Key events during the transition from rapid growth to quiescence in budding yeast require posttranscriptional regulators.

Yeast that naturally exhaust the glucose from their environment differentiate into three distinct cell types distinguishable by flow cytometry. Among these is a quiescent (Q) population, which is so named because of its uniform but readily reversed G1 arrest, its fortified cell walls, heat tolerance, and longevity. Daughter cells predominate ...
in Q-cell populations and are the longest lived. The events that differentiate Q cells from nonquiescent (nonQ) cells are initiated within hours of the diauxic shift, when cells have scavenged all the glucose from the media. These include highly asymmetric cell divisions, which give rise to very small daughter cells. These daughters modify their cell walls by Sed1- and Ecm33-dependent and dithiothreitol-sensitive mechanisms that enhance Q-cell thermotolerance. Ssd1 speeds Q-cell wall assembly and enables mother cells to enter this state. Ssd1 and the related mRNA-binding protein Mpt5 play critical overlapping roles in Q-cell formation and longevity. These proteins deliver mRNAs to P-bodies, and at least one P-body component, Lsm1, also plays a unique role in Q-cell longevity. Cells lacking Lsm1 and Ssd1 or Mpt5 lose viability under these conditions and fail to enter the quiescent state. We conclude that posttranscriptional regulation of mRNAs plays a crucial role in the transition in and out of quiescence.
Mesh Terms:
Adaptation, Physiological, Asymmetric Cell Division, Carbon, Cell Cycle, Cell Wall, DNA, Mitochondrial, Flow Cytometry, Inheritance Patterns, RNA, Messenger, RNA-Binding Proteins, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Saccharomycetales, Temperature, Transcription Factors, Transcription, Genetic
Mol. Biol. Cell
Date: Dec. 01, 2013
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