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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 280, Issue 50, 41366-41372, December 16, 2005
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Division of Metabolic Diseases and **Clinical Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Novum, Karolinska University Hospital, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden, the ¶Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Box 582, SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden, the ||Department of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics, Uppsala Genetic Center, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7080, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden, and the
Department of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755-3844
Received for publication, October 13, 2005
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and med15
deletions. The med5
and med16
deletion strains share many phenotypes, including effects on mitochondrial function with enhanced growth on nonfermentable carbon sources, increased citrate synthase activity, and increased oxygen consumption. Deletion of the MED5 gene leads to increased transcription of nuclear genes encoding components of the oxidative phosphorylation machinery, whereas mitochondrial genes encoding components of the same machinery are down-regulated. We discuss a possible role for Med5 in coordinating nuclear and mitochondrial gene transcription. | INTRODUCTION |
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In the presence of RNA pol II, Mediator adopts an extended conformation that embraces the globular pol II core complex (7). The extended structure reveals three distinct submodules of Mediator. Direct contacts are formed between pol II and the head and middle region (7, 8). The largest part of Mediator is made up of an elongated tail region, which does not appear to contact pol II. Structural analysis of mutant Mediator complex has demonstrated that the tail region contains the Med2, Med3, Med15 (Gal11), and Med16, proteins, which are involved in interactions with a number of different activators, including Gal4 and Gcn4 (9). The Med2, Med3, and Med15 proteins form a module (the Gal11 module), which in part may function as a separate entity. In cells lacking Med16, the Gal11 module is detached from Mediator and recruited as a separate entity to the ARG1 promoter by the yeast activator Gcn4 (10). Interestingly, this free Med2-Med3-Med15-containing complex recruits TBP and pol II to the promoter, and cells that lack Med16 show no defects in the induced expression levels of either of the two Gcn4-dependent ARG1 and SNZ1 genes, even though the middle or head module Mediator subunits cannot be detected at these promoters. It is possible that alternative activator-coactivator complex formations are functional at the ARG1 and SNZ1 genes and that the isolated tail module might interact with, for example, the SAGA or SWI/SNF complexes in a way that is sufficient for the assembly of a functional preinitiation complex.
We have characterized the Med5 protein here and demonstrate that it is a component of the Mediator tail domain. We find that the in vivo role of Med5 is related to the function of other components in the tail module. Med5 influences the regulated expression of nuclear encoded components of the oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) machinery, and deletion of the MED5 gene affects both carbon source usage and oxygen consumption.
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Recombinant ProteinsDNA fragments encoding S. cerevisiae Med2, Med3, Med5, Med15, and Med16 were amplified from genomic DNA. PCR products were cloned into the vectors pBacPAK8 or pBacPAK9 (Clontech). Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis viruses recombinant for the individual proteins were constructed as described in the BacPAK manual (Clontech). Spodoptera frugiperda (Sf9) cells were maintained and propagated in suspension in SFM 900 medium (Invitrogen) containing 5% fetal calf serum at 27 °C. For protein expression, Sf9 cells were grown in suspension and harvested 60-72 h postinfection. Infected cells were frozen in liquid nitrogen and thawed at 4 °C in lysis buffer containing 25 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.0, 20 mM
-mercaptoethanol, and 1x protease inhibitors (for all purifications a 100x stock of protease inhibitors contained 100 mM phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride, 200 mM pepstatin A, 60 mM leupeptin, and 200 mM benzamidine in 100% ethanol). The cells were incubated on ice for 20 min, transferred to a Dounce homogenizer, and disrupted using 20 strokes of a tight-fitting pestle. NaCl was added to a final concentration of 1.5 M, and the homogenate was swirled gently for 40 min at 4 °C. The extract was cleared by centrifugation at 45,000 rpm for 45 min at 4 °C using a Beckman TLA 100.3 rotor.
