Transcription factors and ABC transporters: from pleiotropic drug resistance to cellular signaling in yeast

FEBS Letters

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Evan R. Buechel¹  Heather W. Pinkett¹ 

[1] Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University

关键词: ABC transporters;    cellular detoxification;    cellular signaling;    cellular stress;    drug resistance;    gene regulation;    lipid transport;    pleiotropic drug resistance;    transcription factors;    yeast;   

DOI  :  10.1002/1873-3468.13964

来源: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

【 摘 要 】

Budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae survives in microenvironments utilizing networks of regulators and ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters to circumvent toxins and a variety of drugs. Our understanding of transcriptional regulation of ABC transporters in yeast is mainly derived from the study of multidrug resistance protein networks. Over the past two decades, this research has not only expanded the role of transcriptional regulators in pleiotropic drug resistance (PDR) but evolved to include the role that regulators play in cellular signaling and environmental adaptation. Inspection of the gene networks of the transcriptional regulators and characterization of the ABC transporters has clarified that they also contribute to environmental adaptation by controlling plasma membrane composition, toxic-metal sequestration, and oxidative stress adaptation. Additionally, ABC transporters and their regulators appear to be involved in cellular signaling for adaptation of S. cerevisiae populations to nutrient availability. In this review, we summarize the current understanding of the S. cerevisiae transcriptional regulatory networks and highlight recent work in other notable fungal organisms, underlining the expansion of the study of these gene networks across the kingdom fungi.

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