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Nuckolls NL, Nidamangala Srinivasa A, Mok AC, Helston RM, Bravo Núñez MA, Lange JJ, Gallagher TJ, Seidel CW, Zanders SE. S. pombe wtf drivers use dual transcriptional regulation and selective protein exclusion from spores to cause meiotic drive. PLoS Genet 2022; 18:e1009847. [PMID: 36477651 PMCID: PMC9762604 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2021] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Meiotic drivers bias gametogenesis to ensure their transmission into more than half the offspring of a heterozygote. In Schizosaccharomyces pombe, wtf meiotic drivers destroy the meiotic products (spores) that do not inherit the driver from a heterozygote, thereby reducing fertility. wtf drivers encode both a Wtfpoison protein and a Wtfantidote protein using alternative transcriptional start sites. Here, we analyze how the expression and localization of the Wtf proteins are regulated to achieve drive. We show that transcriptional timing and selective protein exclusion from developing spores ensure that all spores are exposed to Wtf4poison, but only the spores that inherit wtf4 receive a dose of Wtf4antidote sufficient for survival. In addition, we show that the Mei4 transcription factor, a master regulator of meiosis, controls the expression of the wtf4poison transcript. This transcriptional regulation, which includes the use of a critical meiotic transcription factor, likely complicates the universal suppression of wtf genes without concomitantly disrupting spore viability. We propose that these features contribute to the evolutionary success of the wtf drivers.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nicole L. Nuckolls
- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
- University of Missouri—Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America
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López Hernández JF, Helston RM, Lange JJ, Billmyre RB, Schaffner SH, Eickbush MT, McCroskey S, Zanders SE. Diverse mating phenotypes impact the spread of wtf meiotic drivers in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. eLife 2021; 10:e70812. [PMID: 34895466 PMCID: PMC8789285 DOI: 10.7554/elife.70812] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Meiotic drivers are genetic elements that break Mendel's law of segregation to be transmitted into more than half of the offspring produced by a heterozygote. The success of a driver relies on outcrossing (mating between individuals from distinct lineages) because drivers gain their advantage in heterozygotes. It is, therefore, curious that Schizosaccharomyces pombe, a species reported to rarely outcross, harbors many meiotic drivers. To address this paradox, we measured mating phenotypes in S. pombe natural isolates. We found that the propensity for cells from distinct clonal lineages to mate varies between natural isolates and can be affected both by cell density and by the available sexual partners. Additionally, we found that the observed levels of preferential mating between cells from the same clonal lineage can slow, but not prevent, the spread of a wtf meiotic driver in the absence of additional fitness costs linked to the driver. These analyses reveal parameters critical to understanding the evolution of S. pombe and help explain the success of meiotic drivers in this species.
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- Stowers Institute for Medical ResearchKansas CityUnited States
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- Stowers Institute for Medical ResearchKansas CityUnited States
- Kenyon CollegeGambierUnited States
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- Stowers Institute for Medical ResearchKansas CityUnited States
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- Stowers Institute for Medical ResearchKansas CityUnited States
- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical CenterKansas CityUnited States
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Kannan R, Helston RM, Dannebaum RO, Baumann P. Diverse mechanisms for spliceosome-mediated 3' end processing of telomerase RNA. Nat Commun 2015; 6:6104. [PMID: 25598145 PMCID: PMC4299874 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [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] [Received: 06/29/2014] [Accepted: 12/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The 3′ end of Schizosaccharomyces pombe telomerase RNA (SpTER1) is generated by spliceosomal cleavage, a reaction that corresponds to the first step of splicing. The observation that the spliceosome functions in 3′ end processing raised questions about the evolutionary origin and conservation of this mechanism. We now present data in support of spliceosomes generating 3′ ends of telomerase RNAs in other fungi. Strikingly, the mechanistic basis for restricting spliceosomal splicing to the first transesterification reaction differs substantially among species. Unlike S. pombe, two other fission yeasts rely on hyperstabilization of the U6 snRNA—5′ splice site interaction to impede the 2nd step of splicing. In contrast, a non-canonical 5′ splice site blocks the second transesterification reaction in Aspergillus species. These results demonstrate a conserved role for spliceosomes functioning in 3′ end processing. Divergent mechanisms of uncoupling the two steps of splicing argue for multiple origins of this pathway. In fission yeast, the telomerase RNA (TER) is produced through spliceosomal cleavage. Here, Kannan et al. find that spliceosome-generated 3′ ends also occurs in other fungal TERs using distinct molecular mechanisms, suggesting multiple origins for this type of TER maturation pathway.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ram Kannan
- 1] Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri 64110, USA [2] Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas 66160, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri 64110, USA
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- 1] Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri 64110, USA [2] Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas 66160, USA [3] Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Kansas City, Missouri 64110, USA
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The genus Schizosaccharomyces is presently comprised of three species, namely Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Schizosaccharomyces octosporus and Schizosaccharomyces japonicus. Here, we describe a hitherto unknown species, Schizosaccharomyces cryophilus, named for its preference for growth at lower temperatures than the other fission yeast species. Although morphologically similar to S. octosporus, analysis of several rapidly evolving sequences, including the D1/D2 divergent domain of the large subunit (LSU) rRNA gene, the RNA subunit of RNAse P and the internal transcribed spacer elements, revealed significant divergence from any previously characterized Schizosaccharomyces strain. Based on phylogenetic analysis of the D1/D2 domain of the LSU rRNA gene, S. octosporus is the closest known relative of S. cryophilus, with the sequences of the two species differing by 25 nucleotide substitutions (>4%). Sequencing of the S. cryophilus genome and phylogenetic analysis of all 1 : 1 protein orthologs confirmed this observation, and together with morphological and physiological characterization, supports the assignment of S. cryophilus as a new species within the genus Schizosaccharomyces. The type strain of the new species is NRRL Y-48691(T) (=NBRC 106824(T)=CBS 11777(T)).
