scholarly journals Self-regulation of 70-kilodalton heat shock proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

1990 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1622-1632 ◽  
Author(s):  
D E Stone ◽  
E A Craig
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Heat Shock ◽  
Heat Shock Proteins ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Regulatory Region ◽  
Transcriptional Level ◽  
Transcriptional Fusion ◽  
Heat Shock Element ◽  
Upstream Activating Sequence ◽  
Shock Proteins

To determine whether the 70-kilodalton heat shock proteins of Saccharomyces cerevisiae play a role in regulating their own synthesis, we studied the effect of overexpressing the SSA1 protein on the activity of the SSA1 5'-regulatory region. The constitutive level of Ssa1p was increased by fusing the SSA1 structural gene to the GAL1 promoter. A reporter vector consisting of an SSA1-lacZ translational fusion was used to assess SSA1 promoter activity. In a strain producing approximately 10-fold the normal heat shock level of Ssa1p, induction of beta-galactosidase activity by heat shock was almost entirely blocked. Expression of a transcriptional fusion vector in which the CYC1 upstream activating sequence of a CYC1-lacZ chimera was replaced by a sequence containing a heat shock upstream activating sequence (heat shock element 2) from the 5'-regulatory region of SSA1 was inhibited by excess Ssa1p. The repression of an SSA1 upstream activating sequence by the SSA1 protein indicates that SSA1 self-regulation is at least partially mediated at the transcriptional level. The expression of another transcriptional fusion vector, containing heat shock element 2 and a lesser amount of flanking sequence, is not inhibited when Ssa1p is overexpressed. This suggests the existence of an element, proximal to or overlapping heat shock element 2, that confers sensitivity to the SSA1 protein.

Self-regulation of 70-kilodalton heat shock proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

1990 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1622-1632
Author(s):  
D E Stone ◽  
E A Craig
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Heat Shock ◽  
Heat Shock Proteins ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Regulatory Region ◽  
Transcriptional Level ◽  
Transcriptional Fusion ◽  
Heat Shock Element ◽  
Upstream Activating Sequence ◽  
Shock Proteins

To determine whether the 70-kilodalton heat shock proteins of Saccharomyces cerevisiae play a role in regulating their own synthesis, we studied the effect of overexpressing the SSA1 protein on the activity of the SSA1 5'-regulatory region. The constitutive level of Ssa1p was increased by fusing the SSA1 structural gene to the GAL1 promoter. A reporter vector consisting of an SSA1-lacZ translational fusion was used to assess SSA1 promoter activity. In a strain producing approximately 10-fold the normal heat shock level of Ssa1p, induction of beta-galactosidase activity by heat shock was almost entirely blocked. Expression of a transcriptional fusion vector in which the CYC1 upstream activating sequence of a CYC1-lacZ chimera was replaced by a sequence containing a heat shock upstream activating sequence (heat shock element 2) from the 5'-regulatory region of SSA1 was inhibited by excess Ssa1p. The repression of an SSA1 upstream activating sequence by the SSA1 protein indicates that SSA1 self-regulation is at least partially mediated at the transcriptional level. The expression of another transcriptional fusion vector, containing heat shock element 2 and a lesser amount of flanking sequence, is not inhibited when Ssa1p is overexpressed. This suggests the existence of an element, proximal to or overlapping heat shock element 2, that confers sensitivity to the SSA1 protein.

Heat shock response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutants altered in cyclic AMP-dependent protein phosphorylation

1987 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 244-250
Author(s):  
D Y Shin ◽  
K Matsumoto ◽  
H Iida ◽  
I Uno ◽  
T Ishikawa
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Heat Shock ◽  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Heat Shock Proteins ◽  
Temperature Shift ◽  
G1 Phase ◽  
Shock Response ◽  
Dependent Protein ◽  
Shock Proteins

When Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells grown at 23 degrees C were transferred to 36 degrees C, they initiated synthesis of heat shock proteins, acquired thermotolerance to a lethal heat treatment given after the temperature shift, and arrested their growth transiently at the G1 phase of the cell division cycle. The bcy1 mutant which resulted in production of cyclic AMP (cAMP)-independent protein kinase did not synthesize the three heat shock proteins hsp72A, hsp72B, and hsp41 after the temperature shift. The bcy1 cells failed to acquire thermotolerance to the lethal heat treatment and were not arrested at the G1 phase after the temperature shift. In contrast, the cyr1-2 mutant, which produced a low level of cAMP, constitutively produced three heat shock proteins and four other proteins without the temperature shift and was resistant to the lethal heat treatment. The results suggest that a decrease in the level of cAMP-dependent protein phosphorylation results in the heat shock response, including elevated synthesis of three heat shock proteins, acquisition of thermotolerance, and transient arrest of the cell cycle.

