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Yeast adaptive response to acetic acid stress involves structural alterations and increased stiffness of the cell wall.


ABSTRACT: This work describes a coordinate and comprehensive view on the time course of the alterations occurring at the level of the cell wall during adaptation of a yeast cell population to sudden exposure to a sub-lethal stress induced by acetic acid. Acetic acid is a major inhibitory compound in industrial bioprocesses and a widely used preservative in foods and beverages. Results indicate that yeast cell wall resistance to lyticase activity increases during acetic acid-induced growth latency, corresponding to yeast population adaptation to sudden exposure to this stress. This response correlates with: (i) increased cell stiffness, assessed by atomic force microscopy (AFM); (ii) increased content of cell wall β-glucans, assessed by fluorescence microscopy, and (iii) slight increase of the transcription level of the GAS1 gene encoding a β-1,3-glucanosyltransferase that leads to elongation of (1→3)-β-D-glucan chains. Collectively, results reinforce the notion that the adaptive yeast response to acetic acid stress involves a coordinate alteration of the cell wall at the biophysical and molecular levels. These alterations guarantee a robust adaptive response essential to limit the futile cycle associated to the re-entry of the toxic acid form after the active expulsion of acetate from the cell interior.

SUBMITTER: Ribeiro RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8209030 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Yeast adaptive response to acetic acid stress involves structural alterations and increased stiffness of the cell wall.

Ribeiro Ricardo A RA   Vitorino Miguel V MV   Godinho Cláudia P CP   Bourbon-Melo Nuno N   Robalo Tiago T TT   Fernandes Fábio F   Rodrigues Mário S MS   Sá-Correia Isabel I  

Scientific reports 20210616 1


This work describes a coordinate and comprehensive view on the time course of the alterations occurring at the level of the cell wall during adaptation of a yeast cell population to sudden exposure to a sub-lethal stress induced by acetic acid. Acetic acid is a major inhibitory compound in industrial bioprocesses and a widely used preservative in foods and beverages. Results indicate that yeast cell wall resistance to lyticase activity increases during acetic acid-induced growth latency, corresp  ...[more]

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