Mtl1 is required to activate general stress response through Tor1 and Ras2 inhibition under conditions of glucose starvation and oxidative stress.
Mtl1 is a member of the cell wall integrity (CWI) pathway of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which functions as a cell wall sensor for oxidative stress. Genome-wide transcriptional analysis revealed a cluster of genes that were down-regulated in the absence of Mtl1. Many of these genes were potentially regulated by the general stress response factor Msn2/Msn4. In response to rapamycin, caffeine, glucose starvation and oxidative stress provoked by H(2)O(2), mtl1 presents a significant loss of viability as well as a deficiency in the transcriptional response mediated by Msn2/Msn4. The Mtl1 function was required (i) to induce ribosomal gene repression, (ii) to induce the general stress response driven by the transcription factor Msn2/Msn4, and (iii) to activate the CWI pathway in response to both glucose starvation and oxidative stress. We also detected higher cAMP levels in the mtl1 mutant than in wild type cells indicative of up-regulated RAS2-PKA activity. Disruption of TOR1, disruption of RAS2, or hyperactivation of Rho1 restored both the viability and the transcriptional function (both ribosomal and Msn2/Msn4-dependent gene expression) in the mtl1 mutant to almost wild type levels when cells were starved of glucose or stressed with H(2)O(2). Taking our results together, we propose an essential role for Mtl1 in signaling oxidative stress and quiescence to the CWI pathway and to the general stress response through Rho1 and the inhibition of either the TOR1 or RAS2 functions. These mechanisms would be required to allow cells to adapt to both oxidative and nutritional stresses.
Petkova
Mima Ivanova
MI
Departament de Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques-IRBLleida, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Lleida, Lleida 25008, Spain.
Pujol-Carrion
Nuria
N
Arroyo
Javier
J
García-Cantalejo
Jesús
J
Angeles de la Torre-Ruiz
Maria
M
D002473:Cell Wall / Q000378:metabolism; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D020935:MAP Kinase Signaling System; D008954:Models, Biological; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D018631:ras Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D020741:rho GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
D004247:DNA; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D005947:Glucose; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D018631:ras Proteins; D020741:rho GTP-Binding Proteins; C101654:Mtl-1 protein, Cryptococcus neoformans; C550933:Mtl1 protein, S cerevisiae; C083324:TOR1 protein, S cerevisiae; C489015:RAS2 protein, S cerevisiae; C051302:RHO1 protein, S cerevisiae
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