Heat shock proteins affect RNA processing during the heat shock response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

1991 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 1062-1068
Author(s):  
H J Yost ◽  
S Lindquist
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Protein Synthesis ◽  
Heat Shock ◽  
Heat Shock Proteins ◽  
Heat Shock Response ◽  
Rna Splicing ◽  
Yeast Cells ◽  
Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Shock Response ◽  
Shock Proteins

In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the splicing of mRNA precursors is disrupted by a severe heat shock. Mild heat treatments prior to severe heat shock protect splicing from disruption, as was previously reported for Drosophila melanogaster. In contrast to D. melanogaster, protein synthesis during the pretreatment is not required to protect splicing in yeast cells. However, protein synthesis is required for the rapid recovery of splicing once it has been disrupted by a sudden severe heat shock. Mutations in two classes of yeast hsp genes affect the pattern of RNA splicing during the heat shock response. First, certain hsp70 mutants, which overproduce other heat shock proteins at normal temperatures, show constitutive protection of splicing at high temperatures and do not require pretreatment. Second, in hsp104 mutants, the recovery of RNA splicing after a severe heat shock is delayed compared with wild-type cells. These results indicate a greater degree of specialization in the protective functions of hsps than has previously been suspected. Some of the proteins (e.g., members of the hsp70 and hsp82 gene families) help to maintain normal cellular processes at higher temperatures. The particular function of hsp104, at least in splicing, is to facilitate recovery of the process once it has been disrupted.

scholarly journals Durable synthesis of high molecular weight heat shock proteins in G0 cells of the yeast and other eucaryotes.

1984 ◽  
Vol 99 (1) ◽  
pp. 199-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Iida ◽  
I Yahara
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Heat Shock ◽  
Heat Shock Proteins ◽  
High Molecular Weight ◽  
Resting State ◽  
Specific Class ◽  
Embryonic Fibroblasts ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Shock Proteins

We report that eucaryotic cells were induced to synthesize a specific class of heat shock proteins (hsps) when they entered the resting state, G0. This finding was originally made with Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells by taking advantage of the system in which we can distinguish between G1 arrests leading to G0 and those that do not result in G0 (Iida, H., and I. Yahara, 1984, J. Cell Biol. 98:1185-1193). Similar observations were subsequently made with higher eucaryotic cells including chick embryonic fibroblasts (CEF), mouse T lymphocytes, and Drosophila GM1 cells. The induction of hsps in G0 cells was distinct from that in heat-shocked cells in two respects. First, hsps with molecular weight around 25,000 were not induced in G0 cells, whereas most, if not all, high molecular weight (HMW) hsps were commonly induced both in G0 cells and in heat-shocked cells. Second, in contrast to the transient synthesis of hsps in heat-shocked cells, G0 cells continued to synthesize hsps at the stimulated rate for a relatively long period. These results suggest the possibility that high molecular weight hsps might function in a transition from the proliferating state to G0 or in maintaining G0 in the eucaryote.

scholarly journals Genes for Drosophila small heat shock proteins are regulated differently by ecdysterone.

