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标题：Round Shape Enlargement of the Yeast Spheroplast of Saccharomyces cerevisiae by HM-1 Toxin
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作者：Tadazumi Komiyama ; Tetsuya Kimura ; Yasuhiro Furuichi 等
期刊名称：Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
印刷版ISSN：0918-6158
电子版ISSN：1347-5215
出版年度：2002
卷号：25
期号：8
页码：959-965
DOI：10.1248/bpb.25.959
出版社：The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan
摘要：The effects of HM-1 killer toxin (HM-1) on yeast spheroplasts of Saccharomyces cerevisiae were examined under osmotically stabilized conditions. Prolonged incubation of spheroplasts in nutrient-rich media resulted in an increase in volume, accompanied by aberrant morphological changes. By contrast, spheroplasts were enlarged, maintaining a round shape, when incubated in HM-1 media. The required 50% effective dose of HM-1 was as low as 2.2×10⁻⁸ M , and this effect by HM-1 was specific to yeast sensitive to HM-1. Some parts of the enlarged spheroplasts were stable, but the round shape was deformed as HM-1 was removed from the medium. In both the control and HM-1-treated spheroplasts, the total protein and DNA content were increased by approximately three and four times in response to their incubations, respectively. Cytochemical analysis by 4′6-diamidino-2-phenylindol (DAPI) staining showed multiple nuclei. Consistently, actin patches of cells were evenly distributed in both the control and HM-1-treated spheroplasts. A similar enlargement of spheroplasts was observed with lipophilic antifungal compounds, aculeacin A and papulacandin B, but the effects were distinct from those of HM-1 because the spheroplasts resulted in lysis after a long incubation. The molecular mechanism(s) behind this unique observation remains to be studied, but it is clear that HM-1 is an excellent tool for studying yeast cell biology.
关键词：large spheroplast;killer toxin;yeast;cell wall;beta glucan synthesis;Saccharomyces cerevisiae