PMID- 28194465 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20171121 LR - 20180713 IS - 1756-591X (Electronic) IS - 1756-5901 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 3 DP - 2017 Mar 22 TI - Unravelling the role of protein kinase CK2 in metal toxicity using gene deletion mutants. PG - 301-308 LID - 10.1039/c6mt00230g [doi] AB - Metal ions, biologically essential or toxic, are present in the surrounding environment of living organisms. Understanding their uptake, homeostasis or detoxification is critical in cell biology and human health. In this study, we investigated the role of protein kinase CK2 in metal toxicity using gene deletion strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae against a panel of six metal ions. The deletion of CKA2, the yeast orthologue of mammalian CK2alpha', leads to a pronounced resistant phenotype against Zn(2+) and Al(3+), whilst the deletion of CKB1 or CKB2 results in tolerance to Cr(6+) and As(3+). The individual deletion mutants of CK2 subunits (CKA1, CKA2, CKB1 and CKB2) did not have any benefit against Co(2+) and Cd(2+). The metal ion content in the treated cells was then measured by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Two contrasting findings were obtained for the CKA2 deletion mutant (cka2Delta) against Al(3+) or Zn(2+). Upon exposure to Al(3+), cka2Delta had markedly lower Al(3+) content than the wild type and other CK2 mutants, congruous to the resistant phenotype of cka2Delta against Al(3+), indicating that CKA2 is responsible for Al(3+) uptake. Upon zinc exposure the same mutant showed similar Zn(2+) content to the wild type and cka1Delta. Strikingly, the selective inhibitor of CK2 TBB (4,5,6,7-tetrabromo-1H-benzotriazole) abolished the resistant phenotype of cka2Delta against Zn(2+). Hence, the CK2 subunit CKA1 plays a key role in Zn(2+) sequestration of the cell. Given that both zinc and CK2 are implicated in cancer development, the findings herein are of significance to cancer research and anticancer drug development. FAU - Johnson, Adam J AU - Johnson AJ AD - School of Science and Health, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia. m.wu@westernsydney.edu.au. FAU - Zaman, Mohammad S AU - Zaman MS AD - School of Science and Health, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia. m.wu@westernsydney.edu.au. FAU - Veljanoski, Filip AU - Veljanoski F AD - School of Science and Health, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia. m.wu@westernsydney.edu.au. FAU - Phrakaysone, Alex A AU - Phrakaysone AA AD - School of Science and Health, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia. m.wu@westernsydney.edu.au. FAU - Li, Suhua AU - Li S AD - College of Life Sciences, Southwest Forestry University, 300 Bailong Road, Kunming 650024, Yunnan Province, P. R. China. FAU - O'Doherty, Patrick J AU - O'Doherty PJ AD - School of Science and Health, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia. m.wu@westernsydney.edu.au. FAU - Petersingham, Gayani AU - Petersingham G AD - School of Science and Health, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia. m.wu@westernsydney.edu.au. FAU - Perrone, Gabriel G AU - Perrone GG AD - School of Science and Health, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia. m.wu@westernsydney.edu.au. FAU - Molloy, Mark P AU - Molloy MP AD - Australian Proteome Analysis Facility (APAF), Dept. Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia. FAU - Wu, Ming J AU - Wu MJ AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0577-1907 AD - School of Science and Health, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia. m.wu@westernsydney.edu.au and Molecular Medicine Research Group, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - Metallomics JT - Metallomics : integrated biometal science JID - 101478346 RN - 0 (Metals) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Casein Kinase II) SB - IM MH - Casein Kinase II/*genetics MH - *Gene Deletion MH - Heavy Metal Poisoning/enzymology/*etiology MH - Metals/*toxicity MH - Saccharomyces cerevisiae/*drug effects/enzymology/genetics EDAT- 2017/02/15 06:00 MHDA- 2017/11/29 06:00 CRDT- 2017/02/15 06:00 PHST- 2017/02/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/11/29 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/02/15 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1039/c6mt00230g [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Metallomics. 2017 Mar 22;9(3):301-308. doi: 10.1039/c6mt00230g.