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Jiang C, Xu J, Zhang H, Zhang X, Shi J, Li M, Ming F. A cytosolic class I small heat shock protein, RcHSP17.8, of Rosa chinensis confers resistance to a variety of stresses to Escherichia coli, yeast and Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2009; 32:1046-59. [PMID: 19422616 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2009.01987.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Among the heat shock proteins (HSPs) of higher plants, those belonging to the small HSP (sHSP) family remain the least characterized in functional terms. To improve our understanding of sHSPs, we have characterized RcHSP17.8 from Rosa chinensis. Sequence alignments and phylogenetic analysis reveal this to be a cytosolic class I sHSP. RcHSP17.8 expression in R. chinensis was induced by heat, cold, salt, drought, osmotic and oxidative stresses. Recombinant RcHSP17.8 was overexpressed in Escherichia coli and yeast to study its possible function under stress conditions. The recombinant E. coli and yeast cells that accumulated RcHSP17.8 showed improved viability under thermal, salt and oxidative stress conditions compared with control cultures. We also produced transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana that constitutively expressed RcHSP17.8. These plants exhibited increased tolerance to heat, salt, osmotic and drought stresses. These results suggest that R. chinensis cytosolic class I sHSP (RcHSP17.8) has the ability to confer stress resistance not only to E. coli and yeast but also to plants grown under a wide variety of unfavorable environmental conditions.
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- Changhua Jiang
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Genetics, School of Life Science, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433, China
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Singh BR. Thermotolerance and multidrug resistance in bacteria isolated from equids and their environment. Vet Rec 2009; 164:746-50. [DOI: 10.1136/vr.164.24.746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- B. R. Singh
- National Research Centre on Equines; Sirsa Road Hisar Haryana 125 001 India
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Ouyang Y, Chen J, Xie W, Wang L, Zhang Q. Comprehensive sequence and expression profile analysis of Hsp20 gene family in rice. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2009; 70:341-57. [PMID: 19277876 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-009-9477-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2008] [Accepted: 02/23/2009] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The Hsp20 genes represent the most abundant small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) in plants. Hsp20 gene family has been shown to be involved in preventing heat shock and promoting resistance to environmental stress factors, but very little is known about this gene family in rice. Here, we report the identification and characterization of 39 OsHsp20 genes in rice, describing the gene structure, gene expression, genome localization, and phylogenetic relationship of each member. We have used RT-PCR to perform a characterization of the normal and heat shock-induced expression of selective OsHsp20 genes. A genome-wide microarray based gene expression analysis involving 25 stages of vegetative and reproductive development in three rice cultivars has revealed that 36 OsHsp20 genes were expressed in at least one of the experimental stages studied. Among these, transcripts of OsHsp20 were accumulated differentially during vegetative and reproductive developmental stages and preferentially down-regulated in Shanyou 63. In addition, OsHsp20 genes were identified as showing prominent heterosis in family-level expression. Our results suggest that the expression patterns of the OsHsp20 genes are diversified not only in developmental stages but also in variety level.
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- Yidan Ouyang
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, National Centre of Plant Gene Research, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.
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Lin WC, Linda Chang PF. Approaches for Acquired Tolerance to Abiotic Stress of Economically Important Crops. BIOCATALYSIS AND AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 2009. [DOI: 10.1201/9781420077070.ch5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Goren MA, Fox BG. Wheat germ cell-free translation, purification, and assembly of a functional human stearoyl-CoA desaturase complex. Protein Expr Purif 2008; 62:171-8. [PMID: 18765284 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2008.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2008] [Revised: 08/01/2008] [Accepted: 08/11/2008] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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A wheat germ cell-free extract was used to perform in vitro translation of human stearoyl-CoA desaturase in the presence of unilamelar liposomes, and near complete transfer of the expressed integral membrane protein into the liposome was observed. Moreover, co-translation of the desaturase along with human cytochrome b(5) led to transfer of both membrane proteins into the liposomes. A simple, single step purification via centrifugation in a density gradient yielded proteoliposomes with the desaturase in high purity as judged by capillary electrophoresis. After in vitro reconstitution of the non-heme iron and heme active sites, the function of the reconstituted enzyme complex was demonstrated by conversion of stearoyl-CoA to oleoyl-CoA. This simple translation approach obviates the use of detergents or other lipids to stabilize and isolate a catalytically active integral membrane enzyme. The applicability of cell-free translation to the assembly and purification of other integral membrane protein complexes is discussed.
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- Michael A Goren
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Singh A, Grover A. Genetic engineering for heat tolerance in plants. PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2008; 14:155-66. [PMID: 23572882 PMCID: PMC3550655 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-008-0014-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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High temperature tolerance has been genetically engineered in plants mainly by over-expressing the heat shock protein genes or indirectly by altering levels of heat shock transcription factor proteins. Apart from heat shock proteins, thermotolerance has also been altered by elevating levels of osmolytes, increasing levels of cell detoxification enzymes and through altering membrane fluidity. It is suggested that Hsps may be directly implicated in thermotolerance as agents that minimize damage to cell proteins. The other three above approaches leading to thermotolerance in transgenic experiments though operate in their own specific ways but indirectly might be aiding in creation of more reductive and energy-rich cellular environment, thereby minimizing the accumulation of damaged proteins. Intervention in protein metabolism such that accumulation of damaged proteins is minimized thus appears to be the main target for genetically-engineering crops against high temperature stress.
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- Amanjot Singh
- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, Benito Juarez Road, New Delhi, 110 021 India
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, Benito Juarez Road, New Delhi, 110 021 India
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Mamedov TG, Shono M. Molecular chaperone activity of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) endoplasmic reticulum-located small heat shock protein. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 2008; 121:235-43. [PMID: 18288562 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-008-0148-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2007] [Accepted: 01/08/2008] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The gene encoding the small heat shock protein (sHSP), LeHSP21.5, has been previously cloned from tomato (GenBank accession no. AB026983). The deduced amino acid sequence of this tomato sHSP was most similar to that of other endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-localized sHSPs (ER-sHSP) and can be predicted to target the ER. We examined whether the gene product of LeHSP21.5 (probable ER-sHSP) can act as molecular chaperone. For functional analysis, LeHSP21.5 protein was expressed in Escherichia coli as His(6)-tagged protein in the C-terminal and purified. We confirmed that ER-sHSP could provide thermal protection of soluble proteins in vitro. We compared the thermal stability of E. coli strain BL21 (DE3) transformed with pET-ER-sHSP with the control E. coli strain BL21(DE3) transformed with only the pET vector under heat shock and IPTG-induced conditions. Most of the protein extracts from E. coli cells expressing ER-sHSP were protected from heat-induced denaturation, whereas extracts from cells not expressing ER-sHSP were very heat-sensitive under these conditions. A similar protective effect was observed when purified ER-sHSP was added to an E. coli cell extract. ER-sHSP prevented the thermal aggregation and inactivation of citrate synthase. These collective findings indicate that ER-sHSP can function as a molecular chaperone in vitro.