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MESH Headings
- Cluster Analysis
- Cold Temperature
- DNA, Fungal/chemistry
- DNA, Fungal/genetics
- DNA, Ribosomal/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/genetics
- Fungal Proteins/genetics
- Genes, rRNA
- Genome, Fungal
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Fungal/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- Ribonuclease P/genetics
- Schizosaccharomyces/classification
- Schizosaccharomyces/cytology
- Schizosaccharomyces/genetics
- Schizosaccharomyces/physiology
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
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Affiliation(s)
- Rachel M. Helston
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO 64110, U.S.A
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO 64110, U.S.A
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO 64110, U.S.A
- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, U.S.A
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO 64110, U.S.A
- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, U.S.A
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Smith A, Rish KR, Lovelace R, Hackney JF, Helston RM. Role for copper in the cellular and regulatory effects of heme-hemopexin. Biometals 2008; 22:421-37. [DOI: 10.1007/s10534-008-9178-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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: 05/15/2008] [Accepted: 11/04/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Helston RM, Phillips SR, McKay JA, Jackson KA, Mathers JC, Ford D. Zinc Transporters in the Mouse Placenta Show a Coordinated Regulatory Response to Changes in Dietary Zinc Intake. Placenta 2007; 28:437-44. [PMID: 16914197 DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2006.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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: 09/09/2005] [Revised: 06/08/2006] [Accepted: 07/03/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
The aim of the study was to determine if the expression of zinc transporters in the mouse placenta is regulated by dietary zinc, commensurate with regulating the supply of zinc to the fetus. Mice were fed diets differing only in the concentration of zinc (moderately zinc-restricted (ZnR)--15 mg Zn/kg; zinc-adequate (ZnA)--50 mg Zn/kg; zinc-supplemented (ZnS)--150 mg Zn/kg) from the onset of pregnancy until collection of tissue at day 17. Compared with mice fed the other diets, fetal weight was reduced in the ZnR group and total non-embryonic weight gain was reduced in mice fed the ZnS diet. Transcript levels of metallothionein and the zinc transporters ZnT1, ZnT4 and ZIP1 were reduced in the placenta of mice fed both the ZnR and ZnS diets compared with mice fed the ZnA diet. Placental ZnT7 and fetal liver metallothionein transcript levels did not differ significantly between mice fed the three diets and placental ZnT5 was reduced in mice fed the ZnS compared with the ZnA diet but did not differ significantly between the ZnA and ZnR diets. The pattern of mRNA expression in placenta was reflected at the protein level for ZnT1. Levels of ZnT5 protein were also highest in mice fed the ZnA diet. Both ZnT1 and ZnT5 were detected in the human villous syncytiotrophoblast by immunohistochemistry. The data indicate that the expression of zinc transporters in mouse placenta is responsive to dietary zinc supply but this modulation of expression is insufficient to maintain optimum fetal nutrition at even a modest level of dietary zinc restriction.
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- R M Helston
- Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Human Nutrition Research Centre, University of Newcastle, Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK
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Jackson KA, Helston RM, McKay JA, O'Neill ED, Mathers JC, Ford D. Splice Variants of the Human Zinc Transporter ZnT5 (SLC30A5) Are Differentially Localized and Regulated by Zinc through Transcription and mRNA Stability. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:10423-31. [PMID: 17234632 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m610535200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Maintenance of cellular zinc homeostasis includes regulating the expression of cell membrane zinc transporters. Knowledge about the mechanisms underlying changes in mammalian zinc transporter mRNA abundance is poor. We demonstrated that when expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells as N-terminal fusions to green fluorescent protein, two splice variants of ZnT5 adopt different subcellular locations (either in the Golgi apparatus or throughout the cell, including at the plasma membrane) indicating discrete roles in cellular zinc homeostasis. We demonstrated, using a beta-galactosidase reporter gene, that both splice variants were expressed from a promoter region that was transcriptionally repressed by increased extracellular zinc (150 microM compared with 3 mum; approximately 40%) and by extracellular zinc depletion, using the chelator N,N,N',N'-tetrakis(2-pyridylmethyl) ethylenediamine ( approximately 20%). We mapped the zinc-responsive element to the region -154 to +50, relative to the predicted start of transcription, and showed that a consensus metal response element sequence (-410 to -404) was not responsible for these effects. Changes in ZnT5 mRNA abundance in Caco-2 cells at different zinc concentrations were in parallel to the changes in promoter activity ( approximately 40% reduction at 150 microM zinc) but in the presence of actinomycin D, to prevent transcription, we observed a marked stabilization (1.7-2-fold accumulation over 24 h) of ZnT5 mRNA. We conclude that effects of zinc on ZnT5 transcription and mRNA stability act in opposition to balance mRNA abundance for cellular zinc homeostasis. To our knowledge, this is the first report that zinc affects the stability of a transcript with a direct role in cellular zinc homeostasis.
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- Kelly A Jackson
- Human Nutrition Research Centre, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4NN, United Kingdom
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