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Presence of the Fps1p aquaglyceroporin channel is essential for Hog1p activation, but suppresses Slt2(Mpk1)p activation, with acetic acid stress of yeast

Mehdi Mollapour

Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK

When grown at pH 4.5, Saccharomyces cerevisiae acquires a resistance to inhibitory acetic acid levels (0.1 M) by destabilizing Fps1p, the plasma membrane aquaglyceroporin that provides the main route for passive diffusional entry of this acid into the cell. Acetic acid stress transiently activates Hog1p mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase, which, in turn, phosphorylates Fps1p in order to target this channel for endocytosis and degradation in the vacuole. This activation of Hog1p is abolished with the loss of Fps1p, but is more sustained when cells express an open Fps1p channel refractory to destabilization. At neutral pH, much higher levels of acetate (0.5 M) are needed to inhibit growth. Under such conditions, the loss of Fps1p does not abolish, but merely slows, the activation of Hog1p. Acetate stress also activates the Slt2(Mpk1)p cell integrity MAP kinase, possibly by causing inhibition of glucan synthase activity. In pH 4.5 cultures, this acetate activation of Slt2p is strongly enhanced by the loss of Fps1p and is dependent upon the cell surface sensor Wsc1p. Lack of Fps1p therefore exerts opposing effects on the activation of Hog1p and Slt2p in yeast exposed to acetic acid stress.

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Peter W. Piper
peter.piper{at}sheffield.ac.uk

Present address: Urologic Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute/NIH, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892-1107, USA.