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- Tarlan G Mamedov
- Tropical Agriculture Research Front, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), 1091-1 Maezato Kawarabaru, Ishigaki, Okinawa, 907-0002, Japan.
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Liming Y, Qian Y, Pigang L, Sen L. Expression of the HSP24 gene from Trichoderma harzianum in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Therm Biol 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2007.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Yadegari LZ, . RH, . JC. The Influence of Cold Acclimation on Proline, Malondialdehyde (MDA), Total Protein and Pigments Contents in Soybean (Glycine max) Seedlings. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2007.1436.1441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Takeuchi S. Molecular cloning, sequence, function and structural basis of human heart 150 kDa oxygen-regulated protein, an ER chaperone. Protein J 2007; 25:517-28. [PMID: 17131193 DOI: 10.1007/s10930-006-9038-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Apoptosis of heart tissues followed by hypoxia and ischemia leads finally to cardiac insufficiency. The full-length coding sequence of 3301 bp including cDNA(s) of the ER chaperone ORP150, which was specifically induced by hypoxia stress, was cloned from human cardiac infarct. Phylogenetic analyses reveal that human heart ORP150 shares a highly conserved N-terminal ATPase domain among its related family members. Moreover, hydropathic profiling reveals that their ca. 70 N-terminal residues and unique C-terminal halves exhibit similar hydropathy profiles among members. These findings suggest that ORP150 is structurally and functionally well conserved in distant species.
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- Satoru Takeuchi
- Department of Protein Research, Hibergenome (formerly ProstaColon), 85 NE, Takamatsu, Kahoku, Ishikawa, 929-1215, Japan.
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Takeuchi S. Analytical assays of human HSP27 and thermal-stress survival of Escherichia coli cells that overexpress it. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 341:1252-6. [PMID: 16466698 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.01.090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2006] [Accepted: 01/17/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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HSP27 is a small heat-shock protein (sHSP). Such proteins are produced in all organisms. These small HSPs exhibit chaperone-like activity that can bind to unfolded polypeptides and prevent uncontrolled protein aggregation in vitro. Cellular anti-apoptosis function and enhanced cell survival are correlated with increased expression of HSPs. This study presents a thermal-stress survival model for cells using the Escherichia coli expression system for which human HSP27, a recombinant protein, is inducible. Results show that E. coli cells overexpressing human HSP27 have enhanced tolerance to 50 degrees C thermal stress.
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- Satoru Takeuchi
- Department of Protein Research, ProstaColon, 85 NE, Takamatsu, Kahoku, Ishikawa 929-1215, Japan.
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Ahn YJ, Zimmerman JL. Introduction of the carrot HSP17.7 into potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) enhances cellular membrane stability and tuberization in vitro. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2006; 29:95-104. [PMID: 17086756 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2005.01403.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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We have examined the ability of a carrot (Daucus carota L.) heat shock protein gene encoding HSP17.7 (DcHSP17.7) to confer enhanced heat tolerance to potato (Solanum tuberosum L.), a cool-season crop. The DcHSP17.7 gene was fused to a 6XHistidine (His) tag to distinguish the engineered protein from endogenous potato proteins and was introduced into the potato cultivar 'Désirée' under the control of the cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) 35S promoter. Western analysis showed that engineered DcHSP17.7 was constitutively, but not abundantly, expressed in transgenic potato lines before heat stress. Leaves from multiple regenerated potato lines that contain the transgene exhibited significantly improved cellular membrane stability at high temperatures, compared with wild-type and vector control plants. Transgenic potato lines also exhibited enhanced tuberization in vitro: under a condition of constant heat stress, at 29 degrees C, nodal sections of the transgenic lines produced larger and heavier microtubers at higher rates, compared to the wild type and vector controls. The dry weight and percentages of microtubers that were longer than 5 mm were up to three times higher in the transgenic lines. Our results suggest that constitutive expression of carrot HSP17.7 can enhance thermotolerance in transgenic potato plants. To our knowledge, this is the first study that shows that the thermotolerance of potato can be enhanced through gene transfer.
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- Yeh-Jin Ahn
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA.
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Kim TD, Choi E, Rhim H, Paik SR, Yang CH. Alpha-synuclein has structural and functional similarities to small heat shock proteins. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 324:1352-9. [PMID: 15504363 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.09.208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2004] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The aggregation and fibrillization of alpha-synuclein, a major component of Lewy bodies, is a key event in Parkinson's disease. Although the mechanisms of fibrils formation are largely investigated, physiological function of alpha-synuclein is not yet clearly elucidated. Here, we showed that C-terminal region of alpha-synuclein is similar to alpha-crystalline domain of small heat shock proteins. In our experiments, alpha-synuclein, like small heat shock proteins, protected cellular proteins from denaturation, and confer Escherichia coli cellular tolerances against thermal- and oxidative-stresses.
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- Thomas Doohun Kim
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Miroshnichenko S, Tripp J, Nieden UZ, Neumann D, Conrad U, Manteuffel R. Immunomodulation of function of small heat shock proteins prevents their assembly into heat stress granules and results in cell death at sublethal temperatures. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2005; 41:269-81. [PMID: 15634203 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2004.02290.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The conformational dynamism and aggregate state of small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) may be crucial for their functions in thermoprotection of plant cells from the detrimental effects of heat stress. Ectopic expression of single chain fragment variable (scFv) antibodies against cytosolic sHSPs was used as new tool to generate sHSP loss-of-function mutants by antibody-mediated prevention of the sHSP assembly in vivo. Anti-sHSP scFv antibodies transiently expressed in heat-stressed tobacco protoplasts were not only able to recognize the endogenous sHSPs but also prevented their assembly into heat stress granula (HSGs). Constitutive expression of the same scFv antibodies in transgenic plants did not alter their phenotype at normal growth temperatures, but their leaves turned yellow and died after prolonged stress at sublethal temperatures. Structural analysis revealed a regular cytosolic distribution of stress-induced sHSPs in mesophyll cells of stress-treated transgenic plants, whereas extensive formation of HSGs was observed in control cells. After prolonged stress at sublethal temperatures, mesophyll cells of transgenic plants suffered destruction of all cellular membranes and finally underwent cell death. In contrast, mesophyll cells of the stressed controls showed HSG disintegration accompanied by appearance of polysomes, dictyosomes and rough endoplasmic reticulum indicating normalization of cell functions. Apparently, the ability of sHSPs to assemble into HSGs as well as the HSG disintegration is a prerequisite for survival of plant cells under continuous stress conditions at sublethal temperatures.
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- Sergey Miroshnichenko
- Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Corrensstr. 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
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Jinn TL, Chiu CC, Song WW, Chen YM, Lin CY. Azetidine-induced accumulation of class I small heat shock proteins in the soluble fraction provides thermotolerance in soybean seedlings. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2004; 45:1759-67. [PMID: 15557296 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pch193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Accumulation of class I small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) is induced by the proline analog, azetidine-2-carboxylic acid (Aze) in soybean seedlings to a level similar to that induced by exposure to 40 degrees C. However, only the treatment with 10 mM Aze for 6 h and subsequently with 10 mM proline for 24 h protected the seedlings from damage during subsequent exposure to 45 degrees C as assessed by 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) staining. A chaperone activity assay showed that the purified class I sHSPs induced by Aze were functional in vitro and protected proteins from thermal denaturation. Amino acid composition analysis indicated that Aze was not incorporated into de novo synthesized class I sHSPs. Accumulation of class I sHSPs in the soluble post-ribosomal supernatant fraction was found to be important for acquisition of thermotolerance. We suggest that both the accumulation of class I sHSPs and their presence in the soluble fraction are important for establishment of thermotolerance.
