfosine cytotoxicity and identified sterol and sphingolipid pathways as relevant regulators. Edelfosine addition to yeast resulted in the selective partitioning of the essential plasma membrane protein Pma1p out of lipid rafts. Microscopic analysis revealed that Pma1p moved from the plasma membrane to intracellular punctate regions and finally localized to the vacuole. Consistent with altered sterol and sphingolipid synthesis resulting in increased edelfosine sensitivity, mislocalization of Pma1p was preceded by the movement of sterols out of the plasma membrane. Cells with enfeebled endocytosis and vacuolar protease activities prevented edelfosine-mediated (i) mobilization of sterols, (ii) loss of Pma1p from lipid rafts, and (iii) cell death. The activities of proteins and signaling processes are meaningfully altered by changes in lipid raft biophysical properties. This study points to a novel mode of action for an anti-cancer drug through modification of plasma membrane lipid composition resulting in the displacement of an essential protein from lipid rafts.
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- Vanina Zaremberg
- Department of Pediatrics, Atlantic Research Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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