title: Recovery from rapamycin: drug-insensitive activity of yeast target of rapamycin complex 1 (TORC1) supports residual proliferation that dilutes rapamycin among progeny cells.
abstract: The target of rapamycin complex 1 (TORC1) is a key conserved regulator of eukaryotic cell growth. The xenobiotic rapamycin is a potent inhibitor of the yeast complex. Surprisingly, the EGO complex, a nonessential in vivo activator of TORC1, is somehow required for yeast cells to recover efficiently from a period of treatment with rapamycin. Why? Here, we found that rapamycin is only a partial inhibitor of TORC1. We confirmed that saturating amounts of rapamycin do not fully inhibit proliferation of wild-type cells, and we found that the residual proliferation in the presence of the drug is dependent on the EGO complex and on the activity of TORC1. We found that this residual TORC1-dependent proliferation is key to recovery from rapamycin treatment. First, the residual proliferation rate correlates with the ability of cells to recover from treatment. Second, the residual proliferation rate persists long after washout of the drug and until cells recover. Third, the total observable pool of cell-associated rapamycin is extremely stable and decreases only with increasing cell number after washout of the drug. Finally, consideration of the residual proliferation rate alone accurately and quantitatively accounts for the kinetics of recovery of wild-type cells and for the nature and severity of the ego- mutant defect. Overall, our results revealed that rapamycin is a partial inhibitor of yeast TORC1, that persistence of the drug limits recovery, and that rapamycin is not detoxified by yeast but is passively diluted among progeny cells because of residual proliferation.
authors.affiliation: School of Life Sciences, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ and.
authors.forename: Stephanie K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.affiliation: Glasgow Polyomics, Translational Cancer Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G61 1QH, Scotland, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Karl E V
authors.initials: KEV
authors.lastname: Burgess
authors.affiliation: School of Life Sciences, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ and. Electronic address: Joseph.Gray@glasgow.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Joseph V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Gray
mesh_terms: D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002110:Caffeine / Q000494:pharmacology; D025141:Drug Resistance, Fungal; D055786:Gene Knockout Techniques; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D020123:Sirolimus / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; C501979:MEH1 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C561842:TORC1 protein complex, S cerevisiae; D014157:Transcription Factors; D002110:Caffeine; D020123:Sirolimus
keywords: Cell Signaling; Drug Metabolism; EGO Complex; Enzyme Inhibitor; Proliferation-dependent Dilution; Rapamycin; Rapamycin-insensitive Function; TOR Complex (TORC); Yeast
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