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- Tsung-Luo Jinn
- Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan, R.O.C
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Lopez-Matas MA, Nuñez P, Soto A, Allona I, Casado R, Collada C, Guevara MA, Aragoncillo C, Gomez L. Protein cryoprotective activity of a cytosolic small heat shock protein that accumulates constitutively in chestnut stems and is up-regulated by low and high temperatures. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2004; 134:1708-17. [PMID: 15064380 PMCID: PMC419844 DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.035857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Heat shock, and other stresses that cause protein misfolding and aggregation, trigger the accumulation of heat shock proteins (HSPs) in virtually all organisms. Among the HSPs of higher plants, those belonging to the small HSP (sHSP) family remain the least characterized in functional terms. We analyzed the occurrence of sHSPs in vegetative organs of Castanea sativa (sweet chestnut), a temperate woody species that exhibits remarkable freezing tolerance. A constitutive sHSP subject to seasonal periodic changes of abundance was immunodetected in stems. This protein was identified by matrix-assisted laser-desorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometry and internal peptide sequencing as CsHSP17.5, a cytosolic class I sHSP previously described in cotyledons. Expression of the corresponding gene in stems was confirmed through cDNA cloning and reverse transcription-PCR. Stem protein and mRNA profiles indicated that CsHSP17.5 is significantly up-regulated in spring and fall, reaching maximal levels in late summer and, especially, in winter. In addition, cold exposure was found to quickly activate shsp gene expression in both stems and roots of chestnut seedlings kept in growth chambers. Our main finding is that purified CsHSP17.5 is very effective in protecting the cold-labile enzyme lactate dehydrogenase from freeze-induced inactivation (on a molar basis, CsHSP17.5 is about 400 times more effective as cryoprotectant than hen egg-white lysozyme). Consistent with these observations, repeated freezing/thawing did not affect appreciably the chaperone activity of diluted CsHSP17.5 nor its ability to form dodecameric complexes in vitro. Taken together, these results substantiate the hypothesis that sHSPs can play relevant roles in the acquisition of freezing tolerance.
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- Maria-Angeles Lopez-Matas
- Departamento de Biotecnología, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Montes, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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Sanmiya K, Suzuki K, Egawa Y, Shono M. Mitochondrial small heat-shock protein enhances thermotolerance in tobacco plants. FEBS Lett 2004; 557:265-8. [PMID: 14741379 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(03)01494-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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To clarify the role of mitochondrial small heat-shock protein (MT-sHSP) in the heat-shock response, we introduced the tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) MT-sHSP gene under the control of the 35S promoter into tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), and examined the thermotolerance of the transformed plants. Irrespective of the orientation, sense or antisense, of the gene, the transgenic plants exhibited a normal morphology and growth rate in the vegetative growth stage. When 4-week-old seedlings were exposed to sudden heat stress, the sense plants which overexpress the MT-sHSP gene exhibited thermotolerance, whereas the antisense plants in which the expression of the gene is suppressed exhibited susceptibility.
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- Kazutsuka Sanmiya
- Okinawa Subtropical Station, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Ishigaki, Okinawa 9070002, Japan
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Takeuchi S, Mandai Y, Otsu A, Shirakawa T, Masuda K, Chinami M. Differences in properties between human alphaA- and alphaB-crystallin proteins expressed in Escherichia coli cells in response to cold and extreme pH. Biochem J 2003; 375:471-5. [PMID: 12826011 PMCID: PMC1223678 DOI: 10.1042/bj20030748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2003] [Revised: 06/16/2003] [Accepted: 06/24/2003] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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It has been reported that alphaA-crystallin has greater protective effects against apoptosis in lens epithelial cells than alphaB-crystallin [Andley, Song, Wawrousek, Fleming and Bassnett (2000) J. Biol. Chem. 275, 36823-36831]. Because the alphaA-crystallin proteins are specifically expressed in the vertebrate lens, we examine the non-specific properties of both alphaA- and alphaB-crystallins in an Escherichia coli system. E. coli cells were transformed with the inducible protein expression vector pET-11a, harbouring the gene for either human alphaA- or alphaB-crystallin, and two other control plasmids, pET-1la vector alone or pGEX-2T vector encoding GST (glutathione S-transferase). These cells were exposed to various stress conditions, such as cold-shock at 4 degrees C or extremely low or high pH environments (pH 4.7 or pH 8.0) for 6 h, and survival of the host cells and the solubility of the expressed target proteins in the cytosol were examined. Under these stress conditions, the cells expressing alphaB-crystallin protein demonstrated significantly improved survival when compared with the other cells, and the expressed protein in the cytosol was almost soluble, in contrast with the alphaA-crystallin protein. Differences in the amino acid sequence between the proteins in a phenylalanine-rich region next to the N-terminal consensus alpha-crystallin domain was considered to be responsible for chaperone activity and cell survival.
