An AP-1-like transcription factor, NAP-1, regulates expression of the glutathione S-transferase and NADH:flavin oxidoreductase genes in Neurospora crassa

Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2010;74(4):746-52. doi: 10.1271/bbb.90790. Epub 2010 Apr 7.

Abstract

AP-1-like transcription factors play crucial roles in oxidative stress responses in yeast and filamentous fungi. The deletion of an AP-1-like transcription factor gene, nap-1, in Neurospora crassa slightly increased its sensitivity to oxidative stressors, including menadione. Microarray and quantitative real-time reverse transcriptase-PCR analyses were employed to identify menadione-inducible genes (migs) and the roles of NAP-1 in their regulation. N. crassa migs include three putative glutathione S-transferase genes and two NADH:flavin oxidoreductase genes, orthologs of OYE2 and OYE3, both of which play roles in menadione tolerance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Menadione induced nuclear localization of NAP-1, and oxidative upregulation of many of migs were NAP-1 dependent. Genes for a thioredoxin, a glutathione reductase, and a glutathione peroxidase were slightly upregulated by the chemical only in the wild-type strain, suggesting that NAP-1 is involved in their oxidative induction and probably dose not contribute to high-level constitutive expressions of such genes.

MeSH terms

  • Flavins / genetics
  • Flavins / metabolism
  • Glutathione Peroxidase / genetics
  • Glutathione Peroxidase / metabolism
  • Glutathione Reductase / genetics
  • Glutathione Reductase / metabolism
  • Glutathione Transferase / genetics
  • Glutathione Transferase / metabolism*
  • NAD / genetics
  • NAD / metabolism*
  • Neurospora crassa / genetics
  • Neurospora crassa / metabolism
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Oxidative Stress / drug effects
  • Oxidative Stress / genetics
  • Oxidative Stress / physiology
  • Oxidoreductases / genetics
  • Oxidoreductases / metabolism
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / genetics
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / metabolism
  • Thioredoxins / genetics
  • Thioredoxins / metabolism
  • Transcription Factor AP-1 / genetics
  • Transcription Factor AP-1 / metabolism*
  • Transcription Factors / genetics
  • Transcription Factors / metabolism*
  • Up-Regulation
  • Vitamin K 3

Substances

  • Flavins
  • Transcription Factor AP-1
  • Transcription Factors
  • NAD
  • Thioredoxins
  • Vitamin K 3
  • Oxidoreductases
  • Glutathione Peroxidase
  • Glutathione Reductase
  • Glutathione Transferase