title: Hydroquinone, a benzene metabolite, induces Hog1-dependent stress response signaling and causes aneuploidy in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: Previously, we have shown that phenyl hydroquinone, a hepatic metabolite of the Ames test-negative carcinogen o-phenylphenol, efficiently induced aneuploidy in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by arresting the cell cycle at the G2/M transition as a result of the activation of the Hog1 (p38 MAPK homolog)-Swe1 (Wee1 homolog) pathway. In this experiment, we examined the aneuploidy forming effects of hydroquinone, a benzene metabolite, since both phenyl hydroquinone and hydroquinone are Ames-test negative carcinogens and share similar molecular structures. As was seen in phenyl hydroquinone, hydroquinone induced aneuploidy in yeast by delaying the cell cycle at the G2/M transition. Deficiencies in SWE1 and HOG1 abolished the hydroquinone-induced delay at the G2/M transition and aneuploidy formation. Furthermore, Hog1 was phosphorylated by hydroquinone, which may stabilize Swe1. These data indicate that the hydroquinone-induced G2/M transition checkpoint, which is activated by the Hog1-Swe1 pathway, plays a role in the formation of aneuploidy.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: Takeki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shiga
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Ayumi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D000782:Aneuploidy; D001554:Benzene / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D064447:Checkpoint Kinase 2; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D006873:Hydroquinones / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity*; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D009153:Mutagens / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects; D013312:Stress, Physiological
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D006873:Hydroquinones; D009153:Mutagens; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C099685:SWE1 protein, S cerevisiae; D064447:Checkpoint Kinase 2; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; C088589:HOG1 protein, S cerevisiae; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; C067022:RAD53 protein, S cerevisiae; D001554:Benzene; C031927:hydroquinone