Perturbed fatty-acid metabolism is linked to localized chromatin hyperacetylation, increased stress-response gene expression and resistance to oxidative stress

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1010582" target="_blank" >10.1371/journal.pgen.1010582</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Perturbed fatty-acid metabolism is linked to localized chromatin hyperacetylation, increased stress-response gene expression and resistance to oxidative stress

Original language description

Oxidative stress is associated with cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases, diabetes, cancer, psychiatric disorders and aging. In order to counteract, eliminate and/or adapt to the sources of stress, cells possess elaborate stress-response mechanisms, which also operate at the level of regulating transcription. Interestingly, it is becoming apparent that the metabolic state of the cell and certain metabolites can directly control the epigenetic information and gene expression. In the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, the conserved Sty1 stress-activated protein kinase cascade is the main pathway responding to most types of stresses, and regulates the transcription of hundreds of genes via the Atf1 transcription factor. Here we report that fission yeast cells defective in fatty acid synthesis (cbf11, mga2 and ACC/cut6 mutants; FAS inhibition) show increased expression of a subset of stress-response genes. This altered gene expression depends on Sty1-Atf1, the Pap1 transcription factor, and the Gcn5 and Mst1 histone acetyltransferases, is associated with increased acetylation of histone H3 at lysine 9 in the corresponding gene promoters, and results in increased cellular resistance to oxidative stress. We propose that changes in lipid metabolism can regulate the chromatin and transcription of specific stress-response genes, which in turn might help cells to maintain redox homeostasis. Author summaryThe production of fatty acids and lipids in general creates energy reserves and provides essential building blocks for cellular membranes. Oxidative stress, on the other hand, is a condition caused by increased concentration of oxidants, such as reactive oxygen species, which becomes harmful to the cells and triggers an oxidative stress response to mitigate damage. While these two processes are seemingly unrelated, we now provide evidence that there is actually a specific regulatory connection between fatty acid metabolism and cellular resistance to oxidative stress. Using the fission Schizosaccharomyces pombe as a model, we show that multiple conditions that lower fatty acid production, including mutations of lipogenic enzymes and their regulators, or chemical inhibition of fatty acid synthesis, specifically boost the expression of a subset of stress-responsive genes, and increase cellular resistance to hydrogen peroxide. This regulatory link relies on histone acetyltransferases and is connected with promoter hyperacetylation at the affected genes. Our findings highlight the intricate interconnections between the metabolic state of the cell and the regulation of gene expression.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10600 - Biological sciences

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

PLoS Genetics

ISSN

1553-7390

e-ISSN

1553-7404

Volume of the periodical

19

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

26

Pages from-to

e1010582

UT code for WoS article

000944263500001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85147033770