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ArticleJournal of cell science2011

Rescue of Aspergillus nidulans severely debilitating null mutations in ESCRT-0, I, II and III genes by inactivation of a salt-tolerance pathway allows examination of ESCRT gene roles in pH signalling.

Ana M Calcagno-Pizarelli, América Hervás-Aguilar, Antonio Galindo, Juan F Abenza, Miguel A Peñalva, Herbert N Arst

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Article in Journal of cell science, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ana M Calcagno-PizarelliSection of Microbiology, Imperial College London, Flowers Building, Armstrong Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
América Hervás-Aguilar
Antonio Galindo
Juan F Abenza
Miguel A Peñalva
Herbert N Arst
Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas · ESImperial College London · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/D521781/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/F01189X/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 067878Wellcome Trust 084660/Z/08/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Aspergillus pal pathway hijacks ESCRT proteins into ambient pH signalling complexes. We show that components of ESCRT-0, ESCRT-I, ESCRT-II and ESCRT-III are nearly essential for growth, precluding assessment of null mutants for pH signalling or trafficking. This severely debilitating effect is rescued by loss-of-function mutations in two cation tolerance genes, one of which, sltA, encodes a transcription factor whose inactivation promotes hypervacuolation. Exploiting a conditional expression sltA allele, we demonstrate that deletion of vps27 (ESCRT-0), vps23 (ESCRT-I), vps36 (ESCRT-II), or vps20 or vps32 (both ESCRT-III) leads to numerous small vacuoles, a phenotype also suppressed by SltA downregulation. This situation contrasts with normal vacuoles and vacuole-associated class E compartments seen in Saccharomyces cerevisiae ESCRT null mutants. Exploiting the suppressor phenotype of sltA(-) mutations, we establish that Vps23, Vps36, Vps20 and Vps32 are essential for pH signalling. Phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate-recognising protein Vps27 (ESCRT-0) is not, consistent with normal pH signalling in rabB null mutants unable to recruit Vps34 kinase to early endosomes. In contrast to the lack of pH signalling in the absence of Vps20 or Vps32, detectable signalling occurs in the absence of ESCRT-III subunit Vps24. Our data support a model in which certain ESCRT proteins are recruited to the plasma membrane to mediate pH signalling.

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Genes, FungalSalt ToleranceSignal TransductionAllelesAspergillus nidulansCell MembraneEndosomal Sorting Complexes Required for TransportFungal ProteinsGene DeletionGene Expression Regulation, FungalGene FusionHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationPhenotypeProtein Sorting SignalsProtein TransportSuppression, GeneticEndosomal Sorting Complexes Required for TransportFungal ProteinsProtein Sorting SignalsVesicular Transport Proteins

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PMID22135362
PMCPMC3244986
OpenAlexW2047792276

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