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- Satoru Takeuchi
- Department of Health Promotion and Human Behavior, Kyoto University, Yoshida-konoe, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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Jofré A, Molinas M, Pla M. A 10-kDa class-CI sHsp protects E. coli from oxidative and high-temperature stress. PLANTA 2003; 217:813-819. [PMID: 12743825 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-003-1048-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2002] [Accepted: 04/12/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We report on a new cDNA clone (Qshsp10.4-CI) of a Quercus suber L. class-CI small heat-shock protein (sHsp) obtained from cork (phellem), a highly oxidatively stressed plant tissue. The deduced gene product lacks the C-terminal extension and the consensus I region of the alpha-crystallin domain, being the most C-terminally truncated sHsp reported to date. In an attempt to prove that a protective function is possible for such a truncated sHsp, we overexpressed in Escherichia coli three recombinant sHsp-CIs, one (rQsHsp10.4-CI) showing the same truncation as Qshsp10.4-CI, a second (rN49) lacking the whole alpha-crystallin domain, and a third (rN153) consisting of a full-length sHsp-CI. The overexpression of rN153 and, remarkably, rQsHsp10.4-CI but not rN49 enhanced cell viability under high temperature and, interestingly, under oxidative stress. These results show that the C-terminal extension and the consensus I region of the alpha-crystallin domain are dispensable, but amino acids 1-41 of the alpha-crystallin domain (including the consensus II region) are essential for the protective activity of sHsp-CIs. On the other hand, two-dimensional immunodetection patterns showed accumulation of ca. 10-kDa sHsp-CI immunorelated polypeptides in cork and other oxidatively stressed tissues but not in control and heat-stressed tissues. We discuss the possible role of highly truncated sHsps in relation to oxidative stress.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Cell Division/genetics
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Complementary/chemistry
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- DNA, Plant/chemistry
- DNA, Plant/genetics
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional
- Escherichia coli/genetics
- Escherichia coli/growth & development
- Escherichia coli/metabolism
- Heat-Shock Proteins/genetics
- Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism
- Hot Temperature
- Immunoelectrophoresis, Two-Dimensional
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Oxidative Stress
- Plant Proteins/genetics
- Plant Proteins/metabolism
- Quercus/genetics
- Quercus/metabolism
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
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- Anna Jofré
- Laboratori del suro, Facultat de ciències, Universitat de Girona, Campus Montilivi, 17071 Girona, Spain
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Katiyar-Agarwal S, Agarwal M, Grover A. Heat-tolerant basmati rice engineered by over-expression of hsp101. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2003; 51:677-86. [PMID: 12678556 DOI: 10.1023/a:1022561926676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Rice is sensitive to high-temperature stress at almost all the stages of its growth and development. Considering the crucial role of heat shock protein 101 (Hsp 101) in imparting thermotolerance to cells, we introduced Arabidopsis thaliana hsp101 (Athsp101) cDNA into the Pusa basmati 1 cultivar of rice (Oryza sativa L.) by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Stable integration and expression of the transgene into the rice genome was demonstrated by Southern, northern and western blot analyses. There appeared no adverse effect of over-expression of the transgene on overall growth and development of transformants. The genetic analysis of tested T1 lines showed that the transgene segregated in a Mendelian fashion. We compared the survival of T2 transgenic lines after exposure to different levels of high-temperature stress with the untransformed control plants. The transgenic rice lines showed significantly better growth performance in the recovery phase following the stress. This thermotolerance advantage appeared to be solely due to over-expression of Hsp101 as neither the expression of low-molecular-weight heat shock proteins (HSPs) nor of other members of Clp family proteins was altered in the transgenic rice. The production of high temperature tolerant transgenic rice cultivars would provide a stability advantage under supra-optimal temperature regime thereby improving its overall performance.
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- Surekha Katiyar-Agarwal
- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, Benito Juarez Road, Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi 110021, India
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Tsvetkova NM, Horváth I, Török Z, Wolkers WF, Balogi Z, Shigapova N, Crowe LM, Tablin F, Vierling E, Crowe JH, Vigh L. Small heat-shock proteins regulate membrane lipid polymorphism. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002; 99:13504-9. [PMID: 12368478 PMCID: PMC129703 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.192468399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 228] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Thermal stress in living cells produces multiple changes that ultimately affect membrane structure and function. We report that two members of the family of small heat-shock proteins (sHsp) (alpha-crystallin and Synechocystis HSP17) have stabilizing effects on model membranes formed of synthetic and cyanobacterial lipids. In anionic membranes of dimyristoylphosphatidylglycerol and dimyristoylphosphatidylserine, both HSP17 and alpha-crystallin strongly stabilize the liquid-crystalline state. Evidence from infrared spectroscopy indicates that lipid/sHsp interactions are mediated by the polar headgroup region and that the proteins strongly affect the hydrophobic core. In membranes composed of the nonbilayer lipid dielaidoylphosphatidylethanolamine, both HSP17 and alpha-crystallin inhibit the formation of inverted hexagonal structure and stabilize the bilayer liquid-crystalline state, suggesting that sHsps can modulate membrane lipid polymorphism. In membranes composed of monogalactosyldiacylglycerol and phosphatidylglycerol (both enriched with unsaturated fatty acids) isolated from Synechocystis thylakoids, HSP17 and alpha-crystallin increase the molecular order in the fluid-like state. The data show that the nature of sHsp/membrane interactions depends on the lipid composition and extent of lipid unsaturation, and that sHsps can regulate membrane fluidity. We infer from these results that the association between sHsps and membranes may constitute a general mechanism that preserves membrane integrity during thermal fluctuations.
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- Nelly M Tsvetkova
- Section of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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Plesofsky N, Brambl R. Analysis of interactions between domains of a small heat shock protein, Hsp30 of Neurospora crassa. Cell Stress Chaperones 2002; 7:374-86. [PMID: 12653482 PMCID: PMC514837 DOI: 10.1379/1466-1268(2002)007<0374:aoibdo>2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The alpha-crystallin-related, small heat shock proteins (sHsps), despite their overall variability in sequence, have discrete regions of conserved sequence that are involved in structural organization, as well as nonconserved regions that may perform similar roles in each protein. Recent X-ray diffraction analyses of an archeal and a plant sHsp have revealed both similarities and differences in how they are organized, suggesting that there is variability, particularly in the oligomeric organization of sHsps. As an adjunct to crystallographic analysis of sHsp structure, we employed the yeast 2-hybrid system to detect interactions between peptide regions of the sHsp of Neurospora crassa, Hsp30. We found that the conserved alpha-crystallin domain can be divided into N-terminal and C-terminal subdomains that interact strongly with one another. This interaction likely represents the tertiary contacts of the monomer that were visualized in the crystallographic structures of MjHsp16.5 and wheat Hsp16.9. The conserved sHsp monomeric fold is apparently determined by these regions of conserved sequence. We found that the C-terminal portion of the alpha-crystallin domain also interacts with itself in 2-hybrid assays; however, this interaction requires peptide extension into the semiconserved carboxyl tail. This C-terminal association may represent a principal contact site between dimers that contributes to higher-order assembly, as seen for the crystallized sHsps.
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- Nora Plesofsky
- Department of Plant Biology, 1445 Gortner Avenue, The University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA.
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Chen ZY, Brown RL, Damann KE, Cleveland TE. Identification of unique or elevated levels of kernel proteins in aflatoxin-resistant maize genotypes through proteome analysis. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2002; 92:1084-94. [PMID: 18944219 DOI: 10.1094/phyto.2002.92.10.1084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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ABSTRACT Aflatoxins are carcinogens produced by Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus during infection of susceptible crops such as maize (Zea mays L.). Resistant maize genotypes have been identified, but the incorporation of resistance into commercial lines has been slow due to the lack of selectable markers. Here we report the identification of potential markers in resistant maize lines using a proteomics approach. Kernel embryo proteins from each of two resistant genotypes have been compared with those from a composite of five susceptible genotypes using large format two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Through these comparisons, both quantitative and qualitative differences have been identified. Protein spots have been sequenced, and based on peptide sequence homology analysis, are categorized as follows: storage proteins (globulin 1 and globulin 2), late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins related to drought or desiccation (LEA3 and LEA14), water- or osmo-stress related proteins (WSI18 and aldose reductase), and heat-stress related proteins (HSP16.9). Aldose reductase activity measured in resistant and susceptible genotypes before and after infection suggests the importance of constitutive levels of this enzyme to resistance. Results of this study point to a correlation between host resistance and stress tolerance. The putative function of each identified protein is discussed.