1991 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 5937-5944 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Amin ◽  
R Mestril ◽  
R Voellmy
Keyword(s):  
Protein Synthesis ◽  
Heat Shock ◽  
Heat Shock Proteins ◽  
Small Heat Shock Proteins ◽  
Transcriptional Level ◽  
Protein Synthesis Inhibitors ◽  
Sequence Elements ◽  
Continuous Presence ◽  
High Level ◽  
Shock Proteins

Genes for small heat shock proteins (hsp27 to hsp22) are activated in late third-instar larvae of Drosophila melanogaster in the absence of heat stress. This regulation has been simulated in cultured Drosophila cells in which the genes are activated by the addition of ecdysterone. Sequence elements (HERE) involved in ecdysterone regulation of the hsp27 and hsp23 genes have been defined by transfection studies and have recently been identified as binding sites for ecdysterone receptor. We report here that the hsp27 and hsp23 genes are regulated differently by ecdysterone. The hsp27 gene is activated rapidly by ecdysterone, even in the absence of protein synthesis. In contrast, high-level expression of the hsp23 gene begins only after a lag of about 6 h, is dependent on the continuous presence of ecdysterone, and is sensitive to low concentrations of protein synthesis inhibitors. Transfection experiments with reporter constructs show that this difference in regulation is at the transcriptional level. Synthetic hsp27 or hsp23 HERE sequences confer hsp27- or hsp23-type ecdysterone regulation on a basal promoter. These findings indicate that the hsp27 gene is a primary, and the hsp23 gene is mainly a secondary, hormone-responsive gene. Ecdysterone receptor is implied to play a role in the regulation of both genes.

scholarly journals Genes for Drosophila small heat shock proteins are regulated differently by ecdysterone

1991 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 5937-5944
Author(s):  
J Amin ◽  
R Mestril ◽  
R Voellmy
Keyword(s):  
Protein Synthesis ◽  
Heat Shock ◽  
Heat Shock Proteins ◽  
Small Heat Shock Proteins ◽  
Transcriptional Level ◽  
Protein Synthesis Inhibitors ◽  
Sequence Elements ◽  
Continuous Presence ◽  
High Level ◽  
Shock Proteins

Genes for small heat shock proteins (hsp27 to hsp22) are activated in late third-instar larvae of Drosophila melanogaster in the absence of heat stress. This regulation has been simulated in cultured Drosophila cells in which the genes are activated by the addition of ecdysterone. Sequence elements (HERE) involved in ecdysterone regulation of the hsp27 and hsp23 genes have been defined by transfection studies and have recently been identified as binding sites for ecdysterone receptor. We report here that the hsp27 and hsp23 genes are regulated differently by ecdysterone. The hsp27 gene is activated rapidly by ecdysterone, even in the absence of protein synthesis. In contrast, high-level expression of the hsp23 gene begins only after a lag of about 6 h, is dependent on the continuous presence of ecdysterone, and is sensitive to low concentrations of protein synthesis inhibitors. Transfection experiments with reporter constructs show that this difference in regulation is at the transcriptional level. Synthetic hsp27 or hsp23 HERE sequences confer hsp27- or hsp23-type ecdysterone regulation on a basal promoter. These findings indicate that the hsp27 gene is a primary, and the hsp23 gene is mainly a secondary, hormone-responsive gene. Ecdysterone receptor is implied to play a role in the regulation of both genes.

scholarly journals Heat shock response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutants altered in cyclic AMP-dependent protein phosphorylation.

1987 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 244-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Y Shin ◽  
K Matsumoto ◽  
H Iida ◽  
I Uno ◽  
T Ishikawa
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Heat Shock ◽  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Heat Shock Proteins ◽  
Temperature Shift ◽  
G1 Phase ◽  
Shock Response ◽  
Dependent Protein ◽  
Shock Proteins

When Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells grown at 23 degrees C were transferred to 36 degrees C, they initiated synthesis of heat shock proteins, acquired thermotolerance to a lethal heat treatment given after the temperature shift, and arrested their growth transiently at the G1 phase of the cell division cycle. The bcy1 mutant which resulted in production of cyclic AMP (cAMP)-independent protein kinase did not synthesize the three heat shock proteins hsp72A, hsp72B, and hsp41 after the temperature shift. The bcy1 cells failed to acquire thermotolerance to the lethal heat treatment and were not arrested at the G1 phase after the temperature shift. In contrast, the cyr1-2 mutant, which produced a low level of cAMP, constitutively produced three heat shock proteins and four other proteins without the temperature shift and was resistant to the lethal heat treatment. The results suggest that a decrease in the level of cAMP-dependent protein phosphorylation results in the heat shock response, including elevated synthesis of three heat shock proteins, acquisition of thermotolerance, and transient arrest of the cell cycle.

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