|
|
Genome-Wide
Screen of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to Identify Genes Sensitive to Rapamycin
and Involved in TOR Signaling Pathways Samantha Parker, South Side High School, Rockville Centre; Bruce Futcher, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Stony Brook University | |||
The
potent anti-inflammatory drug rapamycin has been shown to be an inhibitor of the
Target Of Rapamycin (TOR) phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase. In the budding yeast
Saccharomyces cerevisiae the two TOR homologues, TOR1 and TOR2, mediate a variety
of cellular processes including growth and metabolism. As TOR is conserved in
eukaryotes, knowledge of downstream TOR targets in yeast may elucidate the biological
basis of TOR's effects on processes such as growth, metabolism, autophagy, and
inflammation in other eukaryotes. Utilizing the yeast deletion set, ~4800 defined
deletion strains were tested for rapamycin sensitivity. Strains were tested for
degree of sensitivity and for rapamycin-specific sensitivity by using Hydroxyurea
( a G1-S inhibitor) at low concentrations. The majority of yeast strains were
found to be relatively rapamycin insensitive at low concentrations (<7.5ng/ml);
about ~2% of all strains displayed rapamycin-specific sensitivity. At high concentrations
(>25ng/ml) ~1% of strains showed resistance. Funding was provided by the Simons
Foundation.
| ||||
Back to Home page