title: Msn2p/Msn4p act as a key transcriptional activator of yeast cytoplasmic thiol peroxidase II.
abstract: We observed that the transcription of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cytoplasmic thiol peroxidase type II (cTPx II) (YDR453C) is regulated in response to various stresses (e.g. oxidative stress, carbon starvation, and heat-shock). It has been suggested that both transcription-activating proteins, Yap1p and Skn7p, regulate the transcription of cTPx II upon exposure to oxidative stress. However, a dramatic loss of transcriptional response to various stresses in yeast mutant strains lacking both Msn2p and Msn4p suggests that the transcription factors act as a principal transcriptional activator. In addition to two Yap1p response elements (YREs), TTACTAA and TTAGTAA, the presence of two stress response elements (STREs) (CCCCT) in the upstream sequence of cTPx II also suggests that Msn2p/Msn4p could control stress-induced expression of cTPx II. Analysis of the transcriptional activity of site-directed mutagenesis of the putative STREs (STRE1 and STRE2) and YREs (TRE1 and YRE2) in terms of the activity of a lacZ reporter gene under control of the cTPx II promoter indicates that STRE2 acts as a principal binding element essential for transactivation of the cTPx II promoter. The transcriptional activity of the cTPx II promoter was exponentially increased after postdiauxic growth. The transcriptional activity of the cTPx II promoter is greatly increased by rapamycin. Deletion of Tor1, Tor2, Ras1, and Ras2 resulted in a considerable induction when compared with their parent strains, suggesting that the transcription of cTPx II is under negative control of the Ras/cAMP and target of rapamycin signaling pathways. Taken together, these results suggest that cTPx II is a target of Msn2p/Msn4p transcription factors under negative control of the Ras-protein kinase A and target of rapamycin signaling pathways. Furthermore, the accumulation of cTPx II upon exposure to oxidative stress and during the postdiauxic shift suggests an important antioxidant role in stationary phase yeast cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Paichai University, Taejon 302-735, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Seung-Keun
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Mee-Kyung
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Cha
authors.forename: Yong-Soo
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Won-Cheol
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Il-Han
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D054746:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Type II; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000201:enzymology*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D015536:Down-Regulation; D017353:Gene Deletion; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D010544:Peroxidases / Q000378:metabolism*; D054464:Peroxiredoxins; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011485:Protein Binding; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D015398:Signal Transduction; D020123:Sirolimus / Q000494:pharmacology; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D001616:beta-Galactosidase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C081935:MSN2 protein, S cerevisiae; C081937:MSN4 protein, S cerevisiae; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D010544:Peroxidases; D054464:Peroxiredoxins; D054746:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Type II; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D001616:beta-Galactosidase; D020123:Sirolimus