Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10800954 | Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects | 2008 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Cell growth in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae depends on polarization of the actin cytoskeleton. In this study, we investigated how the cell regulates the distribution of actin in response to low pH conditions, focusing on the role of mitogen-activated protein kinases, Hog1 and Slt2. Changing the extracellular pH from 6.0 to 3.0 caused a transient depolarization of the actin cytoskeleton. Actin cables were no longer visible, and actin patches appeared randomly distributed after 30Â min at pH 3.0. The deletion strain hog1Î did not show this low-pH phenotype, suggesting that Hog1 is involved in depolarization of the actin cytoskeleton in response to low-pH stress. Yeast cells incubated at pH 3.0 also showed markedly increased endocytosis compared with the control at neutral pH, as indicated by the uptake of Lucifer Yellow (LY). Both the hog1Î and slt2Î mutants took up LY into the vacuole to a similar extent as the wild-type strain. In addition, cells grown at pH 3.0 showed a 2-fold increase in phosphatidylinositol (4,5)-bisphosphate (PI(4,5)P2) levels, as did the hog1Î or slt2Î cells. Efficient uptake of LY and actin repolarization at pH 3.0 might therefore require activation of PI(4,5)P2 synthesis.
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Authors
M. Motizuki, S. Yokota, K. Tsurugi,