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Area of Science:

Cell biology
Developmental biology
Biochemistry

Background:

Signaling gradients are crucial for cell migration and development in single-cell organisms.
Budding yeast use chemotropic growth to orient towards mating pheromone gradients.
MATa cells secrete Bar1 protease, which degrades the α-factor pheromone, paradoxically aiding mating.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the role of Bar1 in MATa cell self-avoidance during chemotropic growth.
To understand how yeast dynamically remodel their environment for productive mating responses.

Main Methods:

Development of a computational platform to simulate chemotropic growth.
Experimental validation using gradient chambers and mating assays with Bar1-deficient cells.

Main Results:

Simulations revealed Bar1 acts as an α-factor sink, locally reshaping pheromone gradients.
These reshaped gradients promote self-avoidance between MATa cells and amplify attraction to opposite-sex partners.
Experimental data supported the simulation predictions regarding Bar1's role in self-avoidance and mating.

Conclusions:

Budding yeast dynamically remodel their microenvironment via Bar1 secretion to optimize responses to external stimuli.
This mechanism ensures efficient mating by promoting attraction to suitable partners and avoiding nonproductive interactions with same-sex cells.