大菱鲆组成型热休克蛋白70的全长cDNA克隆及表达分析

根据感染哈维氏弧菌(Vibrio harveyi)的大菱鲆(Scophthalmus maximus)的差减cDNA文库中hsp70EST序列设计引物,用RACE方法首次克隆到长2188bp的大菱鲆HSC70(Heat-shock cognate protein 70)全长cDNA序列,包括1956bp的开放阅读框及5′和3′非翻译区。在预测的651个氨基酸序列中发现了Dnak特征性基序,胞质HSP70特征基序以及四肽简并重复序列。与其他真核生物HSP70家族成员进行同源性比较,发现大菱鲆HSC70与牙鲆(Paralichthys olivaceus)HSC71、虹鳟(Oncorhynchus mykiss)HSC71、人(Homo sapiens)HSC70、家鼠(Mus musculus)HSC70、烟草天蛾(Manduca sexta)HSC70的氨基酸相似性分别是97%,95%,94%,93%,86%,表现出较高的保守性。表达分析显示,hsc70mRNA在大菱鲆正常肝脏、鳃、肠、脾脏、头肾、肾等组织中以不同的水平存在,呈组成型表达;被哈维氏弧菌感染后,大菱鲆肝脏和脾脏组织hsc70mRNA表达水平分别在24h和12h出现上调(2.5-fold和1.6-fold);注射生理盐水组与未注射组之间差异不显著。       

Differential gene expression of HSC70/HSP70 in yellowtail cells in response to chaperone-mediated autophagy

A cell line derived from the tailfin of the marine teleost yellowtail fish Seriola quinqueradiata was established to examine cellular temperature regulation in an ectothermic animal. Three cytosolic members of the HSP70 family, heat-shock cognate proteins HSC70-1, HSC70-2 and heat-shock protein HSP70, were isolated from cultured yellowtail cells as stress-responsive biomarkers. Expression of hsp70 was heat-inducible, in contrast to the hsc70-1 gene product, which was expressed constitutively. In addition, expression of hsc70-2 was only induced under severe heat-shock conditions. Subcellular fractionation and immunocytochemistry showed localization of HSC70/HSP70 in the lysosomes, indicating that chaperone-mediated autophagy is induced by heat shock. Thus, chaperone-mediated autophagy is assisted by HSC70/HSP70, and heat-inducible expression of the genes encoding these proteins may be responsible for survival and adaptation under heat-shock conditions in fish cells.     

Cloning and nucleotide sequencing of three heat shock protein genes (hsp90, hsc70, and hsp19.5) from the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) and their expression in relation to developmental stage and temperature

Heat shock protein genes, hsp90, hsc70, and hsp19.5, were cloned and sequenced from the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) by RT-PCR and RACE method. The cDNA sequence analysis of hsp90 and hsp19.5 revealed open reading frames (ORFs) of 2,151 and 522 bp in length, which encode proteins with calculated molecular weights of 82.4 and 19.5 kDa, respectively. Analysis of cDNA from hsc70 revealed an ORF of 1,878 bp coding a protein with a calculated molecular weight of 69.3 kDa. Furthermore, the analysis of genomic DNA from hsc70 confirmed the presence of introns while no introns were apparent in hsp90 and hsp19.5. Southern blot analysis suggested the presence of multiple copies of each gene family in the DBM genome. Detectable expression of hsp19.5 was observed at the pupal stage while expression of hsp90 and hsc70 was detected at both pupal and adult stages. At adult stage, females showed a higher expression of hsp90 and hsc70 than males. An increased expression was observed in all three genes after exposure to a high temperature in both sexes. These results suggest that in addition to a heat shock response, these HSP genes might be involved in other functions during the course of development in DBM.     

