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DNA Dynamics and Chromosome Structure

Activation of the Kss1 Invasive-Filamentous Growth Pathway Induces Ty1 Transcription and Retrotransposition in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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Pages 5766-5776 | Received 17 Dec 1999, Accepted 28 Apr 2000, Published online: 28 Mar 2023
 

Abstract

Using a set of genomic TY1A-lacZ fusions, we show that Ste12 and Tec1, two transcription factors of the Kss1 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade activate Ty1 transcription in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This result strongly suggests that the invasive-filamentous pathway regulates Ty1 transcription. Since this pathway is active in diploid cells, we suspected that Ty1 transposition might occur in this cell type, despite the fact that this event has been never reported before (unless activated by heterologous promoters such as that of GAL1). We demonstrate here that constitutive activation of the invasive-filamentous pathway by the STE11-4 allele or by growth in low-nitrogen medium induces Ty1 transcription and retrotransposition in diploid cells. We show that Ty1 retrotransposition can be activated by STE11-4 in haploid cells as well. Our findings provide the first evidence that Ty1 retrotransposition can be activated by environmental signals that affect differentiation. Activation of the Kss1 MAPK cascade by stress is known to cause filament formation that permits the search for nutrients away from the colonization site. We propose that activation of Ty1 retrotransposition by this cascade could play a role in adaptive mutagenesis in response to stress.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We are very grateful to C. Condon, S. Gangloff, J. Smith, and P. Stragier for critical reading of the manuscript. We thank members of our laboratory for stimulating discussions and especially C. Sacerdot for providing strain LV150. We thank J. Curcio, B. Dujon, G. Faye, and F. Winston for kindly providing strains. Our thanks also go to J. Boeke, G. Eriani, G. Fink, and G. Sprague for sending us plasmids.

This work was supported by a grant from the CNRS (UPR 9073). A.M. was a recipient of a Docteur Ingénieur fellowship from the CNRS.

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