Stable and destabilized GFP reporters to monitor calcineurin activity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

February 5, 2020

This study introduces GFP-based transcriptional reporters driven by a calcineurin-dependent response element, enabling real-time monitoring of calcineurin activity in live yeast cells for studying stress responses, aging, and antifungal drug screening.

Coordinate responses to alkaline pH stress in budding yeast

May 22, 2015

This review summarizes the modulation of a substantial number of signaling pathways whose participate in the alkaline response in yeast. These regulatory inputs involve not only the conserved Rim101/PacC pathway, but also the calcium-activated phosphatase calcineurin, the Wsc1-Pkc1-Slt2 MAP kinase, the Snf1 and PKA kinases and oxidative stress-response pathways.

Heat shock protein 90 and calcineurin pathway inhibitors enhance the efficacy of triazoles against Scedosporium prolificans via induction of apoptosis

June 2, 2014

This article reports for the first time that posaconazole (PCZ) or itraconazolein (ICZ) in combination with the calcineurin inhibitor tacrolimus or the Hsp90 inhibitor 17-demethoxy-17-(2-propenylamino) geldanamycin renders S. prolificans exquisitely sensitive to PCZ or ICZ via apoptosis.