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ArticleGenome biology2007

Application of the comprehensive set of heterozygous yeast deletion mutants to elucidate the molecular basis of cellular chromium toxicity.

Sara Holland, Emma Lodwig, Theodora Sideri, Tom Reader, Ian Clarke, Konstantinos Gkargkas, David C Hoyle, Daniela Delneri, Stephen G Oliver, Simon V Avery

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Article in Genome biology, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sara HollandSchool of Biology, Institute of Genetics, The University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK.
Emma Lodwig
Theodora Sideri
Tom Reader
Ian Clarke
Konstantinos Gkargkas
David C Hoyle
Daniela Delneri
Stephen G Oliver
Simon V Avery
University of Nottingham · GBUniversity of Manchester · GBUniversity of Cambridge · GB

Funding

Role of Oxidative Mechanisms in the Toxicity of MetalsR01GM057945 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM · PI AVERY, SIMON V · 1999 to 2007
$1.4M
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/C505140/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/C505140/2NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM057945NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM57945
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe serious biological consequences of metal toxicity are well documented, but the key modes of action of most metals are unknown. To help unravel molecular mechanisms underlying the action of chromium, a metal of major toxicological importance, we grew over 6,000 heterozygous yeast mutants in competition in the presence of chromium. Microarray-based screens of these heterozygotes are truly genome-wide as they include both essential and non-essential genes.

resultsThe screening data indicated that proteasomal (protein degradation) activity is crucial for cellular chromium (Cr) resistance. Further investigations showed that Cr causes the accumulation of insoluble and toxic protein aggregates, which predominantly arise from proteins synthesised during Cr exposure. A protein-synthesis defect provoked by Cr was identified as mRNA mistranslation, which was oxygen-dependent. Moreover, Cr exhibited synergistic toxicity with a ribosome-targeting drug (paromomycin) that is known to act via mistranslation, while manipulation of translational accuracy modulated Cr toxicity.

conclusionThe datasets from the heterozygote screen represent an important public resource that may be exploited to discover the toxic mechanisms of chromium. That potential was validated here with the demonstration that mRNA mistranslation is a primary cause of cellular Cr toxicity.

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Gene DeletionChromiumHeterozygoteOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisProtein BiosynthesisRNA, FungalRNA, MessengerSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsChromiumRNA, FungalRNA, MessengerSaccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins

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PMID18088421
PMCPMC2246270
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