Protein PurificationPurification of the RNA pol II holoenzyme and mutant versions thereof was as described previously (9). For purification of the Med2-Med3 dimer, Sf9 cells were co-infected with recombinant baculoviruses expressing Med2 and Pgd1 at a multiplicity of infection of 10 for each virus. After lysis and centrifugation, the supernatant was dialyzed against buffer Q-0.1 (20 mM Tris acetate, pH 7.8, 0.2 mM EDTA, 10% glycerol, 1 mM dithiothreitol, and 1x protease inhibitors; the number after the hyphen (e.g. Q-0.1) indicates the potassium acetate concentration in molar units) overnight. The dialyzed material was loaded on a Mono Q 5/5 FPLC column (Amersham Biosciences), which had been equilibrated in buffer Q-0.1. The column was washed with 5 ml of buffer Q-0.1 and eluted by a linear gradient (15 ml) of buffer Q-0.1-1.0. The Med2-Pgd1 dimer eluted at about 700 mM KAc. The eluate was dialyzed against buffer A-0.08 (25 mM Hepes-KOH, pH 7.6, 10% (v/v) glycerol, 1 mM EDTA, 1 mM dithiothreitol, and 1x protease inhibitors; the number after the hyphen (e.g. A-0.08) indicates the potassium acetate concentration in molar units) overnight. The dialyzed material was applied to a Mono S 5/5 column (Amersham Biosciences) that had been equilibrated in buffer A-0.1. The column was washed with 5 ml of buffer A-0.1, and proteins were eluted with a linear gradient (15 ml) of buffer A-0.1-1.0. A peak of the Med2-Med3 dimer eluted around 0.45 M KAc. The peak fractions were dialyzed against buffer H-0.07 (20 mM K·PO4, pH 7.6, 10% glycerol, 1 mM dithiothreitol, and 0.2 mM EDTA, pH 8.0; the number after the hyphen (e.g. H-0.07) indicates the potassium acetate concentration in molar units) for 4 h and loaded on a 1-ml HiTrap heparin column (Amersham Biosciences) that had been equilibrated with buffer H containing 100 mM KAc. Essentially pure Med2-Med3 eluted around 0.40 M KAc. The peak fractions were frozen in liquid nitrogen and finally stored at -80 °C. For purification of the Med2-Med3-Med5-Med15 tetramer, Sf9 cells were co-infected with recombinant baculoviruses expressing all of these proteins at a multiplicity of infection of 5 for each virus. After lysis and centrifugation, the supernatant was dialyzed against buffer A-0.1. A 15-ml S-Sepharose FF (Amersham Bioscience) column was washed with 45 ml of buffer A-0.1, and proteins were eluted with a linear gradient (150 ml) of buffer A-0.1-1.0. A peak of the Med2-Med3-Med5-Med15 tetramer eluted around 0.45 M KAc. The peak fractions were dialyzed against buffer H-0.1 and loaded on a 1-ml HiTrap heparin column that had been equilibrated with buffer H containing 100 mM KAc. The Med2-Med3-Med5-Med15 tetramer eluted around 400 mM KAc. The peak fractions were frozen in liquid nitrogen and finally stored at -80 °C. To determine the apparent molecular weight of the Med2-Med3 dimer and the Med2-Med3-Med5-Med15 tetramer, a portion (0.5 ml) of the Mono S (Med2-Med3) or the heparin peak (Med2-Med3-Med5-Med15) was applied to a Superose 12 column (Amersham Biosciences) equilibrated in Q-0.2.
Affymetrix GeneChip Probe Array Analyses and Real-time PCRTotal yeast RNA was isolated using a hot acid phenol extraction protocol (11). Poly(A)+ RNA was prepared from total RNA using the Oligotex Midi Kit (Qiagen). The cDNA synthesis, cRNA synthesis, and labeling, as well as array hybridization to Affymetrix yeast S98 arrays, were performed at the Karolinska Institute Affymetrix core facility as described in the Affymetrix users' manual (30). Washing and staining of arrays were performed using the GeneChip Fluidics Station 400 and by scanning with the Affymetrix GeneArray scanner. Acquisition and quantification of array images as well as primary data analysis were performed using Affymetrix GeneChip operating software (GCOS) 1.2. The transcription analysis was performed with RNA prepared from two wild type and two med5
cell cultures. Each of the two wild type RNA preparations was compared with both of the med5
RNA preparations, generating a total of four comparisons. Genes absent according to the Affymetrix detection algorithm on both arrays of a comparison were excluded from the presented data. Genes were included if the Affymetrix change algorithm gave significant change calls (p < 0.0025) in all four comparisons. To verify changes in gene transcription, real-time quantitative PCR was carried out on ABI Prism 7700 sequence detection system with Absolute QPCR SYBR Green reagents (Applied Biosystem) and primers at a concentration of 0.5 µM. PCR conditions were standardized to 40 cycles: 95 °C for 15 s followed by 60 °C for 1 min. The -fold change reported in TABLE THREE is the average of at least three separate experiments. Primer sequences are available upon request.
