Conditional osmotic stress in yeast:a system to study transport through aquaglyceroporins and osmostress signaling

Abstract

The accumulation and transport of solutes are hallmarks of osmoadaptation. In this study we have employed the inability of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae gpd1Δ gpd2Δ mutant both to produce glycerol and to adapt to high osmolarity to study solute transport through aquaglyceroporins and the control of osmostress-induced signaling. High levels of different polyols, including glycerol, inhibited growth of the gpd1Δ gpd2Δ mutant. This growth inhibition was suppressed by expression of the hyperactive allele Fps1-AΔ of the osmogated yeast aquaglyceroporin, Fps1. The degree of suppression correlated with the relative rate of transport of the different polyols tested. Transport studies in secretory vesicles confirmed that Fps1-Δ1 transports polyols at increased rates compared with wild type Fps1. Importantly, wild type Fps1 and Fps1-Δ1 showed similarly low permeability for water. The growth defect on polyols in the gpd1Δ gpd2Δ mutant was also suppressed by expression of a heterologous aquaglyceroporin, rat AQP9. We surmised that this suppression was due to polyol influx, causing the cells to passively adapt to the stress. Indeed, when aquaglyceroporin-expressing gpd1Δ gpd2Δ mutants were treated with glycerol, xylitol, or sorbitol, the osmosensing HOG pathway was activated, and the period of activation correlated with the apparent rate of polyol uptake. This observation supports the notion that deactivation of the HOG pathway is closely coupled to osmotic adaptation. Taken together, our "conditional" osmotic stress system facilitates studies on aquaglyceroporin function and reveals features of the osmosensing and signaling system. © 2005 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M413210200
Divisions: College of Health & Life Sciences
College of Health & Life Sciences > School of Biosciences > Cellular and Molecular Biomedicine
College of Health & Life Sciences > School of Biosciences
Additional Information: © 2005 The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.
Uncontrolled Keywords: biological transport,kinetics,mutation,osmotic pressure,porins,saccharomyces cerevisiae,signal transduction,sugar alcohols,Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
Publication ISSN: 1083-351X
Last Modified: 05 Feb 2024 08:11
Date Deposited: 14 Jul 2014 14:40
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2005-02-25
Published Online Date: 2004-12-17
Authors: Karlgren, Sara
Pettersson, Nina
Nordlander, Bodil
Mathai, John C.
Brodsky, Jeffrey L.
Zeidel, Mark L.
Bill, Roslyn M. (ORCID Profile 0000-0003-1331-0852)
Hohmann, Stefan

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