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. 2019 May 1;366(10):fnz108.
doi: 10.1093/femsle/fnz108.

Autophagosomes accumulation in the vacuoles of the fungus Ustilago maydis and the role of proteases in their digestion

Cinthia V Soberanes-Gutiérrez  1 , Melissa Vázquez-Carrada  2 , Edgar O López-Villegas  2 , Julio C Vega-Arreguín  1 , Lourdes Villa-Tanaca  2 , José Ruiz-Herrera  3
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Autophagosomes accumulation in the vacuoles of the fungus Ustilago maydis and the role of proteases in their digestion

Cinthia V Soberanes-Gutiérrez et al. FEMS Microbiol Lett. .

Abstract

In the present study we determined whether Ustilago maydis accumulates autophagosomes within vacuoles when the cells are exposed to nutritional stress conditions. We investigated whether proteinase B and proteinase A are involved in their degradation. To this effect, wild type and Δpep4 mutant were incubated in minimal medium lacking a carbon source. It was observed that after incubation in nutrient-deficient media, spherical bodies appeared within the Δpep4 mutant strains vacuoles. In addition, autophagosomes were accumulated in U. maydis WT cells incubated in the presence of the serine protease inhibitor PMSF and accumulation of large autophagosomes and electrodense structures in the Δpep4 mutant cell vacuoles took place. These results demonstrate that the homologues of both, the proteinase B and the protease A, are involved in the autophagosomes degradation process in U. maydis.

Keywords: PEP4; Ustilago maydis; Pep4p; autophagosomes; proteinase A; vacuole.

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