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60 h. For measurements of respiration rates, cells were grown exponentially for 12-24 h in synthetic complete (SC) medium (yeast nitrogen base supplemented with ammonium sulfate (Qbiogene catalog no. 4027-512), 2% glucose, and amino acids). The cultures were then diluted to OD 0.1-0.15, and respiration was measured after 2-3 generations. Oxygen consumption in whole cells was measured using a Clarke electrode connected to a CB1-D3-02 control box (Hansatech, KingsLynn, United Kingdom). Exponentially growing cells were harvested by centrifugation at 1800 rpm in a clinical centrifuge (Jouan CR422) and washed once with water and twice with 40 mM NaPO4, pH 7.4. We estimated the cell count using a Bürker counting chamber.
The respiration rate was measured at 30 °C by adding 2.5 x 107 cells to a water-jacked chamber containing 1 ml of 40 mM NaPO4, pH 7.4, with 1% glucose added as substrate. Cyanide-sensitive respiration was calculated after the addition of 1 mM KCN when the cyanide-insensitive respiration was subtracted from the total respiration. Measurements were repeated at least three times for each individual strain.
Measurement of Citrate Synthase Activity and Mitochondrial Volume DensityExponentially growing cells (OD 0.5-0.8) in SC-glucose medium were harvested by centrifugation at 1800 rpm and +4°C in a clinical centrifuge (Jouan CR422) and washed once with water followed by two washes with buffer J (0.138 M NaCl, 2.7 mM KCl, 0.01 M Na·PO4, pH 7.4, 1 M sorbitol). Approximately 108 cells were resuspended in 0.6 ml of buffer J and incubated with 400 units of lyticase at 30 °C for 50-60 min to digest the cell wall. Spheroplasts were collected by centrifugation, washed twice with buffer J, and frozen at -20 °C. Citrate synthase activity was determined in triplicate for each strain as described previously (14, 15). Volume density measurements of mitochondria on electron micrographs were performed as described previously (16). Twenty-five randomly selected cells from each strain were selected for analysis.
| RESULTS |
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, med3
, med15
, and med16
mutant strains. We found Med5 present in Mediator from the med2
, med3
, and med15
strains, demonstrating that Med5 does not depend on any of the encoded proteins for stable interaction with the rest of the Mediator (Fig. 1B). Analysis of Mediator from the med16
strain did, however, not only reveal a loss of the known Gal11 module proteins, as reported previously (9), but also a loss of Med5 (Fig. 1C). We therefore conclude that Med5 is a new component of the Mediator tail module and that it is located peripherally to Med16, together with subunits of the Gall11 submodule. Our attempts to purify Mediator from a med5
strain and analyze its subunit composition proved difficult, because the mutant Mediator complex precipitated during later stages of protein purification. We could however use immunoblot analysis to demonstrate that the med5
mutant Mediator purified as a multiprotein complex, which still contained the other tail module components Med2 and Med16 (Fig. 1D). Med5 Interacts with the Gal11 ModuleWe constructed recombinant baculoviruses for expression of Med2, Med3, Med5, Med15, and Med16 and investigated the association of these subunits by co-expression in insect cells. When Med2 and Med3 are expressed together, they form a soluble complex that can be purified to near homogeneity. Gel filtration analysis demonstrated that the Med2-Med3 complex had an apparent molecular weight of about 90 kDa, suggesting that the two proteins form a stable dimer with a molar ratio of 1:1 (Fig. 2A). Med15 was insoluble even when co-expressed with the Med2-Med3 complex, and we therefore could not demonstrate the existence of a separate Med2-Med3-Med15 subcomplex. Similarly, Med5 was insoluble when expressed on its own (data now shown), but co-expression of Med5 with Med2, Med3, and Med15 generated a soluble tetrameric complex that could be purified as a single entity over Mono S and heparin-Sepharose FF (Fig. 2B, data not shown). Gel filtration chromatography indicated that the Med2-Med3-Med5-Med15 complex had a size of about 500 kDa, roughly corresponding to the combined molecular masses of the four proteins (Fig. 2C). Our experiments demonstrated that a Med2-Med3-Med5-Med15 complex can be formed in vitro, which is consistent with the existence of a distinct Gal11 module. On the basis of our biochemical analysis, we propose a structural model of the mediator tail domain in which Med5 is localized peripherally to Med16 and in complex with Med2, Med3, and Med15 (Fig. 2D).
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knock-out and med21-ts (Fig. 3A). The latter allele, which is temperature-sensitive at 38 °C, encodes an N-terminally truncated Med21 protein that lacks amino acid residues 2-8.4 We also found a synthetic interaction between the med5
and med15
knock-outs. The med5
med15
double knock-out strain is temperature-sensitive at 35 °C, as compared with 38 °C for the med15
strain and no temperature sensitivity for the med5
strain (Fig. 3B). No synthetic interaction was observed between the med5
and med16
knock-outs (data not shown), which is consistent with the finding that loss of Med16 also leads to loss of Med5 (Fig. 1C) and supports a localization of Med5 peripherally to Med16 (Fig. 2D).
