Project description:Samples GSM206658-GSM206693: Acquired Stress resistance in S. cerevisiae: NaCl primary and H2O2 secondary Transcriptional timecourses of yeast cells exposed to 0.7M NaCl alone, 0.5mM H2O2 alone, or 0.5mM H2O2 following 0.7M NaCl, all compared to an unstressed sample. Repeated using msn2∆ strain. Samples GSM291156-GSM291196: Transcriptional response to stress in strains lacking MSN2 and/or MSN4 Transcriptional timecourses of yeast cells (WT, msn2∆, msn4∆, or msn2∆msn4∆) exposed to 0.7M NaCl for 45 minutes or 30-37˚C Heat Shift for 15 min compared to an unstressed sample of the same strain. Keywords: Stress Response
Project description:mRNA amount (RA) and Transcription rate (TR) analysis of W303-1a (wt) and hog1 mutant yeast strains growing in exponential phase in YPD subjected to osmotic stress This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE13096: Transcription rate analysis of wild type strain subjected to osmotic stress GSE13097: mRNA amount analysis of wild type strain subjected to osmotic stress GSE13098: Transcription rate analysis of W303 hog1 mutant strain subjected to osmotic stress GSE13099: mRNA amount analysis of W303 hog1 mutant strain subjected to osmotic stress Refer to individual Series Transcriptomic and transcription rate analysis by means of GRO of three independent replicates the yeast strain growing in exponential phase. Each time point replicate has been hybridized on a different macroarray (F11-F24). A single DNA genomic hybridization from the same labeling reaction was done on the same microarrays for normalization.
Project description:Acquired stress resistance (ASR) enables organisms to prepare for environmental changes that occur after an initial stressor. However, the genetic basis for ASR and how the underlying network evolved remain poorly understood. In this study, we discovered that a short phosphate starvation induces oxidative stress response (OSR) genes in the pathogenic yeast C. glabrata and protects it against a severe H2O2 stress; the same treatment, however, provides little benefit in the low pathogenic-potential relative, S. cerevisiae. This ASR involves the same transcription factors (TFs) as the OSR, but with different combinatorial logics. We show that Target-of- Rapamycin Complex 1 (TORC1) is differentially inhibited by phosphate starvation in the two species and contributes to the ASR via its proximal effector, Sch9. Therefore, evolution of the phosphate starvation-induced ASR involves the rewiring of TORC1’s response to phosphate limitation and the repurposing of TF-target gene networks for the OSR using new regulatory logics.
Project description:We attempted to improve the resistance of taxadiene-producing yeast strain to oxidative stress to develop a more robust yeast cell factory for improved Taxol® drug oxyenated taxanes precursors production from taxadiene. To this end, we evolved a yeast strain on H2O2-containing defined growth medium, supplemented with galactose as carbon source to induce the heterologous taxadiene biosynthesis pathway genes in that strain. The oxidative stress re-induction effect on the expression profiles of the superior evolved yeast strain (E_LRS5) was then studied before (steady state I) and during its continous use (steady state II) in galactose-limited chemostats, in parallel with the parent strain (LRS5).
Project description:Organisms frequently experience environmental stresses that occur in predictable patterns and combinations. For wild Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast growing in natural environments, cells may experience high osmotic stress when they first enter broken fruit, followed by high ethanol levels during fermentation, and then finally high levels of oxidative stress resulting from respiration of ethanol. Yeast have adapted to these patterns by evolving sophisticated “cross protection” mechanisms, where mild ‘primary’ doses of one stress can enhance tolerance to severe doses of a different ‘secondary’ stress. For example, in many yeast strains, mild osmotic or mild ethanol stresses cross protect against severe oxidative stress, which likely reflects an anticipatory response important for high fitness in nature. During the course of genetic mapping studies to understand the mechanisms underlying natural variation in ethanol-induced cross protection against H2O2, we found that a key H2O2 scavenging enzyme, cytosolic catalase T (Ctt1p), was absolutely essential for cross protection in a wild oak strain, suggesting the absence of compensatory mechanisms for acquired H2O2 resistance under that condition. In this study, we found surprising heterogeneity across diverse yeast strains in whether CTT1 function was fully necessary for acquired H2O2 resistance. Some strains exhibited partial dispensability of CTT1 when ethanol and/or salt were used as mild stressors, suggesting that compensatory peroxidases may play a role in acquired stress resistance in certain genetic backgrounds. We leveraged global transcriptional responses to ethanol and salt stresses in strains with different levels of CTT1 dispensability, allowing us to identify possible regulators of these alternative peroxidases and acquired stress resistance in general. Ultimately, this study highlights how superficially similar traits can have different underlying molecular foundations and provides a framework for understanding the diversity and regulation of stress defense mechanisms.
Project description:High grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSC) is frequently characterized by homologous recombination (HR) DNA repair deficiency, and while most such tumors are sensitive to initial treatment, acquired resistance is common. We undertook a multi-omics approach to interrogate the molecular diversity in end-stage disease, using multiple autopsy samples collected from 15 women with HR-deficient HGSC. Patients had polyclonal disease, and several resistance mechanisms were identified within most patients, including reversion mutations and HR restoration by other means. We also observed frequent whole genome duplication, and global changes in immune composition with evidence of immune escape. This analysis highlights diverse evolutionary changes within HGSC that conspire to evade therapy and ultimately overwhelm individual patients.
Project description:Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast is a fungus presenting a peripheral organelle called the cell wall. The cell wall protects the yeast cell from stress and provides means for communication with the surrounding environment. It has a complex molecular structure, composed of an internal part of cross-linked polysaccharides and an external part of mannoproteins. These latter are very interesting owing to their functional properties, dependent of their molecular features with massive mannosylations. Therefore, the molecular characterization of mannoproteins is a must relying on the optimal isolation and preparation of the cell wall fraction. Multiple methods are well reported for yeast cell wall isolation. The most ap-plied one consists of yeast cell lysis by mechanical disruption. However, applying this classical approach to S288C yeast cells showed a considerable contamination with non-cell wall proteins, mainly comprising mitochondrial proteins. Here-in, we tried to further purify the yeast cell wall preparation by two means: ultracentrifugation and Triton X-100 addition. While the first strategy showed limited outcomes in mitochondrial proteins removal, the second strategy showed optimal results when Triton X-100 was added at 5%, allowing the identification of more mannoproteins and enriching significant-ly their amounts. This promising method could be reliably implemented in lab-scale and industrial processes for “pure” cell wall isolation.
Project description:High grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSC) is frequently characterized by homologous recombination (HR) DNA repair deficiency, and while most such tumors are sensitive to initial treatment, acquired resistance is common. We undertook a multi-omics approach to interrogate the molecular diversity in end-stage disease, using multiple autopsy samples collected from 15 women with HR-deficient HGSC. Patients had polyclonal disease, and several resistance mechanisms were identified within most patients, including reversion mutations and HR restoration by other means. We also observed frequent whole genome duplication, and global changes in immune composition with evidence of immune escape. This analysis highlights diverse evolutionary changes within HGSC that conspire to evade therapy and ultimately overwhelm individual patients. Methylation profiling was done on 29 end stage high grade serous ovarian cancer samples. 38 primary tumours, 6 autopsy tumours and 7 fallopian tube normals from GSE65820 were also used as part of the cohort.