[PSI(+)] phenotype can be transiently induced when Magnesium chloride (MgCl(2)) was the selective pressure in SUP35 repeat-expansion mutant [psi(-)] yeast strains. We further investigated [PSI(+)] phenotype change under different MgCl(2) conditions with native Sup35p and quantified the Sup35p status changes with fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) and semi-denaturing detergent-agarose gel electrophoresis (SDD-AGE) analysis. It was found that the [PSI(+)] phenotype presented a dose-dependent relationship with the concentrations of MgCl(2). Furthermore, Sup35p aggregated in MgCl(2) treated cells but did not form large aggregates as it does in [PSI(+)] cells, and the size of Sup35p aggregates showed a time-dependent relationship with the MgCl(2) application. The aggregation of Sup35p strictly depended on the presence of MgCl(2) stress in our strains.
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