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Strain Displays Increased RespirationThe med2
, med3
, med15
, and med16
strains all exhibit gal- phenotypes, whereas the med5
strain is gal+ (data not shown). This is consistent with our observation that Med5 is not required for association of the Gal11 module with Mediator (Fig. 1D). Interestingly, the med5
strain grows significantly better than the wild type strain on the nonfermentable carbon source glycerol (Fig. 3C and data not shown). Enhanced growth on glycerol was also seen for some other Mediator mutant strains, including med16
, med1
and cycC
. In contrast, deletion of MED15, GCN5 (encoding a component of the SAGA complex), or ELP3 (encoding a component of the Elongator complex) produced a slow growth phenotype (Fig. 3, C and D). We also compared oxygen consumption in wild type and mutant yeast strains using a Clarke electrode. The med5
deletion caused a near 2-fold increase in oxygen consumption compared with a wild type strain (Fig. 4A). Other Mediator mutants, including med1
, med16
, and cycC
, also caused increased oxygen consumption, whereas the consumption dropped below that of the wild type in the gcn5
and elp3
strains. The enhanced growth on glycerol and increased oxygen consumption, suggested an increased respiratory activity in some of the Mediator mutant strains. Citrate synthase is one of the key enzymes in the tricarboxcylic cycle, and citrate synthase activity is used as an indicator of mitochondrial mass in eukaryotic cells. We compared citrate synthase activity in the wild type, med5
, and med16
strains. The citrate synthase activity was increased in the Mediator mutant strains and correlated well with the previously determined oxygen consumption (Fig. 4B). We also performed volume density measurements of mitochondria on electron micrographs and observed increased mitochondrial density in the med5
and med16
strains (Fig. 4C).
Med5 Influences Expression of Nuclear and Mitochondrial OXPHOS GenesWe next used DNA chip technology to identify genes that are dependent on Med5 for their expression. We compared med5
and wild type strains grown in YPD and observed no significant changes in global gene transcription (data now shown). When the cells were grown in synthetic complete glucose medium (SC-glucose), we saw dramatic changes in global gene transcription, and distinct functional patterns emerged. The three most affected genes were ANB1, DAN1, and TIR1, which displayed an almost 10-fold decrease in transcription (TABLE THREE). These genes belong to the group of anaerobic genes, which are induced in anaerobic cells and repressed in aerobic cells. The DAN/TIR genes encode homologous mannoproteins, which contribute to the anaerobic remodeling of the cell wall (18, 19), whereas ANB1 encodes an anaerobic isoform of translation initiation factor eIF-5A (21). We also noted an up-regulation of MUC1 (FLO11), a cell surface glycoprotein required for diploid pseudohyphal formation and haploid invasive growth (20, 21). In agreement with these changes in MUC1 gene transcription, scanning electron microscopy revealed a weak chain-forming phenotype for both the med5
and med16
strains (data not shown).
Finally we observed changed expression for a large number of genes encoding components involved in oxidative phosphorylation. No less than 32 nuclear encoded OXPHOS genes were significantly up-regulated in the med5
strain, and only one single nuclear OXPHOS gene was down-regulated. The down-regulated gene was COX5b, which encodes an anaerobically expressed isoform of the cytochrome-c oxidase subunit V. The COX5a gene, which encodes the aerobically expressed isoform of the same cytochrome-c oxidase subunit, was up-regulated in the med5
strain. The observed expression pattern is therefore consistent with the increased respiration observed in the med5
strain. In contrast to the nuclear genes, which were up-regulated, transcription of the mitochondrial OXPHOS genes AAP1, COX2, COX3, ATP6, and COB was down-regulated. Expression of nuclear and mitochondrial OXPHOS genes are coordinated in wild type cells, and the opposite effects observed in the med5
strain were therefore unexpected.