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Sun W, Van Montagu M, Verbruggen N. Small heat shock proteins and stress tolerance in plants. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2002; 1577:1-9. [PMID: 12151089 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4781(02)00417-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 470] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Small heat shock proteins (sHsps) are produced ubiquitously in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells upon heat. The special importance of sHsps in plants is suggested by unusual abundance and diversity. Six classes of sHsps have been identified in plants based on their intracellular localization and sequence relatedness. In addition to heat stress, plant sHsps are also produced under other stress conditions and at certain developmental stages. Induction of sHsp gene expression and protein accumulation upon environmental stresses point to the hypothesis that these proteins play an important role in stress tolerance. The function of sHsps as molecular chaperones is supported by in vitro and in vivo assays. This review summarizes recent knowledge about plant sHsp gene expression, protein structure and functions.
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- Weining Sun
- Vakgroep Moleculaire Genetica, Departement Plantengenetica, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, Universiteit Gent, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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Kitagawa M, Miyakawa M, Matsumura Y, Tsuchido T. Escherichia coli small heat shock proteins, IbpA and IbpB, protect enzymes from inactivation by heat and oxidants. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2002; 269:2907-17. [PMID: 12071954 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.02958.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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To examine functions of two small heat shock proteins of Escherichia coli, IbpA and IbpB, we constructed His-IbpA and His-IbpB, in which a polyhistidine tag was fused to the N-terminals. Both purified His-IbpA and His-IbpB formed multimers, which have molecular masses of about 2.0-3.0 MDa and consist of about 100-150 subunits. They suppressed the inactivation of several enzymes including citrate synthase and 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase by heat, potassium superoxide, hydrogen peroxide and freeze-thawing, but not the inactivation of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase by hydrogen peroxide. Both His-IbpA and His-IbpB suppressed enzyme inactivation by various treatments and were also found to be associated with their non-native forms. However, both His-IbpA and His-IbpB were not able to reactivate enzymes inactivated by heat, oxidants or guanidine hydrochloride. When heated to 50 degrees C, each multimeric form of His-IbpA or His-IbpB was dissociated to form a monomer for His-IbpA, and an oligomer of about one-quarter size for His-IbpB. These structural changes were reversible, as both heated proteins regained the multimeric structures after incubation at 25 degrees C. However, when exposed to hydrogen peroxide or potassium superoxide, the large multimeric forms of His-IbpA and His-IbpB were maintained. The results suggest that His-IbpA and His-IbpB suppress the inactivation of enzymes and bind non-native proteins to protect their structures from heat and oxidants.
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- Masanobu Kitagawa
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Kansai University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Narberhaus F. Alpha-crystallin-type heat shock proteins: socializing minichaperones in the context of a multichaperone network. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2002; 66:64-93; table of contents. [PMID: 11875128 PMCID: PMC120782 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.66.1.64-93.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 399] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Alpha-crystallins were originally recognized as proteins contributing to the transparency of the mammalian eye lens. Subsequently, they have been found in many, but not all, members of the Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya. Most members of the diverse alpha-crystallin family have four common structural and functional features: (i) a small monomeric molecular mass between 12 and 43 kDa; (ii) the formation of large oligomeric complexes; (iii) the presence of a moderately conserved central region, the so-called alpha-crystallin domain; and (iv) molecular chaperone activity. Since alpha-crystallins are induced by a temperature upshift in many organisms, they are often referred to as small heat shock proteins (sHsps) or, more accurately, alpha-Hsps. Alpha-crystallins are integrated into a highly flexible and synergistic multichaperone network evolved to secure protein quality control in the cell. Their chaperone activity is limited to the binding of unfolding intermediates in order to protect them from irreversible aggregation. Productive release and refolding of captured proteins into the native state requires close cooperation with other cellular chaperones. In addition, alpha-Hsps seem to play an important role in membrane stabilization. The review compiles information on the abundance, sequence conservation, regulation, structure, and function of alpha-Hsps with an emphasis on the microbial members of this chaperone family.
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- Franz Narberhaus
- Institut für Mikrobiologie, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland.
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Yeh CH, Chen YM, Lin CY. Functional regions of rice heat shock protein, Oshsp16.9, required for conferring thermotolerance in Escherichia coli. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2002; 128:661-8. [PMID: 11842169 PMCID: PMC1435404 DOI: 10.1104/pp.010594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2001] [Revised: 08/17/2001] [Accepted: 10/29/2001] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Rice (Oryza sativa) class I low-molecular mass (LMM) heat shock protein (HSP), Oshsp16.9, has been shown to be able to confer thermotolerance in Escherichia coli. To define the regions for this intriguing property, deletion mutants of this hsp have been constructed and overexpressed in E. coli XL1-blue cells after isopropyl beta-D-thioglactopyranoside induction. The deletion of amino acid residues 30 through 36 (PATSDND) in the N-terminal domain or 73 through 78 (EEGNVL) in the consensus II domain of Oshsp16.9 led to the loss of chaperone activities and also rendered the E. coli incapable of surviving at 47.5 degrees C. To further investigate the function of these two domains, we determined the light scattering changes of Oshsp16.9 mutant proteins at 320 nm under heat treatment either by themselves or in the presence of a thermosensitive enzyme, citrate synthase. It was observed that regions of amino acid residues 30 through 36 and 73 through 78 were responsible for stability of Oshsp16.9 and its interactions with other unfolded protein substrates, such as citrate synthase. Studies of two-point mutants of Oshsp16.9, GST-N74E73K and GST-N74E74K, indicate that amino acid residues 73 and 74 are an important part of the substrate-binding site of Oshsp16.9. Non-denaturing gel analysis of purified Oshsp16.9 revealed that oligomerization of Oshsp16.9 was necessary but not sufficient for its chaperone activity.
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- Ching-Hui Yeh
- Department of Botany, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Crack JA, Mansour M, Sun Y, MacRae TH. Functional analysis of a small heat shock/alpha-crystallin protein from Artemia franciscana. Oligomerization and thermotolerance. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2002; 269:933-42. [PMID: 11846795 DOI: 10.1046/j.0014-2956.2001.02726.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Oviparously developing embryos of the brine shrimp, Artemia franciscana, synthesize abundant quantities of a small heat shock/alpha-crystallin protein, termed p26. Wild-type p26 functions as a molecular chaperone in vitro and is thought to help encysted Artemia embryos survive severe physiological stress encountered during diapause and anoxia. Full-length and truncated p26 cDNA derivatives were generated by PCR amplification of p26-3-6-3, then cloned in either pET21(+) or pRSETC and expressed in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3). All constructs gave a polypeptide detectable on Western blots with either p26 specific antibody, or with antibody to the His(6) epitope tag encoded by pRSETC. Full-length p26 in cell-free extracts of E. coli was about equal in mass to that found in Artemia embryos, but p26 lacking N- and C-terminal residues remained either as monomers or small multimers. All p26 constructs conferred thermotolerance on transformed E. coli, although not all formed oligomers, and cells expressing N-terminal truncated derivatives of p26 were more heat resistant than bacteria expressing p26 with C-terminal deletions. The C-terminal extension of p26 is seemingly more important for thermotolerance than is the N-terminus, and p26 protects E. coli against heat shock when oligomer size and protein concentration are low. The findings have important implications for understanding the functional mechanisms of small heat shock/alpha-crystallin proteins.
