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ArticleNucleic acids research2008

Apoptotic signals induce specific degradation of ribosomal RNA in yeast.

Seweryn Mroczek, Joanna Kufel

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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2 authors.

Seweryn MroczekInstitute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland.
Joanna Kufel

Funding

Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 067504/Z/02/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Organisms exposed to reactive oxygen species, generated endogenously during respiration or by environmental conditions, undergo oxidative stress. Stress response can either repair the damage or activate one of the programmed cell death (PCD) mechanisms, for example apoptosis, and finally end in cell death. One striking characteristic, which accompanies apoptosis in both vertebrates and yeast, is a fragmentation of cellular DNA and mammalian apoptosis is often associated with degradation of different RNAs. We show that in yeast exposed to stimuli known to induce apoptosis, such as hydrogen peroxide, acetic acid, hyperosmotic stress and ageing, two large subunit ribosomal RNAs, 25S and 5.8S, became extensively degraded with accumulation of specific intermediates that differ slightly depending on cell death conditions. This process is most likely endonucleolytic, is correlated with stress response, and depends on the mitochondrial respiratory status: rRNA is less susceptible to degradation in respiring cells with functional defence against oxidative stress. In addition, RNA fragmentation is independent of two yeast apoptotic factors, metacaspase Yca1 and apoptosis-inducing factor Aif1, but it relies on the apoptotic chromatin condensation induced by histone H2B modifications. These data describe a novel phenotype for certain stress- and ageing-related PCD pathways in yeast.

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ApoptosisEndoribonucleasesMitochondriaOxidative StressReactive Oxygen SpeciesRNA, RibosomalRNA, Ribosomal, 5.8SSaccharomyces cerevisiaeEndoribonucleasesReactive Oxygen SpeciesRNA, RibosomalRNA, ribosomal, 25SRNA, Ribosomal, 5.8S

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PMID18385160
PMCPMC2396418

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