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. 2020 Dec;37(12):647-657.
doi: 10.1002/yea.3527. Epub 2020 Nov 8.

UPC2 gene deletion modifies sterol homeostasis and susceptibility to metabolic inhibitors in Kluyveromyces lactis

Nora Toth Hervay  1 , Alexandra Bencova  1 , Martin Valachovic  2 , Marcela Morvova  3 , Yvetta Gbelska  1
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UPC2 gene deletion modifies sterol homeostasis and susceptibility to metabolic inhibitors in Kluyveromyces lactis

Nora Toth Hervay et al. Yeast. 2020 Dec.

Abstract

Kluyveromyces lactis Upc2p is an ortholog of Upc2p/Ecm22p transcription factors involved in regulation of sterol import and sterol homeostasis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In this work, we investigated the role of Upc2p in K. lactis. The absence of KlUpc2p significantly reduced the tolerance of mutant cells to antifungal azoles and Li+ cations. Reduced expression of genes from the late ergosterol pathway results in a decreased ergosterol content and altered plasma membrane-associated functions in Klupc2 mutant cells-the plasma membrane is hyperpolarized, and its fluidity is reduced. KlUpc2p contributes to transcriptional upregulation of KlENA1, KlPMA1 and KlYAP1 under azole stress. Our study demonstrates that KlUpc2p is involved in the regulation of ergosterol homeostasis in K. lactis. The analysis of KlPMA1 and KlPDR12 transcripts in wild-type and Klupc2Δ mutant strains showed that KlUpc2p acts as an activator or as a repressor depending upon its target.

Keywords: Kluyveromyces lactis; ergosterol homeostasis; plasma membrane; transcriptional regulation.

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