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- Julie A Crack
- Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Morel F, Delmas F, Jobin MP, Diviès C, Guzzo J. Improved acid tolerance of a recombinant strain of Escherichia coli expressing genes from the acidophilic bacterium Oenococcus oeni. Lett Appl Microbiol 2001; 33:126-30. [PMID: 11472520 DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765x.2001.00960.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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AIMS Oenococcus oeni is a lactic acid bacterium used in wine fermentation. Two open reading frames (orfB and orfC) were identified in the upstream region of the hsp18 gene, encoding the small heat-shock protein Lo18. Expression of these genes in conditions of acid stress was studied in Escherichia coli. METHODS AND RESULTS Sequence analysis showed that orfB encodes a putative transcriptional regulator of the LysR family. The protein encoded by orfC shares homologies with multi-drug resistance systems. Heterologous expression of orfB, orfC and hsp18 genes in Escherichia coli significantly enhanced the viability of the host strain under acidic conditions. CONCLUSION It was demonstrated that the three genes were needed for acquisition of this acid tolerance phenotype. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY Heterologous expression of Oenococcus genes could be used to confer acidophilic behaviour on strains of biotechnological interest.
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- F Morel
- Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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Nakamoto H, Suzuki N, Roy SK. Constitutive expression of a small heat-shock protein confers cellular thermotolerance and thermal protection to the photosynthetic apparatus in cyanobacteria. FEBS Lett 2000; 483:169-74. [PMID: 11042275 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(00)02097-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The role of a small heat-shock protein (Hsp) in the acquisition of thermotolerance in cyanobacteria was investigated. Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942 was transformed with an expression vector carrying the coding sequence of the hspA gene encoding a small heat-shock protein from Synechococcus vulcanus under the control of the tac promoter. The transformant which was shown to constitutively express HspA displayed improved viability compared with the reference strain upon transfer from 30 to 50 degrees C in the light. When the heat shock was given in darkness, the survival rate in the reference strain increased greatly, approaching a level similar to that for the HspA expressing strain after heat shock in the light. Expression of HspA increased thermal resistance of photosystem II (PS II) and protected phycocyanin from heat-induced photobleaching. Our results are indicative of a central role for HspA in amelioration of the harmful effect of light during heat stress and identified the possible sites of action of the small Hsp in vivo to be the PS II complex and the light-harvesting phycobilisomes.
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- H Nakamoto
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saitama University, Urawa 338-8570, Japan.
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Smýkal P, Masín J, Hrdý I, Konopásek I, Zárský V. Chaperone activity of tobacco HSP18, a small heat-shock protein, is inhibited by ATP. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2000; 23:703-13. [PMID: 10998182 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.2000.00837.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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NtHSP18P (HSP18), a cytosolic class I small heat-shock protein from tobacco pollen grains, was expressed in Escherichia coli. The viability of these cells was improved by 50% at 50 degrees C, demonstrating its functionality in vivo. Purified recombinant protein formed 240 kDa HSP18 oligomers, irrespective of temperature. These oligomers interacted with the model substrate citrate synthase (CS) to form large complexes in a temperature-dependent manner. Furthermore, HSP18 prevented thermally induced aggregation of CS at 45 degrees C. The fluorescence probe bis-ANS revealed the exposure of HSP18 hydrophobic surfaces at this temperature. Reactivation of chemically denatured CS was also significantly enhanced by HSP18. Surprisingly, HSP18 function was inhibited (in contrast to the related chaperone alphabeta-crystallin and plant sHSPs studied so far) by the presence of ATP in a concentration-dependent manner. The conformational changes of HSP18 imposed by ATP binding were indicated by the difference in the quenching of intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence, and implied more compact structure with ATP. Fluorescence measurements with bis-ANS showed that the conformational shift of HSP18 is suppressed in the presence of ATP. Decreased chaperone activity of HSP18 in the presence of ATP is caused by the lower affinity of conformationally blocked HSP18 for the substrate, as demonstrated by a higher susceptibility of model substrate, malate dehydrogenase, to proteolytic cleavage. Our results suggest that the chaperone activity of some plant sHSPs could be regulated by the availability of ATP in the cytoplasm, which would provide a mechanism to monitor the cell environment, control biological activity of sHSPs, and coordinate it with other ATP-dependent chaperones such as HSP70.
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- P Smýkal
- Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Vinièná 5, 128 44 Prague, Czech Republic
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Burke JJ, O'Mahony PJ, Oliver MJ. Isolation of Arabidopsis mutants lacking components of acquired thermotolerance. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2000; 123:575-88. [PMID: 10859187 PMCID: PMC59025 DOI: 10.1104/pp.123.2.575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/1999] [Accepted: 02/22/2000] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Acquired thermotolerance is a complex physiological phenomenon that enables plants to survive normally lethal temperatures. This study characterizes the temperature sensitivity of Arabidopsis using a chlorophyll accumulation bioassay, describes a procedure for selection of acquired thermotolerance mutants, and provides the physiological characterization of one mutant (AtTS02) isolated by this procedure. Exposure of etiolated Arabidopsis seedlings to 48 degrees C or 50 degrees C for 30 min blocks subsequent chlorophyll accumulation and is eventually lethal. Arabidopsis seedlings can be protected against the effects of a 50 degrees C, 30-min challenge by a 4-h pre-incubation at 38 degrees C. By the use of the milder challenge, 44 degrees C for 30 min, and protective pretreatment, mutants lacking components of the acquired thermotolerance system were isolated. Putative mutants isolated by this procedure exhibited chlorophyll accumulation levels (our measure of acquired thermotolerance) ranging from 10% to 98% of control seedling levels following pre-incubation at 38 degrees C and challenge at 50 degrees C. The induction temperatures for maximum acquired thermotolerance prior to a high temperature challenge were the same in AtTS02 and RLD seedlings, although the absolute level of chlorophyll accumulation was reduced in the mutant. Genetic analysis showed that the loss of acquired thermotolerance in AtTS02 was a recessive trait. The pattern of proteins synthesized at 25 degrees C and 38 degrees C in the RLD and AtTS02 revealed the reduction in the level of a 27-kD heat shock protein in AtTS02. Genetic analysis showed that the reduction of this protein level was correlated with the acquired thermotolerance phenotype.
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- J J Burke
- Plant Stress and Germplasm Development Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Lubbock, TX 79415, USA.
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We demonstrated previously that expression of rat pICln in Escherichia coli conferred a strong resistance to hypotonic stress. To define the intramolecular functional domain responsible for the resistance, molecular dissection of pICln was performed and the obtained peptides were expressed in E. coli. The cells expressing the peptides were exposed to a hypotonic solution, and their 'survival rates' were observed. The cells expressing only the peptides including the second acidic domain of pICln exhibited significantly higher 'survival rates' after hypotonic stress. The functional domain against hypotonicity was finally narrowed down to a peptide consisting of a 46-amino acid residue, P107-152. We conclude that the expression of P107-152 in E. coli cells could enhance their resistance to a hypotonic environment.