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On the basis of our biochemical characterization, we postulate a model for the Mediator tail domain subunit architecture (Fig. 2D). To support the model, we investigate the functional importance of Med5 and its genetic interactions with other tail module subunits. We found that med5
and med15
interact genetically (Fig. 3B) but failed to observe genetic interactions between med5
and med16
(data not shown). The former observation supports a physical interaction between Med5 and Med16, whereas the latter is consistent with the biochemical finding that Med5 is lost in the med16
Mediator. We further found that a temperature-sensitive MED21 allele (med21-ts) is lethal in the med5
background (Fig. 3A) This observation is in nice agreement with a previous report of synthetic lethality between the temperature-sensitive MED10 allele nut2-ts70 and a med5
knock-out (6). Med10 and Med21 are both part of the middle domain of Mediator (26) and interact both genetically and physically with each other.4 The reason why Med5, which is normally dispensable, becomes an essential protein in the med21-ts and nut2-ts70 mutants remains to be determined. Possibly, Med5 participates in protein-protein interactions that help to stabilize the middle domain in these mutants.
Med5 interacts with the Gal11 module but is not absolutely required for the structural integrity of this module in vivo. Mediator purified from a med5
strain still retains the Gal11 module (Fig. 1D), and whereas deletion of MED2, MED3, or MED15 generates a gal- phenotype, the med5
and med16
strains remain gal+ (data not shown). Furthermore, it appears that Med5 is structurally and functionally more related to Med16 than to the other subunits of the tail module. First, Med5 is lost from Mediator purified from a med16
strain (Fig. 1B). Second, the med5
and med16
mutants have similar phenotypic characteristics with increased growth on the nonfermentable carbon source glycerol, increased oxygen consumption, and increased citrate synthase activity. We further found that loss of the entire Gal11 module (med15
) generates a dramatic chain-forming phenotype with grape-like clusters, whereas the med5
and med16
strains showed only a mild chain-forming phenotype. Med14 is thought to link the Mediator tail and middle domains, and a similar chain-forming phenotype has been reported for med14 mutant strains (23). Finally, MED16 functions as a negative regulator of HO gene expression, and both the MED5 and MED16 genes were isolated in a screen for mutants that would suppress the Swi4/Swi6 dependence of a synthetic reporter gene containing part of the HO promoter (6). In this context, it should be noted that deletion of the MED16 gene influences chromatin structure (24). The mechanisms remain obscure, but because the Med5 protein is an active acetyltransferase (5), it may be involved. Unfortunately, mutations in the Med5 HAT motif destabilize the protein,5 and we have therefore been unable to characterize the specific contribution of the HAT activity for Med5 function.
Our data suggest that deletion of MED5 causes an increased expression of nuclear encoded mitochondrial proteins that are involved in oxidative phosphorylation and a simultaneous down-regulation of genes that are encoded by the mitochondrial genome. The exact mechanisms for this uncoupling of nuclear and mitochondrial gene regulation remain elusive. Most nuclear encoded aerobic genes are subjected to glucose repression, and it is therefore possible that a deletion of MED5 leads to release from glucose repression similar to what has been reported for med14 (rgr1) and med16 mutations (25). Arguing against this possibility, we could not observe any increase in transcription of classical glucose repressed genes, e.g. SUC2, GAL1 or CYB2. Another possibility is that Med5 is involved in the retrograde response, a signaling pathway that communicates information from the mitochondria to the nucleus and affects many cellular processes including stress response, metabolic pathways, and mitochondrial biogenesis (26). Interestingly, the PGD1 gene, encoding the tail module protein Med3, was originally identified as a multicopy suppressor of a mutant mitochondrial RNA polymerase (27).
Finally, our finding that the med5
knock-out has only limited effects on gene transcription in YPD, but dramatic effects in synthetic complete medium, suggests that the growth conditions may influence the activity of or the requirements for Med5. It should be noted that the Ca2+ concentration in synthetic complete medium (900 µM) is significantly higher than in YPD (140 µM) (28). This difference in Ca2+ levels may be significant, because mitochondria-to-nucleus stress signaling occurs through elevated levels of cytosolic Ca2+ in mammalian cells (29). In future studies we will investigate the HAT activity of the Med5 protein and how this activity is influenced by mitochondrial stress.
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1 Current address: Dept. of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota, 6-160 Jackson Hall, 321 Church St. S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455. ![]()
2 To whom correspondence should be addressed: Karolinska Institute, Division of Metabolic Diseases, Novum, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden, Tel.: 46-8-585-83974; Fax: 46-8-779-5383; E-mail: claes.gustafsson{at}ki.se.
3 The abbreviations used are: pol II, polymerase II; OXPHOS, oxidative phosphorylation; HAT, histone acetyltransferase. ![]()
4 M. Hallberg, G.-Z. Hu, D. Balciunas, Z. Shaikhibrahim, S. Björklund, and H. Ronne, manuscript submitted for publication. ![]()
5 J. Béve, unpublished observation. ![]()
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