scholarly journals Humoral and cellular immunity in mice immunized with whole recombinant yeast expressing complex NS2B/NS3 protein of dengue serotype 3

2021 ◽  
Vol 913 (1) ◽  
pp. 012083
Author(s):  
S Pambudi ◽  
A Sulfianti ◽  
T Widayanti ◽  
A Prihanto ◽  
F Juniarti ◽  
...  

Abstract A nonpathogenic edible yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, has been identified as a vehicle to express many foreign antigens which elicit the immune response in mice. The complex NS2B/NS3 is a protease that represents a prime target for rational drug design for dengue infection. During infection, the NS3 protein is the main target for CD4+ and CD8+ T cell responses, which may be protective. However, no studies have been undertaken evaluating the use of recombinant yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae INVSc1 expressing complex NSB/NS3 protease as a protective antigen against dengue infection. In the present study, we evaluated the humoral and cellular immune response elicited by recombinant yeast compared to wild-type yeast in the mouse model. Intraperitoneal (i.p.) administration of recombinant and wild-type yeast at 1 and 25 yeast units into BALB/c mice was used. These studies demonstrated that administration at a low concentration of recombinant yeast at 1 yeast units (YU) significantly elicits antibodies against DENV NS3 antigen. Furthermore, real-time PCR analysis revealed that NS2B/NS3-specific cytocines (TNF-a, IFN-©, IL-2) increased with moderate mode compared to wild-type yeast. The results in this study show the potential of recombinant yeast as an edible vaccine platform against dengue infection.

1978 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 637-642 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. C. Thomas ◽  
Mary Spencer

Effects of the carbon source and oxygen on ethylene production by the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae have been studied. The amounts of ethylene evolved by the yeast culture were less than those detected in the blank (an equal volume of uninoculated medium), suggesting a net absorption of ethylene by the yeast cells. Addition of glucose to the lactate-grown yeast culture induced ethylene production. This glucose-induced stimulation of ethylene production was inhibited to a great extent by cycloheximide. Results suggested that the yeast cells in the presence of glucose synthesized an ethylene precursor and passed it into the medium. The conversion of this precursor to ethylene might be stimulated by oxygen. The fact that ethylene was produced by the yeast growing anaerobically and also by respiration-deficient mutants isolated from the wild-type yeast suggested that mitochondrial ATP synthesis was not an absolute requirement for ethylene biogenesis.


Author(s):  
Huili Zhang ◽  
Jianwei He ◽  
Yanyan Ji ◽  
Akio Kato ◽  
Youtao Song

AbstractWe cultured calnexin-disrupted and wild-type Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains under conditions of heat stress. The growth rate of the calnexin-disrupted yeast was almost the same as that of the wild-type yeast under those conditions. However, the induced mRNA level of the molecular chaperone PDI in the ER was clearly higher in calnexin-disrupted S. cerevisiae relative to the wild type at 37°C, despite being almost the same in the two strains under normal conditions. The western blotting analysis for PDI protein expression in the ER yielded results that show a parallel in their mRNA levels in the two strains. We suggest that PDI may interact with calnexin under heat stress conditions, and that the induction of PDI in the ER can recover part of the function of calnexin in calnexin-disrupted yeast, and result in the same growth rate as in wild-type yeast.


1999 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mónica Montero-Lomelí ◽  
Anna L Okorokova Façanha.

The basolateral Na+/H+ antiporter (NHE) from LLC-PK1 cells was expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Two different strategies were tested for expression. In the first, we used a yeast strain that contains a temperature-sensitive mutation in the SEC-6 gene, whose product is required for the fusion of secretory vesicles with the plasma membrane. This strain was transformed with a vector containing the coding region of the NHE1 isoform under control of a heat shock (HS) promoter (pYNHE1-HS). In the second strategy, we replaced the heat shock promoter from pYNHE1-HS with a galactose (GAL) promoter (pYNHEI-GAL) and transformed wild-type yeast. In both cases, Northern blots demonstrated a transcript that hybridized against a probe containing the membrane region of the exchanger. When an antibody against the last 40 amino acids of the carboxy-terminus of NHE1 was used for immuno-blots, a protein with a Mr of 73 000 was seen in total membranes from both yeast transformants. Subcellular fractionation revealed that NHE1 was expressed in the endoplasmic reticulum. In the case of the pYNHEI-GAL transformant, the 100 000 × g membrane pellet was reconstituted in phosphatidylcholine liposomes, and ethylisopropyl-amiloride-sensitive Na+/H+ exchange was observed. These results have paved the way for expression of the Na+/H+ exchanger in a genetically well-known microorganism.Key words: Na+/H+ exchanger, NHE1, expression, yeast.


