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- Title
Phosphate efflux as a test of plasma membrane leakage in Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells.
- Authors
Trilisenko, Ludmila; Valiakhmetov, Airat; Kulakovskaya, Tatiana
- Abstract
Plasma membrane integrity is a key to cell viability. Currently, the main approach to assessing plasma membrane integrity is the detection of penetration of special dyes, such as trypan blue and propidium iodide, into the cells. However, this method needs expensive equipment: a fluorescent microscope or a flow cytometer. Besides, staining with propidium iodide occasionally gives false-positive results. Here, we suggest the phosphate (Pi) leakage assay as an approach to assess the increase in permeability of the plasma membrane of yeast cells. We studied the dependence of phosphate efflux and uptake into Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells on the composition of the incubation medium, time, and ambient pH. The difference in optimal conditions for these processes suggests that Pi efflux is not conducted by the Pi uptake system. The Pi efflux in water correlated with the proportion of cells stained with propidium iodide. This indicated that Pi efflux is associated with cytoplasmic membrane disruption in a portion of the yeast cell population. The assay of Pi efflux was used to evaluate membrane disruption in S. cerevisiae cells treated with some heavy metal ions and detergents.
- Subjects
SACCHAROMYCES cerevisiae; LEAKAGE; PROPIDIUM iodide; MEMBRANE permeability (Biology); TRYPAN blue
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 2021, Vol 67, Issue 3, p226
- ISSN
0008-4166
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1139/cjm-2020-0040