NR AYAG
AU Byrne,L.J.; Cox,B.S.; Cole,D.J.; Ridout,M.S.; Morgan,B.J.; Tuite,M.F.
TI Cell division is essential for elimination of the yeast [PSI+] prion by guanidine hydrochloride
QU Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2007 Jul 10; 104(28): 11688-93
PT comparative study; journal article; research support, non-u.s. gov't
AB Guanidine hydrochloride (Gdn.HCl) blocks the propagation of yeast prions by inhibiting Hsp104, a molecular chaperone that is absolutely required for yeast prion propagation. We had previously proposed that ongoing cell division is required for Gdn.HCl-induced loss of the [PSI+] prion. Subsequently, Wu et al.[Wu Y, Greene LE, Masison DC, Eisenberg E (2005) Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 102:12789-12794] claimed to show that Gdn.HCl can eliminate the [PSI+] prion from alpha-factor-arrested cells leading them to propose that in Gdn.HCl-treated cells the prion aggregates are degraded by an Hsp104-independent mechanism. Here we demonstrate that the results of Wu et al. can be explained by an unusually high rate of alpha-factor-induced cell death in the [PSI+] strain (780-1D) used in their studies. What appeared to be no growth in their experiments was actually no increase in total cell number in a dividing culture through a counterbalancing level of cell death. Using media-exchange experiments, we provide further support for our original proposal that elimination of the [PSI+] prion by Gdn.HCl requires ongoing cell division and that prions are not destroyed during or after the evident curing phase.
MH Cell Division/*physiology; Guanidine/*pharmacology; Models, Biological; Peptides/physiology; Prions/*drug effects; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/*cytology/*drug effects/physiology
AD Protein Science Group, Department of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NJ, United Kingdom.
SP englisch
PO USA