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- G Z Tao
- Department-2 of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Akita University, Hondo 1-1-1, Akita, 010-8543, Japan.
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Lee GJ, Vierling E. A small heat shock protein cooperates with heat shock protein 70 systems to reactivate a heat-denatured protein. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2000; 122:189-98. [PMID: 10631262 PMCID: PMC58857 DOI: 10.1104/pp.122.1.189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 231] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/1999] [Accepted: 09/13/1999] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Small heat shock proteins (sHsps) are a diverse group of heat-induced proteins that are conserved in prokaryotes and eukaryotes and are especially abundant in plants. Recent in vitro data indicate that sHsps act as molecular chaperones to prevent thermal aggregation of proteins by binding non-native intermediates, which can then be refolded in an ATP-dependent fashion by other chaperones. We used heat-denatured firefly luciferase (Luc) bound to pea (Pisum sativum) Hsp18.1 as a model to define the minimum chaperone system required for refolding of a sHsp-bound substrate. Heat-denatured Luc bound to Hsp18.1 was effectively refolded either with Hsc/Hsp70 from diverse eukaryotes plus the DnaJ homologs Hdj1 and Ydj1 (maximum = 97% Luc reactivation with k(ob) = 1.0 x 10(-2)/min), or with prokaryotic Escherichia coli DnaK plus DnaJ and GrpE (100% Luc reactivation, k(ob) = 11.3 x 10(-2)/min). Furthermore, we show that Hsp18.1 is more effective in preventing Luc thermal aggregation than the Hsc70 or DnaK systems, and that Hsp18.1 enhances the yields of refolded Luc even when other chaperones are present during heat inactivation. These findings integrate the aggregation-preventive activity of sHsps with the protein-folding activity of the Hsp70 system and define an in vitro system for further investigation of the mechanism of sHsp action.
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- G J Lee
- Department of Biochemistry, The University of Arizona, 1007 E. Lowell Street, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0106, USA
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Young LS, Yeh CH, Chen YM, Lin CY. Molecular characterization of Oryza sativa 16.9 kDa heat shock protein. Biochem J 1999; 344 Pt 1:31-8. [PMID: 10548530 PMCID: PMC1220610 DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3440031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A rice class I low-molecular-mass heat shock protein (LMM HSP) Oshsp 16.9 was overexpressed in Escherichia coli. Oligomerized complexes of Oshsp16.9 were harvested and electron microscopic observations of purified complexes revealed globular structures of 10-20 nm in diameter (with majority of 15-18 nm) and calculated to comprise approx. 12 monomers per complex. In comparison, complexes from native rice class I LMM HSPs were observed as larger ellipsoid- or globular-like random aggregated hetero-oligomers. To characterize the biochemical functions of the hydrophobic N-terminal region of Oshsp16.9, a truncation in the N-terminal region was constructed and introduced into E. coli. Results showed that the N-terminal truncated Oshsp16.9 mutant was capable of forming complexes similar to the full-length Oshsp16.9; however, the deletion protein failed to confer in vitro protein thermostability under elevated temperatures. Protein assays from in vivo treatments at higher temperatures exhibited that non-specific interactions of E. coli cellular proteins only occurred with full-length Oshsp16.9 complexes but not with the mutant complex. In vitro immunoprecipitation of cellular proteins from E. coli overexpressing full-length Oshsp16.9 showed that interactions between plant LMM HSP and E. coli cellular proteins are temperature-dependent. Taken together, the hydrophobic N-terminal region of rice class I LMM HSP is critical in the ability of the protein to interact/bind with its potential substrates.
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- L S Young
- Department of Botany, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 106, Taiwan, R.O.C
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Malik MK, Slovin JP, Hwang CH, Zimmerman JL. Modified expression of a carrot small heat shock protein gene, hsp17. 7, results in increased or decreased thermotolerancedouble dagger. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1999; 20:89-99. [PMID: 10571868 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.1999.00581.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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We have determined that one small heat shock protein gene, encoding Hsp17.7, plays an important role in the ability of carrot cells and plants to survive thermal stress. Transgenic cells and regenerated plants were generated in which the carrot Hsp17.7 gene was either constitutively expressed (denoted CaS lines) or expressed as a heat inducible antisense RNA (denoted AH lines). Thermotolerance measurements demonstrated that CaS lines were more thermotolerant than vector controls and AH antisense lines were less thermo- tolerant than vector controls. RNA analysis demonstrated that Hsp17. 7 mRNA was detectable, but not abundant, prior to heat shock in CaS cells, but not in vector control cells. Conversely, RNA analysis of antisense cells showed that, after heat shock, the amounts of mRNA for Hsp17.7 was moderately less abundant in AH cells than in vector controls. Analysis of protein synthesis in CaS cells did not indicate substantial synthesis or accumulation of Hsp17.7, or any small Hsp, at 23 degrees C. However, in the most thermotolerant line, protein synthesis was maintained at a higher rate than in other cell lines at a more extreme heat shock (42 degrees C). In contrast, antisense AH cells showed reduced synthesis of many Hsp, large and small. These results suggest that the Hsp17.7 gene plays a critical, although as yet not understood, role in thermotolerance in carrot. This represents the first demonstration of the ability to both increase and decrease thermotolerance by the manipulation of expression of a single gene.
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Soto A, Allona I, Collada C, Guevara MA, Casado R, Rodriguez-Cerezo E, Aragoncillo C, Gomez L. Heterologous expression of a plant small heat-shock protein enhances Escherichia coli viability under heat and cold stress. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1999; 120:521-8. [PMID: 10364403 PMCID: PMC59290 DOI: 10.1104/pp.120.2.521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/1999] [Accepted: 02/22/1999] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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A small heat-shock protein (sHSP) that shows molecular chaperone activity in vitro was recently purified from mature chestnut (Castanea sativa) cotyledons. This protein, renamed here as CsHSP17. 5, belongs to cytosolic class I, as revealed by cDNA sequencing and immunoelectron microscopy. Recombinant CsHSP17.5 was overexpressed in Escherichia coli to study its possible function under stress conditions. Upon transfer from 37 degrees C to 50 degrees C, a temperature known to cause cell autolysis, those cells that accumulated CsHSP17.5 showed improved viability compared with control cultures. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis of cell lysates suggested that such a protective effect in vivo is due to the ability of recombinant sHSP to maintain soluble cytosolic proteins in their native conformation, with little substrate specificity. To test the recent hypothesis that sHSPs may be involved in protection against cold stress, we also studied the viability of recombinant cells at 4 degrees C. Unlike the major heat-induced chaperone, GroEL/ES, the chestnut sHSP significantly enhanced cell survivability at this temperature. CsHSP17.5 thus represents an example of a HSP capable of protecting cells against both thermal extremes. Consistent with these findings, high-level induction of homologous transcripts was observed in vegetative tissues of chestnut plantlets exposed to either type of thermal stress but not salt stress.
