Human trehalase is a stress responsive protein in Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
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Authors: | Yuhui Ouyang Qinghong Xu Mitsuyoshi Motizuki |
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Institution: | a Department of Biochemistry 2, University of Yamanashi, Faculty of Medicine, 1110, Shimokato, Chuo, Yamanashi 409-3898, Japan b Beijing Institute of Otolarynology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China c Department of Pediatrics, Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, Fujian 362000, China |
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Abstract: | Three trehalases ATH1, NTH1, and NTH2 have been identified in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. ATH1, and NTH1 hydrolyze trehalose to glucose to provide energy and assist in recovery from stress. Human trehalase (TREH) is expressed in the intestine and kidney and probably hydrolyzes ingested trehalose in the intestine and acts as marker of renal tubular damage in kidney. Since trehalose is not present in circulation or kidney tubules, its renal effect suggests it has other yet unidentified actions. Here we examined the function of human trehalase in budding yeast. We constructed three yeast trehalase mutants (NTH1Δ, NTH2Δ, and ATH1Δ) and then transformed TREH into these mutants. NTH1Δ did not grow on media containing trehalose as the carbon source, and TREH did not rectify NTH1Δ dysfunction and also did not grow on trehalose medium, suggesting that TREH is not responsible for utilization of exogenous trehalose in yeast. In experiments involving exposure to heat, osmotic and oxidative stresses, NTH1Δ showed no recovery. Interestingly, ATH1Δ-TREH showed high sensitivity to all three stressors. ATH1Δ and NTH2Δ showed very low neutral trehalase activity and NTH1Δ did not show any neutral trehalase activity, and trehalose concentrations were higher. Increased neutral trehalase activity (equivalent to the wild type), reduction of trehalose content and brisk sensitivity to stressors were noted in TREH-ATH1Δ strain, but not in TREH-NTH1Δ or -NTH2Δ. Our results suggest that TREH acts as a stress-response protein in the kidney rather than involved in utilization of exogenous trehalose. |
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Keywords: | Human trehalase TREH Trehalase Stress |
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