Constitutive heat shock protein 70 (HSC70) expression in rainbow trout hepatocytes: effect of heat shock and heavy metal exposure

The 70-kDa family of heat shock proteins plays an important role as molecular chaperones in unstressed and stressed cells. The constitutive member of the 70 family (hsc70) is crucial for the chaperoning function of unstressed cells, whereas the inducible form (hsp70) is important for allowing cells to cope with acute stressor insult, especially those affecting the protein machinery. In fish, the role of hsc70 in the cellular stress response process is less clear primarily because of the lack of a fish-specific antibody for hsc70 detection. In this study, we purified hsc70 to homogeneity from trout liver using a three-step purification protocol with differential centrifugation, ATP-agarose affinity chromatography and electroelution. Polyclonal antibodies to trout hsc70 generated in rabbits cross-reacted strongly with both purified trout hsc70 protein and also purified recombinant bovine hsc70. Two-dimensional electrophoresis followed by Western blotting confirmed that the isoelectric point of rainbow trout hsc70 was more acidic than hsp70. Using this antibody, we detected hsc70 content in the liver, heart, gill and skeletal muscle of unstressed rainbow trout. Primary cultures of trout hepatocytes subjected to a heat shock (+15 degrees C for 1 h) or exposed to either CuSO(4) (200 microM for 24 h), CdCl(2) (10 microM for 24 h) or NaAsO(2) (50 microM for 1 h) resulted in higher hsp70 accumulation over a 24-h period. However, hsc70 content showed no change with either heat shock or heavy metal exposure suggesting that hsc70 is not modulated by sublethal acute stressors in trout hepatocytes. Taken together, we have for the first time generated polyclonal antibodies specific to rainbow trout hsc70 and this antibody will allow for the characterization of the role of hsc70 in the cellular stress response process in fish.     

The transport of proteins into the nucleus requires the 70-kilodalton heat shock protein or its cytosolic cognate.

The 70-kDa heat shock protein hsp70 and its constitutively expressed cognate, hsc70, are abundant proteins implicated in a number of cellular processes. When a permeabilized cell system for examining the transport of proteins into the nucleus is depleted of hsc70 and hsp70, either by affinity chromatography on ATP-agarose or with antibodies against these proteins, nuclear transport activity is lost. Full activity is restored by the addition of HeLa proteins that bind to ATP-agarose. hsc70 and hsp70 are the active factors, since activity is also fully restored by the addition of either recombinant hsc70 or hsp70 which has been bacterially expressed and highly purified. The restoration of activity is saturable. The transport system requires other cytosolic factors as well, including at least one protein that is sensitive to inactivation by N-ethylmaleimide, but neither hsc70 nor hsp70 is the sensitive protein.     

Cell Size and the Heat-Shock Response in Rat Brain

Abstract: The expression of mRNAs encoding two members of the heat-shock protein 70 family, the constitutively-expressed heat-shock cognate (hsc70) mRNA and the strictly heat-inducible (hsp70) mRNA, was quantitated in cerebellar and hippocampal cells of rats 3 h after amphetamine-induced or heat-induced hyperthermia. Intracellular heat-shock mRNA levels in specific cell types were compared with those of total polyadenylic acid [poly(A)] mRNA or 18S rRNA in the same cell type. Levels of poly(A) mRNAs, 18S rRNAs, and hsc70 mRNAs were highest in large neurons and lowest in glia. hsp70 mRNAs were also present at highest levels in large neurons, suggesting that hsp70 mRNAs accumulated as rapidly in these cell types as they did in small neurons and glia. However, compared with levels of intracellular poly(A) mRNAs or levels of rRNAs, large neurons contained two- to 12-fold lower levels of hsp70 mRNAs than neurons of intermediate size and five- to 30-fold lower levels than glia. These results suggest that hsp70 mRNAs accumulated as rapidly in large neurons as in small neurons and glia, but that the large size of these neurons precluded intracellular hsp70 mRNA concentrations increasing as quickly. The susceptibility of large neurons to stress-induced cell death could be due, in part, to their inability to synthesize rapidly hsp70 in sufficient amounts to protect these cells from the initial molecular consequences of stress.