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- A Soto
- Departamento de Biotecnologia, Escuela Tecnica Superior Ingenieros de Montes, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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Roy SK, Hiyama T, Nakamoto H. Purification and characterization of the 16-kDa heat-shock-responsive protein from the thermophilic cyanobacterium Synechococcus vulcanus, which is an alpha-crystallin-related, small heat shock protein. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1999; 262:406-16. [PMID: 10336625 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00380.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A 16-kDa protein, one of the major proteins that accumulates upon heat-shock treatment in the thermophilic cyanobacterium Synechococcus vulcanus, was purified to apparent homogeneity. The N-terminal and internal amino acid sequences of the protein exhibited a homology to the alpha-crystallin-related, small heat shock proteins from other organisms. The protein was designated HspA. Size-exclusion chromatography and nondenaturing gel electrophoresis demonstrated that HspA formed a large homo-oligomer consisting of 24 subunits. It prevented the aggregation of porcine malic dehydrogenase at 45 degrees C and 50 degrees C and citrate synthase at 50 degrees C. The activity of the malic dehydrogenase, however, was not protected under these heat-shock conditions or reactivated after a shift in temperature from 45 or 50 degrees C to 21 degrees C. HspA was able to enhance the refolding of chemically denatured rabbit muscle lactate dehydrogenase in an ATP-independent manner. A homologue to the 16-kDa protein was also found to be induced upon heat-shock treatment in the mesophilic cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.
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- S K Roy
- Department of Biochemistry, Saitama University, Urawa, Japan
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Hiyama T, Nakamoto H. Heat-Shock Proteins and Temperature Stress. BOOKS IN SOILS, PLANTS, AND THE ENVIRONMENT 1999. [DOI: 10.1201/9780824746728.ch17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Liang P, MacRae TH. The synthesis of a small heat shock/alpha-crystallin protein in Artemia and its relationship to stress tolerance during development. Dev Biol 1999; 207:445-56. [PMID: 10068475 DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.9138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Fertilized oocytes of the brine shrimp Artemia franciscana undergo either ovoviviparous or oviparous development, yielding free-swimming larvae (nauplii) or encysted gastrulae (cysts), respectively. Encystment is followed by diapause, wherein metabolism is greatly reduced; the resulting cysts are very resistant to extreme stress, including desiccation and long-term anoxia. The synthesis of p26, a small heat shock/alpha-crystallin protein produced only in oviparously developing Artemia, is shown in this paper to be transcriptionally regulated. A p26 mRNA of about 0.7 kb was detected on Northern blots in the second day after oocyte fertilization. It peaked as embryos encysted and declined rapidly when activated cysts resumed development. The appearance of p26 protein, as indicated by immunoprobing of Western blots, followed mRNA by 1 day; it also increased as encystment occurred but remained constant during postgastrula development of cysts. However, p26 underwent a marked reduction during emergence of nauplii and could not be detected in cell-free extracts of second-instar larvae. p26 entered nuclei of encysting embryos soon after synthesis and was localized therein as late as instar II, when it was restricted to a small set of salt gland nuclei. First-instar larvae derived from cysts were more thermotolerant than larvae that had developed ovoviviparously, but synthesis of p26 was not induced by heat under the experimental conditions employed. Additionally, transformed bacteria synthesizing p26 were more thermotolerant than bacteria that lacked the protein. The results support the proposal that p26, a developmentally regulated protein synthesized during embryo encystment, has chaperone activity in vivo and protects the proteins of encysted Artemia from stress-induced denaturation.
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- P Liang
- Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4J1, Canada
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Tao GZ, Kobayashi A, Itoh H, Tashima Y. Expression of pI(Cln) in Escherichia coli gives a strong tolerance to hypotonic stress. FEBS Lett 1998; 434:28-32. [PMID: 9738445 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(98)00946-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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We amplified the coding region DNA sequence from a rat renal pI(Cln) cDNA by PCR and expressed the protein in Escherichia coli cells. The cells were exposed to hypotonic conditions followed by spreading them onto LB plates for subsequent colony survival assay. The present study demonstrated that the cells expressing pI(Cln) exhibit a strong resistance to hypotonic stress. Moreover, the resistance was specifically inhibited by extracellular ATP and some anion channel inhibitors. These findings indicate that the expression of pI(Cln) directly confers tolerance to hypotonic stress, and pI(Cln) is concluded to be an important molecule for cell-volume regulation.
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- G Z Tao
- Department-2 of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Akita University, Japan
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The principal heat-shock proteins that have chaperone activity (that is, they protect newly made proteins from misfolding) belong to five conserved classes: HSP100, HSP90, HSP70, HSP60 and the small heat-shock proteins (sHSPs). The sHSPs can form large multimeric structures and have a wide range of cellular functions, including endowing cells with thermotolerance in vivo and being able to act as molecular chaperones in vitro; sHSPs do this by forming stable complexes with folding intermediates of their protein substrates. However, there is little information available about these structures or the mechanism by which substrates are protected from thermal denaturation by sHSPs. Here we report the crystal structure of a small heat-shock protein from Methanococcus jannaschii, a hyperthermophilic archaeon. The monomeric folding unit is a composite beta-sandwich in which one of the beta-strands comes from a neighbouring molecule. Twenty-four monomers form a hollow spherical complex of octahedral symmetry, with eight trigonal and six square 'windows'. The sphere has an outer diameter of 120 A and an inner diameter of 65 A.
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- K K Kim
- Physical Biosciences Division of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the Department of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley, 94720-5230, USA
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Horváth I, Glatz A, Varvasovszki V, Török Z, Páli T, Balogh G, Kovács E, Nádasdi L, Benkö S, Joó F, Vígh L. Membrane physical state controls the signaling mechanism of the heat shock response in Synechocystis PCC 6803: identification of hsp17 as a "fluidity gene". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1998; 95:3513-8. [PMID: 9520397 PMCID: PMC19867 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.7.3513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 214] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/1997] [Accepted: 12/24/1997] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The fluidity of Synechocystis membranes was adjusted in vivo by temperature acclimation, addition of fluidizer agent benzyl alcohol, or catalytic lipid hydrogenation specific to plasma membranes. The reduced membrane physical order in thylakoids obtained by either downshifting growth temperature or administration of benzyl alcohol was paralleled with enhanced thermosensitivity of the photosynthetic membrane. Simultaneously, the stress-sensing system leading to the cellular heat shock (HS) response also has been altered. There was a close correlation between thylakoid fluidity levels, monitored by steady-state 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene anisotropy, and threshold temperatures required for maximal activation of all of the HS-inducible genes investigated, including dnaK, groESL, cpn60, and hsp17. The causal relationship between the pre-existing thylakoid physical order and temperature set point of both the transcriptional activation and the de novo protein synthesis was the most striking for the 17-kDa HS protein (HSP17) associated mostly with the thylakoid membranes. These findings together with the fact that the in vivo modulation of lipid saturation within cytoplasmic membrane had no effect on HS response suggest that thylakoid acts as a cellular thermometer where thermal stress is sensed and transduced into a cellular signal leading to the activation of HS genes.
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- I Horváth
- Institute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Centre, POB 521, H-6701 Szeged, Hungary
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