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Lysis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae with 2-Deoxy-2-Fluoro-D-Glucose, an Inhibitor of the Cell Wall Glucan Synthesis

Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

ABSTRACT

The effect of a synthetic glucose analogue, 2-deoxy-2-fluoro-D-glucose (FG) on growth and glucose metabolism of Saccharomyces cerevisiae was studied. The addition of FG (0.005-0.05%) to a 2% glucose medium resulted in reduction of the initial growth rate and, after several hours, in a complete cessation of the culture growth. These two events were due to extensive lysis of the population which continued long after the period when no more growth was recorded. Electron microscope examination of lysed cells showed that the lysis was a consequence of a dissolution of the cell walls. FG inhibited to a similar extent the initial growth rate and the incorporation of radioactivity from labeled glucose into growing population. The inhibition of radioactivity incorporation from glucose by growing protoplasts was much less. The yeast was found to be extremely FG sensitive whenever the synthesis of new cell wall material was involved. All observations imply that FG interferes mainly with the cell wall formation of S. cerevisiae. A comparison of the FG effects on metabolic activity of protoplasts, simultaneous secretion of mannan-proteins into the growth medium, and the formation of glucan fibrils on the surface of protoplasts demonstrated that the cell wall glucan synthesis is the most FG-sensitive process and evidently the growth-limiting factor in intact cells. FG-resistant cells were selected during growth experiments. They exhibited an altered mode of cell division when grown in the presence of FG.

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