2008 ◽  
Vol 74 (13) ◽  
pp. 4222-4225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken Matsui ◽  
Shinya Teranishi ◽  
Shohei Kamon ◽  
Kouichi Kuroda ◽  
Mitsuyoshi Ueda

ABSTRACT Organic-solvent tolerance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain KK-211, which was first isolated as an organic-solvent-tolerant strain, depends on point mutation (R821S) of the transcription factor Pdr1p. The integration of the PDR1 R821S mutation into wild-type yeast results in organic-solvent tolerance, and the PDR1 R821S mutant can reduce carbonyl compounds in organic solvents.


1986 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 488-493
Author(s):  
T M Rickey ◽  
A S Lewin

We isolated the gene for citrate synthase (citrate oxaloacetate lyase; EC 4.1.3.7) from Saccharomyces cerevisiae and ablated it by inserting the yeast LEU2 gene within its reading frame. This revealed a second, nonmitochondrial citrate synthase. Like the mitochondrial enzyme, this enzyme was sensitive to glucose repression. It did not react with antibodies against mitochondrial citrate synthase. Haploid cells lacking a gene for mitochondrial citrate synthase grew somewhat slower than wild-type yeast cells, but exhibited no auxotrophic growth requirements.


2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 605-614 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. L. Fernández-López ◽  
B. Torrestiana-Sánchez ◽  
M. A. Salgado-Cervantes ◽  
P. G. Mendoza García ◽  
M. G. Aguilar-Uscanga

1980 ◽  
Vol 192 (2) ◽  
pp. 659-664 ◽  
Author(s):  
J R Woodward ◽  
H L Kornberg

Cells of the wild-type yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) strain Y185, grown under conditions that de-repress the formation of a general amino acid permease (‘Gap’) system, bind delta-N-chloroacetyl[1-(14)C]ornithine; L- and D-amino acid substrates of the general amino acid permease system protect against this binding. The protein responsible is released from the cells by homogenization or by preparation of protoplasts; it is not released by osmotic shock. This protein is virtually absent from the wild-type strain when it is grown under conditions that repress the general amino acid permease system, and is also absent from a Gap- mutant Y185-His3, selected by its resistance to D-amino acids. This mutant and repressed wild-type cells also fail to form a number of membrane proteins elaborated by de-repressed wild-type cells. It is possible that all these proteins are components of the general amino acid permease system.


2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Huili Zhang ◽  
Bingjie Hu ◽  
Yanyan Ji ◽  
Akio Kato ◽  
Youtao Song

AbstractIn order to investigate the effect of calnexin deletion on the induction of the main ER molecular chaperone BiP, we cultured the wild-type and calnexin-disrupted Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains under normal and stressed conditions. The growth rate of the calnexin-disrupted yeast was almost the same as that of the wild-type yeast under those conditions. However, the induced level of BiP mRNA in the ER was evidently higher in calnexin-disrupted S. cerevisiae than in the wild-type at 37°C, but was almost the same in the two strains under normal conditions. The Western blot analysis results for BiP protein expression in the ER showed a parallel in the mRNA levels in the two strains. It is suggested that under heat stress conditions, the induction of BiP in the ER might recover part of the function of calnexin in calnexin-disrupted yeast, and result in the same growth rate as in wild-type yeast.


1981 ◽  
Vol 196 (2) ◽  
pp. 531-536 ◽  
Author(s):  
J R Woodward ◽  
H L Kornberg

The general amino acid permease (‘Gap’) system of the wild-type yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) strain Y185 is inhibited by the uptake and accumulation of its substrate amino acids. Surprisingly, this inhibition persists even after ‘pools’ of amino acids, accumulated initially, have returned to normal sizes. Recovery from this inhibition depends on a supply of energy and involves the synthesis of a membrane protein component of the Gap system.


1998 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 6548-6559 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine E. Brown ◽  
Alan B. Sachs

ABSTRACT We report that newly synthesized mRNA poly(A) tails are matured to precise lengths by the Pab1p-dependent poly(A) nuclease (PAN) ofSaccharomyces cerevisiae. These results provide evidence for an initial phase of mRNA deadenylation that is required for poly(A) tail length control. In RNA 3′-end processing extracts lacking PAN, transcripts are polyadenylated to lengths exceeding 200 nucleotides. By contrast, in extracts containing PAN, transcripts were produced with the expected wild-type poly(A) tail lengths of 60 to 80 nucleotides. The role for PAN in poly(A) tail length control in vivo was confirmed by the finding that mRNAs are produced with longer poly(A) tails in PAN-deficient yeast strains. Interestingly, wild-type yeast strains were found to produce transcripts which varied in their maximal poly(A) tail length, and this message-specific length control was lost in PAN-deficient strains. Our data support a model whereby mRNAs are polyadenylated by the 3′-end processing machinery with a long tail, possibly of default length, and then in a PAN-dependent manner, the poly(A) tails are rapidly matured to a message-specific length. The ability to control the length of the poly(A) tail for newly expressed mRNAs has the potential to be an important posttranscriptional regulatory step in gene expression.


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