Dataset Information

Fission Yeast CSL Transcription Factors: Mapping Their Target Genes and Biological Roles.

ABSTRACT: Cbf11 and Cbf12, the fission yeast CSL transcription factors, have been implicated in the regulation of cell-cycle progression, but no specific roles have been described and their target genes have been only partially mapped.Using a combination of transcriptome profiling under various conditions and genome-wide analysis of CSL-DNA interactions, we identify genes regulated directly and indirectly by CSL proteins in fission yeast. We show that the expression of stress-response genes and genes that are expressed periodically during the cell cycle is deregulated upon genetic manipulation of cbf11 and/or cbf12. Accordingly, the coordination of mitosis and cytokinesis is perturbed in cells with genetically manipulated CSL protein levels, together with other specific defects in cell-cycle progression. Cbf11 activity is nutrient-dependent and ?cbf11-associated defects are mitigated by inactivation of the protein kinase A (Pka1) and stress-activated MAP kinase (Sty1p38) pathways. Furthermore, Cbf11 directly regulates a set of lipid metabolism genes and ?cbf11 cells feature a stark decrease in the number of storage lipid droplets.Our results provide a framework for a more detailed understanding of the role of CSL proteins in the regulation of cell-cycle progression in fission yeast.

SUBMITTER: Prevorovsky M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4569565 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

ACCESS DATA

Publications

Fission Yeast CSL Transcription Factors: Mapping Their Target Genes and Biological Roles.

Převorovský Martin M Oravcová Martina M Tvarůžková Jarmila J Zach Róbert R Folk Petr P Půta František F Bähler Jürg J

PloS one 20150914 9

<h4>Background</h4>Cbf11 and Cbf12, the fission yeast CSL transcription factors, have been implicated in the regulation of cell-cycle progression, but no specific roles have been described and their target genes have been only partially mapped.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>Using a combination of transcriptome profiling under various conditions and genome-wide analysis of CSL-DNA interactions, we identify genes regulated directly and indirectly by CSL proteins in fission yeast. We show t ...[more]

PMID: 26366556

Similar Datasets

Project description:In Schizosaccharomyces pombe, systematic analyses of single transcription factor deletion or overexpression strains have made substantial advances in determining the biological roles and target genes of transcription factors, yet these characteristics are still relatively unknown for over a quarter of them. Moreover, the comprehensive list of proteins that regulate transcription factors remains incomplete. To further characterize Schizosaccharomyces pombe transcription factors, we performed synthetic sick/lethality and synthetic dosage lethality screens by synthetic genetic array. Examination of 2,672 transcription factor double deletion strains revealed a sick/lethality interaction frequency of 1.72%. Phenotypic analysis of these sick/lethality strains revealed potential cell cycle roles for several poorly characterized transcription factors, including SPBC56F2.05, SPCC320.03, and SPAC3C7.04. In addition, we examined synthetic dosage lethality interactions between 14 transcription factors and a miniarray of 279 deletion strains, observing a synthetic dosage lethality frequency of 4.99%, which consisted of known and novel transcription factor regulators. The miniarray contained deletions of genes that encode primarily posttranslational-modifying enzymes to identify putative upstream regulators of the transcription factor query strains. We discovered that ubiquitin ligase Ubr1 and its E2/E3-interacting protein, Mub1, degrade the glucose-responsive transcriptional repressor Scr1. Loss of ubr1+ or mub1+ increased Scr1 protein expression, which resulted in enhanced repression of flocculation through Scr1. The synthetic dosage lethality screen also captured interactions between Scr1 and 2 of its known repressors, Sds23 and Amk2, each affecting flocculation through Scr1 by influencing its nuclear localization. Our study demonstrates that sick/lethality and synthetic dosage lethality screens can be effective in uncovering novel functions and regulators of Schizosaccharomyces pombe transcription factors.

Dataset Information

Fission Yeast CSL Transcription Factors: Mapping Their Target Genes and Biological Roles.

Publications

Fission Yeast CSL Transcription Factors: Mapping Their Target Genes and Biological Roles.

Similar Datasets

OmicsDI is part of the ELIXIR infrastructure

Tweets