Mitotic and pheromone-specific intrinsic polarization cues interfere with gradient sensing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Gustavo VasenAlejandro Colman-Lerner

Abstract

Polarity decisions are central to many processes, including mitosis and chemotropism. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, budding and mating projection (MP) formation use an overlapping system of cortical landmarks that converges on the small G protein Cdc42. However, pheromone-gradient sensing must override the Rsr1-dependent internal polarity cues used for budding. Using this model system, we asked what happens when intrinsic and extrinsic spatial cues are not aligned. Is there competition, or collaboration? By live-cell microscopy and microfluidics techniques, we uncovered three previously overlooked features of this signaling system. First, the cytokinesis-associated polarization patch serves as a polarity landmark independently of all known cues. Second, the Rax1-Rax2 complex functions as a pheromone-promoted polarity cue in the distal pole of the cells. Third, internal cues remain active during pheromone-gradient tracking and can interfere with this process, biasing the location of MPs. Yeast defective in internal-cue utilization align significantly better than wild type with artificially generated pheromone gradients.

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