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Nonlinear feedback drives homeostatic plasticity in H2O2 stress response

  1. Youlian Goulev  Is a corresponding author
  2. Sandrine Morlot
  3. Audrey Matifas
  4. Bo Huang
  5. Mikael Molin
  6. Michel B Toledano
  7. Gilles Charvin  Is a corresponding author
  1. Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS, INSERM, Université de Strasbourg, France
  2. IBITECS, SBIGEM, CEA-Saclay, France
  3. University of Gothenburg, Sweden
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.23971
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  1. Youlian Goulev
  2. Sandrine Morlot
  3. Audrey Matifas
  4. Bo Huang
  5. Mikael Molin
  6. Michel B Toledano
  7. Gilles Charvin
(2017)
Nonlinear feedback drives homeostatic plasticity in H2O2 stress response
eLife 6:e23971.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.23971
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Abstract

Homeostatic systems that rely on genetic regulatory networks are intrinsically limited by the transcriptional response time, which may restrict a cell’s ability to adapt to unanticipated environmental challenges. To bypass this limitation, cells have evolved mechanisms whereby exposure to mild stress increases their resistance to subsequent threats. However, the mechanisms responsible for such adaptive homeostasis remain largely unknown. Here, we used live-cell imaging and microfluidics to investigate the adaptive response of budding yeast to temporally controlled H2O2 stress patterns. We demonstrate that acquisition of tolerance is a systems-level property resulting from nonlinearity of H2O2 scavenging by peroxiredoxins and our study reveals that this regulatory scheme induces a striking hormetic effect of extracellular H2O2 stress on replicative longevity. Our study thus provides a novel quantitative framework bridging the molecular architecture of a cellular homeostatic system to the emergence of nonintuitive adaptive properties.

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  1. Youlian Goulev

    Developmental biology and stem cells department, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS, INSERM, Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch Cedex, France
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    youlian.goulev@gmail.com
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    The authors declare that no competing interests exist.

  2. Sandrine Morlot

    Developmental biology and stem cells department, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS, INSERM, Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch Cedex, France
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  3. Audrey Matifas

    Developmental biology and stem cells department, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS, INSERM, Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch Cedex, France
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    The authors declare that no competing interests exist.

  4. Bo Huang

    Oxidative Stress and Cancer, IBITECS, SBIGEM, CEA-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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    ORCID icon "This ORCID iD identifies the author of this article:" 0000-0001-5945-7601

  5. Mikael Molin

    Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden
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  6. Michel B Toledano

    Oxidative Stress and Cancer, IBITECS, SBIGEM, CEA-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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    The authors declare that no competing interests exist.

  7. Gilles Charvin

    Developmental biology and stem cells department, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS, INSERM, Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch Cedex, France
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    charvin@igbmc.fr
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    The authors declare that no competing interests exist.
    ORCID icon "This ORCID iD identifies the author of this article:" 0000-0002-6852-6952

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Association de recherche contre le cancer (PDF20111204470)

  • Youlian Goulev

ATIP-Avenir program

  • Gilles Charvin

Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale (DEI20151234397)

  • Gilles Charvin

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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  1. Youlian Goulev
  2. Sandrine Morlot
  3. Audrey Matifas
  4. Bo Huang
  5. Mikael Molin
  6. Michel B Toledano
  7. Gilles Charvin
(2017)
Nonlinear feedback drives homeostatic plasticity in H2O2 stress response
eLife 6:e23971.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.23971

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