Hauptmann, Peter and Riel, Constanze and Kunz-Schughart, Leoni A. and Froehlich, Kai-Uwe and Madeo, Frank and Lehle, Ludwig (2006) Defects in N-glycosylation induce apoptosis in yeast. MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY, 59 (3). pp. 765-778. ISSN 0950-382X, 1365-2958
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N-glycosylation in the endoplasmic reticulum is an essential protein modification and highly conserved in evolution from yeast to man. Defects of N-glycosylation in humans lead to congenital disorders. The pivotal step of this pathway is the transfer of the evolutionarily conserved lipid-linked core-oligosaccharide to the nascent polypeptide chain, catalysed by the oligosaccharyltransferase. One of its nine subunits, Ost2, has homology to DAD1, originally characterized in hamster cells as a defender against apoptotic death. Here we show that ost mutants, such as ost2 and wbp1-1, display morphological and biochemical features of apoptosis upon induction of the glycosylation defect. We observe nuclear condensation, DNA fragmentation as well as externalization of phosphatidylserine. We also demonstrate induction of caspase-like activity, both determined by flow cytometric analysis and in cell-free extracts. Similarly, the N-glycosylation inhibitor tunicamycin in combination with elevated temperature is able to challenge the apoptotic cascade. Heterologous expression of anti-apoptotic human Bcl-2 diminishes caspase activation, improves survival of cells and suppresses the temperature-sensitive growth defect of wbp1-1. Furthermore, accumulation of reactive oxygen species occurs in response to defective glycosylation. As deletion of the metacaspase YCA1 does not seem to abrogate glycosylation-induced apoptosis, we postulate a different proteolytic process to be involved in this death pathway.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ENDOPLASMIC-RETICULUM STRESS; PROGRAMMED CELL-DEATH; SACCHAROMYCES-CEREVISIAE; LINKED GLYCOSYLATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SERINE-PROTEASE; REGULATES APOPTOSIS; CYTOCHROME-C; BCL-2 FAMILY; DNA-DAMAGE; |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 580 Botanical sciences 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Pathologie Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften > Lehrstuhl für Zellbiologie und Pflanzenphysiologie (Prof. Dr. Klaus Grasser) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Feb 2021 09:54 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Feb 2021 09:54 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/35009 |
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