8-Dehydrosterols induce membrane traffic and autophagy defects through V-ATPase dysfunction in Saccharomyces cerevisae

Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta
Agustín HernándezAurelio Serrano

Abstract

8-Dehydrosterols are present in a wide range of biologically relevant situations, from human rare diseases to amine fungicide-treated fungi and crops. However, the molecular bases of their toxicity are still obscure. We show here that 8-dehydrosterols, but not other sterols, affect yeast vacuole acidification through V-ATPases. Moreover, erg2Δ cells display reductions in proton pumping rates consistent with ion-transport uncoupling in vitro. Concomitantly, subunit Vph1p shows conformational changes in the presence of 8-dehydrosterols. Expression of a plant vacuolar H(+)-pumping pyrophosphatase as an alternative H(+)-pump relieves Vma(-)-like phenotypes in erg2Δ-derived mutant cells. As a consequence of these acidification defects, endo- and exo-cytic traffic deficiencies that can be alleviated with a H(+)-pumping pyrophosphatase are also observed. Despite their effect on membrane traffic, 8-dehydrosterols do not induce endoplasmic reticulum stress or assembly defects on the V-ATPase. Autophagy is a V-ATPase dependent process and erg2Δ mutants accumulate autophagic bodies under nitrogen starvation similar to Vma(-) mutants. In contrast to classical Atg(-) mutants, this defect is not accompanied by impairment of traffic through t...Continue Reading

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