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  • Title: Growth phase-dependent changes in the size and infectivity of SDS-resistant Sup35p assemblies associated with the [PSI+ ] prion in yeast.
    Author: Wang K, Melki R, Kabani M.
    Journal: Mol Microbiol; 2019 Sep; 112(3):932-943. PubMed ID: 31206803.
    Abstract:
    The translation termination factor Sup35p can form self-replicating fibrillar aggregates responsible for the [PSI+ ] prion state. Sup35p aggregation yields detergent-resistant assemblies detectable on agarose gels under semi-denaturant conditions and fluorescent puncta within the yeast cytosol when the protein is fused to GFP. It is still unclear whether any of these manifestations of [PSI+ ] truly correspond to the Sup35p assemblies that faithfully transmit the [PSI+ ] prion from mother to daughter cells. The infectious titer of prions in cells can be indirectly assessed by the ability of [PSI+ ] cells lysates to induce the prion state when introduced into naïve cells. Here, we report that the dramatic changes in the size and amounts of SDS-resistant Sup35p that occur during growth do not correlate with the infectious titer. Our results suggest that fluorescent Sup35-GFP puncta and detergent-resistant Sup35p assemblies are good indicators of Sup35p conversion to the prion state but not of infectious particles number.
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