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SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
卷 133, 期 -, 页码 83-95出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2022.02.003
关键词
Mating; Cell fusion; Chemotropism; Pheromone signaling; MAPK signaling; Cdc42 GTPase
Cells communicate and reproduce sexually through the secretion of pheromones. In the yeast models Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Schizosaccharomyces pombe, pheromone signaling activates specific pathways involving receptors, small GTPase, and MAP kinase cascades. Local release and sensing of pheromones lead to spatial gradient interpretation and cell fusion. This review highlights the decoding of pheromone signals and the fusion process in these two yeast species.
Cells live in a chemical environment and are able to orient towards chemical cues. Unicellular haploid fungal cells communicate by secreting pheromones to reproduce sexually. In the yeast models Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Schizosaccharomyces pombe, pheromonal communication activates similar pathways composed of cognate Gprotein-coupled receptors and downstream small GTPase Cdc42 and MAP kinase cascades. Local pheromone release and sensing, at a mobile surface polarity patch, underlie spatial gradient interpretation to form pairs between two cells of distinct mating types. Concentration of secretion at the point of cell-cell contact then leads to local cell wall digestion for cell fusion, forming a diploid zygote that prevents further fusion attempts. A number of asymmetries between mating types may promote efficiency of the system. In this review, we present our current knowledge of pheromone signaling in the two model yeasts, with an emphasis on how cells decode the pheromone signal spatially and ultimately fuse together. Though overall pathway architectures are similar in the two species, their large evolutionary distance allows to explore how conceptually similar solutions to a general biological problem can arise from divergent molecular components.
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