Analysis of Phosphorylated Sphingolipid Long-Chain Bases Reveals Potential Roles in Heat Stress and Growth Control in Saccharomyces
AUTOR(ES)
Skrzypek, Marek S.
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
Sphingolipid long-chain bases and their phosphorylated derivatives, for example, sphingosine-1-phosphate in mammals, have been implicated as signaling molecules. The possibility that Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells also use long-chain-base phosphates to regulate cellular processes has only recently begun to be examined. Here we present a simple and sensitive procedure for analyzing and quantifying long-chain-base phosphates in S. cerevisiae cells. Our data show for the first time that phytosphingosine-1-phosphate (PHS-1-P) is present at a low but detectable level in cells grown on a fermentable carbon source at 25°C, while dihydrosphingosine-1-phosphate (DHS-1-P) is only barely detectable. Shifting cells to 37°C causes transient eight- and fivefold increases in levels of PHS-1-P and DHS-1-P, respectively, which peak after about 10 min. The amounts of both compounds return to the unstressed levels by 20 min after the temperature shift. These data are consistent with PHS-1-P and DHS-1-P being signaling molecules. Cells unable to break down long-chain-base phosphates, due to deletion of DPL1 and LCB3, show a 500-fold increase in PHS-1-P and DHS-1-P levels, grow slowly, and survive a 44°C heat stress 10-fold better than parental cells. These and other data for dpl1 or lcb3 single-mutant strains suggest that DHS-1-P and/or PHS-1-P act as signals for resistance to heat stress. Our procedure should expedite experiments to determine how the synthesis and breakdown of these compounds is regulated and how the compounds mediate resistance to elevated temperature.
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