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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2008

Genomewide expression profiling of cryptolepine-induced toxicity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Marta Rojas, Colin W Wright, Benjamin Piña, José Portugal

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Marta RojasInstituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona, CSIC, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Colin W Wright
Benjamin Piña
José Portugal
Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona · ESUniversity of Bradford · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We have used the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to identify genes that may confer sensitivity in vivo to the antimalarial and cytotoxic agent cryptolepine. Five S. cerevisiae strains, with different genetic backgrounds in cell permeability and DNA damage repair mechanisms, were exposed to several concentrations of cryptolepine. Cryptolepine showed a relatively mild toxicity for wild-type strains, which was augmented by either increasing cell permeability (Deltaerg6 or ISE2 strains) or disrupting DNA damage repair (Deltarad52 strains). These results are compatible with the ability of cryptolepine to intercalate into DNA and thus promote DNA lesions. The effects of low concentrations of cryptolepine (20% and 40% inhibitory concentrations [IC(20) and IC(40)]) were analyzed by comparing the gene expression profiles of treated and untreated Deltaerg6 yeast cells. Significant changes in expression levels were observed for 349 genes (117 upregulated and 232 downregulated). General stress-related genes constituted the only recognizable functional cluster whose expression was increased upon cryptolepine treatment, making up about 20% of upregulated genes. In contrast, analysis of the characteristics of downregulated genes revealed a specific effect of cryptolepine on genes related to iron transport or acid phosphatases, as well as a significant proportion of genes related to cell wall components. The effects of cryptolepine on the transcription of iron transport-related genes were consistent with a loss of function of the iron sensor Aft1p, indicating a possible disruption of iron metabolism in S. cerevisiae. Since the interference of cryptolepine with iron metabolism is considered one of its putative antimalarial targets, this finding supports the utility of S. cerevisiae in drug-developing schemes.

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AntimalarialsBase SequenceCell Membrane PermeabilityDNA DamageDNA, FungalDNA PrimersDNA RepairDrug Resistance, FungalGene Expression ProfilingGenome, FungalIndole AlkaloidsIntercalating AgentsIronMethyltransferasesQuinolinesRad52 DNA Repair and Recombination ProteinAFT1 protein, S cerevisiaeAntimalarialscryptolepinedelta 24-sterol methyltransferaseDNA, FungalDNA PrimersIndole AlkaloidsIntercalating AgentsIronMethyltransferasesQuinolinesRad52 DNA Repair and Recombination ProteinRAD52 protein, S cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsTranscription Factors

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PMID18710911
PMCPMC2573129
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