Mec1-Rad53 Signaling Regulates DNA Damage-Induced Autophagy and Pathogenicity in .

J Fungi (Basel)

Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, Department of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300071, China.

Published: December 2023

DNA damage activates the DNA damage response and autophagy in ; however, the relationship between the DNA damage response and DNA damage-induced autophagy in remains unclear. Mec1-Rad53 signaling is a critical pathway in the DNA damage response, but its role in DNA damage-induced autophagy and pathogenicity in remains to be further explored. In this study, we compared the function of autophagy-related (Atg) proteins in DNA damage-induced autophagy and traditional macroautophagy and explored the role of Mec1-Rad53 signaling in regulating DNA damage-induced autophagy and pathogenicity. We found that core Atg proteins are required for these two types of autophagy, while the function of Atg17 is slightly different. Our results showed that Mec1-Rad53 signaling specifically regulates DNA damage-induced autophagy but has no effect on macroautophagy. The recruitment of Atg1 and Atg13 to phagophore assembly sites (PAS) was significantly inhibited in the Δ/Δ and Δ/Δ strains. The formation of autophagic bodies was obviously affected in the Δ/Δ and Δ/Δ strains. We found that DNA damage does not induce mitophagy and ER autophagy. We also identified two regulators of DNA damage-induced autophagy, Psp2 and Dcp2, which regulate DNA damage-induced autophagy by affecting the protein levels of Atg1, Atg13, Mec1, and Rad53. The deletion of Mec1 or Rad53 significantly reduces the ability of to systematically infect mice and colonize the kidneys, and it makes more susceptible to being killed by macrophages.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10744610PMC
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