Abstract:
:The immunophilin-immunosuppressant complexes cyclophilin-cyclosporin A (CsA) and FKBP12-FK506 inhibit the phosphatase calcineurin to block T-cell activation. Although cyclophilin A, FKBP12, and calcineurin are highly conserved from yeast to man, none had previously been shown to be essential for viability. We find that CsA-sensitive yeast strains are FK506 hypersensitive and demonstrate that calcineurin is required for viability in these strains. Mutants lacking cyclophilin A or FKBP12 are resistant to CsA or FK506, respectively. Thus, both the immunosuppressive and the antifungal actions of CsA and FK506 result from calcineurin inhibition by immunophilin-drug complexes. In yeast strains in which calcineurin is not essential, calcineurin inhibition or mutation of calcineurin confers hypersensitivity to LiCl or NaCl, suggesting that calcineurin regulates cation transport.
journal_name
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S Aauthors
Breuder T,Hemenway CS,Movva NR,Cardenas ME,Heitman Jdoi
10.1073/pnas.91.12.5372subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1994-06-07 00:00:00pages
5372-6issue
12eissn
0027-8424issn
1091-6490journal_volume
91pub_type
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