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Two‐step, extensive alterations in the transcriptome from G0 arrest to cell division in Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Author(s) -
Shimanuki Mizuki,
Chung SooYoel,
Chikashige Yuji,
Kawasaki Yosuke,
Uehara Lisa,
Tsutsumi Chihiro,
Hatanaka Mitsuko,
Hiraoka Yasushi,
Nagao Koji,
Yanagida Mitsuhiro
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
genes to cells
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.912
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1365-2443
pISSN - 1356-9597
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2443.2007.01079.x
Subject(s) - biology , schizosaccharomyces pombe , transcriptome , gene , cell cycle , schizosaccharomyces , zinc finger , microbiology and biotechnology , transcription factor , genetics , gene expression , saccharomyces cerevisiae
Body cells in multicellular organisms are in the G0 state, in which cells are arrested and terminally differentiated. To understand how the G0 state is maintained, the genes that are specifically expressed or repressed in G0 must be identified, as they control G0. In the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe , haploid cells are completely arrested under nitrogen source starvation with high viability. We examined the global transcriptome of G0 cells and cells on the course to resume vegetative growth. Approximately 20% of the transcripts of ~5000 genes increased or decreased more than fourfold in the two‐step transitions that occur prior to replication. Of the top 30 abundant transcripts in G0, 23 were replaced by ribosome‐ and translation‐related transcripts in the dividing vegetative state. Eight identified clusters with distinct alteration patterns of ~2700 transcripts were annotated by Gene Ontology. Disruption of 53 genes indicated that nine of them were necessary to support the proper G0 state. These nine genes included two C2H2 zinc finger transcription factors, a cyclin‐like protein implicated in phosphorylation of RNA polymerase II, two putative autophagy regulators, a G‐protein activating factor, and two CBS domain proteins, possibly involved in AMP‐activated kinase.